Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 45

“At this time every year, various nations send additional Mages, Knights, and doctors to assist Holy Island Academy, ensuring the smooth progress of the competition.”

“As for me, an ordinary doctor…” Doctor Cassius explained patiently, his voice gentle, “I was also honored to receive an invitation.”

So that’s how it is.

Come to think of it, even though the plotline had already diverged completely from the original story, as the second male lead, Doctor Cassius’s sudden appearance at Holy Island Academy to advance his relationship with the heroine was only to be expected.

“No, Doctor Cassius, representing Sainthos at Holy Island Academy is an impressive achievement. It proves your medical skills are top-notch.”

Beili’s red eyes curved, sparkling faintly as if stars were hidden within.

With a gentle smile at his lips, Cassius chuckled softly, lowered his emerald gaze, and followed her to a quiet corner where they sat down.

“Ever since the last examination, I’ve been searching for information on the treatment of aphonia, but unfortunately, none of it matched Miss Bartholomew’s condition.” Pausing slightly, his tone softened, “Now that I see you’ve regained your voice, I am relieved.”

Her mood brightened noticeably at meeting the kindest and gentlest character from the original book. Beili smiled openly, explaining to him without reservation:

“One night, the Red Cardinal from Holy Church Academy gave me a bottle called ‘Holy Water.’ After drinking it and sleeping, I woke up the next day able to speak again.”

“…Holy Water?”

“Yes. At first, I didn’t feel anything after drinking it, but then it was like swallowing scalding lava-quite terrifying. But the healing effect was remarkable.”

Cassius’s faint smile faded, his brows knitting slightly.

Noticing his expression, Beili quickly swallowed her food and asked softly, “Is something wrong?”

“It’s nothing.”

His furrowed brows relaxed again as he looked into Bartholomew’s worried red eyes.

Cassius lifted the corners of his lips and replied gently, “Although I’ve never encountered this type of treatment, there are many methods for healing. Even someone like me, busy curing all sorts of illnesses every day, still has much to learn in medicine.”

As they spoke, the arguments in the dining hall grew louder and more intense.

Their gazes were drawn to the commotion in the distance, where small groups had formed, each refusing to back down, and some had even started shoving each other.

Cassius turned his attention back, smiling and shaking his head, then sighed softly.

“No matter how many times I come here for the competition, I can’t help but marvel at the intensity of the rivalry among Holy Island Academy students. It’s truly remarkable.”

Beili, on the other hand, was unfazed by such things. As long as she wasn’t caught in the crossfire, she was happy to watch the drama unfold from the corner.

On one hand, she wanted to observe these Noble students who had secured rare spots and were receiving excellent magic instruction at Holy Island Academy, to gauge their magical combat abilities.

On the other hand, she was curious whether a fight between Nobles in the Academy would draw the attention of powerful Mages.

Beili took a sip of vanilla milk, smiling as she said, “Isn’t this just a sign of the students’ vitality?”

Looking at the well-behaved Young Woman before him, Cassius seemed to suddenly remember something.

“I almost forgot…” He murmured, pausing as he opened the deep brown leather case beside him.

“Miss Bartholomew, my friend found a book for me some time ago.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a book with a worn parchment cover. “I wanted to give it to you during my last visit, but your father, Duke Constance, said you were no longer at Constance Castle.”

Cassius’s lips curved into a gentle, attractive arc as he placed the parchment book next to Bartholomew’s tray.

“I wonder if you’re still looking for this type of book.”
“Ah… of course.”

Taking the old parchment book, Beili was a little surprised to see the words ‘Advanced Teleportation Magic’ written on the cover. She couldn’t help but sigh inwardly-

Although this doctor was a vampire, he truly doted on the patients under his care to the point of spoiling them.

How could such a second male lead not be considered a true Bodhisattva?

With these thoughts, she opened the book on Advanced Teleportation Magic, but she didn’t hold out much hope for its contents.

After all, she had searched through all the advanced Teleportation Magic books on the second floor of the Holy Island Academy library, but found no clues about returning to her original world.

Sure enough, after flipping through it quickly, she shook her head lightly and handed the parchment book back to Doctor Cassius.

“Thank you again, Doctor Cassius. Although this book also doesn’t contain what I’m looking for, just knowing you’ve kept this matter in mind is enough to make me happy.”

Watching Cassius put the book back into his leather case, Beili thought for a moment and made up her mind.

“Rather than that, I actually have something else I’d like to ask you…”

Taking out a piece of stationery and a pen from her Spatial Bracelet, she wrote the last two characters of a string she had already memorized by heart onto the blank paper.

She pushed the paper in front of Doctor Cassius.

“You are knowledgeable and well-traveled. Can you tell me the meaning of these two characters? Or have you ever seen such characters anywhere?”

She blinked, her bright red eyes faintly filled with expectation. “Please take a look for me, Doctor Cassius. They are just as important to me.”

Ever since Beili had obtained the clue to return from the Book of Truth, although she hadn’t figured out the meaning of the characters, she hadn’t shown the information to anyone.

Of all the people she had come into contact with, apart from Cassius-the vampire second male lead who was kind from beginning to end in the original book-she didn’t trust anyone.

Although Madam Constance treated her very well, was wealthy, and held considerable power,

Beili had a hunch that if she gave the character information to Madam Constance to investigate, the lady would definitely press her for every detail about the source and purpose of the clue.

If Madam Constance followed the trail and discovered that she wanted to leave this world, or that she wasn’t Bartholomew…

Beili didn’t even dare to imagine what would happen then.

As for the Duke, with whom she had barely interacted, it was the same as with Madam Constance.

And as for Susanna, Cyril, Lance, and even Dean Madeline, after spending time with them, Beili didn’t feel they would help her, so she never considered asking them to check the characters.

As for Ashera…

Beili had hesitated, but in the end, she removed Ashera from the list of people who could know, because he was too dangerous.

Not only the clue to return, but even the fact that there was a Book of Truth on the third floor of the library couldn’t be revealed to him.

……

Cassius picked up the piece of paper as requested.

When patients made requests, he always chose to accept them gladly and never asked too many questions.

Patients would occasionally ask him to fix broken toys, draw a picture, or make a uniquely shaped candy… Of course, requests from patients in Noble families could be more difficult.

But in Cassius’s view, these requests were all perfectly normal.

To Cassius, patients were like his children.

Only, the request from this gray-haired, red-eyed, noble Miss Bartholomew was a bit unusual… or rather, a bit strange.

Looking at the twisted characters on the paper, his gentle smile faded as he examined them carefully.

“These characters…” he murmured softly.

At that moment, the already noisy cafeteria was suddenly interrupted by a startled cry.

A blazing Magic Fireball, deflected by an arched Light Defense Shield, spun out of control and shot straight toward the corner where they were sitting.