I Just Wanted to Be a Side Character
Chapter 48

Will I be exposed here?

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A reflection session that greatly benefited the three junior sisters.

The three of them also had excellent personalities. They didn't dismiss Su Ming and the others' admonitions just because they were pretty and had remarkable potential. Instead, they humbly accepted them, making Su Ming and the others look at these three overly adorable junior sisters in a new light.

Especially Su Ming, seeing that Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu, who used to be quite antagonistic towards him, weren't being argumentative at this time, really made him see these two girls differently.

But in fact, it wasn't just Su Ming who was looking at Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu differently; Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu also had a feeling of looking at Su Ming in a new light.

The reason was simple.

"I didn't expect that Senior Su Ming would use Spiritual Arts like the Twenty-First Style so easily."

Jiang Wanyu seemed to have just realized Su Ming's merits for the first time, giving Su Ming an admiring look.

"So Senior Su Ming is this amazing?"

Yao Beibei also looked at Su Ming as if reevaluating him.

"Brother Su Ming is of course the most amazing!"

An Zijin showed a smug expression as a matter of course.

This wasn't without reason.

"I heard from the senior sisters in the academy that in the Sorcerer Department, apart from the top students and elite students, ordinary students only know low-level Spiritual Arts."

"Senior can casually use a relatively late sequence of the Sequence 1-30 low-level Spiritual Arts, which is really amazing."

Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei praised Su Ming one after another, but it inexplicably raised Su Ming's vigilance.

(Did I overdo it again?)

Su Ming, who aimed to be a background character, had this thought once again.

Immediately, Su Ming gave a quick laugh.

"It's just low-level Spiritual Arts. There are plenty of people in the academy who can use them. It's nothing amazing."

Su Ming pretended.

But An Zijin wasn't willing.

"That's not true!" An Zijin hurriedly said, "When I entered the Sorcerer Department, many senior sisters told me that, not to mention the top students and elite students, among the ordinary students ranked after 100 in terms of grades, not many can successfully use a technique above Sequence 20, especially in the first and second years!"

In a situation where only top students and elite students would use intermediate Spiritual Arts, and ordinary students only knew low-level Spiritual Arts, those who could use a relatively late Spiritual Art above Sequence 20 were indeed concentrated in the higher grades.

As for the first and second year students, very few could use this sequence of Spiritual Arts.

In other words, in the eyes of An Zijin and others, apart from the top students and elite students, Su Ming's ability was among the best in the Sorcerer Department.

And how many top students and elite students were there in the Sorcerer Department?

At most, there were only a hundred people.

Even with the Hunter Department included, the number of top students and elite students was only two hundred.

Su Ming being able to rank among the best of the ordinary students was already very amazing.

Ye Bai deeply understood this.

"I've always felt that it's unreal that your grades are hovering in the middle like ours." Ye Bai patted Su Ming's shoulder and said, "I still haven't learned a Spiritual Art above Sequence 20, but you've mastered more than one. Logically speaking, with your ability, even if you can't rank in the top 100, ranking in the top 200 should be more than enough. How could you be ranked in the middle?"

It should be known that there were thousands of students in the entire Hunter Academy, and the ratio of students in the Hunter Department and the Sorcerer Department was approximately 7:3. Even if there weren't a thousand students in the Sorcerer Department, there were seven or eight hundred. Ranking in the middle would be around 300th place.

Su Ming's strength was more than that. He should be able to rank in the top 200. That was what Ye Bai and the others thought.

"I remember, during the year-end assessment, you didn't seem to use techniques above Sequence 20 much, right?" Lei Hao looked at Su Ming suspiciously and said, "And every time during the year-end assessment, your attitude is very perfunctory, not proactive at all, and you don't cram with us. You're always uninterested. Thinking about it now, it feels a bit strange."

"Yeah." Ye Bai stared at Su Ming and said, "You, could you be doing it on purpose?"

Hearing this, Su Ming's forehead began to sweat.

He was a little flustered.

Could it be that he was going to be exposed here?

He was clearly already being very restrained!

"Isn't it just Spiritual Arts above Sequence 20? Isn't it still low-level Spiritual Arts?" Su Ming forced a smile and said, "You guys are exaggerating too much!"

Su Ming tried to muddle through.

Unfortunately, the people present were basically all shrewd individuals with many tricks up their sleeves. They all expressed doubt about Su Ming's statement.

"Perhaps it's nothing in the professional circle." Jiang Wanyu said very directly, "But in the academy, it should be considered a very good ability, right?"

"I... I think so too." Yao Beibei echoed in a low voice, "At least, Senior's performance is more amazing than I imagined."

"Brother Su Ming is still so amazing!" An Zijin couldn't wait to praise Su Ming to the heavens, repeatedly saying, "Just like when we were little!"

The three junior sisters expressed themselves in succession.

"That's what they're saying, huh?"

"Are you feeling good about yourself?"

Lei Hao and Ye Bai couldn't help but be sarcastic.

"I'm telling you, you guys are exaggerating too much!" Su Ming could only say, "Are you trying to butter me up to kill me? Please don't say such things in front of outsiders! Being proud of being able to use a slightly later sequence of low-level Spiritual Arts, are you trying to make me a laughingstock for those top students and elite students?"

With that, Su Ming changed the subject.

"Instead of wasting time here trying to bury me, you might as well hurry up and collect the proof of completing the task. We're still a long way from 10,000 Contribution Points each!"

Leaving those words behind, Su Ming didn't wait for a response and immediately turned to run towards the Blade Fiend's corpse.

"Hey! Why are you running so fast?"

"It's not like we're going to eat you, what's the rush?"

Lei Hao and Ye Bai quickly followed.

"Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin also ran towards Su Ming.

Only Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu remained, looking at each other.

"As expected, this senior isn't that simple."

Jiang Wanyu spoke.

The two of them had deliberately said those words just now to test Su Ming's reaction.

As a result, Su Ming's reaction was clearly a bit off.

"He doesn't seem to want others to think he's too amazing." Yao Beibei said, relying on her intuition, "I can feel that senior really wants to avoid this kind of topic."

If it were an ordinary person, Su Ming might have glossed it over.

But in front of Yao Beibei, who was deliberately investigating and had keen intuition, Su Ming couldn't hide it as easily.

"What exactly is he thinking?" Jiang Wanyu wondered, "Shouldn't it be a happy thing for others to know your abilities?"

"Maybe senior has some unspeakable secrets." Yao Beibei said softly, "Wanyu, do you think senior might be hiding something else?"

"Like...?" Jiang Wanyu turned to look at Yao Beibei and said, "Have you discovered something?"

"No." Yao Beibei thought for a moment and shook her head, "But I always feel that senior isn't such a simple person."

"Oh yeah." Jiang Wanyu rolled her eyes and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"I think we should get closer to senior." Yao Beibei said, "Maybe I can discover something else."

Right now, Yao Beibei had a feeling like a kitten scratching at her heart.

Her keen intuition told her that Su Ming was hiding something very important.

But what exactly that thing was, Yao Beibei couldn't quite figure out.

She felt like she was very close to the answer, yet also very far away.

This feeling really made Yao Beibei's heart itch.

"Then let's create opportunities later to take a good look at what exactly this senior is hiding."

Jiang Wanyu seemed to have her curiosity piqued as well.

"Yeah!"

Yao Beibei nodded repeatedly.

"Beibei! Wanyu! What are you doing?"

On the other side, Su Ming and the others had already packed up the spoils, and An Zijin was waving at the two girls.

"Hurry up and come over! We're going back!"

An Zijin's delicate shout invigorated Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu.

Coming right up!

The two of them immediately ran over excitedly.

Completing the task of subduing the Blade Fiend allowed Su Ming's team of six to successfully obtain 3000 Contribution Points.

Contribution Points earned when performing tasks as a team like this are directly divided equally among all members, with at most those who contributed more getting a little extra.

However, after An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu insisted, the Contribution Point rewards for this task were not divided equally, but rather the three seniors received more.

In their opinion, they had indeed been taken care of and gained valuable experience, plus their performance was not good, so it was only natural to receive fewer Contribution Points.

The six of them had a discussion, and finally decided that Su Ming and the other two would split 2000 Contribution Points, while An Zijin and the other three would split the remaining 1000 Contribution Points.

An Zijin and the other three even stated that for Contribution Points earned in the future, Su Ming and the other two should take the larger share.

Su Ming and the other two neither agreed nor disagreed, only saying that they would decide based on future progress.

Of course, Su Ming's harvest wasn't just Contribution Points, but also the Blade Fiend's corpse.

Lei Hao expressed interest in the Blade Fiend's blades, seemingly planning to use them to create weapons, and Jiang Wanyu also took some materials, while the others were not interested in the Blade Fiend.

Thus, Su Ming openly took the remaining parts of the Blade Fiend and threw them into the mall, directly exchanging them for Crystals.

After that, the group of six accepted two more subjugation tasks, subjugating two Phantasmal Demons whose tasks no one had claimed because they were relatively tricky, and obtained another 5000 Contribution Points.

Under the insistence of An Zijin and the other three, Su Ming and the other two ultimately took the larger share, splitting 3000 Contribution Points, while An Zijin and the other three split the remaining 2000 Contribution Points.

The task time for this day passed just like that.

Su Ming's group of six all had good harvests, each obtaining a lot of Contribution Points, getting much closer to the number of 10,000 Contribution Points.

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