Heavy silence descended on the room after Raven's words.
When everyone heard him, their fear toward him changed into shame and they were all freed from the pressure he was emitting.
Everyone was focused on Raven.
He had a serious look on his face. But remembering his words just now, I got flustered. I could see other students blushing as well, especially the girls.
The girls' faces showed jealousy and excitement. Well, Raven declared in front of many, "She's mine," while saving his—I assumed—lover from lustful and nasty comments.
So it's understandable the girls would be jealous, as some of them want someone like that who will stand up for them anytime.
I mean, I want someone like that too.
The girls were like screaming internally. They're squealing weakly.
Adelle was covering her mouth with her hands and she's blushing really hard.
Aoi was covering both her ears because of secondhand embarrassment... I feel her.
I don't know why, but I got embarrassed at what Raven said.
Eve had a very complicated look on her face, but you could see her face fidgeting a little.
Sir Kendy and Curtis had their eyes widened. Their mouths continued to close and open, but no words came out from them.
And Raven, who had already withdrawn his pressure... Looked at the cute woman whose face was so red.
The cute woman looked back at Raven directly and sent a shy but sweet smile at him.
Then as a response, Raven let out a rare and charming smile!
The cute woman became more flustered. It was like steam was coming out from her head as she fidgeted uncontrollably.
Raven is not very handsome, as a matter of fact—I'm way more handsome.
But for some reason, he seems more attractive than me.
His smile just now made the girls' hearts thump faster and squeal.
Even Adelle and Aoi blushed a little seeing that.
Well, Eve's expression became more complicated like she saw something disturbing for some reason.
Also, maybe because Raven's usual look is a bored face—his smile has more impact.
When someone declares something like that, normally I would think it was cheesy and cringe.
But at the same time—Raven has this weird charisma that when he said it, he looked like a knight courting a princess!
I may have my past life memories, but my mentality is still a teenager's.
The room was silent until someone laughed. It caught everyone's attention.
And the source of the laugh was the other woman who had her face covered.
I saw Raven squint his eyes while looking at the woman.
The cover on her face seemed to be an artifact. We couldn't sense her presence and we couldn't see what's behind it at all.
The masked woman's seductive voice echoed while she looked at Raven.
She then placed her hand on the veil-like artifact covering her face... And with a swift pull, she removed it—and her face was revealed.
Every student was surprised by the identity of the masked woman.
"It makes me want to be yours too, Raven."
She said with a smile, looking at Raven.
She was beautiful... So beautiful!
Red hair and eyes, she was like a precious ruby gem!
She's an rank hero and a professor here at Lunar, she's ranked 57 in the [Heroes Ranking].
The masked woman—it was Ruby Skye!
The most beautiful hero!
Also known as the [Bewitching Swordwoman]!
Everyone, boys or girls, got mesmerized by her beauty and we all blushed. Even Curtis and Eve.
But as we were admiring her beauty, we remembered her words. It was then that a complicated look appeared on our faces... And we all looked at Raven.
Raven was frowning really hard, he's not blushing at all... As a matter of fact, he looked displeased.
Aoi asked Raven. One could tell she was surprised by the thought of that.
Raven nodded and casually answered.
"Yeah, she's famous so I obviously know her."
In his answer, we all frowned. He's being vague again and dodging the question for certain!
"No, I mean, do you have any connection or some kind of relationship with her?"
Aoi rephrased her question.
"No. Not at all. How would I have something like that with her? I have no good family background and I'm not really that talented."
Raven replied without batting an eye.
I don't know about not being talented, but him not having a good family background is true, so we accepted his answer.
Though, that was until Ruby spoke again.
"You're making me very sad. Our feelings towards each other are mutual, right?"
Her words were clearly heard by everyone in the room.
Everyone—including me—had our eyes widened as we looked at Raven with doubt and disbelief.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Raven shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
"She's just messing with you guys."
He was so calm that it made him believable.
But we all saw Ruby walk toward Raven.
Raven tried to move away, but his body suddenly stopped moving.
A restraining magic was cast on him.
Raven said, looking at us.
We shook our heads as a reply. We're too curious about what's going to happen, so we just let things proceed as they were.
Raven frowned and tried his best to break free from the magic.
He's struggling really badly.
"Why are you like that? Two beautiful women came here just to see you."
Ruby said while approaching Raven. The woman that we presumed is called 'Keara' based on what we heard Raven call her, blushed at Ruby's words.
"Okay, Ruby... Look, calm down."
Seeing Ruby getting close to him, Raven tried to reason with her. Unfortunately for him, it didn't work on Ruby as she just answered casually with a sly but alluring smile.
Not long after, Ruby reached Raven.
They're almost the same height, so they're currently face to face.
Ruby leaned her head forward toward Raven's. Soon, her lips were near Raven's ear.
Everyone who was watching held their breath, waiting to see what would happen next.
And with a lovely smile...
"I told you that we would see each other soon."
Ruby whispered to Raven. Her voice was weak, but because of the silence, it reached everyone's ears.
Ruby's voice was like a beautiful melody, it's alluring and relaxing.
She kissed Raven on his cheek. Ruby's lips touched Raven's cheek for a good couple of seconds before she retreated!
The classroom was then void of sound. Raven was literally in shock, but he didn't say a word.
Curtis and Sir Kendy were surprised, their mouths wide open.
Eve had her eyes widened.
"You left me the other day without me kissing you, so I did it now. I can decide the time and place, right?"
Ruby whispered again as a beautiful but mischievous smile spread across her face.
It was supposed to be a secret whisper, but everyone in the classroom heard what she said.
Like she intentionally wanted us to hear them.
Ruby then turned her back to Raven and started to slowly head back to the front of the classroom.
When Raven heard the last phrase of Ruby's words, it seemed like realization hit him and his face looked like someone who had been tricked.
Raven said to Ruby. Ruby turned back to look at him and smiled genuinely.
Following her words, weak squeals of girls could be heard. They were all grinning and just looking at the scene like they were watching a romance movie.
I could also see Adelle and Aoi seemingly struggling to stop themselves from rampaging. They'd been grinning ear to ear, bottling their excitement in their bodies. Me and Blake were actually the same.
I don't know why, but the scene I just witnessed was like seeing a prince court a princess. It's just that in this case, Raven seemed to be the tsundere princess while Ruby was the romantic prince.
It's like I'm a shipper, and the couple I was shipping made a romantic development.
Though not everyone who saw that scene felt the same. Some boys felt jealousy and a bit of hatred toward Raven, their faces said it all.
"Sorry for the commotion, Sir Kendy."
Ruby apologized to Sir Kendy as soon as she was back in front of the classroom, near Keara and Sir Kendy.
"Ah! No, it's fine... Well, it's just the public display is a bit..."
Sir Kendy scratched the back of his head and prompted Ruby that she already knew what he was talking about. Then he glanced at Raven, Keara, and Ruby.
"Don't worry, we'll do it privately next time."
Ruby replied with still the same sly smile.
The girls' squeals got a bit louder.
Sir Kendy faked a cough. He looked at Raven then grinned, making Raven frown.
"Well... Anyway class, Miss Ruby Skye here will be your new professor in physical training. And by her side, Miss Keara Scarlett is her assistant."
Sir Kendy dropped a big piece of news.
"Because of the assessment tests professors are preparing, you guys will have a lot of free time. Use it to train."
Ruby waved her hand to catch everyone's attention.
"I'll start teaching your class tomorrow. So see you all tomorrow."
She said. She then looked at the now quietly sitting Raven.
"Oh, except for you Raven, see you soon."
Seeing Ruby's smile, Raven seemed to have given up on stopping her from talking and just looked at her with a questioning face.
"You forgot something in my room the other day, so... go visit me in my office later."
Ruby winked and then left the classroom.
Raven's face was complicated.
"Umm... I-I'll visit you tonight."
It was then that we heard Keara's voice for the first time. Her voice sounded sweet and relaxing, it was... Angelic.
Raven looked at Keara and sent her another charming smile and nodded his head.
Keara smiled bashfully and left, following after Ruby.
"Anyway, you guys are free today. Well, not really—you need to train, so go to the training grounds. I'll be in a meeting again."
Sir Kendy said with an annoyed voice and left too.
And the classroom became silent when they left.
"So, what's your relationship with them?"
Adelle asked Raven curiously, breaking the silence.
Raven looked around and saw everyone waiting for him to respond.
"Umm... I'm their father?"
And his answer was the worst thing he could say. His voice didn't even waver.
Everyone looked at him without saying anything.
"I just met them a few days ago, okay?"
Raven said in a fairly loud voice as he couldn't stand everyone's gaze.
"You seduced them in just days? You're really amazing!"
Blake butted in, making his situation even worse.
"Shut up, you're not helping!"
Raven cast a magic on Blake.
"So do you have experience, you know, in adult things?"
Aoi asked again carefully. It was a very weird question to ask someone, but no one stopped her as we were curious as well.
He was silent for a while, as if thinking of the best answer he could. Then... He opened his mouth.
Raven casually answered.
He just dropped a bomb!
Now the girls stopped restraining themselves and screamed.
Not that Raven minded them, as his expression didn't change.
"Umm, do you have any advice?"
It was Curtis who asked this time. His question made everyone look at him.
And Curtis was just earnestly waiting for Raven's answer.
Eve frowned. We also scratched our cheeks in embarrassment.
Raven looked at Curtis with a complicated expression before answering.
"Love is like a fart, if you have to force it, it's probably crap."
Raven said, then stood up.
"Well, I'm gonna go meet Ruby. I'll be going first."
After that, he immediately left the classroom, leaving everyone in a daze as his words echoed in our minds.
Adelle and Blake couldn't hold their laughter back.
Me and Aoi were trembling as we held it in from coming out.
Eve was covering her mouth, it seemed like she was smiling.
Curtis remained motionless as he was processing what Raven just said.
'Raven's advice was right, but why did he have to put it that way?'
Curtis mumbled with a blank face.
Hearing what Curtis said and seeing his expression, the laughs everyone was holding back escaped our mouths as we couldn't hold it anymore.