“This is that big brother’s room, sis.
You’re here to see him, right?~ But you’ll have to wait a bit.
He used up too much energy on me last night, totally drained himself and passed out.
He still hasn’t woken up yet.”
Jasmine was crying inside, mourning the loss of her dignity, while her mouth kept spouting self-deprecating nonsense.
You can’t scam people if you cling to your morals! …At this point, all she could do was pretend to be a cheap girl who came for money and services.
“What’s your name?” After a moment of silence, Aurora bent down and gently patted Jasmine’s head, her tone affectionate with a hint of pity.
“Ah…? I-I’m Jasmine.” Jasmine was caught off guard by the sudden head-pat attack.
As soon as she spoke, she felt something hard shoved into her palm.
Looking down, it was a stack of gold coins! So… she really was being treated like a girl selling her body.
“Find a proper job, don’t degrade yourself like this.” Aurora stood up and gave the room a meaningful glance.
Even without stepping inside, she could imagine the mess, and her eyes showed a trace of disgust as she took a few steps back.
“Thank you, sis! …Do you want me to go in and wake him up?~” Jasmine had no choice but to keep playing along.
“No need.” Aurora turned and walked away.
“Tell him the mentor said to get up.
It’s time to go.”
Whether this man was disgusting or morally bankrupt, it had nothing to do with Aurora.
He was just a passerby in her life.
Elves lived long lives, and compared to them, humans were like fleeting ants.
She wouldn’t bother caring about a human’s habits or life and death.
The mentor’s task was simply to deliver the message.
Watching Aurora’s figure disappear down the corridor, Jasmine finally let out a sigh of relief.
She closed and locked the door, still shaken.
Thanks to that thrilling little episode, she was now wide awake.
Good thing it was Aurora, who liked to stay out of things and didn’t care about anything, that came to wake him.
If it had been that sadistic, scheming princess, she probably would’ve barged in, dragged Mo Li out herself, and charged him with molesting a minor, then thrown him in jail.
After eating some compressed biscuits, Jasmine wasn’t hungry anymore.
She had enough strength to return to her human form, got dressed, threw on her cloak, and after a quick wash, it was already half an hour later.
They had less than fifteen minutes before departure.
She headed to the mentor Sleepy Dragon’s (not really) room.
Emilia and Aurora were already there.
“Sorry I’m late, something came up.” Mo Li laughed awkwardly.
Aurora didn’t react, while Emilia gave her usual gentle smile.
Aurora’s outfit today was the same style as yesterday.
At least in Mo Li’s mind, elves always wore these light, revealing clothes no matter the season—bare arms, bare legs—unless it was a formal occasion.
Emilia, on the other hand, had changed into a more formal yet mobile short-skirt uniform.
A white pleated skirt with gold trim paired with black thigh-highs, showing off that irresistible absolute territory.
On top, she wore the Lan Yin Academy student uniform.
Her cherry-colored hair was tied into smooth twin ponytails, with strands on each side styled into long pigtails.
Glancing at the three of them, Mo Li let out a breath.
Aurora wasn’t the type to blab about everything.
This elf girl liked to stay out of things.
Otherwise, he’d have a hell of a time explaining.
Still, there was no avoiding the fact that his image in Aurora’s mind had probably hit rock bottom.
“Everyone’s had breakfast, right?” Xing Luo still looked like a lazy, half-asleep sloth, her red hair a bit messy and her eyes barely open.
The three nodded.
“Then, as I mentioned yesterday, it’s time to head to the assessment site.” Xing Luo yawned.
“Take out your assessment qualification cards and check the location.
To use them… you’ll need to input your fingerprints first.”
As she spoke, Xing Luo tapped the air a few times.
A magical ripple spread out, activating the gold cards in the trio’s hands.
Mo Li flipped his card back and forth, and suddenly a blue projection popped up.
“Is this… sweet and sour pancake?”
“Pfft, Mr. Mo Li, you’re as adorable as ever.” Emilia smiled sweetly and explained, “That’s a map of the Tain Continent.”
“Ahem, I was just joking.” Mo Li looked a bit embarrassed.
The cone-shaped image in front of them was the Tain Continent, stretching from the Karona Peninsula and the Shadoya Islands in the south to the Lan Yin River in the north—home to the human kingdoms.
The Lan Yin River flowed directly into the sea, separating the human kingdoms from the far northern lands where other races lived.
Lan Yin Academy was built on a large island in the middle of the river.
Further north lay the old continent… which had already been completely destroyed and overrun by the Abyss.
“Our destination is already marked on the map.”
Hearing that, the three looked at the blinking red dot on the blue map.
The red dot was outside the Lan Yin River, near the City of the Sky, seemingly in some forest.
“The assessment site this time is outside the Lan Yin River?”
“Yes, it’s in a hidden realm within the Palonai Forest.”
At that, Aurora subtly clenched her fist, and even Emilia’s expression turned serious.
Only Mo Li, clueless as ever, had no idea what was going on.
Ah, this is awkward.
Seems like I’m the only uncultured one here, totally lost on what the mentor’s talking about.
“Can I ask something? Is there a problem with going beyond the Lan Yin River?”
“…………”
The three of them looked at Mo Li with a strange expression, making him feel really uncomfortable.
To put it simply, they were looking at him like he was an idiot.
“Mr. Mo Li, do you know where your home is?”
“Of course, the Viscounty of Minster.” Mo Li pointed to a spot on the lower part of the Holy See’s territory.
“Then do you know where the Lan Yin River is?”
“Roughly… here?”
“And what about beyond the Lan Yin River? Can you name any places or creatures that live there?”
“No idea.
I’m not a geographer.” Mo Li rolled his eyes.
He had no interest in geography or history, and in his past life, he’d never been beyond the Lan Yin River, so naturally he didn’t know much about it.
