Ch 52: Let’s plan this carefully.
That was an incident from thirty or forty years ago.
Back then, Meng Academy had entrance exams. Wu Huaifeng’s magical abilities didn’t meet the standards, so he didn’t get in.
“Uncle, your face and this name really don’t match,” she said, taking out a small stool she’d coveted for a long time from inside the house, munching on a sweet melon the Uncle had bought for her.
Some people treat school like home; she’s practically more like the shop owner than Wu Huaifeng.
The atmosphere of the story hadn’t even built up before it dissipated completely. The Uncle gave her a whack on the head:
“Do you want to continue listening?”
“Yes, yes! Oh, don’t hit a girl’s head; it’ll make her stupid.”
That “Oh!” sounded exactly like Da Tiantian’s.
The Uncle glared at her, habitually reaching for a cigarette. Remembering they were outside and children might come by, and that there was a livewire who loved reporting in front of him, he put it back.
He only put a candy in his mouth, which was unceremoniously taken away.
The story continued under the urging of the livewire.
He failed the entrance exam, but his younger sister, Wu Youqing, not only passed but ranked among the top students.
While happy, the family was inevitably worried.
Their mother had died of illness when they were young. Their father raised them single-handedly. While their sister’s admission to a prestigious school was great, both father and son worried.
So their father did everything he could to open his current toy store inside Meng Academy.
He entered another school. When he wasn’t in class, he would often visit his sister at Meng Academy and help his father at the store.
Because of the store, it was easy for him to come and go from Meng Academy without needing to go through the troublesome paperwork every time.
However, one ordinary day, while visiting Wu Youqing, someone excitedly informed himโhis sister was Naiya.
More than the status and honor that came with being Naiya, his first thought was her fabled doomed fate.
That wasn’t glory; it meant a countdown to death.
How could this be?
His sister had always been timid, and the Dark Clan terrified her. How could someone like her be the legendary Naiya?
His sister smiled less and less. He and his father tried everything to take her away from Meng Academy, but the school and the Council of Elders refused.
Eventually, he convinced the Council of Elders to let his sister leave Meng Academy. Even if it meant staying at the Council of Elders for a long time to prevent action from the Dark Clan, it was better than facing a destined sacrifice at such a young age.
He returned to Meng Academy with this good news, only to receive news from his father that his sister had already sacrificed herself.
Meng Knight Captain Pa Hua Luo Di misjudged the Dark Emperor’s strength, and the Meng Knights faced annihilation. To save them, Wu Youqing sacrificed herself.
“I thought I could save her from Naiya’s fateโฆ” The Uncle shook his head; the person in front of him had finished an entire sweet melon.
“Alright, you’ve heard the story, and eaten the melon. Scram.”
“Are you trying to hide and cry, Uncle? It’s okay; I won’t spread photos of you weeping!”
For years, he’d never mentioned it to anyone. Bringing it up again left him feeling empty, filled with regret.
He scowled, throwing a candy at her head:
“โฆScram, you give me a headache.”
Who’s crying?
“Oh, can I take this toy with me? It’s pretty fun.”
He turned his head and waved his hand:
“Scram.”
She obediently left.
On the way, she held the toy and pondered: “Just being scared of the Dark Soldiersโฆ”
Even if she was timid, it shouldn’t be this bad. Maybe she was cursed by her terrible former boss.
Yeah, that’s a pretty big possibility.
As a necessary being to defeat the Dark Emperor, Naiya was born a nemesis of the Dark Clan.
But there were solutions.
For example, curse her when she was young, making her afraid just by hearing the Dark Clan’s name.
Or, before the Meng Knights and the Naiya Princess fully matured, trap her in an unsolvable situation, forcing Naiya to sacrifice herself to summon the Solei Holy Sword before facing the Dark Emperor.
However, due to her former boss’s questionable luck, during her centuries of employment, she implemented plan two.
It seems her boss’s luck improved after she left. He actually encountered the young Naiya.
And he had quite the patience; he didn’t kill her in anger.
“System, I think we need to rethink our plan to defeat the Dark Emperor.”
An impatient Dark Emperor is already troublesome.
Maybe we should just forget it. It’s just faking death to escape work; there’s no need to completely eliminate the former boss.
Mainly, we don’t have the strength.
๐กCongratulations, Host! You have triggered a side quest: The Complete Story of Former Naiya, Wu Youqing. Failure will immediately remove the Host’s protection. Success grants +500 Merit.๐จ
Going down the stairs, she slipped and almost fell.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
If she had known earlier, she would have eaten the other melon and asked more details.
๐กYou didn’t ask.๐จ
“What complete story could there be?”
The person is dead; does she really need to know whether the story is complete or not?
Does the System really need to know?
“Rui Bu Si!” Lan Bao knew the shriek she’d just heard wasn’t an illusion. “Jian Ni and Mi Ya Xing entered the Backlash Mirror to find President Eric’s eye. Time is running out, but they haven’t come out yet.”
Half her body stuck out of the Magic Warehouse, talking to Rui Bu Si outside, her eyes glued to the mirror, not daring to blink, afraid of missing something that would prevent those inside from getting out.
Teacher Victoria left after giving her instructions, but the mirror remained still. What if Jian Ni and Mi Ya Xing couldn’t get out?
Rui Bu Si almost turned and ran, startled by the cry, which sounded like a vengeful ghost from a horror movie.
Luckily, she recognized the speaker before she could move. Her heart still pounding, Lan Bao’s tone was like a lifeline:
“Do you have any way to save them?”
Huh?
Does she look like someone trustworthy?
