Ning Rongrong looked at the diary, her eyes filled with the emotion of finding a rare kindred spirit.
"This Dante, he's quite insightful!"
Dante's favorability rating in Ning Rongrong's heart shot straight up.
If Dante knew that Ning Rongrong's favorability toward him was soaring, then his goal would have been achieved.
Rather than criticizing this Little Witch in the diary, it was better to cater to her personality.
This Little Witch is clearly the type who responds to kindness, not coercion.
Furthermore, what he wrote in the diary wasn't wrong; she truly is a Princess.
Moreover, since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is so close to the Heaven Dou Empire, Ning Rongrong clearly knew about the teaching staff situation at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Yet, being scolded by Flender, a mere Spirit Saint, someone who had never suffered a setback, she naturally felt indignant.
[As for Ning Rongrong daring to call Flender a "mere Spirit Saint."]
[I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.]
[Given her perspective, a Spirit Saint truly isn't a significant figure in her eyes.]
[Her only problem, if you could call it that, is that she is too naive and doesn't take her own safety seriously enough.]
[She thought she had snuck out and that no one knew.]
[But she didn't consider: what kind of person is Ning Fengzhi? How much do Sword and Bone Douluo dote on her?]
[If she hadn't been discovered long ago, if she hadn't been secretly protected by experts all along.]
[How could a young girl, carrying so much money, possibly travel all the way to Suotuo City safely?]
[How could she dare to point at a Spirit Saint's nose and scold him, yet the other party wouldn't truly dare to do anything to her?]
[Flender, that old fox, is shrewd!]
[The reason he dared to accept Ning Rongrong is that Ning Fengzhi had already contacted him secretly.]
[Otherwise, even if he had ten times the guts, he wouldn't dare to physically punish the Little Princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!]
[In the original work, Ning Fengzhi wrote a letter to Flender, saying that Ning Rongrong's personality was too lively and she didn't know the dangers of the outside world, so he needed Flender's help to temper her.]
[Who told Ning Rongrong to leave the Sect without saying a word? What if she truly encountered danger?]
[In fact, it's just that Ning Rongrong has a good personality, knows how to think, understands the bigger picture, and later managed to change her temper.]
[Otherwise, if she were determined to return to the Sect and complain, given Ning Fengzhi's and the two Titled Douluo's love for Ning Rongrong, Flender would likely not have escaped a beating.]
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong was completely stunned.
"So... Dad knew all along?"
"So what I thought was 'running away from home' was actually always within Dad's sight?"
She instantly felt that her future self was so naive and childish.
But seeing Dante mention that her father had actually taken the initiative to ask Flender to temper her personality, she pouted unhappily.
Did she look that disobedient?
Although she was usually lively and fearless in the Sect, wasn't she just trying to amuse Dad and her two Grandfathers?
Seriously!
Ning Rongrong decided to mentally make a note against her three relatives; they absolutely had to compensate her properly!
"Hmph! Since Dante said so."
"Then this Shrek Academy, this Young Miss absolutely won't go!"
"Whoever wants to go, go!"
However... Ning Rongrong looked at the name "Dante" on the diary, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Since this Dante understands me so well."
"Shouldn't this Young Miss give him a chance to praise me face-to-face?"
"Nuoding City doesn't seem that far, does it?"
At this moment, Ning Rongrong developed the same idea as Dugu Yan.
She definitely wouldn't go to that Shrek Academy, so the only remaining choice was Heaven Dou Royal Academy... [After discussing Shrek's enrollment traps, it's time to talk about its "glorious history."]
[Flender, that Old Bird, loves to boast about one thing:]
["Although our Shrek Academy is poor, we produce talent! One graduate from here is already an Elder in the Spirit Hall!"]
[A Spirit Hall Elder! What a noble status! At the very least, they must be a Titled Douluo, right?]
[If this were true, Shrek Academy would truly be incredibly awesome.]
[But the question is... is this true?]
Bibi Dong:???
When did their Elder Palace gain a Titled Douluo who graduated from Shrek Academy?
How could she, the Supreme Pontiff, not know about this?
This Flender really boasts without thinking!
"Trying to pull a scam on my Spirit Hall?"
"Does he really think I, the Supreme Pontiff, am just a decoration?"
Heaven Dou Empire, Crown Princes Mansion.
Qian Renxue was also speechless.
As the Young Lord of the Spirit Hall, she was familiar with every Elder in the Elder Palace.
"I have never heard of anyone graduating from Shrek."
"It seems this academy not only swindles money but also swindles reputation."
Qian Renxue shook her head.
If she previously just looked down on Shrek Academy, now it was pure contempt.
What kind of good students could an academy built on lies possibly produce?
...The diary entry continued, with Dante's complaints in full swing.
[Besides boasting, Shrek's graduation rate is also a huge issue.]
[Flender himself said that Shrek, having been established for twenty years, had enrolled a total of sixty-two students.]
[But only fourteen people ultimately managed to graduate!]
[What the hell does that mean?]
[An elimination rate of nearly eighty percent!]
[Moreover, there is a terrifying detail here if you think about it closely.]
[Where did those forty-eight non-graduates go?]
[Were they expelled? Or... did they die?]
[You must know that when Tang San and the others enrolled, the entire academy, aside from a few teachers, only had Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun left as veteran students.]
[There were no students from other grades at all!]
[Logically speaking, enrolling sixty-two over twenty years means an average of three per year, right?]
[Then where are the students from the previous cohorts?]
[Enrolling at age twelve, tracing back the timeline, those who enrolled in the first eight years would be exactly twenty years old at graduation, but where are they?]
[In eight years, there should be at least twenty non-graduates, right?]
[If they simply dropped out, then fine.]
[But considering Shrek's "outrageous" teaching method: throwing students into the The Great Spirit Arena to fight desperately, even challenging opponents far above their level.]
[I have reason to suspect that most of those missing students have likely either become Spirit Beast dung, or died on the The Great Spirit Arena stage!]
Hiss—!
Seeing this, many female characters who were secretly observing felt a chill run down their spines.
Ning Rongrong's face went white with fear.
"Dead?"
"Those who didn't graduate... are they all dead?"
If it were a legitimate high-level Soul Master Academy, even if students couldn't graduate, they would at most receive a completion certificate and leave or transfer schools.
There would absolutely never be a situation where they "vanished without a trace, dead or alive"!
"How is this an academy..."