Chapter 92: Chapter 92: An Almost Perfect Test Paper, So the Only Option Is the Love Contract?

Meanwhile.

In Class 1.

A wisp of red mist drifted through the classroom’s glass window, tinging the air with the faint scent of blood. The desks were arranged in neat rows and the room was immaculate, yet the atmosphere felt unnervingly cold.

The nearly thirty ghouls inside were also hunched over, working on their history exams.

Megan and the seven other marriage partners were starting to regret coming to this classroom.

Although the environment was better, the students of Class 1 were far too cold and indifferent.

Not only did they completely ignore the newcomers, but they also subtly ostracized them.

The ghoul homeroom teacher on the dais quietly surveyed his students. As the homeroom teacher for both Class 1 and Class 2, his attitude toward Class 1 was clearly much better; even his tone of voice was gentler.

A thick stack of exams sat on the lectern—the ones Class 2 had just finished.

At that moment.

Megan stared at the paper in front of her, her head aching. She had never been a good student, and the test felt impossibly difficult. Cautiously, she tilted her head, trying to sneak a peek at her deskmate’s paper.

But in that instant!

Her deskmate’s cold, angry voice suddenly rang out.

"Get away from me, you disgusting rat! Don’t even think about looking at my paper!"

The warning came from a male ghoul in a black school uniform, who rebuked her sharply.

And that wasn’t all.

He raised his hand and tattled on her right then and there!

"Teacher, I want to report something! My deskmate is trying to look at my paper."

"Hm?"

The ghoul homeroom teacher’s brow furrowed upon hearing this.

He glanced at the pale-faced Megan, then said coldly, "Focus on your own paper."

"If I catch anyone cheating, you will bear the consequences."

The moment he finished speaking!

Han Sumei, Yamada Aiko, and the others all froze, ceasing their own subtle movements.

Each of them felt a suffocating frustration welling up in their chests.

They had tried so hard to fit into Class 1, but with little success.

Not only were they all seated in the back of the classroom,

but some of them didn’t even have a proper desk.

They had to sit on small stools at the very back of the room.

If they had known the ghoul students would be this cold and arrogant, they would have been better off in Class 2.

Since the two classrooms were right next to each other,

they could occasionally hear the noisy chatter from next door. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This only deepened their regret.

...

Seeing this,

the foreign viewers couldn’t help but curse up a storm!

[Damn, that stingy ghoul! She just took a peek, it’s not like she stole your money. Why so petty?]

[Class 1 is actually worse than Class 2. The study environment might be good, but there’s absolutely no sense of community. Every single one of them is so selfish!]

[Dammit, Megan! How could you get caught cheating? Now you’ve dragged everyone down with you.]

[Is there something wrong with this school? An exam right after we get here? Who could possibly pass this?]

[Wait, why is the ghoul homeroom teacher rubbing his eyes? What did he see?]

...

Just then,

the ghoul homeroom teacher stared at an exam paper in his hand. The name on it was Yun Zhenyue.

He rubbed his eyes, his face a mask of disbelief.

Because this test paper... was nearly a perfect score!

Aside from a few questions about Mr. Luo that she couldn’t answer,

she had answered every question about Mr. Gu correctly!

She even got the question about Mr. Gu’s hobby being video games—a question that was well beyond the scope of the curriculum!

He had only learned of that fact himself a short while ago and had deliberately put it on the test to trip people up.

"No, impossible..."

Staring at the 97-point exam paper,

the ghoul homeroom teacher muttered to himself.

If a student from Class 1 had achieved this score, he would have been overjoyed.

But this was the work of a student from that inferior Class 2.

For the ghoul homeroom teacher, who had always regarded every student in Class 2 as trash, this was like a slap in the face!

The next moment!

A sinister chill flickered in his eyes!

’She cheated!’

’She must have cheated!’

The ghoul homeroom teacher made his judgment.

Just then,

the exam was nearing its end.

Megan and the others brought their papers up to the lectern one by one, and happened to see Yun Zhenyue’s exam.

They were stunned when they saw it was covered in red check marks.

"That woman from Dragon Country... how did she score so high?"

Megan’s expression soured, her face twisting with jealousy and resentment.

Since she had only glanced at it briefly,

she didn’t see Yun Zhenyue’s specific answers.

"You know her?" The ghoul homeroom teacher put the paper away and looked up at Megan. "Do you think this paper was plagiarized? How else could she score so high?"

"Well—"

Megan hesitated for a moment.

The other women behind her remained silent.

’Megan is taking the lead, so we should just stay out of it if we can.’

"There’s a high probability she cheated."

"After all, we’re all new students. We haven’t even had a single class. How could her score possibly be so high?"

Megan said with self-righteous conviction.

Count Dracula had told her to test Yun Zhenyue, and this was the perfect opportunity.

"I understand."

The ghoul homeroom teacher had already made up his mind; he was now just looking for confirmation.

Under Megan’s excited gaze, he nodded and said coldly, "You’ve done well. Study hard, and I’ll look out for you during the monthly exam."

...

A short while later,

just as Yun Zhenyue was stretching and taking a break,

the ghoul class president of Class 2 approached her with a troubled expression.

She had just seen that Yun Zhenyue and Loo Huan seemed to have a good relationship.

So, she braced herself and said,

"Um... excuse me. The homeroom teacher wants to see you in his office."

Loo Huan happened to have gone to the restroom just then.

She had originally planned to ask Yun Zhenyue to come with her.

But Yun Zhenyue had declined, saying she didn’t feel the need to go.

"Okay, I’ll go right now."

Suspecting nothing, Yun Zhenyue immediately stood up and prepared to head to the office on the fourth floor.

’It’s probably about handing out the textbooks, right?’

But just as she was about to leave,

the ghoul class president bit her lip and said hesitantly, "Maybe you should wait for Huan to get back and go together?"

"Hm?"

Yun Zhenyue was quite puzzled by this.

’I need someone to go with me to the office?’

’That would make me seem like a little kid.’

She shook her head.

And walked out of the classroom.

Leaving the ghoul class president behind, who let out a helpless sigh, as if burdened by a secret she couldn’t share.

The noisy ghoul students also stopped what they were doing at that moment, their eyes following Yun Zhenyue as she left.

...

KNOCK, KNOCK~

Yun Zhenyue knocked gently on the office door.

After hearing the word "Enter," she pushed the door open and went straight in.

She saw five or six ghoul teachers sitting in the office.

The ghoul homeroom teacher who had summoned her was sitting behind his desk, his expression like ice.

The other ghoul teachers were snickering, looking at Yun Zhenyue with undisguised mockery, as if waiting for a good show to start.

"Teacher..."

Yun Zhenyue greeted him politely.

But the words had barely left her lips!

WHAP! The ghoul homeroom teacher flung an exam paper right at her!

It flew straight for her face!

Unlike an ordinary white paper, this gray exam sheet was more like a piece of skin, and thus much heavier!

Thrown with such force, it almost struck the side of Yun Zhenyue’s face.

Fortunately, she instinctively dodged to the side, and it missed her!

Unexpectedly,

seeing that Yun Zhenyue hadn’t been hit,

the ghoul homeroom teacher’s expression grew even uglier.

A coldness reflected in his eyes, like a poisoned blade, radiating undisguised disgust and killing intent.

"Cheating on the exam is one thing, but you dare to dodge?"

Hearing this baseless accusation,

Yun Zhenyue was stunned.

’Cheating?’

’I guess I did...’

Loo Huan had given her a hint on the first question.

But she hadn’t asked for it. Besides, it was just one question! She had answered all the rest on her own!

’The homeroom teacher is this furious just because of that?’

"I did cheat, but only on the first question. Teacher... you can nullify my score," Yun Zhenyue apologized, taking a deep breath.

"Hmph. The first question?"

The ghoul homeroom teacher sneered, then roared in fury!

"It seems you still haven’t realized the extent of your mistake."

"This entire paper of yours was clearly plagiarized!!!"

"Shameless, rotten students like you must be punished severely!"

He stood up, and a strange sound, like bones twisting, echoed through the room.

CRACK, CRACK~

After that sound,

The ghoul homeroom teacher placed his right hand on the back of his neck. Then, with a sudden, violent motion, he thrust his hand into his own back and ripped out his spine, which transformed into a blood-red ruler!

A phrase was starkly engraved on the ruler:

"Upright in conduct, a model of virtue!"

The ruler oozed a viscous liquid, and from it came the sounds of sobbing and wailing, as if the resentful and wronged souls of countless ghouls had perished under its blows!

A bone-deep chill swept through Yun Zhenyue’s mind.

’If that ruler hits me even once, I won’t be able to take it. My body will be torn apart!’

’This homeroom teacher...’

’Without a shred of reason, without any regard for the truth, he’s trying to kill me?’

’At a critical moment like this!’

’The panda doll is missing, and it’s probably too late to summon Lily.’

’It seems my only choice is to use the Love Contract and borrow Gu Yuan’s power...’