Chapter 1473: Autumn Mountain, Louise the Zero, and Unease

Inside a magic academy.

Louise's face showed a look of confusion. "What's going on? Is this some kind of special magic? An illusion spell?"

She bit her lower lip, thought for a moment, then closed her eyes again and scrolled through the guild chat interface in her mind.

After studying it for a long while, Louise opened her eyes again and paced back and forth several times in the room, her expression shifting constantly.

"It can't be someone's prank! And who would even bother pranking me, Louise the Zero...?"

Louise gave a self-deprecating smile, but it quickly faded.

Though her personality was prideful and indirect, Louise knew exactly what her current situation was.

When alone, she was not foolish enough to deny it to herself.

"Then let me find out! What exactly is going on?"

After taking a deep breath, Louise closed her eyes and entered the guild chat room.

But she didn't speak right away—she simply watched the chat logs in silence.

Symbol of Peace: "Another new member joined? Welcome, new member."

Xiao Zhi: "...... Just yesterday, Akiyama Mio joined. Now another Louise the Zero? Are new members joining frequently lately?"

White Hu Zi Dad: "Gurururura! Isn't that a good thing? Not to mention, at least we get new memory copies to watch! Also, welcome to the family, new member."

Sakata Ginji: "...... That statement gave you away. You clearly only welcome new members for the memory copies."

White Hu Zi Dad: "No... I truly welcome new members sincerely! The memory copies are just a bonus! By the way, Akiyama Mio—I'm saying the same thing to you too! Late greeting, Gurururura!"

Akiyama Mio: "Sigh... Even I can receive your blessing? Thank you so much!"

Akiyama Mio paused, then a faint smile curled at her lips.

Akiyama Mio placed her hand on her chest; even now, her emotions remained chaotic and unsettled.

By this point, Akiyama Mio had not slept for a full day and night, yet even during class, she felt not the slightest fatigue—she was simply too excited and anxious.

The scenes from last night's conversations with several guild members were vivid in her mind.

Akiyama Mio now clearly understood what this guild was.

It was a super guild existing across infinite dimensional worlds! Inside the guild, there were legendary demons, gods, and true ancestors of vampires! It was exactly like those... fantasy light novels! Toki Kurasan: "Ara ara, I'm wondering—are the two new members using their real names?"

Akiyama Mio: "I'm using my real name!"

Akiyama Mio: "When I joined last night, I wasn't... but after chatting with them, I thought better of it and switched to my real name."

Toki Kurasan: "...... I see."

Hoshimiya Kaguya: "Su Xiao Xiao."

By the way, person—do you now know the identities of these two new members?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "...... Roughly know! What's up?"

Hoshimiya Kaguya: "...... It's just... that...! Playing games all the time is boring.

You need to watch some anime for balance! But all the anime in the guild has already been watched, so... hehehe! You get it."

Su Xiao Xiao: "......"

Ti Qie Hui Li: "President, Akiyama Mio is using her real name! So I'm not surprised you know her info—but Louise the Zero... do you know her situation?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "Roughly. Louise is her name, Zero... is her codename. It's because no matter what spell she casts, it always fails—her spell success rate is 0... hence, Louise the Zero."

Mengqi Lage: "......"

Wudao Dong Xiang: "......"

Wei Bo: "...... This is an extremely sad story."

As a fellow underdog from the same cohort, Wei Bo could roughly empathize with Louise's feelings.

He even knew Louise's situation was worse than his own.

At least Wei Bo himself was merely untalented and lacked family lineage... he wasn't incapable of casting magic.

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "This development... it feels familiar. Is this the classic 'first suppress, then rise' trope? First show off a useless loser, get mocked, then make a stunning comeback and become invincible?"

Tony Is Not the Richest: "...... Black Cat, you're really knowledgeable?"

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "Standard routine! Totally normal move.

I've read light novels like this before!"

Su Xiao Xiao: "...... Probably so! The reason Louise fails every spell is because she has an extremely rare Void attribute—meaning her magic affinity is incompatible.

So... every time, the spell simply won't manifest."

................ Louise the Zero: "......"

Louise the Zero: "Wait! You say I have an extremely rare Void attribute? Where did you get that information...?"

After Su Han uttered her magic attribute, Louise's expression shifted several times, and finally she could no longer remain calm.

Inability to use magic was her deepest pain—but now it seemed... the reason for her failure had been found. She wasn't without talent in magic... her talent was simply unique? Su Xiao Xiao: "Finally decided to surface."

Miss Xia Shizi: "...... Eeek! What's with that tone? Does the president already guess the new member's been lurking, and deliberately dropped a tempting topic to lure her out?"

Louise the Zero: "......"

Louise's excitement and smile gradually faded, replaced by a blank expression.

All that was fake...? Was it really just to drag her out that they brought up such an appealing topic? If so... then the president's personality is truly sinister.

Su Xiao Xiao: "You're wrong about that... I'm telling the truth."

Louise the Zero: "......"