If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

The commotion here was quite loud, and even unintentional glances drifted over.

Ryan patted Ollie's hand lightly.

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not lying!" Ollie turned his face away, but the tips of his ears were bright red. "I'm serious."

Pei Yuening couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay, you're serious."

"I'll remember that. Next time, I'll look at your father more often, or I won't look at anyone else, okay?"

Ollie whirled around, his eyes wide: "You—!"

Ryan pinched him: "Alright. get out of class is over, pack your things."

Ollie winced in pain, opened and closed his mouth twice, but finally let out a "humph" and lowered his head to put away the book.

Pei Yuening smiled and shook her head, then lowered her head to start tidying up the table.

Claude stood up ahead of him.

His steps were steady, and as he passed their row, his gaze lingered on Ryan's face for a moment before naturally shifting away.

The four of them did not notice.

The afternoon's live-fire training proceeded as scheduled.

The students from Rekeaia returned to the inn to make their own arrangements, while the rest of the Holy Academy remained at the training ground.

Pei Yuening and the other three were going to participate in the Three Schools Cup, so after lunch break, they were taken by Captain Lorraine to the magical secret realm that they had used during the preliminary selection.

Although, but.

Pei Yuening could only say, "As expected of the Holy Academy, they are indeed very wealthy."

This secret realm was not naturally formed, but was specially created by ten S-rank archmages at the academy's request, and was specifically for student training.

It simulates the environment and monsters in the Three Schools Cup to the greatest extent possible; just to maintain its operation for one day, it would take burning down half a magic stone mine.

But Qin Shuxing waved his hand and said that he could use it for as long as he wanted, even until the day before the Three Schools Cup started.

Pei Yuening said, "Then what else is there to say? Let the scroll speedrun it."

Each session lasts only 20 minutes, and the entire process must be completed within 20 minutes. Any delay beyond that is considered a failed order.

Brother Juan has to really save this little emperor a lot of money.

Training ended just after 2 a.m.

Pei Yuening carried Juanjuan out of the secret realm, with the other three behind her.

Curly, unable to stay still, turned around and howled, "Master!"

"Gah."

When are we going to the market?

"We'll go in a bit," Pei Yuening patted his head, then turned back and casually asked, "What about you guys? Are you free later? Want to go out for a walk?"

Ryan shook his head: "Not today, I have to accompany Dean Qi to the library later."

"Ah...I see," Pei Yuening asked again, "And you guys?"

Lin Huaijin shook his head: "That won't work either. There's a banquet at the palace to welcome the Rekia delegation."

Ollie hummed in agreement: "My father told me this morning to go home and prepare after school."

Pei Yuening disagreed: "Alright, then tell your father to take care of his health and not to eat anything too greasy at night, otherwise indigestion will affect his sleep."

Ollie's back stiffened noticeably.

He opened his mouth, his ears slowly turning red, and after a long pause, he managed to squeeze out, "I...I know! Stop nagging!"

As he spoke, he ran headlong out of the training field.

"Hey!" Ryan couldn't stop him, so he could only whisper a few words to Pei Yuening and then jog after him.

Lin Huaijin rolled his eyes.

"Then I'm leaving too. Are you going back?"

Pei Yuening shook her head: "No, I'll go to the market."

"Alright, keep an eye on it yourself."

"Okay, bye-bye."

Watching the three of them leave, Juanjuan became even more excited: "Master! Can we go now?!"

Pei Yuening comforted it with a kiss: "Okay, okay, then go home and bring Gao Gao, Dan Dan, and Xue Qiu over for me. I'll wait for you at the school gate."

"Okay!"

Juanjuan leaped from his arms, her silvery-white figure turning in the air before flying towards the Duke's mansion.

The live-fire training wasn't over yet, and the classroom was empty.

Pei Yuening packed her schoolbag, leisurely poured herself a glass of water, and also put Ollie's crooked chair back in its place.

The rolling motion is always very fast.

He walked to the school gate and saw three familiars already swaggering there waiting in the distance.

Gao Gao squatted on top of the stone pillar at the school gate, a piece of licorice candy dangling from her mouth, taking a sip every now and then, her head held high.

Egg was spreading out a black pancake next to her, occasionally moving slightly to indicate that it was still alive.

Juanjuan squatted in the middle, and Pei Yuening looked at her, seemingly not seeing Xueqiu.

The combined presence of the three familiars was too striking.

Students and pedestrians passing by slowed down and whispered among themselves.

"Whose familiar is that? Holy crap, isn't that a flower fairy? Or the princess's?... "

"No, the princess's wing is red."

"Huh?? Whose is that...?"

"Who else could it be but Pei Yuening's? This has been circulating among adventurers for a while now, haven't you heard?"

"Isn't that kid a good-for-nothing? A notorious pretty face in the empire... How could a good-for-nothing manage to contract so many top-tier familiars..."

"Why do you care what makes them so special? We can't afford to offend them anyway. Besides, they have a duke brother."

"And I also heard that he and that woman from the Duke of Luo's mansion..."

"Shouldn't a beautiful woman be paired with a hero? If you're jealous, just say so."

"Shh! Don't say anything—he's here!"

The sounds in the crowd abruptly ceased, and everyone nonchalantly looked away.

Pei Yuening walked to the school gate with her schoolbag on her back, and the three familiars rushed over instantly.

"Owner!!!"

Gao Gao flapped its wing and pounced on his face, kissing him all over. Juan Juan also came over and rubbed its head against his hand.

Pei Yuening was knocked back a step by them, squatted down and picked up Dandan, saying helplessly, "Okay, okay, stop kissing, it's all drool..."

"So what!"

Pei Yuening patted Juanjuan's head: "Juanjuan, where's Xueqiu?"

"Grandpa Butler said that my brother was going to the palace, so he took it to the Imperial Animal Garden to find its mother."

"Oh, okay then." Pei Yuening nodded. "Let's go."

Gao Gao cheered, "Yay!"

The market was bustling with people, and shouts of vendors rose and fell.

Various stalls lined both sides of the street, selling everything from spices to fabrics.

Pei Yuening strolled around and was drawn to several baskets of brightly colored fruits and vegetables.

But he soon discovered that there was a sign that said "raw food" right next to those lush green vegetable leaves.

People from another world really eat vegetables raw like fruit; he thought Qin Shuxing was joking before.

Pei Yuening's lips twitched slightly, and she silently looked away.

These are all in our homes.

He bought three candied apples for children and gave them to the three familiars.

Gao Gao and Juan Juan hugged dried fruit that was bigger than their faces and ate it until their faces were covered in sugar stains.

Egg still knew to share a bite with him, but Pei Yuening was deterred as soon as he smelled it.

It's so sweet it's unbearable.

As they strolled along, Gao Gao kept asking for this and that, and Dan Dan joined in the fun, chattering away.

Pei Yuening could only indulge him.

He walked around but didn't find anything special; he had almost everything in his home.

Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly stopped in front of a small stall in a corner.

Several rough earthenware jars were displayed on the stall, filled with shriveled brown roots and curled, dry bark.

Pei Yuening squatted down and flipped through it, his eyes immediately lighting up.

Vocal, I made money while browsing the market.

He actually managed to get garlic!

Sichuan peppercorns! Star anise! Bay leaves! Cinnamon! Dried tangerine peel!

He picked them up one by one and smelled them, confirming that they were indeed the same things.

The stall owner, an old man wearing a straw hat, smiled and said, "Young master, you have good taste?"

"These were all gathered from the deep mountains of the East, so they're not easy to sell."

"The Eastern Border?" Pei Yuening asked in surprise, "You came from the east?"

"Yes," the old man smiled, "I come from the Kingdom of Seres."

Seres, the land of the rising sun in the east, it's no wonder that such things exist here.

"I'll buy them." Pei Yuening said without looking up. "I'll take them all."

Curious little Gao Gao also came over.

She sniffed, inevitably choking a little: "Cough cough cough... Master, what's this?"

"My darling," Pei Yuening said, glancing to the side again.

Fresh meat was hanging outside the stall.

The old man followed his gaze and said, "Oh, this is a red boar that was just hunted this morning."

"Red Pig?" Pei Yuening asked again, "Is it... uh, a pig-man or something?"

"No," the old man shook his head, "the pig-men are high-level magical beasts, while the red boars are only D-rank."

Pei Yuening almost burst into tears of joy.

I see!!

It's not that there aren't pigs crawling on the ground in this world, it's just that they're too low-level, and we never buy them at home!

Damn it, God knows how much he craved this!

Pei Yuening suppressed his excitement and calmly said, "Please, I'll take them all."

"Great deal, great deal! I'll take six silver coins from you then."

"no problem!"

Pei Yuening desperately suppressed the corners of her mouth.

Braised pork trotters with rice, braised pork belly, stewed pork trotters with soybeans, honey-glazed char siu pork...

He's here!