Ch 5: I know you’ve always been a very helpful person.

“Attention~”

Pa Hua Luo Di’s arrival ended their brief pre-class exchange.

At the beginning of the new semester, according to the timetable, there would be seven morning classes a week where Director Pa would speak.

Morning classes weren’t long, mainly to get everyone up early and adapt to the new semester. Director Pa briefly explained Meng Academy’s school rules, encouraging everyone to get along harmoniously, and that day’s morning class ended.

Before leaving the classroom, Pa Hua Luo Di glared fiercely at their side.

After Ya Ya reminded her, Rui Bu Si realized she had held her student handbook upside down: “…”

Literacy is really important for a student.

“Did you notice Director Pa glaring at us just now? It was scary~”

Jian Ni patted Lan Bao’s shoulder reassuringly:

“Relax, Director Pa was definitely glaring at me.”

“Why?” Ya Ya asked this question even before Rui Bu Si.

“It must be because of me. I brought Ya Ya to class with me, and Director Pa definitely noticed.”

Meng Academy didn’t have a rule prohibiting pets in the classroom.

But Ya Ya’s duck liked to bully Pa Hua Luo Di’s Ying Zai, so Meng Academy had a rule prohibiting ducks in the classroom.

But Ya Ya was very uncomfortable without Ya Ya, and after several confrontations, they compromised—

Whenever it was Pa Hua Luo Di’s class, Ya Ya would stay in the drawer.

Usually, Director Pa wouldn’t say anything, probably because Ying Zai was scared by Ya Ya today.

As he spoke, the duck stuffed in the desk weakly made a Ga sound.

Lan Bao and Jian Ni curiously looked into the desk drawer from left and right.

In the whole classroom, only Ya Ya’s desk had a drawer.

“Wow, Lan Bao, there really is a duck inside! But it’s so fat, how did you fit it in, Ya Ya?”

As Jian Ni exclaimed, the duck barely poked its head out of the small space, nipping each of their heads.

“Why did you bite me? I didn’t say anything bad about it.” Lan Bao, clutching his reddened forehead, was close to tears.

Jian Ni comforted him: “Good brothers share the hardship.”

“But I still think Director Pa was glaring at me. I violated school rules by entering the Underground Waterway, and Director Pa said that after asking the Headmaster, they would expel me.”

Wow, compared to my friends, I just held my book upside down, it really doesn’t count as anything.

Regarding her friend’s misfortune, Rui Bu Si immediately said:

“If Director Pa really wants to expel you, I will plead for you, my friend.”

However, if Jian Ni really is the Flame Star, Director Pa didn’t make him leave Meng Academy immediately, and the possibility of expelling him later is very small.

Fate, at a critical moment, fate will always intervene.

“Thanks, friend, I appreciate it.” She wasn’t encouraged at all. They were all newcomers, what use could her words be?

“Don’t be so pessimistic, I don’t think Director Pa can expel Jian Ni!”

Pulling the duck out of the drawer.

When the drawer was first made, it was perfectly sized for the duck, but as time passed, what grew wasn’t just age, but also its size.

“The school Headmaster is very lenient, this matter will end happily, they won’t agree to Director Pa’s expulsion.”

The comforted duck returned to Ya Ya’s head; she spoke confidently, looking experienced.

Piquing the curiosity of the three new friends at Meng Academy, she mysteriously smiled:

“Speaking of which, I think you need to worry about Teacher Qian Jin’s class~”

Qian Jin?

Such a familiar name.

Ga——The Flame Star who was determined to eliminate themselves back then.

Life is always full of surprises, and this surprise came a little too quickly.

I don’t really want to meet an old friend this way.

“System, you don’t want me to reveal my identity right after arriving, do you?”

【You won’t be exposed.】

It was rare for her to speak directly without a lengthy preamble; she felt a little uncomfortable.

But she didn’t need to be so aloof; she wouldn’t mind a few more words.

Rui Bu Si quickly understood what “won’t be exposed” meant.

Qian Jin’s gaze made her limbs weak and her eyes unfocused, as if she had seen her deceased colleagues from the past, and then he calmly said:

“This classmate, are you a new student?”

Stiffly nodding, the other person said “oh”, their tone kind: “Hurry up and get ready for class, what are you still standing here for?”

Not until Rui Bu Si shakily went to Ya Ya’s side did the System’s belated explanation slowly sound in her mind:

【From the moment the Host arrived at Meng Academy, the previous image of the Host in the minds of the people here has become blurred, so please don’t worry.】

Rui Bu Si: “……This is good news.”

Close call, thankfully I only spent a fortune.

I almost ended up owing the unscrupulous System a huge debt.

Regarding the use of various magical items, Rui Bu Si could say with certainty that she was more familiar with them than anyone here.

Not only familiar with their use, but also familiar with the feeling of being used by them.

She was prepared to be intellectually pummeled before class, but unexpectedly, what she was learning was the use of Wooden Man Powder. It was simple and intuitive, much easier to understand than Magical Botany.

The students below learned easily; the two friends called up to demonstrate cried, stiff and unable to move.

Because of Teacher Qian Jin’s sneeze, they were covered in Wooden Man Powder, they were frozen for a whole class, and points were deducted.

Forty points were deducted; forty points out of a hundred; forty points lost at the start of the semester.

Awful, really awful.

Through her friends’ demonstration, she deeply understood Teacher Qian Jin’s terrible memory. She silently sympathized with their misfortune. Only after the long class did the two finally regain their mobility.

The unlucky ones complained about their bad luck while loosening their stiff bodies.

“Damn it, one day I’ll burn this place down!”

Which student doesn’t dream of tearing down the school? The duck at their feet flapped its wings. Ya Ya hugged it and placed it on her head, pouring cold water on this fervent dream:

“The tables in the Arts and Sciences Classroom are made of special material; they can’t be burned~”

Most of the students in the classroom had already left after class, leaving only the four of them.

“I know, I wouldn’t really burn it.” It was just a figure of speech; she couldn’t afford to compensate if she did. In just two days at this school, nothing good has happened.

What bad luck.

Rui Bu Si put her hand on Lan Bao’s shoulder: “Lan~Bao~Classmate~”

“Rui, Rui Bu Si classmate, can, can you speak normally?”

Appearing slowly from behind, placing a hand on his shoulder with a seemingly weightless touch, plus a ghostly tone like in a horror movie, it really felt like seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

His already unsteady legs trembled even more violently.

“My friend, I know you are always a very helpful person, there is something you would surely be happy to help with, right?”

With a kind smile and sincere gaze, Lan Bao was terrified, a feeling of impending doom arose in his heart, yet he couldn’t control his nodding head and agreeing mouth:

“Of, of course.”