The bard fantasized again.

Chapter 59 Are there still humans at the Poet's Academy?

When he accompanied Goya on her walk back to the Poet's Academy, he found her hurriedly saying goodbye as if she were going to keep an appointment with someone.

Su Wen clutched his chest, his heart filled with despair.

"Heartbreak is like a damp, rainy day."

Even though I can clearly see the dark clouds, I still don't want to leave... Waaah!

Why would someone rush to an appointment at 2 a.m.?
Although he had heard from the beginning that his senior was 'frivolous', he still thought he was the exception who could keep her!
Su Wen was daydreaming again.

He fantasized that he was the lucky one favored by his senior, and that they would soon be sharing a toast. The night was hazy and alluring, and his senior's rosy lips whispered sweet nothings in his ear as she shyly told him he would stay in the room tonight…

"Ouch!"

With a loud "bang," like a heavy book hitting his head, Su Wen winced and quickly turned around.

"Pluto, what are you doing here?"

"Of course, we'll go to a brothel."

Pluto, with his long brown hair and looking utterly exhausted, chuckled and put his arm around Su Wen's shoulder.

"A batch of aristocratic potions has recently appeared in the brothels. I happened to be there during a gathering of poets, so I went to try them out."

"Senior, those things will damage your brain..."

"What are you thinking? It's not that kind of medicine!"

Pluto patted his head again.

"It's a kind of, um... potion that can get your blood pumping!"
Do you know why those aristocratic gentlemen can always find an illegitimate child from the countryside? Where do you think they get so much energy?

"Then, please take care of yourself."

Because of the bad impression he had at the previous party, Su Wen didn't want to have much interaction with Pluto.
"I'm going back to my dorm now."

"Don't leave."

Pluto's breath reeked of alcohol, and he swayed as he grabbed him.
"That was Goya who ran away just now, right? Did you two go on a date?"

"No. We just happened to bump into each other and came back together."

Why was she in such a hurry to leave?

"I do not know."

"Did you go on a secret rendezvous? Whose bed were you going to sleep in?"

"Pluto-senpai, I really have to go—"

"Don't you want to know who Goya's sweetheart is?"

"me--"

"Come on, let's catch up. If we get caught, just say that your senior took you there. With me ahead, Goya won't have time to blame you!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Su Wen and, without waiting for his refusal or even intending to refuse, half-pushed him and ran towards the direction where Ge Ya had left.

Pluto had long wanted to dig up some dirt on Goya so that her popularity wouldn't continue to rise and he could leave himself some opportunities to compete.

Now is the perfect time to take advantage of Su Wen's little scheme and gather some intelligence:

"Look, she's heading in the direction of the central garden—"

The woods there are dense; it's a perfect place for a fierce battle!

"Senior Pluto, inferences made without evidence are called slander!"

"What do you mean there's no evidence?"

Pluto grinned.
“I fought there. With Judy.”

Su Wen looked into Pluto's eyes, his gaze widening suddenly, and exclaimed in surprise:
"Judy? You mean that 'toothless Judy'!?"

"Keep your voice down!"

Pluto covered his mouth.

"It's three in the morning, and we're stalking a young girl! Do you want Goya to find out and report us so we can both be expelled from the academy?"

"sorry."

"I don't know why you're reacting so strongly. She just doesn't have teeth, that doesn't mean she's not beautiful."

"Judy is indeed very beautiful. But..."

Although he apologized, Su Wen opened his mouth, then remained stunned for a long while.

"But isn't that the snake the dean keeps?!"

"Wrong! It's a 'toothless' snake! Have you forgotten? As an ornamental pet, the director even removed its fangs." "Is that the point!?"

"Why not? What if it bites me?"

"But it's a snake!"

Su Wen clasped his hands together and swayed his body like a snake.
How could you do that? Are humans no longer enough for you?

"Hey, what's wrong with snakes? Don't snakes deserve to enjoy human happiness?"

"Xiao Suwen, if someone reports you for racial discrimination, it will leave a stain on your record."

"But are you the only one who's happy?"

"You're not a snake, how do you know it's unhappy?"

"I--"

Su Wen was speechless for a moment.

The senior student truly lived up to his reputation as a debate expert; if I didn't argue with him, I really wouldn't know how to refute him for a moment.

"And Judy is a translucent emerald snake, rather petite, but in no way inferior to those girls..."

"Alright, alright. Senior, I know you have a wide range of knowledge, you don't need to go into so much detail with me."

Su Wenning would rather follow Ge Ya than pollute his ears any further.

"But the central garden is being guarded by armored soldiers. How can we get around it?"

"Look at me."

Pluto whistled.

Soon, a soft rustling sound came from the green leaves of Garden Putian.

A short while later, two small, translucent, emerald-green snakes emerged from under the roots of the leaves.

Pluto gestured to the two small snakes for a long time.

Su Wen couldn't understand it, but the little snake seemed to have.

They clung to the two armored guards at the entrance of the corridor, obscuring their view.

"Now!"

Pluto pulled Suwen along and rushed into the garden.

When they finally spotted Goya in the center of the garden, panting heavily, Su Wen felt a strange sense of unease:
"Besides [Toothless Judy], the other one is..."

"【Susie with Teeth】. The dean bought her a while ago; she's Judy's new friend."

"You have teeth too!?"

"Hey, I'm not that weird—I'm very afraid of pain."

"Then why does it obey your commands?"

“I don’t know either, but maybe it’s because I’ve been watching over it?” Pluto said, stroking his chin.

"What wind?"

"While they're locked in a fierce battle in Houston, I have to keep an eye out for outsiders, right?"

Su Wen stood there dumbfounded, his brain seemingly unable to process the overloaded information.

"Don't make such a fuss."

Pluto patted his junior on the shoulder, showing considerable enthusiasm.

"How can you call yourself a bard without some special hobby?"

This time, Su Wen didn't answer him, but just blinked.

So, are there still any humans in our Academy of Poets?
"Alright, enough nonsense. I knew what this Goya was up to..."

Relying on the dean's favor, he even dared to enter forbidden areas.

Pluto crouched low, slowly approaching Goya to catch her red-handed.

As he slowly walked, a ray of starlight, like flowing water, meandered down from the stone tablet in front of Goya, falling into his eyes and transforming into a line of text—

[June 10, 1000 of the Lost Calendar, Xingmei Town, Sunny.]

Four days after being kicked out of the tavern?
I led three hundred commoners and captured the nobles of this territory alive...

He was stunned:
"What!?"

(End of this chapter)