The establishment of three supernatural universities in Huaxia happened so quickly that even Xue Ji, who had been involved in the process, found it hard to believe.
In less than a month, all the preliminary planning and hardware installations were completed.
The Magic University’s Shanghai campus, where Xue Ji taught, specialized in magic, supernatural abilities, and other rare systems. When she had visited two weeks ago, it hadn’t looked much different from an ordinary university. Now, though, it resembled more of a military facility.
Everyone had to register their comings and goings, spiritual energy detectors ran around the clock, and specialized ability-user troops were stationed for protection.
Along the way, quite a few new students—both male and female—came up to ask for her contact info.
But once they spotted the World Tree emblem on her clothes, they realized she was actually a professor from the magic department.
Xue Ji wasn’t even necessarily taller than their younger siblings, and she had an overall soft and adorable look to her.
As the crowd gradually gathered around her, Xue Ji had already started curling her toes in awkwardness.
“She—she’s a professor?”
“She’s from our department!”
“Is it too late for me to switch to magic?”
“Hi there, Professor! Hey Professor, I wonder what color sack she likes…”
Sensing the increasingly peculiar atmosphere, Xue Ji quickly waved at the new students as a quick goodbye, and vanished from the spot in the next second.
“Aw man, look what you all did—you scared the white-haired loli professor away!”
Only then did everyone realize she had disappeared without a trace.
That brief encounter turned Xue Ji into the hottest topic on the campus forum.
[SHOCKING! The magic department’s professor at the Shanghai campus is actually a white-haired pretty young girl!]
Xue Ji had just gotten her cast removed the day before yesterday, and had only come out for a walk on campus to stretch her limbs. She hadn’t expected things to turn out like this.
The campus still looked like a regular university—youthfulness remained its main color—but the young people coming and going were hardly your average fragile college students.
“Professor Xue Ji, hello~”
A petite girl with round-rimmed glasses walked up to her.
Xue Ji smiled and nodded in response, and the girl suddenly broke into a dazed, silly grin, as if struck by a sudden bout of madness.
“The white-haired loli professor… hehehe…”
Seeing that, Xue Ji hurriedly dashed off. Her looks were causing some trouble in her interactions with students—she couldn’t keep going like this.
Hurrying back to her office, Xue Ji plopped down into her chair and let out a long sigh of relief.
Inside the office, her teaching assistant Eva had already tidied everything up for her. All the items were neatly arranged.
“They made me a professor right off the bat—such a hassle…” Xue Ji lay slumped over her desk, her daily social-energy reserves already running on empty.
Eva thoughtfully came up behind her and began massaging her shoulders.
The afternoon sunlight streamed into the room, adding an extra layer of laziness to the white-haired girl.
She tilted her head to look at Eva beside her.
Eva’s movements were flawless, as if she were a machine incapable of making mistakes. Her sapphire-blue eyes remained completely calm.
“Eva… is it really okay for you to leave everything about yourself up to me?”
Recalling the records left by Eva’s father—those words brimming with love—Xue Ji felt the weight of them. She could certainly give Eva the respect and consideration she deserved from the perspective of a magic scholar.
But Eva, with her emotional detachment… how could the love she lacked ever be filled?
Eva didn’t reply. Instead, she simply patted Xue Ji’s head, as if soothing a little animal.
But that gentleness didn’t even last a minute before Eva’s technique turned into something more like petting a cat, ruffling Xue Ji’s hair into a mess.
“Alright, alright—does it really feel that good to touch? Everyone does this…” Xue Ji sat up straight and smoothed her hair back down.
She reached over and pinched Eva’s cheek—soft, with a nice feel to it. At that moment, the corner of Eva’s lips lifted ever so slightly.
After that little playful scuffle, Xue Ji was fully recharged and dove back into her teaching plans.
Walking along the way earlier, Xue Ji had noticed obvious surges of spiritual energy. Among the students she’d seen, even the lowest were at least mid-level beginners.
The first batch of students had all been selected from supernatural-ability units—both in talent and strength, they were cream of the crop.
“The magic department has quite a few courses to cover, but each student’s abilities vary. For the first semester, I’ll focus on building a foundation and testing their potential.”
After reviewing everything, Xue Ji finalized the curriculum: Introduction to Basic Potionology, Basic Magic, Spiritual Energy Control, and Mental Strength Training.
When she finally finished and looked back, what she saw was the blue-haired girl standing by the window. The setting sun outside cast its afterglow over her, and Eva reached her hands out toward the sun.
The girl’s hands cupped the evening light.
The scene was like a work of art, and Xue Ji couldn’t bear to disturb it.
‘It was Eva’s own choice. She chose me.’ Xue Ji recalled the words of Eva’s father.
She simply stood there, quietly watching Eva. The blue-haired girl herself had become an unforgettable sight.
Night fell, and the two finally returned home.
Her parents had already prepared dinner and were just waiting for the two of them to sit down and eat.
“Xiao Ji, how’s the Shanghai campus going? Everything smooth?” Mom asked as she served her daughter some food.
“Very smooth. I didn’t expect them to move so fast—we’ll be starting classes in just two more weeks.”
“Oh, speaking of which—your Aunt Lin Xi is coming to stay with us for a couple of days, and she’s bringing Xiao Yu along. I was thinking we could head to the beach. It’ll be a good chance for you to relax and have some fun too.”
At the mention of the beach, Sha Ya, who was still gnawing on a chicken leg, immediately jumped into the conversation. “A Ji, let’s go, let’s go!”
She got so excited that the hand holding the chicken leg nearly whacked Lilith in the face.
Lilith pushed her chicken-holding hand aside but didn’t say anything—she too was waiting for Xue Ji’s answer.
Of course, Dad was also hoping for a yes. If they could go to the beach, he could try some sea fishing, and his retired life would feel complete.
Seeing the expectant looks on everyone’s faces, Xue Ji certainly couldn’t dampen their spirits.
Besides, when it came to the beach, swimsuits were simply unavoidable.
‘Ling Xiaoxiao in a swimsuit…’
Just the thought made Xue Ji break into a smile.
“Let’s go—of course we’re going!”
“Yay!” And sure enough, Sha Ya’s chicken leg ended up smacking Lilith right in the face.
The two of them inevitably broke into another round of dragon-and-tiger wrestling.
Later that night, in Xue Ji’s room.
“I’ll kill you—I’ll kill you, I swear!”
“Watch me hit level six and just dump all my damage on you—finish you in one go!”
“Why are you yelling so loud?!” Lilith couldn’t stand this girl anymore—she was practically deafening her from all the shouting while they played.
The two were dueling in League of Legends. After the last account-ban incident, Lilith had been training hard every single day, while Sha Ya was the type to dabble half-heartedly in everything, losing interest after three minutes of anything.
‘Hehe, I’ve got this in the bag.’
The minion waves had just met, and Lilith was already mentally popping champagne.
She moved her Yasuo forward to poke, while Sha Ya’s Irelia hadn’t stacked her passive yet, so Lilith managed to chip away a bit of her health.
Seeing that, Lilith was sure she had this round in the bag.
But at level five, she accidentally dashed into the turret, and Sha Ya took her down in one clean combo.
“My bad—rematch!”
At level six, Sha Ya, at half health, solo-killed her again.
They restarted three more times, and Lilith lost every single one.
She stared at the computer screen in disbelief, her eyes glazed over.
“How… how is this possible? I’ve been training so hard—why…”
Beside her, Sha Ya patted her on the shoulder and said, “If you’re bad, just practice more.”
“Ugh~” Lilith’s face flushed red with frustration.
“If you can’t take a loss, don’t play.” Sha Ya looked at her with a teasing grin.
“Who said I can’t take a loss? A bet’s a bet.”
“Good. Then I’ll go first—once I’ve had my fun, I’ll let you have your turn.”
