Chapter 143: Thank You for the Invite, My First Experience with Campus Bullying
But this was not the end.
A spell ceremony appeared before my hand, and the speed at which I cast this spell was much faster than theirs. My hand passed through the ceremony as if I were holding that fireball in my grip.
However, that fireball quickly elongated, looking like a spear with two points—sharp at both ends and thick in the middle.
In reality, this was just a fireball spell that had been stretched at both ends, but at this moment, I was using it as a spear pointed right at their noses.
“Senior… Big Sis! We were wrong! We got the wrong person! Really!”
At this moment, the little street girl beside me quickly adjusted her posture and knelt down, sincerely begging for mercy, while the one I pointed at didn’t even dare to move.
She had no idea what this spell was. Just a moment ago, she had seen it as a fireball spell; now it had suddenly transformed into a spear and could be held in my hand.
How could a fireball be held this long?
Could it be some kind of fire weapon summoning spell?
No spell like this seemed like something a new student would possess, right?
“Sorry! We were only acting on someone else’s orders! We were being paid to do this!”
“Please! Just accept the spell! What if… I mean, what if it gets out of control? It’d be bad for all of us… it might attract the Wei Ji Team…”
“Acting on someone else’s orders? Who?” I raised an eyebrow. Are they hiring people to stir up trouble?
Who could it be?
I didn’t recall offending anyone.
“This… We can’t say! Please! Senior, we’ll give you all the money we got, just let us go! We were only looking for a new student from this year…”
At this moment, they seemed as humble as they could be, but it felt like they were misunderstandings.
Boring. Surely the upperclassmen had the strength to handle this, right? Isn’t it easy for someone with power to deal with this kind of provocation?
“Why can’t you say?” I pressed on.
“Contract! We signed a Witch Contract, and if we say anything, we’ll be held accountable! Plus, the binding nature of the contract won’t let me say anything!” This upperclassman was crying hard; if she wasn’t sweating instead of shedding tears, I might have almost believed her.
It made sense; this was an academy, and it wasn’t exactly a remote place. She probably thought I wouldn’t dare to k*ll her but was scared I would teach her a lesson.
If I disfigured them or broke their arms or legs, they would end up spending a lot. Healing spells are rather rare, and going to the medical room is costly. If they set themselves on fire, wouldn’t they be… She couldn’t even bear to think about it.
“A contract, huh…” I was somewhat familiar with this since I had signed one myself. So, I couldn’t push them too hard on it, but I still had questions, “Earlier, you said the new student you were looking for was who?”
“It’s… it’s the class leader of Class 14, Yang Yuelan…”
Hearing that they could answer, they immediately told me everything.
It seemed they were indeed here to look for me.
“Xiao Han, it’s useless. I have a general idea of what’s going on now; just leave the rest to me.” At that moment, Sister Bai walked over, “Also, Xiao Han, what you did just now nearly scared me to d*ath. Don’t do that again next time!”
“Sister Bai, oh, got it.” When I saw Sister Bai coming, I immediately stopped acting cold.
However, after getting scolded a bit by Sister Bai, I quickly adopted an attitude of admitting my mistake.
After all, my previous behavior could indeed be considered reckless, but is there anything extraordinary that isn’t dangerous?
Casting a spell could potentially blow yourself up.
If even this scared me, then it might be better not to get involved with the extraordinary.
“Well then… Sister Bai, I’ll leave this to you?” I asked tentatively. Since Sister Bai was here, I probably wouldn’t need to intervene anymore.
“Hmm, the scenes to come might be unsuitable for children, Xiao Han, you should step aside for a bit.” Sister Bai waved her hand at me, signaling me to leave.
“Okay… fine…”
Reluctantly, I turned to walk around the corner. I was still quite curious about how Sister Bai would deal with these guys because, after all, who wouldn’t love to see rivers of bl**d and such?
But soon, I heard their heart-wrenching screams behind me, cries that could make anyone shed tears upon hearing them, even had me feeling soft-hearted about facing them.
However, after a while, there was no more commotion, until Sister Bai appeared in front of me.
“Sister Bai~ Is everything alright now?” I asked excitedly. As for Sister Bai getting hurt or something, I wasn’t worried. If those guys could scare me that much, I assumed Sister Bai would have no trouble dealing with them.
“Yeah, it’s all good now, and you won’t encounter these problems again.” Sister Bai said in a soothing tone as she reached out her hand to pet my head.
“Really? Then can you tell me why they were looking for me?” As I looked at Sister Bai’s hand resting on my head, I didn’t care much about being a boy who disliked having others touch my head. Besides, I was still a girl now and didn’t worry about not growing tall; all those were just superstitions!
“Do you remember those posts online about predicting the new students’ rankings at the academy?”
“I know, is this related?” I asked curiously.
“Yeah, to gather more intelligence before the official competition starts, they’d use some methods to probe new students, like this kind of opportunistic bullying. We can’t rule out that class leaders from other classes might encounter situations like you did now.”
“Ah? Is the academy just going to let them go rampant like that?” I widened my eyes in disbelief, thinking this was blatant campus bullying!
“Of course, they’ll manage it, but these gray-area behaviors are hard to control, as you know. The academy wouldn’t go through a lot of trouble over these trivial matters, and they wouldn’t dare to go too hard on new students; otherwise, that would just bring themselves trouble.”
“Okay…” I sighed, not expecting that they would gather intelligence in such a manner… Sigh, wouldn’t it be better just to pay me for an interview?
I would gladly talk for the money that those little street girls got!
Now, they not only left me with a bad impression but didn’t gather much intel… Wait, it seems they did gather some; I displayed the fireball spell and energy shield, which was my entire capability.
d*mn it, I hadn’t even gotten their money yet. For them to stalk me for so long and then cause trouble must mean they paid quite a bit.
“It’s fine, they won’t dare to try again; otherwise, I’ll make sure they can’t handle it.”
“Yeah, I’m not worried; Sister Bai believes in my strength, right? I’ve been at the academy for quite a while now and am not a novice anymore. I understand a lot of things.”
“Hmm, I can see Xiao Han’s growth. So where shall we go next? Are we heading to your laboratory? Do you want me to take you there?”
“Um… Actually, earlier that wasn’t exactly an attempt at battle; it made me realize that studying the spellbook doesn’t necessarily have to be in the laboratory. Sister Bai, do you know if there’s somewhere in the academy where I can freely try spells? I remember there are places, right?” I thought for a moment and asked.
“There are quite a few such places; the Spell Testing Grounds and pressure testing areas are all available.” Sister Bai recalled as she spoke.
“Then let’s go to the testing grounds! Is there a private spot for one person there? Or is it all open?”
“The primary focus there is independent space testing. Spells are inherently dangerous and could affect others, so it’s usually in an independent space.”
“Great! Let’s try it out there!”
I ultimately decided on this place, and Sister Bai led the way, opening up the map of the Spell Testing Grounds for me. I hadn’t been there yet.
When we arrived, Sister Bai opened a standard testing room for me. It wasn’t until the payment part came that I realized just how expensive the fees were here!
Upon further inquiry, I found out that specific tools, such as disposable testing targets, testing dummies, or special effect binding spell permissions, incurred additional charges.
Well, it’s all about the money, money, money; I suddenly felt the free laboratory was actually quite nice.
But Sister Bai had already paid… sigh…
Those who didn’t know might think I was being spoiled by Sister Bai like this.
“Xiao Han, do you need some testing dummies?” Bai Yu tilted her head and asked.
“Ah? That’s not necessary. The spells I’m testing don’t need to be visually impactful, plus since I’ve opened this room, aren’t there some free testing dummies and power measurers included? No need to go overboard,” I quickly waved my hand. After all, the spells I wanted to test were the Spirit Cat Summoning Spell and the Illusionary Clone Sister Bai had given me; those types of spells didn’t directly cause damage.
I looked around the room; although it was spacious, the walls, floors, and ceilings all had traces of battles. After all, the indoor space had reinforced spells to ensure that nothing explosive would cause the entire building to collapse.
Of course, there were some spell limitations here; they were generally high-consumption spells, which had nothing to do with someone like me, whose spells only consumed up to three digits of magic power.
“Xiao Han, which spell do you want to try first? Or do you want to test the Illusionary Clone I gave you first?” At that moment, Bai Yu stood beside me, eagerly asking. “Let me remind you, the Illusionary Clone spell is somewhat special. Its effect only works on targets that are also susceptible to illusions, so the dummies here may not be suitable for testing this spell.”
“Eh?”
“There are testing personnel for this aspect, but you’ll need to prepay them quite a bit. If you want, let me accompany you for testing.”
“Eh? Sister Bai, you’ll accompany me for the test? But this spell….” I looked at Sister Bai in surprise, not expecting she would offer such an option.
“It’s just an illusion, nothing to worry about. Don’t underestimate Sister Bai, okay? Or you could use it on yourself?”
“Eh? I can even use it on myself?”
“Of course, spells don’t differentiate between friend and foe. Why can’t you use it on yourself?” After Bai Yu finished explaining, she moved to stand across from me. “Since we still have time, let’s start this as a post-lunch exercise.”
