Once the fight was over, all the students left to do their own activities, while I went to the secretary to hand her the papers.

When I arrived at the secretary's office, Siri was drinking coffee while looking out the window, so as soon as she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned her head and looked at me, while she let out a sigh at my arrival.

* *Sigh* What did I do now?

* Siri: That's for me to say, you caused quite a stir when you flew out of here into the second building.

* I didn't think there would be so much trouble. Who would have thought that Fiona and Theo would pull out their swords to confront me while the other students would go out to get help?

* Siri: Luckily for you, there was no accident, but I should have foreseen it when you flew out the window.

* Sorry for the trouble. I just came to drop off the student sheets and room keys.

* Siri: Understood; by the way, how many students accepted?

* All.

* Siri: All of them? Did you blackmail them or something?

* Of course not, in fact, I would prefer if they only accepted 3 or 5 to finish my work sooner.

* Siri: You're lazy.

* I'm not. I'm just in thrifty mode.

With that said, Siri took the documents and took the copies of them. With that done, I left towards the restaurant to eat the speciality of the day. After eating, I went to the southwest area of the forest and waited for Theo to show up because today, we would go hunting crazy goats.

...

Ten minutes later, I could see Theo's silhouette in the distance, so I waited for him under a tree.

* Theo: Sorry for the delay, Coach Marco.

* Okay, are you ready?

* Theo: Yes!

* So let's go.

With that said, Marco and Theo start looking for the crazy goats, which, according to Theo, inhabit this area.

* By the way, Theo, why do they call them crazy goats? Is it because of their crazy behaviour or because they transmit some debuff?

* Theo: Actually, because of his erratic behaviour, he always behaves differently with different people or animals.

* Something like a bison when it encounters humans.

* Theo: More complicated, among their species, they treat each other as family, but with other monsters or humans, something completely different happens.

* In what way?

* Theo: It's as if they have multiple personalities. For example, a crazy goat may hate you but love me, or they may be afraid of you and ashamed of me.

* What the fuck, and is it the same with other monsters?

* Theo: That's right, there are rumours that a crazy goat had met a wolf, and when it saw it, it simply treated it like garbage.

* Now I see the reason for its name.

* Theo: The only good thing about these monsters is that their meat is delicious, but due to their behaviour, it is impossible to keep them as livestock, so that idea was put aside.

* I see. Besides the crazy goats, what other monsters are around?

* Theo: I can only remember the crazy goat and the firefly. As for others, I don't know.

* Well, it looks like we're going firefly hunting tomorrow.

Hearing what Coach Marco said, Theo begins to imagine being chased by hundreds of fireflies in the middle of the night, so he quickly explains why they SHOULD NOT DO IT.

* Theo: That won't be a possible coach! The firefly appears at night, so it's dangerous to go hunting for them.

* Then I will have to come on Saturday or Sunday to hunt for them.

* Theo: What?!

Hearing that, Theo began to imagine the figure of Coach Marco in the middle of the night while hundreds of fireflies were being cut by his sword. He began to feel sorry for those poor monsters and prayed that they would not meet Coach Marco this weekend.

No sooner had he finished thinking about it than Theo and Marco were already in the gorge, the home of the crazy goats, so they started looking for some nearby, which didn't take long as one was grazing.

As he approaches, the goat turns his head towards them and begins to stare at Theo, who does nothing after two seconds of watching him. Instead, his face changes, and he looks at him as if he is mocking him, fixes his gaze on Marco for two seconds, and then begins to scream.

* GUAAA! GUAAA! GUAAA! GUAAA! GUAAA!

* Damn, what an annoying sound!

* Theo: He's calling the others!

* Seriously, then it's perfect, so we can get this over with quickly.

* Theo. That's worse! If he calls others, who knows what kind of behaviour he'll have! This will be chaos!

* I think it's too late for regrets because they are already here.

Indeed, as soon as I finished saying that sentence, we were surrounded by crazy goats, who behaved in very strange ways upon seeing us. Some were screaming at us, others were running towards us, and others simply did not move, it was like watching extras from low-budget movies, and they were very bad.

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So, seeing that some goats are coming towards us, I take out "flake" and get ready to fight. If I remember well, this monster has a skill called headbutt, which has a strength comparable to a dwarf's hammer blow.

* Focus on dodging and attacking, don't think about defending yourself, as that won't do you any good.

* Theo: Understood!

With that said, let the combat begin.

Possession!

Wave of water!

I transform into my scaly version and activate the water wave ability. I was thinking of using my vulture version. Still, my cutting wind ability may end up hurting Theo as collateral damage. Besides, I could use a defence boost for these situations.

With that said, Marco begins to launch basic attacks left and right against the approaching mad goats. Theo was doing exactly the same, but with less skill than Marco, as he focused more on dodging than attacking.

Basic attacks shot from one side to the other, while from time to time, small waves of water were seen cutting through goats hiding behind others.

Sometimes Marco would turn his head in Theo's direction to watch their fight unfold and see if he needed help, but every time he did, he watched as his reflexes and agility improved tremendously. Even when he dodged by making small turns, he would use that same centrifugal force to make another attack and finish off another goat in his path.

The killing was indiscriminate and incoherent, some goats tried to attack while others stayed in their places screaming, and some did not move from their places which caused the headbutts of their companions to stop midway.

...

After 30 minutes of constant fighting, the ground was covered with the bodies of several mad goats. If an outsider were to see this scene, they would think that a satanic ritual had been performed here since blood-stained the ground and the walls of the gorge, and even our clothes were stained.

* My God, that was crazy. Theo! Are you okay?!

* Theo: Yeah... I'm fine, coach... I'm fine... I just... I don't want to go through this again.

* Did you get the achievement?

* Theo: I got it 15 minutes ago... I got a +10 HP/Stamina boost.

* Perfect ... this ... I think we should leave the training for today, let's go back to the academy to read something, so you can calm your mind a little.

* Theo: Yes... coach.

I decided to stop the training for today. I did not think that Theo's mind would be so affected by the fight. I made a big mistake today. I should know that people's minds are not the same as mine, I have lived several experiences, and I had seen the black and white of the earth when I was alive, but Theo is different. He has lived a quiet life without any serious problems except for his former classmates, I want to train him to be strong and able to face adversity, but I do not want him to lose his characteristic kindness.

* *whisper* I guess that's how parents feel when they try to teach their children...

* Theo: What did the coach say?

* Nothing, I'm just sorry for what happened. I didn't think the situation would become so far-fetched. I should have listened to you... I'm sorry, Theo...

* Theo: Don't apologize, Coach Marco. I was just surprised how something as simple as hunting a single crazy goat could escalate to a situation where you fight hundreds of them.

* Sometimes things don't always go how you want them to. You might be walking around the city one day and, out of nowhere, a situation so absurd that you simply can't believe it's happening. I just want you to be prepared for it and be able to survive.

* Theo: *grin* Thanks, coach.

With that said, Theo and Marco returned to the city of Fanfer. On their way, they talked about various things to relax during their trip, but for some reason, there was a strange feeling of familiarity.

If a person were to see them now, they would think they were both father and son and returning home with the rest of their family.

Before returning to the academy, they went through the merchants' guild to sell the bodies of the mad goats. They split the money 50/50, getting 150 gold each, making Theo gradually get closer to the materials for his future sword.

After that, they went to the academy to enter the library. Theo read different skills, and Marco learns new things. After walking 30-40 minutes, they arrived at their destination, and each went to read the books they wanted, then came back and sat down.

As time went by and it was getting closer to closing the academy doors, Marco remembered about this afternoon, so he wanted to ask Theo something.

* Theo, do you know of any D-rank monsters you think can hunt without any problem?

* Theo: No coach, just the ones I told you about.

* I see. What happens is that I don't want you to face only monsters that you have already defeated before. I want you to alternate in your training.

* Theo: I understand. I also want to get used to fighting monsters since I want to pass the academy dungeon exam.

* Wait... What did you say?

* Theo: I said I want to get used to fighting monsters since I also want to pass the academy dungeon exam.

* Is there a dungeon at the academy? No... more importantly... can it be used?

* Theo: Well, yes, there is a dungeon in the academy, it's called "Tox Dungeon", in it you can find monsters from D+ to C rank, but it only opens during the students' final exam.

* And there is no way to enter?

* Theo: As I understand it, every 2 weeks, a dungeon cleanup is performed to prevent these monsters from evolving or increasing in rank.

* I understand. Thanks for the information, Theo. I will see if I can ask permission to enter.

* Theo: You want us to train there?!

* First, I want to confirm its difficulty, if it is too easy for me, I can take you, but if it is too hard, I won't do it.

* Theo: I see.

With that said, I already have a new objective. While I would like to do it now, it would be best to wait until tomorrow to ask Siri if she can let me in, so I will know what kind of difficulty it has. If possible, I could take advantage of that to hunt new monsters and get more stats, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's take it to step by step.

After thinking about it, the bells begin to ring, indicating that it is time to go home, so Marco says goodbye to Theo and returns to his apartment, but not before going to eat at the restaurant.

Once dinner is over, he returns to his apartment, takes a shower, checks the hatching time of Zarak's egg, and lies down on the bed.

* Good night Kawaii.

* Kiii! (っ'ω`c)