Chapter 656: Dodged A Bullet
“How did I end up here?”
Alex thought the moment he opened his eyes.
He clearly remembered going back to his dorm and sleeping on his own bed last night. Yet, when he woke up, he was in the clocktower. On Latifa’s bed. With Latifa and Lumi hugging him from both sides.
Aside from that, he realized one more thing. He could still vividly remember his dream, especially the part where he gave Noelle the nightdress as a gift.
But beyond that part, he could not recall anything. This made him wonder if it was somehow connected to how he had ended up on Latifa’s bed.
The two girls were sleeping peacefully by his side, but they held his arms firmly in a vice grip.
It was as if the two were preventing Alex from sneaking away during the night and having a tryst with a lady whom he only met in his dreams.
Sandwiched between two beautiful ladies, Alex did the only thing he could do, and that was to stay put!
“Look at that face that’s melting because his arms are pressed against Latifa and Lumi’s chest,” Lulu said in a teasing tone. “But… wouldn’t it feel better if I join them as well?”
Alex moved his head and saw that Lulu had appeared at the foot of the bed, looking down at him with a smirk.
As if to tease him, she wore a nightdress, which made Alex give her a thumbs up in his heart.
Of course, he didn’t voice his thoughts out loud. He noticed that Latifa and Lumi were now awake. At this moment, they were just pretending to be asleep to keep holding onto him.
“It must be hard being popular.” Lulu sighed. “Not only are you surrounded by beautiful ladies in reality, but you don’t even get a chance to rest even in your sleep.”
Before Alex could give his reply, Lotte came into view. She was wearing a pink apron that looked really good on her.
“Breakfast is ready,” Lotte announced. “Time to wake up. Alex still has classes today.”
At the mention of classes, Latifa and Lumi reluctantly let go of his arms. However, it didn’t end there.
Both of them gave Alex a good morning kiss on his cheeks, making the young man feel like his day was off to a good start.
Naturally, he greeted the two ladies a good morning before returning their kisses.
When he finally got off the bed, he gave Lotte a hug, greeted her a good morning, thanked her for always working hard for them, and then ended the sequence with a kiss on the forehead.
“How about me?” Lulu asked, walking towards Alex while swaying her hips in a seductive way. “Where’s my good morning kiss?”
“O-Only on the cheek, okay?”
“Okay.”
Lulu moved her face to the side, allowing Alex to kiss her cheek. But just when his lips were about to make contact, the mature version of Latifa suddenly moved, making it so that Alex’s lips and her lips would meet.
Latifa, Lumi, and Lotte thought that Alex would pull back, which was what he planned to do.
But Lulu was one step ahead. Before he could step back, she hugged him all of a sudden, giving him a deep passionate kiss that melted any remnant of sleep that was still in his body.
“Thank you for the meal,” Lulu said after the kiss ended. “It was good.”
She then gave Alex’s cheek a quick peck before finally letting him go.
After that, the five of them ate breakfast, which was toast, eggs, and honey-cured bacon.
Lotte had used the honey Alex had handed to her, making sure to put it to good use.
Alex praised her, saying the breakfast he had was delicious even in its simplicity. This made Lotte’s tail wag gently from side to side, showing that she was happy that her hard work paid off.
After eating breakfast, Alex decided to take a shower in the bathroom inside the clocktower. Fortunately, he had left a spare uniform long ago, just in case he stayed over the night.
Since Latifa would sometimes ask him to have a sleepover, he decided to put one of his uniforms there so he would not have to go back to the dormitory in the morning.
The young man didn’t know why, but the four fox girls seemed to be very affectionate today.
Lulu even took the initiative to tell Alex that she would join him in the bath and help wash his back, which Alex firmly declined.
He had a feeling that if he agreed to Lulu’s offer, he would be drained of his strength very early in the morning.
There were a few things he needed to handle today, so he couldn’t afford to fall into Lulu’s trap.
An hour later, Alex left the clocktower and finally made an appearance in the music hall, where the candidates for the singing division had gathered.
He had arrived a bit early, so there were only a few people around. Luckily, one of them was Astrea, who was having a chat with the Fairies Doh, Reh, Mii, Fah, and Sue.
To his surprise, Poppy and Dewdrop were also there. It seemed that the two fairies who had come from the Shadow Forest had made many friends in the academy.
“Good morning, everyone,” Alex greeted the group as he headed in their direction.
“”Good morning!””
Astrea’s eyes lit up when she saw Alex. The young lady had been pestering Professor Arienna to schedule her duet with Alex.
Although she was happy to have a duet with her brother during their practice, Alex was supposed to be her partner in singing the ending song for the contest, which was a duet.
However, the Professor would only respond that Alex was in the middle of special training she had asked him.
Because of how tedious and tough this training was, the young man must not be disturbed in his training no matter what.
This only increased Astrea’s curiosity about Alex’s training. But now that he was here, she planned to ask him to sing a song so she would get a better idea on the kind of training she was having!
After hearing her proposal, the fairies immediately agreed to it without fail. They even decided to go all the way and broadcast Alex’s singing to the entire academy.
They believed in the saying that if they fall, they should all fall together!
Poppy and Dewdrop had no idea why the fairies looked very hyper at that moment. They looked like they were about to go to war.
Of course, Alex politely turned down Astrea and the Fairies’ request to hear him sing a song.
Because of this, Astrea resorted to her secret weapon!
She held Alex’s hand and looked up at him with upturned eyes, which was super effective to Alex’s heart.
Unfortunately, before the young man could nod his head in agreement, Professor Arienna entered the room.
She immediately broke the commotion before telling Alex to continue his special training.
This made Astrea and the Fairies click their tongues. The Professor’s terrible timing ruined their attempt to persuade the young man into agreeing to their request.
Poppy and Dewdrop were also disappointed, but what they didn’t know was that the entire academy had dodged a bullet.
If Alex’s singing voice was broadcasted that day, the Headmaster of the Academy, Professor Rowan, might accidentally banish the young man to the edge of the world using his power to bend space.
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