Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires

Everybody shuddered in the presence of the chairwoman… with the exception of Zaroth, who was not only looking her straight in the eyes without trembling but was even excited to do so.

Usually, mutters would begin as to why Elysia herself had come to their class, but as everybody was too scared to make even the slightest sound, a heavy silence befell the lecture room.

Elysia took a deep breath as she spoke. Her voice neither carried hostility nor familiarity—it was simply emotionless.

"This time I have personally reviewed the tests," she said. Everyone shivered a little and listened closely.

"There are eighty students in this class, yet even after being given a second attempt, around thirty have failed to get a passing grade."

Suddenly, the silence became a grim atmosphere because everybody was thinking the same thing.

Had she come here herself to expel the thirty students?

Nobody knew much about Elysia, but it was common knowledge that she was often called the incarnation of death. It was easy to guess that she wouldn't blink twice before expelling almost half of Class A.

"Due to the large number of failing students, an investigation began, and it was concluded that your professor has not met the academy's standards. As such, he will be stripped of all titles related to teaching, and another teacher will be assigned to the class."

Zaroth raised an eyebrow. 'That is surprising,' he thought.

"Because of the incompetence of your teacher up until now, you will be excused from taking the first test, and nobody will be expelled."

One didn't need to be an expert at reading human emotions like Elysia to see the relief spreading across the faces of the students, particularly those sitting in the back rows.

"Of course, those who managed to pass despite the bad teacher will be rewarded…"

Now everybody in the room was grinning. Most of the students had even forgotten to feel fear while looking at her.

"And as for the matter of the teacher, it will take some time to find a suitable replacement. As such, I will take that role."

Immediately, the happiness that everyone had been feeling disappeared and was replaced by despair.

"The chairwoman would teach us herself?"

A few students could no longer hold it in and began to mutter to one another.

"Man, we are so screwed!"

Elysia, hearing all of this, could have stopped the murmurs, but she decided not to intervene. Despite her reputation, she wasn't some kind of tyrant who enjoyed absolute silence from others.

Fear spread across the students, and even some who were sitting at the front quietly moved as quickly as they could, picking up their textbooks from their desks and rushing to find a place to sit at the back.

No matter how much they loved to study, they wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of sitting so close to her for long.

Zaroth, meanwhile, was at a loss for words.

'She will teach us?' he repeated in his head, making sure he had understood the information correctly.

His gaze shifted across her body.

Elysia figure was mesmerizing, with graceful curves that spoke of both strength and elegance.

In his life, the only woman he knew who had a figure that surpassed the chairwoman's was Luna.

But Elysia had something that Luna lacked. Looking into her black eyes was like staring into an abyss—like looking death itself in the eyes. That sight aroused Zaroth to no end.

'An eye candy like her… would teach us from now on?'

Having made his decision, he took a deep breath.

"Gentlemen," he spoke to his friends, which earned him a few raised eyebrows in confusion.

Zaroth didn't wait as he pushed his chair back, scraping the ground as he did.

The loud crashing sound echoed around the room, silencing everything as everybody now had their gazes fixed on Zaroth.

Meanwhile, with his textbook in hand, he walked slowly down the room with his head held high, not paying attention to the stares.

Reaching the first row of seats—the one that was already empty because the students who had been sitting there had fled in fear—he placed his textbook on the desk and took his seat at the front, directly across from where Elysia was currently standing.

As he was the furthest from everybody else, only Elysia, who was across from him, could see the large smile on his face.

'There is no way I will continue sitting in the back while such eye candy is standing at the front teaching,' he thought.

*****

After the tests were given out to their owners and Zaroth had confirmed that he had indeed passed, he focused every single part of his being watching Elysia and her lecture.

It was honestly night and day difference—before, the professor could barely teach them anything, and when he did, his explanations were so bad that nobody got the concept.

Meanwhile, Elysia and her lecture flowed like a river in perfect harmony, explaining every single detail as clearly and concisely as possible.

Zaroth's bracelet shined as messages in the chat flew on over the other.

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Lily: What's the reason for you to suddenly go and sit in the front?

Roran: I doubt that you suddenly realized that you need to take this stuff seriously.

Zack: Oh god! Let me guess, you want to sleep with her! I'm certain!

Lily: There's no way he wants to do that, Zack!

Roran: No, actually it makes sense. I mean, he's already got a crush on one of the Queens, so I guess Zaroth has the habit of going for the impossible.

Zack: He's a man that dreams big! I think I just got inspiration!

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Curiously enough, it seemed that Zack was able to see quite fast the reason Zaroth had sat in the front—they were beginning to think alike.
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Though Zaroth didn't bother reading the chat as he was too mesmerized... focused on the lecture.

It turned out having a bombshell of a teacher certainly helped focus... who knew?

*****

The lecture was over, but that didn't mean the day was over, everybody still had many more classes to attend.

This whole fiasco with the professor only covered one of the four classes everyone attended.

After the bell rang, everybody ran outside of the room as they couldn't stand Elysia's pressure anymore.

Zaroth sent a quick message to his friends to go, and that he was going to join them shortly.

He was now alone in the lecture room with Elysia.

She raised an eyebrow as she spoke, "What is it that you wanted to talk about?"

Elysia was acting as though they hadn't met before, which was understandable. It wouldn't do her any good for somebody to see that she had a connection with Zaroth.

Or at least, that's what he thought.

"It's about the reward for passing the test, ma'am," he spoke formally.

Elysia's eyes narrowed a bit as she answered, "If it's just that, don't worry. The reward—"

"I don't want it," Zaroth cut her off, and she scoffed at his words.

"Don't want it? Why?"

"There's something else that I want more, actually."

"So you want to exchange your reward for something else?"

"Precisely."

Elysia let out a sigh of disappointment. "Okay, tell me what you want, but keep in mind that we can't give credit—"

"Date," he cut her off again. "I want a date tonight."

Elysia furrowed her eyebrows, in surprise or was it frustration?

"Listen, we talked about—"

She was about to cut him off, but when she looked into his green, cat-like eyes, it was clear he wasn't going to give up anytime soon

Elysia sighed as she spoke, "20:00. Meet me at the Dragonfire Dining Hall, don't be late."

Zaroth nodded as he turned his back towards her and grinned like an idiot.

It seemed that he finally managed to get a date with Elysia.