The Hero Who Became a Monster Girl Will Never Fall to Evil

“No food restrictions, I can eat coriander and beef...” Rorina whispered.

Vieya understood instantly. She nodded while walking toward the ordering counter. “Not picky is good. Jasmine can eat anything too. When she was little, she even picked wild fruits off the ground to eat. Her teeth were about to go sour, but she still frowned and forced herself to finish.”

“Captain Jasmine was actually that gluttonous?” Rorina was slightly surprised.

In her long-held impression, Jasmine was undoubtedly a hexagon-shaped top student: diligent in study, strong self-discipline, and as long as the topic didn’t involve her mom, her personality was very good. Aside from her poor athletic ability due to congenital physical defects, she pretty much had no shortcomings.

But she didn’t expect that such an excellent captain had also picked up things from the ground to eat when she was little.

Hmm... wild fruits probably don’t count as garbage. But in towns, the fallen wild fruits on the ground truly are taken by no one — even beggars won’t pick them up, preferring to search the trash bins instead.

After ordering, Vieya led Rorina to sit at a quiet corner, lowered her eyes, and gently explained:

“It’s not that she was gluttonous. Jasmine wasn’t by my side when she was little. I only found her again when she was about three. Her previous life wasn’t very good. She was often hungry, so she became frugal later on.”

“No wonder.”

Rorina cautiously glanced at the Dean-sister across from her. Seeing her lower her gaze, she suddenly understood why Captain Jasmine valued her Dean-sister so intensely, with a possessiveness so strong it bordered on abnormal.

A child separated from her family since infancy, wandering alone, living day to day not knowing where the next meal would come from—later finally finding her mother, finally receiving warmth and affection she had never once experienced in her short life... How could that not create possessiveness?

At the same time, she also understood why Captain Jasmine, whose grades and power already surpassed 99% of junior mages, still refused to relax even for a moment, practicing magic with such relentless effort... Captain Jasmine wasn’t trying to show off or act cool—she simply didn’t want to be abandoned again.

Rorina suddenly felt regret.

She regretted deliberately saying to Captain Jasmine things like, “When your mom finds a new spouse and has a second kid, the Hero-turned-monster-girl from the ‘Renren Library’ free-reading APP, Baidu search ‘Renren Library’ download Android APP, the Hero who became a monster girl and will never fall to evil, she won’t want you anymore,” and other provoking remarks.

Although she got a fireball plastered onto her face right after saying it, and although she apologized, the red eyes full of tears that Jasmine had then still stabbed her heart.

Rorina lowered her head in shame.

Soon, the steaming dishes were brought over. Not many—three dishes for two people.

Vieya had considered her own hearty appetite and added an extra plate of tomato scrambled eggs.

“The taste is good. Little Rorina, don’t be shy, let’s eat together.”

Seeing the pink-haired girl keep her head down silently, Vieya assumed she was embarrassed, so she took the initiative to pick up a piece of beef and place it in her bowl.

Seeing this, Rorina was overwhelmed, thanking her while lowering her head and stuffing food into her mouth. The tender, delicious beef made her eyes involuntarily fog over.

Even though she always acted like an arrogant young lady in the academy, her life was actually extremely tight. The family hardly gave her any extra allowance. She also foolishly thought she was impressive—looking down on her family while at the same time envying the real rich young ladies who spent money without care.

In front of others she was a loud, invincible person no one dared provoke. But behind the scenes she often starved to the point that she secretly went to the cafeteria to get relief meals, hugging her pillow at night while thinking of her mother.

As for why she did it secretly—of course it was because she couldn’t let go of her so-called dignity and pride.

“......”

Vieya, who had been observing Rorina’s expression, suddenly froze. Why was this child eating while secretly dropping little pearls—was it too spicy?

Rorina buried her head, crying while shoveling food into her mouth.

Was it really that spicy? This wasn’t chili millet.

The unconvinced slime-girl picked up a piece of beef and chewed it, then chewed a green pepper. It was spicy, but not much.

“If you can’t handle spicy food, try this tomato scrambled egg.” Vieya sighed softly. “This dish was passed down from the former Chief Hero. By now, it has nearly ten years of history on this land, I think?”

“Thank you, Dean-sister, but I’m not afraid of spicy food,” Rorina sobbed.

Vieya raised a brow. “Then why are you crying?”

“...Spicy tears,” Rorina mumbled. “These peppers are too spicy.”

Vieya shook her head with a laugh. After Rorina had mostly finished eating, she continued:

“After the Glenfiddy family was dissolved, all children under fourteen must choose a foster institution or find a willing family. Have you thought about what you’ll do?”

“......”

Rorina fell silent. Even her movements of stuffing food into her mouth slowed down.

After a long while, she finally lifted her head slightly. “I don’t know, but... um...” She looked toward Vieya with hope. “...Can I continue studying at this academy?” 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

“You can.”

Vieya nodded, smiling as she added, “Aside from being taken in by a foster institution or a kind family, you have a third option: receive my support, and continue studying here until the day you become an adult.”

“I choose the third one!” Rorina answered immediately. She felt the gloomy, anxious darkness in her heart suddenly fill with a rainbow after the rain.

Vieya asked, “Are you sure?”

“Sure, certain, and absolutely definite!” Rorina said solemnly.

“Then if you cause fights or trouble in the academy again, the heads of the four schools will dump all your problems onto me.” Vieya said with difficulty. “Then I’ll be the one who gets wages deducted, called in for questioning, denounced...”

“Don’t worry, Dean-sister! I will absolutely never fight, brawl, or stir up trouble again!” Rorina said nervously. “Please support me! I definitely won’t disappoint you!”

“Then...” Vieya smiled slightly and set down her chopsticks. “...I’ll trust you.”

......

At dusk.

At Nicks Avenue No. 66, a pretty girl wearing a black long dress, with bright green hair tied in a single ponytail, stood at the courtyard entrance, looking around as if waiting for something.

On the other side—

After finishing everything regarding Rorina and rejecting Hua Shiyu’s dinner invitation, Vieya decided to get off work early today.

The slime-girl casually left an early-leave slip on her desk, tidied her hair and clothes a little, then turned and left the Dean’s office.

“Aiya, is the little Dean going home so early today?” Helibel asked curiously in the hallway.

“I’ve finished the academy matters for now, so I’m leaving first.”

The white-haired loli waved her hand, her figure disappearing like the wind down the corridor, leaving Helibel holding a stack of pending documents, staring blankly at the empty Dean’s office.

Second day on the job and already leading the office in leaving early.

After a while, Helibel finally regained her senses and twitched her lips speechlessly.

Little Dean.

You haven’t handled my workload today!

“Work? Go to hell.”

Vieya put her small hands in her pockets and grinned proudly.

Today was her wedding anniversary with Flaviel. It had been many years since they last celebrated it, but she had always remembered.

At the same time, in the sunset behind her, a faint golden shadow dispersed like wind—

a golden-haired, golden-eyed loli quietly followed behind Vieya, step by step, stepping on her shadow.

A truly rare loli pair in this world.

Although Flaviel’s current form was incomplete, her strength faint, and her memories scattered, the moment Vieya left work early, she remembered what day it was.

Vieya was naturally happy that her wife, even in a residual-soul state, still remembered the date. But this wife who flickered in and out like a ghost also startled her ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ from time to time.

“Tonight I’ll take you to eat donuts. However many you can eat, I’ll buy.”

“Okay.” Flaviel’s voice was soft as a cat’s. “But... is the only thing you remember that I like donuts?”

“Eh? Is there something else?” Vieya pondered. “Then how about we go eat grilled fat dragon? I don’t know if the town has the ingredients...”

“I don’t eat dragon meat. But if you want to eat it, you can.” Flaviel said calmly. “I’ll just watch you.”

Vieya truly was interested in dragon meat—especially after learning her wife was a dragon.

After all, she had really watched anime like Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid. She had forgotten most plot details, but her curiosity about dragon tail meat had stayed with her until now.

But...

Considering this was the first time she was taking the loli-form Flaviel out to celebrate their anniversary, of course she needed to respect her wife’s preferences.

Even though she had plenty of money now, enough to rent out every restaurant in Fengxiang Town for the night, she still had to consider whether Flaviel wanted to spend the whole night eating.

At least for the eternally gluttonous slime-girl, she didn’t want to spend the entire evening eating today.