Chapter 95: Precursor to Upgrade
After adding all the talent experience to 【Soul Projection】, Jia Na's expression couldn't help but show a hint of anticipation.
After several weeks of effort, Jia Na's 【Soul Projection】 talent's upgrade progress had reached 96%, and at the same time, her mental power had reached 18.9.
It would only take about another week for the 【Soul Projection】 talent to prioritize over her Wizard level and be the first to advance to A
-level.
And apprentices with A-level Wizard Talent, broadly speaking, fall into the category of what the general public recognizes as 'top-tier geniuses'. Of course, there are also some Wizards with lower talent but not low achievements, but the proportion is not high.
Gathering her long hair behind her and putting on her wizard robe hood, Jia Na walked through the inner hall and headed towards the back door.
'Jia Na, you're too much!'
As soon as the door opened, 'fuming' Vivian-Rose pouted and quickly walked up to Jia Na.
'You actually hid it from me for so long!'
Although she was speaking angrily, Vivian-Rose didn't forget to pick out the most expensive and grandest bouquet from the flower shop next to the theater and 'fiercely' stuffed it into Jia Na's arms.
'Here, this is for you. Although your hiding it made me very angry, congratulations anyway. You did perform quite well.'
Looking at Vivian-Rose's cheeks puffed up like a pufferfish, Jia Na smiled, holding the flowers with her left hand, and didn't forget to pull Vivian-Rose over with her right hand, giving her a comforting hug.
'I didn't intend to hide it from you before, I just didn't think it was important and wasn't worth mentioning. But it's true that I was wrong today, and it's true that I deliberately didn't tell you when I gave you the tickets. It was just to scare you a little. How was it? Were you scared?'
'How could I be scared so easily? You underestimate me too much—but you did shock me quite a bit! Tell me quickly, when did you join the Nightingale Opera Troupe? How come I didn't know you could perform opera? Also, what's Anna herself like? Were you ostracized by the older actors inside?'
Rarely seeing Jia Na so 'submissive', Vivian-Rose, who wasn't really angry to begin with, couldn't keep up the act anymore. Instead, she hooked her arm around Jia Na's, and while maintaining her lady-like image, she suppressed her excitement and whispered gossip about various things into Jia Na's ear.
'Jia Na, why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you for ages—'
Seeing that Jia Na hadn't come, Liji-Xiaosi, who had been waiting outside, walked quickly towards Jia Na while speaking in a loud voice.
'Hmm? The flowers in your hand—'
'Liji, let me introduce you. This is my friend Vivian-Rose, who came specifically to support me this time. Vivian-Rose, this is my friend Liji from the troupe, she's also an apprentice at White Coral Academy, and she usually takes good care of me.'
'Oh, takes good care of you, does she—'
Hearing Jia Na's introduction, Vivian-Rose quickly put away her gossipy demeanor and resumed the noble air of the Rose Family's young lady, introducing herself to Liji-Xiaosi with a half-smile.
'Thank you for taking care of Jia Na. I'm her best friend, Vivian-Rose. It's a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for taking care of Jia Na usually.'
Vivian-Rose?
Hearing the surname Vivian-Rose mentioned in her self-introduction, and the other person's arrogant yet forced friendly smile, Liji-Xiaosi couldn't help but curl her lip inwardly, but her expression was very enthusiastic.
'My name is Liji-Xiaosi. I haven't heard Jia Na mention you much usually—taking care of her is also what I should do. After all, Jia Na was personally brought into the opera industry by me, so I also have the responsibility to take care of her.'
Was I brought into the opera industry by you? How come I didn't know?
Hearing Liji-Xiaosi's cheerful greeting to Vivian-Rose, Jia Na thought she was hallucinating.
'Who gave you these flowers? They're really beautiful. It's just a pity they're a bit too big, it would be better if they were a bit smaller. After all, you've worked hard all day, let me help you hold something so heavy.'
'You really do take good care of Jia Na.'
Seeing Liji-Xiaosi's concerned look, as if she was afraid Jia Na would get tired, the smile on Vivian-Rose's face couldn't help but stiffen a little.
'This is all what I should do.'
'Miss Jia Na—'
Before Liji-Xiaosi could finish speaking, a loud voice suddenly came from not far away.
'Congratulations! Richard and I really liked your performance today. These are the flowers Richard and I specially brought for you.'
As Suo Luo-Lie Yan and Richard-Eva approached, a huge bouquet, slightly larger than the one Vivian-Rose had given, but with questionable aesthetic coordination, was handed to Jia Na by Suo Luo-Lie Yan.
'Oh? Someone already gave you flowers? But it doesn't seem as nice as mine. This bouquet of mine was carefully chosen by Richard and me together after a long time.'
'Cough cough, Suoluo chose it himself, I just helped pick out a few wrapping ribbons.'
Hearing that Suoluo was about to smear his aesthetic sense, Richard-Eva quickly distanced himself.
'Hmm—Senior Solo, your taste is really good. Normal people don't have your level of appreciation for such a rich color combination.'
'Haha, I think so too.'
Completely oblivious to Vivian-Rose's sarcastic tone, Suo Luo-Lie Yan still went ahead and stuffed the bouquet, which was half her size, into Jia Na's hands.
Seeing this, although her hands were already full, Jia Na still sincerely expressed her gratitude.
'The troupe is planning to have dinner at Cui Yu's String later. If you don't have anything else to do, let's go eat together...'
'Okay.'
'That's not really appropriate.'
Hearing the completely opposite responses, Vivian-Rose and Liji-Xiaosi's eyes met.
'Haha, I mean, this is an internal troupe dinner. If we bring other people, the director might get angry, right?'
'It's okay, Liji. Just put the cost of treating them to dinner on my tab. I won't take advantage of the director.'
'That's not what I meant... How can I let you treat? Richard and I will pay for whatever we eat—'
'No need, Senior. I was going to ask Jia Na out for dinner today anyway. Since we're treating, I'll definitely pay. It's getting late, Jia Na, let's go.'
After taking the flowers Suoluo had given from Jia Na's arms, Vivian-Rose, whose face was about to freeze from smiling, completely stopped giving others a chance to speak. She directly pulled Jia Na, bypassed Suo Luo-Lie Yan and Richard-Eva, and walked straight towards Cui Yu's String.
'Jia Na, wait for me—'
Seeing Vivian-Rose take the lead and pull Jia Na away, Liji-Xiaosi stomped her foot and quickly chased after them.
'What about us?'
Looking at Jia Na who had already left ahead, and the other two female apprentices whose names he couldn't quite remember, Richard-Eva was momentarily unsure whether to follow or not.
'Let's go!'
Unlike Richard-Eva's hesitation, Suo Luo-Lie Yan, who had been completely ignored, directly pulled Richard-Eva and followed without hesitation.—