[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school":3,"chapter-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-51":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1070732,1384,"Chapter 52 - A Temporary Guide","is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>\"Thanks…\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough with the thanks already. Chin up,\" I cut her off, starting to get why people found constant thank-yous annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah… sorry, I just don’t know how else to…\" Quan Xiuzhu trailed off, looking lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about this—as a thank-you, give me your contact info?\" I flashed a smile, leaning in. \"More friends, more options. Wanna be friends?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks… you really see me as a friend?\" she asked, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What, thanking me for that too? Don’t tell me you’ve got no friends,\" I said, helping her up to leave. She looked pitiful, like she’d been through hell—which, in a way, she had, getting bullied by that senior right after arriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t. Just classmates, not real friends…\" she mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sound like you’ve given up on life. You just turned into a girl, not lost your spine. Look, since you’re friendless, I’ll let you in on a secret: being a girl is like, ten times more fun than being a guy,\" I said with a mischievous grin, sidling closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t exactly tested that theory myself, but a little white lie never hurt. Just some harmless teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she ever came back saying, “You lied! It’s a hundred times better!” I’d know she’d tried \"it\" out. Then I could flip it on her—ask if she’d been sneaking around doing naughty stuff. Checkmate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quan Xiuzhu’s face turned beet red, totally flustered. \"I… you… I’m not gonna...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just throwing it out there. Unless… you’re curious?\" I teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! Never!\" she protested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t push further. Her flustered denial had a hint of sass—cute, almost tsundere*. Could I nudge her into leaning into that? Tsundere might be old-school, but trends cycle back. Maybe it’d be hot again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, back to adding you as a friend. Where’s your phone?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um…\" Quan Xiuzhu fished a phone from her pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was shocked it was still intact, but then I noticed. \"Not that one. The academy-issued phone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Academy-issued?\" she asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t get one?\" I was just as puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was there one? I only know about…\" Her voice faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget the sad stuff. If you didn’t get it, let’s go see if we can grab one now,\" I said, cutting her off. I was annoyed at the senior who’d dragged her here and ditched her after registration. So irresponsible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay…\" she agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I led Quan Xiuzhu out of the alley, taking the other exit. I wasn’t great with directions around here, but I had a rough idea where the registration office was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way that senior dragged her all the way out here just for some witchification stunt, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, it’s getting late. You hungry?\" I asked, turning to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m… fine,\" Quan Xiuzhu mumbled, fiddling with her phone as I led her out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the mention of food seemed to flip a switch. Her stomach growled, loud enough for me to catch, even if she played it tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t act all strong. If you’re hungry…\" I glanced around. This street wasn’t like the one I’d come from—hardly any food joints in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever, I’ve got some snacks left. Have these for now.\" I handed her the bag of treats I’d been carrying. Those seniors had stuffed me with them earlier while chatting. I’d only eaten one, planning to save the rest for a dorm-room midnight snack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re a bit cold. That cool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No… thanks,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seriously, stop with the thanks,\" I groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I passed her the snacks, keeping the one I’d started. She looked like she hadn’t eaten in days. Was it really that bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we reached the registration spot, I saw the seniors were still there. Guess they were on duty all day, waiting for who-knows-what senior to drag in another new kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quan Xiuzhu, you sure you registered here?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" she nodded firmly, clearly remembering being forced to show up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you didn’t get a phone? So, after registering, that senior just… ditched you? Nothing else happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing,\" she confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s so irresponsible!\" I said, acting indignant for her. Since she was registered, I led her to grab her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Senior! I’m here to pick up a phone for my friend. The senior who brought her just bailed after dropping her off. Sorry about the hassle,\" I said, laying on the charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, take one. Just don’t grab extras,\" the senior said, waving us off. She didn’t care much, but phones weren’t exactly unlimited either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks, Senior!\" I said with a sweet smile before adding, \"Oh, we’re both freshmen. Where can we charge these phones?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge? Get your dorm key. The dorms should have chargers,\" she replied bluntly, clearly not offering to help. So much for a freebie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying goodbye, we kept going with Quan Xiuzhu’s enrollment process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t give up, though. After asking a few more seniors, one was kind enough to charge her phone a bit—just enough to power it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s your phone. The academy’s system on it is a big deal. You’ll need it for pretty much everything here,\" I said, handing it over. \"I already added myself as a friend. Message me if you need anything. I’ll reply when I see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks,\" Quan Xiuzhu said, taking the phone. She still clung to her old one, not ready to let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s up?\" I asked, noticing Quan Xiuzhu fiddling with her phone, looking anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No signal…\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No signal?\" I glanced up. That massive crack in the sky was still visible, though it looked like it was almost patched up now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our old phones would be dead again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah… I can’t reach my family…\" she said, voice heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s normal. The academy doesn’t let you spill about this place. You get that, right? The outside world can’t find anything about the School of Transcendence. Your old phone’s basically a brick now. Try the new one,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can the new one call outside?\" she asked, a flicker of hope in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, no. But it works fine inside the academy,\" I said, shaking my head, crushing her last bit of hope. Her face fell, like all fight had drained out of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be sad. The School of Transcendence is a solid place. We’re all gonna deal with transcendence stuff eventually. The academy just sets us on different paths. Maybe give it a shot,\" I offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But… this isn’t how it’s supposed to be!\" Quan Xiuzhu snapped, my words hitting a nerve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, keep it down! You want everyone staring at your meltdown?\" I hissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh… sorry…\" She clamped her mouth shut, reining in her emotions. She was quick to pull herself together, accepting reality faster than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No breakdowns, no dramatics. Impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess for someone just hitting adulthood, death was too heavy a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We slipped away to grab her dorm key. It was getting late, and she couldn’t crash on the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if some senior scooped her up? That’d be a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator's note: In the past three months, I've been very busy. After finishing recruitment, I finally welcomed all the new students last week. Many of them act just like in the books: cautious or even timid, slow but polite. I get along well with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, about \"Tsundere(ツンデレ)\": A Japanese term for a character who starts with a harsh personality but gradually shows a warmer, friendlier side over time.\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-03T10:21:36.430Z","2026-06-03T10:21:31.928Z",1,"novelbin.me","78757f5818e6809436914c40459a449e1174357ef384979f980344c6877d3716","is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-52","is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-50",710,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fis-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-cover.jpg"]