Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 65: College Roommates
Pearl Academy, Qing Campus, dormitory.

When Li Yu stepped into the wind area and found his dormitory, there was already a made bed in the room and certain signs of life. He should be the second.

Just as Li Yu picked a spot to make his bed, a figure wearing short-sleeved shirt and jeans and with long flowing hair walked in. After seeing Li Yu, he was stunned for a moment, but then smiled in an instant.

"Hey, I've been staying in the dormitory for several days. I finally see other living people."

"My name is Liming, what's your name, brother?"

Sometimes, Li Yu still quite likes dealing with such outgoing people, at least he doesn't have to rack his brains to start a topic.

"Hello, my name is Li Yu."

Then, something happened that made Li Yu a little uncomfortable. Li Ming sent an invitation.
"This is our first meeting and we are roommates, so it can be considered fate."

"How about this, I'll treat you and we go out for a meal?"

Ok?
Li Yu didn't quite understand. If it was a dinner party to bond with roommates, then everyone should be present first. What did it mean to treat them the moment they met?
As if he saw the hesitation in Li Yu's eyes, Li Ming came forward with a smile and lowered his voice.
"Brother, I know a good place where we can have some fun. I guarantee it will open your eyes."

"You know."

Li Yu understood that he had encountered a "honey trap".

The other party's eager expression made Li Yu instantly firm up his determination. He took a step back and said to Li Ming in surprise:
"Eating is fine, I know a few good places in Demon City."

"But being cool won't work."

Li Ming narrowed his eyes and circled around Li Yu.
"Brother, I didn't see that!"

"He is actually a gentleman who keeps his chastity as pure as jade."

If it were a normal, hot-blooded young man, no one would be able to resist such temptation.

Then he posted it again, with a gossipy look on his face.
"Tell me, do you have someone in your heart? What kind of girl can be so obsessed with a master like you?"

"Great master?"

Li Yu quickly retreated to a safe distance, with questioning eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Liming did not hide anything. After all, whether he had the ability or not would be revealed in the future.

"Our family has a small connection with the school. I checked our dormitory's admission scores before entering the school."

"Brother, if I remember correctly, you should be the strongest in our dormitory."

"Brother? We're not that close."

Li Yu pushed Li Ming a little further away again, but the latter didn't care. Instead, he looked amazed.
"You are actually an intermediate-level wizard, the kind that can cast intermediate-level magic?"

"Haven't you checked everything?"

"Intermediate level mage~ You need to be so calm."

Li Ming didn't understand. If he were a mid-level wizard, he would have turned the house upside down.

"He's just an intermediate-level mage. There should be quite a few freshmen at the Pearl Academy who have reached this level, right?"

"No, no, no..." Liming shook his head like a rattle.
"You are a wizard who can cast intermediate magic. You are fundamentally different from those fakes. Not to mention, those fakes only account for a small part of the freshmen."

"Brother, I can guarantee that your ability can be ranked in the top 20 among the freshmen of Mingzhu Academy!"

"Not to mention, more than 90% of those people are elites carefully trained by major families, and you come from..."

Before he even uttered the word "Bocheng", Liming had already shut his mouth. He could check his roommate's file, but he couldn't expose anyone's scars. People who came out of that kind of hell might never want to recall the scene at that time, right?

"Don't worry about it. I am indeed from Bo City. There is no need to be shy about it."

Li Yu saw Li Ming's concerns.
"I only target the garbage that jumps up and down in front of me."

"Huh~" Li Ming let out a long sigh and looked at Li Yu with complicated eyes.

"Brother, you are a bit open-minded!"

If he had experienced such an incident... he didn't dare to think about it!
If you don’t have PTSD, you are considered a capable psychologist.

"Me? I'm lucky!"

"At least I didn't lose everything that day."

Thinking of several high school classmates, Li Yu sighed. Although they were not familiar with each other, people always had empathy when faced with tragedies.

Even though he was an orphan, he had no right to sympathize with those people.

Liming did not continue to dwell on this issue.

"Let's stop talking about this." "It's okay if you don't feel cool, but it's okay to have a meal. I'm the host today, and we won't leave until we're drunk."

"I'm a bad drinker."

"Oh brother, you're a bit of a spoiler! Don't worry, I'll drink, you can do whatever you want."

Just like that, Li Yu was pulled into a private restaurant by Liming.

What Li Yu didn't expect was that Liming looked sociable, but was actually just a small-timer. He overestimated his own abilities and wanted to have some strong liquor, but ended up being drunk in less than two glasses.

On the contrary, Li Yu, knowing that he could not drink much, took two sips of the glass of wine and was fine. He witnessed the whole process from the other party's big words to nonsense.

For example, people with prominent family backgrounds have been overwhelmed by the wealthy life since childhood.

On the other hand, he said that he hoped to become a powerful magician, but he knew that he was not talented and had not been able to break through the intermediate level after spending a lot of resources. He could only try to build good relationships with his classmates and curry their favor in the future.

He also kept envying an older brother in the family who was a genius and had always been the "other people's child" in his parents' eyes since he was a child. He envied him very much, but he was also very unhappy with his arrogant look.

Li Yu was a little skeptical. Was this guy really trained by a big family? He told all his secrets in two bites.

If his mental power had not been covering the other person all the time and he had not noticed anything unusual, he would have suspected that this person was pretending to be drunk to gain sympathy.

"Ugh!"

Life is not easy, Li Yu sighed.

In the next hour, Li Yu slowly scanned the various dishes on the table. When he thought it was almost time, he helped Li Ming up and prepared to go to the front desk to pay the bill.

As a result, as soon as he opened the door of the box, Li Yu, who was supporting Li Ming, looked up and met two acquaintances.

Huang Xingli finally managed to get her best friend out for dinner today, and she was introducing them excitedly.

"Yumian, let me tell you, it is said that the food in this restaurant is quite good. I heard about it from a senior from the Healing Department."

When they were in high spirits, they saw the familiar figure looking at them in surprise. After a slight surprise, he immediately put on a more enthusiastic smile.

"Oh! Isn't this my junior brother? I haven't seen you for such a long time. I miss you a lot."

Then, for some unknown reason, he added one more sentence:
"And Yumian, I haven't had the energy to read alone lately..."

"Ouch!"

Before Huang Xingli finished speaking, Ding Yumian knocked her head expressionlessly. The latter looked at Li Yu and Li Ming and said gently:

"Are you out for dinner with friends? Are you ready to go home?"

Li Yu was still speechless about Huang Xingli's random matchmaking, but when he heard Ding Yumian's question, he answered honestly:

"Yes, freshmen report today, this is my roommate."

"Long time no see, Senior."

Ding Yumian looked at Li Ming who was drunk and unconscious again, and then looked at Li Yu who had clear eyes, and she couldn't help but feel relieved. She really couldn't imagine that the well-behaved and honest junior brother in front of her would become a drunkard.

"Have you finished reading the last Qinling Demon Chart?"

Hearing this, Li Yu smiled bitterly.
"Senior, you think too highly of me. It will take at least several months to finish reading that book, right?"

The Qinling Demon List is not a book, but a new version of a set of nearly thirty volumes, each of which has 200,000 to 300,000 words.

Moreover, this book is an intellectual reading material, and one needs to memorize the information about the Qinling monsters word by word in one's mind. It is not an entertainment novel that can be read at a glance.

Even though Li Yu had already reached the point of having a photographic memory, it would still take a lot of time to finish reading it. Ding Yumian was not surprised at all.

"Are you free during this time?"

"Hmm... probably not much free time."

Li Yu was thinking about saving money to forge magic tools, and if the materials were poor, he might have to find them himself. And the most important thing was practice, so he wouldn't have time in the short term.

Ding Yumian nodded, not caring at all. Huang Xingli beside him widened her eyes. Did she really misunderstand their relationship? Did Xiaoxuedi really not mean that?
If a male student from the Fire Academy was asked by Ding Yumian if he was free, he would have asked for it even if he didn't have any! Unexpectedly, he was rejected by the junior.

"Keep working hard and don't slack off. I'll test you next time in the library."

Ding Yumian's words always made Li Yu feel like when he was a child, when his teacher assigned him homework. This feeling was not unpleasant.
"I will."

"Goodbye, Senior!"

"goodbye!"

Li Yu helped the unconscious Li Ming away, and Ding Yumian also called her best friend who was suspicious of her into the box, and everyone had a good life.

(End of this chapter)