"..."
Sara’s mind buzzed for a moment, her thoughts suddenly came to a halt.
Her ears experienced a temporary deafness as well.
The girl’s casual words seemed to take away all the sound.
"I’m right here, speak quickly." Ying Zijin said, gesturing for the equally dazed Cheng Yuan to escort the teachers and students from the Engineering Institute out, "I don’t have time to waste with you now, play by yourself for a while."
Sara’s body began to tremble violently.
She dumbly raised her head, seeing the girl’s exquisite face, the color of the blood on her lips gradually faded, turning pale.
Suddenly, she felt ice-cold all over.
Sara’s lips trembled terribly, nearly losing her voice: "No! No no no no..."
The Eleventh of the Twenty-Two Sages, Sage, Wheel of Destiny.
The Wheel of Fortune!
The knights kneeling on the ground were shocked in their hearts, but more than that, they were ecstatic.
The Wheel of Destiny fell very early, back when the City of the World was still feudal and ancient.
The records left were only frescoes and text.
Even then, she was just a weak girl, never appearing in public.
Yet the residents knew, it was the Wheel of Destiny who helped them avoid many disasters.
Knowing one’s fate, mastering affinities.
Cutting off past lives, judging future ones.
Foretelling fortune and misfortune, deciding life and death.
— Divine Calculator of the World.
Even the strongest diviners couldn’t be worthy of this title.
"It seems you have nothing to say." Ying Zijin adjusted the brim of her hat, calmly, "I’m leaving, you can wait for me at the Sage Academy, we have accounts to settle."
The knights knelt on the ground, earnest and sincere at this moment, loudly: "Welcome, Lady Wheel of Destiny! Farewell, Lady Wheel of Destiny!"
The sound was earth-shattering, with cheers like thunder.
Sara remained stunned in place, her ears buzzing, still unable to believe it.
Wasn’t the Wheel of Destiny known to be frail?
How could she possess combat power rivaling that of Combat-type Sages?
Moreover, most importantly, how could the new Wheel of Destiny be Ying Zijin?!
Sara slumped to the ground, cold sweat pouring out.
At this moment, she suddenly wished the previous Wheel of Destiny hadn’t died.
A frail Wheel of Destiny was, after all, easier to deal with.
What to do now?
**
Outside the city.
To pick up these academicians and students, the IBI dispatched all their planes once more.
The students were brimming with excitement.
"I think outside the city looks good, not as bad as the Empress says."
"Isn’t that right? She deliberately tarnishes the Seven Continents and Four Oceans, doesn’t want us to go out."
"If it weren’t for Ying—" Ye Siqing suddenly faltered.
She hesitated and felt a bit fearful.
Now, with a Sage sitting right in front of them, how should they address her?
Everyone else also stopped talking, inevitably feeling nervous.
The Sage Empress’s ways, they had seen clearly.
"We are all classmates, once before, and now too." Ying Zijin turned her head, smiling slightly, "This doesn’t change because of my other identity."
"You don’t need to be afraid of me, and you can rest assured, I am born to protect you."
Everyone’s bodies shook.
Ye Siqing’s eyes reddened: "God Ying..."
This is the difference between the Wheel of Destiny and the Empress.
Two hours later, the plane arrived at Imperial Capital University.
"We’re here." Ying Zijin was the first to jump off, "Let’s go."
It was three in the afternoon, class time, so there weren’t many people on the road.
Zuo Li walked out holding a book, humming a song.
Until a familiar voice called out to him: "Professor Zuo."
Professor Zuo shivered all over, turned his head, and was shocked: "Oh crap!"
He disregarded the things in his hands and ran towards the girl.
Ying Zijin spoke promptly: "Stop—"
Zuo Li stopped immediately, looking pitifully as if he might cry: "Classmate Ying, where have you been? You’ve been missing at Imperial University for nearly a year! Did you write your thesis?"
Ying Zijin: "..."
She knew it.
Behind her, academicians and students looked at each other.
This, someone actually dared urge the Wheel of Destiny to write a thesis?
"I had something to do." Ying Zijin kept it brief, "Besides, I took leave."
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