After a hearty meal, Zhong Chen turned to Kochou Shinobu before leaving the barbecue restaurant and said, "Shinobu, it's a rare festival, so let Ace rest properly."
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Kochou Shinobu smiled faintly and replied, "I was planning to do that even without you saying it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked Souei to call Ace back."
"Sister Rouxi also wants to see that guy, Ace."
Upon hearing Kochou Shinobu's words, Zhong Chen suddenly understood. He wondered why Ace had returned.
So it was Kochou Shinobu who asked Souei for help.
"But Shinobu, you call Sister Rouxi 'sister', so what should Ace call you?"
"Huh? You bad guy, your focus is always so odd!!!"
"Hahaha! I'm not teasing you anymore. Just now, I let your sisters... never mind... I'm leaving first..."
Zhong Chen quickly stopped talking at the end, leaving a bewildered Kochou Shinobu watching his retreating figure.
"What did that bad guy let my sisters do? Honestly, he only says half of what he means."
"Ahem, well, I won't be accompanying you little girls anymore. Enju, I'm entrusting the four of them to you."
"Oh! Leave it to me!!!"
Aihara Enju patted her small chest, her expression assuring them to leave it to her.
"Then I'll be going now, bye-bye!"
"Chen Gege, bye-bye!"
"Teacher Zhong Chen, goodbye!" * 4
As Zhong Chen left, the little girls got back on the disc and flew towards the entrance of Academy City.
Upon arriving at the entrance, they saw a giant with a crescent-shaped beard lying on a huge rocking chair.
Haruue Erii looked at the Whitebeard giant and exclaimed in shock, "Wow! A giant!!! A real, genuine giant!"
Whitebeard, who was reading a newspaper, heard the sound in front of him, put down the newspaper, and looked towards the source of the sound.
"Yo-ho! Old man!"
Aihara Enju energetically greeted Whitebeard loudly.
Whitebeard immediately showed a doting smile upon seeing Aihara Enju.
He then looked at the four people following behind her and said directly, "Ho-ho, so it's Enju-chan who's back. Have you made new friends again?"
"Hehe, of course! Old man, open the gate quickly. I want to take them to visit Tokiwadai!"
"Alright, since they are people Enju brought, you all can go in quickly."
As Whitebeard pressed the button, the teleportation array inside Academy City was instantly activated.
The group quickly stepped into the teleportation array, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at the real Academy City.
Here, it's important to mention that Academy City is actually divided into an outer and an inner part.
The outer part is a place where anyone can freely enter; research bases and naval fleets are all located in the outer part.
However, the inner part, being full of various academies, generally does not allow outsiders to enter freely, except for teachers and Security Force members.
After all, it's entirely filled with children, and if someone with ulterior motives were to sneak in, it would be no small matter.
"Wow! So... so... so... so many students!"
Haruue Erii looked at the students coming and going in front of her and exclaimed in shock.
"Enju-chan, how many students are there here exactly?"
Misaka Mikoto looked at the endless buildings and the countless little lolis everywhere, unable to help but ask.
Hearing Misaka Mikoto's question, Aihara Enju tapped her right index finger on her lips twice and said, "Hmm, the latest data seems to say there are over ten million, but more than half of them are under twelve years old."
As she said this, Aihara Enju couldn't help but recall her past life, and a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes.
Saten Ruiko, who was nearby, keenly noticed Aihara Enju's abnormality and asked with concern, "Enju-chan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Hearing Saten Ruiko's words, Aihara Enju immediately hid the sadness in her eyes and returned to her energetic self.
"Hehe, I'm fine! Come on, I'll take you to see Headmaster Toreini. She's a Dryad!"
"A Dryad!!!"
"Is she a Dryad from fairy tales!!!"
Upon hearing the words "Dryad," all four couldn't help but light up. Although they had already seen monsters like Goblins.
But in terms of fairy tale charm, fairies always rank first.
"That's right!"
"Enju-chan, let's go quickly! A Dryad, she must be very elegant and beautiful."
Hearing Misaka Mikoto's words, Aihara Enju thought about Toreini's appearance and immediately nodded in agreement.
Ten minutes later, the group arrived at the main gate of Tokiwadai Middle School.
"Onee-sama? Are we back? Was everything we just experienced a dream?"
Shirai Kuroko looked at the gate, identical to their own school's, and turned to Misaka Mikoto beside her with a dazed expression.
"Uh... I don't think so..."
Misaka Mikoto said somewhat unconfidently, but seeing Aihara Enju beside her, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hehe, let's go!"
As the group walked into the main teaching building, they saw that every classroom was adorned with different colored ribbons, and students holding various invitations moved back and forth in the corridors.
"Wow, it's so lively!"
"It's like a school festival!"
"Hey, hey, hey!!! Look over there, someone's lying on the ground!"
Haruue Erii suddenly spotted a blonde little loli lying on the ground in the corridor.
Passersby merely glanced and then ignored her.
"This... why isn't anyone taking her to the infirmary?"
Saten Ruiko looked at the little loli lying on the ground with concern. Aihara Enju followed the four's gaze.
She immediately breathed a sigh of relief, having thought someone was really in trouble.
"It's fine, that's Tina. She's just sleeping."
"Huh? Just sleeping in the corridor like that?"
Misaka Mikoto pointed at Tina with a surprised expression and asked.
"Yes, because she has owl factors in her body. Although it's been cured, she can't shake off her old habits."
"So everyone is already used to it."
Misaka Mikoto keenly noticed two words.
"Cured? Was she sick before?"
"This... alright, it's not a secret anyway."
"Sister Mikoto, have you noticed that all the students in this academy, including me, have red eyes?"
Upon hearing Aihara Enju's words, the four quickly looked around and found that all the students indeed had red eyes.
If there were one or two, it would be normal, but for everyone to have the same color was absolutely not normal.
PS: Except for black.
"Enju-chan, can you tell us what's going on with all of this?"
"Of course, if you don't want to talk about it, we won't ask."
Aihara Enju looked at the four people watching her with concern, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
She slowly lowered her head and said in a slightly low voice, "Actually... we used to be called the Cursed Children..."
"What!!!"
"Cursed Children!!!"