The Creatures That We Are

Chapter 603: True Light

During the ride, Gao Yang closed his eyes and pretended to rest while he accessed his system to check his stats.

[You have accumulated 549 Luck points.]

[Constitution: 441 Endurance: 448]

[Strength: 1108 Agility: 1872]

[Willpower: 1817 Charisma: 636]

[Luck: 1777]

[Teleportation Lv6]

[Replicate Lv6]

[Fire Lv6]

[Double Lv6]

[Psychic Armor Lv5]

[Lie Detection Lv4]

[Lucky Lv5]

...

Getting out of the car, Gao Yang, Can, and Six Rime went to the teachers’ offices together, seeking out Gao Yang’s counselor. Can waited outside the office, while Six Rime, in plain clothes, accompanied Gao Yang as his cousin.

The counselor knew that Gao Yang’s parents had tragically passed away in the fire at the Green Mountain and wasn’t particularly surprised by Gao Yang’s decision to pull out of the school, but still tried to persuade him. “Gao Yang, you should mourn and move on. You get quite good grades for your required classes. It’ll be a shame for you to give up now...”

“Thank you.” Gao Yang smiled gratefully. “But I only have my sister now, and she’s studying art, which is quite expensive. I have to work to earn money...”

“Ah, that’s...” The counselor was sympathetic and resigned.

“Don’t worry. Once my sister’s in college, I’ll return to school.”

“Okay.”

The counselor didn’t press. After a brief chat, Gao Yang signed the paper and got the signatures of two other teachers before heading to his dorm room to pack up. Qiu Qiu and Lin Dajian had pulled an all-nighter the previous day and were sleeping in.

Gao Yang’s visit woke them, and seeing the tall, slim, and pretty girl following him, they became wide awake, quickly putting on clothes and getting out of their beds.

“You’re back, Little Gao!” Qiu Qiu held his pants up and climbed down from his bed.

Gao Yang glanced at Six Rime. “This is my cousin, here to accompany me while I finish the procedure to withdraw from school. I’m no longer a student here starting today.”

“Huh?” Lin Dajian was surprised, but it made sense once he remembered what had happened to Gao Yang’s parents. Losing both, who the hell would want to continue school?

“But you didn’t have to quit school.” Qiu Qiu understood but was still taken aback, and he was reluctant to lose a friend. “Why don’t you give it a little more time, Little Gao?”

“I’ve thought it through.” Gao Yang smiled. “I’m glad to have known you and Old Shi. Keep in touch.”

Lin Dajian sighed, at a loss for words.

They helped Gao Yang pack up and walked Gao Yang to the ground floor of the dorm.

“I have other things to take care of, so I won’t buy you food.” Gao Yang glanced at the two of them. “You don’t have to walk me further.”

“Alright. You...you should take care of yourself.” Qiu Qiu’s eyes were a little red. After two seconds of hesitation, he gave Gao Yang a brief hug. “Stay in touch, my friend.”

“Stay in touch and don’t forget about us.” Lin Dajian hugged him too and patted him on the back.

“Of course. I’m going.” Gao Yang turned around with his bags of belongings.

Leaving the boys’ dorm, Gao Yang walked past a teaching building. He shot Can a discreet look.

Can, who was carrying textbooks for Gao Yang, quickened her steps and tripped convincingly, falling with a yelp. The books she was holding fell to the ground.

Six Rime glanced at Can before shifting her gaze back to Gao Yang.

Gao Yang quickly dropped his belongings to help pick up the books. Holding a studying note, he lamented, “I didn’t expect my college life to end like this.”

“Who would have thought?” Can agreed. “There are many exciting things about college life you haven’t tried.”

Six Rime hadn’t attended college, and she wasn’t interested in anything in the mundane world.

Meanwhile, Gao Yang’s double had made it to the top floor of the teaching building with consecutive teleportations, rushing to the small storage room at the end of the corridor.

The door to the Witch’s Club was locked.

Inside, the thick curtains were drawn close. The dim room was illuminated only by a burning candle, held by an ancient-looking bronze stand on the tribute table covered in arcane items.

Standing before a full-length mirror, Nainai was wearing a long grayish-blue wig, a pair of bunny ears, a black bunny girl uniform, gray stockings, and short black heels.

She leaned forward with her hands dropped in a relaxed manner, cocking her head to smile at her reflection. She was cosplaying the female lead of a romance anime.

“Ah, I don’t go well with romance stuff...” Nainai held onto her low-cut uniform and pulled it upward, but that did nothing to make her curves more pronounced. “Bunny senpai’s got the best body. Even this Empress cannot embody...”

“Embody what?” Gao Yang’s double had quietly teleported into the room, standing before Nainai.

“Ahh!”

Nainai screamed and dashed to hide behind the lace curtains behind the tribute table. Grabbing a loose grim reaper’s black robe, she covered herself and shouted with a flushed face, “You insolent peasant! How dare you peep into this Empress...”

“Your Majesty! The gears of fate are turning!” Gao Yang didn’t have the time to explain properly, so he dropped to one knee and made his declaration, catching Nainai by surprise.

“Huh?”

Gao Yang continued, “Please make your choice!”

“Hm? What, what...”

“The Creator Witch and the First Fallen Angel are at odds in the end. While you are the descendent of the two and the chosen one, it is time for you to make a choice.”

“Are you going to lead the subjects of the Creator Witch to a false victory, or lead the people of the Fallen Angel to the real light?”

“Please make a choice, Empress Witch!” Gao Yang looked up at Nainai, his gaze determined and heated.

Nainai stared at him, her pupils dilated and her lips parted. She opened her mouth and closed it, and then did it again.

Whoosh. Finally, Nainai clenched her teeth and yanked off the black robe covering her. Dressed in the bunny suit, she had never burned with a greater and wilder chuuni spirit than she did now.

Nainai scoffed elegantly. “This Empress has long gotten tired of the false life of a witch, subject of the fallen angel. Let us pursue the real light. This Empress will bestow upon you the holiest blessing.”

—Activate Lie Detection.

—The subject didn’t lie, and she was benevolent.

“You have my utmost gratitude, Your Majesty.”

Gao Yang sighed in relief. He had made the right gamble, it seemed.

A few seconds later, his double disappeared slowly, leaving a small slip of note on the floor.