"You mean, the interview the principal arranged for me, a senior, requires me to complete an A-rank mission for the Execution Department by myself? Then why don't I just go directly to the Execution Department for an internship? And you, what are you doing here?"
Cheng Sui looked at Nono, who was sandwiched between Ye Sheng and Sakatoku Aki, gloating, and asked with dead fish eyes.
"Uh, although it's a bit unreasonable, the principal arranged it this way. He also said you could cancel the internship, but then you'd have to consider your graduation problem yourself."
In the coffee shop, Ye Sheng answered somewhat awkwardly. He also understood that what the principal did was a bit unkind.
As for why Cheng Sui met Ye Sheng and the others and gathered in the coffee shop...
This story has to start after the 3E Exam.
After receiving Fingel's "praise," Cheng Sui returned to his dorm with mixed feelings, only to encounter Ye Sheng and his group on the way.
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Ye Sheng had originally received instructions to meet Cheng Sui tomorrow and inform him about the interview, but thinking that they had already met, he might as well inform him today.
Cheng Sui's first reaction was that they were scammers peddling goods. Ye Sheng's self-proclaimed dashing and frivolous smile seemed rather cunning in Cheng Sui's eyes.
Nono took a bite of her caramel pudding, revealing a happy smile: "What do you mean? If he can come, I can't? If Kou can go, then Senior Sister Aki and I can go too."
Ye Sheng rolled his eyes at Nono: "Hey, hey, I'm still here. Next time, can you not say such things in front of me?"
Nono stuck out her tongue, and Sakatoku Aki chuckled softly.
Cheng Sui took a sip of coffee, grimacing at the bitterness. He wondered why anyone would like to drink such a beverage.
Sakatoku Aki smiled, reached out, and gently pushed a white porcelain jar across the table, her tone soft: "Here, this is white sugar. Adding some will make it taste much better."
"Senior Brother Cheng is indeed a fierce man, drinking strong dark chocolate coffee without sugar. As expected of the ruthless person who punched Caesar and kicked Chu Zihang, this humble girl admires you greatly." Nono bowed to Cheng Sui.
Cheng Sui squinted at the show-off Nono, saying speechlessly, "I'm just a C-rank. Here, I have to try my best just to survive. Who's like you A-ranks, always at balls or salons?"
Cheng Sui scanned the three people opposite him, sneeringly curling his lips.
Damn aristocrats.
Ye Sheng took a stack of documents from his bag and interjected, "Didn't you retake the 3E Exam this afternoon? With your performance, A-rank is definitely not a problem. Maybe you could even become the school's first S-rank in years."
Nono nodded repeatedly from the side, agreeing, "That's right, that's right. Once you become an A-rank, the college will assign you a mentor. Maybe it'll be Professor Mans, then you'll really become Senior Brother Cheng."
Sakatoku Aki sat quietly on the side, her hands clasped on her thighs, simply smiling.
Actually, Sakatoku Aki wasn't an introverted girl. She was just worried that her clumsy words would ruin the relaxed conversation. In previous missions, it was always the relatively smooth Ye Sheng who handled the social interactions.
Cheng Sui sighed helplessly and shrugged:
"But I handed in a blank paper."
"…"
A strange silence fell over the coffee shop.
Cheng Sui looked at the three people with varying expressions in front of him, couldn't help but adjust his sitting posture, and said with a stiff neck, "Why are you looking at me like that? Isn't it normal for a C-rank not to understand dragon language?"
Nono took out her phone and started snapping pictures of Cheng Sui. Cheng Sui could even see the sparkling sequins on Nono's phone case.
"I need to record this quickly, as first-hand information for humanity discovering aliens. Whether I'll go down in history depends on you, Senior Brother Cheng, don't disappoint us."
Cheng Sui moved Nono's phone camera away and said irritably, "If I were an alien, I'd be the first to capture you for research."
Nono put away her phone, crossed her arms, and said, "If you're not an alien, then how do you explain how you, an ordinary person who can't even resonate with dragon language, can easily defeat Caesar and Chu Zihang?"
"That's all thanks to working out. If you don't work out, you wouldn't understand."
Nono was about to speak but was interrupted by Cheng Sui's phone ringing.
Cheng Sui opened his phone and found an email from norma. Nono also curiously leaned her head over.
Nono's big eyes scanned the email content, and she walked to the window without a word, looking up at the sky.
"Nono, what are you looking at?" Sakatoku Aki walked over to Nono, also curiously glancing at the sky, but found nothing.
"I'm looking at why the sky above Cassell College is so dark."
"Huh? What did you see?" Ye Sheng frowned in confusion, curious about the email's content.
Cheng Sui placed his phone on the table, displaying the email's content.
To Cheng Sui, Class of 2005:
Your 3E Exam results from this afternoon have been entered into the academic system. After careful analysis and discussion by the college, it has been determined that there was an error in your initial bloodline rating upon admission, and your bloodline rating has been changed from C-rank to A-rank.
According to college regulations, every A-rank student must have a supervising professor. After selection by the college's senior management, Mans von Rundstedt has been designated as your supervising professor.
We wish you a pleasant future academic life.
Cassell College Central. norma
Ye Sheng scanned the words in the email again and again, confirming he hadn't misread it. Lying back on the leather seat in the coffee shop, he looked up at the sky: "Nono said earlier that you were Principal Angers' illegitimate son, and I told her she owed Professor Manstein a demerit, but now I suspect you really are the principal's illegitimate son. This is the darkest day in Cassell's history."
Cheng Sui spread his hands helplessly: "Don't falsely accuse me. I have no blood relation to the principal at all. My promotion to A-rank is entirely due to my talent and hard work."
Sakatoku Aki chuckled: "I didn't expect Junior Brother Cheng Sui to be assigned to Professor Mans. Then we'll be fellow disciples from now on. Please guide me."
Sakatoku Aki stood up and bowed slightly to Cheng Sui in a typical Japanese style.
Nono lay on the table, lost in thought: "You enrolled earlier than me, but became Professor Mans' student later than me. So should I call you Senior Brother or Junior Brother?"
Cheng Sui ignored Nono, stood up, and returned Sakatoku Aki's bow in kind.
"Alright, alright, since we're all fellow disciples now, I won't say so many polite words." Ye Sheng's mouth curved upwards as he extended his hand, "Ye Sheng and Sakatoku Aki, Class of 2003. Nice to meet you, please take care of me."
Cheng Sui also smiled and shook Ye Sheng's hand.
Ye Sheng spread out a stack of documents he had taken from his bag onto the table.
Cheng Sui also curiously shifted his gaze to the tabletop.
The documents spread on the table were all about one man. Cheng Sui asked, puzzled, "This is?"
Ye Sheng pointed at the man's photo in the document. The man had an unremarkable Caucasian male face, the only striking feature being his somewhat swollen, rosacea-affected nose.
"Your interview mission target, a heinous murderer."