Chapter 70 : Joining the Bakery Club

“Speaking of the manager’s treasury, there are so many great things in there! You don’t know, it’s got everything from Magic Power Sources to all kinds of spells, and I heard there’s even Supernatural Knowledge in there.”

Senior Tang Yihan came to my side and said, lowering her voice significantly when mentioning Supernatural Knowledge.

“Supernatural Knowledge?”

Hearing this, I immediately thought of that moment with Sister Bai, so I followed up with a question to see if the Supernatural Knowledge Senior mentioned was what I thought.

“Ahem Well… I can’t say more. In short, this Supernatural Knowledge isn’t that Supernatural Knowledge. Don’t tell the manager I mentioned this to you. That’s her prized possession, a symbol of her foundation.”

“So it’s something very valuable, something you can only look at but not take?”

I asked tentatively.

Seeing how cautious Senior was, it was probably the Supernatural Knowledge I was thinking of.

I hadn’t expected the manager to have the strength to guard such a thing.

Sister Bai hadn’t even dared let me reveal a hint of it, even shielding that information from the data.

“Right, something like that. But the manager has plenty of other stuff! Also, Xiao Han, don’t ever say I told you about this!”

Senior blurted out, but quickly realized her mistake and explained further, lowering her voice as she spoke.

“Got it!”

I nodded quickly.

Though I couldn’t take the so-called Supernatural Knowledge, I was very interested in Magic Power Sources and spells.

A Magic Power Source would increase my mana cap and advance my Witchification progress, while spells were like skills.

Even just these two things were enough to make me join the club.

As for finding another club, with my talent, I could probably find one, and they’d likely welcome me.

But with my current relationship with the seniors, this was more suitable, and they’d take extra care of me because of it.

“Good to know. Phew Xiao Han, are you willing to join our Bakery Club?”

Senior Tang Yihan let out a sigh of relief, then looked at me seriously and asked.

“Of course I’m willing!”

Seeing her expectant gaze, I naturally agreed.

“You agreed? Haha! Xiao Han, you made the best choice!”

The senior was thrilled at my official response, and in her excitement, she turned to run back.

“Huh? Senior, where are you going?”

I hurriedly asked.

She couldn’t be running off right after I agreed, could she?

“To get you the club application form, of course. It needs to be submitted for registration, just a formality. Wait here”

After saying that, Senior Tang Yihan happily ran off.

When she returned, she held a simple form.

“This is it. Just fill it out. You can skip anything you don’t know. Here’s a pen.”

She handed me the form and pen, urging me to fill it out quickly.

As I filled it out, I glanced at the seniors.

They seemed determined to watch me finish.

Finally, when I was done, they let out a sigh of relief.

“Um, Seniors, did you just sigh in relief?”

I asked, puzzled.

“Huh? Did we? No, you misheard.”

Senior Tang Yihan quickly collected the form, checked my entries to confirm they were correct, and tucked it away.

“No, you didn’t mishear. The Bakery Club currently only has… uh… um!”

Senior Ying Shiqian leaned in to explain but was suddenly silenced by Tang Yihan covering her mouth.

“Only… what?”

I asked curiously.

“Uh… um! Yihan, Xiao Han’s already part of the Bakery Club. How bad is it to keep this from her? What’s so embarrassing about having just three people? It’s called quality over quantity! An elite group!”

Senior Ying Shiqian, for once, resisted Tang Yihan, pulling her hand away to speak.

“Huh? Just… three people?”

I widened my eyes.

A club with only three people how did it survive?

“Correction, now it’s four.”

Ying Shiqian said, stirring the pot.

“Sorry, Xiao Han, about this…”

Tang Yihan began.

“It’s fine. Like Senior Ying Shiqian said, what’s wrong with a small group? We’ll just take the elite route.”

I quickly comforted her, showing my stance.

Otherwise, I felt Senior Tang Yihan might start feeling inferior.

I didn’t care much about the numbers.

More people meant more things to worry about, and with fewer people, no one would compete with me for the manager’s treasury!

“Xiao Han, you really don’t mind?”

Senior Tang Yihan hadn’t expected comforting words from me and quickly asked.

“Of course not. With fewer people, no one will fight me for the manager’s treasury.”

I said half-jokingly.

“You’re right. When the manager gets back, I’ll tell her and make her bleed this time!”

“Exactly! Yihan, I’m not saying you lack foresight, but how could you give Xiao Han Cleaning Spell as her first spell? So low-end! You should’ve at least snagged an offensive spell!”

Ying Shiqian chimed in.

“What’s wrong with Cleaning Spell? Functional spells aren’t cheaper than typical offensive spells. Xiao Han was just a temp back then, and I managed to convince the manager to give her a spellbook. That was already the limit.”

“Alright, alright Seniors, stop it. I love any spell. I’m not picky!”

I quickly stepped in to mediate, or it might turn into a full-blown argument.

Though the seniors bickering wasn’t new, I’d feel bad if it was because of me.

After calming them down, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Um, I’m curious. What’s the manager usually busy with? I don’t see her at the bakery much. Is she not coming today either?”

“I don’t know. The manager never tells us what she’s up to,” Tang Yihan said.

“Yeah,” Ying Shiqian agreed.

“But I chat with her sometimes. I heard she’s been busy with something important recently.”

“Something important? What’s that?”

I asked curiously.

“Hm… seems related to Tan Han. You know, Tan Han was kidnapped to Witch Academy, and the manager played a big part in that.”

“True…”

I nodded in acknowledgment.

This year’s perfect-scoring top student didn’t even go to the Three Great Top-tier Academies and ended up at the poorly reputed Witch Academy.

That girl must’ve cried herself silly, right?

The manager contributed a lot to that.

She was probably busy consoling her now?

Otherwise, I couldn’t imagine what else the manager could be doing.

Speaking of which, it had been days since Tan Han was brought to Witch Academy, right?

Not a peep about it.

Something like that should’ve been widely publicized, shouldn’t it?

A perfect-scoring top student was a huge deal.

Even if the academy’s methods weren’t exactly upright, they must’ve considered this.

Kidnapping was an old tradition at Witch Academy, so they wouldn’t stay silent about it, right?

Based on my understanding of witches, shouldn’t they take pride in it?