These innocent requests were so sincere. The most innocent children can express their love is a hug. As a leader who has gone from misery to happiness, how could Kwon Ji bear to refuse these children?
So she said in her naturally indifferent voice, "Okay."
The sound was like ancient ice from a snow-capped mountain being applied directly to a person's body, making them shiver with cold.
The children were instantly terrified and burst into tears.
"Waaaah... Miss, please don't be mean to us. If you don't want a hug, we won't force you. Please don't be angry, Miss!"
Quan Ji: "..."
Just how much of a misunderstanding did this tone cause?
Looking at the frightened little ones in front of her, she felt helpless. She smiled, patted their heads, and said softly, "Don't misunderstand, that's just how I sound. I'm not being mean or angry. You can really hug me."
Because Quan Ji's words still sounded extremely cold, the children believed her.
Looking at the young lady with a gentle smile in front of them, they finally chose to believe her.
"good……"
They all opened their arms and looked at Quan Ji, their eyes filled with anticipation and excitement.
Quan Ji didn't say much, but bent down and gently hugged them.
The milky scent wafted from them, and Quan Ji said, "You are all the future pride of the Holy Glory Empire. You must study hard, strive to grow, and not let your teachers down. You must become the people you want to be, so that... you won't let yourselves down."
The children were too young to understand everything she said, but... they could sense Quan Ji's expectations of them and her reminders to them.
They shrank even closer to Quan Ji's body.
Two arms couldn't hold everyone, and all the other children who weren't held were envious.
He actually managed to hug the young lady; that's really amazing.
Their eyes were filled with envy, hoping that the young lady could also hug them.
Having suffered from favoritism since childhood, Princess Quan naturally wouldn't show favoritism and quickly noticed these children.
She whispered in the ears of the children in front of her, "Can I hug the others?"
The children all sweetly replied in unison, "Yes!"
One child, who was a bit slow to react, gradually started to speak:
"Okay...okay! Miss, you should hug them too. They'd be so pitiful if they didn't get a hug from you!"
Quan Ji looked at the child and thought to herself that the child was really cute.
She took out candy from her spatial pouch and distributed it to the children.
The children couldn't hide their nature; their eyes lit up at the sight of the candy, and they exclaimed, "Wow!" "Thank you, Miss!"
After saying thank you, I quickly handed out the candy.
Kwon-hee then began to hold the other children in batches.
After the other children also received hugs, they all jumped up with satisfaction, and the drummer cheered.
In the end, Kwon-hee gave all the hugs, but the children still didn't want to leave, wanting to see their young lady a little longer.
This is the most revered figure in their Holy Empire!
Yun Shenhai felt jealous. His precious disciple had been back for so long and hadn't spent much time talking to him. He was now expected to serve these little rascals. That was definitely not acceptable!
So he put his hands on his hips, widened his eyes, and pretended to be angry, yelling, "What are you doing? What are you doing? You've already hugged me, aren't you going back to class? Do you want to be a good-for-nothing like Quan Zhan in the future?"
The children were terrified when they heard they were going to become useless like Quan Zhan.
The consequence of being terrified is to run!
After seeing all the little brats leave, Yun Shenhai finally felt satisfied: "Hmph! That's more like it!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Yun Shenhai really hadn't changed at all; he was still just as shameless!
It's kind of adorably cheeky.
What do you mean he's just as spineless as Quan Zhan? Is it really necessary to whip his corpse like that?
However, as Quan Ji's reputation grew and the people of the Holy Glory Empire developed a deeper faith in her, they grew to hate and curse Quan Zhan more and more.
Why?
If it weren't for Quan Zhan back then, the Holy Glory Empire would have risen to power long ago!
If Quan Zhan hadn't been biased back then, the young lady wouldn't have suffered so much!
In short, Quan Zhan is a scoundrel! Quan Zhan is a good-for-nothing! Quan Zhan is a complete waste!
Don't get close to Quan Zhan, or you'll become useless.
Quan Ji was laughing so hard her stomach hurt.
Finally, she glanced at Yun Shenhai and said, "Why are you scaring these kids? It's only a few minutes, it won't matter if it's delayed."
Yun Shenhai was indignant: "I don't care! My precious disciple has been back for so long, and all you do is pamper others. I prepared so many surprises for you, and you didn't even thank me or talk to me. I'm not happy!"
Quan Ji was truly exasperated with this old rascal. "Fine, fine, I'll thank you, okay?"
Yun Shenhai was satisfied: "That's more like it. I'll take you to see other places. Our Holy Glory Academy is doing a great job."
"Isn't there the World Academy Competition coming up soon? Actually, everyone is studying quite hard, all to get a good ranking in the World Competition and make Holy Glory Academy famous overnight! They even made time specifically for you."
"World Academy Grand Competition?" Quan Ji was slightly puzzled when she heard the term, but quickly recalled it.
The World Academy Grand Competition is an academy competition held every four years on the continent of Noah. It is divided into a teacher competition and a student competition, and the final ranking of the academies is determined by the sum of the scores of both sides.
Previously, Azure Academy had basically dominated the top spot, while the other three of the four major academies took turns being second.
Now that Azure Academy has been destroyed, this competition is being given extra importance, and everyone is eagerly anticipating who will ultimately replace Azure Academy as the new number one.
Although the Holy Glory Empire is newly established, it is still a top-tier fourth-level empire that runs the National Academy, and it also has the Azure Ruins. The organizers will definitely not refuse to give it face.
This is indeed a great opportunity to become an overnight sensation.
Quan Ji curved her lips into a smile, her gaze fixed on Yun Shenhai, and continued to ask, "What is the reward for first place in this World Academy Competition?"
Yun Shenhai said, "That reward is quite good. I heard that Zhuge Jing, the dean of Ruoshui Academy, the organizer of this competition, found a zodiac constellation as the prize for first place. She also said that the winning academy will be able to copy ten copies of the secret manual from their library."
The moment Quan Ji heard about the zodiac signs, she lost her composure. Her eyes gleamed with golden light, and the corners of her mouth turned up in a determined smile.
"Come to think of it... since my students are students of Saint Glory Academy, I should also be considered a teacher of Saint Glory Academy, right?"
Everyone: "???"
"Wait...you don't actually want to participate in this World Academy Competition, do you?!"
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