My Endless Life

Li Qi's expression was full of confusion, while Miss Mary, who was standing next to Ilona, ​​had a slightly worried look on her face.

Mary Mills is a pretty girl.

She has short, almost black, blue-ink hair, a pair of ruby-like eyes, and faint freckles on her face.

If she didn't come to challenge Li Qi often, Li Qi admitted that she was a very cute girl.

But today is different from usual.

Mary seemed to have no intention of challenging Li Qi. Her hands were hanging on both sides of her skirt, one of which was holding a long gift box.

It seemed that he was here to give Li Qi a gift.

As for Ilona…

"I thought Mary was coming to see you, so I came with her. Don't you welcome me?"

Ilona asked Li Qi with a smile.

Li Qi looked at Mary, then stepped aside to let the two of them in. A shy and frightened smile appeared on his slightly elegant face wearing glasses:

"How could it be? It's just... Your Highness, you came too suddenly. I was a little unprepared... Your Highness, please come in and sit down quickly. I'll get you some tea."

"Don't be so formal. I'm just dropping by and want to chat with you."

Ilona waved her hands and said.

Li Qi blinked: "...chat?"

"Well, let's chat, but it's not too important. You can entertain Mary first. She's here specifically to see you."

As Ilona said, she stopped paying attention to Li Qi and walked around Li Qi's room, looking at the facilities in the room.

Li Qi was a little nervous when he saw Ilona walking to his table and playing with the alchemy items on it.

The magic orb sent by Uno earlier was hidden in the box in the drawer under the table.

Although Ilona is from the royal family and has received a good education, she should not rummage through other people's things.

But instead of being afraid of ten thousand, be afraid of the unexpected. If Ilona really found the magic orb... Li Qi didn't know how to explain it.

His heartbeat accelerated slightly, but Li Qi showed nothing unusual on the surface. He turned to look at Mary:

"Mary-san, what are you...?"

"...Happy Devil's Day."

Mary glanced at Ilona standing there, gave the gift in her hand to Li Qi, and said in a low voice.

Without picking up the gift from Mary, Li Qi frowned and asked:

"Mary-san, it seems that the relationship between us is not good enough to give each other gifts?"

"Don't get me wrong." Mary snorted softly and said, "This is a challenge."

"Challenge?"

Li Qi took the gift doubtfully and opened the box.

When he saw the forearm-sized staff inside, his expression became even weirder:

"You call this...a challenge?"

"Of course! What's wrong? This is just like throwing gloves in a knight's duel. It's a challenge I'm throwing to you!"

"Then do I also have the right not to accept your challenge?"

"It's useless even if you don't accept it. I've already sent the stuff away. It's your own business to deal with it. I'm definitely not going to get it back anyway."

Mary said with a cold and arrogant look.

Li Qi frowned even more tightly and was about to return the staff when he heard Mary say:

"Okay, gift...I have already sent the challenge letter, so I won't keep it..."

At the end of the sentence, she suddenly came closer to Li Qi and whispered in a low voice that only Li Qi could hear:

"...Also, you have to be careful, Sister Ilona."

"..."

After Mary finished speaking, she turned around and left, and quickly disappeared from Li Qi's sight.

So is this girl here to remind me?

Thinking of Mary's last words, Li Qi turned his head slightly and looked in the direction of Ilona.

Ilona was playing with the apprentice-level alchemy tools made by Li Qi. When she heard Mary closing the door and leaving, she put down the props in her hands and asked Li Qi:

"Are you done talking?"

"Yes, I'm sorry for neglecting you, Your Highness."

Li Qi's attitude instantly became respectful.

He bowed slightly and saluted Ilona, ​​but when he raised his head again, he met Ilona's playful eyes.

He heard Ilona say:

"Chatting with a girl doesn't mean you're neglecting me. In fact, I'm the one who should apologize. After all, I disturbed you and Mary's alone time."

"There is no relationship between Miss Mary and I."

Li Qi said calmly.

Ilona laughed happily:

"Haha, it seems you have no idea what it means when a girl gives a gift to a boy on the Devil's Birthday."

"Your Highness, is this why you came to me today to talk about this?"

Seeing that the topic was going to something he didn't like, Li Qi immediately changed the topic.

Ilona smiled and stopped teasing.

She walked up to Li Qi and sat down on the sofa opposite. She crossed her legs and looked at Li Qi with a bad look.

After watching this for a while, Ilona said:

"Actually, I came to you today. On the one hand, I want to talk to you about Professor Derien's problem. On the other hand, I also want to talk to you about your experience."

"I don't quite understand..." Li Qi's eyelids twitched and his expression was blank: "...What are you referring to, Your Highness?"

Ilona's expression was even more meaningful. She smiled and shook her head, pointed at Li Qi, and then said:

"Then let me make my words clear, Kiri... No, maybe I should call you... Li Qi Glatt?"

Li Qi held his breath for a moment, raised his head slightly, and faced the second princess Ilona in front of him with his glasses reflecting the light.

Through the light of the lens, Li Qi and Ilona looked at each other.

After looking at each other for a long time, Li Qi slowly lowered his head and said:

"...My name is Kiri now, Your Highness the Princess."

"Oh? Your reaction is different from what I imagined. I thought you would be afraid that I would arrest you, after all, you are from Uno."

Seeing Li Qi lower his head to admit his identity, Ilona was a little strange.

Li Qi whispered:

"If Your Highness really does this, it will not be you who came here today."

"Then how can you confirm that I really came alone? Perhaps, in a place you don't know, people from the Intelligence Bureau have surrounded you?"

"If that's the case, then the place where we are chatting now will not be in my room, but in your interrogation room."

Li Qi remained calm and talked to Ilona calmly.

Snap, snap, snap.

Ilona stretched out her hands, and her hands wrapped in leather gloves clapped, making a dull applause.

She laughed, praising Li Qi without hiding it:

"You are still so calm at this time, you are worthy of being a battlefield hero who has won the Unicorn Medal at a young age. I admire you very much, Li Qi."

"Your Highness, I said, my name is Kiri now."

"Okay, Kiri." Ilona smiled and shook her head at this point: "It doesn't matter whether you are called Li Qi or Kiri, I just want to ask you a question now."

"Your Highness, just ask it."

"That day at Professor Deren's training ground, it was actually you who experimented with the magic device, not Professor Deren, right?

"The magic that almost blew up the entire training ground was also used by you, right?"

Ilona asked these questions, staring at Li Qi with a hot look in her eyes.

Although the questions she asked were interrogative sentences.

But from her eyes, it can be seen that perhaps from the beginning, she had already determined the answers to these questions.