3: Chapter 3...
"You and she are both fourth-year students. But Su Linlin is exceptionally talented and progressing rapidly, whereas you?"
"After idling in the academy for four years, you're still just an unremarkable intermediate Mage Apprentice."
"You're jealous, so you want to see others fail to progress too, don't you?"
"But Su Linlin is different; she is the hope of the academy. Instead of holding her back, you should be cooperating with her unconditionally!"
Teacher Yang Yong's tone was filled with a hypocritical sense of superiority as he looked down at Lin Fan.
Standing beside him, the red-haired girl, Su Linlin, also raised her chin haughtily.
As the goddess of the First Fire Class, Su Linlin had always had countless suitors, including the original owner of this body.
But this afternoon, Lin Fan had been indifferent to her demands, acting as if he didn't understand a word she was saying.
This had dealt a massive blow to Su Linlin's self-esteem.
A piece of trash actually dared to ignore her?
Lin Fan forced himself to stay calm.
He knew very well that he couldn't afford to offend Teacher Yang Yong yet—at least not for now.
"Sorry."
Lin Fan lowered his head perfunctorily and spoke in a flat tone.
Seeing Lin Fan back down.
Teacher Yang Yong and Su Linlin exchanged a smile, a flicker of successful malice in their eyes.
"I also heard that you were slacking off and sleeping during work hours."
"The academy arranged this job for you specifically because your family is poor, yet you don't even cherish it!"
"You must be punished for this."
"You don't need to work today, and your salary for this month is halved. Now, get out!"
Teacher Yang Yong shouted sternly, directly kicking Lin Fan out of the library.
"Trash."
As Lin Fan walked past Su Linlin, he clearly heard those two words whispered from her lips.
He glanced back.
He happened to meet Su Linlin's gaze, which was filled with spite.
"Heh, just you wait."
"All of you, just wait. One day, I will make every single one of you stare in shock."
Lin Fan thought coldly to himself, a chilling arc curling at the corner of his mouth.
After leaving the library, Lin Fan crossed a long corridor and entered a spacious, bright hall.
The hall was bustling with people coming and going.
Some wore the same school uniform as him, while others were in casual clothes.
Clearly, those in casual clothes were the academy's teachers and staff.
As for the students.
Their uniforms were similar in style; the only difference was the color of their cloaks.
The darker the cloak's color, the higher the grade level of the student's class.
Looking around.
Students wearing bright red cloaks, sky blue cloaks, crimson cloaks, and blood-red cloaks could be seen everywhere in the hall.
They corresponded to the first, second, third, and fourth years respectively.
Yet, what Lin Fan wore was a silver cloak with a near-metallic luster.
In the entire academy, he was the only student who had awakened the Space Element.
"Good afternoon, Senior."
"Hello, Senior Lin Fan."
"Yo, Lin Fan, not guarding the door at the library today?"
"What? Slacking off to come out for some air?"
Along the way, people kept greeting Lin Fan.
But Lin Fan could clearly hear the thick mockery in their words.
To this, Lin Fan chose to ignore them, continuing forward without a word.
Even the lower-grade students dared to mock him in public; there was no respect to speak of.
Turning a deaf ear to the ridicule, Lin Fan walked straight out of the academy's teaching building.
He looked back at the tall, magnificent building behind him, unable to help a sigh of amazement in his heart.
Although he had seen the academy in the original owner's memories.
Seeing it with his own eyes still left him shaken by its grandeur.
Although the academy was only one story tall.
Its footprint was incredibly vast, enough to house the population of a small town.
This was Longwei Magic Academy, a mediocre institution among the many magic academies in Baiyun City.
Over the past three years, the original owner had suffered endless humiliation here.
And this year was his fourth year at the academy.
"However, from today on, everything is different. I will repay all the humiliation suffered over the last three years twofold!"
A cold glint flashed in Lin Fan's eyes, and after speaking, he turned and strode away.
He remembered that the original owner used to pick up his younger sister on the way home every day after school.
His sister was currently attending an ordinary school, still waiting for the day of her elemental awakening.
And that school happened to be an Affiliated School of Longwei Magic Academy.
This arrangement was made so that students who awakened their elements could more easily transfer into Longwei Magic Academy.
"According to the original owner's memories, this sister has been coming home with injuries lately, with many strange bruises on her body."
"But the original owner had a cowardly personality and was afraid of offending students from wealthy families, so he always ignored it and chose to endure."
Lin Fan pondered silently as he walked toward the school.
He was thinking about what method to use to properly resolve this matter.
To teach those who bullied his sister a lesson without bringing trouble to this new family.
Soon, Lin Fan arrived at the entrance of his sister's school.
There were already many students at the school gate.
They were all wearing bright blue uniforms, though the styles varied slightly.
The girls' uniforms were paired with a small blue dress hat.
The boys wore blue uniforms with a matching suit jacket over them.
"Look, it's a Mage from Longwei Magic Academy!"
A student spotted Lin Fan and immediately pointed at him, exclaiming.
Since this school was located directly below Longwei Magic Academy.
The students here were very familiar with everything about the magic academy.
The silver cloak on Lin Fan was particularly eye-catching; over the past three years, he had already become a 'celebrity' in this area.
After all, many students in this school had older brothers or sisters attending Longwei Magic Academy.
"Hmph, what Mage? He's just a piece of trash. We can't be bothered with him."
Another student curled their lip in disdain, speaking in a contemptuous tone.
"Don't say that. Even if he's trash, he's still a senior; we can't afford to offend him."
"Senior? My brother said he'll be expelled by the academy after he finishes this year. By the time we awaken our elements, he'll be long gone."
"Oh? Then we have even less to fear! Better stay away from him to avoid catching his bad luck."
Lin Fan ignored the children's gossip and stood patiently at the school gate, waiting for his sister to appear.
He desperately suppressed his emotions and didn't step forward to argue with these students.
After all.
With his current strength as a Mage Apprentice.
Even if he used the Space Element, he could only do some odd jobs like moving things around, and he couldn't even lift heavy objects, let alone fight someone.