Although he had already memorized the names and faces of the children who needed attention, he had to appear fair to everyone. It was unknown who among them might reveal their usefulness.
“In the Cartag Academy, where I belong, there are departments of swordsmanship, magic, politics, and theology, just like in your Aine Academy there are general studies and theology. Since you are students belonging to the general studies, you are here.”
Although each class was open to students regardless of gender, traditionally, most males chose one of swordsmanship, magic, or politics in Cartag Academy, and most females focused on socializing and learning in the general studies of Aine Academy.
The distinction between the two academies and the presence of a theology department in both reflected the conservative traditions of the past, where students of different genders could not even meet face to face.
Among the male nobles, those who would become knights chose swordsmanship, those who would become wizards chose magic, and the rest all chose politics.
For women, it was simpler: anyone who did not enter theology belonged to the general studies.
The political department of Cartag Academy and the general studies of Aine Academy were essentially similar for this reason.
“Within the general studies, there are music, language, and literature departments. Since you are all firstyear students, you will attend all the basic subjects together. However, some of you may have already studied some subjects within your families. Wasting time by listening to what you already know contradicts our academy’s highest value of improvement. Therefore, depending on the test results, some students will attend advanced classes with upperclassmen instead of other freshmen.”
Megara Lycandros, who had already subtly become the center of the classroom, twinkled her eyes. Nellusion knew that she had shown talent in various fields from a young age, so he understood her reaction.
The students who had been taught by famous teachers from an early age and those who barely knew how to write could not achieve the same results. Perhaps Neris Trued had not received proper education either.
It would be nice if she came and pleaded that it was difficult.
Then he could easily win her favor. Nellusion was impressed with Neris, more than he expected, and he found the reason in her usefulness.
Initially, he just wanted to take a look at her along with the other students in the classroom.
Since she was pretty and seemed to have already made friends, it was worth paying more attention to her.
(This is a time marker.)
The results of the mathematical ability evaluation test were posted near the entrance of the main hall before the first common social studies class for firstyear students began.
Seeing the blatant display of names, families, and graded scores ranked, the students could not close their mouths.
Expectation, or fear filled the eyes of the children checking their grades, and their eyes widened in surprise. The shorter children jumped up and down, quickly checking their own grades and then peeking at the grades of the other children.
Although the students of Cartak Academy and Aine Academy had taken separate exams for administrative convenience, the content of the exams was entirely the same. Thus, the abilities of all thirty or so firstyear students were publicly displayed.
The male students who had visited the main lecture hall located in the center of Aine Academy for the common social class orientation chatted with wounded pride.
“Where is the Trued family?”
“Neris Trued? I’ve never heard that name before.”
Regardless of gender, the name of Neris, who was the overall firstyear valedictorian and the only person with perfect marks, was written there.
Neris stood at the back of the group of children, her eyes cold. Of course, among the boys with still chubby cheeks, there were those who had teased her.
Some of them had even taken pleasure in humiliating Neris in front of the whole school, enjoying it as a fun game, even at an age when they should have moved past such blatant bullying.
The boys who particularly tormented Neris were usually one of two types: those who wanted to torment someone simply because their grades were not good at Cartak Academy, or those who liked to appear tough in front of girls by treating others poorly.
Sure enough, the name of the former was already written in the lower ranks.
Neris, being the type to receive top grades without much effort, had never before paid attention to others’ ranks. Now, she saw that some of the boys she found most annoying couldn’t even read properly, their grades were unspeakable.
It seemed a fortunate thing that she would not have to see their faces in the classes where advancement was possible.
“You know you’re first, right? That’s amazing.”
A few demure girls came to Neris and spoke. Neris hesitated in her reply.
Children had condemned her no matter what she said during the times she had been ostracized, so Neris still didn’t know what the right response would be to these words.
“…I was just lucky.”
“You seem to have studied really hard, right? Hey, where does the Trued family come from? Is it Lancaster’s Trued family?”
“Lancaster is the Trus family. I’m a Trued. My father is not a lord, so there’s no place of origin.”
The children nearby went ‘wow’ and listened to Neris’s voice intently. This was a first, so Neris was slightly taken aback. Then, the crowd around her suddenly parted.
The girls who were talking to Neris quickly vacated their spots at the appearance of Megara, who approached with elegant steps.
“You’re remarkable. You seem to have been educated by a good teacher.”
“Not particularly.”
The blackhaired girl next to Megara made an angry face. Neris was familiar with that expression from that girl, Lianel Berta.
Lianel always made that face just from Neris breathing.
As if to say, ‘How dare you presumptuously breathe the air in front of me.’
That such a thing could audaciously breathe, that such a thing could audaciously get good grades, that such a thing could audaciously lift its head and look at her with confidence, was all unbecoming.
Sure enough, Lianel berated Neris in a sharp voice.
“You’re very funny.”
“What’s funny?”
Neris asked, amused by the fact that even at this age, Lianel was still following Megara around.
This was easier to respond to than the earlier girls, whose intentions were unclear. Because she knew the cause of the visible reaction from her opponent.
Lianel spoke ill of Neris for one reason.
‘Because others agree when she does.’
As a child, she didn’t know that. So, she had tried to become ‘not funny.’
But even if she complied with everyone’s requests, even if she conversed with a perpetual smile, it didn’t solve the root cause of being called strange, so what was the point? Neris’s efforts had been in vain.
But Lianon was still just a child, and the only person who actively agreed with her at the moment was Megara.
At Neris’s calm question, Lianon replied irritably.
“You did well on the test. You couldn’t have done that without learning from a good teacher. Why are you lying? Are you doing this to not teach others?”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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