Are you worthy of saving the world?

"Nothing...nothing, ahahaha...what did you bet on?"

Annabell explained their bet truthfully.

"If he fails to become a special student this semester, he will have to step aside and bow to me whenever he sees me in the academy."

"What if the little saint wins?"

After Erin asked this, Annabelle said unhappily, "Do you think I could lose?"

"No la……"

This is not a compliment. Irene also believes that it is impossible for Ulysses to advance from level 0 to level 3 within half a year.

She even felt that her good friend was a bit of a bully, as she actually made a completely unequal bet with the student.

"right?"

Annabelle looked very proud and said with a smile, "That lecherous brat actually said that if I lose, he would make me wear a maid outfit and be his personal maid! Humph!"

"Eh... Ulphis-san actually used this as a bet?"

Irene was a little surprised, or rather, a little bit unbelievable.

If Annabell hadn't said it herself, she wouldn't have believed it. After all -

"Isn't Ulphis usually surrounded by many female students? Why does he have to find a ..."

Annabelle felt something was wrong and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Looking for what?"

"No, it's nothing! Anna is still very young, ahahahaha!"

Irene smiled awkwardly and said, "I also want Anna to be my maid and serve me, so I can understand Ulysses-san's feelings, huh!"

"Humph……"

Annabell brushed a bunch of purple hair off her shoulder and said, "I've definitely won this bet. I'm ready to see that guy make a fool of himself... It's really exciting."

"Don't bully Ulphis-san too much, okay?"

The pink-haired teacher looked at her best friend who was smiling like a vicious stepmother, hesitated for a moment, and asked the question that had puzzled her for a long time.

"Anna, why do you hate Ulfius-san so much?"

"Aha?"

"Weren't you always a supporter of the Little Saint?"

In Irene's memory, her good friend Annabell has always been Ulysses Falchion's most loyal supporter.

She still remembers it was the spring two years ago.

The day when the legendary Son of Prophecy first came to St. Cromwell's Seminary to audit classes.

112 The Cold Succubus Ulysses

Two years ago.

As soon as Annabell arrived at the office in the morning, she was in a state of distracted excitement.

Today is the first day that Ulysses, the son of prophecy, comes to St. Cromwell to audit his lessons.

"You, you say! What if Master Ulysses comes to my class!?"

Annabelle grabbed Irene's arm, ignoring the sharp looks from the other teachers.

"Calm down, calm down, Anna. You don't have any classes today, right?"

"I have already switched classes with the teachers of astrology and swordsmanship in advance! So I have classes this morning and afternoon!"

"a ha ha ha……"

Irene smiled helplessly and said, "Anna, if the little saint really comes to audit your class, don't do anything too radical... I don't want my friend to be expelled from school for attacking students."

"Well...I'll be patient."

Annabell clenched her fists and expressed her excitement with red cheeks.

That look struck Irene as both adorable and dangerous.

Irene and Annabell knew each other when they were very young.

They played and studied together when they were young, went to school and worked together when they grew up, and were close friends who knew each other inside and out.

Irene thought she knew everything about Annabell, but she didn't realize until that day...

It turns out that Anna can also be obsessed with something.

It turns out that Anna also has that kind of expression.

Anna, who is always arrogant and cold towards outsiders but very gentle, considerate and doting towards herself (Eileen), is actually obsessed with things other than herself (Eileen).

then--

The feeling that Irene had towards Ulysses was probably a strong sense of crisis and... an emotion called jealousy.

As a result, Ulysses did not attend Annabell's class on his first day at the seminary.

Anna was very depressed because of this, and Irene stayed by her side all the time, comforting and encouraging her.

A week later, Ulysses finally showed up in Annabelle's class.

After class, Anna ran to report the good news to Irene immediately.

"Anna, you didn't do anything too rude in class, did you?"

"I can't remember." Annabelle answered as a matter of course.

She was so excited and happy that she had no idea what she did or said in the class.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Irene smiled helplessly.

She asked with mixed feelings: "Anna, what do you like about Ulysses? Is it his face?"

“Like, like, like? I don’t have that kind of feeling towards Ulysses-sama! Don’t say that!”

Annabell covered her burning face and gasped.

"My feelings towards Lord Ulysses should be more sacred and noble...Look up to him? No, worship him? No, or should I say..."

"Whatever happens! Tell me the truth!" Irene pretended to be angry and strangled her friend's neck with her arms.

Annabell regained her composure and spoke with a longing expression.

"I want to support Lord Ulysses because... he works really hard..."

“Are you working hard?”

Annabell nodded: "Well, Ulysses will be 13 years old soon this year, right? But he is still without rank... It's fine by ordinary people's standards, but he is the son of prophecy!

He should have realized that he was not a gifted genius, but he worked very hard nonetheless.

I started following him a few years ago... At first, I thought that the Child of Prophecy must also be a once-in-a-century genius like Cecilia, right?

But after I got to know him more deeply, I found that it was not the case at all... He was very ordinary. It's not that he was bad, just very ordinary.

Such an ordinary child was given an unimaginable mission by adults when he was still a baby, and grew up under pressure that ordinary people could not even imagine..."

As she spoke, Annabell's expression turned sad.

"Lord Ulysses, he never gave up or got discouraged despite repeated failures...

Seeing him like that, I couldn't help but want to cheer him on..."

"So this is ah……"

Irene secretly thought, this is the so-called mom fan.

Through the Child of Prophecy, Erin was exposed to a side of her good friend that she herself had never known.

Teacher Annabell, who is seen as serious and harsh by others, actually has such a gentle heart.

She gently stroked Anna's back and comforted her grief-stricken friend: "Haha, it's not that I can't understand your feelings. From now on, let's support the little saint together..."

"By the way, Ulysses has a really cute face!" Annabell added excitedly.

"It's still just face after all..." Irene sighed helplessly.

——Annabelle in the past loved Ulysses so much.

But recently, she seemed like a different person, and suddenly she hated the Son of Prophecy to the core.

"In the end what happened?"

Irene asked in confusion, this was really abnormal.

"Annabelle, what happened between you and Ulysses?"

"Nothing happened."

Annabell hugged her plump chest and said coldly, "I'm just sure that the boy is an incompetent person who can't take on the mission of saving the world."

"I was indeed bewitched by him, but that is now in the past."

"Erin, don't bring up this topic in front of me again! Don't let me recall that shameful past!"

"..."

Irene lowered her long eyelashes and nodded silently.

She knew Anna must be lying.

If Anna had been disappointed in Ulysses simply because she found him to be a mediocre person, she would not have been so obsessed with him from the beginning.

But Irene chose to remain silent and did not point out Anna's lies.

"Humph... I'm not targeting Ulysses this time, I'm just stating the facts.

The Son of Prophecy is so used to being praised by those around him that he can no longer see his true level. "

Annabell raised an eyebrow and spoke.

"That guy is mediocre in both divine arts and swordsmanship. The only thing that can be praised is that he is relatively low-key and is very aware that he is incompetent."

"Hmph... Ulysses has lost even the most basic sense of humility lately."

"Until last year, this little brat had no rank, but he actually claimed that he would reach the third rank this year... Isn't this arrogant?"