Under Wu Meng’s leadership, the entire class marched in full force to the academy’s training grounds.
This place was located on a certain floor inside the iconic [White Tower].
Pushing open the door and entering, the interior space was absurdly vast.
It was hard to imagine that this was merely one floor of the giant tower—what kind of boundless expanse must the other floors hold?
The training grounds were divided into high-tier and low-tier sections. As freshmen, their group naturally occupied the low-tier area.
Still, that was already a luxury for them at their current level.
Even the low-tier ground was forged from mithril capable of withstanding a full-force strike from a fifth-rank powerhouse.
Staring at the shimmering floor beneath her feet, Sevitis couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
“This is the low-tier training ground, so please be careful when you use it during practicals…”
The groundskeeper looked back every few steps, giving uneasy reminders.
“Relax, relax! With me here, there’s absolutely no need to worry about problems!” Wu Meng patted her small chest, swearing confidently.
“…It’s precisely because you’re here that I’m most worried,” the keeper muttered under his breath.
After a bit of shoving and pushing to drive the keeper away, Wu Meng slammed the training ground door shut with a bang, sealing it tight.
Click—
After ensuring that absolutely no one would come in to disturb the lesson, Wu Meng completely shed her previous obedient, soft-and-cute demeanor.
She turned around, smiled at the whole class, and announced:
“Alright, the annoying person is gone. So, officially, let’s start your first practical lesson!”
If she hadn’t said that, it might have been fine. But the moment she did, even Sevitis felt a vague sense of dread.
“What should I teach for the first lesson?”
Wu Meng tapped her cheek with a slender finger, pouting as if thinking.
“Since it’s a practical class, dry theory and techniques are so boring. Why not just…”
Under the anxious gazes of all the freshmen, this adorable little loli suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
“How about we just directly dominate… I mean, spar! I’ll be your opponent and give you some ‘loving guidance’ ♪”
You totally meant to say “dominate” just now! You definitely slipped up and revealed your true intentions!
“Perfect timing. I can also get familiar with everyone’s strength… and feel.” Wu Meng’s smile grew sweeter and sweeter.
After hearing this, only one thought remained in the minds of the entire class: Is it too late to apply for withdrawal right now?
“Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch a student by the toe…”
As Wu Meng’s delicate little finger swayed back and forth in the air, a game of “push and shove” for survival instantly broke out in the spacious training ground.
Everyone shrank backward, desperate to avoid being chosen.
“And I choose—”
Wu Meng’s bobbing hand finally stopped. “You two!”
In that instant, her one finger became two, pointing unerringly at a cat-eared girl and a pointy-eared elf girl in the crowd.
“Us?”
The two girls who had been chattering about Sevitis in the back row never expected this “grand prize” to fall on them.
“That’s right, you two. Come at me together; taking you one by one is too boring.”
“But…”
“Don’t worry, the teacher won’t bully you. I’ll suppress my power to the same rank as yours.”
The two girls exchanged glances, still hesitant.
“Two of us fighting one of her… doesn’t that mean we’re bullying a kid?”
“Can’t think about that now. Anyway, the teacher asked for it ourselves. At worst, we’ll hold back a bit and not actually make her cry.”
They quickly steeled their resolve, stood up straight, and each revealed their weapons.
“It might hurt a little, Teacher. Please bear with it!”
……
This “unfair” battle ended in the blink of an eye.
Without even letting out a scream, the two girls who had been so confident moments ago were now like broken dolls, their limbs hanging limply as the petite Wu Meng held one in each hand.
“Class monitor, come calm them down. If their tears and snot dirty the ground, we’ll have to clean it ourselves.”
Class monitor Jiasha hurried forward and carried off the two girls, who were already sobbing and beginning to seriously question their lives—and their elven lives.
“Ugh, that wasn’t nearly enough.” Wu Meng pouted in dissatisfaction.
The two girls being carried off shuddered violently.
‘Sorry for not letting Teacher enjoy herself enough…’
Wu Meng licked the corner of her mouth like a hungry beast. Her cute eyes slowly swept across the entire class again.
“Then, let’s continue. Eenie, meenie, minie…”
Wu Meng resumed chanting the nursery rhyme for picking students. But this innocent, naive tune now sounded like a death curse to the students’ ears.
Their scalps crawled. They wished they could turn around and escape from this hell immediately.
But unfortunately—
“Th-the door is locked!”
“No way?! You’re lying!”
After several boys who couldn’t stand the pressure tried to open the door and run, only to fail, the entire class finally realized a cruel reality—no one in this room today was getting away.
In the middle of the training ground, Wu Meng’s swaying hand still hadn’t stopped.
Now, her sweet smile had completely changed in everyone’s eyes.
This wasn’t a soft loli teacher at all… she was… a demon!
“Someone! Anyone! Come save us!”
Perhaps the goddess had heard the students’ almost devout prayers.
From the crowd, a small black-haired figure suddenly stepped forward, walking unhesitatingly toward that “demon.”
“No need to pick. I’ll be your opponent.”
“Oh? So proactive?” Wu Meng was a little surprised but grinned. “Then Teacher will indulge you.”
Saved?!
The whole class exchanged disbelieving glances, then simultaneously locked their gazes on the slender back that had pulled them out of fire and water.
Seeming to feel the intense stares behind her, the black-haired girl stopped.
She turned her head slowly and looked back at everyone with a bright, gentle smile.
At that moment, in their eyes, it was as if countless sacred rays of light were swirling around her.
‘An… angel…’
After taking in that beautiful smile, that word spontaneously popped into everyone’s mind.
……
Although she had no idea why these guys were suddenly staring at her with such tearful gratitude, Sevitis felt she should at least respond politely.
She quickly withdrew her smile and turned back around.
CLANG!
A heavy, thunderous sound shook the ground.
In the span of that turn, the heavy battle-axe that had left such an impressive impression in the classroom earlier had already been pulled out again by Wu Meng.
She swung it up with one hand, effortlessly resting the giant axe on her small shoulder.
Sevitis looked at the exaggerated axe blade and couldn’t help twitching the corner of her mouth.
When she had “guided” those two unlucky ones earlier, she hadn’t even drawn her weapon.
Now she pulls out a weapon right from the start for me—no need to honor me so much, right?
“What? Is there a problem? Don’t you want me to use a weapon? Then I’ll put it away…” Wu Meng tilted her head and made as if to stuff the axe back under her skirt.
“No, leave it as is.”
Sevitis immediately stopped her.
In fact, it suited her just fine that the other party was getting serious.
She had volunteered precisely to find a strong opponent and properly break in this body that had grown rusty from too much leisure.
If she couldn’t have a full-on fight with this deep-covering teacher, how could she be satisfied?
“Hehe, just as Teacher thought～” Wu Meng showed a satisfied expression and firmly gripped the axe handle. “If you’re ready, let’s start right away. I can’t wait any longer.”
“As you wish.” Sevitis drew her longsword and lowered her center of gravity.
Under the nervous yet hopeful gazes of the class, who were all huddled together and trembling in the back, the practical spar between two loli girls was about to begin at any moment.