Chapter 19

Why do girls have to run the same number of laps as boys? We females are a disadvantaged group, you know!

The one who said this was the second young lady of a duke's family,

Xiao Xianlu, soul power rank twenty-six, martial soul Si Mu Ding, control-system battle soul master, innate soul power level 7.

As a member of the empire's nobility, Xiao Xianlu nevertheless highly agrees with the current Spirit Hall Pope's ideology,

If it weren't for the old fogeys at home, she would have already run off to Spirit Hall City,

What a lousy Tian Dou Royal Academy—it's not even worth a hair of the Spirit Hall Academy.

Moreover, regarding the marriage partner arranged for her by her family, Xiao Xianlu also detests it greatly,

Furthermore, she almost treats the Pope's statements like "Ladies, boldly pursue your love" as gospel.

Si Tian Gou

Qin Ming said he had never been this speechless in his life.

This punch landed on Qin Ming's crown, making him only feel dizzy and blurry-eyed—is that something a normal soul master could say? Besides, I didn't restrict you from using soul power at all.

Control System Battle Soul Master

Control System Soul Master

Auxiliary System Soul Master

Battle System Soul Master

A fire-attribute martial soul, plus youthful vigor—faced with a girl spouting such heaven-defying remarks, Qin Ming really wanted to slap her hard across the face to teach her a lesson.

However, Qin merely clenched his fists tightly; even as his facial expression began to tremble, that slap was never thrown.

As a newly arrived assistant teacher, Qin Ming clearly understood that if he threw that punch, even if he were in the right, the academy would unhesitatingly expel him.

Moreover, the powerful noble elders behind this girl would definitely make him suffer.

Xiao Grand Duke

Spirit Hall City

Xiao Xianlu hadn't reacted at all, subconsciously thinking the assistant teacher had hit her.

Tian Dou Royal Academy (glossary)

Spirit Hall (glossary)

"Why so much nonsense? You're wasting everyone's precious time, you know!"

The one who threw that slap was Bai Ran; due to insufficient height, Bai Ran jumped to strike, and not only was the slap loud, it was also hard to notice at first glance.

Bai Ran: "Honestly, Teacher Qin Ming, if you don't hit her again, I'm going to hit you."

"You-you-you, you actually dare to hit me! I'm going to tell the teacher."

Upon seeing that this little brat had hit him, Xiao Xianlu covered his face, obviously flustered.

"Go on, you, a control-type soul master, still got hit by me, an auxiliary-type soul master—you're invincible too."

Bai Ran spread his hands, speaking very indifferently.

As for why I helped Qin Ming out of his predicament, it's not a big deal, right?

Mainly because Xiao Xianlu's remarks were simply outrageous, making Bai Ran feel an unbearable itch to act.

If it weren't for fearing you'd fall asleep on the ground, Bai Ran would even have used his martial soul to give himself a power-boosting buff before striking again.

"You-you-you..."

Xiao Xianlu didn't know what to say for a moment, just repeatedly pointing at Bai Ran with his hand.

Indeed, if Teacher Qin Ming had hit her, this would have risen to the serious incident of a teacher assaulting a student.

But now the situation is that she was slapped by an auxiliary-type soul master, and that soul master is just a little brat—where can she go to reason?

Moreover, this little brat seems to be a relative of the homeroom teacher.

For a moment, Xiao Xianlu felt as if a filthy fly had flown into his mouth, making him nauseated.

After experiencing this farce, training continued. Perhaps he truly feared another female soul master would come out with strange remarks, so Qin Ming simply reduced the number of laps for the girls' running drills by two.

You ask how many laps Bai Ran would run? Originally Bai Ran wanted to run twenty laps, but Teacher Qin Ming said no, you are an auxiliary-type soul master, your physical fitness is inherently inferior to that of combat-type soul masters, so fifteen laps are enough.

Likewise, Ye Lingling, also an auxiliary-type soul master, only needed to run fifteen laps.

Qin Ming: "What? Kid, you still want to cut two more laps? Why don't you just sit aside and watch instead of running?"

As everyone knows, in this pressure-free running drill atmosphere, bored, the trainees love to chat the most.

Dugu Yan: "Little brother, it's still you. Last time I just scared her with a snake, and she went to tell the teacher, so now I dare only secretly raise them."

Yu Tianheng: "Yeah, Bai Ran classmate, nice. Wait, Yan Yan, you're still raising snakes? Then the cool, slippery thing I touched last time was actually a little snake?"

Dugu Yan: "Exactly, otherwise what did you think it was?"

Yu Tianheng: "Ahaha..."

Ye Lingling: "Little Bai Ran, how can you run so fast? We're both auxiliary-type soul masters, why is your stamina so good?"

Dugu Yan: "Lingling, little brother has good stamina, shouldn't you be happy about that?"

Ye Lingling: "Yan Yan, something's off."

Yufeng: "By the way, which noble family does this Xiao Xianlu come from? Does anyone know her?"

Shimo: "Not acquainted."

Shimo: "Not acquainted."

Ausluo: "Not acquainted."

Sitian Gou: "I know this one—she is the second young lady of Duke Xiao's household, and also the fiancée of the Fourth Prince, Xue Beng."

……

In the afternoon, Bai Ran welcomed his blessing.

Xiao Xianlu went to find her parents; of course, the Duke Xiao stays in Tian Dou City, so this young lady of the Xiao family wouldn't have to run that far to find her father.

She simply had the Snow Star Prince who came to inspect the academy in the afternoon summoned.

As the fiancée of the Fourth Prince Snow Collapse, this Second Miss of the Xiao family indeed has a considerable relationship with the Snow Star Prince.

Considering the Duke of the Xiao family and his nephew Snow Collapse,

The Snow Star Prince thought it wasn't a big deal, so he simply came over to help.

Moreover, as the fiancée of a prince, being bullied by male classmates in the academy is practically slapping the imperial family's face; the Snow Star Prince said he couldn't tolerate it.

If you ask about the heaven-defying remarks Xiao Xianlü made, sorry—regarding aspects unfavorable to herself, Xiao Xianlü chooses to omit them entirely, only speaking of what benefits her.

In the office, facing the immense pressure exerted by the Snow Star Prince,

Feng Tianyu simply couldn't make heads or tails of it.

What? In my class, there actually occurred a heinous incident where male trainees wantonly bullied female trainees.

No, we must investigate and punish severely!

"Snow Star Prince, may I ask the name of that male trainee?"

Feng Tianyu accompanied with a smile, asking embarrassedly.

"Niece, what's that boy's name?"

The Snow Star Prince looked toward Xiao Xianlü, who seemed somewhat guilty, and asked.

"Uncle Snow Star, can't we directly go to the Education Committee to have that male student expelled?"

Xiao Xianlü's original plan was to have Snow Star go find the members of the Education Committee and directly expel the male student who slapped her face that morning.

"Oh dear, niece, wouldn't it be better to directly go find the teacher in charge of trainee management? Moreover, you could have that trainee come over to apologize to you in person."

For some reason, Snow Star felt that Xiao Xianlü's condition seemed somewhat off.

Could it be that this teacher is protecting that trainee? If true, that would be a serious disciplinary issue; it seems the Royal Academy needs a thorough rectification.

(End of chapter)