Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Study the Most Unpopular Major, Make the Most Money

Thinking that, Chen Miao Miao straightened her back and said: “Qian Qi, before this, you sneaking our stuff was one thing, but showing up in the middle of the night covered in blood to scare me is way too much, right?”

Qian Qi turned and stared at her. Maybe that stare made Chen Miao Miao feel guilty, because her voice went softer as she asked: “W-why are you looking at me like that?”

After blinking for a moment, Qian Qi carefully corrected her: “It’s morning, not the middle of the night.”

“Ah?” Chen Miao Miao froze, then said, speechless: “That’s not the point! The point is you did it on purpose to scare me!”

“I wasn’t trying to scare you,” said Qian Qi as she rolled her neck, “I got hurt. It really hurts. I wanted to talk to you about it. I didn’t think you’d be frightened.”

Only then did the other roommates poke their heads out and see the blood all over Qian Qi’s neck. They jumped and blurted out: “Qian Qi, are you okay? Shouldn’t you go to the hospital?”

They did not like Qian Qi and were a little afraid of her, but a neck wound was a different matter. They did not want another dead body in the dorm.

This was a six person dorm, but there were only five students now. The empty bed had belonged to the girl who, a few months ago, died after a mishap. A Magiplant bit her to death.

Qian Qi also wanted to go to the hospital, but she said: “No money.”

The roommates went quiet. At last a long haired girl with glasses, Liang Yu Ting, stepped forward and said with difficulty: “Um, I can lend you one hundred yuan first.”

Qian Qi hopped off the bunk, grabbed both of Liang Yu Ting’s hands, and said with watery eyes: “Thank you. You’re a good person.”

Liang Yu Ting fell silent. She already regretted it. She was sure this money would never come back.

“You should go to the hospital first,” she said, unable to look at the bloody neck any longer. “Were you bitten by a Magiplant?”

“Yeah. I went to steal a senior’s Magiplant fruit,” said Qian Qi honestly. “I was starving. I passed by and just couldn’t hold back.”

Every roommate stiffened in shock. She really was a maniac. Who dared eat Magiplant fruit? Was she not afraid of dying?

Liang Yu Ting backed away two steps and said, struggling for words: “Anyway, go get checked at the hospital first.”

Her gaze stuck to the bills in Qian Qi’s hand. She was reluctant to part with them. She was not from a rich family. One hundred yuan was her limit.

Catching her look, Qian Qi waved the money and said with a smile: “Relax. I’ll definitely pay you back.”

She had only asked to borrow because she found she did not have even a single coin. She would pay it back for sure.

Liang Yu Ting nodded, though in her heart she still believed the money was gone.

Qian Qi rummaged in the wardrobe and found only an old leather jacket. She frowned hard, not because it was old, but because of the whole look.

A large brown leather jacket with peeling seams, a white sleeveless T-shirt that never came clean, baggy black men’s shorts, and a pair of flip flops worn for who knows how many years. Put together, it looked worse than the old dorm supervisor next door.

With that messy bird’s nest hair, even street thugs might call her boss.

She wiped her face and resigned herself to put on the jacket.

After leaving the dorm, she went to the cafeteria for a full meal. Students in Magiplant Studies did not pay tuition, but they did have to cover living costs. Luckily, this cafeteria had a “poor floor” and a “rich floor.” The first floor was very cheap.

Biting into a bun, Qian Qi thought: [I need to get some money.]

When she first arrived here, her first reaction was to check her account. Reality hit her like a hammer.

She really was broke. Not a single cent.

She had hoped to scrape by with her major, but it turned out her major was that unpopular.

She could handle unpopular. But a path with no money? Never.

“I need to switch majors,” she said as she opened her Light-Brain and searched the colleges at Awakener University.

Awakener University had five colleges: the Beast Taming College, the Commander College, the Skills Department, the Magibeast College, and the Magiplant College.

Commander studies had a high bar. Students had to have some kind of mental skill. Most dungeon raids were team fights, and the commander needed to coordinate teammates and make the right calls.

The Skills Department was for students who had an Awakener skill. It split into the elementalist major, the marksman major, and the support major.

Beast Studies was popular. Students learned about Magibeasts and did research. Graduates could enter the Magibeast Research Institute. The pay was great, and there were even side benefits. For example, selling Magibeast scraps to Awakeners could bring in extra cash.

Magiplant Studies needed no more description. It was ice cold. Only the poor and the crazy came to study Magiplants.

As for Beast Taming studies…

Beast Taming was the hottest and most prestigious major at the university, with an even higher bar than Commander or the Skills Department. Only students with Beast Taming Talent could apply. Not only was tuition free, but room and board were free and high quality. Once you formed a Beast Contract with a Magibeast, your future was limitless.

Of course, making a contract with a Magibeast was not easy. Even if you had Beast Taming Talent and sent a Beast Contract request, you were usually rejected and suffered backlash.

Only by building a good relationship and earning the Magibeast’s approval could you make a master companion contract. Then the tamer could gain derivative skills and fight with the Magibeast. It was everyone’s dream job.

“Ugh, Beast Taming is way too attractive,” muttered Qian Qi as she tapped the Light-Brain and bit into the bun. “Hey, System, what’s the key move to trigger the Beast Taming skill? How about you quietly tell me?”

[??? Dear, sleep less during the day. Daydreaming comes easy.]

Qian Qi went quiet. “So you mean you won’t tell me the key move, or you just don’t have that function?”

[No such function.]

“Ha!” said Qian Qi, finally finding a chance to clap back. “You’re useless.”

[…]

Satisfied that she had shut the System up, Qian Qi wiped her mouth and said: “Beast Taming, Commander, and the Skills Department all have bars that are too high. I only have a farming skill. I can’t get in. Beast Studies looks good, though.”

Beast Studies had no skill requirement. As long as you paid tuition, you could enroll.

“Let me see what I need to transfer,” she said. Even with a farming skill, she did not plan to push into Magiplant Studies. First, she could not beat the Magiplants she grew. Second, there was no money in it. She would probably starve before she made anything of herself.

Her face darkened fast. “Why is transferring this hard?”

Same as in her last life, you had to place in the top three in your major on the first year’s final exams to be allowed to transfer.

She could accept that. But the other condition was too much.

“The transfer fee is thirty thousand yuan. Also, Magibeast College tuition costs a lot per year, housing is 1,000 yuan, and books are 500 yuan.”

In other words, she had to save up a big chunk before she could even transfer?

As the saying went, one coin could trip up a hero.

Suddenly Magiplant Studies did not feel that unpopular.

“Fine,” she said with a firm face. “There is no money that is hard to earn, only people who don’t use their brains.”

“Even if I study the most unpopular major, I will make the most money.”