“Xiao Qi, it’s been a few years since I last saw you. I didn’t expect you to become so incredible—not only did you break into Succubus Academy, you even got a perfect score of 100. I really underestimated you before!”
After recognizing that the principal was actually Wen Yin’s mother, Aunt Gu Yan, Su Qi’s little face had been pinched and teased, and then he was warmly pulled onto the sofa to sit down.
Listening to the familiar laughter of the neighborly aunt, whose smile so closely resembled Wen Yin’s, Su Qi felt a faint blush rising to his fair cheeks, his emotions rather complicated.
On one hand, when he saw the final interviewer was the neighbor aunt, Su Qi had been relieved.
After all, knowing someone made it easier to make requests or perhaps even leave when needed.
But what puzzled Su Qi was this: he hadn’t told anyone about his Transformative Power—not even Wen Yin, who’d only guessed it on her own.
And Aunt Gu Yan was rarely home. How could she possibly have figured out his identity?
Moreover, he’d turned from a boy into a girl—he could hardly recognize himself in the mirror.
Feeling confused, and wanting to break the teasing atmosphere, Su Qi waited until the soreness faded from his face before asking in bewilderment,
“Auntie, please don’t tease me. This was all forced on me anyway. But how did you figure out I’m Su Qi?”
Hearing Su Qi’s words, Principal Gu Yan didn’t answer right away.
She first poured herself a cup of fragrant tea, then elegantly stood up and poured a cup for Su Qi as well.
“Here, Xiao Qi, have some tea. I’ll explain everything after you finish this cup.”
Looking at the cup of tea now full before him, Su Qi felt even more confused—he usually didn’t drink tea.
But his obedient nature took over, and Su Qi, like a good child, cupped the tea in his hands.
Steam rose softly from the cup, with a lingering, subtle fragrance~
At first, Su Qi didn’t pay much attention to the aroma, but after taking a sip, his eyes lit up in surprise.
He felt a familiar sensation.
This flower tea… it tasted just like the kind his missing parents always brewed before they disappeared!
Seeing Su Qi take a sip, his surprise reflected in his bright peach-blossom eyes—adorable.
After drinking elegantly from her own cup, Principal Gu Yan dropped a bombshell.
“Xiao Qi, you actually awakened a Transformation Series Ability, didn’t you? The Ability that lets you become a girl! I know everything. Oh, not just me—your mother and father know too.”
Su Qi’s eyes grew wide with shock as his greatest secret was spoken so plainly by his neighbor aunt.
But before he could even ask, that gentle, mature voice began to explain.
“Xiao Qi, I know you’re surprised, but this starts a long time ago. When you were little, you know your mother and I were close, right? But do you know about your mother’s Ability?”
Mother’s Ability?
Su Qi was a bit stunned by the question.
Because from childhood, he remembered his mother was always busy, and often went with Father to the Saint Ruins.
Whenever he asked about her Ability as a child, he’d always be brushed off, or distracted by stories about his father.
Could it have something to do with his mother’s Ability after all?
But she always went to the Saint Ruins, so it should be a combat-related Ability, right?
As Su Qi puzzled over this, the elegant voice sounded again from beside him on the sofa.
“Xiao Qi, do you know your mother’s Ability was top secret? She was called the Prophet!”
“Pro… Prophet?”
Hearing this, Su Qi was shocked, feeling awed.
While he stared wide-eyed in surprise, Aunt Gu Yan continued,
“Eighteen years ago, on the day you were born, did you know…”
“You were premature, only 4 jin in weight—so tiny and wrinkled. Out of curiosity about your appearance and future, your mother touched your little hand and saw a prophecy of your situation at age 18. And I have to say, it matches the present exactly.”
Hearing this, Su Qi froze in place.
An Ability like that existed?
To see the future—no wonder his mother never let him know her Ability.
After all, if you knew your own future in advance, maybe it would change.
As Su Qi was still reeling, Gu Yan subtly leaned a bit closer to him on the sofa.
The next moment, as if performing a magic trick, she produced a delicate Birthday Cake and set it on the table.
“Oh, right, tada~~~ Xiao Qi, today is your 18th birthday, isn’t it? Happy birthday. Now this perfectly matches the prophetic image from back then.”
Staring at the exquisite cake that appeared before him, Su Qi was momentarily stunned.
Then, after thinking back on the time, he realized that, with all that had happened recently, he’d completely lost track of the date.
Without realizing it, today really was his 18th birthday!
But looking at the cake, Su Qi felt a tinge of bitterness.
…For others, turning 18 meant becoming an adult.
But for him, his 18th birthday meant turning into a girl.
It was just too strange.
Still, as odd as it was, hearing Auntie’s story of the Prophet, Su Qi suddenly made sense of many things.
He’d always wondered, before entering grade school, why his mother always dressed him in girls’ clothes.
Back then, he remembered his parents saying: “Xiao Qi, you can wear your sister’s hand-me-downs, and we’ll use the leftover money to buy you KFC.”
But now, Su Qi thought maybe his parents just wanted him to get used to it early.
And aside from that, knowing his mother’s Ability brought him some relief.
If her Ability was Prophecy, and she could see the future…
Maybe his parents’ disappearance a few years ago was actually planned by them, not a tragedy.
As Su Qi gazed at the coming-of-age Birthday Cake, lost in thought,
Boom boom boom~
Just then, from outside the door, it seemed Ye Fufu, who had her hands and feet tied and sensed no one nearby, began to struggle and bump against the door, making a muffled thump.
That snapped Su Qi back to his senses, reminding him of his real purpose in the principal’s office: to bring his teammates—and Ye Fufu, who had mysteriously appeared at Succubus Academy—back to Reality safely.
When Su Qi glanced instinctively toward the door, his lips parted slightly, as if searching for the right words.
The beautiful neighbor aunt beside him quickly read his expression.
“Xiao Qi, are you thinking of leaving? We’ve only just met again, but I can understand—you’re acting just like the scene your mother foresaw back then.”
Hearing this, Su Qi grew even more curious about his mother’s Ability.
How could she see the future so clearly? It was downright unscientific!
Seeing the curiosity written all over Su Qi’s face, as if about to ask about the Prophet, Gu Yan gently tapped Su Qi’s little head and said,
“Xiao Qi, I know what you want to ask. But when it comes to the Prophet’s Ability, if you know too much in advance, the prophecy won’t come true.”
“Oh, and I only ever witnessed one prophecy about you anyway.”
This explanation made Su Qi relax.
After all, if you knew your ending ahead of time, the ending itself might change!
Realizing he couldn’t get any more answers, Su Qi glanced down at the three former teammates below, growing weaker from the succubi’s dance, and listened to the clattering sounds outside the door.
Thinking of Wen Yin, who was still worrying for him outside the Saint Ruins, Su Qi decided to say his goodbyes.
But before leaving, he remembered Wen Yin’s worried gaze when he was pulled into the teleportation array, and also recalled what You La said yesterday about girls’ rumors…
After some hesitation, he finally summoned up the courage to ask tentatively,
“Um… Aunt Gu, before I go, I have two small requests. The nun from before, and just now, are both my friends. Could you let them out?”
“And… before I leave, could I see Teacher Liliane? I heard from classmates that Teacher Liliane seems to be researching…”
For the first request, Su Qi spoke clearly, but as he mentioned Liliane, his voice grew quieter and his head drooped lower.
In Su Qi’s mind, asking to see Teacher Liliane was, in a sense, like saying to her future mother-in-law, ‘I want to be with your daughter.’
But to Su Qi’s surprise, Aunt Gu didn’t get angry. Instead, she smiled sweetly, and, under Su Qi’s gaze, she pulled out a wig and a pair of OL Glasses from her Storage Ring and began to put them on.
Seeing this, Su Qi was stunned.
So Teacher Liliane is actually Aunt Gu?
Looking at the shocked Su Qi, Gu Yan gently pulled him closer and said,
“Xiao Qi, I know you like Wen Yin, and Wen Yin likes you too. That’s why, tailored to your physique, I developed a Happiness Ritual just for you. Would you like to try it?”
“But, there’s a small flaw—with this ritual, you might never have a son, only daughters.”
Hearing this proposal and its so-called flaw from Aunt Gu—no, from his future mother-in-law—Su Qi’s mind filled with question marks.
Can only have daughters, not sons.
How is that a flaw?
These days, boys and girls are equal; either is fine.
Besides, he was originally a boy himself. If anyone would have children, shouldn’t it be Wen Yin?
Without hesitation, Su Qi nodded his little head.
Seeing Su Qi’s agreement, Gu Yan gently lifted Su Qi’s sweater and left a small mark on his flat stomach.
Staring at the little mark, Gu Yan’s thoughts drifted back to twenty years ago, to the couple she once helped after they accidentally entered Succubus Academy, and then to the prophecy in which she saw her own daughter’s happy wedding in the future.
The corners of her lips curled into a sly smile.
Is this what they call a parent’s debt repaid by their child?
No, now it should be the parent’s debt repaid by their daughter.
Little Wen Yin, your mother has found you a lovely little wife!
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