Magic High School.

I think it should be fine...right?

Li Ge slowly etched a question mark. He tentatively stepped out of the spell and saw Yi Lian still lying dead on the sofa. He tentatively asked, "By the way, what kind of girl do you like?"

Most conversations between boys start with the XP system, then move on to games and Jianzheng, and then to why bread costs 50 marks...

So it's perfectly normal to start by asking about XP, right?

"Girl? I don't know, I don't have any particular feeling, I'll just have to see how it goes," Yi Lian said, seemingly nonchalantly.

Li Ge: "..."

What should I do if he panics even more?

As Yi Lian lay sprawled on the sofa, she silently turned into a question mark upon seeing Li Ge's reaction.

Chapter 32 Night Talk in the Girls' Dormitory

Today, after Xiaoye and Valerie returned to their dorm, they saw their two other roommates chattering and even laughing occasionally.

The moment I pushed open the door, returning from the detached courtyard of the Blue Dormitory to this 40-square-meter shared apartment felt a bit cramped. To make matters worse, even turning off the lights here was at the dormitory manager's discretion.

Besides the accommodation, students in the blue dormitories can earn more points. The school distributes points to the corresponding students every month. If the points are used up, they have to earn more themselves. The blue dormitories earn about 100 points a month, while the yellow dormitories earn about 60 points a month.

Therefore, Li Ge can spend lavishly on seeds and fertilizers, and then buy fine wines as gifts for others. Yi Lian can also keep stirring things up in the intelligence circle, occasionally producing some big pieces of information, such as the news that the monthly exam is a combat-type trial, which probably cost a lot of money.

They are not really able to spend money extravagantly, but at least they have enough to eat and wear. If they use their 60 points sparingly, they can even have a surplus at the end of the month.

Those in the red dormitory will probably have to be very careful with their money within the school.

Saya and Valerie's two roommates are also from the Noble Phantasm Department, but they are in a different class, so they basically don't interact much in class, and they only nod to each other in the dormitory.

To put it bluntly, there are four people in this dorm, and at least three of them are in group chats.

Today, they seemed to be having a great time chatting. When they saw Xiaoye and Valerie return, they greeted them and even asked, "By the way, Xiaoye, are you in the same team as Li Ge and Yi Lian?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Xiaoye didn't respond, nor did she bother to. Valerie, on the other hand, replied nonchalantly.

"Could you give me your contact information? I'd like to get to know Li Ge," the short-haired girl said.

Another long-haired girl laughed and said, "Then give me Yilian's contact information. If I could date a morph elf, wow, how romantic!"

Xiaoye, Valerie: "?"

Are you crazy?

Xiao Ye no longer cared about Valerie's bewildered expression. She genuinely couldn't believe that anyone would be interested in Li Ge and Yi Lian, these two like-minded idiots.

Your eyes are indeed a bit blind.

One of the riddle-tellers said, "Those who know, know; those who don't, can't say. Don't underestimate my intelligence network." Another, with eyes wide like saucers, said in a childish tone, "Damn Jeep monster..."

Valerie suddenly felt very embarrassed. She didn't want to give out her contact information, feeling it would be disrespectful to her friend, but she didn't know how to refuse.

Xiaoye said directly, "We won't give out our contact information. If you want it, go ask them yourself. We can only let them know beforehand."

"That's okay too."

The two roommates didn't hesitate and happily agreed.

Then they continued chattering away, having a wonderful time discussing it.

Xiao Ye also listened in secret. It seemed that there was a "Freshman Popularity Ranking" or something similar on the freshman forum. Li Ge and Yi Lian were both at the top of the list, one first and the other fourth. So, they might want to show off, or they might want to hook up with rich guys, so they came here to ask for contact information.

There was no love whatsoever; it seemed more like they just wanted something to show off.

It's like brazenly telling your best friend, "Look, my boyfriend is number one on the average!"

It seems that because her boyfriend is awesome, she can also rise in rank, without thinking about how to improve herself to get into the blue dormitory and improve her ranking.

"Lights out! Lights out!" the dormitory supervisor's voice rang out.

All the yellow dormitories turn off their lights, which is one of the inconveniences here. The blue dormitories don't care about these things.

However, even after the lights are turned off, some people still play with their watches, and many gather together to chat at night.

They talked about their dreams based on the list of popular freshmen.

The one with short hair wants to become a high-level mage and then return to her hometown to improve her family's status, while the one with long hair wants to secure a stable clerical job in the school's executive department.

The two chatted for a while, and then asked their other two roommates.

"By the way, Xiaoye and Valerie, what are your dreams?" they asked.

"Dreams?" Xiaoye was silent for a while, then suddenly thought of her past.

He defected from the organization, stole the Shadow Cloak, and used the information left by his parents to find the school...

What do I really want?

Valerie, seemingly oblivious to the danger, said, "My world is constantly at war, and life is very hard. At the very least, I want to finish my studies and return home to share some of the burden with my hometown, and ideally, to end the war."

Valerie spoke of her dream without any hesitation.

"And what about you, Xiaoye?" her roommate continued to ask curiously.

"Me?" Even lying in bed, Xiaoye didn't take off her mask. Looking at the ceiling through the faint starlight, she slowly said, "Maybe I just want to live a peaceful life."

"Huh? What kind of dream is that?"

"Never mind, I don't want to say it anymore."

They quickly moved on to talking about other people, including those on the Freshman Ranking, while Xiaoye simply lay quietly on her bed, gazing at the starry sky.

She had no interest in that "Freshman Popularity Ranking" and felt that anyone who could rank Li Ge, a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer, at number one must have some serious mental issues.

As for dreams...

She wasn't lying. Her real dream was to retire from the life of an assassin, live a peaceful life in a world where no one knew her, and eventually marry an honest man.

Just like my parents, they ran away with their spouses, running and running until no one could find them.

However, in his original hometown, this dream is a luxury that he can never fulfill in this lifetime.

I seem to be wallowing in the past again, feeling sentimental. Maybe I should think about the monthly exam instead. Forget it, time for bed.

……

The next day, Li Ge arrived at the classroom looking listless.

"What's wrong? Did you two have a fight?" Xiao Ye noticed that Li Ge and Yi Lian didn't seem as close as before. They used to be like brothers, but now they seemed a bit distant.

"I don't know, Li Ge seems to be having a relapse." Yi Lian shrugged, not caring about the matter.

“Yes, I’ve lost myself on the path of life,” Li Ge continued, spouting nonsense.

"Nonsense," Xiaoye immediately retorted, exposing her mistake.

That's how they get along; if Li Ge ever becomes serious, she'll feel uncomfortable.

"Where's Valerie?" Li Ge seemed not to have seen that silly girl.

As the saying goes, when a child is quiet, he's definitely up to no good.

Xiaoye didn't say anything, but just gave a meaningful smile.

Soon after, Valerie led her two roommates inside at their urging, then gave them a look that said, "That's all I can do."

Li Ge: "..."

He had a bad feeling.

"Li... Li Ge, let's exchange contact information..." The short-haired girl, who was usually outspoken and dared to say anything in the dormitory, was now stammering.

Li Ge: "..."

My premonition came true...

On Yilian's side, the scene was exactly the same.

"Sorry, I have to go to class now, I'll just write it down for you by hand." Li Ge gave an awkward but polite smile and quietly wrote down Yi Lian's contact information for her.

The short-haired girl happily accepted the contact information and then skipped away from the classroom.

Meanwhile, Yi Lian scratched her head awkwardly, then the dog furtively wrote down Li Ge's contact information and handed it to another girl.

I'm not considering humans for now; their lifespans are too different. Mutant elves can basically live to be a thousand years old, while I'm still in my infancy. This girl will just have to go to Li Ge.

After the two girls left the classroom, they looked at each other and then turned their heads away guiltily at the same time.

Chapter 33 Fate unknown, that means dead

Time passed quickly amidst the hectic training, and the monthly exam was fast approaching.

During this period, Li Ge's life gradually settled into a peaceful state. Apart from the minor incident of a stranger adding her as a friend and then blocking her, the rest of her time was spent in a rush.

By the way, it's worth mentioning that after spending some time getting used to the ace Joker, Li Ge's shooting performance improved to 6th in the whole school, and he is preparing to gradually start aiming for the top 5 in the whole school.

In terms of spiritual cultivation, his experience bar has gradually filled up, reaching the intermediate level of Tier 1. Now, using the Ace Joker, he can generate and use 24 rounds of ammunition at once.

He can now train in a 4x gravity field.

The others have also leveled up a small rank in the system. Currently, Yi Lian is at the advanced rank 1, which is the highest rank among them.

Xiaoye, Valerie, and Lige are all at the intermediate level of Tier 1.

Although before the second tier, they are in the stage of gathering spiritual particles and cannot yet convert spiritual power into combat power, once they reach the second tier, they can start learning spiritual power enhancement. Yi Lian may be the fastest among them to reach this stage.

Meanwhile, during this period of training, their teamwork became more seamless, and in a daily test, the group worked together smoothly. Li Ge successfully used the ace Joker to break through the main control circuit of the Jeep Autobot, and by stealing an opportunity, he won the battle against the Jeep.

The whole place cheered because the Jeep robot had been running them over for almost a month. Everyone had been bruised by the Jeep and beaten with crutches. This hellish training was finally over.

However, they were too happy too soon. The instructor excitedly abandoned the jeep, and then drove out a massive 3000-ton road roller, several meters long, shouting things like "Eat my road roller!" which took the intensity of the training to another level.

However, they could clearly feel that they were many times stronger than they were a month ago.

At least a month ago, their physical condition was not even comparable to that of the Soviet soldiers. Now, if Li Ge were to return to Chernobog, he would be confident that he could complete the sarcophagus without even needing the fat man's self-destruction.

As expected, this is the Noble Phantasm Department; it allows you to gain basic combat power in the shortest amount of time.

Soon, the day of the monthly exam arrived.

They all got up very early today, feeling a little nervous but mostly excited.

After more than a month of training and learning, and being beaten countless times by the Jeep Monster and the Cane Monster, they wanted to see how much progress they had made, and also how many points they could get in this monthly exam.