Mage Manual

Chapter 379: Chapter 321: Oh no, I am so clumsy.

“Hey, how’s the air in the back rows? Up here in the front, it’s quite clear, since it’s just me, the professor, in the first three rows. But that’s not too bad—after all, if you students were all eager about a history lesson about the past, I’d start to worry about Dazzling Star’s future… But if you don’t spend a little effort on the past, then you might as well start worrying about your own future grades.”

“Flip to page 173 of your textbook, the year 871, when the court Prime Minister, Blaido Usgael, drafted the ‘Noble Act’ and became the first new noble to be granted the Stars Blessing by the Empress. And the content of the ‘Noble Act’ is…”

The history professor was not a stuffy and serious old scholar; on the contrary, he was quite a witty and fashionable old man. But even his strong personal style couldn’t save the dreary content of the lectures, unless he threw out a few Duke jokes or Minister anecdotes; otherwise, the atmosphere in the classroom would remain between a gaseous state of drowsiness and a muddy state of stupor.

For Sonia, the only benefit of attending class was that she could slowly untangle the messy threads in her mind. This was a habit she had formed since starting university because all her other free time was packed too full. She used those free time resources to invest in herself.

More importantly, there was no place for her in Jiale City. If she stayed alone in an empty place, she would easily be overwhelmed by sheer boredom and fall into self-pity. Ever since sneaking a cry under the covers once, the Village Girl sternly commanded herself to stay in others’ sight as much as possible, forbidding herself from fleeing like a beaten dog to a corner to lick her wounds.

Tears that couldn’t evoke sympathy or love from others were utterly worthless.

So, the only place she could daydream and ponder life was during these tedious public classes. After all, as long as she crammed at the end of the term, she could easily pass the public courses, so she could use class time to weigh her gains and losses.

Who had offended her, who had designs on her, who she should cozy up to, who she should target… Conveniently, public classes were large, so Sonia could survey the room and pinpoint her targets.

However, lately, Sonia had added another entertaining activity—patrolling forums during class to see if any defenseless noble students were discussing her. If so, she’d execute them on the spot and then observe the reactions of the surrounding students. She had caught several classmates who were meek and mild offline, addressing her with “Top Student, hello,” yet were fierce online calling her a Village Girl.