Chapter 177 - Marcus and Seraphina

Right after Zero finished introducing them, a vanilla ice cream suddenly appeared in front of Frost. As if she had prepared for this beforehand, she took out an exquisite jewel-encrusted spoon, scooped up a spoonful of ice cream, and put it into her mouth.

Her movements were extremely elegant, but the moment the ice cream entered her mouth, she squeezed her eyes shut and smiled with pure joy. That sweet smile, with none of the coldness of her usual ice queen demeanor, made even more people fall for her.

Zero's eyelids twitched when he saw Frost messing around on her own. At this academy, who didn't know that Frost was addicted to ice cream?

This wasn't exactly a place for eating. If she got too absorbed in eating, he could only carry her down, and there would be no hope of her seriously standing still for the entire opening ceremony.

Luckily, Frost still had some self-control. She ate exactly one spoonful... no, she tried to eat another half spoonful before the vanilla ice cream in front of her disappeared. She immediately put the spoon away and smiled at the new students.

"If you join my class, I guarantee you can eat as much ice cream as you want. Completely free. This is a special benefit for students, and only Class II has it.

Although the ice cream made from my ability doesn't have any effect that buffs your strength, removes negative effects, or anything else, it still tastes really good."

Both abilities could create something that could be swallowed, but unlike the 'abstract' taste of the tea Emily created, Frost's ice cream tasted exactly right for an ordinary person's palate.

The moment she finished her declaration, the atmosphere below the plaza exploded. The students' endless cheers rang out, yet Frost didn't feel embarrassed at all.

It was like this every year. As long as she announced that she would give students unlimited free ice cream, they immediately became happy like little kids.

She knew perfectly well that it wasn't because they were lacking ice cream and had none to eat, nor was it because her ice cream was the best in the world. They reacted like that simply because they got to eat ice cream made personally by a great beauty like her.

After saying that, Frost walked over to Voss, leaving space for the next person to step forward. Zero only waited a few seconds before continuing his speech.

"Next, please welcome the homeroom teacher of Class III, Mr. Marcus!"

A burly man appeared in an instant with a loud boom. His heavy footsteps seemed to make the ground tremble, yet he moved quite nimbly. As expected of the speed an A-rank hunter should have.

He was nearly two meters tall, with a massive body covered in bulging muscles, wearing only a black tank top, loose combat pants, and heavy boots.

His face was covered in scars, making his already fierce appearance even more intimidating, while his dark brown eyes stared straight ahead, startling quite a few new students who thought he was the violent type.

There was almost no hair left on his head, only a strip of black hair running straight from his forehead to the back, looking so bizarre that it was impossible to forget. Who the hell knew what genius barber had come up with such a ridiculous hairstyle.

I didn't know if it was the same barber, but unlike some of the 'fashionable' hairstyles, Marcus's full beard was trimmed very neatly. Just by looking at it, one could immediately see the strength in his personality.

All those things were enough to make people surprised, but what truly made people wary were his hands. From his elbows down, countless dark red mana veins snaked across his skin like glowing blood vessels, constantly radiating a heavy pressure.

The others weren't carrying weapons, but Marcus was. Marcus wore a pair of red gloves that looked extremely intimidating. This thing was probably meant to both protect his hands and increase his damage.

"Hello, everyone. I hope we'll get along well throughout the new school year."

The moment Marcus's voice rang out, all the students stood frozen as if they had just been sprayed with instant glue.

They had heard rumors that Marcus's voice was very funny, but only after hearing it with their own ears did they realize it was even funnier than they had imagined.

People who couldn't see Marcus would have thought this was the gentle voice coming from the mouth of a weak femboy. Who would've thought this voice would be the complete opposite of Marcus's massive body?

But no one laughed out loud. Everyone here was a talent, and their ability to hold back was very high. Only a few people had faces that slightly scrunched up as they tried to hold back their laughter, while everyone else only showed expressions of surprise.

"Marcus is an experienced A-rank hunter. His ability is called Cannon Fist. Its effect is extremely simple and brutal. His punches can explode, so don't be surprised when you see a monster get blown to pieces just because it took a punch from Marcus."

Seeing that Marcus had finished greeting everyone, Zero immediately began introducing Marcus to the new students.

A muscular middle-aged man naturally wasn't as attractive to the new students as the ice queen, so Zero directly introduced the next person.

"Next is the homeroom teacher of Class IV, Miss Seraphina!"

As soon as Zero finished speaking, Marcus immediately stepped aside to make room for Seraphina to step forward.

A young woman with long golden hair reaching all the way to her knees slowly stepped out. Her slender figure was dressed in a spotless white pajama set, making her look no different from an angel who had just woken up after a long sleep.

Her gentle golden eyes were slightly narrowed, and her face looked so tired and lifeless that it was hard to believe she was an A-rank.

The new students' first impression of her could only be summed up in two words: 'beautiful' and 'lazy'.

Today was indeed an important opening ceremony, but Seraphina wasn't going to change her clothes because of that. None of the six teachers were putting on an act. Whatever they were usually like was exactly how they were now, so the students wouldn't be too surprised by their unusual mannerisms.

Blinking as she looked down at the thousands of students staring blankly at her, Seraphina yawned once before speaking.