Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 161- Moving Floors (Part 2)

The boy glared at Miss Roseair without backing away. Maybe it was the adrenaline that pumped into his body from the sheer fear of dropping out or maybe it was merely a desperate attempt to make the professor intimidated.

Anyways, he ignored the clear difference between them in strength, social status, and everything else, he spoke to her with clear rudeness that won't save him in case she decided to report him to the administration.

But, from the time these students spent with Miss Roseair, they could easily predict that she won't do such a thing at all. She wasn't that type of person at all. In fact, Miss Roseair was by far the kindest and the most peaceful professor they studied under. She had never shown any change in her expression or emotions during the whole month they studied under her.

So, it was safe to say that Rosair was someone who appreciated peaceful treatment rather than harsh punishments and violence whether physical or mental. That might also be a reason why the boy dared to do such a thing.

"Mr. Harpier, can you please sit down first?" She asked with her usual smile.

"No! I want a recalculation of my score! I won't sit down until I get what I want."

"Well, you are disturbing the atmosphere of the class with your rude behavior."

"I don't care!" He shouted again, raising his voice even higher.

"I see…" Murmuring in a quiet tone, Mrs. Roseair rubbed her chin before she approached him.

She took casual steps until she was in front of the boy before she looked at him. Even though the student was clearly taller than her, that didn't feel like much at all. In fact, the boy felt as if he was a midget in front of her. His face changed for a split second before he quickly tried to recuperate. He most likely thought about what would happen if he backed off now.

"Aren't quite the troublesome child, Mr. Harpier? Not only did you not work hard to be able to stay at the same level as your peers, but you also rudely intercept my class. That's quite problematic if I have to say." She muttered.

"I-I'm only asking for my rightful points! I believe that I don't deserve to be dropped out." He retorted with an audibly more timid tone.

"Your rightful points, huh?"

Nodding her head, Roseair suddenly looked at her bracelet as a hologram image appeared there. She then scrolled through it for a while before she stopped at something that Rin couldn't quite see.

"Harpier Lenon… Points: 20… Monsters hunted: 1… Homework done: 0… Passed tests: 0… Attended classes: 0… Accumulated training hours: 2… Accumulated studying hours: 0…" She then went on to recite everything that the student did throughout the whole month. Things as small as where he spent his time, where he went, what facilities he used the most and even what he ate for dinner every day.

Hearing these strings of information, the boy's eyes widened as he froze in his place. Even Rin was quite impressed by this as he blinked a few times.

'They tracked everything?' He asked himself.

For them to know this much about a student, he was quite curious how they were able to keep an eye on him and everyone else.

'This is creepy.' Imagining someone watching everything he does 24/7 was really eerie and weird. Rin was someone who liked his privacy. However, if he thought about it, it could merely be a spell bound to the bracelet that kept track of such a thing without the need for the academy to actually monitor every single student manually.

In fact, Rin believed that was the case since during this month, the things he had done could easily make him get invited by the higher-ups of the academy for a small 'talk'. The secrets he had were numerous after all.

'Well, it's still weird, nevertheless. However, I applaud their professionalism.'

After a few minutes of completely spilling out the student's track record, Roseair closed the holographic image and looked back at Harpier.

"From what I can see… you had a lot of fun this month, didn't you? You even got entangled with multiple female students. Quite the ladies' man." The oozing sarcasm coming from the professor made Harpier blush with clear shame as he looked down.

"Nothing in this track record shows that you are worth more than those 20 points you got. In fact, I think you should get way less than 20 points but it is what it is. The academy is quite generous with the points after all."

After that, she glared at Harpier and added.

"Now, since your request has been fulfilled. Leave my class. There are guards that will help you continue the procedure of being dropped out."

The boy, clearly completely destroyed, walked out without saying a word. He had never expected to actually be publicly shamed like that in front of everyone. His plan backfired on him and destroyed whatever dignity he had left intact.

"Sigh, what an idiot." Rin murmured as he finally ignored the bottom barrel of the list and looked at the top. There, he saw it.

"Wha…"

The third place was a female student that got 500 points. She was by far the most talented mage out of everyone in the class if Rin and Elise were excluded. Then, the second place was Rin with 3200 points.

"3200 points? Holy…" Now, while he was aware that he will get something close to that number, he never expected the number to be this huge compared to the third place.

He could've checked the rankings before but because of his extremely busy schedule, he totally forgot to do so.

Then, in first place was Elise with 3201 points. The difference between them was a mere 1 point.

Seeing that Rin smiled happily and looked at the girl sitting by his side. Her beautiful silhouette from the side never ceases to amaze him and take his breath away. Even when she's casually sitting with her eyes closed as if she was resting.

"Congrtulations, Elise." He said in a whisper to not surprise her even though he knew she sensed his eyes.

"Mm, thank you. But, there is nothing to congratulate me on. It's just some stupid points." She replied as she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"No, that's not true. Achievement is still an achievement. You even exceeded me by a point. That's worthy enough of a whole banquet in celebration." Rin said as he jokingly flexed his chest.

"..." Elise, looking at him with deadpan eyes, said.

"You could've easily got first place. But, you didn't really go out to hunt that much."

"No, that's not true. I did try my best. You were just amazing!" He retorted.

"I don't think so. You were busy at the start of the month so you didn't have time to get points."

"No, no, no. That's wrong, you were also extremely busy so we are in the same situation. You are just better than me.

"Wrong."

"It's the truth."

"It's not."

"It is."

"Sigh, you are really stubborn, Rin."

"You too! You don't seem to understand how strong you are." Rin rolled his eyes with an exasperated sigh.

The two kept going back and forth for a while. From an outsider's point of view, they looked like a lovey-dovey couple flirting in broad daylight without a care in the world. Their interactions were just so intimate that one could only misunderstand completely. Even now, the students nearby were looking at them with complicated emotions as they didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

'Sigh, the power couple of the class are going at it, again.' They all thought the same.

Even Rin and Elise weren't aware that they were acting like they were deeply in love with each other.

Then, after that, the class continued normally. After seeing their points and feeling the threat that could hit them out of nowhere, the students focused on their studies more. Especially those that were close to the last ranks.

After a few hours, the first class was over.

Roseair called for the three people that got the highest places.

'It's time for us to finally ascend from this floor.' Rin thought as an excited look appeared on his face.

Even though he had enjoyed this place and the atmosphere of the city quite a lot. He was also eager to see what the higher floors had to offer. His expectations were quite high if he had to be honest.

He had imagined the highest floors to be this paradise-like place for him and the highest floor being the most heavenly place out of them all.

However, as dreamy as he got, he still didn't forget the main reason why he was ascending from one floor to another.

'The top 10 ranks… Here I come.'

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