「It's huge...」Yuna
Currently, Yuna and I are in front of the Royal Academy, and as what one would expect from the most prestigious school in the kingdom, it was both massive and luxurious.
As per the king's request, Yuna and I were there to start instructing the students of year 2 and 3's alpha class. We will be doing the same thing every weekday until the day of the award ceremony.
Although I'm a little bit nervous about doing the request, I can't deny that I'm also excited to learn how powerful the students of the Royal Academy were. They also happen to be our age.
「Whoa, are they transferees?」
「They look so gorgeous.」
「I wonder what years they are.」
「This is my first time seeing a silver-haired elf.」
Even though we were still at the entrance, Yuna and I were already gathering a lot of attention. It was a repeat of what happened on our date yesterday.
「Grey, we should probably head inside already.」Yuna
「Yeah, let's do that.」Grey
Trying to avoid the stares of the students and the passersby, Yuna and I quickly went inside the academy and headed to the headmaster's office.
When we signed a contract with the king, we told us to meet the headmaster first before anything else. He will be the one who will explain to us what we will do and lead us to our respective classes.
From what I know, the headmaster of the Royal Academy is a beastfolk from the lion tribe. He is a close acquaintance of the king and is a former adventurer. He is also at the pinnacle of C-rank, just as strong as Galderia's guildmaster.
「This should be it.」Grey
「Whoa～ the door is huge...」Yuna
「We should probably head inside before the crowd gets bigger.」
「U... Un...」Grey
Although we had been walking as quickly and as carefully as we could, many students of the academy still managed to follow us. They were crowding in the corridor just a few meters away from us.
Knock Knock Knock
「Come in.」Headmaster
After doing the classic triple knock on the door, the headmaster let us in without even asking who we were. He seemed to have expected us already.
「Pardon our intrusionー」Grey
I was about to greet the headmaster politely but I was compelled to stop on my tracks. The reason was the headmaster himself.
He was standing behind his desk, with both his hands pressing down on it. He was glaring at us with eyes full of hostility and smiled at us frighteningly, showing off his sharp fangs.
The room itself was enveloped with an overbearing atmosphere. Although there was a three-level gap in our combat powers, we were still able to feel the threat oozing out from him.
「Haha... Hahaha... Hahahaha!」Headmaster
The headmaster laughed with a hoarse voice, all while maintaining witn threatening eyes and smile.
Yuna and I were about to draw our weapons and assume a fighting stance when...
「Hahahahaha! What an interesting pair you are! Ernes really chose a good one this time.」Headmaster
「「Eh?」」
While the headmaster laughed hysterically, Yuna and I were left dumbfounded by what just transpired before us.
「Take a seat, and you can put your weapons down now.」Headmaster
After having laughed like there was no tomorrow, the headmaster invited us to a seat after having one himself. The overbearing aura in the room had also vanished.
「Let me introduce myself, I am called Arnelius, this academy's headmaster. It's a great pleasure to finally meet you, Duke Grey, Duchess Yuna. And forgive me if I offended you, I was just trying to gauge your combat powers.」Arnelius
Gauging our combat powers, huh... Why does everyone do it in a way they can be easily misunderstood. If it lasted a little longer, Yuna and I might have really attacked him.
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And the fact that he was smiling so threateningly made him seem like he was begging for an intense beating. I'm really glad it didn't turn out that way.
「Um, it's alright.」Grey
「Haha, I'm glad to hear that. Ah, right. Grey-sama, Yuna-sama, please have a look at these.」Arnelius
The headmaster handed us a file full of printed documents. They see, to contain all the information about the classes we're going to instruct.
「These are year 2 and 3's alpha class files. It contains information about the students and the schedule of the things they need to learn. It also contains the records of the students' achievements.」Arnelius
The students' information, huh... It even contains their family backgrounds. Is it really alright to hand such important files to temporary instructors?
Worst of all, everyone in my class has family names, meaning that they are all of noble descent. I just hope they aren't too much trouble.
「Grey, I have 10 students. Elise-san is also here.」Yuna
「I also have 10, but I have no idea who these are.」Grey
「All alpha classes in the academy are composed of 10 students, followed by 20 students in the beta classes, 30 students in charlie classes, and 50 students in delta classes and below. The class the students belongs are decided by their ranking at the end of the year.」Arnelius
So it's a merit-based education system. Then that means that everyone in our classes are the top 10 of their respective years. Well, I've already expected that just from the word "alpha" stuck on their class name.
But I'm really glad that we're only teaching 10 students each. If we were assigned in delta classes and below, I'm sure it'd be like hell.
「Also, although there are schedules in the files, those are just suggestions. You're free to teach the students however you want to. Just make sure that they learn something of equivalent value as the ones in the schedule.」Arnelius
「That makes things much easier.」Grey
「Ah, but make sure to not put the student's lives in danger, it would be a hassle to deal with the parents' complaints.」Arnelius
Well, if it's just that, I could just teach them the same way I taught Liz, but will they really be alright against summoned creatures?
「Question.」Yuna
「Yes? Yuna-sama.」Arnelius
「Can I punish the students if they go against me?」Yuna
Yuna asked with an innocent face. As for me and the headmaster, we were shocked as to why that's the first question that came to her mind.
「Umm... You can, but please go easy on them, Yuna-sama. Although some of them might be cocky and spoiled, they're still of noble descent nonetheless. I would love to avoid trouble as much as possible.」Arnelius
「Alright...」Yuna
Although Yuna agreed to the headmaster's terms, she sounded a bit disappointed, and when I looked at her with eyes asking "what were you planning?", she averted her gaze away from me. She was clearly hiding something.
I just wish that she doesn't do anything reckless. Although this is just a temporary job, we should at least do it properly.
Donggggg Donggggg Donggggg
「Oh, class just started. Allow me to escort the two of you to your respective classrooms.」Arnelius
Upon finishing his words, the headmaster stood up abruptly and tried to escort us, but as soon as he opened the door...
「What the heck are you all doing?!」Arnelius
「「「「「Ahh...」」」」」
... a large number of students gathering by the other side of the door greeted him. They seemed to have eavesdropped on our conversation. Luckily, the room was soundproof.
「Grr... Get back to your goddamn classes!!」Arnelius
「「「「「Y-Y-Yes!!」」」」」
The headmaster's voice boomed throughout the whole academy, and as if they were running for their lives, all the students vanished in a jiffy.
「What the heck were those students doing?...」Arnelius
The headmaster asked himself after calming down, rubbing his temple with one of his temples. He was confused about what just happened before him.
As for me and Yuna, we knew full well that we were the reason for it. Thankfully, we were behind the headmaster. Otherwise, he would have seen our guilty faces.
「Grey-sama, Yuna-sama, please follow me.」Arnelius
Following the headmaster's lead, we headed to Yuna's assigned class first. And while we were heading there, I realized how massive the academy really was. We even saw a large pocket forest there.
As for the classrooms, they only occupy about less than 10% of the whole academy's area. The ones which filled up the most area were spaces designated for improving the students' skills, especially the training grounds.
「We're here.」Arnelius
Although we were still outside the classroom, loud noises already came ringing into our ears. It seemed that no matter what dimension it is, the class always gets rowdy when the teachers aren't around.
「Please excuse the noise, Yuna-sama, Grey-sama. I'll fix this immediately, please wait a moment.」Arnelius
「Ah, yes...」Grey
After bowing politely, the headmaster then opened the room and headed inside. It might be because they were too caught up, but even though the headmaster was already inside the room, the class still continues with their shenanigans.
Insanely pissed off, the headmaster walked to the front of the classroom, and when he arrived there...
「Shut your traps, you maggots!!」Arnelius
His loud voice once again boomed throughout the whole academy. Other than the fact that his voice was deafening, the face he was wearing was also intimidating. Even ghosts would be scared away by him.
「Get back to your seats already!」Arnelius
「「「Y-Yes!」」」
「Tsk! What an annoying old man.」
Although most of the students were scared off by him, one of them wasn't. In fact, he was acting as if he was the one who has been wronged.
When that certain student reached his seat, he sat arrogantly, with both of his feet on top of the desk. Just watching him act really annoys me.
Ahh... I just hope he won't piss Yuna off, because if he ever does, it's hard to predict how Yuna is going to punish him. I just hope he can survive until our contract ends.
After that spectacle, the headmaster then signaled the two of us to enter the room, and when we did, the room became rowdy once again.
「Whoa, so beautiful...」
「Hey, that's the girl I've been telling you!」
「Eeek! What a cute boy!」
「Are they transferees?」
「Eh? Yuna-san?! Grey-san?!」Elise
The girls squealed and the boys whispered, but all their reactions were similar, all except for one. It was Elise who stood out.
「Elise-chan, you know them?」
「Yeah. I just met them yesterday.」Elise
「Whoa, you're so lucky Elise-chan!」
「Hey, introduce us to them.」
「That's right, Elise. Introduced us!」
While the students resumed their rowdiness, the headmaster on the other hand was getting more irritated by the moment, and...
「Shut the f*** up!!」Arnelius
... once again, his voice boomed throughout the academy, the only difference this time was that there was a quake accompanying it. It seemed that he unconsciously used his earth magic.
Since he was at the pinnacle of C-rank, the quake was quite strong. And although it only ran through a short range, it was enough to scare off the students.
「Now listen up, you maggots! They're not here today for an exhibition, they're your new instructors! To be specific, Yuna-sama wiー」Arnelius
「Blah, blah, blah, you're such a noisy old man. No one's going to believe such useless crap.」???
Before he could finish his words, the headmaster was cut off by the arrogant student, fueling the headmaster's irritation.
It's hopeless, he will really piss Yuna off with that arrogant behavior of his. I just hope that he can survive her wrath.
『Appraisal』.
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【〔Anthronoid〕】
【Name】George Beldon
【Race】Human
【Sex】Male
【Age】15
【Status】Healthy, Angry
【Mana Capacity】174 【Mana Quality】G
【Combat Power】58 【Threat Level】F
【Attribute】Fire 【Spell Proficiency】15%
【Class】Swordsman 【Art Proficiency】15%
【Physical Enhancement】18%
【Ability】...
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Nah, no way he could. Even if Yuna only uses a hundredth of her power, he will perish with a 100% certainty.
But considering his age, he's quite impressive. If he keeps on going, he should be a captain right off the bat after graduation. Too bad, his personality sucks.
Now that I see his name, didn't Elise say something about him yesterday? Something like......
「He's super annoying! I can't imagine being friends with him!」Elise
Ah, now I understand why she said those words... I wouldn't want to be friends with him either if I were to be in her place.
「What is this academy thinking? Hiring such incompetent instructors! This must be some kind of joke!」George
While the arrogant student kept on babbling whatever was on his mind, everybody else in the room kept quiet, but it was easy to see the disbelief in their eyes.
「Headmaster, what threat level was their previous instructor?」Yuna
「He was C-rank just like me, but his combat power was only about 550.」Arnelius
「C-rank, huh...」Yuna
「What about it, Yuna-sama?」Arnelius
「Nothing. I just thought of something.」Yuna
Yuna shook her end and ended her statement with a sweet smile, but there was something in that smile that gave me a bad feeling.
Not minding the words of the arrogant student, Yuna walked towards the window and admired the scenery outside, or so I thought, but when after a few seconds, she slowly raised her hands, with her palms facing outside and...
「《Freezing Lotus》」Yuna
In the blink of an eye, deep blue ice engulfed the training grounds, turning the once warm field into a freezing hell. Not just the ground, but the air was also affected, freezing up the moisture in the air and turning into snow. It was a freezing nightmare.
Ahh... Now she's done it...
CHAPTER 61 END