There were many posts about the new Priestess on the forum, with very detailed accounts and even photographs in some. Clearly, the students of New Era Academy had contributed a great deal, and the Arcade boss, the barbecue shop owner, and the residents of Livelihood Community had probably had a hand in them too.
For various reasons, not a single post said anything bad about Zhong Lizi. Those difficult childhood years and her aloof disposition had all become evidence of her resolute character. Even her foolish professor father had become, in those posts, a good dad who had gambled everything on his daughter's future.
As she read these posts, Zhong Lizi gradually calmed down from her excitement and felt terribly embarrassed. Covering her burning cheeks, she wanted to stop reading, but could not suppress her curiosity.
When she saw the pinned discussion thread for the Priestess Selection livestream and remembered those scenes, she realized there were even more embarrassing things than she had imagined.
What the discussion thread talked about most was neither the tests nor the somewhat undignified questioning by the Mo Household's eldest daughter, but how she had looked when drunk.
"That little girl is so cute..."
"She isn't actually drunk, is she?"
"She puked! She puked!"
"Hahahaha! Someone actually drank until she puked at the Priestess Selection!"
"If someone like that can become Priestess, couldn't I become chief administrator? One glass knocks me out!"
"I take back what I said! She's qualified! Zhong Lizi, you're awesome! Voice cracking here!"
"Yeah, the new Priestess is so cute! So genuine! Much better than those utterly hypocritical young ladies up above!"
"Poster above, that's regional discrimination. Not appropriate."
Zhong Lizi came out onto the terrace as though drunk, looked at Jing Jiu, and said, "Was I... really embarrassing