"What, to invite her, Dia, to the ball?"

"Yes," Lilith sighed softly as she stroked her long hair on her forehead, "Actually, I should have come to you yesterday...... After coming back, Dia's mood has been very low, and she hid in her room all day, and did not go out of the door, no matter how much I and Luo Si persuaded her, she was silent, alas! If this continues......

"But what does that have to do with the ball? Wait, what kind of ball?"

"Masquerade," Lilith said angrily, looking at Jiang Zhe, "Don't you know?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head in astonishment.

"You haven't attended?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head again.

"......" Lilith took a deep breath and explained softly, "What about this masquerade, it can also be counted as a drag ball, anyway, it is to wear some interesting clothes, and each person wears another mask, the mask knows? We'll tell you when the time comes—if you can get her!"

"But does this help Dia's mood?" Jiang Zhe asked in surprise.

"This ......," Lilith said softly, frowning slightly, biting her lip slightly, "Anyway, it's better than her hiding in her room alone, right?" I heard from the seniors that the prom should be fun, and that there would be no professors to run over us, provided we didn't go overboard, of course. As she spoke, she paused, looked at Jiang Zhe with her hands folded and said, "We think that in a lively and cheerful atmosphere, it should make Dia feel better, what do you think?"

"I ......" Looking at Lilith hesitantly, Jiang Zhe said with a little embarrassment, "As long as I can help, I don't think I will refuse-provided that you don't mind if I wear this magic robe to that ball!"

"Giggles," Lilith couldn't help but giggle twice, tilted her head to look Jiang Zhe up and down, and said with a smile, "I can't see it, in fact, you are quite humorous, Senior Brother South, you just don't like to talk, if you weren't too young, Senior Sister could consider dating you......"

"Huh?" Looking at Lilith strangely, Jiang Zhe's face was suddenly full of embarrassment.

"Giggle," looking at Jiang Zhe with strange eyes, Lilith chuckled and said, "Senior sister, I'm joking with you, don't ......take it to heart," she said, she paused for a moment, and said in a serious tone, "If you agree, then come with me now!"

"Now, where are you going?" Jiang Zhe asked in surprise as he looked at Lilith and walked straight to the door.

"Do you still need to ask?" Turning her head to look at Jiang Zhe, Lilith chuckled and said, "You can't compare to Senior Allen at this point, of course you have to be sincere in inviting girls...... Come with me, not everyone can enter our dormitory!"

At the same time, in room 2-116 on the second floor of the student dormitory tower on the west side of Reox Academy, that is, Lavia's dormitory, Lavia, who had just returned from Jiang Zhe, was sitting on the sofa with a cup of black tea in one hand and a magic book in the other.

"Stomp!" As a burst of cheerful footsteps came from the bedroom, Lisa jumped out in a pale red lace foundation gown, stretched her skirt with both hands, and said with a grin, "What do you think?"

"Huh?" Lavia looked up, glanced at Lisa, then put down the teacup and magic book in her hand, and said with a chuckle, "Hmm...... It's a nice dress, but what are you doing here?"

"Huh?" Looking at Lavia with a surprised expression, Lisa said curiously, "Evie, don't you know?"

A question only sounded inexplicably strange to Lavia.

"Know what?"

"Prom!"

"What prom?"

"Lisa is talking about a masquerade in two days, right?" Lerella, who came out of the bedroom, explained nonchalantly, "I heard it when I was at the academy, and said that the senior was going to hold a masquerade party on his own......"

"Oh, that's right," Lavia nodded, glancing at Lisa, looking at the smile on her face, shaking her head slightly, and saying in a somewhat joking tone, "Have you accepted an invitation from some knight?

"Don't make fun of me, Ive," Lisa said embarrassedly with a shy face, "I'm not in a hurry, I'm just ...... Just to see if the dress is broken, yes, that's it - if it does, how embarrassing it will be to wear it out then!"

"Yes...... "Yes yes" Shaking her head helplessly, Lavia took the magic book on the table, turned the page with her right hand, and said absentmindedly, "Then I wish you all a good time in advance, by the way, be careful of Alan, that guy is very bad......"

"Eren isn't bad!"

"Yes, yes, it's not bad," glancing at Lisa, Lavia reached out and took a sip of the cup of black tea, and said with a bit of sarcasm, "That guy isn't bad—he spends his days wandering around the school talking to girls—I've seen him several times, you should remind him!"

"I know this," Lisa said with a cute look as she sat down on the chair opposite Lavia, "Alan likes to talk to girls, he mentioned it to me himself, I believe him!"

Glancing at Lisa, Lavia shook her head helplessly.

"By the way," Lisa asked excitedly, standing half-on the table, "Ivey, have you ever thought about wearing that dress?"

"Me?" looked at Lisa in amazement, and Lavia said inexplicably, "Why should I go?"

"Huh, didn't Soth invite you?"

"He?invited me?" As if hearing some funny joke, Lavia snorted, "Expect that idiot? he's going to go to that kind of ball? Don't forget, Lisa, that idiot, but he didn't bother to even participate in the big school competitions, and he abstained in the finals, and he counted on that idiot?"

With a grin, Lyrela teased, "You didn't say that when Soth abstained that day, Ive. ”

"I ......" as if remembering something, only to see Lavia's unnatural expression on her face, she stammered, "I just...... It's just that I regretted that I shot too hard that day and injured him, so I ...... yes, that's it, so I reluctantly agreed!"

"Reluctantly?" Lisa giggled as she looked at Lyrela, "Ivey was in a good mood that day...... Well, I should say it's been a good few days...... I can't see where I'm reluctant!"

"This ...... I ......" Looking at the two friends, Lavia put down the book in her hand and said angrily, "What the hell are you trying to say!"

"Let's go to the masquerade together!"

Looking at Lisa angrily, Lavia shook her head and said speechlessly, "Do you want me and Lyrela to watch you dance with Alan from the end of the dance party?" Then I might as well read a book here quietly, I don't know anything about reverse elemental decomposition! That idiot can use it, but he doesn't know the basic theory, and it's very likely that something will happen......" As she spoke, she suddenly stopped talking, raised her head to look at Lisa and Larella, and saw that they were looking at her intently, she was suddenly a little embarrassed, and whispered, " Why do you think of me like that? I want to understand that this is just for myself, and I almost beat that idiot this time, and next time I ......."

"And next time?" Laughing and winking, Lisa teased, "I heard from Alan, Ivey, you and Soth agreed before the game, if you lose, you can't challenge him again, hehe!"

"That idiot, damn it!" muttered indignantly, and Lavia pretended not to know, "Is there such a thing?

"Okay, Ivey, you're foolish, I'll tell Soth later, hehe!"

"Okay, okay," Larella patted Lisa's shoulder lightly, and then said to Lavia very seriously, "I heard that as long as this dance party doesn't go too far, the professors won't take care of it, maybe it will be interesting, if you don't go, it would be a pity, do you want us to remind you of South?"

"Remind him?" Lavia looked down and thought for a moment, then shook her head and whispered, "No, Lerella, he won't go, and even if he did, I don't think he would want to ...... Forget it. ”

"Are you worried that he won't invite you?" Looking at Lavia with a little smile, Lerella whispered, "Soth is not Allen, he never talks to other girls in the academy, you two know each other so well, as long as he is willing to go to the prom, then the female companion must be you, what is there to worry about? But Ivey, I didn't say you, you are usually too fierce to Soth, although he doesn't like to talk, but it can be seen that he is a very assertive person, and you really shouldn't shoehorn your thoughts into him sometimes...... ”

"How can I have ......" Lavia subconsciously retorted, then lowered her head and was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "That idiot is too lazy, he obviously has such a good talent, but he ...... Forget it, anyway, I said that he and I are only fierce rivals, even if I can't challenge him again in the future, but I don't want him to lose to others, because he won me...... Twice!"

"Is that really the case?"

Biting her lip slightly, Lavia nodded and said, "Really!" As she spoke, she suddenly saw Lisa staring at herself, and asked curiously, "What are you doing, Lisa?"

I saw Lisa giggle, looked Lavia up and down and said, "Ivy must be beautiful if she wears a dress......

Lavia's face turned red and she stammered, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm ......" but Lisa interrupted her before she could finish her sentence.

"Ivey, try a dress!

"Lisa......" looked at Lisa in embarrassment, Lavia shook her head and said with an inexplicable feeling, "I don't have a costume for the ball...... Not a single one!"

"Huh?" Lisa was obviously disappointed, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she smiled and said, "Then you can wear this one from me?"

"This?" Looking at the dress on Lisa's body, Lavia frowned and said embarrassedly, "You're too childish, I don't want it, it's too embarrassing......"

"What!" Lisa was visibly dissatisfied.

"Alright," patting Lisa on the back, Lyrela whispered, "Well, if Evie doesn't mind, I have a few dresses, there should be a fit, seriously, I want to see what Ivy looks like in a dress, you're usually a magic robe...... Do you want to try it?"

It could be seen that Lavia's expression was very hesitant, as if she was making some difficult choice, until Lisa urged and urged on the side, and she reluctantly said, "That...... Well, just give it a try......"

"Well, just try!" Smiling slightly, Lyrela turned and walked into the bedroom, and it didn't take long for her to walk out with two sets of dresses, and said, "Fortunately, we are both about the same size, I just picked them, I feel that these two sets should have a suitable set for you, do you think that one is better?"

Standing with her back against the long table, Lavia looked up at the two dresses in Lerella's hand, only to see that one of them was pure white, and the other was composed of most of black and a small amount of red, she thought about it for a while, pointed to the black dress and said, "This white one reminds me of the snow in Artac, I don't like it, well, try this black one!"

"Okay," Lerella asked softly, handing the white one to Lavia, handing it to Lavia, "Do you need our help?"

I saw Lavia looking at the dress in her hand for a long time, and suddenly raised her head, showing an embarrassed expression, and said embarrassedly, "I think I need it, this ...... How do you wear it?"

"Huh?" Lyrela asked, looking at Lavia in confusion, "Haven't you worn a gown?"

"I ......" as if recalling something, Lavia shook her head and whispered, "No!"

Glancing at Lisa, Lyrela smiled wryly and said, "That's a bit of a problem, so let's do it for me and Lisa to help you, you just need to remember the steps, okay?"

“...... Okay"

For the familiar, it wasn't that much trouble to put on a gown, but for Lavia, who had never been exposed to this kind of thing, it was simply more tiring than having her perform a dozen high-level spells.

"Aren't you alright?"

"Don't worry!" Standing up to help Lavia tie a belt, Larry let out a long breath, wiped the thin sweat oozing from her forehead, looked at Lavia a few times, and said to Lisa, "Lisa, do you think it's better to tie up your hair, or is it just that?"

"I think it's better to tie it up and wear a hair ornament, right?

"Don't!" quickly interrupted Lisa, and Lavia said uneasily, "I don't like ...... I—I don't want to try!"

"That's not going to work," Lyrela said with some interest, "Lisa and I have worked so hard, how can we say we won't try if we don't try?"

"yes, Ivey, just trying it on, there's no one else here......"

"That'...... Oh well......"

In this way, Lyreira and Lisa were busy for more than ten minutes, and finally took care of Lavia, looking at Lavia's nervous and uneasy expression, where was the proud look of half a point in the game.

"Whew, it's finally done!" Taking a few steps back, Lyrela carefully observed Lavia's whole body, stretched out her finger and said, "Ivey, turn around!"

"Huh?"

"Just go around in circles!"

"Oh......"

"Hmm," Nodding with satisfaction, Lerella clapped her hands lightly and said with a smile, "It's okay barely, it would be better if you put on some more jewelry, but it's a pity that the academy rules that students can't wear jewelry, so be it......" As she spoke, she stepped forward, straightened Lavia's collar, and asked softly, "Do you remember the steps?"

I saw Lavia, who had always been very confident, looking at Lyrela in embarrassment, and said in a hesitant voice, "Remember a little bit...... A little bit ......"

Looking at the embarrassed expression on her friend's face, Lyrela smiled and shook her head, and said, "Forget it, it's up to me and Lisa to help you then, it's really a bit troublesome to be alone," she said, she patted Lavia's back lightly, pointed to the mirror and whispered, "Let's go see for yourself!"

Hesitantly glancing at the mirror in the room, Lavia took a deep breath and took a step before she nearly knocked over.

"Be careful!"

"No, this dress ......"

"I'm not used to wearing it for the first time, but I'll get used to it after a few more tries, hmm, so let's mention the skirt a little bit, and Lisa will give Ivey a demonstration......"

"Okay!"

With the help of two friends, Lavia finally stood in front of the mirror, looking at the mature woman in the dress in the mirror, she couldn't believe that it was herself, because of excessive nervousness and uneasiness, she covered her mouth with her little hands and shook her head again and again, "No, this one can't work, it's too embarrassing......"

"Shame?" Looking in the mirror and then at Lavia, Lerella wondered, "I think it's good, it's a good fit for you!"

"yes, Ivey, the dresses are like that. Lisa also helped, "We'll help you find a suitable mask later, and after you bring it, as long as you don't say anything at the ball, who will know it's you?"

"That's not going to work, I'm going to die laughing at that guy......"

"Don't worry, no, everyone is like this!"

"Really?" Lavia asked, unconfident.

Lyriela and Lisa glanced at each other and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay then...... I'm going to take it off, right? I want to take it off......"

"No, wait a little longer," Lisa said with a grin as she took Lavia's hands, "We've worked so hard to put it on for you, Ive, you should at least let us enjoy it...... Hee-hee, Ivy is really beautiful in a dress......"

"Don't laugh at me...... Still laughing?!"

"Giggles," looked at Lavia with a smile, and Lyrela nodded in satisfaction, a little melancholy, and whispered, "Now...... Just wait for Soth to invite you......"

Stopping the frolic with Lisa, Lavia said with a hint of complaint, "Don't worry, that guy won't! I know him too well, let him go to the ball, he would rather sleep in the room, so you're busy in vain!"

"In that case, Ivey, you go and invite Soth, hehe......"

"I'm not going!"

At the same time, Jiang Zhe was following Lilith to their dormitory.

When Lilith opened the door and walked into the room, after looking back, she saw Jiang Zhe standing outside the door with an embarrassed face, and said funny, "What's the matter?

Jiang Zhe shook his head and said with a wry smile, "No, never!"

"There's a first time for everything, come in!" With a somewhat teasing smile, Lilith pulled Jiang Zhe into the room.

It may have been that he heard the movement coming from outside the dormitory, and saw a girl with long blond hair walking out with a puzzled expression, and when she saw Jiang Zhe, she smiled slightly and said softly, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Senior Brother Soth, I don't think it's the first time we've met, right?"

"Well, yes," Jiang Zhe thought for a while, and then recalled that she was the senior sister Rose who had met a year ago and caused heart discomfort due to excessive consumption of magic power in the school celebration competition, so she greeted embarrassedly, "Hello!"

"Hmm!"

"Alright," Lilith asked softly, looking at Rose, "Rose, where is Dia, is it better?"

Rose shook her head, sighed slightly, and said, "It's still the same, sitting on the edge of the bed alone in a daze, and she doesn't say anything when you ask her what happened......"

"That's right," frowning, Lilith patted Jiang Zhe on the shoulder and said, "You have a good relationship with Dia, try to persuade you...... Look at you, Brother Soth!"

"Me?" glanced at the bedroom in embarrassment, Jiang Zhe said with an embarrassed face, "I'll go in...... Isn't that okay?"

"What's bad, we don't mind, what else do you mind?" As she spoke, Lilith pushed Jiang Zhe behind her back and said, "Go ahead, she hasn't eaten anything for two days, and she can't go on like this!"

"......" turned his head and looked at Lilith and Rose in embarrassment, Jiang Zhe frowned, looked into the room, and saw that on the bed closest to the window, Dia, who was only wearing a pajamas, was shrunk and sitting at the head of the bed with her hands and legs crossed, as if she was in a daze, and she didn't even notice Jiang Zhe coming in.

"Go!" Lilith reminded in a whisper, standing in the doorway.

"This ......" looked at Lilith with an embarrassed expression, seeing that she kept urging, Jiang Zhe had no choice but to walk to the side of the bed and shouted softly, "Dia?"

But Dia didn't react, just stared blankly at the quilt on her body, as if immersed in memories.

There was no way, Jiang Zhe had no choice but to stretch out his hand and gently pat Dia's shoulder.

"Hmm?" Dia, who was gently patted by Jiang Zhe and got out of the silence, subconsciously looked up at Jiang Zhe, and after being stunned for half a minute, her godless and empty gaze gradually regained its brilliance.

"Soth?" muttered, Dia seemed to realize something, subconsciously glanced at the pajamas on her body, and then raised her eyes to look at Jiang Zhe in astonishment, her pretty face turned red, and hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover her whole body, and said in a panic, "You...... Soth, why are you here?"

"I ......" Looking at Dia's nervous expression and the little vigilance in his eyes, Jiang Zhe suddenly smiled bitterly.

(To be continued)