Chapter 1880: Chapter 1880: Magic Apostle (1)
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This time Chuzheng came over in the middle of a class. She was lying on the desk while the "teacher" up front was using a strange intonation to recite a long string of obscure, hard-to-understand sentences.
Chuzheng pressed her forehead, slowly straightened up a bit, and swept her gaze around at lightning speed.
All around sat a bunch of boys and girls, and unlike the usual black hair and black eyes she was used to, the boys and girls here had all sorts of different hair colors.
The kind that would get you ordered to dye it back in a normal school.
This place was obviously a school, so... this is a different kind of school?
"Xue Laiya, please come up and demonstrate."
Chuzheng was still spacing out when all the gazes around her suddenly snapped toward her.
Chuzheng: "..."
She cautiously used her peripheral vision to glance to both sides. Behind her was a wall, so... the person calling up must mean her?
"Xue Laiya?" The brown-haired man on the podium called out in annoyance. "Didn’t you hear me?"
Chuzheng: "..."
Is it still in time for me to faint right now?
"Just look at how dumb she is... wait till she makes a fool of herself."
"You think she can use Magic this time?"
"I doubt it. Last time she couldn’t even do the most basic Magic and dragged our class to the bottom, we got mocked by the next class over for so long."
"She probably doesn’t have any Magic talent at all."
"I think so too. She just can’t learn Magic."
"I really don’t know why she has to be in our class, what a jinx."
The classmates’ whispering gradually drifted into Chuzheng’s ears.
These people were clearly talking about the original owner of this body; the keyword was Magic... I just got here, I haven’t even had time to learn anything yet!
Can’t you people show a little consideration for a weak, helpless, pitiful thing like me and give me a buffer?
The teacher on the podium gave Chuzheng that buffer: "Xue Laiya, your talent is bad enough, but you’re still not paying attention in class. Do you know how many people want to get in here? Forget it, go stand outside."
The teacher clearly didn’t want to waste his time talking to "Chuzheng," this idiot. He directly pointed outside and told her to leave.
Chuzheng got up and left very briskly.
Not knowing the situation yet, it was better to play it safe.
"Tsk, that’s all that happened..."
"The mentor has already given up on her. I bet she won’t pass this assessment and will definitely be expelled from the academy."
"It’d be best if they kick her out, so she stops embarrassing our academy."
"Alright, class. I hope everyone studies hard and doesn’t waste the opportunity to learn here."
Ignoring the voices behind her, Chuzheng stood out in the corridor.
She had just stood still when a blinding flash of fire flared at the classroom door, prompting a low gasp from the students inside.
The fire came from the palm of a red-haired girl sitting in the middle. The flames set off her delicate, bright features, proud and confident.
So it really is Magic...
Chuzheng glanced inside. Seeing that everyone’s attention was on the student using Magic, she immediately turned away and left.
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Chuzheng snuck off to find the restroom, locked herself into a stall, and started receiving the memories.
This was a Magic World.
Although Magic was mainstream, most people were still ordinary and couldn’t become a Magician.
If you could become a Magician, then even if you only knew some simple beginner’s Magic, your status would be completely different.
The original owner, Chuzheng, was a mixed-blood. She probably had more Eastern blood, so her appearance was identical to someone from the East.
The original owner’s mother’s first husband—also the original owner’s father—had died of illness.
Her mother brought her along and worked as a maid in other people’s homes to earn a living.
However, after less than a year working as a maid in that household, her mother caught the master’s eye.
Her mother married into that family, taking the original owner with her.
Life did improve, but everyone knew what the original owner’s mother used to do and thought she had seduced her employer to climb up.
Even though she’d become a noble lady, she was still the target of people’s scorn.
Not to mention the original owner, this Oil Bottle.
So the original owner’s mother constantly warned her that she must not stand out, must not talk back, and had to keep her head down.
This family had a daughter named Elsa, who naturally didn’t get along with the original owner and thought up all kinds of ways to torment her.
The original owner took her mother’s words to heart and endured everything in silence, never complaining.
At the age of twelve, they could be tested for Magic talent.
Elsa, with her outstanding talent, entered the academy to study, while the original owner was not found to have any talent.
However, Elsa insisted on having her go to school with her.
Elsa’s father doted on this daughter to the extreme. Although the original owner had no Magic talent, Elsa’s family was powerful; getting an extra spot was no big deal, so the original owner was allowed to attend school with Elsa.
It was called going to school, but in reality Elsa just treated the original owner as a maid she could order around at any time.
The original owner was also their toy for whenever they felt like amusing themselves.
Even under those circumstances, a boy started showing goodwill toward her.
The trouble was, Elsa also liked that boy.
Once Elsa noticed what was going on, she went back and complained to her father.
That very day, the original owner was punished by her mother to kneel outside the door all night, and was harshly warned that she must not fight Elsa over anything.
The original owner felt deeply wronged.
She and that boy practically had nothing between them; they hadn’t even spoken ten sentences in total.
But she didn’t dare talk back to her mother. After returning to school, she stayed far away from that boy.
Yet some things were beyond her control.
The boy would come to her on his own and try to get close to her.
Even if Elsa hadn’t seen it herself, someone would go tattling to her.
Every time the original owner ran into that boy, what awaited her afterward were all sorts of humiliation.
Once, the original owner was pushed too far and got into a physical fight with Elsa.
The result was that the original owner was publicly criticized by the whole school, and after going home she was punished by her mother again.
Elsa refused to let her go, seized a chance to ruin the original owner’s face, and that wasn’t enough—she wouldn’t even spare the original owner’s innocence.
The original owner simply couldn’t bear that kind of pressure anymore and eventually killed herself.
Her death merely became something for people to gossip about for a while, then it was quickly forgotten. No one remembered her, and no one knew what she’d gone through.
Chuzheng let out a sigh.
The original owner doesn’t even have any Magic talent, how is she supposed to survive!!
What a scam.
Is it really okay to bully a weak, helpless, pitiful thing like me this hard?
[...] What did weak and helpless ever do to you, to be constantly insulted by you.
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Chuzheng: "..."
Even you, you damn thing, are bullying me now?
[Miss, this is my duty, you know, not bullying you. You can do it~] King’s Account finished cheering her on and immediately went offline.
Chuzheng: "..."
Chuzheng cursed it out in her heart for a while, then kicked open the stall door.
At the restroom entrance, a few girls were shoving another girl around, forcing her inside. They were startled by the sound and froze on the spot.
Chuzheng: "..."
Well, I’ve already kicked it open, I can’t lose the momentum now.
Chuzheng walked out of the stall and casually swept her eyes over the girls standing at the door.
...All those gaudy hair colors were an eyesore.
