Fiancée

"Shouldn't all of you be the ones apologizing?" Michelle had always seemed to dislike Lambis, and she voiced her displeasure.

"Don't go too far, Michelle." Feli frowned. "Senior Lambis is from the Blue Radiance Empire..."

"Forget it, Michelle." Chen Rui had gained quite a lot today and was in an excellent mood. "There's no need to waste time with these people. Let's go."

"What do you mean, 'no need'?! Say that again if you dare!" The speaker was Quinn, the student with the cold, arrogant expression. His eyes brimmed with provocation. To a "genius" accustomed to being the center of attention, such blatant disregard was even more humiliating than a slap to the face.

"It's bad enough that you can't accept defeat, but now you want to bite back?" Chen Rui shot the ill-looking students a contemptuous glance. "One can tell from the students' character alone that the Starlight Academy renowned throughout the nations is nothing special after all."

Quinn flew into a rage and was about to attack when a lean, sturdy academy teacher stepped forward from behind him, radiating an aggressive mental pressure. "The students may apologize if they have been discourteous. But you have insulted Starlight Academy with your words, and you must give us an explanation."

This teacher was named Andrew. He had always been fiercely protective of his own. He had already been secretly dissatisfied with the trial ending early, but he had not dared utter a word in front of Grandmaster Fenoya. Now, upon hearing the other party "question" Starlight Academy, he immediately seized the opportunity to make an issue of it.

"That counts as an insult? I'm beginning to understand why there are students like this—because there are teachers who lead their pupils astray." Chen Rui's smile gained a trace of chill. "As