ILLIMITABLE UNTIL DEATH

It wasn't even close to midnight yet, just the early hours of nightfall.

At Queenvail Academy, where most students balanced their school life with performing arts careers, the campus remained lively even after classes ended. Many still occupied the activity halls and training rooms, pushing their limits late into the evening.

As a result, students continued to trickle out from various buildings, slowly making their way back to the dormitories.

Yet, none of them noticed that a certain male had silently slipped into the premises.

Thanks to the academy's lush design, lined with imported flora, landscaped gardens, and pockets of thick woods, it was easy for someone to move under the cover of trees and shadows.

Taking full advantage of the natural terrain and twilight veil, Fang Li glided silently through the grove. Even with a well-trodden forest path just a few meters away bustling with students, he moved unnoticed, like a wraith in the dark.

In fact, Fang Li might have been more familiar with Queenvail's layout than with Jie Long Seventh Academy's.

Back at Jie Long, he rarely left the Yellow Dragon Temple, so his understanding of that campus was limited. But Queenvail? He'd infiltrated it so many times that he could practically navigate it blindfolded.

And so, Fang Li passed through the woods without incident and soon stood beneath the outer wall of the girls' dormitory.

He raised his head, eyes locking onto a particular window at the top floor.

"I'll go in through there."

This wasn't Sylvia's room.

Sylvia's dorm faced the campus's main street. Fang Li never entered directly from her side; it was too risky. Instead, he always chose this room first, using it as a stepping stone across the dormitory.

There was a good reason for that.

"I wonder if those airheaded girls are inside…"

That room belonged to Rusalka, more precisely, to Miluse, the ever-messy and outspoken member of the idol group.

Her room sat directly across from Sylvia's, which made it the perfect infiltration point.

After all, ever since that duel, the girls of Rusalka had been forced to obey Fang Li. Most of his previous visits to Sylvia had been escorted, albeit reluctantly, by the very same girls trying (and failing) to stop him.

Given the circumstances, Fang Li didn't hesitate.

With the grace of a black panther, he leapt effortlessly upward, landing on the top floor balcony without a sound, and slipped into Miluse's room.

Despite its generous size, her room had none of the elegance one might expect from a girl's living space.

Clutter reigned supreme.

Stuffed animals lay upside down across the floor like they'd been through a war. An avalanche of fashion and idol magazines towered dangerously in the corner.

The whole scene was, in a word, chaotic.

She was a girl, worse, the adorably famous captain of the second most popular idol group in the world, and this was the state of her room? If someone took a photo and posted it online, Rusalka would probably lose a decent chunk of their fanbase.

Fang Li still remembered what he said the first time he stepped into this chaos.

"At least clean up a little. You're an idol, aren't you?"

But Miluse had just looked at him with deadpan eyes and snapped back with a single line.

"As long as an idol's cute and talented, that's all that matters. No one expects them to be good at cleaning their rooms."

That was Miluse's retort.

Still, as a girl and, more importantly, a public figure, living like this would definitely cost her a few reputation points.

Not that it seemed to bother her. The academy's cleaning staff probably came by on a regular schedule to handle the worst of it anyway.

As for Fang Li? He wasn't about to waste energy arguing with airheads. He'd long grown used to the chaos inside this room.

Only... today was a little different.

Scattered across the already messy floor were clothes, lots of them. Shirts, skirts, bras, socks, even tights. A colorful battlefield of discarded fashion.

And from the nearby bathroom came the sounds of splashing water and lively chatter.

"Ahhh, I feel alive again…"

"Today really wore me out…"

"Miss Patra's been dragging us around like crazy lately. What did she eat to get that kind of energy?"

"Meanwhile, President Sylvia's been taking it easy these days."

"Ugh, I'm exhausted…"

Fang Li raised an eyebrow and glanced toward the source of the voices.

There, inside the steamed-up bathroom, Miluse, Paivi, Monica, Tuliya, and Mahulena were all completely naked, laughing and splashing about without a care in the world.

"Hey, Mahulena, did you get a bit bigger lately?" Miluse asked teasingly.

"E-Eh? Really?" Paivi blinked, eyes wide.

"Mu mu mu… You traitor!" Monica growled dramatically.

"It does look a little fuller…" Tuliya added with an analytical nod.

"No, No way! Iya! Don't touch that!" Mahulena squealed in protest.

The five girls frolicked freely in the misty light of the bath, their bare skin glistening with droplets of water. It was the kind of surreal, dreamlike scene that lived rent-free in the imagination of every teenage boy across dimensions.

They were all breathtaking in their own way, different figures, different personalities, but all shining in that moment of unfiltered youth.

Watching Miluse and the others gang up on Mahulena, who looked moments away from bursting into tears, Fang Li found himself at a loss.

"…Do none of the girls here lock the door when they shower?"

It wasn't just Rusalka. Sylvia has the same careless habits. Maybe they'd just grown too comfortable in an all-girls academy, where the idea of a male intruder seemed far-fetched.

Still, this scene… wasn't bad.

"Guess I should enjoy the view while I can."

After all, tonight might be his last time seeing this group of lovable fools.

Without their constant noise and chaos, things would feel oddly empty.

"…Maybe I should take a few pictures for old time's sake?"

He mumbled the idea aloud, completely ignoring how wrong it sounded.

And yes, before leaving the room, Fang Li did take a few photos.

Actually there are more than a few.

"What are you doing here?"

Inside Sylvia's room, her voice came with a mix of surprise and caution as she stared at Fang Li, who had just entered from the balcony.

Wrapped in only a towel, her freshly bathed body glistened with steam, strands of hair still damp and clinging to her neck and shoulders.

Clearly, just like the girls next door, she had just stepped out of the shower.

Fang Li blinked, momentarily caught off guard. Even after seeing her like this more times than he could count, the sight still hit him.

Sylvia pouted, cheeks puffing up in mock annoyance.

"Don't tell me you came all the way here just to be a pervert again?"

Fang Li responded with a small, amused smile.

And calmly said, 

"I'll be leaving this place soon."

(End of Chapter)

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