Chapter 415 Why are you lying? Why are you lying?

"Hey, you don’t need to glare at me like that. I won’t bite you." Alex said as he stared at the disbelieving eyes of Wisteria. "And don’t take my joke too seriously. I’m not an egomaniac who likes seeing people worshipping me..."

"With that kind of face that you have, I doubt your reassurances." Wisteria snorted as she crossed her arms. She then stared at Alex intently, with also a little trace of awkwardness on her eyes. "Ehem, so now that you are teacher, does that mean that you will already..."

"I just sent the money to you. Go and enjoy your new life." Alex said nonchalantly as Wisteria’s wrist phone beeped.

"What the hell. You really gave me the other half..." Wisteria said with a wide-eyed expression. She was looking intently as the holographic image on her wrist phone, which gives a statement about her debt.

The numbers displayed on the hologram was 0, which was obviously a good number for someone debt-ridden like Wisteria.

"I am someone who keeps promises, unlike that partner of yours who made you this poor." Alex said as he gave Wisteria a small bow. "Now that I have paid off all your debts, you can consider us to be tied together as friends already..."

"You creep! How did you know about that person!" Wisteria did not take any notice about Alex’s hints for their friendship, as her attention was taken by the word ’partner’ that Alex just uttered. "I made sure that no one will know about it, and yet you..."

"I won’t explain to you on how I knew everything. Just accept that fact that I know everything about you." Alex calmly said as he ignored Wisteria’s outburst. "Oh, and instead of just raging on me on this place, why don’t you start bringing me to your class already? I have to start working after all."

"Wait, why should I bring you to my class? Aren’t you a teacher? What can you even do in my class?"

"Hm? Oh right, I forgot to tell you about my job now. I am Alexander, your new assistant teacher." Alex said with a smile as he tipped his hat. "I will be an assistant to yours truly, so I hope that you will be gentle on me."

"You? My assistant teacher? But I didn’t ask for one!"

"Well my interviewers clearly wanted me to be your assistant, so here I am, ready to assist you on your teaching escapades." Alex said in an unfazed tone. "So why don’t you lead me to your room, teacher? I want to learn a lot from you..."

"....You know, you are really getting suspicious already. First, you paid off all of my debts, and now you want to become my assistant teacher? Is there something that you want from me?" Wisteria hissed in a low tone as she looked around her with a panic. "Do you have a crush on me or not? Just say it already, so that I can reject you!"

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"Sorry, but someone already had my heart." Alex replied as he shook his head. "And don’t think that I came here because of you. All of these are just bizarre coincidences that just happened. Don’t take it to your heart."

"...Are you sure about that?"

"Well if you don’t believe me, I will just take back all the money that I gave you." Alex smugly said as he started wiggling his fingers. "Trust me, I have a way to take all of that money back..."

"Hmph, its getting late already, so I have to go to my class! Just follow me if you want to go to my room!" In the end, Wisteria’s act of ’standing up’ against Alex has failed as she allowed him to follow her. "You’re now my assistant, so make sure that you can do everything properly!"

"Roger that, Miss Wisteria."

"Hmph, let’s see if you have the capability of suppressing those rowdy children."

"What did you say?"

"Hmph, just follow me!"

"Roger that, Miss Wisteria."

"..."

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20 MINUTES LATER.

"How is this happening?" Wisteria, who had a confident look when she led her new assistant teacher to her room, now only had her mouth wide open from surprise.

She was looking at the scene in front of her with intense scrutiny and disbelief, as what she was witnessing right now was something that she did not expect to see for the entirety of her life.

Wisteria, who had experienced a lot of difficult things from her students, expected to see these things happen to Alex too.

After all, these students were the type of people who liked to play rough with their teachers. And the fact that they had powers too just further amplified matters.

So for these students to ’play’ with Alex is just normal.

But instead of seeing Alex suffering from her students, what she saw was instead a drastically different scenario.

The kids, who were usually rude and playful, were now acting docile in front of Alex. It was as if his presence alone was enough to dampen their energy.

None of the kids who were jumping and making noise in the class were doing their ’active jobs’, as the whole room was just as silent as a meditation temple.

Even kids like Tony, Steve, and Bruce were all quiet too, and they were not even quarreling with each other at this time.

Only the sounds of pencils scribbling over paper can be heard inside the room, which was a foreign sound for Wisteria herself.

"You.... What did you do here?" Wisteria hissed at Alex, who was just standing calmly beside her. "What f**kery did you use on these kids?"

"Hah? Why would you ask me that? Of course I did not use any power on these kids. Isn’t that banned?" Alex replied as he looked back at Wisteria with a confused look "If I tried to use my power to make these kids compliant, then I will be quickly expelled from this school! Miss Wisteria, I’m not an idiot who will just get myself fired because of that mistake..."

"Yes, I get what you say. But still... that does not explain on how these kids are this calm around you." Wisteria softly said as she did her best to not make any noise. "This.... This is just abnormal."

"Miss Wisteria, just like what I told you before. I am an extremely good teacher." Alex replied as she shrugged his shoulders. "I am so good that even rowdy students get calm around me! That’s just how talented I am!"

"Bulls**t! You clearly are doing something here..." Wisteria muttered to herself. "You are just good at hiding it!"

"Oh really? Then why don’t you look for what I did then? Maybe you can really find something..."

"Ugh, no thanks." Wisteria replied as she quickly grimaced. How can Wisteria even try to discredit Alex, when her livelihood is now hanging precariously on this man’s hands? If she does something that angers him, then the safeguard that she had right now will all disappear like a popped bubble!

This realization made Wisteria instantly depressed, as she now realized that Alex had successfully bound her under his own will! Now, if Alex wants Wisteria to do something, Wisteria had no choice but to do this! After all, it was her debt that was on the line here!

Such a grim situation made Wisteria cold inside, as she knew that she is now helpless to refuse Alex’s commands!

Thus, she can only wish that Alex will stay the way that he is in right now, and that his commands on her will just be on the relatively ’safe’ scale. This is the best situation that she can be in.

But once his commands crosses either the ’dangerous’ or the ’immoral’ scale, then Wisteria knows that it will be game over for her already.

"Ugh, what the f**k is this... First I had to suffer because of that debt, and now I had to endure this guy?" Wisteria thought to herself as she gave Alex a wary glance. "He might seem a nice guy, but with the way that is acting now, I am sure that he is planning something fishy..."

Right now, Wisteria can only wish that whatever Alex is planning to do, he will quickly finish it.

That is the only way that Wisteria might get free from his already tight grasp, and at this point, there’s nothing that she wanted but that freedom!

"Hm? I can feel that you’re thinking a lot about me. Why are you doing that? Am I becoming special to you?" Alex’s suddenly said as if he had noticed Wisteria’s paranoid thoughts. "Hur, hur, I just told you that I am taken already. I don’t like harems, so don’t expect me to take you as my mistress!"

"You!"

"Please be quiet, Miss Wisteria. The kids are doing their seatwork. They need to concentrate..."

"...."

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6 HOURS LATER

After a few more sessions with different classes, Wisteria was able to confirm it.

This Alex really is a freakish teacher.

Every student that this man faced had all turned docile on him. There’s no exception, even those kids that accidentally peed on their chairs.

All the classes that this man had went in all became silent, which made the other teachers and classes look at him with both awe and fascination.

Everyone appeared to have been conquered by this man, and from the looks of it, it was only Wisteria who’s free from this ’conquering’. But in a sense, Wisteria can be also considered to be ’conquered’ because of her financial status...

This realization made Wisteria annoyed, and this annoyance just increased when Alex suddenly asked her a question.

"So Miss Wisteria, I heard a lot about the fabled storage vault hidden in this Institute. Do you know anything about it?" Alex asked in a tone that sounds as innocent that it can be. "You’re already a long-time teacher here, so you must know something about that..."

"You’re asking about the vault? Hmph, so that’s what you’re after!"

"Hm? What are you talking about? I am just curious about the vault. There’s nothing wrong with me getting interested over stories like this, right?" Alex replied as he tilted his head.

"..."

His current appearance made him look extremely innocent, but instead of reassuring Wisteria, this innocent look only made her feel more apprehensive of him.

"This guy... he is getting more and more fishy now. Could it be that the vault is his target?" Wisteria thought to herself quickly as she tried to look as nonchalant as possible. "But he just said that he wanted to hear stories about the vault... It that was true, then maybe I can tell him a little about it.... Hmm, that can work! I will just give Alexander limited information the vault, and not everything about it! That way, I can satisfy this man while also keeping the vault safe!"

"Ehem, so the vault that you are talking about indeed exists." Once she had sorted out her thoughts, Wisteria let out a cough as she started giving the ’limited information’ to Alex. "The vault is hidden right inside the Institute, guarded by extremely powerful beings that protects it from getting stolen."

"Oh, that’s cool! So what’s inside that vault? Is it treasures? Or is it deadly secrets?"

"The contents of the vault are nothing like that." Wisteria replied quickly as she shook her head. "From what I know, what’s inside the vault were precious relics owned by our ancestors during the Calamity Era. These relics differ in sizes, appearances, and uses, and they were all kept in perfect condition inside the vault."

At this point, Wisteria stopped herself from talking already.

This is the limit of information that she can give to Alex. Any more than that, and the vault’s safety could be put in compromise.

"Hm, that’s cool. So, are there any other cool stories that you have?" Alex asked, catching Wistier off-guard.

"Huh? Aren’t you going to ask more about the vault?"

"Why should I? Didn’t you just tell me everything about it? Is there anything else that I should know?’

"Well, there’s nothing else..."

"In that case, tell me other stories then."

"...Roger that."