Chapter Fifty-Six: Radiance

Picking up a piece of dried meat, Wan Qi Lianhao made sure to offer this bribe so that Xuan Xuan would stay put quietly. Looking around, nearly every child was accompanied by a parent, and every child had tearful eyes. Xuan Xuan couldn't stand the sight; she despised these little crybabies.

Casting a small barrier, she silenced her surroundings considerably. Munching on her dried meat, Xuan Xuan found herself seated by Wan Qi Lianhao in a front-row window seat. She leaned against the window and felt quite satisfied.

Outside the window, it was no longer the kindergarten grounds, but the campus of the Federal Affiliated Elementary School. By coincidence, her gaze immediately landed on the two brothers, Wan Qi Weihao and his sibling. It appeared to be an outdoor class, and both had changed into sleek martial arts uniforms. Surrounded by children of similar age, the two brothers were clearly the center of attention.

Glancing at the still-crying little ones around her, Xuan Xuan noted that class hadn't started yet; the teachers hadn’t arrived in the classroom. On the podium stood a helpless figure, watching over the entire class; if he knew what Xuan Xuan was thinking, he might have cried—he’d always been there. Yet, he couldn’t afford to provoke the young masters below or their parents. With their crying unresolved, he dared not announce the start of class.

Swiftly, Xuan Xuan gathered the stack of dried meat and a bottle of juice Wan Qi Lianhao had left for her in the desk, packed it up, and strode out with long steps. Immediately, someone followed behind her—the teacher from earlier. He promptly contacted Wan Qi Lianhao, “Young master, the young lady has left the classroom.”

He had been arranged by Wan Qi Yi for Xuan Xuan’s safety at school; Wan Qi Yi had directly placed his own people in the kindergarten as teachers.

“Hm?” Wan Qi Lianhao, having just returned to the car, raised an eyebrow and signaled Yi Qiong to stop. Yi Qiong parked the floating vehicle at the side.

“She’s already left the kindergarten.”

Wan Qi Lianhao frowned, unable to fathom where Xuan Xuan intended to go. He trusted her recent behavior, but if she still remembered what happened last time at school, then…?

“Follow Xuan Xuan, don’t let her be in danger, contact me anytime,” Wan Qi Lianhao instructed, then told Yi Qiong, “Back to the kindergarten.”

Yi Qiong quickly turned the car around. Xuan Xuan glanced at the tail following her, unconcerned; she had heard everything just now—her father truly wasn’t at ease.

Leaving through the kindergarten gates, she looked around in confusion, trying to recall which direction she had come from. Originally, Xuan Xuan intended to look for Wan Qi Weihao and his brother; at least their childishness wasn’t too severe, and there would be dried meat to eat with them.

Standing still, she released her mental power to probe her surroundings. Fortunately, her psychic range was broad, so she confidently headed toward their school.

Xuan Xuan finally realized the downside of being chubby—a body full of fat made walking arduous. She cast a “Lightness Spell” on herself. This wind-based spell was almost universally used by magicians for its convenience; for physically frail magicians, it was essential.

“Hey, little fatty?” A crisp boy’s voice, not yet changed by puberty, sounded familiar. Xuan Xuan steadfastly believed this voice wasn’t calling her; she did not turn around—she was not a little fatty.

She glanced at the imposing gate before her. It just barely looked like a school; the colorful little castle was really more of an amusement park, wasn’t it?

The grand gate revealed a massive statue inside. Xuan Xuan looked at it but couldn’t recognize what it was. It had tiger whiskers and a lion’s tail, a body like a snake, scales like a fish, antlers like a deer, claws like a dragon or eagle. Had Xuan Xuan been a citizen of the Federation, she might have known this was the symbol of the ancient Huaxia tribe on Earth—the dragon.

The founders of the Federation’s First Military Academy were Huaxia people, and to honor and commemorate them, with their consent, a dragon statue was placed at the entrance of the First Military Academy and all its affiliated schools. It was said that the statue at Huaxia’s First Military Academy bore the creator’s inscription. The replicas, of course, did not.

Xuan Xuan was oblivious to all this; she merely glanced at it before walking inside.

“Beep beep, non-students are not permitted entry.” Xuan Xuan looked toward the source of the voice and saw several robots emerge. She was taken aback—she wasn’t allowed in?

She tried stepping forward again. “Warning: Non-students are not permitted entry.” Xuan Xuan was about to unleash a “Spatial Slash.”

“Hey, little fatty, what are you doing at our school?” Xuan Xuan frowned and turned to see the blond boy from the other day, apparently named… Ai Zhe?

Ai Zhe, carrying his backpack, had arrived late, but happened to spot the Wan Qi family’s little fatty. He called out and got no reply, thinking he’d mistaken her for someone else. As he approached, he realized he hadn’t, and pointed back towards the kindergarten. “The kindergarten is over there.”

Xuan Xuan pursed her lips and ignored him, stepping forward again. The robots advanced as well. “Warning, warning, security department has been notified.”

“All students have student ID cards, each with a unique magnetic field recognized by the robots, which is how you can enter,” Ai Zhe explained, though he found the little fatty rather unlovable. “Are you here to find your brother?”

Xuan Xuan ignored him, studying the items Ai Zhe carried, trying to discern what a student ID card looked like. Ai Zhe, unsettled by her gaze, asked several times more, but she remained silent. He felt indignant—such a youth had never been treated so dismissively.

Huffing, he strode toward the school, determined not to engage further. Xuan Xuan saw him leave, furrowed her brow, and still hadn’t figured out what item verified identity. It wouldn’t be good to force her way in.

Just as she was hesitating, she spotted someone, squinting and calling out loudly, “Yao!”

ps: Recommending Little A’s book to everyone~ [bookid==“Space in My Hands”]