Mu Jiahe manipulated the fireball, "Of course, who's joking with you."
Just as the scorching 'blue sprite' was about to pounce on Xiao Xun, Xiao Xun simply closed his eyes, appearing to resign himself to fate.
But as he felt the searing wave of flame surge towards him, he instinctively raised his hand to shield his face.
However, as the heat gradually dissipated, there was no movement.
Xiao Xun tentatively lowered his hand, looking at the surprised Mu Jiahe, "Your Majesty, I knew you were just scaring me."
Mu Jiahe pointed at Xiao Xun's hands, "Your palms absorbed my magic..."
Xiao Xun looked at his hands. Apart from a thin layer of calluses from years of typing, the rest of his skin was smooth and showed no abnormalities.
"You must be kidding! I can absorb magic? This isn't inner energy, and my name isn't Ren. I don't have the 'Star Absorbing' technique..."
Mu Jiahe walked over directly, grabbed Xiao Xun's hands, and turned them over. "Stop talking nonsense. I released the magic myself, how could I not know? Are you saying I'm seeing things?"
Xiao Xun let Mu Jiahe hold him like that, not daring to argue.
Mu Jiahe looked for a long time but found nothing unusual. She then stood up, took two steps back, and conjured a blue fireball with one hand. "I refuse to believe this. Let's try again."
"Your Majesty, don't tease me. No matter what, I won't participate in the competition. If you really fancy me, just issue a decree and take me into your harem. Don't worry, I won't engage in palace intrigue or vie for favor..."
Before Xiao Xun could finish speaking, a blue fireball the size of a head flew towards him. This time, it was even hotter than the two 'blue sprites' and flew faster.
Xiao Xun didn't even have time to close his eyes. He instinctively raised his hand to shield his face, prepared to be burned by the fireball.
But before he closed his eyes, he saw the fireball disappear into his hands as if it were a clay ox entering the sea, and his hands felt almost no heat.
Just as he was wondering, his hands suddenly emitted white flashing starlight.
Seeing this, Mu Jiahe waved her left hand, the bedroom door opened wide, and she then flew up, carrying Xiao Xun out.
Xiao Xun's hands glowed with intense white light, and a massive humanoid blue fire elemental burst forth from the light.
"What is happening?"
Facing the stunned Xiao Xun, Mu Jiahe didn't know how to explain it to him, as she had never seen such a phenomenon.
The humanoid fire elemental stood in the center of the top floor of the castle, motionless.
Mu Jiahe tried to control it but found that she couldn't control the fire elemental in front of her. This was a great humiliation for the Guangyan family, akin to a mathematician not knowing the multiplication tables or a swimming champion drowning in a pool.
She said to Xiao Xun, who had just stood up, "You try..."
Xiao Xun pointed at the fire elemental, "Sit down..."
The fire elemental remained still. Mu Jiahe hit the back of its head, "This isn't a dog..."
Xiao Xun rubbed the back of his head, "It's okay, it'll disappear in sixty seconds at most."
Mu Jiahe looked at Xiao Xun curiously, "How do you know?"
"It's like in that game..."
Mu Jiahe hit him again before he could finish, "What are you talking about games at a time like this? This is real life, not system code."
Xiao Xun squatted on the ground, "You keep hitting me when you talk."
Sixty seconds passed, but the fire elemental was still standing there. It was impossible to tell which was its front and which was its back.
Xiao Xun stood up and walked over, "This, I summoned it? Am I a summoner?"
From five meters away, he couldn't get any closer due to the intense heat, "But why can't I control it?"
Mu Jiahe drew a circle of light, "Teacher, I apologize for disturbing you so late. Please come to the castle's top-floor hall."
The circle of light vanished, and a dazzling hexagram pattern appeared on the floor. When the light faded, the High Priest, clad in a white robe, appeared where the hexagram had disappeared.
As soon as he emerged, before he could speak to the two, he was attracted by the humanoid fire elemental beside them.
"Is this, Your Majesty, something you summoned?"
Sailor Peiss pointed at Xiao Xun and said to the High Priest, "He summoned it. I'd like to ask Teacher to see why he can't control this fire elemental. Does he need a specific incantation, or is there some other reason?"
The High Priest looked Xiao Xun up and down and asked incredulously, "Tell me in detail, how did you summon it?"
Xiao Xun glanced at Sailor Peiss, "Can I say?"
Sailor Peiss glared at Xiao Xun, "Say whatever my Teacher asks."
Xiao Xun recounted the incident to the High Priest: Sailor Peiss bullying him with a fireball, the fireball being absorbed by his hands, and finally releasing the fire elemental.
Sailor Peiss's face turned red. He thought to himself, "Why is this person so honest? Did you have to tell everything when you were asked to speak?"
The High Priest took Xiao Xun's hands and examined them, then nodded, "I understand. You are not a hidden summoner among magic attributes, but a chaotic mage, whose existence is recorded only once in the ancient codex."
As the Empress of Saint Romani, she naturally knew what the chaotic magic lineage meant, but she dared not believe it because the matter was of great importance and involved an ancient prophecy.
"Teacher, are you sure?"
The High Priest looked at Sailor Peiss with a serious expression, "Your Majesty, how about we conduct an experiment?"
Seeing the High Priest's demeanor, Sailor Peiss also became serious, "What experiment?"
The High Priest pulled Xiao Xun aside, leaving only Sailor Peiss and the humanoid fire elemental in the open space.
"Child, now, focus your thoughts on attacking Your Majesty."
Xiao Xun waved his hand, "How can I do that? I don't dare..."
The High Priest gently patted Xiao Xun's back, "It's alright. Our Empress is the legacy of the Guangyan family; fire elements cannot harm her."
Hearing this, Xiao Xun thought to himself: Go hit her, since she keeps bullying me.
Unexpectedly, the humanoid fire elemental actually moved. It pushed forward with both hands, and a wave of flame surged over.
Sailor Peiss spread her arms, and a flame emblem flashed before her. A shield that looked like stainless steel appeared in front of her, blocking the entire wave of flame.
The High Priest nodded, "That's enough. Tell it to stop!"
Xiao Xun nodded, shouting and thinking, "Stop!"
The fire elemental remained unmoved, continuing to attack Sailor Peiss. Fortunately, the surroundings were built with magic foundations, otherwise, the entire castle would have been reduced to ashes.
Xiao Xun, sweating profusely, said to the High Priest beside him, "It's not listening to me!"
The High Priest calmly said, "Use your heart. You must control it with your heart. Think about how you made it attack Your Majesty just now."
Hearing the High Priest's words, Xiao Xun thought to himself: Hey! You old fogey, weren't you the one who told me to attack? And now it's my initiative? That's not how you shift blame!