The Hero Kicked Me Out of His Party, So I Turned Him into My Maid - Chapter 62

Felin and Lynn both pursed their lips and backed away, eager to rush out the door immediately.

But what good does running away do? You’ll still lose your grade ranking anyway.

The royal academy’s year-end rankings are an important resource. The top three students in each year are qualified to be personally selected by the king to directly enter the Royal Mage Order or the Royal Guard Knights.

Lynn and Philin value this position highly. Therefore, they cannot avoid it and must resolve the matter today.

Felin tried to argue, but her faint voice betrayed her:

“I…I said the end of the rune yesterday, did you hear me wrong?”

Did you hear me wrong?

Ariel raised her voice at the end of her sentence. A flash of pinkish-white light appeared in her eyes, and Felin was visibly startled. Then, Ariel took the notebook from Felin’s hand and tossed it to Mira.

The “Arousal Technique” is indeed remarkably effective on people in this world; just a little bit of spiritual energy is enough to make the other person temporarily lose consciousness.

Mira flipped through her notebook, then shouted loudly, pointing to the contents to show the others:

“It clearly says ‘center of the rune’ here! I remember correctly!”

When Felin came to her senses and realized that the notebook in her hand was missing, her expression became even more panicked. She was almost crying, her legs trembled and she lost all strength, so she sat down on the ground.

Lynn was right next to Philin, but she was too nervous to see what Ariel did to Philin. She simply assumed Philin had poor nerves and Ariel had seized the opportunity to snatch the notebook. What should she do now?

While Lynn was lost in thought, Ariel took the notebook from her hand and showed it to everyone. It also contained the phrase ‘Middle of the Rune’, and there were very obvious signs of alteration.

“Gentlemen, the evidence is now irrefutable. Or are you saying that, as the top three in the grade, you don’t even know the most basic knowledge of magic runes?”

Flin was terrified and, almost without thinking, instinctively retorted:

“That’s how we remember it…”

“oh?”

Ariel snorted coldly:

“Is this how you keep track of things? Then I need to check if you cheated on your practical magic rune course grades last semester!”

Lise also delivered the finishing blow at the opportune moment:

“Placing the magic vortex in the center of the rune will only cause uneven flow of magic power in the magic circle. In other words, the magic circle will not be able to activate successfully.”

Following Lise’s words, Ariel leaned down to look at Felin, her face above the nose clouded with gloom:

“Teaching incorrect information intentionally or cheating—you choose one.”

Phil lowered her head; she had nothing to say.

Lynn was quick-witted and had already realized her current situation. She knew that if she remained silent like Philine, she would be at Alyssa’s mercy.

He’s just a piece of trash, what’s with all the swagger? He’s just lucky, relying on Senior Lise’s strength.

Lynn casually tugged at the wrinkles in her witch’s dress and said:

“If that’s the case, you must have some purpose, Ariel. Otherwise, what are you bluffing about here for?”

Ariel was somewhat surprised.

I never expected Lynn to be so difficult to deal with. Not only does she have a strong mentality, but she can also accurately see through my intentions.

From this perspective, even if she were in her previous life, she could still survive in that dog-eat-dog, gangster-like world of cultivation.

In this life, combined with her top-ranking ability, she would undoubtedly be considered a talented individual.

Unfortunately, she works for Karina, making her her enemy for the time being.

Ariel smiled, as if she wasn’t angry about it at all.

“A transaction, in essence, is you exchanging something of equal value with me. What do you have to offer?”

Seeing Lynn and Felin’s reactions, he was certain that he had them under his control.

Lynn looked reluctant and hesitated for a long time before finally speaking:

“I’m using a superior-grade staff right now…”

“don’t want.”

Ariel shook her head:

“I don’t like using secondhand staffs.”

Lynn gritted her teeth and named four or five items that were roughly the same value as the fine staff, but Alyssa refused them all.

She was somewhat annoyed. But having already been caught red-handed, she had no choice but to accept Alyssa’s blatant price gouging.

“I have a superior material called Dragon Blood Jade Marrow, which can greatly enhance the magic conductivity when used on a staff.”

Lynn cherished this Dragon Blood Jade, originally intending to use it to forge an epic-level staff. At the very least, she could sell it for a high price.

Here it comes…

Ariel outwardly shook her head, but inwardly she was delighted, just waiting for them to offer alchemical materials in exchange:

“Dragon Blood Jade Marrow is of little use to me. How about this, I’ll settle for second best. If you can get me some Demon Gathering Star Sand, I can let you go. Of course, I’ll be merciful and pay half the price; you can figure out the rest.”

Gathering Demon Star Sand…

Lynn and Philine, who had recovered, looked at each other in bewilderment.

This is an alchemical material even rarer than dragon’s blood jade marrow; it’s safe to say that it’s impossible to obtain without certain methods.

Phil hesitated for a moment, then nodded to Lynn, turned around and promised Alyssa:

“No problem, my father is a materials merchant, he can get a small amount of Demon Gathering Star Sand.”

Ariel finally nodded:

“Well, then we’ll keep your notes as evidence for now. Once we have the Demon Gathering Star Sand, I’ll return them to you.”

“Then what if you report us while we’re searching for the Demon-Gathering Star Sand?”

Lynn asked.

“Then you can also report me to the college for not keeping my promise.”

Ariel answered calmly.

“Alright, we will keep our promise, and we hope you will too.”

Lynn and Phil left dejectedly.

Mira gave Ariel a thumbs up:

“Alivia is so thoughtful. I couldn’t do this kind of work.”

Ariel simply smiled slightly.

This was the experience I accumulated over nearly a hundred years of struggling in the cultivation world in my previous life.

If you don’t leave any evidence against the other party when making an agreement, you can be almost certain that they will go back on their word.

Using leverage to threaten others can yield better results than ruthless extermination.

Of course, some cultivators also practice the strategy of exterminating their enemies after making a deal.

I despise this kind of behavior. If everyone did this, there would be no trust left, and cultivators living in constant fear would be even more terrifying.

In comparison, this world is practically an uncivilized beginner’s village. If the people of this world were moved to a cultivation world, they would only be shocked by the cold-blooded ruthlessness and treacherous schemes of the cultivators.

Fortunately, having spent my life cultivating Qi, I haven’t lost the most basic emotions of a mortal…

Mira flipped through Felin’s notes, lost in thought:

“By the way, Ariel, what is the Demon Gathering Star Sand used for?”

Ariel didn’t hide anything; instead, she pulled out the “energy storage magic crystal” design blueprints that Otto had given her, which she had hidden under the bed.

“If you add magic-gathering star sand to the energy-storing magic crystal during the refining process, you can increase the magic power storage by up to three times.”

“Originally, the energy storage crystal could store the equivalent of two fifth-tier spells. Triple that would be six fifth-tier spells. You know, even an ordinary mage couldn’t cast six fifth-tier spells at once…”

“If we successfully refine it, wouldn’t we be invincible?”

Mira’s eyes seemed to sparkle as she gazed intently at the energy-storing magic crystal in the design drawing, as if she already held it in her hand.