Chapter 726: Extraordinary Item – Reverse Lucky Coin
“The farce should come to an end now.”
In that moment, as I looked at Yang Yunhan, it seemed the past bond of friendship had vanished.
In the past, even though I felt nothing but disgust towards this younger brother, it stemmed from a form of “care” related to my own identity.
But a stranger could never feel such emotions for him.
It was like when I first enrolled in the academy; I would seek all kinds of fun within the school, but I restrained myself from reaching out to those few who might share years in the dormitory with me.
I only worry, loathe, or hate the people or things that I care about, but expressing joy is hard for me…
Although… many developments had exceeded my expectations, and in less than a year, I had almost stopped living with them, yet a place was still reserved for me there.
However, now… with the last trace of affection for Yang Yunhan gone, I completely no longer cared about him. To me, he was nothing more than a source of fun, and he didn’t even share any bl**d ties with me, nor did he have any familial bond from our upbringing.
I just wanted to bring this guy to the Witch Academy. Didn’t he say it would be disgusting to become a girl after arriving at the Witch Academy?
Then let him watch as he transforms into a girl!
Didn’t he say that as long as I was alive, he would never have a chance at success?
Let him suffer at the Witch Academy, enduring the sorrow of never achieving his aspirations.
Sometimes, people don’t reach the corresponding level and don’t even have the qualifications to experience deeper fear and despair. When he steps into the Witch Academy, comes into contact with the extraordinary, and treads the path of the extraordinary, he… no, at that time, she will have the qualification to understand the gap between us.
She can strive to catch up after all; I am merely a year ahead of her, doesn’t she like to skip grades?
Then let’s skip once more.
Let’s see if she truly is a genius or merely a jumping clown.
After making this decision, I felt a surge of fortune swirling around me, as if the fortune that was gradually calming down was once again revitalized because of me.
As someone who had already severed the Earth Vein Shackles, the driving force of fortune was no longer as absolute to me as before.
However, before I realized the drive of fortune, my actions and demeanor would still be influenced by it, unless I consciously acknowledged that I was being affected by it, enabling me to actively break this influence.
But I also had something inside me that could affect fortune, that image of the fortune coin derived from the Fortune Seed.
After I cut ties with that former family and let go of many things, it underwent a transformation, but it seemed to still lack something.
I reached out and grasped in vain at my chest; amidst the shining light of fortune, a coin materialized in my hand. For those who couldn’t see fortune, this was just a coin that appeared out of nowhere.
Looking at this coin, I thought of what Trix, the fortune alchemy witch, said, making a fateful choice.
But now it seemed like there were no more options for me; just moments ago, I had already made the decision to bring Yang Yunhan to the Witch Academy.
As I was thinking this, I suddenly felt an unusual fluctuation in fortune.
Following the flow of fortune, I eventually looked towards the group of wizards behind me.
“What kind of tricks have you pulled again?”
I glanced helplessly at the group of wizards; the weak will always attempt trivial actions to obstruct an outcome that is destined to occur.
“Sister Xiao Han! Let us handle these guys!” At this moment, a group of witches beside me also couldn’t bear to watch passively.
After all, witnessing the battle against dozens of wizards being resolved in such a short time had them pumped with excitement!
To them, perhaps the recent inter-school hunting exam concealed their true strength from witnessing Sister Xiao Han’s capabilities, but now, without any restrictions, Sister Xiao Han crushed dozens of wizards with the simplest spells and the most extreme awareness, and that was the most terrifying!
“Yeah, yeah! Just leave it to us.”
“I was so bottled up after fighting with them just now! I was thinking about getting revenge!”
“Oh~ you don’t need to for now, just watch is enough. As long as I’m here, it’s fine. If you don’t want to see this boring development, you can go back first. You’ve worked hard this time too.” I said.
Although many of these witch students showed disappointed expressions, not one of them wanted to leave immediately.
What boring development?
To them, this was fun!
However, what I had just said was not from my true intention. After the interference with fortune, I did not resist the influence aimed at me. I allowed this fortune to affect me.
Not for any other reason; I simply wanted to experience and perceive how fortune influences a person and is naturally integrated into each individual’s instincts.
Just now, I allowed fortune to prompt me to say what I had said.
Firstly, to prevent outsiders from interfering, I rejected their help and even advised them to go back; then, it bred a sense of arrogance and presumption, leading me to articulate my ability to handle the situation…
Sometimes, words can feel quite natural, but under the influence of fortune, there seems to be a template-like pattern I could grasp.
“What about you? Do you still want to make a final stand?” My gaze shifted back to the wizards, curious about what motivated them to make this bold attempt, as the anomaly in fortune was related to the fortune witch weapons in their hands.
“Yang Yuelan… we admit, this time we are at fault, we really can’t match you, even… with our fortification of fortune, we can’t win against you… but… since you can see the power of fortune at a glance, then you should know! This matter will not end so easily!”
“Oh, go on.” I spoke in a flat tone.
“You!” The people from the Wizard Academy were infuriated by my calm tone!
The other party didn’t care about them at all!
“Don’t tell me you think you’ve already won! You have no idea how terrifying the drive of fortune can be, but we wizards can tilt the rules of fortune to our advantage! Yes! You can take Yang Yunhan from us, but so what! This is merely a game of fortune!”
“As a member of this world, unless you achieve the extraordinary, you will never escape the fate of being manipulated by fortune!”
“Oh, you wizards sure know a lot, huh? After saying so much, are you just flaunting that you have the means to control fortune?” I said, playing with the fortune coin in my hand.
I could feel fortune pushing me towards a predetermined outcome.
It seemed I was conversing with these people from the Wizard Academy, but only I was aware that I was playing a game with fortune.
Fortune was pushing a predetermined ending towards an uncertain one, blurring the conclusion that I was destined to bring Yang Yunhan to the Witch Academy.
However, I wasn’t foolish enough to just walk into that result.
The wizards kept talking, and I kept responding, but I didn’t care about what I was saying; after all, whatever words were just superficial, the deeper game was the real truth at the level of fortune.
Fortune was leading me into a “gamble of fate,” using my trait of “not breaking promises” to guide me toward a result shaped by luck.
Of course, I wouldn’t be foolish enough to agree, so this gamble had a chip; the wager was my fortune coin, the method was a guess on heads or tails, relying on fate to make a brand new choice.
And the stakes… would be the fortune at this node, transformed into a ritual for the alchemical item of this unshaped fortune coin.
I had to admit… I was tempted.
This would not only complete the final transmutation ritual of the fortune coin as an alchemical item but also provide me with the experience of a fun game with fortune.
Playing a game with fortune… a year ago, I wouldn’t have dared to even think about it.
But now… everything seemed as playful as a game.
“Alright~ then I can spare some extra attention to play a game with you, so… let’s guess the coin, shall we?” I said with a smile, playing with the coin in my hand as I addressed the people from the Wizard Academy.
These people believed they wielded fortune witch weapons, but they still didn’t realize they had already become puppets of fortune; they never had the qualification to converse with me on equal footing.
Yet I had bickered with them for so long that I had unwittingly bolstered their confidence.
“Let me introduce this coin… it’s called the Fortune Coin, an unfinished alchemical item of fortune. Since you all believe so much that fortune can change fate, then I don’t mind giving you an opportunity through fortune.”
As soon as my words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of the people from the Wizard Academy changed!
Fortune Alchemical Item!
Their biggest reliance was the fortune witch weapons in their hands, but no one among them had expected that their opponent would also possess such a thing!
Though it appeared to be unfinished…
“Choose, the floral side or the silhouette imprinted with my profile?” I pinched the coin between my fingers, looking at them, even my tone was tinged with condescension.
But there was no mistake; this was indeed an act of charity.
The floral side faced them, while on the other side was the silhouette of my image, which clearly had some features resembling me.
“We choose the floral side!”
The Wizard Academy side quickly came to a decision.
“Then I can only choose the side with my silhouette.”
In that short exchange, a person’s fate was decided; at this moment, Yang Yunhan, who had collapsed on the ground, sparkled with a glimmer of hope in his vacant gaze upon hearing about this gamble.
He struggled to rise; as an ordinary person, experiencing so much in such a short time had left him utterly exhausted. Yet faced with a gamble that would determine his destiny, he had no choice but to push his body to witness.
“Floral side… Floral side! It must be the floral side! I don’t want to go to the Witch Academy!”
Yang Yunhan prayed with his words, but he didn’t notice that when he instinctively opted to make a choice instead of immediately resisting fate, he was destined to be mediocre.
Even if a person was predetermined to lack the power to resist, that didn’t prevent one from having a heart to rebel. The resoluteness in his heart had been shattered time and again.
Or perhaps… the family atmosphere he grew up in hadn’t even cultivated that seed of resistance to fate. His hysterical outbursts and impotent rebellions were all used to mask his own failure and cowardice.
“Don’t worry, it will be over soon.”
I looked at the coin; since everyone had made their choice, then…
Ding——!
A crisp sound echoed, like nails colliding with the coin, and the coin was thrown into the air, spinning rapidly.
What seemed to be just a moment stretched into what felt like years as many gazes followed the coin’s parabolic arc.
This understanding of the concept of time gave me a new perspective on my sense of time, though it hadn’t reached a qualitative change.
And as the coin soared, the fortune here churned along with it!
Golden threads of witchcraft and immense fortune surged into the coin with the rhythm of its movement!
It felt as though this throw represented a moment of fate’s choice, serving as the final transmutation ritual for this alchemical item.
Ultimately, I reached out and caught the coin.
This feeling of holding fortune… made me impatient to know the outcome. Although I hadn’t revealed it yet, I roughly anticipated the result.
I flipped the coin over in my right hand, palm facing up, and a floral side appeared before me.
“Flower! It’s the floral side! Hahahaha! It’s the floral side!”
“What? Is it the floral side! Really the floral side?!”
“We won?!”
This outcome instantly sent the people from the Wizard Academy into a frenzy, even Yang Yunhan nearby rose up in excitement, so elated that he seemed ready to howl at the sky to express his inner joy.
And I, looking at the patterned coin in my hand, felt the last bit of fortune continuously flowing into it.
It was as if waiting for the final moment; as long as I acknowledged the outcome of defeat, the transmutation ritual for this luck-embodying coin would be completely fulfilled!
“Hehe…” I chuckled lightly; this result was truly unsurprising.
“What! What are you going to do?!”
Seeing the smile I revealed, Yang Yunhan felt a thump in his heart.
Especially when I turned my head to look at him.
At this moment, my voice slowly resonated, as if recalling certain past events, infused with a hint of sentimentality and resolve.
“I learned the concept of fortune after losing my first competition in school, but since then, I have not lost again. My foolish younger brother… today, I will teach you the final lesson.”
I flipped the coin in my palm; the side that represented my silhouette was revealed to everyone.
And at that final moment, the ritual set to complete underwent a sudden anomaly!
Fortune surged violently on another level, as if in a rage against my breaking of promises!
But… my promises are never given lightly; this has all been the one-sided wish of fortune, facing my existence that is destined to resist… Haha, I am a little witch.
How could one believe a witch’s words?
I didn’t write into the Witch Contract~
“I never believe that fortune represents a person’s fate. If this is fate… then I am the one who challenges destiny!”
With my words, the originally crumbling fortune coin underwent yet another transformation.
The “lucky coin,” originally tainted with fortune, in that instant seemed to break through the last barrier and complete itself!
However, what it culminated in was not the transmutation ritual of an alchemical item but the birth ritual of an extraordinary item.
A strange, bl**d-red power of fortune, entirely different from golden fortune yet related at its source, erupted from the coin, giving it an exceedingly eerie appearance.
And on the side bearing my silhouette, the simplified expression depicted there wore an enchanting smile, as if mocking the incompetence of fortune and fate.
