Time passed quickly, and as the class approached its end, Mentor Ellie had already positioned herself by the door.

After the class ended, Ellie entered the room and smiled as she addressed everyone: “You’ve paid your tuition fees—10,000 curse coins each. The books, academy uniforms, and some materials will be distributed to everyone before dismissal this afternoon.”

“You can go have lunch once you’ve paid.”

“But, with your current level of strength, only the cafeteria in Zone D will be open to you for free.”

“When you reach the rank of low-level Grand Mage, you can eat for free in Zone C. Mid-level Grand Mages can dine in Zone B, and for high-level Grand Mages, the best cafeteria in Zone A is available.”

“Of course, you can also choose to pay in advance to dine in higher-level cafeterias, but it’s quite expensive.”

“This applies not just in the academy but throughout the entire world… The strong are entitled to better treatment, so everyone, keep up the hard work!”

Upon hearing this, the new students went forward to pay their tuition fees to Ellie.

Chen Ling also stood up and walked over carelessly. Sui Sui quickly followed suit.

“You don’t need to come with me; I’ll take care of the tuition fee.”

“I want to come~”

Chen Ling smiled and didn’t say anything more. Sui Li’er pursed her lips, happily trailing behind him. She simply enjoyed following him, wherever he went.

Chen Ling paid a total of twenty thousand curse coins, then returned to his seat.

At this moment, Luo Yuxiu had already arrived at the classroom’s entrance.

“Sui Sui! Let’s go~”

“Hee~ Chen Ling, let’s go have lunch.”

Truth be told, Chen Ling didn’t want to go. What was there to do in the cafeteria? The overwhelming smell, so many people, the noise—it was not appealing at all. Even if Sui Li’er asked him to go, he wouldn’t want to!

Then he found himself in the midst of the chattering, laughing, and various odors of the cafeteria.

“Sigh…” Chen Ling sighed, stood beside Sui Sui, and wordlessly lined up.

Luo Yuxiu stood on the other side of Sui Li’er, both of them acting as guardians.

In fact, not far behind, Zuo Yuan was also following quietly. However, due to her shy personality, she didn’t initiate conversation. She just observed Sui Li’er from a distance.

“Hey, this young lady, she looks like a porcelain doll—so cute.” The middle-aged lady at the cafeteria had her eyes lit up when she saw Sui Li’er.

Sui Li’er grinned: “Thank you~ Um, I’d like to have this…”

“Sure thing!” The lady then scooped up a plateful of meat for her.

Seeing this, Sui Li’er hurriedly said: “This, this is too much! I won’t be able to finish it.”

The auntie chuckled heartily and said: “No worries, eat more to grow taller.”

“Really… Thank you then.” Sui Li’er happily extended her small hand.

However, Chen Ling directly extended his own hand, catching the full plate of food and calmly said: “I’ll take care of this.”

The auntie paused for a moment. The food in her hand had been taken by Chen Ling. Holding Sui Sui’s little hand, they walked away slowly.

In that instant, the auntie felt like she had fallen in love. She was hopelessly smitten with this handsome young man…

Chen Ling suddenly shivered out of the blue, furrowed his brow, and muttered: “Weird, why do I suddenly feel so cold?”

Sui Sui: “Are you cold?”

Chen Ling shook his head, indicating he was fine. As a god, how could he feel cold? But just now, it was sudden, a chill running through his body.

Luo Yuxiu followed Sui Sui and approached a table.

Each table could accommodate eight people, so they sat wherever, knowing they wouldn’t fill up the space anyway. Chen Ling sat beside Sui Li’er, and Luo Yuxiu sat across from her.

Although the cafeteria in Zone D was the worst in Aries Academy, the food was still decent. Everyone was having these typical meals, but who knew what kind of extravagant dishes the upper-tier cafeterias were serving.

“Chen Ling, would you like some?” Sui Sui looked at the food in front of her and cheerfully suggested: “Auntie gave me so much; let’s eat together?”

As she spoke, she suddenly stood up from her seat and dashed to the cutlery area, fetching a set of utensils for Chen Ling as well. She pushed the plate of food to the center of the table and said joyfully: “Let’s eat together~”

Chen Ling nodded, took a symbolic bite or two, and then watched Sui Li’er eat slowly.

“Oh, Sui Sui, if you don’t understand something in class, you can ask me. We’re probably taking the same courses.”

“Yay! There’s so much I don’t understand. It’s really tough!”

Luo Yuxiu smiled and said: “You can ask me anytime; I pretty much understand all this stuff now.”

“You’re so amazing…”

After a while, Sui Li’er found it hard to continue eating. After all, if you eat hundreds of thousands of things on weekdays…

“If you can’t finish, don’t force it.” Chen Ling said calmly.

“Em… What a waste…” Sui Sui was a bit unhappy. She thought she could finish it, but she had overestimated herself.

Chen Ling simply had a thought and stored the food in his system space, saying: “I’ll feed the three dogs at home tonight.” A subtle smile appeared on his face as he came up with another idea.

“Oh…”

In the afternoon, there were still theory classes.

However, after the last class ended, the mentor gathered all their students together.

“The year is about to end, and we need to plan the monthly holidays for next year.”

After speaking, she produced a thick stack of forms in her hand. “Everyone, go home and fill out your wishes.”

After saying that, the forms were controlled by her levitation spell and flew to each person’s desk.

Oh wow~ Sui Sui’s eyes lit up immediately. She excitedly rubbed her hands together, determined to carefully consider her wishes when she got back tonight.

Rub head wish, hug wish, hand-hold wish—every little thing must be planned out!

Afterward, two more students entered carrying a large box at the door. They weren’t from this class; they had two badges on them, one from Aries Academy and another from the Student Council.

Upon seeing them, Ellie said casually: “Go ahead and distribute them.”

“Sure thing~”

One of the two boys picked up a large box, glanced at it, and asked: “Who’s Lin Ming?”

“Here!” Lin Ming raised his hand.

Seeing this, the boy casually tossed the large box, which was about the size of a 24-inch suitcase. It flew straight towards Lin Ming.

Startled, Lin Ming was about to stand up to catch it. However, the boy moved his finger, and the box didn’t hit Lin Ming. Instead, it gently landed on the ground by his feet.

The boy smiled and said: “Don’t be scared; your senior won’t hit you.”

Ellie also chuckled and added: “These are the freshman uniforms. Starting tomorrow, everyone will have to wear them.”

“Oh wow.”

Lin Ming quickly opened the box in front of him.

All the freshmen, including Sui Sui, were curious and looked over.

At that moment, the other boy shouted: “Chen Ling!”

Chen Ling slowly raised his hand at the mention of his name. The senior then tossed Chen Ling’s box in front of him, landing it by his feet.

“Hey~” Sui Sui looked a bit curious and glanced over. The next moment, the box in front of her disappeared.

Sui Li’er looked at Chen Ling in confusion: “Aren’t you going to open it and take a look?”

Chen Ling replied casually: “I’ll see it at home.”

“Oh, alright then.”

“Who’s Sui Sui?”

“Ah! That’s me!” Sui Sui raised her little hand high, afraid that she wouldn’t be noticed.

The boy looked at Sui Sui and his eyes immediately lit up. After a moment of surprise, he picked up a box and tossed it to Sui Sui’s feet.

The two quickly distributed all the uniforms and couldn’t help but sigh after leaving: “Oh my! Did you see that girl just now? Sui Sui! She’s so adorable!”

“Weren’t you at the freshman presentation today? I saw her earlier.”

“Damn, I didn’t go. If I had known, I would’ve…”

“There were quite a few pretty girls among the freshmen this year. There’s also a girl named Luo Yuxiu. I’m a fan of hers.”

“Pff, I know Luo Yuxiu. She’s from the wealthy Luo family. But I think this girl looks better.”

“You don’t get it, she’s more my type!”