Delivering it early brings good luck.
Since there was such a saying.
If it were Eudora...
She might have been waiting outside the door since last night!
Thinking of her terrifying act of delivering herself as a gift on Christmas, Dark felt that no matter how far removed from common sense the matter was, she was capable of doing it.
If one imagined further.
For a person with a delicate and weak body to curl up outdoors all night on a snowy evening, just catching a cold would probably be considered extremely lucky.
"Let's go to the infirmary."
Dark sighed.
Why are the children of this batch so worrisome?
...
Inside the infirmary.
Sister Carian had casually draped a coat over herself; inside the open lapels, her fair skin was faintly visible.
She simply tapped Eudora's forehead lightly, and a trace of silver light lit up, circling in the air to form a number.
"39.1 degrees."
"High fever."
"But fortunately, she was brought here in time."
Sister Carian breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a Magic Guide Card from her pocket and used a summoning spell.
Seconds later, a tiny, humanoid Magic Guide Spirit with small fleshy wings flew out from the card face. It circled Eudora's forehead and sprinkled down a patch of fine, fragmented white light.
As Eudora received the immersion of the white light, her tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
Sister Carian nodded slightly, then pulled the bedding up to her neck and smoothed it out carefully.
After finishing all this, Sister Carian finally looked up and turned to Diana at the side: "And you are?"
Diana grasped her fingers and said respectfully, "Diana, Diana from the first-year Noble House!"
"Diana, is it?" Sister Carian turned around and said, "Come here for a moment and help register the patient."
Diana nodded hurriedly: "Okay. By the way, is she alright?"
Sister Carian said casually, "It's not a big problem. Is this your first time seeing snow?"
Diana asked in confusion, "In my impression, it seems to be the first time... but does this have anything to do with the present situation?"
Sister Carian sneered, "If it weren't the first time seeing snow, who would have nothing better to do than burrow into the snow and roll around?"
Diana: "Uh... but we didn't..."
Although she had thought about doing that.
Sister Carian: "Alright, after registering, go stand to the side. I need to prepare a potion."
Diana hurriedly picked up the pen to register, then obediently ran to the bench by the wall and sat down.
Sister Carian immediately began compounding the potion.
Her technique was clean and efficient, without a single superfluous movement; her waving hands even carried a sense of aesthetic beauty.
Watching her movements and thinking of her own clumsy techniques during experiments, Diana couldn't help but reveal envy in her eyes.
Although Sister Carian held the identity of a school nurse, her mastery of potions was not inferior to Professor Thompson's, and she was perhaps even superior in medical-related potions.
Yet such a person had been expelled from the Holy Church for violating the commandments.
"What commandment did she actually violate?"
Diana rested her chin on her hand and thought about it, using this to pass the time and soothe the uneasiness in her heart.
On one hand, she was very worried about Eudora's physical condition.
On the other hand, she was also worried about what kind of treatment the gift box she left at Dark's door would receive.
"Woo."
As soon as she thought of the meticulously crafted chocolate bear in that gift box, she couldn't help but want to cover her head.
She had clearly put in so much effort for today's Valentine's Day, but in the end, not only did she fail to successfully block the door, she couldn't even hand the gift to Dark personally.
She wondered if Dark would be pleasantly surprised after discovering that gift box.
And when he ate the chocolate bear later, which part would he start eating from?
Would it be the ears?
Or the bear claws?
Or perhaps the heart-shaped candy held in the bear claws?
"Ehehe."
Thinking about it, Diana began to feel happy all on her own again.
After all, there was no helping how things had developed up to this point.
She couldn't just watch Eudora lying there and ignore her.
But Eudora...
"She really is so silly."
Diana couldn't help looking at the pink bob-haired girl on the hospital bed.
"Who stays outside the door all night long?"
"Dark won't go out in the middle of the night anyway."
"Besides, that rumor is definitely fake!"
"Something about the first person you see on Valentine's Day..."
"It's definitely impossible!"
"Ha! o(≧口≦)o Aaaah!"
...
Snowflakes drifted over, pressing tightly against the window glass as if peeping at the bits and pieces occurring indoors.
Sister Carian soon finished compounding the fever-reducing potion.
She held the test tube by the mouth and shook it gently; the wine-red liquid inside the tube stirred up ripples.
This potion, named [Constant Temperature Potion], was a specific medicine for high fevers. It could lower the human body's temperature to a fixed degree in an instant and keep it constant.
When she was still in the Holy Church, Sister Carian would often administer a drop of "Holy Water" to the patient after using a [Constant Temperature Potion], and the illness would be cured immediately.
But now that she had lost the channel to obtain "Holy Water," she needed other means to regulate the body.
"Feed this tube of potion to her."
Sister Carian casually handed the [Constant Temperature Potion] to Diana.
Although Diana obediently took the test tube, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister, why do I have to feed her?"
Sister Carian said without lifting her head, "I can't spare my hands."
"Oh." Diana glanced at the table, then nodded as if she understood.
She felt that Sister Carian had another reason.
But it was just feeding a potion; she could do it.
Having thought this through, Diana carefully took the [Constant Temperature Potion] and walked to Eudora's bedside.
Eudora had already publicly confessed to Dark before Christmas, so Diana was actually not surprised by her feelings.
The surprising part was that Eudora was actually this persistent.
There was a rack for test tubes on the bedside table.
Diana first placed the [Constant Temperature Potion] in the rack, then freed her hands to lift Eudora's upper body so she could lean against the headboard.
Immediately after, Diana picked up the [Constant Temperature Potion] again, brought the spout of the test tube to Eudora's mouth, and poured it in bit by bit.
Eudora opened her mouth unconsciously and drank the entire [Constant Temperature Potion] without the slightest resistance.
In just a moment.
Before Diana even had time to retract her hand, Eudora opened her eyes in her haze.
The effect of the [Constant Temperature Potion] was immediate.
Eudora gradually regained consciousness.
"You're awake!" Diana exclaimed in surprise.
But after Eudora saw her face clearly, she slowly, bit by bit, revealed a stunned expression.
It was as if she were saying: "Why is it you?"
Immediately after, her small face crumpled, looking even more like she was about to cry.
Diana was caught off guard and hurriedly said, "Don't cry! I'll get you whatever you want! By the way, do you want milk candy? I have... ah, I didn't bring it out..."
At this moment, Eudora seemed to have accepted reality and said in a voice as quiet as a mosquito, "Thank you."
Then she shrank back down bit by bit, wrapping her trembling delicate body tightly with the quilt.
Diana keenly heard that thanks and immediately revealed a bright smile: "You're welcome."
She didn't know that she had actually destroyed Eudora's Plan B.
...
Not long after this.
The infirmary welcomed two more first-year students.
Dark Demon and Rose Flotly had walked side by side for some distance. After glimpsing the light in the infirmary, Dark was roughly certain of his judgment.
He knocked on the door, then turned the handle and pushed straight in.
Sister Carian turned her head to glance at them and was about to speak.
Seeing that she was compounding a new potion, Dark put on a slight smile while reaching out to point at the sickbed over there.
Beside the sickbed, half of which was exposed outside the screen, Diana was sitting upright and proper.
Sister Carian understood and said, "Don't disturb the patient."
But she didn't chase them out.
Dark and Rose then walked gently into the room.
Diana had already turned her head to see them. Although surprised, she still placed her index finger against her lips, signaling them to be quiet.
Dark nodded, came to the bedside, and saw Eudora quietly opening her eyes.
Under the effect of the [Constant Temperature Potion], no flush appeared on Eudora's face.
But the hands gripping the edge of the quilt suddenly tightened.
Seeing that her condition was passable, Dark breathed a complete sigh of relief.
But immediately after, he didn't know what to say.
If the style were that of a domineering CEO in a romance novel, perhaps he would poke Eudora's forehead and say coldly, "Don't do this again in the future."
Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps.
...
On the morning of the first Valentine's Day of their academy life.
Four first-year students spent it inside the infirmary.
Snowflakes continued to fall outside the window.
The world was pure white.
...
Dark soon learned the sequence of events from Diana and felt an urge to pull Eudora up from the bed and lecture her severely.
But prioritizing the patient, the words he spoke instead became: "Your chocolate tastes very good."
Eudora suddenly became shy.
Diana, however, accidentally raised her volume: "Eh, then what about mine?"
Dark rolled his eyes: "Haven't tasted it yet."
Rose snickered secretly on the side.
...
After six o'clock, Sister Carian had already compounded two other potions.
Eudora drank those two potions on the spot, and strength gradually returned to her limbs; she was able to get out of bed.
As the only boy on the scene, Dark was grabbed by Sister Carian and lectured for a few sentences, but in reality, it was all meant for Eudora to hear.
Afterwards, Sister Carian instructed Eudora to come again at noon and in the evening, then let the four of them go.
Eudora had just recovered from a serious illness and shouldn't be exposed to the cold yet.
This cut off Diana's thought of taking the opportunity to detour outside to play in the snow.
She pulled Rose and whispered, complaining about the failure of her plan.
Rose's eyes dodged slightly as she responded noncommittally.
Dark walked at the very front.
Eudora lowered her head, following behind him like a little wife.
Anyone could see it.
Dark was holding back from lecturing her.
Eudora, however, felt a bit secretly delighted.
Although both Plan A and Plan B had failed.
She suddenly felt that the current result wasn't bad either.
In short, she had absolutely no remorse.
...
The four crossed the snow-covered bridge and finally returned to the front of the Noble House tower.
Dark pushed the door open, letting the three girls enter one by one. Only then did he whisper a thank you to the Feathered Serpent Golem and turn to enter the tower.
After the tower door closed automatically, the Feathered Serpent Golem quietly opened its eyes, then slowly closed them again.
Snowflakes fell on its body, slowly accumulating.
...
The automatically ignited fireplace flames caused the temperature in the common room to rise slightly.
But the four did not stay here for long; they soon continued upward, arriving at the second floor of the tower.
Dark escorted Eudora back to her dormitory, pushed the reluctant Diana back to her own dormitory, and finally said goodbye to Rose, eventually returning to Room 201.
Standing at the door of Room 201, a trace of exhaustion appeared on Dark Demon's forehead.
Mainly, he was mentally tired.
It was clearly a great time for a stroll in the snow.
How did it turn out like this?
"Wait, if I go for a walk now, it wouldn't be considered late... better forget it."
He opened the door and walked into his dormitory.
The warmth rushing to his face made his expression soften a lot.
The dormitory was quiet; the Magic Guide Spirits seemed to still be fast asleep.
Dark changed into indoor shoes and couldn't help but slow his steps.
Eudora's chocolate had only been bitten once, and Diana's chocolate hadn't even been unwrapped.
He thought about taking a good look at them.
But before he reached the table, he was astonished to find that the table was actually piled with gift boxes, some large and some small.
Eudora and Diana's gift boxes were buried in the corner.
That liqueur chocolate with one bite taken seemed to be missing too.
It gave the feeling that the private dormitory had been visited by a red-and-white thief who then left behind such a pile of gifts.
But that was obviously impossible.
With a trace of doubt and speculation, Dark walked quickly to the table, then abruptly turned his head to look at the large bed and small beds.
It was still quiet, and the places that should be bulging were bulging.
Dark immediately turned back and counted the gift boxes.
Excluding Eudora and Diana's gift boxes, there were exactly ten, no more, no less.
There wasn't one from [Meowth].
...
An overly obvious surprise, but it still made one unable to resist smiling.
The trace of exhaustion from encountering troubling matters early in the morning vanished instantly.
Dark sat down properly, preparing to unwrap the gift boxes one by one.
He first selected a gift box that had a paper note inserted in the gap of the ribbon.
This gift box, originally placed at the head of his bed and later taken away and hidden, had outer packaging of a faint purple.
It was a color that allowed one to easily associate it with its owner.
Dark did not rush to open the gift box but first pulled out the note to examine it carefully.
The note was only folded a few times and could be easily unfolded.
After smoothing it out, he could see a simple sentence pieced together with crooked characters on the paper.
"No grammatical errors."
Dark's smile couldn't help but grow, and only then did he notice the content of the note.
[Master Mama, I love you~!]
...
Wait, did Magic Beast (Ditto) get something wrong?
This is Valentine's Day, not Mother's Day, hey!
...
Although they are both festivals for expressing love.
...
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