[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy":3,"chapter-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-379":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Student of the Weakest Academy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1027311,1339,"Chapter 379: The Beginning Of The End [XLI]","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-379",379,"\u003Cp>Kael and Tyrian were waiting right outside the door when Aestrea finally emerged from the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked out calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was unreadable, smooth, and composed... far too composed for someone who had just spent over an hour with the Goddess of Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael and Tyrian stared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stared back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air between them was so heavy it might as well have been physically sagging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So,\" Kael began slowly, his eyes narrowing with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re actually alive...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in one piece,\" Tyrian added, folding his arms\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes?\" Aestrea blinked once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael leaned in closer, squinting so aggressively he looked like he was trying to see through Aestrea’s soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian circled him once, like he was inspecting a magical beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What are you two doing?\" Aestrea exhaled sharply, rolling his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael ignored the question entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he clapped his hands once, nodded firmly to himself, and stated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. We have one question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just one.\" Tyrian nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea closed his eyes for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Fine. What question?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael glanced at Tyrian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both inhaled dramatically and then shouted at the same time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DID THE GODDESS OF LIGHT FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyebrow twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You took too long.\" Kael pointed a finger accusingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Way too long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone else left in ten minutes!\" Kael gestured wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"TEN! MINUTES! You took an hour!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over an hour,\" Tyrian corrected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly.\" Kael jabbed a thumb at Aestrea’s chest. \"So, what happened? Did she propose? Kiss you? Kidnap you? Mark you? Seal a destiny pact? Claim you as her divine spouse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s face twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of nonsense...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael leaned in, voice dropping to a whisper filled with profound seriousness:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We made a theory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A strong theory.\" Tyrian nodded gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea resisted the urge to walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...A theory,\" he repeated flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Kael replied, nodding frenetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A theory based on evidence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian held up a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One: she stared at you from the moment she arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael held up a second finger. \"Two: she noticed you trying to escape, and immediately declared no one could leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three: her gaze kept returning to you constantly.\" Tyrian raised a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael raised a fourth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four: she kept you inside for over an hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five: you are cursed.\" Tyrian lifted a fifth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stared at that last one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...That’s not evidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It absolutely is,\" Kael argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything weird happens to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Objectively speaking, yes.\"Tyrian nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea opened his mouth to argue, but then remembered his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...They weren’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael crossed his arms, looking quite smug. \"So? Our theory is that the Goddess of Light wants you. Like... wants you wants you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We believe she may be... romantically or possessively attached.\" Tyrian nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael leaned in with a giddy yet confident smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So tell us the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stared at them for a long moment, and there was absolutely no way in hell he was telling these two idiots any of what actually happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he inhaled softly, pushing down the chaos in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightened his posture, smoothed out every trace of emotion from his face, and adopted the calm, reasonable expression of someone who definitely did not almost get married against his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, lying through every tooth in his mouth, he answered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was an evaluation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A long evaluation?\" Kael’s eyes narrowed instantly, his entire face scrunching up with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. A very detailed indeed,\" Aestrea nodded calmly, as if this made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian’s gaze sharpened at his words, unblinking, like he was trying to detect lies through sheer eye contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...An hour-long evaluation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She asked many questions,\" Aestrea replied smoothly. His tone was very steady, his eyebrows were relaxed, and his breathing was even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the picture of innocence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael lifted a brow so high it nearly touched his hairline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of questions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea shrugged with perfect casualness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The usual. She asked about the reason I progressed so fast and my future goals. Then, she measured my power potential... and evaluated my attitude.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian didn’t blink at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Did she give you candy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What?\" Aestrea almost choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael immediately slapped the back of Tyrian’s head. \"Why would she give him candy?! She’s a goddess!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kids like candy.\" Tyrian rubbed the spot he’d been hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aestrea is not a—\" Kael stared at him like he was judging his entire bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—No one gave me candy,\" Aestrea cut in, voice dry as desert sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, whatever. But back to the point.\" Kael waved that away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped closer, eyes narrowing even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure she didn’t fall in love with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" Aestrea’s eye twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, you’re sure? Or no, she didn’t?\" Tyrian lifted an eyebrow before pressuring him into replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...No, she didn’t,\" Aestrea said firmly, maybe a little too firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael tilted his head slowly, like a confused puppy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That didn’t sound convincing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t,\" Tyrian added flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea inhaled through his nose, genuinely tempted to strangle both of them and bury their bodies behind the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen, Aestrea... if somethingcompromisinghappened, you can tell us. We’re your brothers.\" Kael placed a dramatic hand over his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian nodded with solemn sincerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will support you. Even if she is trying to kidnap you. Or marry you. Or chain you in a divine palace. Or bind your soul to hers. Or even if...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None,\" Aestrea said slowly, glaring hard enough to pierce a hole in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...of that happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael leaned slightly toward Tyrian, whispering with the subtlety of a thunderstorm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s totally hiding something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One hundred percent.\" Tyrian sighed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea clenched his jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he clenched any harder, his teeth might crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael stepped forward again, eyes gleaming with nosy determination. \"Just tell us one thing. One honest thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Fine. What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael swallowed dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian leaned in like they were about to hear divine secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them asked at once...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was she beautiful up close?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image of Olivia sitting on his lap, veil glowing softly, breath warm against his skin, flickered through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled slowly, defeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HE ADMITTED IT!\" Kael gasped loudly enough to alert half the academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian nodded like a philosopher confirming universal truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Theory confirmed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t bother arguing anymore. Instead, he lifted both his hands, and smacked Kael and Tyrian on the backs of their heads\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"OW—?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"MY BRAIN—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both idiots grabbed their heads and crouched, whining dramatically like they’d been mortally wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s for being stupid,\" Aestrea said calmly, dusting off his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael glared up at him. \"You didn’t have to hit THAT hard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! I think I saw my past life flash before my eyes!\" Tyrian nodded tearfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea ignored them and started walking toward the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tyrian blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, both of them froze as they realized what Aestrea was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-WAIT—ARE YOU LEAVING?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea waved lazily without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael was the one to panic first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BRO, YOU CAN’T LEAVE US HERE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WE STILL HAVE OUR TURN! WE CAN’T ESCAPE!\" Tyrian sputtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You traitor!\" Kael shouted, pointing dramatically at Aestrea’s back. \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAKE US WITH YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YEAH! OPEN A PORTAL OR SOMETHING!\" Tyrian jabbed a finger wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We shared lunches together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We suffered classes together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We almost died together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael even clung to a chair for emotional support. \"DON’T LEAVE YOUR BROTHERS TO BE SACRIFICED!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea paused and turned slighly, lifting his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He wouldn’t betray us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them held their breath in hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Aestrea showed them his middle finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HAH!\" Kael gasped as if betrayed by destiny itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YOU, YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HOW COULD YOU?! AFTER EVERYTHING WE’VE BEEN THROUGH!\" Tyrian stumbled backward dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"COME BACK AND DIE WITH US LIKE A MAN!\" Kael yelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YEAH!\" Tyrian shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"FACE THE GODDESS WITH US! DON’T BE A COWARD!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with the grace of someone absolutely done with their nonsense, he grabbed the door of the large hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shut it in their faces with enough force to rattle the frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the other side came their faint voices:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NOOOOOOOOO—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"COME BAAAACK—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea walked away without a single bit of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They deserved every bit of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked mindlessly through the grand halls of the academy grounds, his footsteps echoing on the marble floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until suddenly... a familiar voice, yet strangely different, slithered through the air. It was enticing, and fucking seductive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aestrea~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly recognized that voice, so he turned around...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss me~, yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he did, his eyes widened in complete shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Selindra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... it wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, he had heard about her from Kael and Tyrian, but he didn’t think that the changes she went through... were that fucking huge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman who stood before him was completely different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old Selindra, with her dark, sun-kissed skin and sharp, golden eyes, was gone. In her place was this... this creature of impossible perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her skin was no longer the warm tone he remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now a flawless, creamy porcelain, so smooth and perfect it looked like it had been sculpted from the finest silicone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long, wild black hair had transformed into a beautiful, lustrous cascade of cotton-candy pink that fell down to her waist, even shimmering lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her eyes... her piercing golden eyes were now a mesmerizing, hypnotic pink, the color of cherry blossoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the changes didn’t stop there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure, which was already deeply seductive... only seemed to have become even more obscene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where before she had been athletic and toned, she was now a masterpiece of exaggerated curves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breasts were massive, round, and impossibly perky, straining against the fabric of her tight uniform, threatening to spill out with every breath she took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were so large they looked like they belonged on a Goddess of Fertility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her waist had been cinched to an impossible, doll-like slenderness, making the flare of her hips look even more dramatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her ass... it was a perfect, peach-shaped masterpiece, round and full, looking so soft and plump that he almost had the urge to reach out and sink his fingers into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It jiggled slightly as she shifted her weight, a movement that was both subtle and utterly hypnotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood with one hand on her hip, pushing her chest out even further, a slow, confident smile spreading across her perfect, puffy lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cat got your tongue, Aestrea?\" she purred seductively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or are you just... happy to see me~♡?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1751,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","02b8cf978801e70f3ca8b325f83a152af38eb139d31b1f7659d40b040f8c42b6","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-477","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-476",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]