Luo Ye: ???
No, Professor, are you crazy?
You know perfectly well that Alicia and I are engaged, yet you deliberately cause this scene in the classroom—afraid that my hatred level isn’t high enough, huh?
Can’t you see all the boys in the classroom shooting him death glares right now?
Even many of the girls are glaring at him with hostility.
Why would the girls be hostile to him too?
Because their fiancés are in this classroom as well, and they don’t dare to direct their anger at Alicia or publicly shame their own fiancés.
So the only scapegoat left is him—Luo Ye.
Luo Ye’s mind was a chaotic gallop of a thousand curses.
Alicia, however, seemed unbothered. She stood up gracefully, as if to have the crowd make way for her to walk to the highest spot in the lecture hall—the place where her fiancé stood.
At the same time, Luo Ye immediately shot Anna a look, winking and signaling.
Save me, Anna!
I haven’t wronged you, have I?
You have to help me right now! Oh no!
Anna blinked, caught Luo Ye’s gaze, and smiled knowingly, giving him a thumbs-up.
As if to say: Don’t worry, I’ve got this!
Ohhh~~~~
Luo Ye felt instantly relieved and eagerly awaited Anna’s upcoming performance.
Full of confidence, Anna tidied the golden strands falling by her ears and stood up.
“What are you all chirping about?”
Luo Ye: ?
Anna turned and slammed her hand on the desk with authority, her starry, mysterious eyes scanning each young master and miss with serious intent.
“As the princess’s guardian, I must remind you all—do you know the consequences of provoking a member of the royal family?”
“Even those without royal blood, but related to the royal family, receive the same treatment. In some cases, even having just a marriage contract grants you this treatment.”
“Everyone here understands what this law means, right? I don’t have to spell it out for you?”
The leading young master among them, Master Shate, immediately scoffed and glanced at Anna with displeasure. Then, he cleared his throat, followed by the rest who were already displeased with Luo Ye.
Luo Ye: ???
Anna seemed very pleased with herself, happily looking at Luo Ye, proudly puffing out her chest as if expecting praise.
Praise you, my foot!
Don’t you like Alicia?
Then how is what you’re doing now any different from betraying yourself?
Women are really the worst!
Luo Ye felt utterly exhausted.
But just then, Professor Elmero II, as if finally understanding Anna’s words, suddenly remembered that Luo Ye and Alicia were engaged.
“Ahem, sorry.”
Professor Elmero II cleared his throat. “This is Basic Magic Combat class, not advanced. Luo Ye, Alicia, since you two are first and second in the grade, there’s no need for you to pair up now.”
“Alicia, you’ll team up with Anna. Since Anna is your exclusive knight, it’ll be better for you to lead her.”
Alicia glanced at Professor Elmero II but showed no displeasure at being sent back after just starting to walk away. She simply said, “Understood, Professor.”
Hearing this, Professor Elmero II nodded slightly. The princess’s understanding nature was good; he didn’t need to read the room.
Then he looked up, first at a girl in the front row, and then raised his gaze toward Luo Ye.
“Luo Ye, you’ll pair up with Lilith.”
Luo Ye and Lilith simultaneously widened their eyes and gaped.
No, Professor, why?
You want me to team up with that two-faced flat-chested girl, Lilith?
Do you know how exhausting it is just to pretend when talking with her?
Lilith lightly covered her cherry lips and pouted unhappily. Although her petite figure and Lolita princess-like delicate appearance made her seem adorable, anyone could tell she was harboring serious displeasure inside.
“Professor, why? I want to be with a girl!”
Professor Elmero II gave her a glare.
“Luo Ye is the top student in the grade, and I specifically paired him with you. Don’t you know why?”
“Or should I stop being so polite and read out your report card in front of everyone? Last semester’s final grade was—”
Lilith immediately stood up, as if to cover the professor’s mouth, reaching out:
“Ah, ah, ah, Professor, I’m sorry! Please don’t read my grades!”
The lecture hall echoed with soft laughter. Lilith pouted and puffed out her cheeks in displeasure.
“What are you laughing at? I just had a bad semester! That’s not my true level.”
The laughter grew even louder.
“You all just know how to bully me.”
Lilith’s face puffed up like a squirrel’s. If judged only by appearances, one might think she was just a sulking girl throwing a childish tantrum—adorable and amusing.
But only Luo Ye knew the truth: damn it, this little troublemaker was acting again.
Playing the part of someone resigned to fate, forced to team up with a classmate despised by all nobles.
And that classmate was him—Luo Ye.
“So you’re trying to make me hated, huh?”
Luo Ye cleared his throat and sat back down, waiting for the pale green-haired girl with dazzling golden eyes, Lilith, to come over. As she placed her hands behind her back and smoothed her skirt to sit, he suddenly remembered something and tilted his head.
“Eh, where’s my textbook… huh!”
Bam!
Luo Ye’s head collided with Lilith’s.
“Ugh!”
Does that sound nice?
Nice heads meet.
Lilith instantly felt a sharp pain in her head, wanting to cry out but afraid of drawing too much attention. She forced down the impulse, holding her forehead, eyes watering and half-red as she glared at Luo Ye:
“What are you doing?”
Luo Ye immediately put on a pained and regretful expression.
“Sorry, sorry, I suddenly remembered my textbook was still in the drawer, so I instinctively reached for it.”
Lilith didn’t believe his poor excuse. She stared at him and lowered her voice so no one else could hear.
“Do you think I’m stupid? If you wanted your textbook, couldn’t you just look down at your own drawer?”
Luo Ye looked innocent and pointed to the drawer beside him—the one Lilith was about to sit by.
“No one sits in the last row of the classroom anyway, so does it really matter which drawer I put my book in?”
Lilith looked down and was momentarily stunned, then a bit speechless.
The guy was actually telling the truth!
That just made her even angrier!
“What kind of noble acts like you? If I tell everyone about this, people will—”
Luo Ye cut her off.
“First of all, I’m not a noble. Second, I don’t have any companions anyway.”
Lilith: …
“You’re such a—”
Lilith bared her small tiger teeth, dimples faintly appearing.