"How did you end up here?" Karls, who was rarely at school, asked with a frown. Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that he had become an idol and his manager had mentioned it, he would never have believed his background!
"Because I don't like this wasteful lifestyle... I wanted to challenge myself, so I moved out of my house. This school is closest to my master's place, so I decided to study here," Benjamin answered seriously, and his response was so convincing that it made sense.
Luo Qi silently gave him a thumbs up. The reason he was at this school was entirely because it was the only normal public school nearby! All the other public schools required at least an hour's commute. Feeling lazy, he naturally chose the one that was the most convenient, since the less time spent outside, the more he could avoid trouble.
"You're really something else..." Karls looked speechless, clearly not understanding why someone like Benjamin, a rich heir, would attend such a terrible school. After becoming an idol, Benjamin had shot drama series at a number of elite schools, and after seeing such grand campuses, he had seriously considered transferring to one of those schools!
"Do you know this young lady? If I'm not mistaken, wasn't your family part of the same hero team that fought alongside hers in the past?" Karls came back to his senses and asked Benjamin.
"Well... of course not. I don't have much standing in my family, and I'm never invited to the big gatherings. But my sister might know her. She's always been dragged into those kinds of events by the elders in the family," Benjamin answered calmly, clearly not bothered by the topic.
Although he was fairly high in the family's succession line, he had several older brothers ahead of him. These brothers were the main candidates to inherit the family, and since he had no interest in family affairs, he was more focused on physical training. So, he was content doing his own thing.
As for someone like Zhao Shishi, with her family being the only ones left to inherit it, such cases were quite rare. However, there were plenty of reasons behind it, and Benjamin, with his "lack of future," had no way of knowing the details.
Meanwhile, Luo Qi, along with the two other guys, didn't notice that Zhao Shishi, while eating her exquisite lunch, was occasionally glancing toward their direction.
And her gaze lingered particularly on Luo Qi.
She had come here because, according to her family's ancient predictions, a new Demon King might emerge in the Tsiniya Republic. At first, the family had taken it lightly, but as time passed, several other prophecies related to the Demon King had come true, which had led to their family facing a severe decline in numbers.
So now, they were forced to take the Demon King prophecy seriously.
As the future sole heir, Zhao Shishi had volunteered to take on the task. She had started researching it a few years ago.
Recently, she had discovered that there had been frequent, exaggerated magical fluctuations at this school, with no clear cause. This led her to believe that the best course of action would be to infiltrate the school as a student to investigate.
And just as she had this thought, an extremely exaggerated lightning strike had appeared, helping her pinpoint her target.
It was in this very Class 2-2. Upon further investigation, she had found many abnormal magical occurrences that seemed to be linked to this class.
She didn't believe there could be no issues here.
Although after conducting her background checks, she had mainly focused her attention on Benjamin.
After all, Benjamin's background and the circumstances surrounding his arrival at the school were too unusual. If she told anyone, they probably wouldn't believe it. Furthermore, based on her research, Benjamin had quite an impressive magical talent, even considered excellent. He should have attended a specialized magic school, just like his sister.
So, it was hard not to suspect him, and it gave off the impression that he had come here to lay low and engage in something shady.
After all, the transformation of a hero's descendant into a terrorist seeking to resurrect the Demon King was not just a legend—it had truly happened before.
Though she couldn't fully understand it, even Zhao's family had faced traitors like this centuries ago. It seemed that the Demon King always had this strange, magnetic allure.
But for some reason, after meeting Luo Qi, Zhao Shishi couldn't help but focus her attention on him.
Instinctively, she felt that this man also seemed to be hiding some kind of secret. His background wasn't simple either—his parents were well-known archaeologists in the country, and his sister was a famous scientist.
Logically, with such an outstanding sister, he should be exceptional too. However, according to her investigation, his academic and magical abilities, as well as his performance in physical education, were all average enough to make him easily overlooked. It was hard to imagine that these two were siblings. It was as if all of the younger brother's talents had been taken by the older sister.
At first, Zhao Shishi had almost dismissed him, but today, when she heard him sigh, she became slightly more alert. Not to mention, he was now somehow connected to Benjamin, so they might even be accomplices.
Thus, Luo Qi might be quite frustrated with the reason he was under such close scrutiny...
From a certain perspective, his sigh really didn't seem like such a big issue, right? It should be easy to explain away!
But right now, Luo Qi wasn't interested in reading Zhao Shishi's mind. Maintaining a calm demeanor and letting things unfold naturally had become his primary task at this stage.
Moreover, he had even more pressing issues to deal with, since this afternoon was a magic practice class...
The so-called magic practice class was designed to teach practical magic and allow students to practice it in class.
It was similar to yesterday's monster training class, a class where things were almost guaranteed to go wrong...
For this reason, each school had a special area converted into a facility to deal with potential chaos.
After all, magic was not as simple as it sounded, especially for ordinary people, it could be very dangerous.
Who knew what kind of trouble would arise in the afternoon? If he hadn't been there before, this school might have already turned into ruins.