Chapter 59: Is it funny to get rejected when trying to take a disciple?

Hearing those two names, Charlotte and Elsa froze in stunned silence.

They truly couldn’t have imagined that the small, blue-haired girl standing before them was the Master of their own mothers.

‘Good lord, she’s an Arch-Bigshot playing as a newbie!’

“You’re my mother’s Master?” Elsa looked shocked, scrutinizing Noelle, who had neither a chest nor a butt. “Excuse my presumption, but how old are you?”

“I’m one hundred and fourteen years old!” Noelle replied with a joyful smile, as if hoping someone would praise her.

“What? Is it hard to live past a hundred years?”

“No, that’s not what I mean. I’m surprised that you’ve always looked like this. Your body is so tiny! Don’t you develop at all?”

“That’s because I started learning magic when I was seven years old! The magic circuits fixed and formed early in my body, suppressing my physical growth rate. So, it was only natural that I grew up looking like this!”

“Ah, well…”

“Speaking of which, there’s another person here who shares a similar experience with me!”

Saying this, Noelle walked over to Charlotte, staring at her with wide eyes and a smile.

Charlotte was also completely astonished, but she wasn’t surprised that Noelle started learning magic at seven. She was surprised because…

“Wait a minute, No— no, Academy Head, you just said that if you start learning magic too early, the fixed magic circuits suppress your body’s development?”

“Yes, your Master didn’t tell you that?”

“Absolutely! Not! At! All!” Charlotte shouted, gritting her teeth and emphasizing every word.

The only reason she wanted to learn magic was because she desperately wanted to fly freely in the sky like other witches.

But if the cost of learning magic was sacrificing her own physical development…

‘Good heavens, I finally reincarnated as a girl, and you freaking BANISHED the chance for me to even touch my own tits! How am I supposed to live the rest of my life?’

“That truly is a shame! But it’s okay. Small breasts have their advantages! At the very least, when you run, you won’t lose your balance and fall because of those two lumps of flesh bouncing around!”

“That kind of comfort is absolutely useless!”

“Well, you shouldn’t be so absolute about things. After all, there are many strange and bizarre spells in this world. Maybe there’s a spell that can make your body develop quickly!”

“Really?” Charlotte instantly looked at Noelle as if she had just grabbed a lifeline.

“If you search hard enough!”

Unconsciously, they had spent too much time talking.

“Speaking of which,” Elsa cut straight to the point. “Academy Head, why did you call us here?”

“It’s nothing serious. It’s just that since you are the two most outstanding new students this year, as the Academy Head, I must reward you both properly!”

“Reward?”

The moment the word was spoken, Noelle quietly walked between them and planted a kiss on each of their cheeks.

They both covered their cheeks in surprise, completely stunned after the fact.

“Academy Head! W-w-w-what are you doing? We’re only ten years old! We’re not old enough for that kind of thing!”

“What are you thinking? That was a blessing for you both!”

“A blessing?”

“With this blessing, misfortune will never befall you. You’ll never trip over your own feet and fall heavily again!”

“A blessing to ward off bad luck? That’s actually quite nice! Thank you, Senior!”

“Just call me Noelle.”

“Ah? Is calling you by your name appropriate? It feels disrespectful to the Academy Head!”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. I’ll be studying magic with you later! It’s better to be on a first-name basis! Oh, and you must keep the fact that I’m the Academy Head a secret! Even the official witches here don’t know!”

“Eh?”

After Charlotte and Elsa walked out of the Academy Head’s office, Mashiro was waiting for them outside.

“Instructor Mashiro, you’re still here?”

Mashiro merely nodded, then her gaze fell on Charlotte.

“According to the rules, the top-performing new student in each entrance exam can be taken as a disciple by one of the academy’s only twelve Special Grade Instructors. Charlotte, you are very fortunate. From today forward, you are the first disciple taken by me, Mashiro Eve.”

“Hmm?” Hearing Mashiro’s words, Charlotte looked confused. “Instructor Mashiro, you—you want to take me as your disciple?”

“What? You don’t want to? Your mother has already agreed for me to take you as a disciple. You can’t escape.”

“Eh? My mother agreed?” Charlotte was incredulous. She quickly waved her hands in refusal. “No, no, no, that won’t work! I—I already have a Master!”

“But that Master of yours hasn’t looked after you for a long time.”

“Even so, she is still the Master I cherish the most! I absolutely cannot betray her and choose a new Master! I apologize, Instructor Mashiro, but I cannot become your disciple!”

“What?!” Mashiro couldn’t believe she had lost to Chloe. Chloe had vanished to God knows where, yet her standing in Charlotte’s heart was still greater than her own.

Mashiro’s face darkened with anger. “Then you’re going to regret this!”

Following that, Mashiro walked over to Elsa and stared at her with icy eyes.

“You should not have had a Master teach you magic yet!”

Elsa shivered.

“N-no, I haven’t…”

“From now on, I will be your Master! Study magic diligently with me, then surpass this arrogant fool beside you and become the strongest witch in the world!”

She accepted her fate.

“Is, is this really appropriate?”

“So,” after watching this segment, Yukina’s small brain started spinning rapidly.

“Noelle is Rhynes and Gracia’s Master. Rhynes is Chloe and Mashiro’s Master. Chloe is your Master, brother. Mashiro is now Elsa’s Master.”

“But at the same time, Rhynes is your mother, and also Alice’s swordsmanship Master. Gracia is Alice and Elsa’s mother. And you, brother, are Elsa’s rival… The relationships are so messy!”

Yukina felt that the social structure in her brother’s other world was so complicated that it was like a five-girl band where you could pick any two people and they would instantly be shipped together.

“Yukina, you still haven’t seen enough. Watch two more episodes, and it won’t seem messy anymore!” Saying this, Charlotte was about to continue playing the next segment of the story.

But just at that moment, a phone started ringing.

Yukina answered it, confused.

“Yes, yes, this is me. Yes, tomorrow afternoon? Okay, goodbye.”

After hanging up the phone, Yukina stared at Charlotte with a serious expression.

“Brother, you’re being buried tomorrow afternoon. Do you have anything you want to say?”

“Huh?”