Chapter 62: Professor Toth "Excuse me, Professor?"...
...In fact, if Si Ling and Xuan Chi were not exchange students parachuted from China, but ordinary students who enrolled in school according to the regular procedures, they would have learned some knowledge about the attributes of Western ghosts in the theoretical courses of the beginner class.
For example, most subcategories of the "zombie" species have their own specific personality settings, and the specific personality settings of the "corpse bride" are either "love-brained" or "eager to get married", or both.
So although what Elizabeth said just now left Si Ling and Xuan Chi dumbfounded, for her, it was simply an effort of all her courage and strength!
Therefore, she did not notice the stunned reactions of the two people at all. She sobbed sadly and bitterly, wiping away her tears, and just wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible.
"Wait a minute?!?!" Si Ling pushed her shoulders. Elizabeth looked up at her, her eyes, which were dark and sunken due to their deep sockets, were slightly red. She stared at Si Ling with a weak expression and said, "What else do you want?"
"No..." Realizing that she saw him as playing a role in stealing someone's love, Si Ling laughed angrily. "Baby, I always thought you were being racist—" She looked up and down at Elizabeth, who was always in a wedding dress. "Are you competing with me for female sex?"
"What do you mean..." Elizabeth couldn't understand what she was thinking and looked at her blankly.
Si Ling wanted to say, "We're all a species that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, will live forever. Can you please stop thinking about men?" But considering this was the inherent setting of the Corpse Bride, she swallowed the words back.
She looked at Elizabeth with amusement: "Who told you that I like Aymeric?"
"He..." Elizabeth answered honestly, "He has been protecting you since the second day you arrived at school."
“…” Si Ling was speechless.
She had promised Aymeric not to tell anyone about his embarrassing late-night fright, so she couldn't explain to Elizabeth what had happened before Aymeric took action against Aurelio.
However, Elizabeth's words made Si Ling understand her thinking - since in her eyes, Emilic's first help meant love, then Emilic's subsequent action of stopping her when she provoked him further proved this feeling.
Then if we think about it further, Si Ling distributed amulets to the vampires before going to Tumba Manor. In Elizabeth's eyes, this formed a kind of emotional "give and take", which confirmed the double arrows between her and Aymeric.
It's no wonder Elizabeth constantly challenges her—in the world of goblins, while there are vast differences between Eastern and Western cultures, one thing remains constant: goblins admire the strong and will submit to those who are more powerful. When it comes to choosing a mate, they naturally choose the stronger.
Therefore, Elizabeth's previous challenge was actually to prove to Aymeric that she was not worse than her. After realizing that the gap in strength was too big at Tumba Manor, she immediately chose to back down.
This can be considered a wise decision in itself. The only small bug is that no one is "choosing a partner" here except herself!
Si Ling was silent for a long time, then looked at Elizabeth solemnly again: "I have two small questions, please consider them."
Elizabeth sobbed, "What?"
Si Ling cleared his throat. "First... are you saying there's a slight possibility that relationships between opposite sexes aren't limited to just 'stranger' and 'admirer', but that there might be other types of relationships?"
Elizabeth looked at her in bewilderment.
"Secondly." Si Ling curled his lips, "Have you ever thought about this, if I really like Americ..."
She paused. "Perhaps it's pedophilia?"
The wind started to blow in the courtyard again. In this breeze, Elizabeth slowly opened her mouth until it formed a dumbfounded sound: Huh?
Si Ling didn't know what else to say, so he shook his head and turned to leave.
Xuan Chi's expression had returned to normal, and he was about to follow her when Elizabeth suddenly grabbed his arm.
"What does she mean?!" Elizabeth understood Si Ling's awkward yet polite statement, but because she was worried, she wanted to confirm it again.
Xuan Chi frowned slightly, avoided her hand, and glanced at Si Ling's back: "What it means is probably," he turned back to look at Elizabeth, "Aimerick is not within her consideration from head to toe."
After saying that, he also turned and left.
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief and stood there alone for a while, gradually calming herself down in the lingering breeze.
Then she became acutely aware of something else.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the wooden door leading to the castle not far ahead. She could no longer see Hyun Chi from there, but Elizabeth still laughed when she thought about what Hyun Chi had just said.
Interesting——
Elizabeth gave an intriguing smile.
Ten minutes later, Elizabeth walked into the cafeteria and sat down next to Aymeric while humming a song.
The other vampires remained silent about this. Although none of them were optimistic about this interspecies relationship, Prince Aymeric himself enjoyed it, so they couldn't say anything. Besides, strictly speaking, the gap between vampires and zombies wasn't that ridiculously large. As for the vampire family's serious pursuit of blood purity, that was another matter entirely. It might cause a conflict between Aymeric and his father one day, but until then, it wasn't anyone else's turn to point fingers at him.
Aymeric was a little caught off guard by Elizabeth's sudden enthusiasm, because even though their relationship was known to everyone, they were still very restrained in front of outsiders and never sat together in public places like the cafeteria.
Aymeric couldn't help but look at Elizabeth and asked her, "What's wrong? You seem to be in a particularly good mood today?"
"Yes." Elizabeth held a silver fork and leisurely picked up the pasta on the plate.
…
After about five minutes, everyone in the cafeteria looked towards Aymeric.
Because the usually elegant and noble vampire prince suddenly jumped up from his chair and shouted at Elizabeth with a look of horror: "Why do you think so?!"
Elizabeth didn't expect his reaction to be so big. She was unable to react for a moment and just sat in the chair staring at him blankly.
Aimerick's scalp tingled: "You even asked her?! This is so offensive..."
Si Ling noticed that he glanced at her quickly and guiltily when he said this. Her eyebrows twitched and she put down the chopsticks holding the soup dumpling.
Ah Zhu also noticed the look from Aimerick and turned to look at Si Ling curiously: "What's wrong? Is Elizabeth trying to get herself killed again?"
"No." Si Ling shook her head. Before Aymeric could come over to explain to her, she said loudly, "Your Highness, I'm very happy to have resolved the misunderstanding with your girlfriend. You don't have to worry about this causing any other trouble."
Aymeric's cheeks flushed red. The teasing in Si Ling's words made him feel embarrassed, but the meaning behind his words also made him feel relieved.
After holding it in for a long while, he finally turned his head and nodded to Si Ling: "Thank you."
Xuan Chi chuckled softly, looked at Si Ling, and said meaningfully, "He's a very polite child."
"Yeah." Si Ling nodded seriously. Ah Zhu was still confused: "What?"
Xuan Chi tutted his words and looked at Ah Zhui: "You too."
Ah Zhui: “?”
He looked at Bai Ma again: "You are considered a newborn."
"Ah?" Bai Ma was horrified and looked at each other with A Zhui.
The idea of "teasing" was strange to Hyun Chi. He was a serious person with a distant aura. Furthermore, he possessed the attributes of both an "ancient mythical beast" and a "fierce ghost." His strength and tragic experiences gave him a layer of melancholy and indifference.
If such a person suddenly tells a joke, no matter whether the joke itself is funny or not, it will be more shocking than funny.
Even Si Ling was surprised. He looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Hyun Chi: “What?”
“…” Although Si Ling felt strange, after thinking about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong with what he said.
For her 30,000-year-old ghost age, if liking Aimelik is considered "pedophilia", then Azhu is of course a child, and there is nothing wrong with comparing Bai Ma, who has just become a ghost, to a newborn baby.
After breakfast, there were two theoretical classes taught by Professor Mimir—at least that was what Si Ling thought. But when she walked into the classroom, she looked up and saw a guy with a human body and an ibis head wiping the blackboard. She stepped back unexpectedly: "Wooow..."
The human-shaped ibis turned its head to look at her: "New classmate?" The lapis lazuli beak uttered an intellectual female voice.
"Ah, Professor Toth!" Ah Zhui came around from behind Si Ling and said with a smile, "You're back from the Egyptian God Realm? These are my um... compatriots, the exchange students from China."
Several people grasped the key information from Azhui's fragmentary words: Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom and time, the inventor of writing and the ruler of time. It is said that the supreme deity Amun was Thoth's son. Hermes, the patron saint of commerce in ancient Greek mythology, was also considered Thoth's son and was often confused with Thoth.
"Welcome everyone." Tott said.
Bai Ma whispered to Li Qi: "I always thought Toth was a man①..."
Thoth smiled gently and said, "In our time, the majority of celestial deities were female."
Bai Ma was embarrassed for a moment because his whisper was heard. He coughed lightly and said, "Ah...Okay. But according to legend, the goddesses Maat and Saisat are yours..."
"Wife?" Thoth smiled and shook her beautifully feathered head. "Maat is my friend, and Seshat is my daughter. Please, don't ask me who her father is. In our time, the Gods were still primarily matriarchal, and I've never delved into this question."
She explained Bai Ma's question, but her dark eyes remained fixed on Si Ling. Si Ling was a little frightened by her gaze and couldn't help but frown. He looked back calmly: "Excuse me, Professor?"
Thoth still stared at her. "Have we met before?"
Si Ling was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Probably not. This is my first time leaving Porcelain Country... If you haven't been to the underworld of Porcelain Country, then it's unlikely that we've met."
"Oh, then I haven't been there." Thoth looked away. "I have traveled to many places in the human world and the heavens, but in the underworld, I have only been to the area governed by Osiris. I have never set foot in the Porcelain Kingdom."
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The author has something to say: [Notes]
① [Thoth] "The Ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom and Time, the Inventor of Writing, and the Ruler of Time"—all of these are real mythological figures. However, the fact that Thoth is actually female is something I made up, purely personal. I originally wanted to find a deity who was originally a goddess, but the plot required a character who was both ancient and knowledgeable about history, as well as female. I considered Nut, but Nut's concept in Ancient Egypt was similar to Pangu (she was the personification of the sky), so bringing her into Ghost Academy felt a bit over the top. Isis and Best were relatively well-known and lacked a sense of antiquity. Tefnut and Nephthys, one controls rain and the other guards the dead, wouldn't have made sense if their deities were forced into the plot. Thoth, aside from her gender, was made a goddess, as everything else fit. Since outstanding women are often recast as men in film, television, and literary works, I didn't think it was a big deal to flip the gender of a less popular ancient deity for the sake of plot.
② [Goddess Maat] The ancient Egyptian goddess of justice and order. The feather that Osiris used to judge souls was Maat's feather.
③ [Goddess Seshat] The ancient Egyptian goddess of writing. There are two legends of "Thoth's wife" and "Thoth's daughter". I feel that the former seems to be more mainstream, but the article uses the latter. I am rebellious (bushi
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