NOVEL NEXT Chapter 158: Untitled
Luo Wei stopped in her tracks. "I need to register. It hasn't been long, we just met a month ago."
"A month... it must have been unbearable, right, Luo Wei?" Axina gave her an ambiguous look.
"I probably can't relate to your feelings," Luo Wei smiled diplomatically. "Axina, why don't you tell me how unbearable it's been for you?"
"Luo Wei, you're still pretending to be strong as always."
Axina wasn't irritated at all. She gracefully walked to Luo Wei's side, displaying a grieving expression.
"Although I'm not a follower of the Life God, I feel as sad as you do about His sudden fall."
"A god who has lost their faith must be suffering greatly, right? Luo Wei, you should move on soon. The Life God isn't the only one worthy of faith - the Love Goddess's glory is also shining."
"Love Goddess?" Luo Wei looked at Axina in surprise. "Are you trying to recruit me for the Love Goddess?"
Before Axina could answer, she muttered to herself: "But the Grand Paladin also tried to recruit me, hoping I'd become a follower of the Sun and Moon Gods. How should I choose?"
Axina stared at Luo Wei for a while, darkness gathering in her eyes despite her smile: "It seems I worried too much. How could someone unfaithful to their beliefs feel pain?"
"So you don't feel any pain?" Luo Wei asked pointedly.
Axina leveled her smile and raised her azure eyes: "As long as the snake doesn't bite the dog, and the dog doesn't eat the snake, they can both survive."
Luo Wei exclaimed with exaggerated amazement: "What an intelligent dog to understand such profound wisdom!"
Axina couldn't hold back, her face twisting momentarily.
She gave Luo Wei a cold look and snorted: "Some people may look all high and mighty, but they actually lost forty credit points and had their name posted on the academy church wall."
Luo Wei: ...
What?
Posted what? On which wall?
Seeing Luo Wei's dumbfounded expression, Axina finally felt satisfied.
She taunted mercilessly: "With sixty credit points left, one might fail just by sneezing in class. I guess that person doesn't even know that written self-criticisms need to be publicly displayed."
Self-criticism... needs to be displayed?
Publicly?
Luo Wei's face froze as she suddenly felt the self-criticism letter in her sleeve burning hot, making her heart race.
Axina gave her a contemptuous glance, lifted her chin, and walked past her, leaving behind a rich fragrance of rose and rosemary balm.
Luo Wei remained silent for a moment, then raised her hand to fan in front of her nose.
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The combination of the two scents blended well, but still smelled strange.
She walked into the junior division's registration office and saw a row of differently colored heads.
Professor Phil was already seated at his desk, using a quill pen to write down the names of students coming to register.
Luo Wei stood at the end of the line and looked back to see several more students walking in from outside, lining up behind her.
In this situation, it seemed quite difficult to avoid it.
Social suicide or dropping out - that was the question.
Luo Wei stood there seriously contemplating whether her emotionally charged self-criticism letter could be shown to others.
Actually, perhaps, maybe, was schooling really that necessary?
After sixty seconds of internal struggle, Luo Wei's shoulders slumped in defeat.
The disciplinary notice had already been posted, and she had already lost all face possible - was she really afraid of one more self-criticism letter being displayed?
When it was finally her turn, Luo Wei walked up with resignation.
"Professor Phil, good day. I'm here to register," she said, looking down.
Phil glanced at her, put down his quill pen, and pulled out a stack of papyrus from the drawer.
"Luo Wei, you have eighteen violations of school rules on record, and your disciplinary actions are not complete," he flipped through the papyrus record book, his index finger trailing under the dense text as he read, "deduction of credit points, self-criticism letter, community service..."
Professor Phil looked up after reading: "Did you bring your self-criticism letter?"
"Yes." Luo Wei pulled out the tightly rolled letter from her sleeve, her fingers trembling as she handed it over.
Professor Phil extracted the letter from her tight grip and opened it to read carefully.
As he read, his brows furrowed, and he began reading aloud.
"Lack of self-control, young and ignorant, seeking thrills and pleasure, harboring fluke mentality, violating school rules..."
Luo Wei's toes curled tightly in her shoes as she stared unfocused at the edge of the desk.
Why read it out loud if you're going to read it?
Was this Axina's revenge? How terrifying!
"Luo Wei, this self-criticism letter..." Professor Phil frowned, "why didn't you write what you did outside?"
Luo Wei thought: What I did? There were so many things, but none that could be written down.
Making puppets, stealing books, playing tricks, deceiving believers... any single one would be enough to get her either expelled or executed.
Facing Professor Phil's questioning, Luo Wei calmly pointed to several lines in the letter: "Professor, I wrote it here."
"Momentarily playful, seeking thrills and pleasure."
"Play - that's what I did outside."
Professor Phil was silent for two seconds: "Be more specific. What did you play?"
"Fun." Luo Wei thought for a moment and added another word. "Just fun."
"..." Professor Phil took a deep breath, "What kind of fun?"
Luo Wei blinked: "The fun of sleeping in a big bed, you know, that kind of enjoyment."
Professor Phil struggled to speak: "At such a young age, you went to that kind of place?"
Luo Wei: "...Professor, I didn't mean that kind of place."
Professor Phil retorted: "You know what kind of place I'm talking about?"
Luo Wei awkwardly asked: "Well, what kind of place are you referring to, Professor?"
Professor Phil's expression turned stern: "Certainly not the kind of place you're talking about."
Luo Wei's toes nearly dug through the floor: "Professor, I meant the big bed in the small courtyard I bought. I just like sleeping in larger beds."
Professor Phil's face stiffened: "Oh, that's the kind of place I meant."
Realizing something was off, he quickly added: "I mean the first place you mentioned."
"Students should focus on their studies. You're here to learn magic, not to enjoy yourselves. Don't skip school to go to such places again."
Professor Phil continued talking to himself as he quickly signed his name on the self-criticism letter with the quill pen.
"Alright, registration complete. This self-criticism letter barely passes. The remaining punishments will be notified separately. You can go make your bed at Rose Castle now."
When he said the word "bed," his facial muscles twitched, clearly showing this word had left him with some unpleasant memories.
"Thank you, Professor." Luo Wei gave a hasty curtsy and quickly ran away.
She never expected that Professor Phil, who looked so proper and refined, would be the type of man to seek pleasure in brothels.
Actually, she could understand - even someone as serious as Professor Moses kept a lover at home, so it was quite normal for Professor Phil to seek some excitement.
Professors were human too, with their own emotions and desires. There was no need to be too critical about small flaws in their private lives.
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