"Oops!"

"She is in real trouble now."

"Nah, she is lucky, hmph! I wish I could spend time in an office with a hot teacher like him."

"Damn, you are so thirsty, girl. Cool down."

Tiana stomped her feet with a bitter expression as she walked towards Lucien. Even though she found this frustrating, she didn't regret showing him the middle finger since he was getting on her nerves.

"Everybody else, go back to your classes. Your classmate will be soon joining you all," Viktor gestured to everyone to leave as Tiana stood behind.

"What is it?" Tiana asked with an uppity expression.

"Oho? So you don't know what you just did? Or is that you don't consider it as a wrong thing, showing the middle finger to your teacher?" Viktor asked with his hands on his hips.

"How do you know I was showing it to you? Maybe it was some other guy or girl behind you who was annoying me," Tiana shrugged casually, and Viktor had to admit that this girl can lie as if it was second nature.

But he wasn't surprised, considering how Tiana was used to hiding things from Taya.

"So that is how you want to play, huh? GoodNow I want you to run around this 100-meter track twice within 5 minutes. That should be more than enough for a girl of your size," Viktor said with a subtle smile.

"What?!" Tiana had a look of disbelief, not expecting him to really tell her to run around the track for two rounds!

She had never done such an exercise in her life since she didn't like exerting her body and simply tiring herself.

"But why? This is not even your period anymore. I got another class!"

"Don't worry about that. I will talk to your next period's teacher. But now you have to run two rounds because you didn't properly jog around the tracks. It was more of a leisure walk for you, which defeats the purpose of my class. And to make up for it and to make sure you don't feel lazy the next time as well, I want you to get used to this quickly and easily. And while running, if you do a leisure walk again, then you will have to run one extra round. So keep that in mind," Viktor said with an evil smile.

Tiana clenched her fists, seeing how unfair this was, and stared daggers at Lucien while thinking how she could get out of this situation by herself.

"Staring at my face won't lessen the rounds you have to run. Now go! Don't waste my time."

"Hmph, I am telling my mother about this. After that, you will get rusticated for unfairly being harsh on your student!" Tiana couldn't help but think that only her mother's name could save her from this like usual.

Viktor narrowed his eyes and twisted one of her ears lightly as he said, "I would be happy to tell your mother myself. You can even tell her to come to meet me at my office if you want. It would be an honor to meet the famous Doctor Snow in my office."

"Ow, Ow! Let go of my ear!" Tiana couldn't believe she was having her ears pulled like a child or something her mother did when she was young.

"Stop overreacting. Next time I hear you mention your mother's name, I will add two rounds extra. Understood?"

"No!"

"Hm?" Viktor leaned his ear closer to her face.

"Yes!" Tiana's face became red as she grudgingly accepted, but she couldn't help feeling a bit intoxicated by his scent when he came close. It was as if his body's scent had a fatal charm that could make one feel like wanting to smell more of it.

She didn't even realize Viktor let go of her ear and quickly ran towards the track to clear her mind from these stupid thoughts.

Why the hell am I thinking about that novel again??...

Tiana began to run on the track while Viktor began to think about Linard going missing. Since Umilia seemed suspicious about it, he felt that something was off here as well.

But he stopped thinking about it as he saw Tiana panting and huffing after merely finishing a single round, making him wonder how she could get so tired easily after running for merely 100 meters? Was she that pampered?

Viktor was thinking that even the true princesses or queens he knew centuries ago could run at least a few hundred meters before reacting like Tiana.

Tiana stopped in her tracks to catch her breath and felt it quite comfortable to simply stand on the same spot but then she saw her teacher glaring at her, making her gnash her teeth as she started to run for her 2nd round.

But after covering a few dozen meters, her legs became lazy, making her gasp as she accidentally tripped and fell on her knees, "Ah!"

Viktor immediately stood up and ran towards her, seeing her fall.

"Owwit hurts." Tiana sucked in cold air through her teeth as she grimaced in pain.

Viktor came near her and saw that her knees sustained a few bloody scratches.

"Teacher, seethis is your fault. I can't even walk now."

"Really? Your legs were already wasted by not doing any work for all these years," Viktor shook his head, seeing how it was just a scratch and nothing serious at all. Still, he bent his back as he suddenly lifted Tiana into his arms.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Tiana was taken aback by Lucien's sudden move and grabbed the collar of his shirt, "Put me down, you pervert!"

"You sure? I thought you couldn't walk?"

Tiana's delicate face became flushed in red as she evaded his gaze in a flustered manner, feeling tongue-tied and yet feeling strange being held in his arms like this. She could feel his muscular arms under her legs and back, and when she unconsciously grabbed his neck, she couldn't help but feel astonished at how robust his traps were. It was as if she was holding a block of steel yet a bit soft at the same time.

"F-Fine! This time I will allow you to carry me"