Fate Trading System – Chapter 97

Plan A

Rise in Another World 9

Young girl

After a few more days passed, Little One had been somewhat depressed since coming out to the Duanmu family.

Although it originally didn’t like to speak human language, it now didn’t even meow, only quietly licking Su Xin’s fingers.

Su Xin received quite a few invitations, but she declined them all.

Some people mocked, saying that even though she became stronger, her personality was still as unlikable as before. Su Xin heard this but couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to those people. She had always been selfish and not philanthropic, only caring about the people she cared about and was concerned with.

“You haven’t been in high spirits lately, are you not used to being out?”

Su Xin didn’t know where Little One came from, and Little One had also forgotten how it came to the Lu Yin Secret Realm, but for animals, staying in such a place should be very comfortable, compared to the human world.

Back then, they had walked all over the Lu Yin Secret Realm and hadn’t found any other exits, which they found very strange, but no matter how strange it was, there was no other way, so they could only choose to go out.

Su Xin held small dried fish, rubbed Little One’s neck, then stroked its chin, trying to cheer it up.

“Meow.”

Little One called out weakly, lying on Su Xin’s bed and forcing out a sound, not even getting excited when its favorite small dried fish was waved in front of it.

Su Xin put down the food and held the limp Little One in her arms, beginning to examine its body.

After checking everywhere without missing anything, Su Xin frowned and placed Little One on the soft bed.

“What’s wrong with you?”

It wasn’t injured, and it was lively before, but it seemed to be getting weaker day by day.

But the magical element fluctuations outside the secret realm weren’t inferior to those inside.

“Just feeling unwell, I’ll sleep for a while.”

Little One spoke in human language, its soft voice sounding very weak, making one’s heart ache. It closed its eyes, looking extremely tired.

Little One slept for several days. Su Xin had no mind to do anything else, even entering a meditative state would often be interrupted and she would exit, checking if Little One had woken up.

Su Xin was very worried about it, after all, this was the first partner she had been through life and death with. In the future, when it recovered, it would still transform into human form, and the feelings were different from those towards ordinary pet demon beasts.

Su Xin was awakened by Little One’s joyful licking in the middle of a deep night. She was a light sleeper, and these past few days she couldn’t sleep well because Little One hadn’t woken up. As soon as she felt movement, she immediately woke up.

“You’re awake!”

Su Xin hugged Little One in her arms, burying her head in Little One’s soft fur, feeling reassured.

Cuddling a cat is indeed one of the happiest things in the world!

“Meow.”

Little One’s voice was clearer than before. It nuzzled Su Xin with its head, then walked back and forth on the bed, later jumping onto the table, happily bouncing around the room, looking very cheerful.

“Why are you so happy, did you gain something good?”

Su Xin was amused by Little One’s behavior, watching Little One release its excitement and return to her embrace.

“Meow meow meow meow meow.”

Although Su Xin couldn’t understand what it was saying, she could hear that it was extremely, extremely happy.

Su Xin couldn’t help but laugh along, kissing the cat’s nose.

“Silly one.”

Little One lay down, comfortably nestling in Su Xin’s arms, closing its eyes.

“You’ve slept for so long, and you’re still sleeping.”

Su Xin stroked its fur.

“Little naughty one, waking me up and then falling asleep yourself.”

Although she said this, Su Xin knew that after Little One woke up, the weight on her heart had been lifted. She fell asleep hugging the soft and warm Little One.

The new Lu Yin Secret Realm selection ended, a batch of people came out, welcoming the approving gazes of their elders.

Although it was still the first level of selection trials, it still needed affirmation.

Not long after this batch of trials ended, people from the Luotian Academy came to conduct assessments.

Of course, it’s not possible for the magic academy’s staff to come specifically to the Duanmu family for selection. They will conduct academy recruitment at a fixed location.

Their recruitment news is generally announced to everyone a month in advance, then those who are willing to enter the school will come to their fixed recruitment location to undergo initial assessment.

The four major families are distributed in different places in the Eastern Country, only gathering in one place every ten years because of the secret realm.

The Duanmu family’s geographical location is very good, close to the Lu Yin Secret Realm, and also close to where the Luotian Academy conducts assessments.

Su Xin doesn’t need to rush much. Those from the four great families who need to participate in the assessment, as well as others, gradually arrived at the place.

Luotian is a magic academy, naturally only recruiting mages, fighters naturally won’t come.

When Su Xin arrived at the assessment site, she stood to one side holding Little One, her expression cold.

Many people saw her and discussed her in low voices.

Su Xin noticed a gaze falling on her. Su Xin looked towards that gaze and found it was a not-so-familiar acquaintance, her former fiancé Mu Yao, with whom she had already broken off the engagement.

Su Xin politely nodded to him, a chance encounter from back then, a man she didn’t dislike.

However, mages age very slowly. Although everyone present was in their twenties, they still had the appearance of teenagers.

There are those in their twenties from Su Xin’s cohort, and those in their teens from this cohort, mixed together, making it impossible to discern their age from appearance alone.

The assessment is not done in batches, but different magic strengths enter different classes. Not everyone goes in as a first-year student and then advances step by step.

The rules of this continent are like this: the strong are respected, age is not considered, except for royal nobles, but not entirely, because generally those in power are ordinary people. Mages and fighters with ambition would not possibly stay in the human world making no progress.

Among these people, Su Xin only noticed two: one was Mu Yao, and the other was a girl standing quietly in the corner.

She was a small-looking girl, her height seemingly only reaching Su Xin’s chin, with long silver hair down to her hips, hanging loose, her whole being emanating an aura of coldness.

Different from Su Xin’s thousand-mile-away coldness and Mu Yao’s polite but actually unapproachable coolness, she was like ice and snow, making people not want to approach. Seeing her, one felt a cold wind brushing their face.

Su Xin found it quite interesting, thinking this girl must be very cool in summer.

Su Xin was also the focus of this group’s gaze. Her all-black-and-red outfit made her seem unapproachable, but the white cat in her arms created a visual contrast, not making people feel incongruous, but rather just right.

That cat had grown very beautifully, exuding a sense of detachment like its owner. It was a strange combination, very attractive to the eye. Add to that the bonus of Su Xin’s own deeds, many people were very curious about her process of changing from useless to genius.

The assessment was conducted according to numbers, proceeding in an orderly manner. Everyone suppressed their gossipy mood and began their own assessments.

When Su Xin entered the assessment room, she only saw one examiner sitting inside.

It was a very beautiful woman, wearing a red robe, looking like flames, different from Su Xin’s suppressed dark red.

The examiner raised her eyebrows, looking at Su Xin’s quiet demeanor, didn’t waste words, and asked Su Xin to take the test according to her instructions.

“Not bad.”

Yan Ru nodded. This time there were several good seedlings, considered a pretty good harvest.

Su Xin wasn’t clear about the situation of others. She was just given something like a pearl. The examiner named Yan Ru told her to wait for two days. After everyone had finished their assessments, they could set off for school. During this time, she could go home to notify.

Su Xin didn’t specially go home, because that didn’t exist. All her belongings had already been brought here.

Su Xin just sent a message back by carrier pigeon and stayed at the place temporarily arranged by the academy.

The academy was arranged according to aptitude, very realistic.

Su Xin lived on the top floor, in the third room. There were only three rooms on this floor, looking very luxurious. The first room was occupied by that long-haired, ice-cold little girl, the second room was Mu Yao’s, which surprised Su Xin a bit.

Actually, she was quite surprised that she could rank third. She didn’t feel she was very strong, ten years had passed outside, but she didn’t expect she had grown so much.

That little girl, Su Xin had heard some rumors about her. She was from the Yu family of the four great families, with an odd and reclusive personality. As for her strength, no one knew, but it seemed she should be above everyone else. How much above, Su Xin couldn’t know.

What Su Xin displayed wasn’t her true strength. Of course, this doesn’t mean she was hiding her skills or anything else, it’s just that her killing move always relied on her sword. However, no one knew this point, which Su Xin was very satisfied with.

“We’re about to go to a new place.”

Su Xin rubbed Little One’s head.

“Meow.”

Little One licked its paw to show it understood.

“When will you transform into human form?”

Su Xin was a bit expectant, but then felt that if Little One could transform into human form and become that girl called Nan Cheng, it might not be her Little One anymore.

“Meow meow… meow meow meow… meow.”

This was a string of meaningless, intermittent, and vague cat meows, fully expressing Little One’s own uncertainty.

“No rush, no rush. You’re very good like this. I can hold you in my arms. If you turn into a human later, it won’t be as convenient for me.”

Su Xin hugged Little One and rubbed it, once again marveling at the happiness of petting a cat.

Two days later, they officially set off.

Including three teachers, there were only twenty people in total. Many were unfamiliar to Su Xin. To be precise, Su Xin didn’t know a single one. Mu Yao barely counted as someone she had seen before, but the two hadn’t exchanged a single word.

Su Xin twitched the corner of her mouth when she saw the magic scrolls floating in mid-air, and sat on one.

The magic scrolls were very long, with three people sitting side by side. It wasn’t appropriate for Mu Yao to sit between two girls, so he switched positions with Su Xin.

The temperature around the young girl was very low. Even Su Xin, who was relatively insensitive to heat, could perceive it.

The young girl slightly tilted her head, her eyes emitting an inorganic light.

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The author has something to say:

Sister Xin: When can you turn into a human?

Sister Qing: Ask the author

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