Weilin’s nerve was truly something else, trying to take Huan Moxi as a Dependent right in front of Huan Xuezhi.
“Sister… is your name Lega Weilin?” Xi asked softly. Seeing the girl’s look of confusion, she glanced at the expressionless Huan Xuezhi and explained quietly, “…I asked Big Sister to tell me.”
“Mm, that’s right.” Weilin nodded.
Although it was their first meeting, Huan Moxi felt an inexplicable fondness for Weilin.
Rather, Xi felt that if it hadn’t been for Weilin’s words, and the Word Soul she had bestowed upon her, she might never have escaped that shadowy Nightmare in her entire life.
…And she would have never understood her sister’s true feelings.
“Sister… can I… trust Weilin?”
Faced with Xi’s earnest, longing request for advice, even the Illusory Snow Queen was stunned for a second. She seemed surprised by the method Weilin had used—settling Xi, a problem that had given her a headache for three years, in less than half a day… She found it a bit hard to accept, but felt it wasn’t a bad thing. So, in the end, she turned her head away and said coldly:
“…Suit yourself.”
“…Mm.”
Without even looking at the contents of the contract, Xi signed her name at the bottom right corner.
Then, the contract flew from her hand, dancing and burning up within a suddenly ignited golden flame. Two faint wisps of golden light, symbolizing the contract’s completion, shot out from the last embers and merged respectively into the center of Weilin’s and Huan Moxi’s foreheads.
An indescribable sense of connection appeared in their hearts, and the relationship between the two was invisibly drawn much closer.
What surprised Xi even more was that, after becoming a Dependent, she could see over twenty other soul-lines connecting Weilin to other people… So she wasn’t the first.
Simultaneously, the moment the contract was formed, Weilin was bombarded with a series of System notifications.
[Obtained Special Character Dependent ‘Capricorn Star God Candidate: Huan Moxi’. Achievement Points +1500]
[Current Total Achievement Points: 6400]
[Your Achievement Points have reached 5000. Obtained one chance at a Triple-Choice Special Reward:
① Randomly draw one piece of Legendary Equipment. Small chance to draw a Demi-Divine Artifact.
② Randomly obtain one 7th-Tier or higher crafting/synthesis blueprint, including equipment, structures, and items.
③ Randomly gain 1~10 permanent additional Skill Points.]
Bingo!
She ignored the first two options. All of Weilin’s mental power locked onto the last one. The Skill Points she had been waiting for, hoping against hope for, had finally arrived. No one understood the bitterness of this journey.
Skill Points had always held the position of the rarest resource in the game, a status that even Pay-to-Win Ingots could never hope to match.
Because the methods to gain additional Skill Points were extremely limited. With only 500 base Skill Points at level 100, after scrambling and struggling for ten years, Weilin had only managed to acquire 277 extra Skill Points. It was entirely on that basis that she dominated the Mage rankings, ranking as the absolute strongest… because Weilin had cruelly outscored the second-place holder (110 Skill Points) by more than double.
Although in reality, the initial Skill Points were enough to max out all the key skills. With as many skills as in WoW or FF14, could you honestly say you could use—and physically press—all of them?
Excess Skill Points could only be put into secondary professions and life skills, of no real major use.
But… in the case of a game world turned reality, and specifically in Weilin’s situation, the value of one Skill Point was no less than that of a Demi-Divine Artifact.
“…Sister Weilin?”
She was pulled back to her senses by the Loli Xi’s voice.
“Ah, ah——I’m sorry, I spaced out just now. What is it?”
“It’s nothing. The contract… has been completed.” Xi lowered her head, her voice a bit shy.
“…Understood. It was quite presumptuous of me to make such a request during our first meeting. There’s still time to take it back, you know.”
“No… I won’t take it back. Because… it’s the first time I’ve ever seen my sister trust someone like this… something like this has never happened before.”
Huan Xuezhi: “…”
Weilin made an “Er” sound, then smiled gently. “Since Xi trusts me so much, I won’t hold back either. From now on, let me be Xi’s teacher and guide you in learning magic. I don’t know who the dean here is, but I’m definitely stronger.”
The usually impassive Huan Xuezhi raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly. She didn’t recall Weilin demonstrating any magic other than Spatial Warp.
“Really, really… can you?!” But Xi looked utterly convinced, asking with barely contained excitement.
“Mm. That said, you still have to go to that magic competition this afternoon.”
“Eh? But why…”
Weilin wasn’t about to say it was her agreement with the Illusory Snow Queen. She simply pressed down on the girl’s soft, short red hair with a smile. “Your first battle to build self-confidence!”
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Leaving the two sisters more time to confide in each other, Weilin left the garden early.
She asked around for information along the way, learning that the afternoon competition would be overseen by Grand Elder Doma Chitose… and also got directions to the Grand Elder’s office.
Inquiring about the competition was just a side trip. Right now, Weilin felt incredibly pumped!
Wait… the acquisition range of 1~10 was too reliant on luck. She couldn’t jinx herself by raising a flag too early…
Inside the Grand Elder’s office, Chitose was frowning deeply, staring at the astronomical losses calculated on his abacus. His brain buzzed, his entire being shrouded in an aura of despair.
“Thank goodness the Magic Library wasn’t in that building, or else Frostwinter Magic Academy really could have closed its doors early. But… that little girl is the Illusory Snow Queen’s person. I can’t very well go ask Her Majesty the Queen to pay for the damages…”
Knock, knock—
Hearing the knock, the Grand Elder’s brow furrowed, and he snorted angrily. “I’m busy! Not seeing anyone!”
The words had barely fallen when a young woman materialized openly from the void.
“Someone who’s lived for ten centuries, yet still has such a fiery temper… it’s truly unbecoming, Grandpa Doma.”
The girl’s gaze swept faintly around the room, then she found a chair and sat down, her voice indifferent.
“…It’s you?!” Doma Chitose’s face stiffened, and rage immediately flooded his features. “The mastermind who ordered Huan Moxi to melt the teaching building! Hah! You dare deliver yourself to my door? Don’t think that just because the Illusory Snow Queen seems to have some trust in you, you can get away without settling this score!”
Weilin narrowed her eyes, her gaze mocking. “Don’t play dumb. You’re one of the few who knows Xi’s situation. If you’re so capable, you try ordering her? But melting an entire building… I didn’t foresee that either.”
“I admit, in a thousand years of life, your ability at luring little girls is unmatched… but one thing is one thing. The school is public property! Do you think Her Majesty the Queen will pay for this?!”
Doma Chitose was so furious his long beard floated, huffing and glaring. This was related to his temperament, but the most crucial point was… if he wanted to be promoted to Vice Dean or Dean, he had to maintain a perfect performance record. But now, an entire main building was gone…
…Money. He was hinting at it.
Weilin felt around in her Eternal Space and eventually pulled out two 100,000 Gold Coin Cards.
One hundred thousand gold coins could build several brand-new buildings, with more than enough left over to compensate for the magic textbooks.
The Grand Elder shot to his feet, slammed the table, and roared furiously toward the door: “What are you all dawdling for?! Someone, immediately serve our esteemed guest the finest tea! Ten seconds! If you’re one second late, you can all forget about getting a single credit this semester——!!”
