Puli Sees Through Her

Summon Thunder Technique!

With a casual flick of her finger, Hekate summoned two dazzling blue-white bolts of lightning that streaked across the sky and struck the two foul-mouthed students before they could react.

Two thunderous booms rang out.

The two students had no time to respond before the overwhelming force of the lightning struck them head-on.

In an instant, their hair stood on end as if it had caught fire, turning into ridiculous explosive afros. Blood also gushed uncontrollably from their mouths, a miserable sight to behold.

Seeing this, Teacher Elno's eyes widened with fury. "You dare hurt my students right in front of me?"

Hekate was speechless. Their mouths were filthy. Am I not allowed to hit them?

"I can see it now. You're also a teacher blind in both heart and eyes, unable to tell right from wrong. Otherwise, your students wouldn't be so arrogant."

Using the Summon Thunder Technique on you would be going easy on you.

Hekate pointed at her. Thunder Fire Tribulation, instant cast!

A crimson bolt of lightning descended abruptly from the clouds, like a ferocious giant dragon baring its fangs and claws as it lunged toward her.

Elno reacted quickly. Her hands moved rapidly as she chanted an incantation, and a pale-blue Magic Shield instantly appeared before her.

But this was the power of an Archmage. Could she possibly block it?

The red lightning crashed heavily against the Magic Shield. The shield immediately shattered like fragile glass, breaking into countless fragments that scattered everywhere.

Under the immense, irresistible impact, Elno was blasted away like a cannonball.

She traced an arc through the air before crashing viciously onto the ground. Blood spilled from her mouth, and she nearly fainted.

At that moment, one student was still floating in the air.

His eyes were wide with terror, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Teacher Elno, who had been so arrogant moments ago, was now sprawled on the ground, unable to rise. He had completely lost the will to fight and could only stand there dumbly, not daring to move even a step.

Hekate looked at the remaining foreign student, who had been frightened into wetting himself, and asked the dean, "Should I kill them all?"

Cold sweat beaded on Dean Ornis's forehead. He hurriedly shook his head. "No need, Teacher Hekate. I'll handle it."

"Fine."

The dean immediately ordered someone to throw all four mages out.

Outside Grants Academy.

Elno was charred black all over. After struggling to stand, she spat out another mouthful of bloody phlegm, then slapped the unharmed student across the face so hard that he was left dazed.

"Look at the mess you caused for me!"

The student did not dare say a word.

Five days later.

Elno returned to the Norwich Kingdom with one student scared out of his wits and two half-crippled from electrocution. She immediately reported to the royal family that Grants Academy of the Uruk Kingdom had acted outrageously and injured both her and her students.

Upon hearing of it, the king immediately rushed to where Elno was being treated. Thinking the king had taken her injuries seriously, Elno looked at him with gratitude.

However, the king's eyes flashed viciously. He slapped Elno hard across the face, causing her internal injuries to flare up as she vomited blood repeatedly.

The healer beside her hurriedly cast a healing spell, but the king kicked him away and roared, "You idiot! Who told you to provoke the Uruk Kingdom?!"

"If you're tired of living, that's your problem. I'm not!"

The king glared furiously at her, then told the healers, "None of you are allowed to treat her. If she survives, that's her own good fortune. If she dies, burn her body directly!"

"And don't treat those three students either!"

Elno was dumbfounded. What was going on? Why was His Majesty so furious? Did he have some close relationship with the Uruk Kingdom?

She had never heard of such a thing!

The king snorted coldly and left, hurrying back to explain the situation to the Uruk Kingdom. Damn it, if he attracted the attention of that Mysterious Curse Master, he would either wither up or turn to ash.

Neither outcome was good.

Soon, the dean of Grants Academy received a letter of apology from the king of Norwich in the south.

Orniss was stunned. The overall national strength of the Norwich Kingdom was far greater than that of the current Uruk Kingdom. He had never expected its king to personally write him an apology letter.

It felt too surreal.

Dean Ornis slapped himself and quickly came to his senses. This was all thanks to Hekate. Without her, would that king have apologized to him?

Today, after Hekate finished her daily draw, she checked on Furia's situation through Star Speech. Finding that nothing was amiss, she took out her Magic Crystal Phone, connected to Earth Star's network, and browsed their entertainment. It was a decent way to pass the time.

Puli suddenly came to visit.

She removed her magic robe, revealing her impressive figure beneath a thin dress, and sat before Hekate with a complicated expression.

Hekate looked at her in confusion and asked, "What is it?"

Puli sighed. "Just as I thought. Your eyes are too clear, completely different from everyone else's."

Clear?

What did that mean?

Hekate frowned. "Different from whom?"

"Those boys. When I walk down the street without my magic robe on, the way they look at me is practically like they're drooling. But you've never seemed to have that kind of intention. I thought you were simply focused on cultivation, so I didn't pay it much attention. But now we've both grown up, and you're still like this..."

Puli took a deep breath. "Hekate, have you been lying to me? You're actually a girl, not a boy, right?"

So she had still found out.

Hekate had not expected Puli, who was usually so carefree, to be so perceptive. Of the three girls, she was the first to notice that something was wrong.

Natasha had been living with her on the top floor of the Astrology Tower and had never suspected her gender. Although people often said Hekate looked like a girl, Natasha would explain to them that Hekate was a boy.

Betty had been even less suspicious. Since Betty had personally gathered Hekate's information, no matter how others claimed Hekate was a girl, Betty merely smiled and shook her head without arguing.

"You're right."

Puli's eyes instantly reddened. Aggrieved, she said, "That's not fair. You deceived my feelings. Did you never like me? Were you watching me make a fool of myself?"

"I didn't deceive you, and I wasn't laughing at you."

Puli: "?"

Hekate: "I paid a price to become stronger, which is why I became like this."

Puli looked utterly confused.

After half an hour, Hekate finally managed to convince Puli.

"Puli, cultivation should be our priority in the future. Since you want to stay by my side and walk forward with me, would you be willing to see yourself white-haired and aged while I still have a head full of black hair?" Hekate said.

Puli smiled brightly. "I understand. I just wanted to know what you were thinking. If you wanted to toy with my feelings, I would be angry."

Puli's gaze grew increasingly dangerous, so Hekate kicked her out.

Comrade Puli's ideological awareness was still not high enough.

Natasha happened to return and ran into Puli, whose face was flushed red. She entered the room with a wary gaze, and only relaxed after finding nothing unusual.

"Hekate, what did Puli come to see you for?"

Hekate replied calmly, "Nothing. She just came to talk about cultivation."

Natasha did not suspect anything. Puli and Betty often came to see Hekate, so she had grown used to it.