The Unsurpassed Maiden

"Why did teacher Zhong change his mind all of a sudden?" Mi Young questioned her teacher, Ning Gwang, when they were both on their way towards the genius teacher's hut, back at the back part of the academy. "I mean, he was a hundred percent sure that he won't accept student's like me."

"He saw your performance with that savage beast. I don't know, maybe he was amazed." Lady Ning Gwang answers her student's question for the umpteenth time. "Why do you keep on questioning the same thing over and over again, by the way?"

Mi Young smiled sheepishly at her teacher. "I don't know either. I guess I'm just nervous."

"Don't be. Brother Zhong might look strict but he's a big softie." The white haired woman says while patting her student's back in a reassuring manner.

"You're only saying that because everyone becomes a big softie when it comes to you." Mi Young grumbles under her breath. "You have that beautiful face and perfect body, teacher."

"Hm? What was that? Did you say something, my dear?" Lady Ning Gwang asks.

Mi Young crosses her arms, fully knowing that her teacher heard her, she just wants her student to repeat her words. If there was one thing Mi Young learned from getting personal lessons from the white haired woman, it's that the older woman likes to be praised. "I know you heard me."

"Oh silly child of course I have that effect on everyone. No one can resist my charms." The teacher says while laughing at her student.

They were earning a few glances from the students who they met along the corridor, some of them looking at Mi Young with amazement because she was able to become close with the well-known strict teacher. While others looked at her in envy, knowing that the teacher is hard to be close with.

Mi Young sighs while thinking about the other students, if only they knew how troublesome this teacher could be.

When they arrive at the front of the genius teacher's hut, Mi Young can once again feel the nervousness seep through her body. She can also feel her mana getting agitated just by thinking of getting lessons from the teacher. It's as if her mind and soul knows that the person they are going to face in just a few seconds is someone so ancient…and powerful.

Just by standing outside his hut, Mi Young can already feel the strong aura and huge amount of mana coming from inside the ragged place.

"I can feel your nervousness from here." A voice suddenly says. Mi Young looked everywhere but she found no one. Then, a few seconds later, two serious and ice cold eyes were now looking directly at her.

Mi Young gasps when the genius teacher suddenly appeared in front of her. She didn't knew how he managed to do it but it still surprised her otherwise.

"Sh*t!" Mi Young exclaims while pressing her hands at her chest. She can feel her heart beating faster inside her chest.

"Have you always liked students who swear?" The tall man says as he backs away from the still shocked looking Mi Young. He crosses his arms as he regards the black haired student. "Hmm...not bad."

"Excuse me? Are you checking me out, Sir?"

"Rude student who swears and is arrogant as hell. So like your previous student." The tall and handsome teacher says as he darts his gaze from the black haired girl to her beautiful teacher who was now laughing with her palms covering her mouth. Mi Young hates how Lady Ning Gwang still looks so feminine even while laughing.

"Brother Zhong, have you forgotten that I like feisty creatures?" Lady Ning Gwang says. Mi Young can once again hear her flirtatious tone that she only used when talking to the genius teacher. "That's why I also like you."

Brother Zhong, A.K.A the genius teacher, rolled his eyes at what the white haired woman said. "Please, you've been saying that since the beginning of time."

Mi Young couldn't help but notice how careful the handsome teacher says when talking to the other teacher in the presence of Mi Young. Does he not know that Mi Young already knew their background and history?

"Ah, so you knew." Lady Ning Gwang says with a wink. "Anyway, I'm here to talk to you about my student and the upcoming lessons she has to learn from you."

"I never said that I agreed to teaching her."

"But you gave her your sigil…" The white haired woman says. Mi Young noticed that there was  a slight confusion in her tone.

"Well, I did…so I can talk to her. But I'll give her lessons if she passes my test." The other teacher says, eyes now back at Mi Young.

The black haired girl, although highly intimidated by the teacher, didn't back down from his piercing gaze.

"What test are you going to give her again?" Lady Ning Gwang asks. "The test of trust?"

"Uhn." Teacher Zhong answers with a nod, arms still crossed and eyes still locked at Mi Young's.

"What's the test of trust, Teacher Hwang?" Mi Young asks, breaking the eye contact she had with the intimidating teacher.

The white haired teacher was about to answer her but teacher Zhong's voice suddenly cuts in. "What do you mean Hwang? She knows?"

There was a look of disbelief and shock in the other teacher's eyes and Mi Young doesn't know if she should feel proud or she should laugh at the teacher's expression.

Lady Ning Gwang was the one who answered for her instead.

"Uhn. I trust this student very much so you don't need the test of trust anymore, Brother Zhong." The white haired woman says. There was a pretty and calm smile on her face which somehow makes her even more beautiful than before.

Teacher Zhong looked at Lady Ning Gwang before looking at the black haired student once more. Then he sighs before he holds out his hand towards the student. "Very well, welcome here. My name is Zhong Yu. You probably know why I have the surname since you already know about Ning Gwang's. Anyway, come inside."

The tall and handsome teacher didn't wait for Mi Young's response before he started to walk away from them and into his small and ragged house.

Sensing her student's thoughts, Lady Ning Gwang chuckles before she whispers to her student, "Now Mi Young, I would like to remind you of the first step of our lesson…"

"What? Meditation?" Mi Young asks. Both of her and her teacher walked behind the other party.

Lady Ning Gwang chuckles. "No, silly. I was talking about not judging a book by its cover."

"Oh. That." Mi Young says. Then she turns to her teacher once more, "Why?"

"You'll see." That was all Lady Ning Gwang said before she winked at Mi Young and ran after the other teacher who was now walking inside his house.

When Mi young entered the small hut, she couldn't believe her eyes.

Lady Ning Gwang was right, you must never judge a book by its cover.

Looking at the outside part of the arrogant but genius teacher's house, you would say that he is someone who doesn't know what organization and cleanliness is. If you saw his house, you would also say that he's poor.

But, as Mi Young eyed the interior design of the teacher's hut, she couldn't help herself from gawking. Mi Young was the true definition of a person whose mouth is hanging down to the floor.

She couldn't believe that a house as small and as ragged as teacher Zhong's looks like this on the inside. It somehow reminded Mi Young of the palace of the evil Seelie Queen.

Everything inside teacher Zhong's house is shiny, and elegant. From the ceilings down to the white marbled floor that was too clean Mi Young can see her own reflection looking at her with shock as well.

The house was also huge. Even wider and bigger than her own penthouse, which is already a whole floor of the most luxurious dorm inside the academy. However, it was nothing compared to the teacher's house.

"Not bad." Lady Ning Gwang says as she too scans the whole surroundings. The black haired girl noticed her teacher slowly touching the gold ornaments displayed on one of the shelves on their right. "You always love things that are shiny."

"Indeed." Teacher Zhong says. Hearing the endearment in his voice, Mi Young throws the teacher a side glance and sees him eyeing her white haired teacher with fondness and gentleness that seem to vanish when he's talking to other people. Mi Young doesn't know if it was just her imagination or if the teacher truly looked at Lady Ning Gwang with burning passion, either way it's their business and definitely not hers. So the black haired girl stayed quiet as she scanned the whole living room.

Mi Young still couldn't;' believe what she was seeing. How can a living room as big as this fit on a small hut as small as her bathroom? Magic. It's definitely magic. That's what Mi Young says inside her mind.

"Surprise? Is it your first time seeing magic like this?" The teacher suddenly asks behind Mi Young.

The black haired girl turned to her new teacher before she slowly nods her head. "It's fascinating."

"It truly is." Teacher Zhong says while also looking at his expensive looking living room. "You'll learn this magic if you devote yourself to my teachings."

This immediately made the young girl whip her head towards the teacher who was looking at the huge portrait in the center of the living room. Mi Young followed his gaze and that's when she saw a huge painting of a mean looking dragon.

"Woah. Who's that?" Mi Young asks, eyes glued to the painting of the dragon.

"You'll know when you accept me as your teacher.." Teacher Zhong says while standing beside the amazed young girl.