They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 514: I Blinked and Missed it!

She was calm, strangely so, and her beauty made more than a few glance twice.

Isn’t that...?

She doesn’t look like a Year 1...

Whispers began to stir, but no one dared say anything directly to Nicholas.

Still, a few could not help wondering

Why was he going this far?

If she is really lost, just show her the way... why block her like that? Unless... was he picking on her on purpose?

But silence ruled.

This was Nicholas, after all. And Stephanie was standing nearby, arms crossed, face twisted in a satisfied little smirk. The kind that dared anyone to interfere.

As for Nnenna

Her eyes flicked from Nicholas... to Stephanie... then to the silent crowd watching like an audience unsure whether to cheer or hide.

So this is how it’s going to be...?

She straightened her back. Her voice came out cool and even

"Move over," Nnenna said calmly.

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it cut clean through the growing murmurs in the hallway like a knife through silk.

Heads turned again.

Wait, was she... staying?

Whispers spread like wildfire.

"She just told Nicholas to move?" a girl whispered, her voice caught between disbelief and secondhand fear.

they are?" someone else murmured, leaning forward like watching

Knox’s grandson!" a guy said sharply,

should be groveling, not standing there like some final boss character!" another added,

could decide if this girl was fearless... or just

to unfold. This wasn’t something you saw every day, a year one student staring down Nicholas and Stephanie like

as the chatter filled his ears. The confidence

he taunted, stepping forward. "Let’s see

Do I really have to deal with

most people missed it, she stepped

it wasn’t just

as if pushed by an invisible force. He tried

The students gasped.

seated at the front, casually adjusting her

frozen for a

his eyes widened. "H-How... how did you break through

shaken. He was a trained martial artist, not some pretender. His body had reacted on instinct, but even that hadn’t been fast

had moved like

erupted again, this time with a mix

that?" one

and missed it! What even happened?!" another cried,

redirect technique. Subtle, clean, barely any

nothing. Is she... trained? Like, formally

A long pause stretched.

she?" someone finally muttered, quiet, but loud enough that

Nnenna didn’t say a word. She simply pulled out her pen, eyes

wasn’t the only one stunned by what just happened. But most of

That’s the only explanation." one guy said, trying

girl just... tossed Nicholas like that. Not possible."

gap between year one and year three is like heaven and earth." a

lucky. Or maybe he tripped?" someone else offered, voice uncertain, trying to convince themselves more

whispers continued, dismissive but

clenched his jaw and stormed toward Nnenna’s seat at the

hadn’t even spared him

"Who do you think