Chapter 5: The Academy’s Ghost Student

The next morning, Bai Yuan climbed out of bed with a pair of dark circles under her eyes.

Why did her spirit creation have to sleep with her!?

Annoyed, she smacked the sprawled-out Mo Xiao beside her.

Having never slept with anyone before, Bai Yuan hadn’t managed to fall asleep at all last night.

Meanwhile, this little dragon girl had slept incredibly soundly.

Feeling unfair, Bai Yuan reached out and pinched Mo Xiao’s cheek.

Her pale fingers slid right off.

Seeing this, she froze for a moment, then poked again in disbelief.

“So smooth… even smoother than my skin.”

“It’s really like a baby’s skin…”

A hint of envy appeared as she increased the pressure, pinching the soft flesh on Mo Xiao’s cheek between two fingers.

Before long, she had pinched it red.

“Idiot master, what are you doing!?”

Mo Xiao felt the sting on her face and opened her slightly dazed golden eyes.

The first thing she saw was Bai Yuan’s face close to hers.

For a split second, she thought she was about to be forcibly kissed.

She hurriedly sat up, instinctively touching her reddened cheek.

Why did her master feel so much more mischievous in this life?

The Bai Yuan from her previous life would never have done something so improper.

A mass of black mist formed behind her into a dragon tail, swaying lightly.

Could it be because she was too small in this life?

That was the only explanation Mo Xiao could think of.

Bai Yuan’s personality probably hadn’t changed—

She just behaved differently depending on who she was with.

Before, in front of a gentle older-sister type, she acted like a little girl.

Now, in front of a little loli, she treated herself more like an equal.

“I was waking you up!”

“You think we don’t have school today?”

A blush flashed across Bai Yuan’s face as she turned away and got out of bed.

It was already quite late—only seven minutes left before class started.

After sleeping so poorly last night, the fact that she woke up at all was already impressive.

She had almost overslept.

“It’s useless master who has to go to school, not me.”

“I’ll go back to the spirit world and sleep some more.”

“If anything happens, just call me~”

Not bothering to say more, Mo Xiao flicked her tail and turned into black mist, flowing straight into Bai Yuan’s chest.

Even Bai Yuan’s raised hand couldn’t stop her.

Bai Yuan covered her slightly raised chest with both hands.

It felt so strange—

Why did Mo Xiao always enter through there?

There were clearly other places she could use!

“Because useless master is flat there~ nice and unobstructed, hehe!”

“Hmph! You’re even smaller than me!”

“I’m ignoring you.”

Lying atop the ink-black sea, Mo Xiao replied inwardly before closing her eyes again.

Bai Yuan was too poor.

Having just created her spirit work, she didn’t have any materials to build her spirit world yet.

Mo Xiao’s energy supply was insufficient.

In battle form, she could only be summoned for less than an hour.

In a peaceful state, she could last about a day.

After hastily eating breakfast, Bai Yuan changed into her academy uniform.

A pink-and-white sailor outfit, with the skirt falling slightly above her knees.

She tied her hair into twin ponytails with pink ribbons.

After putting on a pair of white thigh-high socks, her outfit was complete.

Before leaving, she slipped on her small leather shoes, grabbed her schoolbag, locked the door, and ran toward the classroom.

Blue Ivy Academy was quite famous in the western part of the Spirit Creation Continent.

It had sent many outstanding students to the frontlines against the Nether Abyss.

Bai Yuan wasn’t from the western region.

She was born on the eastern frontline and had always lived near Spiritwood City in that region.

She had only recently transferred to Blue Ivy Academy in Will City.

There wasn’t much reason for the transfer—

The frontline near Spiritwood City was about to collapse.

So her guardian and teacher, Zhang Ming, gave her a recommendation letter and sent her here.

Her father was a professor of spirit creation at this academy, so he could offer her some care.

And there had been some care—

At least her enrollment procedures were handled, and she was assigned a guide to help her get familiar with the academy.

Though that guide forgot about her halfway through.

After that, she barely saw Professor Zhang Feng again.

He seemed to have forgotten about her too.

Thinking back on her ghost-like life at the academy, Bai Yuan gave a helpless smile.

If this continued, her White Paper Syndrome would only worsen.

One of her eyes had already begun to “whiten.”

Although it didn’t affect her vision, many people mistook her for being one-eyed and avoided her.

Even her hair seemed to lack presence.

The way her classmates looked at her was always strange.

Even though she wasn’t unattractive, she had almost lost all confidence now.

“Huff… huff… thank goodness I’m not late!”

Bai Yuan panted as she reached her classroom.

There was still one minute before the bell rang.

“Quick, quick, let’s get in!”

“That was close today!”

Two girls in uniform passed by her.

The one behind didn’t seem to see Bai Yuan and nearly knocked her over.

Catching a strong whiff of perfume, Bai Yuan frowned slightly and waved her hand in distaste before steadying herself and walking into the classroom.

She had taken a day off yesterday.

She needed to catch up today, or she might not understand the upcoming lessons.

But the moment she stepped inside, her heart sank halfway.

A lot seemed to have changed in just one day.

Sitting in what should have been her seat was a petite girl with purple hair.

The girl, dressed in uniform, puffed her cheeks in boredom, ignoring the snacks being offered by her classmates.

Bai Yuan tightened her grip on her schoolbag strap, suppressing the irritation rising in her chest.

Maybe this was just a misunderstanding.

It couldn’t be that the teacher had forgotten about her existence and reassigned her seat… right?

The other students didn’t seem to notice Bai Yuan approaching at all.

They continued chatting and laughing with the purple-haired girl, even though she paid them no attention.

“Excuse me…”

“Could you move? This is my seat.”

Gathering her courage, Bai Yuan spoke up, asking the girl to leave.

Maybe she was just visiting another class for fun.

Ding-ling-ling—

The class bell rang.

Bai Yuan felt a bit anxious.

The purple-haired girl showed no reaction at all.

Did she not hear her?

“Eh!?”

“What the heck!?”

“Who left something in the aisle—almost tripped me!”

After being bumped into, Bai Yuan sniffled slightly, feeling wronged.

Her lips trembled as she reached out and slapped the desk in front of the seat.

She knew that if she didn’t do something, her presence would only keep fading.

The other person wouldn’t even notice there was a living person beside her.

“Excuse me, can you hear me?”

Bai Yuan raised her voice and leaned closer.

At this distance, there was no way she wouldn’t be heard.

The purple-haired girl’s delicate brows furrowed slightly.

Her bored expression finally changed.

Her violet eyes shifted toward Bai Yuan.

Her pupils widened slightly, then lit up.

A charming smile bloomed across her slightly round, delicate face.

“Bai Yuan~”

“So we finally meet.”

“That sure took some effort.”

Her voice was cool, yet carried a faintly alluring tone.

As it slipped into Bai Yuan’s ears, she froze on the spot.

Who was this person?

Why did she know her name?

They had clearly never met before.