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

Luo Ren paused for a moment, then asked, "What?"

"Flower cakes!" The flower fairy's eyes widened, her wings practically spreading. "My master got up at five o'clock this morning to make them!"

"He used the freshest Rhodes roses from the garden! I even helped him drink the dew! It was delicious! Did you eat any?"

Luo Ren looked at her expectant expression and shook his head: "I wasn't here this morning."

The flower fairy was stunned.

Her expression changed from expectation to confusion, then from confusion to terror, and finally her whole face scrunched up.

"You're not here?!" Her voice rose an octave. "Then where are my flower cakes?!"

Luo Ren: "..."

He seemed to know what had gotten into Ollie that made him so crazy.

……

Inside the room, Pei Yuening was flipping through old textbooks from her magic academy days.

Ye Jiyun came back in the evening, and he seemed particularly happy.

It is said that all the adults present praised the flower cakes, and that the emperor of the empire happened to be here today for his routine inspection.

When he came back to tell about it, Pei Yuening was making cranberry cookies.

So he divided one portion and had Ye Jiyun send it to the palace first. Unexpectedly, that very night the palace secretly issued an imperial edict, instructing him to make another portion the next day and present it to His Majesty the Emperor along with the flower cakes.

But Pei Yuening wasn't in a hurry to prepare; he was troubled by something else.

School is about to start, but...

Well, how should I put it? Should he be grateful that the original owner of this body was a good-for-nothing?

He couldn't understand a single word in the textbook, and even just glancing at it made him feel drowsy.

We're doomed.

In the original work, the Holy Academy was the highest-level institution of learning for the imperial nobility.

There are only two ways to get in here.

The first method is relying on family background.

The children of noble families in the empire are automatically granted admission to schools from birth; this is their privilege.

The other type is for those who have no family background but are exceptionally talented.

As long as you reach a certain level in the magic test, the Holy Academy will open its doors to you regardless of your background.

Therefore, the people in the academy are divided into two types: those with family background and those with talent.

Those with a good family background, like him.

Pei Yuening is Duke Ye's younger brother, even though he is a complete failure in the department and has no talent whatsoever; even though his grades are at the bottom and his reputation is terrible.

He remains a student at the Holy Academy.

Because his surname is worth ten thousand times more than his report card.

Talented ones, like Ryan.

He was not the son of any great nobleman; his family ranked outside the top 100 in the imperial nobility genealogy, and wouldn't even make a ripple in the social circles of the capital.

But he was a genius in healing, and his magic test scores astonished all the examiners.

The Holy Academy personally sent him an admission letter, with tuition waived and a scholarship included. He was also pre-selected by the Imperial Silver Staff Council and would be employed upon graduation.

If the original owner hadn't been so brainless and Ryan hadn't been so kind (after all, the seme needed to make his presence felt), if he had been even a little tougher, he would never have been bullied like that.

Oh well, it's old-fashioned writing.

Moreover, now that he has transmigrated, cursing the original owner is the same as cursing himself.

Let's just scratch where it hurts. (clasps hands in a fist)

That being said, this is the Holy Academy.

Family background gets you in, talent gets you to stand out.

The two sets of rules operate in parallel, checking and balancing each other, and looking down on each other.

Those with privileged backgrounds think those with talent are nouveau riche, while those with talent think those with privileged backgrounds are parasites.

The teachers were caught in the middle, not daring to offend either side, and were probably as humiliated as Pei Yuening is now.

Pei Yuening turned a page of the textbook, but still couldn't understand it.

He closed the book, tossed it aside, and lay down on his back on the bed.

Summer vacation at the Holy Academy is almost over.

In a few days, he will be returning to that place.

Classrooms, auditoriums, training grounds, canteens—every corner is etched with the history of the original owner being humiliated.

He will meet Ryan, he will meet Ollie, and he will meet the noble scions he has offended, those who have mocked him, and those who are waiting to see him make a fool of himself again.

Pei Yuening used to be a pariah in the academy.

But now, Pei Yuening is worse than a rat crossing the street.

Everyone had low hopes for him, and yet he failed to live up to expectations.

Because the original owner could at least pass the theory classes, but unfortunately failed due to having zero talent.

Now that it's his turn, he's completely simmering with honey.

Pei Yuening buried her face in her pillow, feeling utterly devastated.

How is he going to survive when school starts?!

If the main characters then use his achievements to slap him in the face, he will truly be slapped hard.

Even if you anger him, he won't do anything.

Good heavens! Why is transmigrating into a book so frustrating?!

Pei Yuening was burying her face in the pillow, questioning the meaning of life, when the window was suddenly smashed open with a loud bang.

A golden light pierced through and landed precisely on the back of his head.

"Master!!! I'm back!!!"

Gao Gao jumped around, stepping on his hair, her wings flapping loudly.

Pei Yuening lifted her face from under the pillow, took Gaogao off her head, and placed her on the pillow.

"How was your day? Did you find out Luo Ren's preferences?"

Gao Gao shook her head: "There's still no one in the kitchen!"

"Oh, okay," Pei Yuening said without thinking much of it, "What about the flower cakes? And the cookies? Did you overhear which one Luo Ren preferred?"

Gao Gao nodded, then shook her head.

Pei Yuening: "?What does it mean?"

Gao Gao thought for a moment.

Eavesdropping? Not really, she asked directly, it's all the same anyway.

Don't worry about these details.

So she said, "Oh, is that so, Master? I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"

Pei Yuening's eyes lit up: "Good news!"

"Luo Ren seems to really like cranberry cookies; she ate all the ones I sent," she thought for a moment, then added, "I saw it with my own eyes!"

Pei Yuening: "Then, what's the bad news?"

"The bad news is he wasn't here this morning," Gao Gao said. "Your flower cake was eaten by that paramecium that got swine fever from the injection to prevent miscarriage and then ate rat poison."

Pei Yuening's bright smile vanished abruptly: "What?!"

Gao Gao thought he hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated, "Your flower cake was eaten by a paramecium."

"Are you sure?" Pei Yuening asked, "Was it really eaten by Ollie? How do you know?"

"Uh..." Gao Gao opened her mouth.

Just as she was about to tell the truth, Luo Ren's gloomy face suddenly flashed before her eyes.

"You wouldn't want your owner to be heartbroken after finding out the truth, would you?"

Gao Gao's eyes widened suddenly, revealing an expression as if she had been struck by lightning.

"If he's sad, you'll never be able to eat his desserts again."

Gao Gao: "No—!"

……

OK, back to reality.

Gao Gao shook her head violently, trying hard to recall.

How did Luo Ren teach her to say it again...?

Oh, right.

"Because everyone at Duke Luo's mansion is saying," she said, "that Ollie ate the dessert that someone brought him this morning and went crazy asking who sent it, and he even seemed to cry."

After saying that, she casually asked, as Luo Ren had requested, "Master, what are your thoughts after hearing that?"

Pei Yuening's eye twitched: "...What else can I possibly feel?"

"But Ollie cried!"

"So what?" Pei Yuening screamed and jumped up. "What are you talking about? Does injecting water into pig's head make it more valuable???"

"If I'd known he was going to eat it, I should have put in two more rat poison!! Ahhhhh, those were my flower cakes!"

Pei Yuening was on the verge of tears: "Isn't he afraid of poisoning me...? What, what..."

"Master, that's not right. How could something bad possibly end up on Duke Luo's desk?"

"Oh, that's true."

Gao Gao sighed heavily, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "Oh well, oh well, what's not meant to be can't be forced..."

"By the way, Master, shall we deliver again tomorrow?"

Pei Yuening glanced at the magic book on the table, then shook her head dejectedly: "I don't know."

"I'll probably be busy for the next few days."

Otherwise, he'll lose all face after school starts.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened.

Pei Yuening glanced at it, then readily got into bed and pulled the blanket over her head.

Since things have come to this, let's go to sleep.

However, just after his breathing calmed down.

Gao Gao, who had been lying next to his face, suddenly opened her eyes.

She leaned closer and smelled Pei Yuening to confirm that he was fast asleep.

Then, she quietly flapped her wings and squeezed through the crack in the window.