The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

Even so, he still missed his target.

The person sitting at the front desk was not Jessica, but a first-year female student.

Although Wiener couldn't recall his name, he had seen him a few times in class, so he went up and greeted him.

"Hello, do you know where Jessica went?"

"Well, Jessica's shift isn't until tomorrow. If you have something urgent, Viner, you might as well contact her directly."

"It's nothing urgent. If you're not here, let's just forget about it."

It's not that Wiener didn't want to contact me, it's just that she sent a message but didn't get a reply.

It's possible I've been blocked.

But that's okay, he's very patient.

After saying goodbye to her classmates, Wiener began to browse the bookshelf at random.

Since I borrowed Jessica's notes last time, apart from periodically renewing my borrowing time at the library, I haven't really had a proper visit to the library for a while.

Behind a bookshelf not far from Venere, a small head peeked out, peering at Venere's figure.

"How come Venus can chat with any girl for a few minutes?" Lisette muttered with a hint of jealousy.

From the moment Lisette embraced Vina at the entrance of the main teleportation array, disregarding everyone's gaze, she began to seriously consider her own feelings.

Although she is young, she is not ignorant.

Many people call her a genius, but they overlook the hard work she put in behind the scenes.

The price she paid for acquiring the dual emblems was her lifespan.

Lisette's hair color changed because of the excessive depletion of her vitality.

After being rescued from that mysterious organization, the medics conducted a comprehensive diagnosis on her.

The aftereffects of drug abuse, coupled with the burden that the double emblem places on the body, will likely make it difficult for him to live past thirty.

They're at the prime of their lives, yet the countdown has already begun.

Lisette made this effort even though she knew she was going to die soon.

Strive to study, strive to live, and strive to leave a trace of your existence in the world.

She remembered her mother's teachings.

If you meet someone you like, you must take the initiative to pursue them and never wait until it's too late to regret it.

As a child, Lisette would innocently ask her mother why.

"If your mother hadn't gotten on the train first and bought the ticket later, there wouldn't be a little cutie like you."

This was the first time Lisette had seen a side of the gentle and virtuous Lady Cordelia that was unknown to others.

This subtle feeling made her start to pay attention to the relationship between Venere and the people around her.

Felix may seem to be closest to Wiener, but he can eliminate the threat first.

Because Wiener dislikes stupid people.

But Felix's inexplicable hostility towards Jessica aroused Lisette's curiosity.

After only a few words, Felix seemed to have found someone to confide in and poured out his heart.

This naturally includes the initial confrontation with Jessica in front of the Venere dormitory.

When asked about her advice to Venus, "Don't be fooled by women with big breasts," Lisette wholeheartedly agreed.

Felix's account is unembellished.

It was precisely because of this that Lisette keenly realized that the relationship between the two was not as simple as she had imagined.

Alarm bells rang in Lisette's mind.

Shortly after Vina left, Lisette also made an excuse to leave.

If Lisette initially felt ashamed of her stalking behavior, she became even more concerned when she saw that Venus was almost exclusively greeting female classmates along the way.

Lisette knew she had made the right choice.

Chapter 138 Jessica's Pirate Ship

About a quarter of an hour passed.

Wiener closed the book in his hand.

He secretly pondered Jessica's message.

It's inconvenient to explain via text message, so I have to clarify things in person, but we have to arrange to meet at the library.

So the library is likely just a euphemism; the real meeting place should be—

Wiener thought of the lounge where he had met Jessica before.

Since there's nothing else to do, it might as well try our luck.

He then put the book back on the shelf and strolled casually toward the lounge.

Last time he came, he used the key Jessica gave him to open the door.

This time there was no key, but Wiener turned the doorknob.

"click"

As expected, there was no lock.

After Wiener walked straight in, the door creaked shut automatically.

"When did a door appear here?"

Listy was far more familiar with the library than Venus, yet even so, this was the first time she had ever seen this room.

It seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

She tried to turn the doorknob like him, but stood motionless in front of the wide-open door.

"Is it locked from the inside?"

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The air inside seemed to freeze, every inch of space etched with the marks of the past, as if frozen in time when Venus last left.

Time is only reactivated when someone steps into it.

Wiener casually picked a sofa and sat down.

A clear, melodious laugh, like the sound of silver bells, rang out from behind him: "Junior, you're a little slower than I expected."

She remains as elusive as ever.

"Should I also say, 'Sorry to keep you waiting, senior'?" Viner countered.

"No, I never wait for anyone. If Junior Brother Viner doesn't come, I'll take care of other things first."

"If my junior doesn't show up by the time I finish everything I'm doing, I'll go find him myself. But by then, I might not be in a good mood."

Jessica sighed slightly and made a statement that sounded like that of a time management master.

Jessica sat down opposite Vina Vina with an open and generous manner, but her clothes were torn and tattered, as if she had just been through a battle.

"...What could be so important that you don't even have time to reply to a message?"

Before asking that question, Wiener already had some guesses in his mind.

"Student cards become invalid below the fifth level of the dungeon. I bet the junior doesn't know that yet."

In other words, when Venus entered the room, Jessica realized that the mark she left behind had been triggered, which is why she came back.

“That’s natural, after all, I’m just a newbie who can’t even reach the third level of the dungeon,” Viner said sarcastically.

"As for me, I just came back from the seventh level of the dungeon because of my junior's matter."

Jessica seemed to deliberately ignore the meaning behind Vina's words, lazily sinking into the sofa, her posture both elegant and subtly alluring.

"Since you've worked so hard, could you do me a small favor?"

"...What small favor?"

Jessica gently raised her hand and pointed to the closed door. "Could you please open the door and let some air out of the room?"

A small favor that requires no effort.

"I'll go drive it."

Wiener went to the door and turned the doorknob.

"Eh!"

A sudden exclamation came from outside the door, and then a light figure lost her balance and fell right into Vina's warm embrace.

"You can turn it off now."

Jessica giggled.

How could Lisette's little trick of eavesdropping outside the door possibly escape her notice?

"Um, I'm not... Ah—never mind!"

Seeing that she had been exposed, Listi simply gave up on herself.

"Is it okay for me to listen in here?"

"Of course, so I don't have to explain it a second time."

"it is good."

Listy sat down on the sofa opposite Jessica as if asserting her dominance; this was originally Vena's seat.

The sofa is long enough for two people to sit comfortably, or even for someone to lie down comfortably, not to mention that Listy had deliberately left extra space.

Jessica saw all of this.

But the lounge doesn't just have two sofas.

Unromantic, Viña moved to another sofa and sat down.

Even when Listi glared at her, she still didn't understand what she had done wrong.

“Now that everyone is here, I’ll get straight to the point,” Jessica finally said after the two were seated.

"When I sent you a message saying that the assessment was being suspended, it didn't seem quite right. But I think since the assessment has already lost its meaning, we can just be flexible."

"Vina, Listy, would you two like to join the Silver Wolf Class?"

Jessica became serious for once.

"Eh?"

The reversal came so fast that Listy couldn't help but gasp.

"I'm definitely willing, but isn't this a bit too hasty?"

"Is it related to this incident?"

However, Wiener did not rush to agree.

“That’s right, but I can only tell you what happens next after you’ve joined the Silver Wolf Class,” Jessica said.

“Then I’ll join,” Viner said without hesitation.

Listy was speechless as she watched the two of them haggle over such a rare and invaluable opportunity as joining the Silver Wolf Class, as if they were bargaining at a vegetable market.

"Alright, then I'll be blunt. There's a demon behind what happened to you."

"Why are there demons in the dungeon?!" Risti exclaimed.

"How much magic energy is needed to maintain the dungeon's operation and production? Besides demons, who can provide that much magic energy?"

Jessica answered the question with a question.

“Except for extremely dangerous individuals, the hero will throw the defeated demons into the dungeon below the seventh level for sealing. They are both a time bomb and the most important source of magical energy for the dungeon to function.”

Although they are only separated by one word, demons and humans are completely incompatible.

Possessing unlimited magic energy, they would take pleasure in slaughtering humans even if they had no need to eat.