After all, a homeroom teacher did indeed possess the authority to expel students.
As long as Zhou Yi remained a teacher at Shrek Academy, the academy could not publicly overturn her decision. To do so would be equivalent to slapping their own face and breaking rules that had existed since ancient times.
Unless... that Genius was so outstanding that Shrek Academy was willing to protect them at any cost. However, such cases were, after all, an extreme minority.
As the night deepened, of the two favored daughters of the Inner Court, one was about to shoulder the heavy responsibility of cultivating freshmen and facing future challenges, while the other continued to safeguard the continent's Order under the heavy pressure of the Supervisory Group.
Two days flew by in a flash, and Shrek Academy's freshman recruitment had officially concluded.
During these two days, Caelus had even watched with great interest the entire process of Huo Yuhao "sparring" with his impossibly exquisite roommate, Wang Dong, who had short pinkish-blue hair, beneath the dormitory building.
Even with the addition of two variables like himself and Ye Guyi, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were still assigned to the same dormitory. Whether this was a coincidence or some invisible arrangement, Caelus was too lazy to look into it and had no intention of interfering.
As all the freshmen moved in, the white freshman dormitory building became increasingly lively.
Caelus also spotted Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu; they had been assigned to Class Five.
Today was the day classes officially began.
After Caelus met up with Xie Huanyue, Ye Guyi, and the Lan Susu sisters beneath the teaching building, they headed toward the white teaching building together.
The main doors of the teaching building were wide open. Freshmen dressed in uniform white school attire, wearing the green Little freak badges symbolizing Shrek Academy on their left chests, filed in like a white stream.
Upon entering the building, everyone followed the class signs to diverge, each searching for their own classroom.
Caelus and Ye Guyi quickly found the room with the "freshman class six" sign, and the two walked in one after the other.
This was a spacious lecture hall. At this moment, more than half the students were already seated. The room was noisy, filled with the unique vitality of teenage boys and girls and their curiosity about the new environment.
Neither Caelus nor Ye Guyi were the types to enjoy a crowd, so they headed straight for the back row and found a relatively quiet spot to sit down.
After sitting, Caelus's gaze naturally began to sweep across the classroom, sizing up these people who would be his classmates for the coming period.
Most of the faces his gaze touched were unfamiliar. In his Remembrance, the original work hadn't spent much ink on Class Six during this period, so it was normal not to recognize anyone.
However, when his gaze inadvertently brushed past a seat by the window in the front row, it couldn't help but pause for a fraction of a second.
A young girl sat there.
She had long silver hair that flowed like moonlight, draped simply over her shoulders.
Even from just a side profile, her perfect silhouette and cold, aloof temperament made it difficult to look away.
Her skin was whiter than snow, and her features were as exquisite as the Creator's most outstanding masterpiece. Her amethyst-like eyes gazed calmly out the window, as if all the surrounding clamor had nothing to do with her.
Caelus's heart stirred slightly.
In all fairness, this was the most outstandingly beautiful woman he had seen since arriving on the Douluo Continent.
Aside from Castorice, Istaroth, and Ronova, even those close to him like Xu Jiujiu, Ye Guyi, or the Lan Susu sisters paled slightly before this beauty that combined purity, nobility, and coldness.
Her unique temperament and startling beauty naturally made her the focus of the entire classroom.
Countless gazes, from both boys and girls, were cast toward her either openly or covertly, filled with amazement, curiosity, and even a hint of self-deprecation.
But she seemed to be in another World, indifferent to all the gazes cast her way, completely immersed in her own World.
'Such a person...'
Caelus's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
'In the original work, she could never have been a nameless nobody. Even if her cultivation talent were poor, her appearance and temperament alone would be enough to leave a name behind.'
However, no matter how he searched his memory banks, he couldn't find a single character that matched the girl before him.
'Another one... like Ye Guyi, someone whose life trajectory has been changed because of my appearance?'
He quickly reached a conclusion.
This was likely another chain reaction caused by the flapping of his "butterfly" wings.
Thinking of this, he withdrew his gaze. There wasn't much turbulence in his heart; instead, a sense of realization and a faint anticipation rose within him.
The more variables there were, the blurrier the predetermined fate became. For him, that meant greater opportunities.
The appearance of this mysterious silver-haired girl undoubtedly added more uncertainty and... interest to his future life at Shrek Academy.
He stopped paying her much attention and focused back on the front, waiting for the homeroom teacher to arrive.
As for that silver-haired girl, she continued to sit quietly by the window, like an exquisite yet cold jade carving, out of place with her surroundings yet firmly attracting all gazes.
Time passed minute by minute as freshmen trickled into the classroom until the lecture hall, which could hold a hundred people, was nearly full.
The total number of freshmen this year was roughly one thousand, divided into ten classes, each with a roughly equal size.
When the crisp bell for class rang on time, a beautiful figure carrying several books and possessing a gentle, intellectual temperament stepped into the freshman class six classroom right on schedule.
She walked onto the podium with a composed pace, set her books down gently, and revealed a warm smile.
It was precisely the woman known as the Inner Court's number one control specialist, the Golden Immortal with the Golden Shaking Rope Martial Soul—Han Ruoruo.
Seeing the teacher enter, the rustling conversations in the classroom instantly died down. All the students unconsciously straightened their backs, their gazes focusing on the podium.
Han Ruoruo had a smile that felt like a spring breeze on her face as her gaze slowly swept across the nearly hundred young and vibrant faces before her.
Caelus keenly noticed that her gaze lingered for a fraction longer on himself, Ye Guyi, and that mysterious silver-haired girl, as if she had already gained a preliminary impression of them through their files.
"Hello, students. My name is Han Ruoruo, and I am the homeroom teacher for freshman class six."
Her voice was clear and soft.
"In the days to come, I will be responsible for teaching you all. I hope that every student in our class will study hard and successfully pass the Freshman Assessment in three months to begin a wonderful career at Shrek Academy."
She paused before getting to the main point:
"Alright, enough pleasantries. According to custom, for our first class, we will start with self-introductions. This... I imagine I don't need to teach you how to do that, right?"
Han Ruoruo said with a smile, her tone carrying a hint of teasing.
Those who could sit here were all geniuses from various places; a mere self-introduction was naturally no problem.
Immediately, an outgoing boy volunteered, taking the lead to walk up to the podium and begin his self-introduction:
"My name is..."
The content was nothing more than name, Martial Soul, and Soul Power Rank.