WTYTIAAN Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Having dealt with this farce, Di Yue’er’s gaze fell upon Yan Yunqing. His previously stern expression gradually softened, and he awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth, attempting to conjure a smile.

However, the upward curve of his mouth was so subtle that it appeared more like a forced, insincere smile.

“You must be the new student in Class A, right? Xavier, is it?”

Yan Yunqing was somewhat wary. Was he also going to have to write a self-criticism?

Yan Yunqing didn’t care whether or not it was reported to the academy. His backers were the first headmaster of Sigreit, and the current headmaster who was a Demon King’s pseudo-familiar. How could he possibly receive a serious punishment with that kind of backing?

To put it more ridiculously, even if Yan Yunqing walked sideways in Sigreit right now, no one would say anything about his behavior.

But he really didn’t want to write any self-criticisms!

For such a minor matter that didn’t involve serious punishment, it wasn’t worth bringing out his backers.

He couldn’t very well have Penelope come over and say to Di Yue’er, “I’m backing this student, so let’s just forget about the self-criticism, okay?”

That would be too embarrassing.

Yan Yunqing rubbed his nose, thankfully, Di Yue’er didn’t include him among those who were fighting. He nodded at Yan Yunqing, “I’ve already heard about you from Ms. Allison. You’re very welcome to join Class A. Have you had any problems adjusting to living and studying here these past two days?”

Huh? Allison had already smoothed things over for him?

Come to think of it, Allison probably didn’t know his true identity yet. Penelope must have said something to her, which was why Allison had greeted his teacher in advance.

“No, I’m quite used to it.”

“That’s good. If you have any problems later, you can come directly to me, or send me a message via a special letter.”

Di Yue’er didn’t say much more. After showing Yan Yunqing his goodwill, he hurriedly left. Only then did Yan Yunqing notice that the hem of his magic robe was stained with mud and somewhat wrinkled. It was clear that he had just rushed back to the school and learned that his students were fighting, which was why he had quickly come to resolve the issue.

Sigh, being a teacher is really not easy!

Yan Yunqing watched Di Yue’er’s hurrying back and sighed.

Harold, seeing that Di Yue’er had already gone far away, immediately threatened Yan Yunqing, “You just wait!”

Then, he rudely bumped into Yan Yunqing with his shoulder and left in a huff, with arcs of electricity still crackling through his wavy blond hair.

Yan Yunqing: ?

What did this have to do with him?

Kun En snorted at Harold’s back, got up from the ground, walked to Yan Yunqing’s side, and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I didn’t expect it to turn out like this. Fortunately, Teacher Di Yue’er didn’t include you in the fighting.”

As he spoke, he felt somewhat regretful, “I got carried away for a moment. I forgot that the academy rules don’t allow private fights. I should have waited for the next magical combat class to beat Harold up thoroughly to vent my anger.”

Yan Yunqing said helplessly, “It’s okay, you were only arguing with Harold because of me. Actually, I’m also responsible for this matter. Since the teacher said he would report you, I have good relations with some of the teachers at the academy, so I’ll go ask around. If possible, we can reduce the punishment.”

Kun En waved his hand, “It’s okay, it’s okay, you don’t need to go say anything. I’ll just go back and beg my old man. It’s just fighting, no one was killed. Di Yue’er is just scaring the newly enrolled students. Actually, fighting just results in a few demerits, at most a few weeks of extra cleaning.”

“Your…?” Eh? Could it be that Kun En also has a backer?

A red-haired boy who had helped Kun En beat up Harold walked over and laughed, “This kid’s father is one of Sigreit’s professors, and he teaches 《Advanced Magical Language and Runes》 to the higher grades. His father has a lot of connections in the academy. A little fight like this is nothing, at most he’ll get another beating from his mother when he goes home.”

Kun En glared at the red-haired boy. He, who had always been stubbornly tight-lipped, finally loosened up and said dejectedly, “My father can indeed smooth things over for me, but my mother gets really fierce when she’s angry, and beats me up terribly. Great, now I’ll probably have to do the horse stance while attending classes for a few days.”

So this was truly someone with a backer.

The red-haired boy laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder, “Who told you to not be quick-witted? When Harold rushed up to hit you, you should have just let him hit you. If you hadn’t fought back, maybe you could have disgusted him and gotten the school to expel him.”

“Forget it, his family donates money and goods to Sigreit every year. Even for the sake of that money, they wouldn’t expel him.” Kun En curled his lip, “At most he’ll get a demerit, and I’ve been beaten up for nothing. It’s better to just hit back directly, at least I’ll feel better.”

Yan Yunqing silently added, “But that way you’ve changed from being beaten up once for nothing to being beaten up twice for nothing.”

Kun En choked: …

The red-haired boy laughed: “Hahahahahaha.”

Kun En struggled, “Anyway, I hit back. At least I can’t be beaten up by Harold for nothing! I’ve wanted to beat him up for a long time, but I couldn’t find an opportunity. This time, I finally vented my anger!”

Yan Yunqing rubbed his forehead. He could see that he was just an excuse for Kun En and Harold to fight. Even if he wasn’t there, Kun En and Harold would still have fought. The only difference was that Yan Yunqing’s excuse was more beneficial to Kun En.

He didn’t know what deep hatred there was between these two, that they were so hostile to each other.

Yan Yunqing glanced at the time. He had to quickly resolve the lunch issue. The swordsman academy’s class was about to start, and he didn’t dare to go halfway and be publicly called out to the front by the subject teacher again to receive a special “love lesson.”

After agreeing to meet Kun En at 『Two Towers』 at 5:30 in the evening, Yan Yunqing hurriedly changed his clothes and ran to the swordsman academy, conveniently munching on a few of the small cakes he had made earlier along the way.

…

After a whole afternoon of attending classes, Yan Yunqing felt that he had gained a lot.

The last class ended at just around five o’clock. He still had half an hour to rush to the 『Two Towers』 restaurant in the east.

He could even choose a gentle and tender “Little White” to ride.

When he slowly walked to the vicinity of 『Two Towers』, Yan Yunqing saw a few people gathered there.

Yan Yunqing tilted his head. The nature of a nosy bystander began to stir, and he quietly squeezed into the crowd, standing on tiptoe to look at the person in the very center—

Hmm? Alice?

Yan Yunqing saw the small figure in the very center at a glance. It was Alice, whom he had met in Bato Vita. At this moment, she was wearing a student robe from the magic academy, confronting another tall, blue-haired girl who was also wearing a student robe.

Yan Yunqing curiously patted the arm of a brother beside him, “What’s going on here? Who are these two?”

“You don’t know?” The spectator next to him glanced back at Yan Yunqing, “Alice, a second-year student from the magic academy, and Elena, a third-year student, are facing off. They said they’ll compete against each other in the grade competition a month from now.”

Yan Yunqing: ?

Yan Yunqing hesitated, “Why?”

“What else could it be?” That brother was even more strange, “One is a Bato princess, and the other is a Romunike princess. How could their relationship be good? It’s already pretty good that they’re not fighting as soon as they meet.”

Yan Yunqing:.

Yan Yunqing carefully recalled for a moment and suddenly realized: Oh, no wonder the name sounded so familiar! Elena was one of the princesses of Romunike in Sigreit?

He had heard this news from Lin Nuo when he first came to Sigreit academy, who had gathered it from somewhere.

The Romunike royal family wasn’t as complicated as Bato Vita. This Princess Elena and her twin brother Tulus were both children of the current queen and were very favored. Tulus was even the recognized successor to the Romu throne.

In comparison, Alice, who was being treated as a marriage pawn, didn’t have it easy in Bato Vita.

However, given their opposing camps, the surrounding crowd’s explanation didn’t seem to have any problems. The two great empires were already at each other’s throats, and it was already a very polite scene that the two princesses hadn’t started fighting directly when they met.

The blue-haired Elena seemed to have said something, flicked her long hair, and left first, leaving Alice standing in place.

Seeing that the excitement was over, the crowd slowly dispersed. Alice inadvertently turned her head, and Yan Yunqing’s figure happened to fall into her eyes at that moment.

A trace of confusion first flashed across the little girl’s face, followed by a sparkle in her eyes. She stared intently at Yan Yunqing’s direction, without blinking.

Yan Yunqing knew that Alice had recognized him.

He couldn’t help but sigh. This [Eye of Truth] was truly the kryptonite of “onion people.” No matter how many layers of onion skin you “onion people” had, with such a bug-level skill, you could be recognized at a glance.

Old “onion person” Yan Yunqing regretted it. Why wasn’t this good skill his? So what was [Demon King’s Descent] good for? It wasn’t as good as [Eye of Truth], and its practicality wasn’t even as good as Rocco’s [Steal]!

He nodded in Alice’s direction, acknowledging his identity. Alice was a little hesitant at first, but when she saw Yan Yunqing nod to her, she ran over like a happy little bird, stopped in front of Yan Yunqing, and looked up at him.

“Teacher!” Alice’s eyes were sparkling. Her small face was still only the size of a palm. It seemed that she hadn’t grown an ounce of flesh in these past few months of separation, and she was still that thin little girl.

“Yeah, long time no see.” Yan Yunqing smiled and casually rubbed Alice’s little head.

Alice couldn’t contain her excitement. Her gaze swept over Yan Yunqing’s magic robe and dark gold badge. The already intelligent little girl’s mind worked quickly, and she immediately figured out how Yan Yunqing had entered the academy.

“So Teacher is the Xavier who passed the entrance exam through recommendation!” Alice blinked her eyes. “I was still wondering how Teacher would find me, since Sigreit Academy isn’t easy to get into. I thought…”

“You thought I had forgotten about taking you as a student?”

Yan Yunqing’s expression didn’t change, but his heart was slightly empty: Hey, he had indeed forgotten before, but didn’t he remember yesterday? So that didn’t count as forgetting!

Alice smiled shyly, “Um… there was a little bit! But now that I see Teacher, I’m relieved!”

He had fooled her.

Yan Yunqing also smiled and, remembering what Alice had just said, asked, “How did you know I was admitted through recommendation?”