Otaku Witch

The magic in the Witch World had become so refined over the years that there were myriad disciplines, much like how few people knew just how many strange and quirky majors there were within the Witch Academy.

However, despite the variations, all the existing magic disciplines actually traced back to the original Nine Major Schools of the Witch World.

Those were Magic Potion, Alchemy, Necromancy, Summoning, Evocation, Transmigration, Spirit, Prophecy, and Combat Magic.

These Nine Major Schools were the foundation of most magic in the Witch World, just as mathematics is the foundation of most sciences.

However, these original Nine Major Schools were too complex; both the learning difficulty and the thresholds were extremely high.

Even for witches, a race akin to Calamities, it wasn't easy to master, and most witches might spend their lifetime unable to master even one, so to spread the knowledge of magic more widely, the Sages deconstructed these schools into the present myriad specialized fields.

In essence, little witches should not think about running before they had learned to walk; they could rather master their own specialties first, then gradually escalate the difficulty and learn other specialties associated with their school, and eventually congregate back to the school itself.

Generally speaking, once you had mastered any one of the Nine Major Schools and gained a unique understanding of your School, you were already qualified as a Great Witch.

As for becoming proficient in Multiple Schools, that was basically something only Peak Witches could achieve.

And if you advanced further to max out all Schools, congratulations, you had crossed the threshold on the path to becoming a Sage; you would soon be respectfully addressed as a Sage.

Therefore, you could imagine the reaction of others when a little witch just admitted to the academy suddenly shouted at the assessment agency, "I want to take all Nine Gates."

Well, it was somewhat like a kindergarten kid saying she wanted to be a scientist right now.

So, when Dorothy shouted out those words, a witch nearly burst out laughing right there — at that moment, a few upperclassmen peeked out, wanting to see which little sister was so courageous to aim to become a Sage at such a young age, truly commendable courage.

Ahem... To encourage the little sister, one should say, "The future is promising," yes, promising indeed.

However, when they clearly saw who had come, everyone in the room instantly shut their mouths.

It couldn't be helped, who could blame them when the person was too famous? Wasn't this one of the main characters in the dominating and endearing event of the Student Council President reported all over the campus forum these days?

Hiss, a person the President had his eyes on, yeah, better not to mess with, definitely not.

At that moment, everyone in the Eye of True Sight was holding their faces, looking like they wanted to laugh but dared not to; regrettably, they were an academic club, not trained in professional expression management like police detectives or actor clubs, so it wasn't long before someone couldn't hold back and burst out laughing on the spot.

"Pfft....."

And laughter is contagious, one person laughed, and then others could no longer hold it in, laughing out loud, filling the entire club space with a joyful atmosphere.

"Hahaha..."

"Hohoho..."

"Giggle giggle..."

"Hehehe...."

....

All sorts of laughter echoed through the hall.

"What are you laughing at? Is this funny?"

At the door, Dorothy frowned, feeling somewhat belittled.

"Ah, my apologies, Miss, we were just recalling something funny. We were having a joke competition just before you arrived."

Hearing her question, a witch who appeared to be a club officer came forward. She was tall and had an exceptionally beautiful face adorned with a silver-rimmed monocle, exuding an intelligent and elegant demeanor.

"Let me introduce myself, Miss. My name is Dina, the current president of the Eye of True Sight club."

This intellectual-looking witch introduced herself thus.

Dorothy: "...."

In contrast, Dorothy hesitated now, unsure whether she should reveal her name. She wasn't inclined to disclose her information in front of such a large audience, but she was there for an exam, and it wouldn't do to shout a false name.

Fortunately, the intellectual older sister seemed very understanding of interpersonal subtleties, immediately sensing the concerns of the well-known academy figure before her, gently clapped her hands.

"Sisters, get back to work, let's not scare our little sister here."

With that one phrase, she dismissed the other curious members watching Dorothy, and it was apparent that this Dina held significant authority within the club; after she spoke, Dorothy felt the prying eyes instantly disappear cleanly.

"Alright, Miss, may I address you that way?"

The older sister asked again.

Dorothy nodded.

"Miss" had become her pseudonym on the academy forums because the onlookers didn't know her True Name, so they used the address Sophia had previously used for her, which irked Dorothy as she inadvertently became known as the Miss of the entire academy.

Dorothy actually didn't like that nickname very much, but given the special circumstances, in order to not reveal her true name and to avoid unnecessary trouble, she decided to endure it.

The intellectual senior sister looked curiously at the junior who seemed somewhat ashamed with her head bowed.

That entrance just now had led her to think that this junior might have an arrogant and haughty personality like the president, but she never expected that she was actually a rather shy little witch.

Anyway, it was quite interesting. Holding back a rising smile, she said this:

"Well, miss, you're here to take the School examination, right? Follow me, I happen to be free and can be your examiner."

As the club president, she seldom personally conducted examinations anymore, but today's subject was special, so she decided to make an appearance.

"Yes."

Dorothy obediently nodded her head and then followed the senior to an office next to the hall.

This must be the office of the senior club president.

After Dorothy sat properly on the sofa, the intellectual senior sister even enthusiastically poured her a cup of red tea before starting to inquire:

"So, miss, which School do you wish to be assessed on?"

Dorothy: "...."

She picked up the red tea and gently sipped it, then her eyes sparkled with enjoyment as she squinted.

Yes! This tea is high-quality and somewhat delicious.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

However, upon hearing the senior's question, she put down the teacup and resumed her proper posture, then seriously and solemnly replied:

"All of them, senior. I am indeed prepared to take the exams for the Nine Gates."

Dina, the senior: "..."

Observing the expression of the junior in front of her and confirming that she was not joking, she suddenly felt a bit at a loss.

She initially thought it was just a joke, but it turned out the junior was serious.

Sheesh...this junior must be crazy - taking exams for all nine? Why don't you just say you want to become a Sage?

As Dorothy observed the senior struggling to keep a straight face, she also reflected on herself and felt that she might indeed have not clarified her words, coming off too arrogant.

So...

"Well, senior, I got carried away earlier and didn't make myself clear."

She sincerely spoke up again.

Upon hearing this, Dina, the senior, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, there's still hope for this junior, truly worthy of being the person the president has his eye on. This character is really...

Um, humorous.

She hastily took a sip of red tea to calm her nerves, then she heard this:

"What I mean is I want to take all the initial qualification exams for the Nine Major Schools together. As for the intermediate certificates, I'll have to wait a while. I'm not very confident yet.

Alas, self-studying is a bit slow, I currently only have a 60% confidence in passing the intermediate qualifications, not very stable. So I'd rather study with a teacher for some time, and once I'm more than 90% sure, I can bother you, senior."

Dorothy, who always speaks straightforwardly and truthfully, humbly said this.

"Pfft....."

The senior, who was sipping tea beside her, was so moved by her sincerity that she spat out her tea.

Dina with widened eyes looked at the junior in front of her with humility written all over her face, and felt that the intellectual demeanor was completely gone, only to feel she had encountered a madwoman.

Can you even understand what you're saying?

Just the initial qualification of a single School is already one of the prerequisites to becoming a Great Witch. And the middle-level certificates? Those are what Peak Witches go for. Junior, if you're so capable, why don't you go ahead and take the high-level certificates that Sages need as well?

Dina, having been the president of the Eye of True Sight for ten years, was meeting such a wild junior for the first time.

Scratch that earlier comment about the junior being shy; she is even more arrogant than the infamously proud Student Council President.

...The Witch senior speechless...