The news about Caleb Li's cowardly retreat spread throughout the Imperial Academy.
Many teachers found it hard to believe that the most talented student of the year would be a coward.
Still, they had hope since there was a mandatory orientation for every first-year student.
But to their shock, Caleb Li did not appear, and not only that, he did not appear for the first three days.
Now, the rumor had been confirmed that Caleb Li was really afraid of other students challenging him.
Far from the first-year area where the upper echelon of the academy resided, inside a medium-sized hall, five ordinary-looking people sat without any change in their expressions.
"Mad Widow, what are you going to do about the kid you named the Rookie Genius?" an old man asked.
Mad Widow was casually scrolling through her mail on the holo, but she halted her actions and looked at the old man with obvious disdain.
