Really? I'm fighting the Dark Emperor.

Chapter 174 Aren't they one of our own?

Waking up from her afternoon nap, Ya Ya found herself alone in the dorm. The moment she didn't see Little Radish return, she knew he had broken his promise again.

After changing my clothes and getting ready to have a meal before going to the health clinic to find someone, the first thing I saw when I opened the door was a notice posted on the wall: "A strict curfew will be enforced starting today; solo travel is prohibited."

She has ducks, so it shouldn't count as traveling alone, right?

The veteran warned her with a red card.

Great, she's destined to go hungry until any of her roommates come back.

I searched high and low in the dorm but couldn't find any food. The bear-shaped cookies that I made with Wulala last time were eaten yesterday.

After much hesitation, she opened a bag of duck snacks.

"I'm sorry, duck, I'm just too hungry."

Pushing away the duck's head that it thought was being fed, she stuffed the duck treat into her own mouth, under the gaze of those small, incredulous eyes.

Then, expressionless, he spat it into the trash can.

Suddenly I realized I wasn't actually that hungry.

She found a few pebbles from her hometown—before she came to Meng Academy, she was so reluctant to leave home that she brought all the pebbles her father had collected over the years.

Thanks to her mother's strong support, her plan to move the pebbles went very smoothly.

Back then, I liked to go home whenever there was a holiday.

Later, she discovered that traveling to various planets in the universe during holidays was much more fun than staying at home, and that eight out of ten times when she went back home, her parents didn't know where they were, so she stopped going back very often.

Now, this pile of pebbles, which was useless whether placed at home or in the dormitory, has finally found its purpose.

He stuck his head out and threw one downstairs, which hit the wall right in the face.

There was no response from downstairs.

Okay, it seems that neither Ulala nor Ukenana are in the dormitory.

After hesitating for a long time, I threw another pebble into the next dormitory. The pebble hit the window and fell out, but the neighbors didn't react.

It seems that Rui Rui and the others are not in the dormitory either.

It's destined that we'll have to wait for Barris and the others to come back before we can fill our stomachs.

Just as I was about to close the window in utter despair, I heard a noise coming from downstairs in the dormitory next door.

A head popped out and looked up. Ya Ya waved frantically, "Hey classmate, do you have anything to eat?"

He pulled his head back in.

After a while, Ya Ya saw a bag of bread and several packs of biscuits.

"Great, duckling! We don't have to go hungry anymore!"

Pull the duck out of the opened bag of duck snacks, then place it on the windowsill and give it a push: "Fly down and bring the food back before you can eat your snacks!"

"Gah-"

She hasn't eaten anything yet! As her duck, how can she only think about filling her own stomach?!

Sure enough, as she watched the duck clumsily fly down, she thought to herself that it really should lose some weight.

That can't be called flying; it's just flapping its wings.

After flapping its wings twice, the duckling couldn't fly at all downstairs on the third try.

Oh, Ya Ya thought back, the last time it exercised this much was several years ago.

"Excuse me, could you watch my duck? Or you can put it in the dorm next door." I don't know if Ulala closed the window, but it doesn't matter if it did, as long as it's not locked, the duck will open it.

After she finished speaking, the ducks downstairs were suddenly dragged inside, leaving only the lingering sound of their quacking in the air.

"That classmate is so nice, which class are they in again?"

I feel like I've seen it somewhere before, but I can't quite remember where.

It wasn't until the next day that Ya Ya remembered that she had left her duck with someone else.

I've rarely been separated from Yaya since I was little. Although we were only separated for a short while, I don't think I missed her that much.

Because of the ban, I went with Xiaoluobo to knock on the door. We waited a long time before the door slowly opened. There were no lights on inside, and the curtains were completely opaque. Ya Ya could tell that this was the kind classmate who saved her life yesterday.

"Oh, it's you."

—A warm voice from beside me.

It seems she knows her dear roommate.

Is there anyone in this school that Little Radish doesn't know?

Yu Feng nodded politely to them, then went back to his room and brought out a pillow. The duck on the pillow was still fast asleep.

It seems that it doesn't miss its owner at all, even in unfamiliar surroundings.

Ya Ya even felt that it had gotten fatter in less than a day.

lose weight!

Starting today, I'm cutting back on duck snacks and halving my meals. I absolutely have to lose weight!

The sleeping duck was completely unaware of its tragic fate that would follow for a long time to come.

If it had known earlier that simply taking a nap would bring such a huge predicament to its life, it would have... definitely tried to open its beady eyes when it felt its nest being moved.

……

"Will Principal Os really come to steal that key?" After finishing her shift guarding the key and returning to her dormitory, Ulala had just finished saying this when she saw something fly in through the window.

I opened the window, and there was a familiar duck.

"Isn't this Yaya's duck?" Ukunana glanced out the window but didn't see anyone. It seemed the duck had flown in by itself.

The duck that flew in went straight to Ulala, and for the first time, I could see some raptor-like features in this overweight duck.

The raptor snatched the biscuit that Ulala had just taken out to feed the bear.

"Why are you so hungry?" I squatted down and patted Duck's head. Duck just shook its head slightly to indicate that it didn't want to be touched, and then focused on eating its biscuits.

They definitely looked starving.

Next, Kenny and Mia Star will guard the key.

Since Maria's mother had nothing else to do, Genny's mood became unusually good again—except when it came to Stuart.

He was even more convinced that Elder Oss wouldn't come to steal this seemingly unremarkable key.

“Miya Star, you’ve been staring at that key for ages. What’s wrong? Is it fake?” Ever since she was convinced that Situ Lang had kidnapped Maria, Genny couldn’t stand anything related to Situ Lang.

"It's a good thing I'm here now. Let me tell you, Eric wouldn't let me even glance at him last night!" Miya Xing complained openly, then looked away from the keys.

"That's because he's worried you might accidentally break the key."

Genny: ...I almost forgot that Mia Star and Eric are the closest.

Damn it, who doesn't have a best brother? If Lanbao were here, he would definitely speak up for him too.

Yeah, I'll chat with Lanbao tonight if I'm bored!

He reached into his pocket, only to find it empty.

There was no mirror, nor a coin.

Oh, right, the mirror was taken to Ou Pa.

As for why the pocket was empty... it's a memory I'd rather never recall.

"After looking for so long, Miya Xing, have you figured anything out?"

"I'm thinking……"

He read what it said on the box as he tried to get it from Situ Lang.

Situ Lang was very excited.

Why was he excited?

Just as I was about to say something, a gust of wind blew so hard I couldn't open my eyes.

"Elder Oss?"

He glanced at the key he was clutching tightly in his hand, then looked at Osgeda, who had come to snatch the key just as Situ Lang had said.

"There's no time to explain, Miya Star, give me the key!"

Kenny looked around and whispered to Mia Xing, "If he tries to take it, should we pretend to struggle a bit, or just give it to him?"

Mysterious Star: ...

He put the key away.

"I'm sorry, Elder Os, we cannot give you the key."

Genny: "Hey, no way? Isn't he a good person?"