NOVEL NEXT Chapter 176: The Heartbroken Theodore
"No way," Luo Wei mercilessly extended her hand towards him, "Senior, please hand over your self-criticism letter."
"Ah!" The guinea pig heaved a dramatic sigh to the sky, resignedly lifting his paw that held the letter, "Here you go."
Unsuspecting, Luo Wei bent down to take it, but she noticed a gleam flash through the guinea pig's eyes as his slowly rising paw suddenly withdrew, bringing the letter to his mouth.
"Crunch, crunch, crunch..." He abruptly lowered his head and started frantically chewing, devouring the dried parchment like a thin cracker in just a few bites.
After destroying the evidence, the guinea pig casually turned his head and stretched out both paws triumphantly: "Can't hand it over now. You'll have to arrest me."
After all, he had already eaten the letter, so if she wanted to arrest him, he wouldn't resist.
Luo Wei gave him a complicated look: "Senior, you have quite strong teeth."
The guinea pig smiled, his whiskers twitching proudly: "You flatter me."
"Senior, aren't you afraid that once caught, you'll have to write another self-criticism?" Luo Wei couldn't understand his self-defeating behavior.
"What's there to fear? I'll delay it as long as I can," Sebastian showed complete indifference like a pig unafraid of boiling water, "I'm graduating in five months anyway, and I have enough credits to spare until the end of this semester."
Luo Wei: ...
Indeed, worthy of being the brave senior who dared to steal water using magic.
"In that case, senior, I apologize." She flipped the net, scooped up the guinea pig and sprinted to the nearby church.
The student council office was inside, where Professor Tobias's owl also worked night shifts.
After bringing the guinea pig to the student council, Luo Wei put the net down and let him walk out by himself.
The owl perched on the desk, its eyes widening at the sight of the guinea pig on the floor.
Seeing this, Luo Wei quickly explained: "This is Senior Sebastian Noel. He attempted to destroy his self-criticism letter from the bulletin board and was caught red-handed by me."
The owl stared hungrily at the guinea pig, repeating: "This is Senior Sebastian Noel. He attempted to destroy his self-criticism letter from the bulletin board and was caught red-handed by me."
Luo Wei nodded: "Yes, he ate the letter."
The owl flapped its wings: "Yes, he ate the letter."
Luo Wei: "But please tell the professor not to worry, I made full preparations. I copied all their self-criticism letters, so there are backups even if they're destroyed."
The owl repeated word for word: "But please tell the professor not to worry, I made full preparations. I copied all their self-criticism letters, so there are backups even if they're destroyed."
After hearing this devastating news twice, the guinea pig on the floor stiffly turned his neck to look at Luo Wei, his eyes brimming with shattered tears.
Who said junior sisters were all sweethearts? Was what he encountered tonight a sweetheart?
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This sweetheart must be hiding an iron weight inside!
Luo Wei's lips curled into an irrepressible smile: "Senior, I'm sorry, but you're bound to be disappointed tonight."
Plus one credit point, plus one to the happiness index.
The guinea pig clutched his chest and closed his eyes in pain: "It's fine."
Luo Wei curtsied to both the guinea pig and the owl before turning to leave.
At the doorway, she remembered something and turned back: "Senior, thank you."
Sebastian was an advanced magic apprentice. If he had wanted to destroy all the letters and escape, she definitely couldn't have caught him.
Behind her, the guinea pig opened his eyes, and after a moment of surprise, revealed a pleased smile.
"No need to thank me, junior."
After all, he had plenty of credit points to spare, and he didn't mind donating one to help a poor junior - that was what he had thought when he saw her appear.
After all, Luo Wei was legendary for losing forty credit points at once, earning the admiration of even the seasoned seniors in the advanced division.
...
After leaving the student council office, Luo Wei rushed back to the bulletin board.
She wondered if she had missed any credit points while she was away.
Fortunately, as soon as she approached the bulletin board, she spotted a pitch-black figure tearing at the parchments on the wall.
At the same time, a silver flash darted through the woods behind the bulletin board, quickly disappearing toward the direction of the rose garden.
Gladys?
Luo Wei hesitated for a second between pursuing or not.
Well, since the little wolf was so cute, she'd let her go.
But as for that dark figure at the bulletin board... a sly smile crept across Luo Wei's face.
Better you than me, Theodore, sorry about this!
Luo Wei shouldered her long net and sprinted at full speed toward the bulletin board, swooping down with the net over the dark figure's head, her layered skirts flying high as she landed.
"Ow!"
Theodore's cry actually startled Luo Wei.
"Shh, it's me, be quiet!"
Why shout so loud? What if the others who haven't come yet hear it!
"Luo Wei, why is it you?" Theodore asked in surprise through the net, "Are you here to steal the self-criticism letters too?"
Luo Wei paused, then nodded: "Yes, you guessed right."
"If you're stealing letters, why did you bring this thing?" Theodore puzzled, pushing at the net covering him.
"To carry the letters," Luo Wei improvised seriously, "Using this won't leave fingerprints, so the dormitory supervisors won't be able to trace it back to us."
"Fingerprints?"
"The patterns on your fingers, they're different for everyone."
"Oh—" Theodore gave a thumbs up, "You're so clever!"
Luo Wei smiled as she removed the net from his head: "Alright, quickly put all the letters in here. I know a hidden spot where we can burn them."
"Right, right, right, once we burn them no one will be able to trace us!" Theodore tossed the messy parchments into the net, "Actually you didn't need to come out tonight, I tore down your letter too."
Luo Wei: My conscience hurts.
But those credit points...
"Luo Wei, where are we going to burn them?" Theodore asked.
Luo Wei was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "Theodore, how about I give you ten seconds to run?"
"Run?" Theodore hadn't caught on yet, "Why should I run?"
Luo Wei: "Because I'm here to catch you."
Theodore: "???"
"What, why are you catching me?"
Luo Wei grabbed Theodore's arm firmly, putting on a serious face: "Theodore, I'm in charge of guarding the bulletin board tonight, and you're officially under arrest for stealing self-criticism letters."
Theodore: "..."
"Student Theodore, please come with me."
Theodore: "..."
Ten minutes later, a heartbroken Theodore was escorted by Luo Wei to the student council office, where he joined Sebastian, who had somehow transformed back to human form and was wrapped in a blanket to cover his naked body.
Two credit points secured, Luo Wei dusted off her hands and returned to the scene with her net.
If Theodore had come, Hol couldn't be far behind, since he too had to perform self-criticism in front of the entire school.
However, as it got later into the night, either everyone had fallen asleep or something else was going on, as there was suddenly no more activity.
Luo Wei waited for several hours, unable to suppress a big yawn.
Her hands were frozen stiff from holding the net, and there wasn't even a rustling leaf around.
In this cold weather, it was dangerous to stay stationary in one place for too long.
With no choice, Luo Wei put down her net and went to patrol the warning line twice.
After running two laps around the academy, she had worked up quite a sweat before quietly returning to the bulletin board area.
The moon was setting in the west as time approached four in the morning.
Just when Luo Wei thought no more credit points would come her way tonight, a strange sound suddenly drifted through the air.
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