Chapter 443: The Academy Does Not Advocate Teacher-Student Relationships, Do You Understand?
“I’m back! Where is everyone?”
I pushed open the door, only to find no one around. Surely, they couldn’t all have classes at this hour, right?
After the recent monthly exams, they shouldn’t be that busy.
But since they weren’t here, it didn’t matter. After all, I had many things to do. Even without those bothersome classes, the intensity of my studies was no lower than that of those in class.
Moreover, while attending classes might provide some efficiency in learning, my self-directed study and research stemmed from my own ideas.
Different starting points naturally lead to different learning efficiency.
This time, I planned to explore the Reverse Summoning Spell. Mastering this skill would allow me to accomplish more.
Throughout the journey, I had been contemplating this matter, occasionally sparking inspiration.
Some spells might seem unimpressive, but if they are powerful enough, they are worth the trouble it takes to use them.
Take the Reverse Summoning Spell that I controlled—while its effects might seem limited, it is undeniably powerful. It’s a spell capable of traversing the Void between worlds, and its fundamental nature sets its utility beyond that of ordinary teleportation or summoning spells.
Therefore, it deserved more of my time for development. For instance, I was considering whether the summoning ceremony could be triggered at a set time; if so, the gap between the Reverse Summoning Spell and teleportation would become negligible.
Even better… what if this summoning ceremony could silently attach itself to someone like a curse spell?
A smooth combo like that would surely instill fear in anyone who encountered it…
I silently gathered all these ideas and thoughts onto the Knowledge Tree’s conceptual memo to avoid forgetting.
The following days were dedicated to researching the applications of the Reverse Summoning Spell. Teacher Ji had already sent me research materials, which was like being fed food right into my mouth; not utilizing them would be a sign of poor judgment.
Several days passed.
Outside, the discussions about the monthly exams gradually faded, as this semester was nearing its end. Soon, they would be facing the final exams instead of the monthly ones.
After the exams, students would have a break of their own. During the holidays, it was the most convenient time to leave the academy; all it took was signing a temporary contract. In fact, a contract might not even be necessary since every student had already signed one at the beginning of the semester, and this contract would suffice to achieve the desired effects.
There was no doubt about Extraordinary Academy’s control over students after they left; the fact that the outside world could maintain a relatively peaceful ordinary society proved much.
Of course, these past few days had also been fulfilling for me. I could say I was enjoying myself, as I devoted all my energy to researching the Reverse Summoning Spell, and the results were gratifying.
With the help of the Knowledge Tree’s abilities, I felt like a genius, easily surpassing my former self.
But as my knowledge increased, I was also consciously streamlining it because the Knowledge Tree did not currently have infinite capacity to accommodate all my knowledge. So, I was frantically self-studying to master these concepts, allowing for a bulk memory simplification.
“Sister Xiao Han, time flies so fast… Just a few days after the monthly exams, and it’s already rumored that final exams are approaching.”
“A month goes by quickly. Why did we gather for this rare chat?”
“I’m curious! Don’t you want to stay at school for a whole semester… Uh, forget I said anything… haha…” Hong Chanyi suddenly recalled my situation and immediately stopped, awkwardly smiling, ready to change the subject.
“It’s fine; my family situation is unique. Unless something unexpected happens, I don’t plan to return. But what about you…? Your situation can’t be much better than mine, right?” I quickly waved my hand, shifting the topic to them.
Let’s not forget that our dormitory used to be filled with boys.
“Haha… it seems that way. In that case, Sister Xiao Han, you are the least concerned, right? What about you all?” Hong Chanyi said, turning her gaze to the others.
“My whole family consists of practitioners. I… was forced into Witch Academy. Honestly, I don’t know if they can accept my changes.” At this moment, Yu Yatian opened up about her situation.
“Hey—Xiao Tian, your whole family are practitioners; isn’t there anyone from Holy Angel Academy who graduated and went home?”
“There is. My grandmother was once a student at Holy Angel Academy. My grandmother told me my parents were disappointing for not getting into Holy Angel Academy; they wouldn’t even let me take the entrance exam for Extraordinary Academy, choosing instead a normal academy, and ended up giving birth to me. I’m afraid I might upset my grandmother if I go back like this.”
“Huh? Wait, I remember that students from Holy Angel Academy no longer have genders, right? So how can they have offspring?” Hong Chanyi interjected.
“Wake up! Only the Witch Academy cannot bear offspring; other academies can. Moreover… students from the Witch Academy are among the least in the outside world; most graduating seniors choose to remain on campus for the rest of their lives.”
“No way, Yiren, how do you know so much?”
“I made a point to learn about it; is that not okay?” Dongli Yiren said while glancing at me unconsciously.
It was evident that her understanding of these matters was somewhat related to me. After all, she had been brought to the Witch Academy with quite a temper, and I had reassured her at that time.
But as she learned more about Extraordinary Academy, she became less angry, and that idea of graduating and working on mechanical tasks seemed increasingly ridiculous, showing she had subconsciously accepted her identity as a witch.
“Alright, alright, let’s not talk about that. Qiu Ling, what about you?” Hong Chanyi quickly changed the topic, actively asking Guan Qiuling.
Guan Qiuling’s presence in the dormitory was the second lowest—of course, the lowest was me since I spent a significant portion of this semester away from the dormitory; even in class, I wasn’t seen.
“Me?” Suddenly singled out, Guan Qiuling put down her utensils, clearly taken aback by the question.
“I… I don’t plan to leave the academy.”
“Oh? Are you bound by an agreement with some beautiful senior?” Hong Chanyi lowered her voice and leaned in, looking gossipy.
“Um…” Guan Qiuling softly acknowledged it.
“How enviable! Envious…”
“Hey, Hong Chanyi, don’t you already have Shi Huiyu? Why are you envious? How’s it going between you two?” Seeing Hong Chanyi’s reaction, Yu Yatian chimed in.
“Ah… don’t bring it up. She sees me as a girlfriend and doesn’t give me a chance. I miss the days before the semester started.” Hong Chanyi sighed helplessly.
“The days before the semester?”
“Oh, let’s not talk about it. Uh, let’s change the topic; Sister Xiao Han, what do you think?”
“Why are you asking me? You all know I’m not good at chatting or discussing topics.”
“Oh my… I’m really fed up. In our dormitory, even with a lively and cheerful girl like me, I can’t get the conversation going; it’s really infuriating!” Hong Chanyi complained.
“A lively girl? Hong Chanyi, you’re not that little anymore; stop pretending to be young.” I glanced at her chest and said.
“Ugh—Sister Xiao Han, you’re not starting to take an interest in me because you don’t have a partner, are you?” Hong Chanyi quickly crossed her arms over her chest.
“I have a partner; who would target you?” I rolled my eyes at her.
“What?!”
As soon as I said this, the others were immediately shocked.
“Sister Xiao Han, you actually have a partner? Who? It can’t be that Yao Beijuan, right?”
“Are you kidding? We’re two academies apart; what are you thinking? There’s no way you could guess her; how long ago was that?”
“True, back then, Sister Xiao Han, you were so harsh on that girl Yao Beijuan that you made her cry. But since it’s not her, who is it?” Hong Chanyi asked curiously.
“Forget it; you won’t guess, so I’ll just tell you. Her name is Bai Yu, and now… she has already graduated.”
“Graduated? Shouldn’t that mean she’s left school? I heard that every graduate would leave the academy forever and reach an unknown place. Do you think there might be a conspiracy in this?”
“Graduation does lead to enforced departure; as for conspiracy theories, I think that’s nonsense.” I shrugged.
“Sister Xiao Han, do you know something? You were silent all along while dating a graduated senior; you must know some insider information, right?”
“Dating? Not quite; we just confirmed our relationship.”
“Ah? Isn’t that a long-distance relationship? Sister Xiao Han, how can you be at ease? What if she meets someone better outside?”
“She will come back.” I said firmly, then shifted the topic, “By the way, do you all not know about things related to graduation? Do you want me to tell you?”
“Alright, then let’s talk about that; I really want to know!” Hong Chanyi didn’t bring up the earlier topic but rather followed my lead, anticipating my answer.
Not just Hong Chanyi, the other three were also very curious. After all, this kind of information wasn’t usually discussed in classes. To learn about it relied solely on personal connections.
“You should know what counts as graduation, right?” I organized my thoughts at this point and asked.
“I know this; it’s to be promoted to an Extraordinary Witch, right?” Guan Qiuling spoke up.
“Correct.” I glanced at Guan Qiuling, surprised she was aware of this. However, considering her good relationships with several seniors, it was somewhat understandable. “Promotion to an Extraordinary Witch is regarded as graduation. A ten-year study career—no matter the grade, as long as one promotes to Extraordinary, they graduate on the spot.”
“What about missing classes?”
“The Witch Academy only has course arrangements for the first three years; after that, it’s up to the instructor, you fool.”
“Oh, I almost forgot…”
“In short, it’s exactly as you think; students who graduate need to leave the Witch Academy, or rather, not just leave the Witch Academy, but leave our world altogether and go beyond it.”
“Really beyond the world? What’s it like out there?”
“How would I know? I’ve never been.” I shrugged helplessly to express my uncertainty, but I had been to another world beyond, “However, I know that the area beyond the world is called the Void.”
“Void? Isn’t the area beyond the world supposed to be the vast sea of stars?”
“Uh… I’m not sure, but that’s what the teacher said.” I shook my head, indicating my lack of clarity.
I didn’t understand the nature of the Void and the world, just like how N inglan New City was situated in a ruin that wasn’t anywhere on the global map of my Main World; there wasn’t any unknown area marked on it.
So clearly, Ninglan New City wasn’t in the same location as my planet, yet it belonged to the Main World, making the relative position of this “world” possibly more complex than I had anticipated.
“Alright… I guess I’ll just believe that for now. By the way, Sister Xiao Han, do you know what it’s like beyond the Void?”
“Um… I’m not exactly sure, but I estimate there are countless worlds—large worlds, small worlds, and so on. Some worlds might be ruled by elves, and perhaps there are ones governed by demons.”
“Is there a world ruled entirely by witches?” Hong Chanyi interjected.
“Of course there is. From what I learned from Sister Bai, students who become Extraordinary Witches must first register in the Witch World after graduation; that’s roughly the idea.”
“Really? So do you think there’s a possibility that our Extraordinary Academy exists because of invasions from those worlds beyond the Void?” Hong Chanyi suddenly asked, tinged with a bit of conspiracy theory.
“Maybe? But what do they want from you? Such matters are beyond our control; we can just joke about them.”
“True, but no matter what, the Extraordinary Power we possess is real, and that’s enough!”
This meal stretched on for quite some time, where we discussed many things. I shared with them numerous insights they hadn’t heard before, and they were all quite pleased.
This meal was meant to celebrate my achievement of obtaining a perfect score in the monthly exam; thus, I covered the bill.
With my name sitting at the top with an absolute advantage of full marks, all the previous negative comments on the academy’s forums had extinguished.
This phenomenon truly reflected that in the extraordinary world, strength is the foundation for speaking. On the real-name system academy forum, absolute strength equates to absolute power in discussion.
It could be said that the most elated people on the academy forums right now were those in Xiao Han’s supporter group, who had been wronged only a few days earlier.
With my theoretical scores tying for first in the grade and the announcement of my absolute advantage in the final stage of the practical test, no one dared to nitpick or claim that Xiao Han’s competition was only against herself; no one uttered such unfounded statements.
After all, if I purposefully let up just to secure a perfect score in the monthly exam, even if I did so, no one could surpass me, so what did that make everyone else?
Even the earlier loudmouth supporter group of Tan Han had gone silent in that moment, as they realized that their supported Tan Han didn’t achieve full marks either. In fact, many core students in that group even learned that she hadn’t triumphed over her opponent…
At that moment, a massive mountain stood clearly in front of all the new students, making them aware that even the person they supported couldn’t surpass this towering peak. It obscured the brilliance that should have shone upon all the new students at the Witch Academy, making it feel like their favored person no longer belonged at the same level as them.
Just when I thought such leisurely times could continue, I felt a connection from the summoning ceremony, which I could sense clearly as someone who mastered the Reverse Summoning Spell.
When I responded to the summons, curious about who in the Main World Academy was calling me, my form vanished from the spot.
Before long, I found myself in a familiar place.
“Mm? The Academy Head’s office?” I curiously assessed the area, somewhat surprised that it turned out to be the Academy Head summoning me.
I looked up at the Academy Head standing not far in front of me and instantly recognized that this was just a clone.
As for the Academy Head’s real body… if I remembered correctly, they seemed to have taken Teacher Deina to do something strenuous, right?
I didn’t know what they were up to, but it certainly wasn’t easy work.
Could it be that, as Teacher Deina mentioned, the Academy Head had finished with her task and was now going to deal with me?
“Academy Head, is there something you need from me?” I proactively asked.
“Of course there’s something. In two days, the Witch Academy will welcome a round of instructor rotations. It’s a routine procedure that usually isn’t discussed with students. During this rotation, some witches who feel they do not fit in the Main World may leave directly, while a batch of Extraordinary Witches will arrive from beyond the Main World to fill these vacancies and maintain the dynamic balance of the total number of extraordinary beings in the Main World.”
“Uh? So does that mean Sister Bai might be among this batch…?”
“I cannot guarantee that; I’m merely giving you a heads-up. Also… I must remind you of one thing: within the Witch Academy, teacher-student relationships are not encouraged. Do you understand?”
“Uh?!”
