117. You’re Not So Great Yourself!
In the quiet night, at Ruo Xiaoxi’s home.
In the room, Ruo Xiaoxi was taking pictures of herself. Latona, munching on a cookie, walked in and immediately froze. “Wow, Xiaobao, you’re so lewd!”
“Hmph, you’re the lewd one.” Ruo Xiaoxi finished taking photos, pulled her shirt down, stomped her little foot, and jumped onto the bed.
“Of course I’m lewd, I’m a succubus! So why aren’t you cuddling with me, Xiaobao? How about…”
“No, no, no, not now! No lewdness now! I have important things to do.” Ruo Xiaoxi pushed Latona. Latona’s large chest pushed her back onto the bed.
“What important things? Who are those pictures you just took for?” Latona gently wagged her little tail.
“For Senior.”
“Oh… Eh?! What do you want to do with such lewd selfies for Senior, Xiaobao?!”
Latona was shocked, her expression one of extreme concern for Ruo Xiaoxi’s well-being.
Ruo Xiaoxi pinched Latona’s small nose. “What are you thinking? I’m not thinking anything. Alright, I need to focus on important matters now. Don’t disturb me, it’s very important…”
“What’s so important? Can I help?”
“Shh…” Ruo Xiaoxi put a finger to her lips, signaling Latona to be quiet.
Sitting on the bed, Ruo Xiaoxi reviewed all the photos she had taken that day, organizing her thoughts.
Latona, not knowing what she was doing, went off to clean.
When Xiaobao finished her important task, they would also have their magic lesson today. They had been at it for four days, and progress was good. Ruo Xiaoxi could already feel magic.
Today, they would test Ruo Xiaoxi’s magic talent!
After pondering fruitlessly on the bed for a while, Ruo Xiaoxi sighed. She climbed down from the bed and sat on a yoga mat with Latona, ready for today’s magic lesson.
Latona sat upright, even putting on a pair of frameless round glasses, looking like a little teacher. It reminded Ruo Xiaoxi of her kindergarten days.
However, with the round glasses, the bespectacled little succubus looked rather cute.
“Latona, when can I learn to fly?”
“Hmm? Flying? Flying isn’t magic. You should already know how to do that.” Latona, speaking with glasses on, seemed to sound much smarter and more serious.
I should know how to do that? But Ruo Xiaoxi didn’t feel like she had that instinct.
“Give me your hand. It’s time to test Xiaobao’s magic talent today.”
“Oh, just hold it like this?”
Latona took Ruo Xiaoxi’s hand in her own, telling her to maintain the feeling of sensing magic from the past few days, then attempted to activate the magic elements within her body.
Ah, there it was. She could feel Xiaobao’s magic talent level.
Generally, a person’s magic talent was determined at birth and very difficult to change later, unless they underwent a bloodline reshaping. But that could be fatal, like jumping into a sea of fire and being pulverized.
Those who died and then lived again could reshape their bodies and talents.
So, magic talent determined a person’s magical ceiling. This was a rather solemn moment, and Latona became more serious as she tested Ruo Xiaoxi’s talent.
“Urk!?” Suddenly, for some reason, Latona’s body twitched as if she had been electrocuted.
“Hmm? What’s wrong, Latona?” Ruo Xiaoxi found her reaction a bit strange. She waved her other hand in front of Latona, but got no response.
After her brain had been seemingly offline for about half a minute, Latona regained her mental faculties.
She gently released Ruo Xiaoxi’s hand, her face grim, and lowered her head. Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead. Latona didn’t know why she had seen that scene…
Why… in Xiaobao’s bloodline memory imprint, was that woman’s figure there? So strange.
If she remembered correctly, that should have been an era called the Age of the Witch of Calamity… A betrayed white swan falling from heaven into the abyss, tainted by the blood-stains of hatred and despair.
[The witch who no longer believed, her wings became black blades, her eyes deeper than the night, blood tears flowed down her face, her vibrant black and red thorny gown swept the earth, bringing her lament to all living beings.]
—From “Chapter 4, Second Sequence of the Chris Stasia Temple Canon”
“Xiaobao… who… are you, exactly…?” Latona awkwardly looked up at Ruo Xiaoxi, examining her closely, but couldn’t find any disguise.
Ruo Xiaoxi, of course, knew nothing. Being asked this by Latona made her feel even stranger.
“What do you mean, who am I? I’m your Xiaobao.”
“Ah, y-yes! I must have been overthinking!” Latona smiled.
“What’s wrong? Is the magic talent test complete? You look so serious. Is the situation not very optimistic? Although I’m already mentally prepared, with my sister’s bloodline, she couldn’t even squeeze into the thirteen bloodlines. I didn’t have high hopes, but I still hoped I could be a little stronger…”
Latona hadn’t even spoken yet, and Ruo Xiaoxi had already started a monologue.
Just give her an answer to make her give up!
If her bloodline was truly weak, destined to be just a weak vampire, she wouldn’t go on any dangerous adventures. She’d just stay at school, date the seniors, and live as a pretty face. That sounded nice.
Latona looked at Ruo Xiaoxi, at a loss for words.
As expected of Mistress Chris’s bloodline, her magic talent is practically off the charts! It’s terrifying! So terrifying that I want to immediately prostrate myself and be whipped by Xiaobao. I’ve never seen such strong talent in my life, other than Mistress Chris.
And there was something else intriguing: Ruo Xiaoxi herself even had a hint of her own unique talent.
In the future, this would definitely be another chaotic bloodkin capable of destroying heaven and earth…
I can only bully Xiaobao while she’s weak now. In the future, I’ll only be the one getting bullied by her.
No, I can’t tell her. She’ll get too conceited!
So Latona cleared her throat. “Hmph! The results are in. Xiaobao’s magic talent is actually quite good. Only a little bit worse than mine. It’s commendable, you should study magic hard.”
“Ah!? Only a little bit worse than yours?” Ruo Xiaoxi’s expression was one of disbelief.
“Pfft!” Suddenly, she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.
Latona shook her head in confusion. “What’s wrong? What’s Xiaobao laughing about?”
“Sigh, how miserable… my talent is only a little bit worse than yours…”
“Yes, so…”
“So it seems you’re not so great either!”
As a result, Ruo Xiaoxi’s single sentence choked Latona.
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