“Ahem, ahem.”
Chu Fan brought his hand to his mouth and gave a light cough.
“Let me introduce myself. My name is Chu Fan, the new teacher.”
With a light snap of his fingers, Chu Fan conjured a blackboard and chalk from his storage ring.
He turned and began writing his name on the board.
“Starting today, I will be responsible for imparting knowledge and teaching the scriptures to you.”
‘Why does that sound so strange coming from my own mouth?’
He couldn’t help but frown slightly.
But the hearts in the eyes of the female students burned even brighter, their faces dreamy as they chanted: “Teach the scriptures~ Teach the scriptures~ I’m going to be taught the scriptures~”
‘No, no, no. Stop, stop. Please, just stop talking.’
Chu Fan’s toes were already curling hard enough to dig out a three-bedroom apartment.
“In my class, there’s only one rule.”
“If you don’t want to listen, don’t disturb others. You don’t have to come, but don’t cause trouble.”
Out of laziness, Chu Fan said this.
‘Adults need screening, but that’s not to say minors don’t.’
‘Or rather, I’m just too lazy to teach this many people at once.’
‘Why does that sound weird too…’
‘Anyway, the fewer, the better. So that’s what I said.’
But whether it was because Chu Fan was too captivating to the girls, or because the boys were genuinely rebellious, one of the boys spoke with no respect for an elder, laughing: “Bro, what do you mean by that?”
“I’m not your bro. Call me Teacher Chu.”
The boy sneered, rolled his eyes at Chu Fan, and turned his head away.
“Idiot.”
“Shut your filthy mouth!”
Shen Yuying, sitting by the window, shouted, slamming her hand on the desk as she stood up.
The boy’s attention was drawn by the sound.
He turned to look.
The moment he saw Shen Yuying, his eyes were clearly captivated by her beautiful features.
But upon seeing her ears and the tail behind her, his gaze darkened, and he mocked: “Oh, it’s a dog. What? Getting worked up before your master does?”
“Say that again!”
“Say it again? Bitch…”
Before the boy could finish his sentence, he saw a tall shadow fall over him from behind.
He whipped his head around to find Chu Fan standing right in front of him with a benevolent smile.
But seeing that benevolent smile, the youth grew even more brazen.
He truly hadn’t expected that even when his own attendant was being called a dog, Chu Fan could still smile.
He thought Chu Fan was going to hit him.
Contrary to expectations, Chu Fan didn’t hit him.
Instead, he leaned in with a smile, his face half a meter away, gazing at him, his pupils slightly contracting as he whispered: “Child, what’s your name?”
For some reason, after meeting Chu Fan’s eyes, the light gradually faded from the boy’s gaze.
Like a sleepwalker, he mumbled: “Wu… Haotian…”
“Haotian, tell me, when you see the so-called dog you mentioned, what is your first thought?”
“I… I think… I want to…”
“Mhm, it’s okay. Go on.”
Chu Fan whispered enticingly.
“I want to fuck her…”
“Wow~” Chu Fan was shocked.
‘A kid this young saying something so explosive, on par with Earth kids.’
But it wasn’t over.
Chu Fan continued whispering: “And then? Keep going.”
“I want to fuck her… while pulling her tail… tugging her ears… and then… and then…”
“And then?”
“Use a collar… and a leash… lock it around her neck… and choke her hard…”
“Whew~”
Chu Fan couldn’t help but whistle, simultaneously ending the mental control over Wu Haotian.
The light gradually returned to Wu Haotian’s eyes.
He jolted awake, realizing what he had just said.
He looked left and right frantically.
Everyone around him, boys and girls alike, were looking at him with utterly disgusted expressions, as if looking at a pile of rancid slop.
As for Shen Yuying, she was at the point of wanting to kill him right now, chop him into mincemeat, and feed him to dogs.
After all, she had been cultivating with Chu Fan for a long time.
Killing an ordinary peer would be as easy as turning her hand.
“Ah… AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”
Wu Haotian covered his head, screaming as he fled the classroom.
Seeing this, Chu Fan helplessly spread his hands, adopting the posture of an innocent party, and said calmly: “Can’t be helped. People always like to tell me the truth, especially those deeply buried, unspeakable desires.”
“I suppose you could call it my talent. I’m not sure. Maybe it’s because I’m too good-looking? What do you all think?”
“Of course it’s because Master is too good-looking!”
Shen Yuying, sitting second from the back by the window, cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone and shouted.
“Yes! It’s because Teacher Chu is too handsome!”
“Right!”
“Exactly!”
The classroom was instantly transformed by Chu Fan into a united front.
This, however, saved him the trouble of having to discipline them one by one.
But Chu Fan also keenly noticed that only one person had not looked him in the eye from beginning to end.
That was the orange-haired girl with deer antlers, clearly of the dragon race.
But seeing her quiet, unsociable demeanor, Chu Fan couldn’t be bothered.
As long as she didn’t disrupt class discipline, it was fine.
So, Chu Fan straightened the papers in his hand on the desk and asked calmly: “In this classroom, is there anyone who cannot write?”
No one raised their hand.
“Good. Now, please take out paper and pen. I’m going to assign the first topic.”
The students complied.
“Please write a short but detailed essay on the topic: ‘If I had never been born, what would the world have more of, and what would it have less of?’ Anonymity and profanity are allowed. Handwriting doesn’t matter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone began writing.
After the time it took for one incense stick to burn, everyone had turned in their papers.
Chu Fan began reading them aloud in class, one by one.
Whether they were filled with profanity or incredibly childish, he read them all impartially.
Anonymous ones were announced as anonymous.
Those with names were announced with the student’s name.
When Chu Fan started to feel a bit bored, he took out the last paper.
Holding it up for a closer look, Chu Fan chuckled helplessly: “Anonymous. Oh, no, I should consider this a blank paper submission.”
“This student, may I ask, should I understand this as you being illiterate, or do you believe the world would have neither more nor less without you?”
“If it’s the latter, then the opposite is true. Because without this paper…”
“This world would have one more teacher who felt a bit bored in this class, and one less interesting child who tried to be clever.”
Chu Fan smiled slightly, tapped the stack of papers in his hand together, and said in a deep voice: “Class dismissed.”
With a wave of his hand, Chu Fan led Shen Yuying out of the classroom.
“Goodbye, Teacher~” the students called out in unison to Chu Fan.
Only the girl remained seated in her spot.
But her gaze, for some reason, followed Chu Fan all the way until he left the classroom.
‘She just couldn’t read or write and wanted to use this chance to humiliate him. But why did he praise her?’
‘It must be to curry favor. After all, as the teacher in this town, if he clings tightly to the Ao Manor’s coattails, he could easily rise above everyone else, soaring to great heights.’
‘But what if? What if he’s a good person?’
As the heir of Ao Manor, she had been instilled with absolutely correct concepts since childhood.
Be a righteous person.
Don’t let the bad go unpunished, and don’t wrong the good.
Sacrifice the small family for the greater good.
Be a lord who gives his all until death.
She remembered all this.
So what if, what if he really was a good person, a good teacher?
‘Then wouldn’t she have hurt a good teacher’s heart?’
Even she, who disliked school, knew the importance of a good teacher to a territory.
Thinking this, the girl stood up and ran out.
But outside the academy, she didn’t find Chu Fan and the other as she hoped.
After wandering around, she arrived at the bustling market and saw Chu Fan and the other selecting items at a sugar figurine stall.
She strode over quickly.
People made way for her along the road.
“Hey, you.”
Even after running over, she still didn’t give Chu Fan a pleasant look.
“Hmm? Do you want one too?”
Chu Fan asked casually.
“Want? Want what?”
“This. Try it.”
As he spoke, Chu Fan shoved a sugar figurine skewer into the girl’s mouth.
She blinked in confusion.
‘What is this? It seems… it’s actually kind of tasty? What’s going on?’
The girl slowly took the sugar figurine out of her mouth, curiously giving it another lick with the tip of her tongue.
‘It really is sweet!’
Excited, the girl bit off a small piece with her sharp little teeth, the corner of her mouth lifting slightly.
“Hey, don’t just eat without paying.”
Chu Fan reminded her from the side.
“Huh?” The girl was clearly bewildered.
“What do you mean ‘huh’? Pay up.”
Chu Fan held out his hand to her, palm up.
“Oh, oh.”
The girl said, pulling a large silver ingot from her sleeve and placing it in Chu Fan’s hand.
The moment he saw the large silver ingot, Chu Fan’s mouth formed a perfect ‘O,’ his eyes wide.
He then turned and paid the silver ingot to the vendor, instructing:
“Boss, one more sugar figurine.”
“Master, Master, what about me?”
Shen Yuying hugged Chu Fan’s leg, looking up and asking.
“Ah, then make it five more.”
“Yay~ Thank you, Master~”
After a while, Chu Fan held out a few pieces of broken silver to the girl.
The girl’s expression was like looking at a street thug.
And she clearly saw that after getting the change, Chu Fan secretly tucked a few pieces into his own robes.
“Your change. Here.”
“I don’t want it… you keep it…”
“Whoa, so generous. Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”
Chu Fan pocketed it without any hesitation.
Watching this scene, the girl’s cheek muscles began to twitch violently.
At this moment, what she was thinking was: ‘This person… is definitely not a good teacher…’
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