Chapter 101: Sister Bai’s Punishment Spell
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 101: Sister Bai’s Punishment Spell
The grand scale of the freshman enrollment exceeded my expectations. The festivities were set to last for three days, which made sense—after all, any Transcendent Academy conducted its recruitment on a global scale.
Because of this, it was actually quite difficult for one academy to "poach" a new student from another. The physical distance between academies was a real factor, and traveling back and forth took a significant amount of time.
Compared to when I first arrived, things had changed. Back then, the area for collecting the Witch Four-Piece Set was tucked away in some obscure warehouse, and talent awakening happened at a specific, separate location.
Now, for the sake of convenience, everything had been moved here. The most conspicuous and crowded spot was the distribution point for the Witch Four-Piece Set. For many freshmen, this was their first time ever touching a so-called alchemical item—though the phones issued by the academy were technically alchemical items too, but I’ll set that aside for now.
I even spotted a free self-service charging station specifically for those academy phones.
Freshmen haven't mastered the ability to manipulate mana yet, so they need external help to charge their devices.
Naturally, I stepped forward to leech a bit of free power and topped my phone off. A phone full of mana would last me a long time.
"Xiao Han, I could have helped you with that, you know. There was no need to stand there charging for so long."
"Hehe~ Free stuff is just so hard to resist! I didn't want to trouble you with something like this, Sister Bai~" I tucked my phone away and replied with a grin.
I wasn't sure if it was just my imagination, but Sister Bai’s tone sounded a bit... resentful? It was as if she were saying, Why didn't you let me do it? Am I not even as good as a charging station?
"Fine. So, where to next? During the opening week, there are activities all over the academy. If we just stick around here, there’s not much to see besides a sea of freshmen."
"True. I mainly came here to see if I could spot any boys who applied to the academy of their own accord, but I haven't seen a single one yet." I looped my arm through Sister Bai’s. "Do you have any recommendations? You're my senior, after all, so you must know plenty of interesting spots. Can you take me somewhere freshmen aren't allowed to go?"
"There are indeed many interesting places, but having to choose one on the spot is tricky. However, as for places freshmen aren't allowed to go... you, Xiao Han, are absolutely not allowed to go there!"
"Eh? So there really are forbidden places?" I asked, a mischievous smile tugging at the corners of my mouth.
"Hmm? Trying to bait me? Since when did you get like this, Xiao Han? Believe it or not, I’ll punish you right now." After realizing I was teasing her, Bai Yu feigned anger to intimidate me.
"Oh? Punishment? I'm soooooo scared~" Though the words said I was afraid, my tone and body language didn't show a hint of fear. If anything, I was being provocative.
"Are you testing my limits, Xiao Han? Even if you are a girl, I won't go easy on you." Bai Yu shook her head, her smile no longer hidden. Then, with a sudden ripple of mana, she released a spell.
"Huh? Wait? You're serious... Eek—!" I looked at Sister Bai in disbelief. Before I could finish my sentence, the effect of the spell hit me, and I let out an embarrassing cry.
In an instant, I felt my entire body flush with heat. My muscles tightened unnaturally, as if an electric current were racing through my veins. A final jolt struck my brain, and as the sensation subsided, an unnatural crimson bloom spread across my face...
"Well? Not so pleasant, was it? Are you going to keep being a brat?"
Bai Yu was quite satisfied with her handiwork. This was a technique she had recently been exploring—a method of application that relied purely on the combination of theoretical Transcendent Knowledge and practice, breaking free from the constraints of fixed spell slots.
After the recent plot changes and her encounter with that alien energy—the kind that even healing spells couldn't mend—she had come to realize a fundamental truth: magic could be wielded without the aid of a spellbook.
It was a vast and obscured path, one that was far more taxing and thankless than using a spellbook, but it offered far more freedom and lacked limitations.
Perhaps she needed to consult her mentor about it, but there was no rush. She had time—plenty of time.
For now, using these little experimental tricks to punish Xiao Han worked out quite well. Without the specialized application of a spellbook, the raw power seemed capped, which was exactly why she wanted to seek guidance from her mentor.
"I'll behave... really... I'll behave..."
It took a good while before I finally regained control of my body. Just now, I had felt miserable all over, as if I’d been drugged. It wasn't just physical torment; it was a painful expression of pleasure. How did Sister Bai learn a move like that? I had no idea she could do that.
"Sorry. It was a spur-of-the-moment experiment. Are you okay? Do you need me to take you back to rest?" Bai Yu quickly snapped out of it, realizing she might have been too heavy-handed. Even though she had tested the intensity on herself and purposely dialed the output to the absolute minimum, Xiao Han was still just a Prospective Witch who had only recently begun her Witchification.
She couldn't handle that much stimulation!
"Waaaah... it hurts, it hurts... I won't get better unless Sister Bai gives me hugs and carries me high~"
"Huh? Xiao Han, since when did you become so..." Bai Yu quickly caught on. Fortunately, Xiao Han was perfectly fine and was already back to joking around. "Sigh~ No carrying, but how about a spanking?"
"I'll pass on that."
I rejected the offer immediately. There were so many people around; how embarrassing would that be? Absolutely not!
"Such a blunt rejection? Fine then. Didn't you ask me to recommend some fun places in the academy? Shall we go now?"
"Oh? You thought of somewhere?" I looked at Sister Bai expectantly as she pulled out her broom.
"Not exactly. But you see this broom? Xiao Han, you've already gotten your Flight License, haven't you?"
"I have, but what about it?"
"Then this time, you'll be the one flying me. We'll go wherever the wind takes us, how about that?" Bai Yu thrust the broom toward me, the smile never leaving her face. She looked like she was genuinely looking forward to me giving her a ride.
"Eh?"
My eyes widened in disbelief. I did have my license, sure, but I had never carried a passenger before!
I instinctively hesitated.
"What's wrong? I've flown you around several times. Are you unwilling to fly your Sister Bai even once?" The smile on Bai Yu's face instantly slumped into a pout.
"Ah! No, no, that's not it! Of course I'm willing! Um, let's go then! Just... don't laugh at me, Sister Bai. This is my first time doing this, after all!"
Ultimately, I took the broom from her hand. The moment I grasped it, I realized the feel of this broom was completely different from the training brooms. That restless, surging sensation... compared to this, the training brooms were like old-timer mobility scooters!