Chapter Five: No Idle Chit-Chat

  "No idle chatter!" Ge Hui always says the most unpleasant things at the most inopportune moments to prove her own unpleasantness.

  Upon hearing her rebuke, Yun Hai Fan immediately lowered his head, preparing to admit his mistake. Xiang Zi Yin responded in a calm and even tone that never changed over the years: "Teacher Ge, the materials here have been messed up, I think Yun Hai Fan still doesn't have the ability to sort them out."

  Ge Hui murmured a response, glanced at the already picked up and organized documents, and her tone slightly relaxed: "Then just put it there for now, have you finished labeling the pages?"

  "It's all right." Yun Hai Fan replied quickly, hoping that his impression in Ge Hui's mind wouldn't become even worse.

  There wasn't much material beforehand, and besides, I've been working for most of the day, so it's not surprising that I've finished.

  Kerwin nodded stiffly, his face already a mask of inscrutability: "Very well, you can go have lunch first, and report to the second floor in half an hour, understood?"

  "I..." Yun Hai Fan swallowed the second half of his sentence under Ge Hui's stern gaze, and replied succinctly, "Yes."

  Ge Hui let out a "hmm" with her nose and turned to leave.

  The dust here makes her want to sneeze.

  Still quite human-like, Yun Hai's sail sniffed his nose, and he wanted to explore the deepest secret in Ge Hui's eyes behind those black-framed glasses.

  After lunch, Yunhai Fan appeared on the stairs leading to the second floor, but she couldn't take that one step forward. She had always known that only high-grade students who passed the school's assessment could break through the boundary and reach the second floor. Being cautious, she carefully poked the invisible yet existing "wall" in front of her with her index finger. The next second, she felt a strong rebound force hitting her. Hurriedly grasping the railing to prevent herself from rolling down the stairs.

  Helpless, Yun Hai sat down on the steps. Anyway, it's still early before Ge Hui's scheduled time, and he'll report this cruel fact when Ge Hui arrives.

  Before long, Xiang Zhiyin passed by her side, Yun Haifan glanced at him and he also smiled at Yun Haifan before going upstairs without any hindrance. Yun Haifan's eyes widened instantly, and she hastily opened her mouth: "Zhiyin."

  "What's wrong?" Xiang Zi turned his head and said, "Aren't you coming over?"

  "I can't get through, you take me across." Yun Hai Fan explained, "There is a boundary set up here, only those with high magic can pass through."

  "Really?" Xiang Zi leaned forward, "But I don't know magic, the curator said he would teach me some useful auxiliary magic in two days."

  "Alright." Yun Hai Fan slapped his own face with a palm, "Sorry about that, I disturbed you."

  "I've told you not to idle chat!" Ge Hui appeared in front of them without warning. Yun Hai Fan was startled and jumped up, patted the dust off and quickly turned around to look at Ge Hui, who was only two steps higher than him but gave off a sense of pressure as if from the sky. Xiang Zi didn't say anything, nodded slightly and then went back to his own business.

  "Are you ready to step on time?" Ge Hui looked down from above.

  Yun Hai Fan bit her lip and stretched out her hand, only to have it slapped back. She spread her hands in a helpless gesture.

  Ge Hui crossed her arms over her chest: "You didn't pass the assessment?"

  "To be exact," Yun Haiyan chose his words carefully, "I haven't participated... I'm a freshman who just started this year."

  "New students... " Ge Hui showed a hint of doubt, "Logically speaking, only first-year students who haven't passed the assessment would steal magic crystals to help them pass... If you know that new students who steal magic crystals will definitely pass the assessment, then you..."

  Yunhai Fan raised his head: "I said I didn't steal it, Teacher Ge, do you believe me?"

  Ge Hui didn't say a word, but only stared at Yun Hai Fan's eyes. Those pure and clear eyes only showed innocence, making people unbearable to doubt her. After a long while, she slowly opened her mouth: "Although Wen Zhan said so, I still choose to believe you."

  "......Thank you......" Yun Hai Fan's voice was heavy, and he smiled coolly, a smile that hurt.

  "Wait a minute—" Ge Hui's face had an expression of "don't be in such a hurry to thank me", and then she asked, "There's one more thing I want to confirm, which class are you from?"

  "Puppet class."

  "Oh..." Ge Hui responded, immediately changing the subject, "Normally you wouldn't have the qualifications to go up to the second floor, but as the curator, I still have this small power." With a flick of her hand, it was as if she had parted the curtains, and Yun Hai Fan suddenly discovered the changes around him, unbelievably stepping onto the second floor.

  Just then, he took a step back to where he started. Ge Hui raised an eyebrow, and Yun Hai Fan seemed to be smiling but not quite: "Teacher Ge just said that trust must have sincerity?"

  Ge Hui looked at Yun Haiyan deeply and suddenly smiled: "It's a good thing for young people to be careful."

  "People who have been deceived before, it's not easy to believe others." Yun Hai Fan sighed, "After all, I still have to address you as teacher, maybe you and Teacher Wen are holding the line. If there was no assistance, I would have gone up to the second floor, wouldn't that confirm my crime of stealing crystal?"

  "When I found out you were a Puppetry student, I knew Wen Zhan was deceiving me again." Ge Hui stretched out her hand, indicating for Yun Hai Fan to place his on top. "At the time, he said you stole An Su's red crystal, it was intentional to make me think you were from the Fire Department. It seems that the higher-ups investigated thoroughly, and he didn't dare to arbitrarily punish Puppetry students, so he had to use my hands to deal with you."

  Yun Hai Fan listened with a look of seeming understanding and non-understanding, but only felt a kind of energy flowing through her body along with his hand: "Is it spiritual power?"

  Her slightly surprised eyes amused Ge Hui: "Very surprised, right? My spiritual power can actually merge with yours."

  "Is it Light Magic?" Yun Hai Fan stared blankly at Ge Hui, "The Light Magic that has been extinct in Lí Yuè Country..."

  Ge Hui hooked her finger, and Yun Hai Fan obediently leaned in. Ge Hui casually pinched Yun Hai Fan's small upturned nose: "Your magical history is from Blue River Academy, right?"

  "Hmm." Yun Hai Fan thought that this phrase sounded strange, like the popular phrase in the mortal world "Your certain class is taught by a physical education teacher".

  Thinking about it, physical education teachers are quite pitied.

  "You should know about the Holy War?" Ge Hui lowered his head, "After the Holy War, Light Magic gradually lost its attack power. The flight and healing techniques in between merged into other elemental magics. The spiritual energy of Light Magic is like that of Puppetry, not attached to natural elements, so it can be merged, but it has disappeared step by step with the decline of Light Magic."

  "So that's how it is..." Yunhai Fan snapped his fingers, "Actually, puppetry has truly become extinct. What we usually learn in class is just the instant transfer of light magic. In this way, so-called puppetry itself does not have attack power, so the puppetry class has never had students pass the school exam - because they can't even compete with elemental magic that has attack power."