Chapter 8

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“I used to live on Earth too.” Almost instantly upon finding out that Reese was also from Earth, the old man felt much fonder of her. He was undecided on whether to reveal his real name to her. After all, the name ‘Merce’ was probably already long forgotten by people after all this time.

But as Reese smiled and was about to reply, she heard a robotic male voice coming from the broadcasting equipment above her head. “Dear patients, we are about to enter the next activity. Please gather at the east side of the field.”

There, the werebeast nurses were already standing in positions, waiting for everyone to go over.

Reese could not help but wonder what this was all about.

When she stepped into the room, there were tables that looked similar to the ones in schools, in a similar gray design. Placed on the tables were many familiar stationery items, including watercolor pens, colored paper, scissors, and so on.

It looked like the next activity was going to be an arts and crafts class.

Reese stood at the door, full of doubts. She waited for the werebeast teacher, whose outfit stood out from the other staff members, to arrange seats for her. This teacher was wearing a silver-gray tuxedo. Although it blended a little too much with the color of the classroom, it looked good on the teacher.

“Oh, what a beautiful human. May I know your name?”

Although she could not spot any beastly characteristics, Reese could sense that this being was a werebeast. The fact that he did not have any noticeable werebeast features meant that he was very powerful.

“Reese Tate.”

She was surprised at the teacher’s distinct individuality. Instead of reducing the patients to serial numbers like the other doctors and nurses, he actually inquired about her name politely.

“That’s a nice name. Please sit next to Julie Smith. I hope the two of you will get along well.” This werebeast teacher seemed very friendly to Reese. He smiled like a gentleman, his eyes shining with a gentle gaze.

Next, a female werebeast waved her hands to signal Reese to come to her side.

Reese realized that the female werebeast with a big fluffy tail was Julie Smith—her new desk mate.

“You heard Teacher Rhys Gates calling my name, right? Out of so many students, he chose my name. Let me give you some advice. Don’t even think about him. Mr. Gates is mine!”

Looking at the fairly pretty girl in front of her who was glaring angrily, Reese felt that it was very amusing. She clearly had no interest in that werebeast teacher, so she couldn’t help but find all of this pretty funny.

Upon seeing Reese laugh, Julie felt that she was being mocked, becoming even angrier, until her face was red from rage. She turned away and gave Reese the cold shoulder.

After everyone was seated, the werebeast teacher named Rhys Gates began his lesson, but Reese merely stared at him without paying attention. Her mind was already far away, thinking about how she would escape from the hospital.

Meanwhile, when Julie noticed that Reese was staring at Mr. Gates, her alarm bells immediately started ringing.

This girl beside her was simply too beautiful. Her face had just the right amount of plumpness that looked perfect for pinching. Even a female werebeast like herself felt fond of her.

But if she was also interested in Mr. Gates… then she better brace herself for what might happen next!

Julie lifted her chin as she glared at Reese. But alas, the arrogance and aggressiveness in her eyes were not noticed by Reese.

“In the future, all of you will also learn sketching, origami, and much more in this class. It will train you to maintain a stable emotion and will help in your recovery. So, you must learn well and complete all of your tasks well.” After speaking, Rhys Gates looked around the room.

“Ah, so gentle~” Julie Smith started to whisper-shriek again, her eyes practically shooting hearts.

“After this is over, I’ll be checking your work. As per the usual requirements, those with more or better submissions will get more good food. All the best, everyone.”

The moment Reese heard about food, she stopped daydreaming and immediately started on her task according to the instructions.

She had taken similar courses like this on Earth before, but that was already a long time ago.

She had gone to university when she was just 16 years old, as she had skipped grades consecutively. Due to her gifted intelligence, skipping grades was not difficult for her. However, that meant that the amount of time she had to attend such arts and crafts classes was also relatively reduced. Therefore, it might actually be easier for her to be tested on the medical journals of famous doctors in the galaxy than to sit here and fold paper.

However, talented people were simply enviable. After about ten minutes, she was already able to fold much of the most difficult interstellar spacecraft that the teacher had taught today. Her expression was focused and serious. Seeing that she was only a few steps away from success, Reese smiled from the bottom of her heart.

At this time, Mr. Gates had come over and was surprised to see that she was already this far ahead. Seeing that Reese was facing a difficult step next, he prompted her kindly.

He tried to demonstrate by miming it, but because it was a too complex and abstract step, it seemed hard to understand without the physical product. After a while, he broke into laughter, looking slightly exasperated.

Witnessing all this from the side, Julie felt overwhelmed with emotions. She was excited by the tenderness with which Mr. Gates spoke, then swooned at the way he looked good even while smiling awkwardly!

Unfortunately, everything was directed towards the human girl and not her!

She was so jealous that it was driving her crazy!

Just as she was thinking of a way to prevent Mr. Gates from liking Reese, an opportunity arose.

He had invited Reese to take a look at the details of the finished product on the podium at the front of the class, leaving no one in Reese’s seat, and her work was simply sitting on the table, unguarded.

Immediately, Julie came up with a scheme. When she looked around and saw that no one was near her, she took the opportunity to tear Reese’s work apart, ruining the exquisite product before it could even be produced.

After doing all of this, Julie immediately got up and went to chat with her friends, using this action to cover up the misdeed she had just committed.

Julie felt so nervous from the guilt. But after a few minutes had passed and Reese still hadn’t returned to her seat, Julie no longer felt any remorse.

She sat among the werebeasts who enjoyed comparing among themselves, then pointed at Reese and said, “Look at that human. She deliberately asked questions so that she could take the opportunity to seduce Mr. Gates!”

Everyone looked up and found that there was indeed a woman next to the teacher. She had a slim, shapely figure and strangely, she looked quite compatible with him.

This made them feel a little sour. After all, Mr. Gates was from the great wolf species—gentle yet powerful—and was the best choice of partner in the eyes of many werebeast females.

Hence, this scene displeased them.

“Why is he smiling at her? Just as we expected, that human is bad news. Mr. Gates should be yours!”

“That’s right, that’s right,” the others chimed in too.

Every word and phrase of theirs lifted Julie up onto cloud nine. Naturally, she felt secretly pleased with herself.

However, while she was feeling smug, there were actually three werebeasts who knew what she had done. They had witnessed the entire process of Julie’s “crime,” but they did not stop her, and were even happy to see it happen.

After all, if this beautiful and alluring human did not manage to get any food, then they could enjoy the wonderful sight of her tear-stained face seeking help from them. And it would be even better if they managed to get her into bed for a good time together.

The few of them laughed lewdly, causing some others around them to glance over before looking away.

“Sigh, another little lady is going to suffer at their hands again.” Unfortunately, in an age like this where the strongest was king, the weak werebeasts did not caution others as they wanted to avoid getting into trouble.

Meanwhile, Reese had returned to her seat and planned to apply the techniques that she had learned from the teacher to her own piece, completing it to perfection.

However, she did not expect that the work she was so close to finishing would be damaged by someone. It was so badly damaged that there was no way to continue working on it.

She looked around and saw that the others either had their heads lowered as they were finishing their work, or were chatting with the people around them. No one looked suspicious.

No one except Julie Smith, the classmate whom her teacher had specially chosen to be her desk mate.

She was no longer in her seat but was now sitting elsewhere, with a few other werebeasts who met her gaze inadvertently. Some of them looked surprised, while the others looked blatantly arrogant and taunting.

It was Julie Smith! In a split second, Reese became sure of it.

Reese looked around but did not find any surveillance cameras. It looked like she was going to have to bear this foul play on her own.

With furrowed brows, she sat down and stared at the damaged piece of work in her hand for a long time. There was almost no way to salvage it.

Helpless, she sighed. She had to start all over again.

Since she had already done it once, her speed was much faster now. However, time was limited. Even though she tried her best, she could only complete it by nearly 30% of it.

According to the rules, Mr. Gates would most likely take an angry look at the product and grade it accordingly.

Although he looked gentlemanly and refined, that did not mean that he would be lenient. Still, he also would not grade so strictly that everyone would go hungry.

When it was Reese’s turn to be graded, she could only wait for her results with composure. She knew that although the two of them had been chatting happily earlier, friendship and work were two separate matters.

“Oh, what happened to your product?” Rhys Gates was very shocked. He picked up Reese’s second attempt. Although it was only about a third of its completion rate, the exquisite model of the spaceship had already taken shape.

The nimble wings and streamlined body of it had been executed immaculately.

“Although the portion you have completed looks perfect, the overall product is incomplete. Unfortunately, I can only give you the lowest grade, Reese.”

Actually, Reese had already predicted such an outcome. She nodded her head and accepted her grade.

Julie was very satisfied with this result as she stood by the side, and she could not help snorting coldly at Reese. However, her gloating was noticed by Mr. Gates.

The human and the werebeast looked at each other in silence.

While waiting for Mr. Gates to leave, Reese looked at Julie’s awful demeanor and suddenly thought of a fun idea.

“Oh, by the way, don’t you think… our names are very similar?”

Then, Julie repeated their names to herself and her expression gradually turned ferocious.

At this moment, Reese had already sashayed away gracefully.

“Anyone who sees me as weak and tries to bully me will get the outcome they deserve. No one can intimidate me!”

However, while she was taking revenge on Julie, she hadn’t noticed that King was actually behind her. The man who had wanted to stand up for her then left without saying a word..