Chapter 99 : Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Even If the Academy Is Rotten to the Core, You Still Have to Make Money

As I walked down to the living room alone, Dongli Yiren kept staring at me.

“Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

I plopped down on the sofa, asking with a smile.

“N-No… nothing…”

“If it’s nothing, then you’ve got something on your mind, right?”

“Well… I…”

“Is it something you’re embarrassed to say? Just say it. Or should I guess? Is it about the new roommate?”

“No… it’s not that,” Dongli Yiren said softly, turning her head away.

“Alright then, I thought you were curious about the new roommate,” I said, leaning back against the soft cushion, ignoring her hesitant gaze.

Keep being so tsundere!

Not saying what you want to say.

I really want to fix that attitude of hers.

“Meeting Guan Qiuling today was kind of an accident. Dongli Yiren, do you know what I learned from the senior sister at the dorm card office?”

I said, taking the initiative to start a conversation since she wasn’t speaking.

“Huh? What?”

Dongli Yiren was caught off guard by my sudden topic shift and didn’t react immediately.

“Our dorm already has four people assigned.”

“Four already…? Huh? What!”

Dongli Yiren’s eyes widened instantly, as if she’d just realized something.

“Is there a ghost? Does the Witch Academy not even spare ghosts?”

“How could it be a ghost? Come on,” I said, quickly calming her down.

I was genuinely worried she’d get so worked up she’d cause a scene.

“Then… you scared me! What’s the point of that?”

Dongli Yiren glared at me resentfully after realizing I wasn’t serious.

I didn't scare you.

The dorm really has issued four dorm cards, but including the newly arrived Guan Qiuling, there are only three of us.

That means one person hasn’t shown up yet but already has a card. Probably in a situation similar to yours.

“This… damn Witch Academy. As expected, it’s full of perverts! I shouldn’t have had any expectations for this rotten-to-the-core academy!”

After hearing my explanation, she quickly reacted and cursed.

“Okay, okay, complaining won’t help. I just wanted to tell you that our fourth, unseen roommate is probably a boy too, just like you. Don’t you feel a bit of camaraderie, even if you haven’t met them?”

I propped my chin with my hand, eagerly watching for Dongli Yiren’s reaction.

But her face was surprisingly calm, which disappointed me a bit.

“Don’t you want to say something?”

I asked, unwilling to let it go.

“What’s there to say? Trash Witch Academy.”

“Alright…”

I sighed.

Dongli Yiren’s opinion of the Witch undisclosed Academy hadn’t improved at all.

She still called it a trash academy.

Honestly, I thought Witch Academy was pretty good.

Since that was the case, I didn’t have much else to say, so I planned to take a bath early and go to bed.

There was a lot to do tomorrow.

I didn’t practice with the Flying Broom today, so I’d make up for it tomorrow.

Plus, I needed to submit a volunteer activity report.

My quota was already way over the target, and the senior sister in charge of registration even recognized me.

Mainly, I wanted to help out at the Bakery Club.

Finding people could be left to others.

Those senior sisters only cared about their own fun and didn’t think about the new students’ lives afterward.

Sure, that might be a bit of a generalization, but there were plenty of awful senior sisters, weren’t there?

Since I was doing this kind of work, I naturally wouldn’t meet the responsible ones.

All I saw were the messes they left behind.

Just as I stood up to head upstairs, Dongli Yiren finally couldn’t hold back.

“Hey! Um…”

“Hm? What’s up?”

I smirked, knowing she had something to ask.

I didn’t expect her to crack so soon.

“Um… I have something to ask you,” Dongli Yiren said, her gaze darting away, as if she didn’t know how to start.

“What is it?”

I stayed calm, waiting for her to say it.

I really didn’t know what she was thinking.

Tsunderes are like that you never know what little thing will make them ignore you.

“Um… are you doing a part-time job?”

“Of course. Didn’t you visit my part-time job place before?”

I looked at her, confused by her question.

“I-I know that! I mean, where did you find your part-time job?”

Dongli Yiren started off loud to bolster her confidence, but her voice grew quieter toward the end.

“Huh… what? Find what?”

I pretended not to hear, asking again.

“Part-time job! I’m asking where you found your part-time job!”

She finally blurted out loudly, as if throwing caution to the wind.

Seeing her ask so directly, I thought her tsundere level wasn’t quite high enough.

A bit boring.

But I didn’t expect Dongli Yiren to ask about this.

Wasn’t she rich?

Why would she need a part-time job?

Did her family stop sending her money?

“Part-time job? Just say it, no need to be shy. I asked a senior sister about it. You can find them in the Academy System.”

“Academy System?”

Dongli Yiren stared blankly at the Academy System app on her phone.

To be honest, she barely used it and didn’t know how to navigate it.

“You don’t know? In the Academy System, open the most obvious task section. There’s a part-time job recruitment board. Just find one you like and contact them. But be careful not to get scammed into doing hard labor.”

“You… can get scammed?”

Dongli Yiren clearly caught the keyword, her eyes widening.

“Of course. The academy is like a mini-society. Getting scammed in an academy job might not be a big deal, but getting scammed outside the academy can be serious. Just be cautious and choose carefully. By the way, are you looking for a job because you’re short on money?”

“I-I have plenty of money! I just feel… bored, with nothing to do, so I want to find something to keep me busy,” Dongli Yiren said, reacting like a cat with its tail stepped on.

Apparently, implying she was broke hit a nerve.

“Alright then. I told you the method. I’m going to take a bath now. Don’t peek at me!”

“As if I’d peek! What do you take me for!”

Meanwhile,

A door to an office was pushed open, and a slightly disheveled figure walked in.

“Bai Yu, sorry to make you come back in person. But that injury aren’t you going to find someone who can cast a healing spell to treat it?”

“It’s been treated. It’s fine. But this injury… healing spells don’t seem to work. It might need more special methods,” Bai Yu said, clutching her left shoulder with her right hand.

Her movements were labored, and the injury was far more serious than it appeared.

“Do you regret it then? Even if this is just a minor detail in the script, for a non-transcendent witch like you, changing the course comes at a cost.”

The transcendent witch in front of Bai Yu, the teacher who had contacted her before, spoke in an instructive tone.

“But it’s worth it.”

“Alright, it seems that little one named Yang Yuehan is indeed important to you,” the teacher said, pausing briefly.

“But thanks for stirring things up. It gave us an advantage before the script even started. Do you mind us using you like this?”

“Of course I mind, but I signed a contract with you. Anything else? If not, I’m leaving,” Bai Yu said, turning to go.

“Nothing else. In such a hurry to leave, are you eager to see your little Xiao Han?”

The teacher asked with a smile.

“No… I need to heal first. I can’t let Xiao Han know I’m injured. Also, please remember your promise to take care of Xiao Han.”

“You know better than I do that we value her highly. Since you brought it up again, I’ll personally make sure it’s handled.”

“Thank you,” Bai Yu said sincerely before leaving.

“No need to thank me. How about I become Xiao Han’s homeroom teacher?”

After Bai Yu left, the teacher’s words echoed in the office, but Bai Yu didn’t hear them.

“Sigh, you didn’t answer, so I’ll take that as agreement.”