Chapter 123: 122. The Grand Auditorium of Wonders
It was a pity that changing teachers was out of the question. With the new semester about to begin, Dorothy thought about it and decided to accept the situation. After all, teachers of the level of a dual master were rare.
"Wuwuwu, Teacher, let bygones be bygones. From today onwards, let's peacefully be a Research Witch, okay?"
The Zhai Mo Nv thought so humbly.
What was even harder to bear was that even though she had been tricked, Dorothy still had to appease her cheap teacher in order to better extract knowledge from her in the future. Otherwise, if her master didn't like her and held back while teaching, she would be in trouble.
So...
"This hat was just given to me by a senior I deeply respect. I've been wearing it because it's special, but I haven't had my coming-of-age ceremony yet. I'm really looking forward to you, Teacher, putting the hat on me then."
The Zhai Mo Nv showed a brilliant and sincere smile, speaking to the somewhat disappointed Spider Witch.
"Really?"
Upon hearing this, Noe Rose immediately perked up.
So it was given by a senior? Then it's fine. A hat given by a senior and a hat given by a teacher clearly have different meanings.
"Mm-hmm, as long as I'm the first among the teachers, that's fine."
The scumbag teacher, realizing that her disciple was still 'original goods' and that she wasn't the 'bitter recipient', immediately became happy.
She looked at her talented, intelligent, sensible, and sweet-talking disciple, finding her more and more pleasing to the eye. For a moment, she wished she could immediately pass on all her legacy—her proud military engineering architecture and Puppetry—to this good disciple.
"Mm, I will carefully choose a beautiful and practical hat for you."
The Spider Witch patted her chest, guaranteeing this amidst the surging waves.
"Uh, Audrey, yours too, I'll prepare one as well."
Noe Rose added, realizing she had almost forgotten her cute niece and second disciple again.
Audrey: "..."
"Forget it, Second Aunt. I know you forget your niece once you have a disciple. Our affection has faded, I'm used to it."
The Little Fox, feeling like she was just a freebie that came with her Senior, expressed that she was already tired and had given up on love.
"And frankly, the Puppetry you taught me back then was already old and ugly. Such meaningless and unaesthetic things are useless for my puppet theater now, so I might as well not learn them. I'd rather learn the kind of Puppetry with 'life' from my Senior."
At this moment, the former familial affection between the two Witches broke, directly becoming a case of 'aunt-kindness and niece-filial piety'.
"But then again, did Senior actually wear a hat?"
Audrey curiously stared intently at her Senior's head.
In a trance, she suddenly saw a hat-shaped monster covered in tentacles wave its large tentacles at her, seemingly greeting her.
"Ah!"
The startled Little Fox cried out, quickly hiding behind her Second Aunt, whom she had just been quite disdainful of.
"Senior, scaring children is not something a future king should do."
Dorothy was also a bit speechless at the suddenly mischievous Hat Senior.
"Why, Dorothy, you already have me, yet you're still thinking about other hats! I've already become your elder, but I'm still a 17-year-old girl!"
Fan Ni Senior also protested, waving her tentacles.
Dorothy: "..."
"Heh heh, an old Senior who graduated long ago dares to call herself 17. I'll believe you when pigs fly. You wicked woman are very bad."
Time flowed by amidst the laughter and antics of the master and two disciples. Soon, when the giant clock in the campus bell tower chimed deeply, Dorothy lowered her head, looking at the student ID badge she had just put on her chest. The abstract spider-patterned metal brooch began to emit a faint glow.
Then, three beams of light descended from the sky, enveloping the master and her two disciples.
"Don't panic, it's time. The opening ceremony is starting. This is the teleportation light for the Academy Grand Auditorium."
The Spider Witch explained with a smile, which finally made the somewhat nervous Dorothy and Audrey breathe a sigh of relief.
But...
"Damn it, teleportation?"
Dorothy, who had just been relieved that there was no danger, suddenly realized something. Her face changed drastically, and she frantically reached into her magic bag at her waist, but it was already too late.
The three figures in the light beams quickly dissipated into countless particles, finally vanishing from their original spot along with the light beams.
The Little Witch in the midst of teleportation
In terms of personal experience, the teleportation process was just an instant. In the blink of an eye, Audrey found that she and the others had already left the small courtyard and arrived at the very top of a towering peak.
Looking out into the distance, she saw only the endlessly rolling, ethereal sea of clouds and the three suns, one large and two small, that had just risen in the south.
The morning glow dyed the sea of clouds red, and the sight of these three suns rising from the south was indeed magnificent. "But aren't we supposed to go to the Academy Grand Auditorium?"
The Little Fox had heard her elder sister mention the Witch Academy Grand Auditorium before. It was another wonder building in the academy, besides the Shining Tower and the Grand Library.
This miraculous Grand Auditorium was the work of a legendary architect. When it was built, a small world was directly used as its architectural foundation, so its internal space was enormous, large enough to accommodate all the teachers and students of the school.
Moreover, the architect cleverly divided and folded the entire world's space into countless large and small private box seats. These cut-off boxes would continuously rotate around the world's center, which had been transformed into a grand stage.
Therefore, everyone could clearly see what was happening on the central stage by looking through the window of their box world.
This was also the legendary architect's favorite design technique. Audrey had always longed to perform on the famous Witch Opera House stage, which also seemed to be the work of this architect.
However, the owner of the Witch Opera House was, after all, the Demon King. The wealthy Demon King had given the architect a super-large world with a vast starry sky as building material, while this Academy Grand Auditorium was just a small, flat, round, small planar world.
The seats in the Academy Grand Auditorium seemed to be allocated by academy region, and then specific boxes were assigned by department. Since there were only three of them—the master and two disciples—in Brewster Academy's Automatic Mechanized Civil Engineering major, this mountaintop area must be the box world assigned to them.
"So where is the box window looking towards the stage?"
Audrey looked around and then saw a small pavilion not far away. Inside the pavilion, there was a stone table, four stone stools, and even some snacks prepared on the table.
"Mm, that's it, Senior, let's go over there."
Seeing that her Second Aunt had already walked towards the pavilion, Audrey also turned to look at her Senior beside her, saying this.
However, as she turned her head, she saw her invincible Senior's face was pale, her body trembling, yet she skillfully took out a bag from her pouch, and then...
"This damn teleportation, ugh..."
The Zhai Mo Nv cursed, then vomited a rainbow.
The bewildered Little Fox was immediately shocked and rushed to her Senior's side, anxiously manipulating her puppet to ask,
"Senior, what's wrong? Don't scare me! Second Aunt, hurry over! Senior seems to be unwell."
She frantically tried to call her Second Aunt to check on her Senior.
However...
"It's nothing, just a special constitution. I get a little motion sickness from teleportation, I'll be fine after a rest."
Dorothy explained weakly, her eyes like dead fish.
Audrey: "..."
The Spider Witch, who had also rushed over upon hearing the commotion: "..."
The Little Fox looked at her poor Senior with pity, as if she were looking at a disabled person. After all, in the Witch World, where teleportation was everywhere, getting motion sickness from it must be quite uncomfortable.
However, the well-informed Noe Rose raised an eyebrow.
"Space talent?"
The Spider Witch's gaze towards her precious disciple instantly became fervent. Originally, she had only thought this child was intelligent and had a talent for accelerated learning, a good prospect. She felt she had stumbled upon a treasure by taking on this disciple.
But now she suddenly realized that this was not a mere stumble upon a treasure; she had directly crashed into a mountain of gold.
Spatial talent, this was one of the most suitable talents for architecture. This child had the potential to surpass her, an ordinary master, and achieve the legendary status of an architect!
"Uh, Teacher, actually, it's spacetime talent."
Facing her ecstatic teacher, Dorothy thought for a moment, then humbly corrected her.
Noe Rose: "..."
The Spider Witch crashing into a golden planet.
Keep it up, Qian Bao! This teacher is almost in your shape. Drain her dry, and then become a wonder architect! Countless small fortunes are waiting for you!