Chapter 20

1

I thought and thought, until I couldn't think anymore. When that happened, I reached out and grabbed Elena's hand, regardless of whether he was scared or not. I wanted to pull him into my arms, hold him tightly. The first time I saw Elena when we were young was also when Hisa brought her. Every time I saw her after that, it was always Hisa who brought her. I haven't met any other members of Elena's family, but every time she came, she would share her stories with me. Her first time swimming in the sea, the first gift she gave her father, the first time she received a teacher's reward. She would tell me all these things in detail. Those were the memories of Elena without her Dragon Maiden powers and Qin Yang without his Demon Dragon power. Why can't we be like that again? Is it because of the Demon Dragon who slaughtered the traitors of the Demon clan or is it because of the Dragon Maiden who deeply loves the Holy Dragon? We both know very well that every memory engraved in the depths of our hearts can change the relationship between people.

"Don't move, just let me hold you like this!"

"........" Elena didn't say anything.

"Nothing else matters. Whether you remember me as white or black, it doesn't matter anymore... Qin Yang is Qin Yang, and Elena is Elena."

Duke Qin and the Emperor had just gotten off the new train.

"What would it feel like if the person you grew up with forgets about you?"

"My childhood friend is you, Fengyu."

"I won't forget, not even in death."

2

After being back in the capital for two days, I realized just how much everything had changed in the past eighteen years. Clothing was the biggest difference.

Lilith and the others had been living in the high-class apartment building 300 meters west of the Duke's Mansion for the past two years, living a comfortable life thanks to their father's care.

Two months later, we should be leaving. After eighteen years, this high-class apartment building will also be rebuilt.

I received a message from Coyalu, saying that he was away in the deep sea and wouldn't be able to come back for a few days.

With Perra wanting to become a nurse and Nofice wanting to become a model, I made a decision – to return to The Chishin Academy as a contemporary class teacher.

Today is the first day of orientation.

"Teacher... Gu..."

"It's you? I saw you on the news a couple of days ago, standing behind the Emperor of the Empire."

"Guffy, so you've finally become a teacher and embarked on the journey of a school principal."

"After coming back from the battlefield, you really became a teacher?"

"People always called me a school principal. I think being a teacher is a stable profession. Don't come looking for me for stealing intelligence in the future."

"Isn't every adventurer supposed to have a heart for adventure?"

"I was never an adventurer. If it weren't for my adventurous father, I wouldn't have become someone who lives on the edge of a knife every day."

"Okay, starting today, I will be a substitute teacher here. Please take care of me."

Guffy chuckled softly and said, "Take care of what? Aren't you the one who taught me? Don't forget that you can easily make Fuyan appear in The Human Realm."

Guffy and I continued to walk along the school road. Many students passed by me, most of them greeting Guffy warmly. If she wasn't the school principal after eighteen years, I'm afraid the whole school would be her fans, fawning over her like crazy.

"The Duke Qin will propose soon! Everyone is guessing who he will propose to."

As I expected, Guffy stopped: "He already told me clearly."

"Explain clearly?"

"Well..." Guffy gripped the textbook in her hands, her nails sinking into it.

"Alright, alright, relax. It's just typical men's nonsense, right?"

I told myself, "It's not worth it."

As I watched Guffy walk away, I realized that I had no reason to know what my father had said to her. But I also understood the result: my father married my mother and had me, while Guffy raised Tesha on her own. The name "Tesha" was similar to "Qin" in its meaning, which was self-explanatory.

I felt that the problems left by my father needed to be corrected.

3

"Are you a new student?"

After registering at the school office, I grabbed my small loaf of bread and headed towards the teaching building. Oh? Wondering where the bread came from? It was a gift from the school office lady – milk and bread.

Physically, I was sixteen years old, not wearing a school uniform, but I still seemed unrelated to the teachers. Holding a book and a milk carton, nibbling on the small loaf of bread, and being a little short made me look like an elementary school student.

"No, I am a new teacher! Are you a student in this class?" It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

"A teacher? I am the class monitor of Grade 1, Class Five, Huang Huanghuang."

"That name is quite difficult to pronounce."

"I have no control over the name my parents gave me."

"It's time for class, let's go in."

"You are the substitute history teacher!"

"Do you know that your original teacher is away on a business trip?"

"Yes, we know."

As I opened the classroom door, the whole class fell silent. It felt good.

"Go back, go back, he is the teacher. What are you looking at, Lu Jing, it's you. Go back to your seat."

A great class monitor! I jokingly looked at him, giving him a commanding look.

"Alright, everyone, take your seats. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Qin, the substitute history teacher. I heard that you will soon be choosing your specialized subjects. As a teacher, let me remind you that whether it's the arts or the sciences, neither is more important than the other. Don't think that those who study the arts or do research will be bullied by those who study martial arts; in fact, it's quite possible that they'll be the ones bullying others. What matters is studying well and excelling."

"Teacher, were you bullied when you were studying?"

"Teacher, it's been more than just a day or two that students studying martial arts have bullied students studying the arts. If we have the ability, why shouldn't we study martial arts as well?"

"Oh, all of you, always focusing on the immediate things and not looking at the bigger picture. When you leave the school gates, just randomly pick ten people. How many of them have reached the Saint level in Magic? And how many are doing Magic research or studying literature? Among those ten ordinary people, how many of them have the ability to excel in this subject? Think carefully about how capable you are in studying this subject..."

After finishing, I opened my textbook and slowly explained the history of the Othrian Empire for them.

3

After class, I saw Guffy outside the classroom window.

"Guffy, I didn't realize you were also a first-grade teacher."

"Why are you everywhere?"

"I can't help it, the students I'm substituting for are also in the first grade. Actually..."

Impatiently, Guffy interrupted, "Why are you beating around the bush?"

"Here, take this."

"What is this?" Guffy opened the red booklet, and I immediately reached out to close it.

"Read it at home."

It was an invitation, an engagement invitation. It was my parents' engagement invitation. In the morning, my father mysteriously found me and gave it to me. When I opened it, I was puzzled. What was my father up to?

"Why are you being so mysterious?" I put my hands on Guffy's shoulders and forced her to look at me, saying, "I said we'll watch it at home, so let's just watch it at home. Stop babbling."

"Just...just go home then, why are you angry?"

"Tea...teacher?" As soon as the students left the classroom, they saw us like this, looking fierce, and were startled.

"It's okay, I just have something to talk to Teacher Gu."

In the end, I just whispered, "You need to be mentally prepared before watching this thing. This is a school, after all."