None of My Students Are Human

*This novel is entirely fictional and takes place in an alternate world. Please do not confuse it with reality.

1.

After graduating, Ye Xuan successfully stayed on at the university as a student counselor.

On his first day at work, he got a call from a student. The young woman was sobbing so hard she could barely catch her breath. "Teacher, what should I do? I left my head at home!"

Ye Xuan: ...? Say that again. What did you leave at home?

2.

The first class meeting of the new semester began with everyone getting to know one another.

Ye Xuan stood at the front of the room, looking at the motley assortment of students below him, and fell silent.

In the end, he called on a boy who looked completely human and utterly ordinary, standing out amid the chaos like a sore thumb, and asked him to come up and introduce himself.

The boy blushed slightly and said shyly, "Hello, everyone. I'm Vasak. I don't have any special talents, but I can show you how to change my skin by hand."

As he spoke, he peeled back his skin, revealing metallic-looking joints beneath.

Ye Xuan: "..." So much for taking things for granted. Not only was this guy not human, he wasn't even alive.

3.

Later, Ye Xuan discovered that he himself might not be human either.

Theme: Study hard, make progress every day, and become a pillar of the nation.