I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 476

Chapter 22: The Teacher-Student Encounter

Underneath the facade of a top student, Roy was secretly snickering.

Xue Nuo was terrifying.

As the final female lead in the original story, she debuted at Sequence 5, possessing overwhelming power that crushed the other three. Having been through the battlefield, her personality was cold, and her Spartan-style education made even the noble students tremble with fear. As a daughter of a duke in the empire, she had enough status to not be pushed around by power.

Most importantly, she was the teacher.

In the academy, teachers were a whole level above students.

So, being her enemy was simply a wrong choice.

Fortunately, Roy knew exactly how to win her favor.

To be precise, it was about winning the favor of all teachers.

Come on, he was from the Celestial Empire, had been in school for so many years, and had dealt with teachers before.

Who couldn’t pretend to be a good kid?!

As long as he was polite in front of Xue Nuo, listened attentively, and left a good impression, he could avoid the tragic end of “Rascal Roy”!

As for the tutoring itself, Roy didn’t mind too much.

It was not only for a smooth promotion but also to reverse destiny! To avoid being kicked out of the academy by Xue Nuo like in the original story!

Roy considered himself not exactly a study-loving honor student, but for the sake of reverse destiny, he could bite the bullet and pretend.

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Fortunately, the courses at Veszyra were neither difficult nor boring, way better than the nauseating humanities and sciences from his previous life.

“In the first era of the ancient times, after the Creator fell, the races were in constant turmoil, and for a race to survive, it required not only the power of the race itself but also the race’s king to ascend to demigod status.”

“However, our ancestors, whose human race had not mastered extraordinary power at that time, managed to survive amidst the conflicts that led to the fall of many mythical beings, which remains a mystery to this day…”

At the podium, the Silver-Haired Girl faced the blackboard, raised her delicate hand, and smoothly wrote powerful characters with chalk.

Although her tone was slightly indifferent, Xue Nuo’s words were concise, focusing on exam highlights and were not obscure in the least.

Even without the allure of the silver-haired beauty, her class was not boring.

However…

Roy cast a glance back at his classmates behind him, who had blank stares, mumbling “Abba Abba Abba,” and shook his head in disbelief.

With a beautiful silver-haired girl giving a lecture, and they couldn’t even muster up some excitement, they were really taking their blessings for granted!

“Despite the lack of evidence from a historical perspective, our ancestors were not devoid of wisdom and courage. Perhaps that is why humanity has lasted until now and thrived to this extent…”

As Xue Nuo read this, she surveyed the sea of dead fish eyes in the classroom, feeling a bit strained.

Every time she read this line and looked at these useless students, she was deeply concerned about humanity’s future.

Forget about flowers in a greenhouse; these all looked like sickly seedlings!

Even though Xue Nuo could suppress her students with her authority, she couldn’t brainwash them and couldn’t make these slackers pay attention.

Xue Nuo secretly sighed, forcing herself to continue teaching, when suddenly a somewhat unfamiliar voice rang through the classroom.

“Teacher Xue Nuo, may I ask if we should write like this in the exam?”

The black-haired boy politely asked.

Xue Nuo was momentarily taken aback.

The boy’s eager-to-learn demeanor warmed her heart inexplicably.

As someone who year after year was responsible for tutoring struggling students, Xue Nuo hadn’t seen a hand raised to ask a question in what felt like ages! No, it was more like it was a miracle that someone was actually paying attention!

After all, so-called tutoring was mostly for absent kids to earn credits, barely scraping by to graduate, avoiding the humiliation of repeating a year. Many showed up just to gain credits.

At this moment, in Xue Nuo’s eyes, the black-haired boy was shining.

Xue Nuo replied, “In the exam, if asked about the first era and the reason for humanity’s survival, mention the unclear historical truth but emphasize human wisdom and courage only.”

“Oh, I see…”

Xue Nuo quickly calmed down.

She was a bit suspicious that Roy was just putting on an act. After all, how could a boy who skipped class and had tens of absences suddenly start loving learning?

But the next moment, the boy surprised her again.

He was taking notes!

If paying attention was a rare occurrence in tutoring classes, then taking notes was almost nonexistent in ordinary classes!

This wasn’t exactly Roy intentionally trying to show off.

Veszyra had almost no score anxiety or pressure to advance. They even left special makeup tests for struggling students. The supposed written knowledge only accounted for a tiny part of the overall credits.

Used to the grind from his previous life, Roy had no idea that casually jotting down notes would astonish Xue Nuo and elevate her opinion of him.

As far as Xue Nuo knew, only those apprentice mages who had learned seriously would take notes like that.

As night fell, until the campus was nearly deserted, the class bell finally rang.

“Finally free!”

The students either rushed out like prisoners freed from shackles or slumped over their desks like exhausted salted fish.

Even Xue Nuo, who was used to this scene, couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.

Did these guys really hate learning this much?

A somewhat helpless Xue Nuo bowed her head to pack her books, waiting for the noise to die down.

She was very aware that no students liked her.

On the road, students generally skirted around her like rabbits seeing a wolf. After school, they all left through the back door, fearing making eye contact with her.

But Xue Nuo didn’t care much.

She was inherently aloof, with only a silver wolf for company.

Better that way.

A bunch of annoying little brats let her have some peace and quiet…

But then, the black-haired boy once again popped into her view.

“Teacher Xue Nuo, goodbye.”

Xue Nuo lifted her head, her ice-blue eyes showing a hint of confusion.

The two stared at each other, both feeling a bit awkward.

“Is something wrong?” Roy asked, puzzled.

“Nothing, nothing,” Xue Nuo mumbled internally, just the fact that a student greeted her was rare enough to leave her momentarily stunned.

Besides…

“You don’t hate me, do you?”

“Hate you? Why?”

“Because I dragged you into the tutoring class and chased away Charlotte and the others.” Xue Nuo knew she wasn’t well-liked and had heard students secretly curse her more than once, and she had grown accustomed to it.

She purposely employed a detached tone: “Confirmed. I can tell you want to leave a good impression, but there’s no need. Even if you try to please me, it won’t give you any special treatment on your grades. Likewise, as long as you participate well in tutoring, you’ll catch up on credits.”

Upon hearing this, Roy couldn’t help but chuckle, scratching his face.

“Yeah, I was indeed trying to leave a good impression on you.”

Xue Nuo nodded, but felt a tinge of disappointment.

She lowered her head, continuing to tidy her books: “If there’s nothing else, you can go now.”

“But, as a student, what’s wrong with wanting to get along with the teacher?”

Xue Nuo, who was about to leave, stopped in her tracks.

She turned her head and found the boy’s face sunny and bright.

“I’m not doing it for special treatment. I never blamed the teacher. The lack of credits and violations of school rules are all my own doing.”

“I just think that, considering it’s rare for a teacher-student relationship, there’s no need to be so distant, right?”

Xue Nuo instinctively wanted to refute, but found that just as the other party said, there was really no need to argue. What’s wrong with having a better relationship with a student?

Catching sight of the crimson silhouette at the classroom door, Roy’s expression changed, and he hurriedly waved to Xue Nuo: “Goodbye, Teacher, I’ll be leaving now!”

Holding her books, the silver-haired girl watched the boy’s departing figure, and after a few seconds, softly murmured, “Goodbye.”