Do you people from other worlds like to come back and launch a surprise attack?

After lying quietly on the bed for a while, the motionless body finally turned itself over from its facedown position, then reattached Su Mo’s head back onto its shoulders.

Because of what happened last time with Lofiel’s surprise attack, Su Mo had learned his lesson this time.

He stayed lying on the bed for a long time until he was absolutely sure there were no strange movements before letting the body put his head back on.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he looked at the white envelope placed beside him.

On the wax seal was an engraved dragon emblem—this was the exclusive symbol of the Oglis royal family, representing their mighty strength as bearers of dragon blood.

“The descendants of dragons… but right now, I’m practically some kind of dragon princess. Just thinking about that chimera-like identity makes my head hurt.”

Reaching out to scratch his pale hair, Su Mo picked up the envelope from the bed.

A pleasant fragrance drifted from it—clearly some expensive, unknown perfume.

But Su Mo was a little allergic to perfume, and if he smelled it too long, he wouldn’t be able to stop sneezing.

He opened the envelope and pulled out the folded letter inside, then glanced over its contents.

Just like Aria had said, it was a very simple invitation, so formulaic it was practically a template.

“With my old image, going to a banquet like this would definitely cause trouble, right?

Yet they still handed the invitation to me… and that look in Aria’s eyes…”

Just now, the way Aria looked at him seemed to carry a hint of scrutiny, as if she were confirming something.

Su Mo had no idea what she hoped to see in his face, but it seemed she gave him the invitation only after that inspection.

Did that mean he passed some kind of test?

According to the plot, tomorrow’s banquet was Alice’s coming-of-age ceremony, and everyone attending would be nobles of considerable status.

If Su Mo really caused trouble there, it wouldn’t just embarrass him—it would drag down Alice, the host of the banquet, as well.

If that happened, no matter how good their relationship was, Alice would probably kick him out immediately.

So normally, to prevent that, the best option would have been not inviting Su Mo at all.

In fact, according to the original storyline, Su Mo shouldn’t even be able to attend Alice’s ceremony—because by now, he should’ve already been killed by the protagonist.

Casually tossing the letter back onto the bed, Su Mo honestly didn’t want to attend that so-called banquet anyway.

Not only because there would be too many people, which made a socially anxious guy like him uncomfortable…

The bigger issue was that even if he kept his head down and caused no trouble, those spoiled young nobles would definitely come and pick a fight with him.

After all, as Alice’s childhood friend, Su Mo had always been by her side, and that alone was enough to make a lot of people jealous.

Not to mention Alice herself was the undisputed number one beauty of the Oglis Kingdom, and her admirers were countless.

To them, Su Mo was a useless guy living off Alice like some pampered boy toy, which many people couldn’t stand.

Their elders might ignore him, but the younger generation definitely wouldn’t—so if he went, conflict was guaranteed, 100%.

“Maybe… I should just say I’m sick and can’t go?”

As soon as this thought came up, Aria’s voice suddenly rang from the doorway.

“If young master Noah does not attend tomorrow, Her Highness said your allowance will be stopped.

So please think twice before pretending to be sick.”

“Oh, for crying out loud!”

The sudden voice made Su Mo jolt so hard his freshly reattached head almost fell off again.

Thankfully, he reacted quickly and grabbed it just in time, narrowly avoiding another live demonstration of “detachable head.”

“A-A-Aria!? Didn’t you leave?”

Seriously?! Do people in this world all love surprise reappearances?! Su Mo couldn’t help but complain in his heart.

“I thought young master Noah might try to skip, so I came to repeat Her Highness’s words to you.

Once again, forgive me for disturbing you. I’ll take my leave now.”

With a light bow, Aria’s figure disappeared from Su Mo’s sight once again.

This time, Su Mo jumped out of bed and ran to the door, peeking outside the guest room.

Only after seeing Aria walk out of the manor did he finally relax and return inside.

“Hopefully she didn’t notice my headless trick… I can’t believe I’ve had two close calls like this in such a short time.

Next time, I’m keeping my eyes glued on them until they’re completely gone!”

That scare really left Su Mo shaken—he almost got exposed.

And hearing Aria’s words just now left him completely speechless.

“Stop your allowance if you don’t show up? What kind of scare tactic for kids is that?

Although… it probably worked really well on the old Noah.”

Since they put it that way—and considering Alice was his childhood friend—it wasn’t impossible to go.

Su Mo could promise not to cause trouble, but if someone came looking for it, he wouldn’t hold back either.

“Anyway, that’s tomorrow. There’s still plenty of time.

For now, I should head to the library and see what’s different in this world compared to the original.”

Thinking that, Su Mo suddenly realized he was still completely naked.

Edenia had stripped off the dirty clothes earlier and never put anything new on.

Curious, Su Mo looked down, wanting to check if his siege cannon had returned after turning male again.

But to his disappointment, it was still completely gone—his brother had abandoned him for good.

Walking to the wardrobe, he opened it and grabbed a random outfit to throw on.

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, he looked at his white hair, wondering when it had turned this color.

He used to have black hair, just like Aria.

“Well then, time to head out.”

After confirming everything was fine, Su Mo left the manor.

…

Meanwhile…

“Your Highness, I’ve returned.”

After leaving the manor, Aria traveled several kilometers away and lowered her head respectfully to the figure before her.

Sitting on a bench ahead was a golden-haired girl, quietly holding a book in her hands.

Her deep ocean-like eyes were focused intently on the pages.

Only when she heard Aria’s voice did she slowly lift her head, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful face.

A faint smile appeared at the corners of her lips, and her very presence felt like sunlight—warm and comforting.

She gently closed the book in her hands and spoke in a soft, tender voice.

“Welcome back. So, how did it go?”

Still bowing her head, Aria calmly replied:

“As Your Highness predicted, young master Noah has truly changed.”