Azure Star.
Interstellar Station.
“Why are you leaving so hurriedly?”
Mo Ran looked at Su Ling, her face full of reluctance.
“There is no other way. I do not have any benefits, so the academy won’t provide a dormitory for me. I have to find a place to live first, and then I need to look for some work,” Su Ling said with a helpless smile.
For someone like Mo Ran, who had entered through the College Entrance Examination, her itinerary had long been arranged by the academy.
All Mo Ran had to do was report to the academy on time.
***
“Little one, over here!”
A familiar voice rang out.
It was Yun Guang, followed by a cool-looking little girl.
“Sister Yun Guang!”
Su Ling’s eyes lit up.
Mo Ran looked over, and upon seeing Yun Guang, she immediately lowered her head.
A sense of inferiority naturally arose within her.
‘She’s… she’s so beautiful…’
Even the little girl behind her was cool and trendy.
“Not bad. You actually managed to get a Recommendation Letter,” Yun Guang said as she pinched Su Ling’s cheek and laughed.
“Hey, Rourou, this little one will be our junior from now on. Don’t you want to say a few words?”
“I’m busy. Don’t talk to me.”
Rourou was currently in the middle of a duel with someone, her small face looking very serious.
“Ha, her name is Rourou. She’s just like that, so don’t mind her,” Yun Guang said with a helpless smile.
Su Ling just scratched her head.
She had previously learned from Yun Guang that this senior was the one who had protected her private data, preventing her from being harassed online.
Now that she was meeting the person in question, she was naturally very grateful.
Unfortunately, the other party seemed to be in a state of extreme rage at the moment, so Su Ling did not dare to disturb her.
“Ahhh! How did I get wiped three to zero! No way, again!”
Watching her characters get constantly bullied by the opponent, Rourou’s face turned red with anger.
Seeing this, Yun Guang was also speechless and decided to stop paying attention to her.
“Sister Yun Guang, this is Mo Ran. She also got into the Witch Academy.”
Su Ling pulled Mo Ran over and introduced her to Yun Guang.
“He—hello… I… I…”
“Haha, another cute little one.”
Yun Guang patted Mo Ran’s head and giggled.
“You can come find me at Yunlin Peak after school starts in a month. I’ll introduce you to the Witch Academy.”
“When is Sister Yun Guang going back?”
“I’ll play for another month. Anyway, the holidays aren’t over yet. I’ll play as much as I can while I still have the time.”
Yun Guang placed her index finger on her lips, pondering where else she could go to play for the next month.
Ji Lingyuan had been taken back by her older sister, and Hua Feihua had also been forcibly dragged back by her family.
Yun Guang had heard some rumors about those two, but she was powerless to help.
After all, she was just an outsider.
“This train is about to arrive at the station. Passengers, please take your belongings and keep an eye on the elderly and children.”
The announcement rang out.
Su Ling knew it was time to say goodbye.
The streamlined Interstellar Train slowly pulled in.
Su Ling and Su Yao grabbed their suitcases and waved goodbye to Yun Guang and the others.
“Bye. We’ll see you at the Witch Academy in a month.”
“Bye~”
“Su Ling, wait for me!”
Mo Ran looked at Su Ling’s retreating back and spoke hurriedly.
Fortunately, she knew they would meet again in a month, so this parting was not too sorrowful.
Still, she felt a bit of a sense of loss.
“Hehe, does Sister Mo Ran like the little one?”
Suddenly, Yun Guang leaned in with a mischievous smile.
Mo Ran’s face instantly turned red. “No, I… that…”
“Enough. You’re always so out of line.”
Rourou put away her phone, her face expressionless.
She had been crushed again.
With Hua Feihua gone, she suddenly felt like a lot of the fun around her had vanished.
“Sigh, it’s good to be young.”
Yun Guang shook her head as she watched Mo Ran’s flustered state.
At the same time, her eyes darted around as if she had thought of something extremely interesting.
‘Haha, if that girl Ji Lingyuan knew that the little one was being targeted by so many people, she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep again, would she?’
***
“Wow!”
Su Yao sat on the inner side, leaning against the window and looking at the scene outside with stars in her eyes.
The portholes of the Interstellar Train reflected the deep, silent space.
There wasn’t a speck of dust, and the stars looked like crushed diamonds, glowing with a faint blue aura.
Floating icy nebulae, wrapped in golden-red flame patterns, rotated slowly.
Occasionally, silver-purple interstellar dust streams swept past, carrying fine stardust with them.
In the distance, nebula clouds of pink-purple and grayish-white stretched out slowly in the absolute silence.
Even those distant pulsars were blinking with flickering lights in the deep space.
As the train traveled through this boundless sea of stars, Su Ling was just as dazed as Su Yao by such a bizarre and fantastical scene.
‘Tsk, with this sci-fi scenery, this transmigration was worth it, even if I’ve been messed with by beautiful girls for over a month.’
“The train is about to perform a Space Jump. If you feel any discomfort, please contact a staff member immediately.”
She was going to the Andromeda Witch Academy, and Azure Star was on the border of Orion.
Since it was an inter-constellation flight, flying at the speed of light wasn’t enough; they had to rely on a Space Jump.
The witches’ interstellar navigation technology was extremely advanced.
Su Ling glanced at the manual on the train, which stated that it would take approximately five jumps to reach Andromeda from Azure Star.
The time taken would be about half a day.
With a sudden vibration, Su Yao was startled and grabbed Su Ling’s hand.
The jump had begun.
At that moment, the fantastical scene outside the porthole suddenly collapsed.
The once distant nebulae were torn into distorted brushstrokes.
The light of the stardust was no longer spreading in straight lines but was instead swirling into spiral beams of light, mixing with colorful clusters of light that flickered in and out.
Within those surging colors, countless unnamable geometric shadows were hidden, growing and shrinking, condensing and dispersing.
Looking at this sudden change, Su Ling was inexplicably reminded of Van Gogh’s famous *Starry Night* from Earth.
‘It’s too similar. Twisted, abstract, indescribable, and incomprehensible.’
“Passenger, please do not look for a long time. This is a scene of space-time dimensional distortion during a jump. We are still in three-dimensional space, and although we are protected by the train’s Dimensional Device, it is still best not to stare for long. It can cause irreversible damage to our mental state.”
At that moment, a small hand pulled down the curtain, blocking the abstract scene.
A young woman in a train uniform smiled at Su Ling.
Su Ling hurriedly withdrew her gaze and nodded with a red face.
It was only then that she realized the other passengers seemed to have long been accustomed to this scene—some were catching up on shows, some were eating instant noodles, and some were making out.
‘Uh, it seems something strange got mixed in there.’
“You two, please follow the train rules. This is not your private space.”
Clearly, the staff member had also noticed and walked toward the two people making out in front with a frown.
Su Ling let out a slow sigh of relief.
“Have you never taken the train before?”
Su Ling looked at Su Yao.
It didn’t make sense; could Bai Wei have never taken Su Yao on a train?
“No. Before, Xiao Wei always took me traveling,” Su Yao said, gesturing with her hands.
“Xiao Wei would just go—whoosh—and tear open a pitch-black rift. After we crawled in, we would reach our destination.”
When mentioning Bai Wei, Su Yao’s eyes always lit up with excitement.
Su Ling knew that this was the trademark of a Great Witch—a Space Rift.
Every Great Witch had the ability to tear open a Space Rift.
While the Interstellar Train had to jump several times to reach its destination, a Great Witch could directly tear open a Space Rift and travel through space at will.
‘Sigh, there’s just no comparison.’
Compared to them, a Great Witch was practically a creature from a different dimension.
At the same time, Su Ling felt a bit troubled.
Bai Wei was a Great Witch, and an outstanding one at that.
How was she supposed to snatch Miao Miao back?
It was a headache.
***
As the fifth vibration ended, Su Ling slowly opened her eyes.
The final jump had finally finished.
She nudged Su Yao, who was sleeping soundly on her shoulder, and Su Yao woke up in a daze.
Their initial novelty had long since faded, and the half a day of travel was quite exhausting, so they had unintentionally fallen asleep.
“Passengers, we have arrived at the Andromeda Witch Academy station. Please take your belongings and note—”
The announcement rang out.
Su Ling pulled back the curtain and looked at the flow of people outside, as well as the vaguely visible skyscrapers in the distance.
Both Su Ling and Su Yao felt a jolt of energy.
The Witch Academy.
They had arrived.