Late-Arriving Regret

"This..."

Fan Yu was left speechless by Yao Shi's barrage of words.

"Oh, and during this so-called assessment, she even personally stepped in to interfere, nearly causing my friend and me to suffer serious injuries."

"Do you know how dangerous it was for the two of us, merely two-ring soul masters, to be suppressed by a Soul Emperor's pressure while dozens of meters in the air and then fall at high speed from that height?"

"Do you know how much psychological trauma that caused me and my handsome roommate? He's practically gone stupid now. He was already stupid to begin with, and Teacher Zhou still treated us like that. What, aren't stupid people human? Do stupid people deserve to be bullied?"

Yao Shi spoke with utter sincerity, growing more impassioned the more he spoke. Even Wang Dong beside him was left staring in stunned disbelief.

Eh! Am I really stupid?

It was as though Zhou Yi's act of making them fall through the air had truly inflicted immense physical and mental harm on her, causing something to go wrong with her brain.

"What! You actually used soul pressure on them while they were in midair? Were you trying to kill them?"

"They're only children!"

Fan Yu watched Yao Shi's heartfelt display, his agitated tone, and the occasional tear he wiped from the corner of his eye. Then he looked at Wang Dong, whose eyes were wide open and whose mouth hung in an O, the very picture of someone whose brain had malfunctioned.

Seeing one of them aggrieved and the other dazed, Fan Yu began to feel guilty. He also felt that perhaps his wife truly had done something wrong, so he immediately shouted at Zhou Yi.

"Why didn't you tell me before coming here that you interfered with their assessment?"

"I... I..."

Zhou Yi was rendered incoherent by the question, not knowing how to answer. She naturally knew that what she had done violated academy rules. She had thought that as long as Fan Yu stepped in, he could resolve the matter without wasting words, so she had concealed it.

"You really are... Sigh. I'm sorry, you two students. We disturbed you today. Another day, I'll come to your door and apologize properly."

Fan Yu did not know what to say as he looked at his wife in this state. He hastily bid Yao Shi and Wang Dong farewell, then pulled Zhou Yi away.

If Zhou Yi had not interfered with their assessment, he could have resolved this matter easily. But now that he knew Zhou Yi had actually dared to make a move against these new students, if it alerted the academy's upper ranks, this would not be something a resignation could settle. She would face judgment from the academy's higher-ups—at best, dismissal; at worst, her cultivation would be crippled and she would be expelled from Shrek Academy.

Watching the two leave, Yao Shi immediately let out a breath of relief.

Good thing they didn't make a move against me. As expected of me.

"Hey, Yao Shi—"

An irritated voice suddenly came from behind him. Yao Shi slowly turned around and saw Wang Dong glaring at him resentfully.

"What exactly did you say about me to those teachers just now?!"

Yao Shi immediately began playing dumb.

"Eh? What did I say? Wasn't I praising you for being handsome the whole time?"

"Oh? Was that so?"

"Absolutely. Guaranteed."

"Hmph, don't think I didn't hear you saying my brain was damaged and calling me stupid. I was only spacing out to cooperate with you. You don't actually think I'm dumb, do you?"

"Aren't you?" Yao Shi spread his hands, wearing an expression that clearly said she was.

"Yao Shi!!"

"Stop right there! Don't run!"

The moment Wang Dong heard Yao Shi's words, she was about to drive an elbow into him when she saw that he had already run more than ten meters away. She immediately raised her forty-meter blade and chased after him.

One fled, one pursued; even with wings, neither could escape.

Yao Shi's smug voice came from ahead.

"Come catch me! If you catch me, I'll give you my life."

Shrek Academy Academic Affairs Office.

Grade Director Du Weilun looked at the nine neatly arranged letters of complaint on his desk and could not help but feel a headache coming on.

"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi, why is it Teacher Zhou again!"

"Why do students report her every year? This year is even more outrageous—nine letters in a row. It's only the first day of the new term, and she's already causing me so much trouble."

Du Weilun could only complain bitterly as he faced these letters.

Looks like I need to have the dean give her a warning. Otherwise, one day, this tiny Academic Affairs Office of mine will be stuffed full of complaint letters.

Soul Guidance Department, Fan Yu's office.

"Zhou Yi, why don't you resign from your position as a Martial Soul Department teacher? At least then, you can still remain here in our Soul Guidance Department. If those two students really make this a bigger issue and take it to the higher-ups, then... sigh."

Fan Yu continuously comforted Zhou Yi, who was sitting on his lap. At that moment, she had removed her aged and stern mask, revealing her relatively youthful appearance.

"But I'm a little reluctant to give it up. And even if I came to the Soul Guidance Department, what could I do? I don't understand any of this at all!"

Zhou Yi's face was full of worry. She blamed herself for being too stubborn, for making that martial soul oath, and even more for interfering in that wager.

"Tomorrow, I'll go to the Academic Affairs Office and resign from my position as an outer academy teacher in the Martial Soul Department."

As though she had made up her mind, Zhou Yi took a deep breath and spoke decisively to Fan Yu.

"I'm sorry, Fan Yu. I won't be so impulsive again."

Fan Yu gently stroked her head. "From now on, you can come here and teach the Soul Guidance Department students some martial soul-related fundamentals."

"Mm..."

Thus, that night, Zhou Yi went with Fan Yu to the outer academy's Academic Affairs Office to process her resignation.

When Du Weilun learned that Zhou Yi had come to resign, he was overjoyed.

I was just thinking this morning about how to deal with those complaint letters, and now you've come to resign that very night. Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! Looks like I finally won't have to receive so many reports about her in the future!

Du Weilun was extremely excited inside, but outwardly he looked very reluctant to let her go.

"Sigh, Teacher Zhou, why are you suddenly resigning when everything was fine?"

Zhou Yi let out a soft breath and said with relief, "Director, I only figured it out today. Perhaps I truly am not suited to teaching students. And I've been feeling rather stressed lately, so I might as well take this time to recuperate at my husband's place."

"If that's the case, then I won't try too hard to keep you. Once your resignation is processed, I'll arrange a new homeroom teacher for your former class tonight. You should rest and recuperate properly."

"Then thank you, Director Du. We'll be leaving now."

After finishing everything, the two did not linger. They exchanged a few pleasantries before getting up and leaving.

"Phew~ The trouble is finally resolved."

Watching them leave, Du Weilun reclined in his lounge chair and let out a long breath, feeling thoroughly refreshed. Then he began selecting a suitable teacher to fill the vacant homeroom teacher position in Yao Shi's class.

After looking through the files for quite some time, Du Weilun stared at the information in his hand with a shocked expression.

"Eh! Why would she want to come to the outer academy and serve as a Martial Soul Department teacher?"

"Forget it. Class One's homeroom teacher position just became vacant anyway. I'll assign her there."