Chapter 869: Time to Make a Contribution to the Family
Chapter 869: Time to Make a Contribution to the Family
Two more days passed.
Shi Ruizhi gradually got her life back on track, and she no longer dwelled too much on the matter of compensation.
She contacted Millian directly and negotiated all the details of the compensation into place.
It was a sum of compensation Shi Ruizhi had never even dreamed of, to the point that it almost made her not want to work hard anymore.
However, after a full day of playing around, she reined in her heart that didn't want to strive.
During these past two days, she had to admit she was very happy, until the members of the news clubs in the academy found her.
Only then did she experience what it meant to be so annoyed by people that she didn't want to leave her door.
After all, as the only person to have an accident in the Self-generating Magic Power experiment, now that she had woken up, they naturally wanted to obtain first-hand information from her mouth.
Furthermore, the reporters of those news clubs clearly intended to stir up trouble, leaving her afraid to say much.
Even so, all sorts of hearsay could be found spreading on the academy network.
If it were only this, it actually wouldn't have been enough to raise a sense of uncertainty in her about this kind of life.
Because of her amnesia, she was still a student, and she had to face her studies squarely.
But she was already in her 9th year... and more importantly, she had already passed the stage of being led by a mentor; the final two years belonged to the student's own time.
Just when she was preparing to use the upcoming time to make up for her theoretical knowledge and the power she mastered, she suddenly discovered that some things... seemed not as simple as she had thought.
For example... her experience of failing the experiment seemed to have a hidden story.
And the one directly linked to this matter... was precisely her roommate, Ji An.
Although she didn't remember Ji An’s daily life much anymore, according to Fang Zhi, Ji An usually wasn't in the dorm during the day and stayed out all night.
However, during these past few days, she had been constantly testing her.
She seemed to be confirming whether she truly had amnesia.
Moreover, these probing processes revealed many words she didn't understand.
But... even if she didn't understand, she could feel Ji An’s urgent emotions; sometimes she even spoke incoherently.
"Again?"
Shi Ruizhi calmly slowed her hand movements.
The message surfacing on the Seed of Knowledge was precisely sent by Ji An.
"Come meet me here."
A few short sentences plus a location pin—that was the entirety of the information Ji An sent.
Although Shi Ruizhi was puzzled, through this message, she seemed to faintly feel that the other party intended... to have a showdown with her?
"Yue, can you help me process ten portions of these materials according to first-grade specifications? I have some matters here," Shi Ruizhi spoke to Yue, who was happily acting as her assistant on the side.
What she was currently conducting was her previous Witch Project research.
The project she previously researched was the most common Witch Project regarding Evocation Spells, and moreover, it wasn't the type that specialized in a single element.
She had only just come into contact with this project, yet she seemed to somewhat understand why her past self was so desperate to join that experiment.
If this so-called Self-generating Magic Power talent truly could bestow her with powerful magic recovery effects and the ability to exceed the 10,000 Magic Power Source limit, she would be greedy for it too!
But... clearly, the experiment failed, and she had to bear the consequences of that failure.
According to Yue, she had already completed the structuring of Self-generating Magic Power; she only needed to complete the so-called Refining Ritual to be able to exert the power of this talent.
However... she was also somewhat hesitant.
During these past two days, she hadn't made up her mind to accept this talent yet.
What if... it caused secondary damage to her?
"Alright first-grade specifications, right? Wow... so many?"
"Yeah, it's fine, Yue. I'm just a bit too busy with some things. Don't force yourself too much. I'll be back once I'm done with my business, and we'll do it together."
"Okay then Senior Shi Ruizhi must be quick."
"Mhm."
Shi Ruizhi cast a complex glance at Yue, and subsequently, as she passed by Yue's side, a spell marker without too many fluctuations was left upon Yue.
After seeing that Yue had no reaction, she also breathed a slight sigh of relief.
With the time they spent together these days, Yue's role became smaller and smaller.
The full day she went out to play was also done under the company of Yue and Fang Zhi.
To tell the truth, her amnesia didn't require a junior to follow her specifically; in just a few days, she was almost able to take care of herself.
Even without Yue, Fang Zhi in her dorm... was willing to help her.
Even with just a few days of interaction, Shi Ruizhi discovered that Fang Zhi truly treated her as a friend and a bestie.
Then... what about Yue?
Although Yue was pushed onto her under the name of helping her, she felt Yue was more like a "monitor," monitoring her life and learning about her past.
That Teaching Assistant named Yang Yuehan might have suspected from the very beginning that this experimental accident might not be that simple.
So... with Ji An calling her over this time, she naturally couldn't let Yue follow along.
That was why she had Yue stay here to help her handle these trivialities, incidentally marking her to prevent the other party from following.
Because she was truly afraid.
Afraid of Ji An confessing to her...
If all of this was the work of her roommate Ji An... then that Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan would certainly not let Ji An off.
Well... actually, she wouldn't let this person who caused her amnesia off either.
But what if the idea of wanting to ruin this experiment was a conspiracy between Ji An and herself?
After all, she had learned about some details of her accident from Yue and the academy network.
During the time of her accident, no one had been meddling... which was to say, either there was a problem with the experiment, or she had a problem herself.
But... was there really a problem with the experiment?
Over a hundred people succeeded, yet only she had a problem?
Regarding this point, Shi Ruizhi didn't dare think deeper, because once she did, she would inevitably doubt herself.
She had already forgotten what kind of person she was before, nor did she know if she would do such a thing for the sake of interests.
After all, if she could feel that her life was set for relaxation just because of the compensation from Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan and the academy, then she could also be used as a tool by others for money!
Moreover, after her amnesia, she discovered that her balance was nearly zero... it wasn't necessarily impossible that she would have embarked on this path for money.
This kind of life, which clearly should have been developing toward beauty, was being constantly disturbed by these matters.
Could it be... that even with amnesia, one cannot escape the past?
She suddenly felt that the compensation she received from Teaching Assistant Yang Yuehan seemed exceptionally like a hot potato.
After leaving this laboratory, she directly took out her flying broom and flew according to the location pin.
"Is it there? The rooftop?"
Shi Ruizhi looked with some surprise at the final location.
That place seemed to be the top rooftop of a teaching building.
Subsequently, a figure upon it also gradually entered her line of sight; it was precisely her roommate, Ji An.
Shi Ruizhi stepped over the broom, sitting sideways, then leaped and landed steadily upon the rooftop.
"Ji An, I've come as agreed. Exactly what is it you called me for?"
Shi Ruizhi took the lead to question, as if she were emboldening herself.
Since she had come anyway, she naturally had to try to accept many things.
"Shi Ruizhi, you've finally come."
Ji An turned around, but her face was currently haggard to a frightening degree.
Shi Ruizhi had not expected that Ji An, whom she had met once a few days ago, would actually look like a different person in these two days!
"What... what happened to you?"
Shi Ruizhi instinctively took a half-step back, clearly frightened by the other's transformation.
"What happened to me... hehe... what happened to me..."
Ji An currently acted as if nothing mattered anymore.
"What else could have happened to me... I was naturally abandoned by my mentor..."
"Mentor? Abandoned?"
"Amnesia truly is good; remembering nothing... forgetting everything! Do you think that this way you can start a brand new life! Plus a massive amount of compensation! You had fun the day before yesterday, didn't you... but I can't be happy!"
As Ji An spoke to the end, she was even shouting.
That cry of "can't be happy" was entirely a venting of emotions!
"......"
"Don't look at me with those bewildered eyes; I only feel disgusted right now! I wish I could gouge your eyes out! in your eyes, I'm just a fucking lunatic, right! You won't understand anything!"
"So... that experimental accident... was your doing?"
Shi Ruizhi pursed her lips, a bad thought rising, but she still instinctively wanted to push aside these accusations.
"Pushing the responsibility clean, are you! You think you're clean!"
"I don't remember anything... then naturally you can say whatever you want..."
Shi Ruizhi took a deep breath and spoke these words very stiffly.
Because when she spoke this sentence, it really tested her conscience.
She truly did not remember anything; she wasn't lying about that.
But she didn't want to be a scapegoat who didn't know anything either.
The only thing that could correct her now... was evidence.
Only evidence could convince her that she was also a bad person.
She was just an ordinary person—at least the post-amnesia her felt she was an ordinary person.
She really wanted everything from the past to go away along with her amnesia!
Even if... it meant burying some truths for it.
Everyone makes mistakes... the mistake is right there, and no one can remedy it, but everyone's life still needs to move forward.
Sometimes, selfishness is also for the sake of making one's own life a bit better.
"What about evidence? Without evidence... I won't admit it..."
"Evidence? Still talking about evidence?"
Ji An spoke in rage.
The Witch Academy wouldn't talk evidence with her!
The academy wouldn't talk evidence with her through formal channels either.
When her mentor abandoned her, so-called evidence was merely to make the blame she bore sound legitimate.
If evidence was wanted, then naturally anything could be evidence!
Why had Ji An become so hysterical?
Why had she become so haggard these past few days?
Because she was abandoned.
Abandoned not just by her mentor, but even more by the student groups and factions she belonged to in the academy.
She had watched all of this happen with her own eyes!
And she... was powerless to stop it, unable even to escape, and even less able to end it all with death!
This was a very simple operation targeted at that Teaching Assistant named Yang Yuehan.
Originally, students had no qualification to lay a hand on this kind of experiment, because they knew that if a problem occurred with this Big Sis Xiao Han's experiment, not a single one of them would escape the consequences!
The previous Teaching Assistant Purge incident was still fresh in memory... who would have the guts to touch this death god?
But many groups in the academy couldn't stand this Little Han, only her strength was too terrifying.
Added to that Tan Han's constant provocations in the arena, they really couldn't take it anymore.
After all, back then that Little Han said in the arena that anyone who challenged Tan Han was picking a fight with her, so everyone defaulted that Tan Han's behavior was a provocation and a face-slapping act by Yang Yuehan against all factions.
But even so... there was still no one who dared to take action against this little witch.
This was Yang Yuehan's current status in the Witch Academy.
Her... a madwoman whom no one dared to provoke!
The reason they acted was the support given by a Transcendent mentor as a representative.
With the "support" of the Transcendent mentor group, the desire for revenge in everyone instantly reached its peak.
And the plan was simple: according to that Transcendent's instructions, target the Self-generating Magic Power experiment that Little Han was currently conducting.
As long as an accident occurred, Yang Yuehan would likely have to face immense pressure.
Added to the guidance of public opinion and making a fuss out of it, it would be enough to cause her trouble and weaken her influence.
After all, once they knew what Self-generating Magic Power actually was, they were very clear: if this talent spread... it would be a massive blow to all factions!
For families too—if advancing to Transcendent Witch became easy, wouldn't those bound by families use this method to escape the shackles of the family?
And the implementer of this plan was Ji An... no need to doubt, it was precisely because Ji An was Dainiel’s student.
And Dainiel... was acting as the representative of the Transcendent Witches who reached out a "helping hand" to them.
And Ji An's roommate, namely Shi Ruizhi, was one of the 146 people selected for the experiment.
Everything was supposed to be as such.
They acted, while the Transcendent Witch was responsible for covering the tracks.
Moreover, the matter this time was considered very well-measured for them.
They had barely vented their anger, created a massive trouble for Yang Yuehan, ruined the progress of the Self-generating Magic Power experiment, hit Yang Yuehan's prestige, and dissolved the massive influence of the Little Han Support Group...
The Transcendent Witch side might have achieved some goal as well.
It could be described as a win-win and multi-win.
Furthermore, this operation had not actually caused real harm to Yang Yuehan herself, so even if accounts were settled, it wouldn't be a problem.
In the end, it could even leave Yang Yuehan unclear on exactly who had plotted against her, only able to watch her impotent rage.
But all of this was thought out too beautifully...
No one expected that this matter would actually alarm Academy Head Mei Linde!
Causing her to investigate personally!
Plus the subsequent support and attention from Academy Head Bev Ailana... the standing of two Academy Heads made those small groups of witches led by Dainiel... relent.
The process of the compromise was unknown even to Ji An, a personal student of this mentor.
After all, that was already a game at the Transcendent level.
She only knew that she was abandoned by her mentor and she needed to take all the blame!
Actually, she had realized something was wrong previously; Mentor Dainiel had also notified her in advance that the situation wasn't quite right.
At that time, she had naively thought her mentor would protect her.
But she absolutely never expected... that even her mentor was barely able to save herself!
Otherwise, the situation where her mentor made her take all the blame wouldn't have appeared!
Did she want to?
She didn't!
But she could not violate the will of a Transcendent!
Even less could she violate the will of her family!
She was a person within a family.
She was not just herself; under the shackles of the family, she did not live for herself; she needed to live for the family.
She had not escaped the shackles of the family, so... she could not achieve a mutual destruction with everyone.
Therefore... the people of the family influenced the academy factions, requiring her to take all of this upon herself.
Not a single sliver of influence could be allowed to reach the factions established by the Transcendent academies, nor the families behind them.
The family had nurtured her until now, and she enjoyed the family's dividends.
Now... it was her turn to make a contribution to the family.