Episodes 106. Jealousy

"I'm not sure if that's really what happened today. There must be something wrong..."

Lying in my room, I checked the contents of my phone. I was searching for something I needed to find—class rankings.

This is strange...

The class I teach didn't appear at all in the top 10, not even in the rankings among the other 27 classes.

What's really going on?

"Something doesn't add up here..."

Not only because my class disappeared from the rankings, but also because my students' names couldn't be found either.

***

Rewinding a bit to the late afternoon, just before dusk turned to night...

The students had been trying to find their names, but none of them succeeded.

"Sir, my name isn't there..." one student complained.

"Mine neither, sir!" Another student raised his hand and voiced the same concern.

"Sir, we've been searching for our names, but none of us can find them," Moka chimed in.

If even Moka couldn't find hers, there was definitely something wrong.

"Wait, let me check..."

I stood up from my desk and walked to the front of the digital board.

I touched a white button that required my fingerprint to access it.

Simply pressing this button should display their names and make them easy to find.

PING!

But the reality was...

Far from making it into the top 100, their names didn't even appear on the digital board.

"What?!" My students and I were all taken aback, staring at the digital board in disbelief.

A message, 'THE NAMES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR DO NOT EXIST', appeared in front of us. It signaled that my students' names weren't there, and that meant...

Did they fail? Or was it something else?

"Why aren't our names there?"

"This is a lie, right?"

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Our names vanished...?"

In an instant, the once peaceful and jovial class descended into chaos and tension.

They all kept asking one thing... Where were their names?

***

Back to the present moment, where I lay on my bed.

I had to find the source of the problem. If not, the fate of my students would only grow more chaotic.

If not making it into the top 100 already jeopardized the future of the students, then not being on the list at all would surely plunge them into darkness and despair.

I immediately got up from my bed and walked to my desk.

I opened and powered on my laptop.

"That person must know..."

I was sure she must know. If not, why would she say that what I did was correct at the time?

Click...

Click...

Click...

I pressed the laptop keys to form a message.

A message trying to find those names.

I could have used my phone to search, but for some reason, my eyesight had been worsening by the day, even though having Anitya should have prevented death, but unfortunately, such a phenomenon couldn't be prevented, truly a strange discovery.

Back to the topic.

Using the laptop would be faster to find that person's number.

Scroll... Scroll...

I traced the names of the teachers in the group chat.

I was looking for that person's number. The one who said she would gladly help her struggling junior.

Whether it was true or not, I had to try.

"Got it!"

I finally found her phone number.

Without wasting any more time, I immediately opened my phone and tried to call her. Hopefully, she could really help.

BEEP... BEEP... BEEP...

My phone kept calling her.

She's taking so long, is she showering or what?

Maybe, just maybe, she must be tired from working all day and dealing with Bahar's foolish behavior.

BEEP!

A loud beep indicated that someone picked up the call.

"Hello?"

"Excuse me big sis, am I disturbing you?"

I tried to be polite.

"Ah... so it's Rasyid, what do you need that you're calling me, even using the word 'big sis' to address me?" The woman quickly recognized my voice.

Just as expected from a magic class teacher, they're great not just because of their powers.

"Oh, it's unnecessary?"

A bit playful, trying to make her comfortable with this conversation.

"No, you can just call me Haran, but if you want to call me 'Big sis' too, that's fine, it would be even better if you combine both into Big Sis Haran..."

For some reason, I felt she was fantasizing a bit behind this phone call.

"I'll just call you Sis Haran then..."

"Oh, so you're into that kind of thing(Big sis fetish), huh?"

"Huh?" I didn't understand, but the conversation was veering further away from my goal. "Forget about how I address you..."

"Do you want to talk about the exam, right?" She suddenly caught onto the point of the conversation.

I could only stay silent, amazed and frightened by her ability to read the situation.

"Yes... I don't understand at all... Why did my entire class disappear?"

"About the class you teach? It seems I need to inform you about what happened when you were off from your duties as a teacher at that time."

She referred to the time I was suspended from duty due to an incident that claimed the lives of two of my students.

"Was there something that happened when I wasn't around?"

"Hehehe (sinister laughter)... Of course there was, didn't Fredrica suddenly block your way when you first entered?" (Haran)

"Then, at that moment, none of the teachers tried to stop the foolish actions that woman was doing. Doesn't that already explain the oddity?" (Haran)

"What oddity?"

I pretended not to know what had happened.

"In simple terms, your popularity threatens their careers..." Her voice, sounding like a sinister chuckle, echoed clearly in my ears.

My eyes suddenly widened, but even so, I quickly returned to my original posture and tried to ask further.

"Why is that? What's the connection between me and my popularity with their careers? If you don't mind, could Sis Haran explain?"

"Ahahaha (sly laughter), I forgot... I apologize, my cute junior, forgive me for forgetting that you entered through insider..."

Rasyid immediately fell silent and put on a foolish and blank face. He wouldn't have thought he would hear that term again after so long.

"..."

"Ah, your silence indicates you're a little offended, then I apologize... Ahahaha."

She said sorry, but her laughter continued until now.

"Back to serious mode now." Her tone, which had been full of laughter, suddenly disappeared and turned into a military-like warrior's voice. "It's better if we meet tomorrow... I'm sure it will be easier to explain if we talk face to face."

BEEP!

Without waiting for my approval, she decided and ended the call as she pleased.

"Damn..."

"What actually happened?"

As my eyes glanced at the screen of my phone, I found a short message.

[Let's meet at Ningru City Square, I hope you'll be on time!]

[8 AM, don't forget!]

[If you dare to try being late, then I won't hesitate to crush you and turn you into my chair!]

[Ahahahahhahah!]

The message sounded terrifying.