Another ten minutes passed.
Just as Ho Fei-yu was wondering why Kanade Himuro hadn't returned to the classroom, the click-clack of high heels at the door dispelled his doubts.
"This is the noisiest class in the entire building!" The familiar, elegant figure had barely entered the classroom when severe words burst out, and her cold gaze swept across the room.
The unique aura of a teacher and her icy demeanor made most of the students in the room shudder, not daring to meet Kanade Himuro's stern eyes.
But there were always troublemakers.
"Teacher~ Didn't you tell us to get to know each other? Why are you blaming us now~ Classmates, am I right?" A blonde guy with a common appearance, even a bit shifty-eyed, suddenly stood up by the wall and spoke to Kanade Himuro in a flippant tone. Then, he turned and tried to incite others, his eyes full of expectation.
Unfortunately, the result was contrary to his expectations. Aside from him, no one else spoke up in agreement. Most of them watched him like he was a monkey.
Seeing a scene different from what he had imagined, the blonde guy awkwardly scratched his head and prepared to sit down.
He thought someone would surely side with him. After all, he had observed many people earlier. There were at least six delinquent girls in the class.
As bad girls, shouldn't they naturally contradict the teacher?
"Who gave you permission to sit down? Standing and sitting as you please during class? You must be very important! By the way, your name is Katsu Yumoshika, isn't it?" Just as the blonde guy was halfway down, Kanade Himuro's extremely cold voice rang out with undeniable authority, freezing the guy named Katsu Yumoshika in place.
If someone had followed him, Katsu Yumoshika might have sat down. The law doesn't punish the masses, and even if he was scolded by the teacher, he could have just laughed it off. But now he was alone and extremely embarrassed.
At that moment, the strange looks cast by the others made Katsu Yumoshika feel like he was being roasted over a fire.
"Now, either you leave, or I leave." Kanade Himuro stared intensely.
Having been humiliated by Ho Fei-yu earlier, she was looking for a place to vent. Unexpectedly, this reckless troublemaker jumped out. If she didn't properly release the accumulated anger, she wouldn't be doing Katsu Yumoshika justice.
"Teacher, it's not that serious, is it?" Katsu Yumoshika said with a sullen face.
If he was forced to leave, he would be completely humiliated. How could he blend in with the class and flirt with the pretty girls? Katsu Yumoshika knew clearly that, except for the girl in the last row by the window, almost all the girls in the class were stunning beauties.
Katsu Yumoshika now regretted being the one to stand out. He originally wanted to show off and attract girls, but he didn't expect this female teacher to be so strict.
In truth, if this had happened before, Kanade Himuro might not have kicked Katsu Yumoshika out of the classroom for such a small matter. She would have made him stand outside at most. But today, she was bursting with pent-up anger. And Katsu Yumoshika, unfortunately, chose this moment to step on her nerves.
"I'll give you thirty seconds to think. If you're still not out by then, I'll leave and discuss my resignation with the head teacher." Kanade Himuro ignored Katsu Yumoshika's words and spoke matter-of-factly.
"Anyway, it's wasting everyone's time. We were supposed to be dismissed after selecting class officers, but it's fine to delay it further. I'm not in a hurry." She added.
The moment their self-interest was threatened, the students who were watching the show instantly couldn't sit still. Their mindset shifted from being amused onlookers to active participants, and the looks they threw at Katsu Yumoshika became much sharper.
Katsu Yumoshika felt like he was being stabbed in the back by needles as he sensed the change in his classmates' eyes. Especially when Kanade Himuro mentioned consulting the head teacher about resignation—wasn't that just going to complain?! Would the school's head teacher fire her? No, it would be him getting expelled.
Katsu Yumoshika now somewhat regretted being a troublemaker. He had only intended to gain some attention, hoping to attract girls, but this female teacher was too strict.
"Fine! I'll leave!" Thirty seconds flashed by. Katsu Yumoshika finally chose to surrender. The combined pressure from his classmates and the threat of the head teacher made him dare not resist further.
Katsu Yumoshika lowered his head, his hands tightly clenched. He walked out of the classroom without a word, a fierce expression hidden on his ugly face.
After leaving the classroom, he didn't stand outside but left completely, wandering around.
The classroom fell silent again.
Kanade Himuro withdrew her gaze. She naturally knew Katsu Yumoshika wasn't standing outside, but she didn't care. Having been a teacher for so many years, she could distinguish between worthless wood and promising pillars in just a few glances. In those few short minutes, she knew this student named Katsu Yumoshika was a cockroach, even worse than worthless wood. Wasting time on this garbage was completely irrational.
"Alright, let's begin the class officer elections. Students who are interested can volunteer." As Kanade Himuro spoke, the classroom became lively again.
Ho Fei-yu rested his left hand on his face. He had witnessed everything that happened and didn't find Kanade Himuro's actions inappropriate.
In this life and the last, there were many people like Katsu Yumoshika. If you constantly tolerated them, the result would only be them taking advantage of you next time.
Morally, Kanade Himuro was his woman. Logically, the blonde hair, the earring, the shifty-eyed appearance—he didn't look like a good person at all. He was a textbook NTR figure. Regardless of the circumstances, Ho Fei-yu couldn't sympathize.
Moreover, the hidden cold ferocity Katsu Yumoshika displayed when he left reminded Ho Fei-yu of the three NTR targets he had already eliminated. His intuition told him that Katsu Yumoshika was definitely an NTR.
'Looks like I need to keep an eye on this Katsu Yumoshika.' Ho Fei-yu didn't pay attention to the ongoing elections. His eyes were fixed on the window as he muttered to himself.
"..."
"It's only about ten o'clock. It's so early~ Fei-yu-kun, shall we go for a walk~" Kokoro Aono lay across Ho Fei-yu's desk, swinging her small legs, raising her bright eyes, and looking at Ho Fei-yu.
"No, I won't. It's boring." Ho Fei-yu rejected her without thinking.
"Why don't you make some good friends and go play with them?" Ho Fei-yu continued, meeting the girl's resentful gaze.
"Fei-yu-kun hasn't made any friends either!" Kokoro Aono pouted and countered.
"Hehe." Hearing the girl's words, the images of the boys in the class quickly flashed through Ho Fei-yu's mind. They were either blonde, or had weak, submissive faces. He gave Kokoro Aono a knowing, enigmatic smile.
Kokoro Aono just found the boy a bit strange, but she didn't press the matter. She kept her position, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ho Fei-yu, a faint smile on her pretty face.
Ho Fei-yu shifted his gaze, sweeping over the people still in the class, and finally lingered on a girl with her hair tied in a ponytail at the back and standard anime bangs in the front.
The girl was named Satsuki Kuroda.
He didn't participate in or pay attention to the class officer elections, but two girls had caught his attention. After all, the other positions were filled directly, and only the class president position had a competition.
One was the purple-haired girl to Ho Fei-yu's right, and the other was Satsuki Kuroda.