Who hid My Corpse!

Ogg opened his mouth.

After a brief hesitation, he firmly said to Hewinia,

"It's okay, Hewinia."

"Tell me."

"I will help you."

...

After class, as Hewinia was about to leave the classroom, someone called out to her.

"Wait, Hewinia."

Hewinia recognized the voice as Arianna's, immediately stopped in her tracks, and turned around to respectfully greet the approaching Arianna.

Arianna walked up to Hewinia, surveyed her with dignity, and then slowly began to speak, "I've heard about what happened to you last night... What can I say, although it wasn't an accident that endangered your personal safety, it was indeed very unsettling."

Hewinia bowed her head, obediently replying, "Thank you for your understanding, but I still should not have been distracted during your class."

"It's good that you realize that," Arianna nodded with satisfaction but her tone quickly softened, "However, don't worry too much. The academy won't just stand by when you've been wronged like this, I can assure you, the worst won't happen."

The worst, as Arianna referred to, would be if the ill-intentioned person spread the "Light Touch Technique" audio obtained everywhere, causing an even worse impact.

Many years ago, there had been such a malicious incident. A very talented Golden Rank female Player had been subjected to this, her sound stolen and widely disseminated, becoming "Toy Notes" in the hands of countless Players overnight. That woman, unable to bear such humiliation and pressure, had chosen suicide.

Since then, such matters were strictly managed, and dissemination was considered a violation of the rules.

However, Arianna was still concerned Hewinia might do something rash, hence she made a special trip to counsel her.

But Arianna's visit was not just to console. Quickly, she changed her tone, speaking with a hint of sternness, "Yet as a Golden Rank Player, to follow such a low path, do you think it's appropriate?"

"I'm sorry, Professor..."

"Don't apologize," Arianna said, "What you need to do now isn't to apologize, but to prevent such incidents from happening again. Here, take this."

A bundle of parchment scrolls fell into Hewinia's hands.

Hewinia looked at Arianna with some confusion, to which Arianna replied indifferently, "Just some insignificant self-defense music scores I composed when I was young, they are not registered officially, you can use them with peace of mind."

Hewinia was truly surprised now.

In Holy Sound, not all music scores were public for every Player to perform.

Scores created privately were not made public, to be used or taught, or sold only by the individual.

Thus, the number of private scores a family possessed indicated their power, and the number a professor owned reflected their prestige.

Of course, it wasn't just about quantity, but also quality.

Generally speaking, professors would not pass their private scores to just any student; they were taught only to their own disciples.

For example, Hewinia's mentor, Leon, would pass his private scores to Hewinia and Dosi, but not to other students.

And Arianna, who was not Hewinia's mentor, had also given her private scores to Hewinia.

Even though they were below Third Notes and not particularly valuable private scores, it was enough to show Arianna's regard for Hewinia.

In the face of Hewinia's surprised look, Arianna simply said, "Don't mind it, I have no intention of taking disciples from Leon. After all, Leon is a man, many of his compositions aren't very helpful to you now, so..."

She paused, then looked again at the parchment scrolls in Hewinia's hands.

"Consider them extra homework. I will want them back before the Seven Notes·Syllable event, and if you haven't learned them by then..."

Hewinia immediately stood up straight, excitedly responding, "Ah, I will definitely learn all of them... absolutely before the Seven Notes·Syllable!"

Music scores, that was also something Hewinia greatly desired.

After all, elsewhere, it was magic.

As Bai Wei said, Hewinia's main problem now was the lack of time, or rather, being too young.

She indeed was a Golden Rank, indeed talented, but there wasn't much time left for her to prove herself.

Of course, if she truly were Hewinia, she wouldn't need so many scores, merely studying normally, mastering enough of the public scores, on top of roughly learning mentor Leon's private scores, would be enough to become an excellent Player.

Unfortunately, she wasn't.

She desired more, much more.

"Thank you, Professor Arianna!"

Hewinia sincerely thanked Arianna.

"I think the luckiest thing in my life is not becoming a Golden Rank, but having a teacher like you."

Even knowing it was a mere courtesy, a smile couldn't help but creep onto Arianna's lips, though she quickly suppressed it.

"Even if you say that, after the holiday you still have to honestly submit the essay I assigned. If it doesn't meet the standard, you know the consequences."

Hewinia's expression immediately turned sour, looking pitifully at her: "Ah..."

"There, there." Arianna seemed to notice something and looked up, "Your friend is here to see you."

Friend?

Hewinia also raised her head and first caught sight of a pair of full, incessantly shaking breasts.

Looking further up, she saw the lovely face of a girl.

Waving at her incessantly.

...

"I've already heard, such a low-down thing happening!" Daphne said indignantly, "It's truly disgusting!"

"If I find out who did it, I'll make sure they pay!"

It seemed she was expressing her emotions; as she spoke, Daphne could not resist pounding her chest to indicate her anger, which, because it was so tumultuous, drew countless eyes with every step she took.

"If you speak any louder, the entire school will know... Well, it seems they do already to a large extent." Hewinia sighed softly before looking at Daphne with some resignation, "So why are you looking for me again?"

"That 'again' hurts, you know." Daphne made a hurt expression, "I came straight here to comfort you after hearing about your ordeal!"

"...You know about my situation from the Second College?"

"Yeah, don't underestimate how much attention the Golden Ranks get during the festival periods." Daphne said, "After all, that Phinis from the First College arrived at the Second College first, and he's already allied with our Second College's Golden Rank senior Tupac. Now he's come to the Third College to find you, so everyone wants to know if you'll accept their invitation too. If you do, then even before the festival announcements, there will be three Golden Ranks already banding together. But it looks like you didn't accept Phinis."

"Yeah." Hewinia shrugged her shoulders, "You should be able to guess why, where I go isn't really up to me, after all."

"Mmm... that's true." Daphne nodded and then sighed deeply, "Alas, compared to the Lawrence Family, our families are like people from the lower-tier, unable to even protect one of our own who is a Golden Rank."

...Lower-tier people?

Hewinia's pupils contracted slightly, as if she had come up with something, but she remained silent.

"Ah, I almost forgot to mention the real business."

"Real business?" Hewinia raised her eyebrows, "You going to send me an invitation too?"

Daphne snapped her fingers: "Right. But it's not to join the Orchestra, it's for the Seven Notes·Syllable. Want to come and hang out at my place?"

"Go to your house?"

"Yeah, we have seven days off, you're not planning to stay at school, are you?" Daphne said, "Your home is so far away, it'd be better to have fun at my place, after all..."

Daphne pulled Hewinia into her arms and gave her a crushing smothering attack with her chest.

"We haven't had a bath together in such a long time!"

"Ahh, stop it, you're going to suffocate me!"

While Hewinia exaggeratedly struggled and protested, she also pondered whether it would actually be good or bad to briefly leave the academy during the Seven Notes holiday period.

Would that guy who knew her identity let her enjoy the holiday properly?

Thinking this, Hewinia narrowed her eyes slightly.

In that case...

She had another idea in mind.