Chapter 90 : Dean Miss
After Senior Yan's call, this beautiful and delicate stone statue actually began to move slowly!
The gray faded away, replaced by golden long hair.
The hard fabric gradually became soft, and the gorgeous Gothic skirt hem was as magnificent as roses blooming in the night.
Her eyelashes lifted, and those eyes met Lonis's... calm, elegant, without a trace of surprise.
As if standing before the woman was just an unfamiliar old friend:
"Welcome, new students. I am the dean of Ancient Academy, Cuibia. You can call me Miss Cuibia."
With a spread of golden light, Cuibia's body actually began to float slowly.
Her body seemed weightless, her skirt hem swaying gently, her long golden hair flowing behind her, appearing so beautiful.
"Ah..."
Lonis was too shocked to speak, while Elucia introduced herself:
"Teacher Cuibia, hello. I'm Elucia. This somewhat silly-looking girl is my maid Lonis."
"I'm not silly!"
Lonis frowned, and before Elucia could continue bullying her, she quickly said: "Teacher, we're here to report. What do we need to do?"
"Yes, please keep these."
Cuibia smiled slightly, and two cards shimmering with golden light floated into Lonis and Elucia's arms.
"These are your student cards... With these cards, you can access various secret chambers within Ancient Academy, but remember, some of the chambers are very dangerous. Please don't enter without a senior accompanying you."
Dean Cuibia's voice was very gentle, each word clearly enunciated, very pleasant to hear.
"Ah, secret chambers?"
"Yes, the chambers contain many artifacts recovered from around the world. Because their rating didn't reach A-level, they weren't sent to Ruins Island."
"!"
"Now, let me take you to the classroom... cough, cough cough!"
Cuibia was about to take the two somewhere.
But she suddenly started coughing, and her originally elegant expression revealed a hint of pain.
"Dean?"
"No, I'm fine..."
But it was only for an instant, and Cuibia's expression had already returned to its initial state: "Just old bones, making you students worry."
"Eh? But Dean, you look clearly very young..."
"I'm not young anymore, but thank you, Student Lonis."
......
......
After interacting with Dean Cuibia, Lonis finally understood why Senior Yan said the dean was a very kind person!
Because she was truly gentle, explaining everything methodically, never mocking Lonis for not understanding anything.
"Oh, so... these ancient artifacts all have grades?"
"Yes, as you can see, this artifact is called the 'Pen of Guilt,' classified as C-level with no objective danger. Those who touch it and write in a notebook with it will unconsciously confess all the crimes they've committed."
"So amazing!"
Lonis looked at the pen, her eyes carefully observing.
However, seeing Lonis's silly appearance, Elucia felt like teasing her and asked Cuibia:
"Teacher, if someone without any crimes holds this pen, what would they write?"
"Without any crimes..."
"Yes, they say to err is human. But my maid is well-behaved every day and has basically committed no crimes. May I have her try writing~"
(Elucia!)
Hearing Elucia say this, Lonis knew this guy was bullying her again... but facing her "master's" command, she had no way to resist.
"Student Lonis, would you like to try using it?"
Cuibia smiled slightly and asked Lonis.
"Yes... I'm a bit curious."
"Then, please begin writing on this paper."
"Oh..."
......
The moment she picked up the pen, Lonis felt her heart filled with an inexplicable melancholy.
She couldn't describe what this feeling was, as if she had become a literary youth, extraordinarily sentimental.
So,
The words under her pen became:
I don't know where I, drifting with the wind, will ultimately arrive.
But,
I have already written my own name on this fallen leaf called time.
Ah...
Having fallen into the soil, could I still have a day to see sunlight again?
Listening to birds' songs, breathing flowers' fragrance.
The freedom of life is so beautiful.
I don't want to lose it,
I don't want to sleep,
Even if I'm covered in wounds,
I want to fly together with you in this world.
......
......
The moment she finished writing the last word, Lonis was stunned.
She had just written these words in one breath as if possessed... Only now did Lonis feel a shame from the bottom of her heart.
This was too embarrassing!
This was too girlish!
It was just like a diary written by a teenage girl. How could she write such things?
However, facing her writing, Dean Cuibia nodded and said: "Yes, very good writing, Student Lonis."
"N-not that, I..."
"Being born human, I'm sorry... Perhaps this is the inherent sin many people are born with. We are naturally born to survive by devouring other creatures and plundering nature."
"Uh, Teacher Cuibia..."
"But at least I don't consider this a sin. Student Lonis has a very kind heart, truly a good child."
Being comforted by Dean Cuibia like this, Lonis felt as if she had returned to kindergarten, being carefully cared for by elders...
At that time, because she was very cute, she was especially popular with everyone.
It was only later, because she was a boy, she thought admiring cuteness was wrong, so she...
(No, no, this isn't the time to think about such things, I...)
Lonis was about to put away what she had written, but Senior Yan beside her seemed to have discovered something and said frantically:
"Th-that... Dean, this is bad!"
"What's wrong, Yan?"
"The label was wrong. Ah... this pen isn't the 'Pen of Guilt' that should be placed here, but the C+ level artifact 'Love Letter Pen.'"
"Eh?"
"What?"
Originally, Elucia just had the look of watching a good show. But upon hearing about the love letter pen, this black-haired girl's expression also became somewhat strange.
And Lonis, after hearing the name love letter, couldn't even speak properly:
"L-love letter pen?"
"Yes, with this pen, you can honestly write love letters. The stronger the feelings of love in your heart, the more beautiful the words you write."
"How could such a thing be possible!"
Lonis didn't want to believe it, but Dean Cuibia smiled slightly:
"Perhaps, after all, this artifact has been around for so long, it's possible it's lost its effectiveness."
"Eh?"
"And organizing and analyzing ancient artifacts like this is what we study at Ancient Academy. Student Lonis, if you don't mind, please take this pen back for research."
The golden-haired girl smiled slightly, her gaze seeming to see through Lonis's heart, as if discovering something.