At seventeen, Tan Suiyue was admitted to the renowned Rexel Academy on the Capital Star.
For the first time, someone she despised appeared on her list of people in life: a female classmate.
The Nocturne family were close relatives of the royal family. Their current heir, Rong Zhen, had a pretty face but little else. She was an awful bully.
The first time Tan Suiyue met her, Rong Zhen labeled her a country bumpkin and was constantly giving her a hard time.
The academy's program lasted five years. Just as Tan Suiyue thought she would have to put up with this jerk for all five, Rong Zhen was seriously injured in a simulated interstellar exchange battle and took a full year off.
When she returned, Rong Zhen had changed.
She was still closely tied to the royal circle, but she kept doing contradictory things.
One second, she would grab Tan Suiyue and mock her as a little pig ready for slaughter; the next, she'd tell her to get lost.
During practical training, she nearly killed Tan Suiyue, then tenderly cupped her face and tearfully apologized.
Tan Suiyue: ?
One evening, Tan Suiyue found a palm-sized controller at the academy.
She didn't play games, so she only fiddled with it at home.
One day, she brought it to school and accidentally nudged it during a lecture. Rong Zhen, who was giving a speech onstage, suddenly jumped off the podium and broke a bone.
Tan Suiyue: Well, would you look at that?
After testing it several times, Tan Suiyue realized that the controller she'd found could control the person she hated most.
She was going to ruin the reputation of Rong Zhen, the beautiful, awful, utterly unhinged girl.
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After losing the controller, Rong Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
But then even more strange accidents began to happen.
She discovered that whenever Tan Suiyue was around, she would inexplicably find herself following commands.
In an empty tea room at the academy, Rong Zhen cornered her pretty classmate. "Hand it over."
Tan Suiyue fiddled with the joystick, and the person in front of her suddenly lunged at her.
Rong Zhen: "Do you like me?"
Tan Suiyue: "Who likes you? Even if every woman in the world died, I still wouldn't like you!"
Rong Zhen: "Then why are you making me kiss you with that remote?"
Tan Suiyue: "Huh?"
#Noble Academy Life
#On the surface: spoiled royal heiress 1 x ordinary country heiress 0
#Behind the scenes: interface-modified cyborg top x max-combat-mechanic bottom
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Theme: Everything will pass, and everything will come in time