Who hid My Corpse!

Chapter 284: Three Hewinia’s character setting

“Miss Hevnia, can you tell me how many times this month you’ve been late?”

The middle-aged female professor pushed her heavy glasses up her nose as she looked at the out-of-breath Hevnia standing at the classroom door.

“Sorry, Professor Arianna.”

Hevnia’s face was flushed red, her hat askew, and her cloak covered in snow stains—it was clear she had taken a tumble in the snow.

Of course, it was deliberate.

Being late or falling over were all part of setting up her persona.

Especially in this female professor’s class, because the male professors tended to be much more lenient with her when she was late, letting her into the classroom directly not only because of her status, but also because of her gender and, importantly, her looks.

But none of these advantages worked on Arianna, who was also a woman; in fact, they might even backfire.

Therefore, whenever Hevnia was late for her class, Arianna would always discipline her.

But the punishment was never severe, either a stern scolding or making her stand outside the classroom to “embarrass” her.

What Arianna didn’t know was that such embarrassment was actually what Hevnia wanted.

So she was already prepared to stand outside for another class period.

But, to her surprise, this time Arianna merely glanced at her and said indifferently, “Alright, come on in.”

“…Huh?” Hevnia adopted a slightly bewildered expression, which certainly reflected her genuine surprise.

“What’s wrong? Do you need me to punish you to be satisfied?”

“No, no, no.” Hevnia shook her head vigorously, bowing to Arianna, “Thank you, Professor!”

Then, she quickly jogged into the classroom, acting as if she was afraid Arianna would change her mind.

However, as she passed by Arianna, she heard her say in a light tone, “Well done.”

Hevnia was taken aback again, then Arianna frowned and said, “What are you still standing there for? Do you want to waste everyone’s class time?”

“Ah, no!”

Hevnia dared not delay and immediately walked down from the podium.

But she also had a hunch about why Arianna had suddenly changed her attitude—probably related to the fact that she had fully activated her ‘note’ the previous night.

Now, she was truly a Golden Rank ‘note’, whereas Arianna was only Silver Rank.

When Hevnia reached the last row and sat next to a slender boy, the first thing he said seemed to confirm her guess.

“Miss Hevnia! Congratulations!” The boy looked at her with admiration, “You’re truly Golden Rank now.”

Indeed, everyone knew she had reached Golden Rank.

Hevnia thought to herself and furrowed her brows, “Ogg, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me senior? We’re in the same cohort.”

Then she let out a sigh of relief as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

“Good, good, I thought I was going to be scolded again.”

As Hevnia sat down, her shoulder seemingly accidentally brushed against Ogg’s and his face immediately turned red.

And of course, Hevnia noticed all this.

Or rather, it was intentional.

She leaned half-over the desk, stretching lazily, and while inadvertently showcasing her figure to Ogg, she complained, “So bored, I don’t want to listen to the lesson… did you bring the book?”

“Oh yeah, I did, I did,” replied Ogg, nodding repeatedly before pulling an ancient book with a yellow cover out of the drawer, “Miss Senior, this is the one you didn’t finish last time.”

Hevnia’s eyes lit up, “Oh! Thanks… and again, don’t call me senior. Just use my name.”

“Okay, okay, Hevnia…”

Ogg’s face turned even redder, as if just addressing Hevnia by her name had exhausted all his energy.

But at this moment, Hevnia had already turned her attention to the book. She took the ancient book from Ogg’s hands, ignoring the number symbolizing the Holy Sound Library and the “Do Not Remove from Library” sign, and flipped it open.

Yes, this had been her real goal all along.

Ogg, a “poor boy” selected from the Seed District, was of the lowest stratum in this academy that prized talent and bloodline.

In order to live, he had no choice but to take on many jobs, opting for work-study programs, and one of his jobs was as a librarian.

Hevnia had met him a year earlier when she first entered the school.

Back then he was as he is now, sitting in the most inconspicuous corner of the classroom, covered in filth, so no one wanted to sit with him.

But then Hevnia arrived.

Upon seeing Ogg’s librarian armband, Hevnia realized there was something to be gained from him.

These books.

Coming from the Seed District herself, she was ignorant of most of this world’s knowledge; she didn’t even understand why the real Hevnia had gone insane upon seeing her.

And after taking Hevnia’s place at the academy, she had thought she’d quickly grasp everything, only to find out that even here, much knowledge was not made public.

If she wanted to know everything, she would have to find out on her own.

And the books in the academy library were the best way to gather information.

But the problem was that not all the books were publicly accessible, many seemingly insignificant ancient books also had various restrictions; to read them, one had to register, but that was precisely what Hevnia wanted to avoid most.