Zhuang Chi transmigrated into an ABO world.
She didn’t think there was anything wrong with that. After all, she had just come of age when she got into a car accident in her original world, an age so young that even “dying in one’s prime” felt like an overstatement. So when she opened her eyes again and found she had been reborn as a child under ten in this ABO world, Zhuang Chi gratefully accepted reality, treating it as a second life granted by the heavens.
It was pretty much the same everywhere, anyway. The ABO world wasn’t bad either; the only difference from her original world was the gender setting. Since she hadn’t differentiated yet, it didn’t feel very real, and her life in this world was basically no different from before—
—Although that had indeed been the case all along, on the first day of reporting to university, Zhuang Chi stood before the school gate, gazing at the five glittering, resplendent golden words, “St. Blaisedon,” and fell into deep thought.
There was a difference now. The universities in the ABO world seemed to be a bit different from those in her previous world.
…No, what is this. Zhuang Chi blinked blankly. It felt like these words were where the school name should be… but the university that had accepted her wasn’t called this. She looked down at the acceptance letter in her hand; the spot where the school’s name was printed clearly read “Jin City University.”
She was a little confused and began to suspect she had come to the wrong place, but even checking the map on her phone simply showed that she was currently at Jin City University—
“Ah.”
The search engine kindly gave her the answer. The very first result for Jin City University prominently displayed “Jin City University (also known as St. Blaisedon).”
“…”
…Even setting aside the taste of this alias, normally you wouldn’t hang an alias in such a conspicuous place as the school gate, right? The proper name wasn’t even displayed at all, was it?
Zhuang Chi looked up again at the five words that exuded an overwhelming presence, the corner of her eye twitching involuntarily.
Speaking of which, the scene before her also faintly hinted at something illogical. To put it simply, it was extremely luxurious.
Mm, very luxurious.
Even though the roadside scenery Zhuang Chi had seen on her way here was that of a normal modern city, standing at the school gate now, her eyes were filled with nothing but exquisite and magnificent European-style architecture. She looked left and right; the walls next to the tall, arched gate stretched as far as the eye could see, indicating that the school’s grounds were absurdly large. Not to mention the sculptures that stood here and there along the tree-lined path leading into the campus, and a giant fountain could be seen in the distance… Rather than a university entrance, it looked more like the forecourt of some palace.
And the people coming and going all around her seemed completely unfazed. There were plenty of people who looked like fellow new students walking past her with steady steps, heading inside, seemingly not at all surprised by the clearly unusual scenery. Only Zhuang Chi stood alone before the school gate, unable to take a step for a long time, looking out of place in the crowd.
…St. Blaisedon…
Zhuang Chi repeated the school’s name silently in her mind a few times, feeling a sense of forced contrivance, as if it were cobbled together just to appear high-class and foreign. She tried to convince herself with the explanation, “It’s just that universities in different worlds have different styles,” but…
…But why did this name feel so familiar?
Impossible. Zhuang Chi frowned. This was her first time in Jin City since she transmigrated. Her knowledge of this school was limited to the name Jin City University. Who would have thought a school would be named “St. Blaisedon”? It must be a unique feature of the ABO world…
Her train of thought was suddenly cut short. The moment the term ABO appeared in her mind, Zhuang Chi’s eyes widened as if a bright bolt of lightning had flashed through her brain, piercing through the short eight years she had spent in this world and tracing back even further, back to a certain night in her “past life,” when a young Zhuang Chi, after much contemplation, solemnly wrote in her notebook: 【She is the one and only S-class Omega, studying at St. Blaisedon, the world-famous school for nobles—】
“…Ah?!”
She made a sound without realizing it, and people around her cast strange glances her way. But the current Zhuang Chi had no time to care. She could feel sweat breaking out on her forehead, her heart rate seemed to have doubled in an instant, and her mind was buzzing chaotically like a ringing in her ears.
No way. Zhuang Chi thought in a panic, glancing at the school name before shutting her eyes in avoidance.
…No way.
…Could this world be the ABO novel she wrote in her teens?
Ten minutes passed, and Zhuang Chi was still standing at the school gate, her mood incredibly difficult to describe.
If she had to describe it, the word “despair” might be more fitting.
To briefly organize what she had recalled, she had indeed written an ABO-worldview novel back then, and the main stage was indeed a university she had named “St. Blaisedon”—a perfect match with the scene before her, causing Zhuang Chi to break out in a cold sweat.
…Isn’t this too sudden? Before this, the world had shown no signs of being related to her novel at all. Zhuang Chi had just been living a stable life, with an average family background, and all her classmates and friends along the way had been ordinary. Nothing out of the ordinary had ever happened, and then she went through the college entrance exams and matriculated like normal…
Only to be met with this kind of development. It was as sudden as a high-speed train, running smoothly on its tracks, suddenly taking flight into the air.
The world that had been familiar until just a moment ago was suddenly turned upside down. Zhuang Chi took a deep breath, completely unwilling to accept this conjecture—perhaps it was just a coincidence? Maybe this world just happened to have a St. Blaisedon that had nothing to do with her… that’s not impossible, right?
The novel she wrote in her teens… she hadn’t even started high school back then, hadn’t even started high school…!
So one could imagine that the content of her novel was by no means serious literature—of course, judging by the school’s name, it was clear it couldn’t be serious. To be honest, this was something from over a decade ago, and her memory of the content was very fuzzy. But in the shock of the moment, she could vaguely recall some impressions, such as her novel being centered on the female protagonist, a story of a so-called “Mary Sue” Omega loved by Alphas from all sides.
It seemed to be something like that, but the female protagonist’s character design didn’t seem to be that of a simple pursued individual… Zhuang Chi thought. She vaguely remembered that the young Zhuang Chi back then had ambitiously tried to write a female protagonist whom everyone would never forget, both loving and hating her, yet whom no one could ever obtain. Her name was probably…
“Are you alright?”
A voice from the side interrupted her thoughts. Zhuang Chi was startled, realizing a beat later that someone was talking to her. It was a very pleasant female voice, soft and gentle, filled with obvious concern and friendliness, sounding from not far beside her.
It was probably because she had been standing here for so long. Plus, she couldn’t help but let out an “ah” when she realized this might be a novel world, so she probably seemed like a weirdo. Thinking this, Zhuang Chi hurriedly turned her head, planning to say she was fine and quickly leave this conspicuous spot by the school gate. But the moment she looked up, her mind went blank with a roar, as if blood had rushed violently to her brain, shattering the words she had just organized.
It was hard to describe what a beautiful face the person before her had, to the point where it suddenly felt unreal. It was as if even the Creator had shown favoritism, crafting such a person from the most delicate and soft light.
Zhuang Chi heard small gasps from the surroundings, the content of which was, of course, amazement at such a beauty. She vaguely thought, your voices are way too loud, it really feels like even this part has the air of a novel’s plot device. Under normal circumstances, the reaction should be like hers, stunned into speechlessness.
This person was only wearing very light makeup, her features delicate and pale, making her seem neither intimate nor cold. She was dressed in a simple white dress, yet it inexplicably made everything around her seem to dim in comparison. Her only accessory was a black choker, tied neatly around her slender neck, fastened seamlessly at the nape.
…A choker, that doesn’t seem right. Zhuang Chi thought vaguely. This is…
Her silence seemed to have caused a misunderstanding in the person before her. Zhuang Chi saw her delicate brows furrow slightly. Those translucent eyes, which seemed to hold a faint hint of blue, were now focused on her as she asked softly, “I saw you standing here for a while… Are you not feeling well? Should I take you to the infirmary?”
This is bad, Zhuang Chi thought. This is really bad.
Logically, no one could definitively say who was the most beautiful person in the world. After all, the world is so big, who knows if one might meet someone more to their aesthetic taste.
But at this moment, Zhuang Chi was absolutely certain. To her, there was no one in the world more beautiful than the person before her.
Her heart pounded. With how things had developed, Zhuang Chi didn’t know if what she was feeling was a kind of fated arrangement or a simple misunderstanding driven by the situation. In any case, she took a breath and, under the other’s gaze, spoke with a trembling voice: “…Are you… Gu Ximian?”
Gu Ximian blinked, her watery eyes slowly sweeping over Zhuang Chi’s face. After a moment of silence, she smiled gently, like the softest flower in spring. Her voice was warm, as if tinged only with harmless curiosity, “You know me?”
Of course. Zhuang Chi didn’t say it out loud, only answering silently in her heart. Of course.
I knew you before anyone else in the world, my female protagonist, Gu Ximian.
