The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 258: Feng Wu’s Identity is Revealed

The boys were stunned. She had such a powerful background. Why did she never talk about it earlier? Even if you wanted to keep a low profile, you didnt have to pretend to be a commoner.

The academy emphasized talent, but that didnt mean family prestige was unimportant. Outstanding talent from noble houses wouldnt normally associate with commoners, unless of course that commoner was truly talented and had limitless potential. In which case the aristocratic young men and ladies may just deign to converse with them.

If the events hadnt happened they way they did, no one would have known their class had such a powerhouse in their midst.

Had she not confessed, no one would have thought of it in a million years. There were reasons no one suspected Feng Wu was nobility. First her attitude wasnt as proud as the other aristocrats. She greeted everyone the same way with her paralyzed face. Second, she never showed contempt or treated commoners[notes] differently. It wasnt because there werent any commoners in class; a third of the class were commoners.

The majority of students who enrolled every year were from the aristocracy. It wasnt because the academy gave preference to them, it was because the odds were higher a child with talent would be born from a noble house. Nobility had more resources and could consume things like magical meat and energy rich fruits during pregnancy. This was very good for the growing fetus, so naturally any baby born would have better odds of being talented.

Commoners had no such resource and could only fight with their abilities and luck.

Nobles had a natural superiority over commoners. Yet here was this girl from an incredible house hiding amongst a group of commoners.

This was too incredible for the other nobles. It was already a stretch for one noble to pretend to b another noble. What noble would sink down to pretend to be a commoner?

No one in the aristocracy had over done this before, so no one suspected her origins.

Thats why everyones chin nearly dropped in shock when they found out. Feng Wus identity and her relationship to Yanran spread like wildfire through the school. Many students, Jasmine for example, were skeptical when they heard the gossip. Jasmine doubted the story more than anyone else.

She found it hard to believe that the commoner shed looked down on was the daughter of Feng house. Moreover, she was the legitimate daughter of the main wife. Jasmine felt like the world was an illusion.

Jasmine wasnt the only one surprised. Annika[notes] nearly squirted out the drink she had in her mouth when she heard the news.

What are you talking about? Feng Wu is a daughter of Feng house? Which Feng? Annika wiped her mouth and eagerly asked Xi, who was sitting next to her.

How could Xi remain silent after hearing about Feng Wus identity? Before Feng Wus background was revealed, Jasmine would try to make trouble for Feng Wu. All those scandals? As if Xi couldnt figure out where they came from.

The scandals spread crazily and always started in the first year Magic division. Other than Jasmine, Xi couldnt think of anyone else with motive.

Xi wanted to avenge Feng Wu so she had purposefully camped out at the dorm after school just to see Jasmines face when Jasmine found out.

Jasmine did not let her down. The look on her face was hilarious.

Which Feng house? The one from the ancient eastern countries of course. Do you know of any other Feng houses? Xi answered in a good mood.

Jasmine, sitting across from them, kept changing expressions. She could not believe her ears.

How is that even possible? If Feng Wu had such an identity, then she should have said so a long time ago. Why deliberately conceal it? Jasmine judged other people based on her own actions. If she was a daughter of Feng house, she would never hide it. She would have shared it with everyone and waited for them to flatter her. She would never have hidden her identity and pretended to be a commoner.

Thinking it over relieved her mind. She hoped Feng Wus identity wouldnt change. It was no secret they didn't get along because of Feng Wu's status. If Feng Wu wasnt a commoner, then she had offended someone from a powerful family. It wasnt a mistake she could afford to make.

Xi gave Jasmine a hard stare. You think everyone is like you. Putting on airs everyday because of status. Xiao Wu is a genuinely powerful young lady; she wouldnt be like you!

What do you mean by that?! Jasmine slapped the table; her face filled with anger. Her and Xis family backgrounds had been the best of the four roommates. Annika was a little below theirs. Feng Wu, as a commoner, was beneath her notice. Considering what happened last time,[notes] if it werent for Feng Wus relationship with Jier, she wouldnt have even talked to Feng Wu.

But now Xi was telling her the person she looked down on was actually of such high noble birth that her own family was nothing in comparison. She couldnt accept such a tremendous gap between them so fast. Even if she knew Xi had no reason to joke about something like this, she still tried to find reasons to discredit the story. She refused to believe. She had always looked down on Feng Wus behavior as that of an uncouth clown. She couldn't have been blind.

Jasmine was angry at Xi because she knew her roommate was speaking the truth.

Didnt you always look down on Xiao Wu because she was a commoner? Now all of a sudden shes got higher status than you. Can you even stand in her presence? Xi watched Jasmine. It wasnt a big deal for a minor aristocratic like Jasmine to put on airs and act the way she did, but the issue was, she did it all the time. She constantly crowed about her status in front ofthe common people.

Xi hated people like Jasmine.

Enough! You two, stop arguing. Annika spoke out loudly. It wasnt a yell, but coming from her, it may as well be. She was normally soft-spoken. Both Xi and Jasmine were surprised into submission.

By the time Feng Wu came back, the quarrel was over. Xi stopped sneering at Jasmine and Jasmine didnt try to suck up to Feng Wu because of her revealed status. Instead Jasmine subconsciously avoided Feng Wu.