Showing Off, Going to School

With a loud bang, the wooden door was pushed open forcefully by Fini. A lively and cute voice then rang out:

"Little slavey, where is my little slavey? Your beloved Miss Fini has come to find you."

"Miss, please be gentler, more ladylike!"

As Sophia cautioned her, Chen Cheng saw Fini, dressed in a white floral dress, hopping and smiling as she entered.

When Jenny, behind Fini, saw the iron sword in Chen Cheng's hand, she immediately moved in front of Fini, watching Chen Cheng warily.

"Put down your weapon."

Fini pulled Jenny aside and said:

"Jenny, don't be so alarmed. Little slavey won't hurt me. Besides, don't forget, the key to his slave collar is still in my hand."

Hearing this, Jenny was somewhat relieved, but she still cautiously stepped forward and took the iron sword from Chen Cheng's hand.

Seeing that Chen Cheng didn't stop her from taking the sword, Jenny's hanging heart finally relaxed.

"Miss, even though you have the key, you still need to be careful. Who knows if your little slavey knows how powerful this collar is.

And just two months ago, there was an incident where a slave attacked someone at Baron Xian Yue's manor. This matter..."

Sophia, behind Fini, kept chattering in her ear.

"Oh, alright, alright, Sophia, I know all of this,"

Fini replied impatiently.

She also knew Sophia was concerned about her, so she didn't scold her maid.

Meanwhile, Chen Cheng was wondering why this little loli gave him such a nickname, "Little slavey." It made him, a middle-aged man whose psychological age was approaching thirty, feel a bit creeped out.

When Fini saw Chen Cheng's dazed expression, she thought their actions had startled him. She walked up to Chen Cheng and waved her small hand in front of his eyes. Only then did Chen Cheng's thoughts return.

Then, he unceremoniously pushed Fini's small hand away:

"Hey, stop waving it around, my eyes are fine."

This was just Chen Cheng's subconscious action, but it startled Fini and the two thirteen or fourteen-year-old maids beside her.

Had their ears made a mistake? A wild monkey from the mountains could actually speak human language, and its tone was so smooth and lively. This was truly one of a kind, like a scorpion pooping.

Although being surprised that he could speak the official language was somewhat insulting, this was the reality.

It wasn't that their family had slaves, but they had visited the slave market in Huidun City every time they went there. None of the wild people there could speak their language.

They learned that in the noble households that practiced slavery, only those who were captured as slaves from childhood would learn some basic language as they grew up.

At this moment, Chen Cheng realized he might have exposed himself. He then looked nervously at the three lolis, big and small, in front of him, wanting to see what they would do next.

He was also prepared to use the crystal pendant to remove the collar and escape.

However, the next moment, Fini pounced on him excitedly and hugged him, then said with excitement in her eyes:

"My judgment is indeed extraordinary. I didn't expect you to be a noble from a wild tribe. No, next time I go to school, I must take you to Huidun Academy to show those arrogant guys. My little slavey is a wild noble."

At this point, Fini and the others didn't doubt Chen Cheng's identity. This was because class consciousness was very strong in this world, and things representing class would absolutely not be abandoned.

For example, the magical beast hide Chen Cheng was wearing. Although they couldn't determine what kind of magical beast hide it was, only those with very high status in the tribe could wear it.

Ordinary wild people only wore coarse linen clothes that didn't provide much warmth. Magical beast hides were something only the upper echelons of the tribe could enjoy.

At the same time, there were wars between these wild tribes. After the wars, there would naturally be prisoners of war and spoils of war. If these spoils and prisoners were useless to the tribe, the vast majority of them would be sold to the peddlers who risked their lives to collect goods in the mountains.

Communicating with peddlers required learning the official language. Naturally, those with the most wealth and the most frequent interactions with peddlers were the high-status individuals in the tribe.

It could be said that the old man who drove him away was the highest-status person in the village Chen Cheng encountered in the forest. Judging by his unrefined language and the small size of the village, it was evident that the village was not wealthy.

These so-called peddlers, besides collecting goods, also served as vendors of the locations of the wild villages on the outskirts of the forest.

It was also possible that the reason Scorpio and others discovered that small village was because those peddlers did not obtain enough benefits from them and subsequently sold them out.

Seeing that Fini didn't doubt his identity, Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he didn't want to hurt Fini and the others and return to his previous life of being on the run.

As for being taken to school for people to see, Chen Cheng didn't have much resistance to it.

Because he had emerged from the mountains wanting to experience this other world, especially its miraculous magic, which had piqued his interest as a researcher.

To access magic, academies that taught knowledge might be a good place.

Moreover, once he reached the school, he might also find opportunities to view books from this world and obtain systematic knowledge belonging to this world.

Subsequently, Fini, wanting to show off that she had a wild noble slave, took Chen Cheng around the entire small town. She even made Chen Cheng greet everyone he met, while she, with her chin held high, would say amidst the gasps of astonishment, "It's nothing, he can just speak a few words," to show off.

Honestly, Chen Cheng had never met a loli who was more conceited than her. They walked the entire way, and his throat was almost parched. He wished he could grab this conceited loli and give her little backside a couple of slaps.

However, Fini, still basking in her triumph, didn't notice Chen Cheng's murderous glare.

As they passed a small shop, Fini, with great concern, bought Chen Cheng a cup of sugar water.

Looking at the cup of murky sugar water, made from crushed coarse sugar mixed with impurities, being handed to him, Chen Cheng honestly didn't know whether to accept it.

"Oh, Little slavey, don't be so polite. I know that sugar is the most exchanged item among your tribes every year."

To avoid exposing himself, Chen Cheng could only drink the murky sugar water with a forced smile.

Time flew by, and it was soon the day for Fini to start school. Fini's mother had passed away during childbirth, and Baron Kekebor was often busy managing his territory, leaving him little time to spend with Fini. Consequently, she was usually looked after by two young maids rather than the Baron himself.

As they traveled to school today, Baron Kekebor gave Chen Cheng some instructions.

After all, Fini would be attending the academy for full-time study, and the academy only allowed students to bring one servant. Thus, Chen Cheng would be responsible for her daily life.

In the days leading up to this, the maids Sophia and Jenny had given Chen Cheng a crash course in taking care of Fini, hoping he would look after her well at the academy in their stead.

Chen Cheng was able to ride in the carriage with them thanks to the noble status Fini had imagined for him. Although he was a noble from a barbarian tribe, someone like Baron Kekebor, who supported aristocratic rule, naturally treated Chen Cheng with a degree of courtesy.

The carriage bumped along the rough road for most of the day. Chen Cheng's backside felt numb from the journey, and he was already contemplating whether he could invent a shock absorption system.

As he pondered issues like shock-absorbing springs, materials, and craftsmanship, the carriage had already entered Huidun City.

The ruler of Huidun City was Baron Huidun, Baron Kekebor's superior. This Earl's background was extraordinary; his father was the current King of the Kingdom of Moss, and his mother was Princess Fipsa, the King's own sister.

That's right, this Earl was the product of an incestuous relationship between the King and his sister, Princess Fipsa. This was also why, despite his noble bloodline, he was only a minor Earl in this remote small town.

However, no one in the entire kingdom looked down on this Prince. This was entirely due to his mother, Princess Fipsa, being a powerful figure in the current regime.

She held the position of Minister of Finance in the government, effectively controlling the kingdom's treasury. No one knew if this Prince would ascend the throne in the future through his mother's influence.

Naturally, these trivial matters among nobles had nothing to do with Chen Cheng at the moment. What concerned him now was whether he could adapt to his upcoming campus life.

After all, he didn't know how different a school in this world would be from the schools in his previous life. Furthermore, his memories of how to be a student were quite vague.

In his past life, he had been a genius, learning everything with ease and often engaging in discussions with his teachers rather than seeking their guidance on problems.

As for the current Chen Cheng, he showed no signs of behaving like a slave.

After interacting with Fini over the past few days, she had grown quite fond of Chen Cheng's calm demeanor and lack of subservience.

He could converse with Fini in a respectful yet equal tone, and he was very tolerant of her temper. When she was unhappy, he understood his position as a slave and accommodated her, which made Fini quite smug.

Of course, this accommodation was, in Chen Cheng's eyes, akin to a grown man indulging the childish tantrums of a little sister.

After bidding farewell to her father, Fini gestured for Chen Cheng, who was carrying her luggage, to follow her. Before them stood a large gate with the plaque of Huidun Academy hanging high above.

When Chen Cheng saw the children, ranging from a few years old to teenagers, exuding youthful and vibrant energy, he truly realized he had returned to a campus setting.

Here, Chen Cheng could see different campus attire styles, with some dressed as mages and others in the short tunics of warriors. However, among them, Chen Cheng could clearly sense a competitive tension between the two groups.

Fini's attire, distinct from both, was worn by only a very small number of students. Fini had explained the reason for this to him in the carriage earlier.

Previously, Fini and the others had only attended regular classes, which were essentially preschool.

Starting this semester, they would have to choose between magic classes or warrior classes based on their talents and preferences.

Chen Cheng followed Fini to her classroom. Inside, he saw seven or eight other children like her. Some of these children were accompanied by slaves like himself, while others had household servants.

The distinction between the two was whether or not they wore a Slave Collar around their necks.

As the two entered the classroom, a voice like Donald Duck's boomed from behind them:

"What, Fini, is this the slave you said last semester you wanted to bring to compete with me, the big guy? Look at how scrawny he is; I bet he'd blow away in a strong breeze."