Chapter 311 - The Class (1/2)

[You should marry someone from the main family, too. It opens up a bunch of side quests.]

Nik mulled over Ray's words. He had immediately contacted the succubus after he was delivered the luxurious card and unable to understand Ray's thinking, he decided to contact him.

In the end, Ray's decision to marry Ye Hong was due to him hiding his true gender. It was honestly a mystery to Nik as to how the 'experts' of the family couldn't even determine Ray's gender.

Well... to be honest, even Nik was tempted by Ray the first time they met.

'But marriage can give us side quests?'

This was something Nik did not know of.

Still, he had no plans to lose his bachelor's life just yet. And not so suddenly at that. He had to set up an awesome bachelor's party before marrying someone. Suppressing his thoughts of marriage, Nik adjusted his mental state and looked out of his room through the window.

Packed!

Since it was mandatory for the kids from the age of six to fifteen to attend the basic education, most of the mundane classes were already filled. It was a good thing that Nik was a teacher of the apprentice class or he might have gone made by teaching commonsense to a bunch of six-year-old kids.

”Honestly... what was he thinking... Ye Ray sounds so strange... like a rapper.”

Nik mumbled. He couldn't think of Ray rapping... maybe... just maybe...

Nik shook his head. That scene looked too divine to even imagine.

Revising most of the basics one last time, just to impress his former students, Nik looked himself in the mirror and took a deep breath before smiling, ”You got this!”

At 9:30 sharp, Nik got out of his room and walked down the stairs. The upper floor of the teacher's block was a dormitory and aside from Nik, only the teachers that catered to the education of the kids below the age of fifteen stayed. Needless to say, Nik could barely interact with them due to their reservations against his current pursuit of interest— Shen Xiu.

Making a beeline to the section of the apprentice class he is supposed to attend with Shen Xiu, Nik waited outside the door. The kids were still running late. Nik's presence attracted mild attention while Nik could observe Ray from the corner of his eyes whispering into a purple-haired girl's ear while smirking towards him.

”Why are you waiting outside?”

Shen Xiu's voice broke Nik out of his thoughts as he shrugged, ”I was waiting for you.”

Snorting softly, Shen Xiu took the lead. Like usual, a long glove covered her arms and the first knot of her middle fingers just like her boots covered her calves. A plum-colored qipao that separated itself from her thighs covered the better half of her olive-skinned body while a part of her flaming-red hair was pulled up by a long pin that did not match a single component of her attire.

The hubbub was instantly placated as the bunch of fifteen-years-old silently gazed at the two beings that forced the onlookers to set their beauty standards way too high. The females were instantly attracted to Nik and his exposed muscles. He wore a sleeveless tunic with deliberate intentions. Meanwhile, the boys were already a fan of Shen Xiu's beauty.

”Silence!” Shen Xiu smacked her palm on the podium placed above the raised platform that would be Nik's and Shen Xiu's place to stand and instruct the kids.

”Open your textbooks. We will start with the history of...”

Shen Xiu began while Nik's expression froze. Isn't it basic to introduce each other at the beginning of the session? Was he missing something?

Since there was no way to interrupt an already ongoing class and then awkwardly introduce himself, Nik sat on one of the two chairs with a soft sigh. He really wanted to start with the introductions. It may not look like much, but being a teacher was quite different from the things he had been till now— a murderer and a whore.

The job of a teacher was the one filled with responsibilities. And he really wished to take his job seriously. He did not plan to marry his way out of this job like Ray... no, Ye Ray.

”Meng Min was the genius researcher who divided the spirits into Tool Spirits, Beast Spirits and Body Spirits. But it was only in the Dusk Breaking Era that the Spirits were also classified into various systems— Attack, defense, speed, and support.”

Shen Xiu spoke fluently. Nik, on the other hand, observed the blue-haired youth that has been gazing at Ye Ray and the Purple-haired girl beside him for the longest time. Nik knew him, at least, a little about him. Shen Xiu had described her little nephew as a genius. In her words— he is a phoenix whose rise can never be extinguished!

Honestly, Nik only saw a horny teenager in him. But that did not make him any more resenting. Since the blue-haired Shen Yue was extremely close to Shen Xiu, Nik decided to make him the entry that would lead Nik to Shen Xiu's pantie— heart!

As Shen Xiu reached the part that described the major personalities who brought significant changes to the traditions of Glory City, Nik felt a slight shift in the state of gravity around him. It was a tiny shift, really. But the method of displacement felt forced even when compared to his own standards of manipulation. Ye Ray did not seem to have felt the same thing as he continued listening to Shen Xiu with rapt attention.

Nik focused on the point which induced the displacement and was quite surprised to see that the source was right where the orange-haired guy with his head down was sitting on.

Nik did not know the name of the orange-haired boy and now felt quite depressed that he simply couldn't call him out. And since there weren't any visible changes aside from the boy standing up suddenly while looking around like a strange animal, Nik rested assured... not!

These were clearly the signs of a deranged freak. That boy just embraced another youth sitting beside him. Furthermore, Shen Xiu said nothing to stop the boy from his habits. This ticked Nik even more.

”I apologize to interrupt such a wonderful lecture,” Nik stood up and interrupted Shen Xiu while looking at the orange-haired kid, ”But can you act like a civilized youth and sit on your seat?”

***

Nie Li was alive again! He had died under the despicable methods of his greatest enemy and was reincarnated back into his times of youth!

He was alive!

Even his best friend, Lu Piao, was alive!

He couldn't help but hug the little bastard!

What's more...

Nie Li's heart fluttered as he wished to gaze at a certain direction only to be interrupted—

”But can you act like a civilized youth and sit on your seat?”

Although, the owner of the voice did not mention his name, Nie Li was more than aware of his surroundings right after getting reincarnated.

With a frown, he saw a man standing next to Shen Xiu. Even with the past memories of more than 300 years, Nie Li could not recall Nik. But there were some physical indicators that made Nie Li recall the disappeared genius of the Gin Family.

”Yes, I am sorry.”

Nie Li responded quickly and sat on his seat.

Shen Xiu, in return, snorted and Nik nodded before sitting in his seat again.

This time, however, instead of Shen Yue gazing at the Purple-haired girl, it was the orange-haired weirdo who kept staring at the back of the head of the girl. Maybe she had a knack or attracting stalkers? Nik did not know but once again, Shen Xiu decided to reveal her tempers and delved into more grey matters of the society when she should be teaching the kids about Chen Ding, the person who revolutionized the trading system of Glory City by introducing a fixed currency and abolishing the barter system of exchange.

”Before we continue, I should inform all of you,” Shen Xiu spoke up, ”For the next three years, if you all get a passing grade, will be taught under me and Nik. Although in the opening ceremony, the school mentioned that you all are equal.

The truth, however, is cruel—”

”What Shen Xiu is trying to say— Stay out of trouble and keep your nose clean.”

Alright, Nik would be damned if he let Shen Xiu run amok. Don't get him wrong. He was attracted to Shen Xiu's fierce personality that did not give a damn about other's feelings except for her own nephew. She was just the right kind of woman. But dampening the mood of the entire class while bringing his name in, too?

Nope.

No way.

”What is your problem?”

Shen Xiu turned her head and snarled lowly only to be stunned when she was met with Nik's more than cruel violet hues staring malevolently at her.

”Shen Xiu, please take some rest. Your throat must be parched.”

Nik stepped up as his physique never looked this large in Shen Xiu's vision. Once again, strange feelings that she wished to confront with violence erupted within her heart. At least, Shen Xiu now knew, that such feelings should never have appeared in her heart in public.

Nodding meekly, Shen Xiu turned towards one of the chairs and with a slight moment of hesitation, chose the chair that was unattended until now.