"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
An agile figure darted through the woods. The uneven terrain and dense branches did nothing to hinder her movements. If Caesar had seen her, he would certainly have cried out, "A monkey!"
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Xia Mi skidded to a stop and muttered with a miserable expression, "Why are there so many mosquitoes!"
Speechless, Xia Mi looked up at the sky. It was clear and full of stars, but the woods were dark. As the King of Earth and Mountains, she could cross any terrain as though it were level ground, but if she carelessly ran too fast and yawned, the little bugs flying through the air would end up in her mouth.
What rotten luck!
After starting Cassell College's prep program in the second semester and dutifully attending classes for a month, Xia Mi felt it was time to ask her teacher for leave. Her silly older brother needed to go to the hospital. As a considerate younger sister, how could she not go with him?
Xia Mi had already worked herself into the right emotional state, planning to get her teacher to make an exception on account of her tragic background. To her surprise, before she even had a chance to give her reason, the teacher signed her leave slip and said that as long as her exam results were fine, the school did not enforce attendance.
They don't enforce attendance! Is Cassell's prep program really this irresponsible? Are you that sure you've got dragon-slaying in the bag? Xia Mi's eyes widened. What was the point of that whole month I spent pretending to be a model student?
Damn it, damn it! After wasting that month, who knew how many others in the same line of work had already come to scout the area? She