Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
District K Second Middle School was an ordinary school, but perhaps since it was so close to the most prestigious, private school in the city; it also garnered a lot of attention. As a result, the school would more or less get incidental publicity. Of course, the most obvious reason for this was that the school covered a huge area.
From the size of the campus alone, the area of the Second Middle School was already almost as big as Cang Lan Private High School. This school was also very specially built. The entire school was split into four main buildings in the north, south, east, and west. They were arranged in a clockwise direction: the high school teaching buildings, the comprehensive office buildings, the junior high school teaching buildings, and the dormitory buildings. Among these buildings were also many embellishments like flower beds and pools. A bird-eye view of this school would present what looked like a European garden.
The designer at the time had been inspired by the brilliant prestigious school across from ours. He obviously had the ambition to transform this school into a European-style garden campus. Every single building on the school campus contained signs of the designer’s ambition. Unfortunately, the unknown designer’s ambition far surpassed his abilities. The result was that the style of the school buildings was European Gothic, mixed with Oriental, Arabic, Greek, and other characteristics. Overall, it made the campus look like a theme park full of fantasy styles and humorous elements. The most unique of these elements was in front of the high school teaching buildings: a tall, broach spire seated on two red round pillars. This was the result of mixing Oriental and European Gothic styles.
In the center of the school campus was a building of another style. In the beginning, the designer in charge of the renovations planned to install a huge fountain here. In the middle of the fountain, there was supposed to be a group of pure-white, jade statues. The area around the fountain was supposed to be built into a garden for the students to rest. However, regrettably, the shortage of funds remaining after completion of the four unimpressive buildings caused this vision to fall to pieces. Thus, the center of the school became a wasteland covered in weeds. It was only in recent years that the leader of the school had come up with a brilliant idea.
To change this wasteland into four toilets.
The architectural layout of this school really caused me a lot of resentment. The main reason for this was that the high school teaching buildings and the junior high school teaching buildings were placed at two ends of the huge school campus. Every time I had to fetch Pandora from school, I had to walk more than ten minutes, across the biggest restroom-area in the school. It was a huge mess.
“Stupid architectural layout,” was what Sandora had to say as she passed by the restrooms in the middle of the school campus (囧) as I dragged her through it.
Look, even aliens could tell that this entire layout was stupid.
On the way, Sandora used our spiritual connection to ask me: “No matter what, that lass is a General, a high-ranking Xyrin Apostle, right? Why do you have to pick her up after school?”
On the spot, I explained to Sandora the story of Pandora disguising as my blind little sister. At that moment, I realized that having this spiritual connection with Sandora was a really good thing. At the very least, the high-speed information transmission made the entire communication process much more efficient than speaking.
“Well… the lives of carbon-based beings are so weird indeed. However, it does sound very interesting!”
“… I really don’t know how you Xyrin Apostles live ordinarily. You don’t have any family, do you?”
“Why do you think so? We have families and relatives as well, but they’re just a bit different from carbon-based beings’ concepts. Furthermore, you shouldn’t say ‘you Xyrin Apostles’, but ‘us Xyrin Apostles’. Don’t forget, although you are a carbon-based being, you are also a high-ranking Xyrin Apostle.”
I nodded and said, “Yes, I remember that. Right, I still don’t know what identity you came here under. You wouldn’t keep that a secret from me, would you?”
“Well… hehe, I’ll tell you. I am from a ‘distinguished’ family!”
I looked at Sandora’s grin and felt a chill run down my spine. What kind of shocking thing was this crazy fella going to do next?
At that moment, a bright-looking girl suddenly ran towards me, shouting, “You are Lili’s big brother, right? Come, quick! Lili is being bullied!”
I looked up and saw a skinny, short-haired girl running towards me. I vaguely remembered her as one of Pandora’s classmates. She normally took extra care of the ‘blind, pitiful’ Pandora. Unfortunately, since she was not that important, the author did not bother giving her a name… keke, everyone can act like you did not just read that.
“Huhu…” the unknown girl panted as she stopped in front of me. As she tried to catch her breath, she said, “I finally found you. Quick, go over. Lili is being bullied by a few students from another school!”
“Bullied?” I asked with a strange expression. “Really? What kind of people are bullying her?”
“I think they are very rich students. I heard they’re from Cang Lan. Quick, go over!”
Sandora and I exchanged a knowing look and then immediately asked, “What is that lass doing?!”
Although I did not believe that Pandora—whose battle skills were comparable to an entire heavily-armed army—could be bullied, for the future of the human race, I decided to rush over anyway. I immediately followed the girl and sprinted towards the junior high school teaching buildings.
At the bottom of the junior high school buildings, we saw many people gathered in a group.
Sandora and I ran to the group and found that there was no way we could squeeze in. As a result, I shouted, “Lili, are you there?!”
The moment I shouted, I remembered that I could use my spiritual connection to talk to Pandora.
Then, I heard Qianqian’s voice from inside the group. “Ah Jun? You’re here!”
Qianqian arrived here before I did.
After much effort, Sandora and I finally pushed our way into the middle of the group. Then, we saw what was happening inside.
There were about ten meters of open space in the middle of the circle. Pandora was standing there expressionless, her two gray eyes unfocused as she faced forward. Behind her, Qianqian looked extremely nervous. Qianqian was holding onto Pandora’s shoulders. Standing opposite them were a few young students who looked about my age. They were all dressed in expensive clothing. The leader of the group looked familiar to me. However, at that moment, I could not recall where I had seen him before.
The moment we arrived, everyone in the crowd looked at us. Qianqian turned to me and happily exclaimed, “Ah Jun, you are here!” Then, on seeing Sandora, she frowned. “Sandora, have a good trip home…”
I really had to give it to this girl for her tact.
The few students opposite Qianqian looked slightly shocked when they saw me. Then, all of them turned to the princess-like, elegant, and beautiful Sandora. “Whoa,” they exclaimed together.
“Pandora, what’s the matter?” I asked the emotionless Lolita through our spiritual connection.
“The leader of these carbon-based beings seemed to have taken a liking to Big Sister Qianqian. They tried to take her away, so I stopped them.”
So that was what happened. I glanced at the rich boy in front of me, having already guessed the true story. It was not Pandora who was being bullied but Qianqian. This was such a tacky storyline.
Since they dared to harbor designs on my Qianqian, they could not blame me for turning ugly. I had just been thinking of trying out this new, strong body that Sandora had given me. I also wanted to familiarize myself with the new Xyrin long-range attacks that I gained recently. I just had to be careful to leave the boy alive once I was done.
Just as I was thinking about how I should test all these new skills out on the boy in front of me, the leader of the group spoke first—to Qianqian.
“What’s your decision? Pretty girl, have you thought about it? Come with me. Then, you won’t have to stay in this rotten school and hang out with these poor fellas. What’s more, I can even let you experience days you would never imagine. I will treat you just like a princess…”
This little brat dressed in branded clothing had very low standards indeed. He did not even have the right words to woo a girl.
“Blond beauty—” the tacky, rich boy turned to Sandora curiously—”although this Chinese girl is a strong competitor to you, I am all for universal love. I am willing to give every girl a fair, fighting chance. If you’re willing, perhaps I can promise…”
… Was this fella retarded?!
Not just me, but every other person present—including the children in the first year of junior high—was looking at this tacky, rich boy in the middle of the circle as if he was an idiot. He loved himself to such a degree; one could say that it was like he was from another planet.
Just as I was losing my patience and preparing myself to torture this boy unilaterally in a manner that would appease everyone in the crowd, Sandora suddenly smiled gently beside me. Then, in an icy-tone that sent chills down everyone’s spine, she said, “Heh… it seems like something unpleasant will happen today…”