The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Demoted to the Lower-rank Class

The door slid open with a soft mechanical hiss.

Beyond it was a classroom with tiered seating curved in a wide crescent around a raised instructor’s platform. Each seat was fitted with its own holographic display and a small nameplate with rank seals. Gold for S-ranks and silver for A-ranks.

The students inside were engaged in conversation, laughter, and playful banter, picturing a perfect, harmonious, and effortless elegance that came from being one of the elite.

This was also Aisha Novalis’s classroom.

Although she was a D-rank guide, her academic scores were high enough for the Imperial Star Academy to consider her sitting with their elite students. And with her constantly being ranked in the top ten of the school’s academic exams, she certainly deserved it.

Until now, apparently.

Irene’s eyes widened with a tight-lipped, apologetic smile. She said, "Sister, I’m so sorry. I completely forgot to tell you. What was I thinking? I just... I just assumed you’d still be assigned here. How could I be so careless to forget? You will forgive me, right?"

Her voice wasn’t said loudly, but because of their sudden appearance, many of the students who were engaged in conversation couldn’t stop themselves looking over. Especially when they saw it was Irene who had arrived, their attention immediately zeroed in on her.

Whatever Irene wanted by performing like this, it worked exactly as she intended.

The unfriendly gazes of the students quickly landed on Aisha.

"Is that Aisha?"

"What the hell does she think she’s doing here?"

"I heard she got into an accident."

"She must be crazy. And it wasn’t an accident. She did it to herself."

"That’s why I’m always against her being in our class. A D-rank guide like her shouldn’t even qualify to stay in this class."

A boy near the front, wearing a black uniform with silver and gold threads, laughed loudly enough that everyone in the classroom could hear him. The insignia on his chest clearly displayed his rank—A-rank sentinel.

A ripple of discussion was followed by jabs at Aisha and mocking her. Their smirks turned even more sinister as they couldn’t help themselves.

Before Aisha awakened her guide ability, she always looked down on them. Always so cold and distant, never allowing other students to approach her. The only ones who finally got to stay with her were the prince and two other guides, who also awakened with remarkably high ranks and were also top students.

Since then, everyone knew that if you wanted to get close to her, you either had to be a top academic student or a royal family member.

This rumor had spread around, and everyone believed in it. Aisha Novalis never corrected it, allowing others to accept it as a fact.

Now that she was ultimately at the bottom of everyone’s feet, they couldn’t wait to openly insult her.

Despite the words being said to her, Aisha said nothing.

She stood there, taking it all in with a detached expression she might have worn watching weather roll across a window. In her old world, the mockery had been the least of her concerns. Today, it was even less.

However, she didn’t want to bother with them.

Aisha Novalis, the owner of this body, should at least face this criticism for once.

Let them laugh at her now. Mock her. Insult her. This will be the last and only change they’ll get. She’d allow it once.

But after today, if they still think she’d accept it silently like this. That’s where they are all wrong.

A man cleared his throat, silver dusting from the roots of his dark hair. He was this morning’s subject professor. He waited for every student to calm down, and once they no longer uttered a word, he said, "We will start the class now. Irene, you should sit in your chair now."

"Yes, Professor Griffin," Irene said before turning her gaze to Aisha. "Sister, I’ll go to my class now. I actually want to bring you to your class, but the professor..."

"It’s fine. I’m sure I won’t get lost in the academy," Aisha replied calmly.

Class Reassignment Notice:

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