"Brother! Don't die!"

"Jing, stay alive! Eat the fruit, eat the fruit!"

"Brother Li is dead, wuwuwu————!"

"..."

As soon as he arrived at the door of Kiana's dormitory, Zijing heard this inexplicable and ghostly howling sound, mixed with the clear voice unique to girls and exaggerated wails. He paused, wondering if he had come to the wrong place.

Pushing open the half-open door, there was indeed a "grand scene" that is often seen in school life.

On the carpet in the middle of the dormitory, several figures sat in a circle, shouting at a portable game console with a lit screen in the middle.

Principal Theresa was sitting cross-legged in the front row, her small body almost throwing herself onto the screen. Her tender white hands were slapping her thighs, and she was still shouting, "Stupid Kiana! Feed some fruit to Jing! He's starving to death! Ahhh! My Jing———!" Her voice was tearful, and it was obvious that she was truly immersed in the scene.

Kiana, who was sitting next to her, was equally excited. Her white hair was standing up in several strands. She pressed the controller frantically. "I'm pressing it again and again! This is such a lousy operation! Where is the fruit? Sis! Do you have any fruit in your backpack?"

Bianca Kaslana, who was called, sat upright, her back straight, and her expression serious as if she was commanding a battle. Her brows were furrowed, and she stared at the screen intently. Her fingers moved the handle accurately and quickly, and she reported quickly: "I fed the last fruit in my backpack to 'Amethyst' 3 seconds ago. I tried to use the resurrection item 0.5 seconds before 'Brother Amethyst''s health was reset to zero, but it failed. Miss Pado, have you found any rare recovery materials in the area you are responsible for collecting?"

Padofelice, who was hiding on the other side of Bianca, was operating the system in a panic. The light from the screen reflected on her face, and she looked a little nervous: "I don't know either! Our 'Brother Li' is dead and is still waiting to be resurrected!"

“Wow—! Jing!” Theresa let out a cry of pain, her little face drooped, and her whole body was like a deflated ball.

Theophil sat quietly in a chair a little further away, watching the farce expressionlessly, with a game controller in his hand, and seemed to have been "killed" and eliminated.

Mei was sitting next to them with a book on her knees and a gentle yet helpless smile on her face. It was obvious that her mind was not completely focused on the book, and she was attracted by her companions' startled breathing from time to time.

On the single sofa near the balcony, Wuliangta Jizi still maintained her signature posture—half-lying lazily, with one leg casually resting on the armrest of the sofa. She held a bottle of wine with half a bottle left in her hand, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes looking at the ceiling in a daze, turning a deaf ear to the noise in front of her, as if immersed in her own world, and only occasionally picked up the bottle to take a sip.

Rita Rossweisse stood elegantly at the tea table not far from Himeko's sofa, slowly wiping a few delicate teacups. She had a perfect waiter's smile on her face, oblivious to the chaos in the room, and moved calmly, as if this was not a noisy girls' dormitory, but an elegant tea party.

Zijing stood at the door, looking at the scene of "demons dancing wildly" in front of him, and a black line seemed to slide down his forehead. He closed the door silently and cleared his throat.

"cough."

The sound was not loud, but it was like pressing the pause button. The people on the carpet froze in an instant and turned to look at the door.

"Brother?" Kiana was the first to call out.

"Ah, Jing, you're here." Theresa rubbed her still red eyes, and it seemed that she had not yet fully recovered from the "death" of the game character.

Bianca quickly regained her usual composure and nodded slightly at him: "Brother Zijing."

Paduo waved at Zijing: "Hey...Brother Li."

Mei put down the book and greeted gently: "Mr. Zijing, good evening."

Theophile walked forward quickly, but Zijing held his head with one hand, so he could only stay where he was.

Rita stopped wiping and bowed gracefully: "Good evening, Mr. Amethyst. Is there anything I can prepare for you?"

Ji Zi then lazily raised her eyelids, glanced at Zijing with a somewhat distracted gaze, and muttered vaguely: "Oh... here it comes..." Then she leaned her head back on the sofa and continued to stare at the ceiling in a daze.

Zijing's eyes swept across everyone's faces, and finally fell back to the game screen in the middle of the carpet that was still displaying the "GAME OVER" screen. Her tone was indescribably complicated: "...Are you holding some kind of...memorial ceremony?"

Theresa's face turned red and she coughed softly, "Ahem, we were just playing a game... "Wild Survival Adventure"! We were fighting the final boss just now!"

Kiana said with a sad face: "Yeah, it was almost over. 'Brother Zijing', 'Zijing', and 'Brother Li' all died miserably! Only the character controlled by my sister is still alive..."

Paduo muttered quietly: "I'm just not in the right state this time..."

Bianca said helplessly to Amethyst: "I have tried to convince them to change their names, but... I'm sorry."

"No, don't worry about it..."

Having said that, it still sounds a bit weird for a character with three different names to die multiple times in the game.

"Where's Theophile? Isn't she holding a game console too?" Amethyst looked at Theophile.

"Oh, Sister Theophile doesn't know how to use these things. She didn't learn it after I taught her for a long time, so we had to play with them by ourselves." Kiana explained.

If Theophile also joined in, I'm afraid Amethyst would have to die a few more times in the game.

"By the way, Bianca, when did you come here? I remember you were supposed to be on a mission in another world right now?"

Amethyst looked at Bianca Kaslana again, Siegfried and Cecilia's biological daughter, originally named Kiana Kaslana. She thought that having the same name as her sister would lead to many misunderstandings, so she asked her parents to give her another nickname, which is now Bianca Kaslana.

"Bishop Otto said the mission doesn't need to be rushed, and my parents are worried about me going alone, so I plan to set off with them after a while." Bianca replied.

"Lady Bianca, if possible, please allow me to go with you." Rita came up and said.

"Don't bother, Rita."

"Lady Bianca's safety is the most important thing. As a maid, I will never sit idly by and watch Lady Bianca go into danger alone. Besides, taking care of your daily life and safety is one of my duties."

"Rita..."