Chapter 121: 120. Opening Ceremony
The night passed uneventfully.
Early the next morning, Dorothy woke up from her bed. With the help of her self-created life magic tricks, she quickly finished her morning routine and finally snapped her fingers in front of the dressing mirror.
And so, the peerless beauty in the mirror disappeared, replaced by a dark-skinned hot girl who was only very good-looking.
Well, today was the opening ceremony. So, the campus celebrity young lady was temporarily offline. Now online was Dorothy, a new student in the Automatic Mechanized Civil Engineering major at Brewster Academy.
"Tsk, so ugly, Dorothy, you're ruining yourself."
On top of her head, Hat Senior looked at the hot girl with wheat-colored skin and heavy makeup in the mirror, and couldn't help but wave her small tentacles in protest. The starry sky under her hat brim even formed an angry emoji.
"So, according to you, Senior, you want me to go out without makeup?"
Dorothy asked with a hint of amusement.
"No way, only a strong person like me deserves to appreciate a beauty like you. This is my treasure."
Hat Senior's small tentacles immediately protected Zhai Mo Nv's face tightly, like a miser guarding a treasure trove.
In response, Dorothy rolled her eyes, too lazy to bother with this drama queen Senior. She carefully checked herself in the mirror, making sure her disguise was fine, and then confidently walked out of the room.
Next was to go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Since she had just eaten a greasy barbecue last night, she decided to make a lighter breakfast today. Dragon Tooth Rice porridge, paired with small salted vegetables pickled from extraordinary vegetables produced in the gourmet world, and finally two steaming hot meat buns. A simple breakfast was thus completed.
"Time to eat."
After preparing everything, she called out towards Angel Witch's room.
However, when Sophia actually came out, Dorothy felt a little awkward. She remembered Angel Witch's unspeakable words from last night, and for a moment, she didn't know how to face the Pure White Witch.
"What's the opening ceremony like at the Witch Academy? Do each school hold their own, or is it the whole academy together?"
Seeing Sophia sit down at the dining table without a word, simply eating breakfast with elegant dining posture, Dorothy, in order to alleviate the somewhat dull atmosphere, asked, making small talk.
The Angel Witch opposite her looked up at her, and didn't really disrespect her "future liege."
"The whole academy together. All first-year new students will be teleported into the academy's grand auditorium, then there will be speeches from the new student representative and the Student Council President, and finally the Headmaster will also speak, and then it's over."
Sophia roughly explained the process of the so-called opening ceremony.
However, Dorothy, listening to this familiar process, immediately felt it was boring.
Ah, how is this the same as my school's opening ceremony in my previous life? Do schools across the entire multiverse all like to do this? Do school leaders all like to give speeches so much?
Just thinking about potentially having to listen to a long, boring string of speeches all morning, Zhai Mo Nv already felt herself starting to doze off prematurely.
However... Student Council President's speech...
"Mhm mhm, I'll listen carefully to your speech then."
She patted her chest, guaranteeing this to her roommate.
"Young Lady, you don't have to force yourself. I've been using that speech template for almost ten years without changing it. Every year, I just casually change the skin."
Regarding her young lady's flattery, the Pure White Witch didn't buy it. She even ruthlessly mocked herself.
But in the end, Sophia did smile again and said,
"However, this year's opening ceremony is a little different. Young Lady, you shouldn't find it boring. There will be a little surprise then."
"Huh?"
Dorothy looked puzzled, not understanding why. However, the Angel Witch opposite had no intention of explaining further. This only infuriated the curious Zhai Mo Nv, who wished she could directly dump her porridge bowl on the head of this annoying riddle-teller who only spoke half-truths.
Forget it, the world is so beautiful, yet I am so irritable. This is not good, not good. At the very least, the food is innocent.
She tried hard to suppress her fiery temper, then turned her anger into appetite, quickly finishing her breakfast like a hungry ghost reincarnated, and then, as if to vent, threw the dishes to Sophia to clean up.
"I'm leaving, goodbye."
Carelessly wiping her mouth with a napkin, the fuming Zhai Mo Nv shouted from the balcony, then straddled her broom and took off with a "Woohoo!"
However, she hadn't flown long before a golden figure chased after her from behind.
"Senior Sister, good morning."
The little doll on the shoulder of the disastrously beautiful fox spirit Junior Sister seemed to want to greet her energetically, but unfortunately, the stiff, crude doll really lacked vitality, and its mechanical synthesized voice couldn't convey any emotion.
"Morning, Audrey."
Seeing that it was her convenient Junior Sister, Dorothy also slowed down and flew alongside her.
"By the way, will you be okay at the opening ceremony later?"
She looked at her severely socially anxious Junior Sister with some concern, hoping she wouldn't faint from the large crowd.
"With Second Aunt and you, Senior Sister, I should be fine... right?"
Upon hearing this, the little fox's ears drooped. She herself wasn't quite sure about her own situation.
"Actually, I was originally supposed to be the new student representative to give a speech, but thankfully, my sister helped me refuse it later. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult."
Audrey said with a look of lingering fear on her face.
Dorothy: "..."
Good heavens, with your level, you're a new student representative? How bad must this batch of students be...
Looking at this Junior Sister who was hopelessly socially anxious, Zhai Mo Nv subconsciously wanted to complain in her heart.
However, after thinking carefully, she suddenly realized with shock that although this convenient Junior Sister was a bit naive and pure (a silly, sweet girl), if one only looked at her talent and strength, she did indeed seem to be a genius expert.
"Hey, Audrey, if you don't mind me asking, how much mana do you have now?"
Dorothy asked cautiously.
"290,000 mana. I don't really like to cultivate normally, otherwise it should be 300,000 by now, right? What's wrong, Senior Sister?"
The little fox had no intention of hiding anything. She answered unguardedly, and her art-like face even showed a hint of shame for being distracted by play and not focusing on proper work.
Dorothy: "..."
Wuwuwu, the clown is me. Why are all the people around me geniuses?
Zhai Mo Nv is in self-isolation.
Sigh, my mom dragged me to be a laborer to knead dough for New Year's steamed buns. Damn it, a fat otaku really has no strength, can't knead it. After making the buns, I still have to write fairy tales. It's tough.