"Wang Lan!" Professor Zheng Gong closed his lesson plan, his voice a low shout, seemingly suppressing his fury.
Wang Lan secretly sighed, peeked his head out from behind his notebook, and then stood up.
"Are you feeling better?" Professor Zheng Gong's words immediately triggered a wave of laughter throughout the classroom.
For Star Martial Warriors, getting sick was considered a joke. Wang Lan's leave note was particularly outrageous. In the decades since Modu Star Martial Academy had opened, spanning three generations, likely no one had ever submitted such an audacious request.
I have a cold and feel unwell, I hereby request ten days of leave!
A Star Martial Warrior catching a cold? Requesting ten days off? Isn't that a joke? But what could be done? The person had already vanished, and it wasn't even possible to write 'not approved' on the leave note.
