Whilst the seeds of Bob's plans were as usual coming along swimmingly… upstream, Sally too had leveled up as she commenced her post-high school life.
Similar to how a Queen might go undercover among the people in order to investigate the true condition of her kingdom, Sally was now posing as a typical uni student in order to ascertain the current condition of the masses.
As for creating her undercover identity, it wasn't too difficult as she had won heaps of Academie Awards and Oskars for best actress, so she just put on a pair of black framed glasses, and -
Voila!
All of a sudden she was no longer Sally, but now 'Allie', short for Allie Son, an International exchange student from… you guessed it, Iceland.
Whilst the black framed glasses looked ordinary, they were in fact actually a Magic Treasure!!! Their main special attribute was that the glass lenses selectively filtered out Sally's Anti-Rizz properties shielding those around her from experiencing the staggering magnitude of her Anti Rizz Index and true genetic potential, and accordingly, giving her a chance to experience what it like when people actually treated you normally!!!
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"Happy 18th birthday dear. Your Auntie Bing Qi Ling has something for you to celebrate this important milestone, Come down to receive this Magic treasure!"
Sally, who had been standing on a shining, angelic pedestal placed there by the author to enhance the profound imagery and symbolism of the book, thereby giving it the illusion of the perception of actual depth, came down from it and kowtowed in front of her Elegant Teacher, the person she had come to refer to as 'Auntie Bing', to humbly receive the treasure in her two hands - a pair of seemingly ordinary black glasses.
Magic treasure? Really?!…
"Do not be fooled by external appearance, my dear. The Anti-Rizz Realm had to go to great pains to obtain this treasure." She glanced at the walls of the Winter Palace which were decorated with various memorabilia, and one could see that over where she glanced, encased in clear ice, a swirling red and blue caped suit was proudly displayed, with a bold ''S' emblazoned on the chest area.
Weird. Sally frowned as she noted that it looked like the underpants of the costume were put on the outside for some reason, but that is a story for a later chapter…
"Supper-man was a peak Rizzmaster way back before the dawn of the 93rd Cataclysm (this one is for you, blyatxblyat 😂😂😂) also known by his Undercover Name: Clarke Kent-Cooke, or Clarke Kent for short.
Clarke's dream was to be a chef and create the world's most amazing suppers, but born as trash, it was impossible because his Family line was cursed, and so he was born with no cooking skill whatever… until one day Fate bestowed him these glasses, made of a special material that changes your entire being, your entire identity once you put them on."
Sally's eyes widened in comprehension. "You mean, once I just put on these cheap glass- ahem, 'magic treasure', no one will be able to recognize me as Sally?"
Empress looked with a doting aunty's expression giving her favourite niece some extra dim sum on her plate to make sure she is eating and growing properly.
"Yes, that is the usual canon."
Clarke Kent-Cooke once used these glasses to overcome his bad cooking skill, making a name for himself as 'Supperman, and finally removing the curse on his family, thus becoming known as Clarke Kent, a peak Rizzmaster.
After he retired, This cheeky and bold guy gave them as a sweet gift to the Ice Queen at the time, Lois Leyna, who then bequeathed this treasure to the Anti-Rizz dynasty for safekeeping.
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The Empress - and on the surface, Chinese tutor - Bing Qi Ling had instructed her to use the undercover student opportunity to see if she could further the aims of the Anti-Rizz faction, as well as give her a chance to experience a little bit of a break from the demands of being an Ice Queen, but Sally herself of course had an additional aim:
That's right! Reader you are so smart! Did I also mention that you are very good looking?
Indeed, it was namely to see what this… 'Rizz' that Empress always referred to, and that her girlfriends had tried to explain so… gushingly to her, was all about, as well as to see if there might be a special someone one there who might have the genetic quality or genetic potential to give her this mythical experience of being swept off her feet.
"It's… like Butterflies in the stomach, This… feeling of 😳unbelievable chemistry you know?!"
"It's like a ray of sunlight piercing through the clouds on a cold and grey winter's day, you can barely believe that it's true…"
"you find yourself laughing, brought to life out of a frozen animation… you feel like, you're flying, like you're Alive girl!!! Part of you doesn't believe that it's true, like searching or grasping at a rainbow's end, but even so, despite the countless disappointments, it fills you with the feeling of hope."
Sally, or as she was now known as, 'Allie', was seated by the fireside of the campsite, listening to the other members of the Queen's Club - a University Group for girls-only that were aiming to become more Queenly - chat excitedly about the feeling of being 'rizzed' whilst toasting their marshmallows and drinking hot cocoa around the fire.
Honestly, receiving this magic treasure and coming on this camp has been an unbelievable experience for Sally.
No longer forced to exhibit the persona instilled from birth by her family's insane genetic status and potential, she actually found herself enjoying genuine interactions with other girls her age for the very first time.
It felt amazing!!!
"Hey, what's your name? I'm Jennie, or just Jen for short if you like. This is Winona, nice to meet you…"
Since they were no longer affected by her domineering Anti-Rizz Index, 'Allie' found herself smiling and eventually even laughed along with the rest of the girls at the camp that were aspiring to be more queenly.
It was a precious time. In most instances, once working life begins, normal people will become too busy or have their adult issues to deal with like family and paying bills, whilst in school, children are just developing their sense of self and following their parents' and teacher's wishes without actually thinking and experiencing life for themselves.
A ways from the campfire and the tents, an elegant, cool ninjaesque lady clad in black tactical combat gear was also camped.
Empress Bing Qi Ling had sent Rowena from ARSES to check on the undercover situation and to make sure Sally was protected. She had watched Sally grow up since she was a young girl, and had noticed that Sally had rarely shown any real emotion; that behind the mask, the veneer of Ice Queen, in the end, Sally was simply a young girl, blessed, or cursed, with bearing the huge responsibility of being too OP.
Rowena shook her head as she saw Sally come out of her shell, laughing happily with the other girls.
It is good to be young! She thought to herself.
As she warmed her hands by her own fire, she could see for the first time, Sally's true smile.