Chapter 83: Around Here, We Call This Casting a Hex |
While Jiang Chen was still cursing the planners.....
The old principal’s voice rang out.
“Next is Vivian!”
“Hm... already my turn?” Hearing the old principal call her name, Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow.
After looking at the quest, Jiang Chen decisively clicked the 【Yes】 option.
“Next, just watch my moves.”
“Once the sorting is over, it’ll be time to deal with Lilith’s problem.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen began planning, thinking about how he should proceed.
After carefully considering it, he realized this matter was actually rather difficult.
At the end of the day, she was just an ordinary person. No matter how much he exaggerated things, the effect would not be significant.
“This quest actually has some difficulty...”
But....
“That’s exactly how it should be. The maximum reward is thirty freely allocatable attribute points. If it weren’t difficult, I wouldn’t even feel comfortable accepting this reward!”
“As for the other reward... Vivian’s Favorability?”
“What the hell do I need that for?”
“But forget it. Useful or not, people should learn to be content.”
Vivian: 【*`へ´*】
And so, under everyone’s gaze, Vivian walked onto the stage.
The moment Vivian sat down on the chair, everyone’s eyes locked tightly onto her.
They also wanted to know what kind of evaluation the Sorting Hat would give Vivian, this true genius.
Even Vivian herself felt rather nervous.
However, just as Vivian was waiting for the Sorting Hat to speak, something new appeared on Jiang Chen’s side.
He saw a system prompt stating that the player could freely choose an academy.
“I knew it...”
“How could a game let players randomly get assigned classes instead of choosing themselves? That would be ridiculous.”
Looking at the system prompt allowing free academy selection, Jiang Chen finally relaxed completely.
“Let me think about this...”
“Mm, four academies...”
“The beast-taming sect running around everywhere, the conservative old fossil sect, the bald monk faction, and the demonic cult freaks.”
“Is there even a need to think? A righteous and kind person like me would naturally choose the Buddhist faction!”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen unhesitatingly selected Slinlight.
Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction. “Huh? Why’d I click the demonic cult freak academy? Ah damn, hand slipped. My mistake, my mistake. I’ll definitely choose correctly next time.”
“I’m a righteous and kind person. Choosing this one was purely an accidental slip and has nothing to do with my personal stance, alright!”
While Jiang Chen was still thinking this, the Sorting Hat had already been placed on Vivian’s head.
However, what surprised Jiang Chen was that selecting an academy himself did not mean the Sorting Hat would directly assign him there.
The player still needed to guide the conversation, and there was even a certain chance of failure during the process.
“You can even play it like this?”
“These game planners always come up with new tricks.”
Jiang Chen found it rather entertaining.
Without overthinking it, Jiang Chen turned on the microphone.
“O talking hat, begin your performance!” A cold voice emerged from Vivian’s mouth.
The Sorting Hat, which had been preparing to speak, was momentarily stunned. Then...
“Damn you, Vivian. I am the Sorting Hat, not a talking hat.”
Ignoring the yelling hat, Jiang Chen continued speaking.
“There are four academies: the beast-taming sect Iknar, the conservative old fossil Ashubel, the bald monk faction Padoqi, and the demonic cult freaks Slinlight. I think Slinlight suits me best. What do you think?”
Vivian asked.
“Damn brat, you don’t choose. I choose!” the Sorting Hat replied unhappily.
“And those academies are not called weird things like beast-taming sects or old fossils. They are called Iknar, Ashubel, Padoqi, and Slinlight.”
“Alright, damn brat, stop interrupting me. Now let me sort you properly.”
There was obvious impatience in the Sorting Hat’s tone.
Out of everyone who came up here, this one talked the most.
Immediately afterward, the Sorting Hat began analyzing her.
Meanwhile, on Jiang Chen’s side, many bubble-like objects appeared.
According to the system prompt, as long as he popped these bubbles, he could interfere with the Sorting Hat’s decision to a certain extent.
“So they even brought Fruit Ninja into the game.”
Jiang Chen spoke helplessly while clicking his mouse.
And Jiang Chen’s actions, as reflected on the Sorting Hat’s side, roughly became...
“Mm.... hm?..... difficult.... very difficult!”
As it spoke, the Sorting Hat fell into thought.
“I can tell that you possess the courage to face powerful enemies and draw your blade fearlessly. You also possess unrestrained imagination and abundant creativity. Oh, you always come up with strange and brilliant ideas that leave people astonished.”
“Yet at the same time, you possess tremendous ambition and evil thoughts, and remain unwaveringly committed to them. But why do you also possess exceptionally righteous and noble moral character?”
“Strange. This is far too strange....”
“Difficult... this is truly too difficult. Should it be Iknar, Ashubel, Padoqi, or Slinlight? They all seem very suitable for you....”
Looking at the progress bar, Jiang Chen clicked his mouse with one hand while pressing the voice key with the other.
Thus, the familiar voice sounded once again.
“This proves I excel in both character and academics without any weaknesses. Actually, I could choose all of them and focus on an all-around development route.”
This irritated the Sorting Hat somewhat. “Damn it, stop interrupting me....”
“Mm... let me think. Perhaps Iknar. No, Slinlight isn’t bad either...”
“Maybe the jumping-around beast-taming sect—forget it... the demonic cult freaks suit you more...”
“What demonic cult freaks..... no wait, why is my thinking being led astray by you? Hold on! Do you know the Imperius Curse?”
Hearing the Sorting Hat’s words, Jiang Chen was momentarily stunned as well.
Looking at the obviously abnormal state of the Sorting Hat—
“Imperius Curse?”
“What kind of fancy name is that? Around where I’m from, we call that casting a hex.”
As Jiang Chen’s words fell, the progress bar instantly filled, and a notification appeared indicating successful interference.
“All done!”
At the same time, the Sorting Hat’s voice rang out.
“Vivian, a Two-Ring Mage.”
“Oh? You also obtained a Divine Blessings Class.”
“Hm? This is unbelievable! You actually received the attention of two gods simultaneously and possess five Divine Blessings skills.”
“So the academy most suitable for you is the demonic cult freaks!”
“No, it should be Slinlight! Damn brat, you really do know how to cast hexes.”
Sorting Hat: What exactly am I even saying???
At this moment, however, compared to the Sorting Hat’s abnormal behavior, everyone’s attention was focused on something else entirely.
What had they just heard?
A Two-Ring Mage upon enrollment, possessing a Divine Blessings Class, while simultaneously receiving the attention of two gods and possessing a full five Divine Blessings skills.
“Is this the gods’ biological daughter or something?”
That was everyone’s inner thought.
After all, any one of those halos alone was already enough to seem unbelievable, yet all of them were gathered onto a single person.
“T-That’s fake... right..?”
After a long silence, someone finally broke the quiet.
Immediately afterward came a tidal wave of discussion.
Even the principal beside her cast a surprised gaze toward Vivian. Clearly, even the old principal had not expected Vivian to be this outrageous.
As for the instructors standing behind the principal, the way they looked at Vivian had completely changed.
“Come to my office later. I have something to tell you.” As though he had made an important decision, the principal spoke.
Although Vivian felt somewhat puzzled, she still agreed.
Now that the sorting was finished, Jiang Chen naturally had not forgotten the other important matter.
Naturally, the quest.
As for how to handle it, Jiang Chen already had an idea.
Clearing his throat—
“Everyone, quiet down first. I have something to say.”
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