NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 86
After my first date with Angela, we had several more meetings.
Every time, the kids would throw a tantrum, but as I said, they still attended class sincerely.
Especially Angela’s class.
Maybe because she knew my students liked me, Angela would bully them even more, but are my kids just ordinary kids?
Unless it’s outright bullying, Angela’s little teasing was nothing major.
For instance, silly comments or tough exam questions were cleverly ignored.
“Lee Hyun. Teaching is hard.”
I wonder why?
While meeting me, Angela started to share her experiences during class.
Most were about Sowol, Lena, and Arisha’s attitudes in class.
The kids are smart, but apparently, their class behavior is poor.
“Do you know how much they disregard me?”
Putting on a tipsy act, Angela pouted dramatically.
Of course, she wasn’t actually tipsy.
How could someone who drinks as much as Angela get drunk after a few glasses of wine?
“There must be a reason. Don’t be too harsh on them.”
But there was no need to show weakness.
It was just funny to see her like that, so I went along with it.
“It seems you’re too soft on the kids.”
“Really? I feel like there’s no one who teaches them without blood or tears like I do.”
“Hehe. Really? If outsiders saw you, they’d think you had a deep relationship with them.”
“Deep relationship? By the way, it seems like you’ve had enough to drink. Let’s get up.”
I set down my whiskey glass.
Seeing this, Angela staggered and fell into my arms.
She looked up at me with heated eyes and, in a moist voice, said,
“I don’t want to go in tonight…”
“But you still have to go in. Come on, I’ll help you.”
Angela’s kind of temptations had been persistent every time we met.
It was obvious she wanted to have me in her grasp.
But if I were to fall for such temptations, I would have fallen for my kids long ago.
I smiled back at her, who was rubbing her chest against my arm, and walked out.
Hehe. She must be fuming.
Her pride must be quite wounded.
But that’s none of my concern.
I hummed a little tune as I returned to my room.
After changing into comfortable clothes and getting ready to lie down on the bed, there was a knock at the door.
Who could it be? No one would visit at this hour, right?
“Oh? Isn’t that Lumina?”
“I’m sorry for coming so late, Instructor.”
“No, it’s fine. What’s the matter?”
“I was hoping you could check this.”
Lumina handed me a quest request sheet.
[Large Monster Subjugation Request]
[Eliminate the large monsters appearing in the Roxvalt Plain.]
[Reward: Hall of Glory]
Finally, this request has come out.
The last event of Chapter 2.
It was precisely the request for the Hall of Glory defense battle.
The Hall of Glory is one of the treasures of the Deorent Kingdom, which grants strength, wisdom, and an increase in magical power to its owner.
Originally, it’s stored in the treasure vault deep underground in the Deorent Kingdom, but through this event, the Hall of Glory will come out into the open.
And the descendants of the Magic Empire were also eyeing it.
The reason is simple.
Because they wanted to create a facility using the Hall of Glory.
A facility that could control large monsters.
If you consider the chaos a single large monster can create, it must be incredibly tempting for the descendants of the Magic Empire.
And the last battle of Chapter 2 will be against Angela, who aims to steal the Hall of Glory.
It’s about time Chapter 2 is coming to an end.
Then the Religious War Event, which divides true ending and normal ending, will occur soon.
I smiled at Lumina, who was looking at me with a serious expression.
“I hope you want me to take on this request.”
“Yes? Yes, right. The Roxvalt Plain is right next to the capital of the Deorent Kingdom.”
“In order to tackle the large monsters, all of us in the class must go out. This means that nobles or kids from families not on good terms with the Deorent Kingdom are included.”
“Ergh. That’s why I came to ask you for help.”
“Aren’t they going to catch the large monsters themselves in the Deorent Kingdom?”
“Currently, the kingdom’s knights can’t leave the capital. They can’t move their troops.”
“Looks like the descendants of the Magic Empire have shown up.”
“Ah… yes. That’s right.”
Lumina’s expression darkened.
Since the descendants of the Magic Empire appeared in the underground waterway last time, they’ve been showing up all over the continent.
Because of the chaos they were creating, no country could afford to move their armies openly.
Especially towards the capital, it would be even more so.
“Is it not possible…?”
Lumina looked at me with a worried face.
Maybe feeling embarrassed to rely on my strength and that of the Academy for her country’s problems, she even avoided my gaze.
Patting her shoulder, I smiled reassuringly.
“Of course it’s possible.”
It’s a request that I should accept anyway.
The next day, when it was assembly time, I read the quest request Lumina had brought.
Is it because it’s the first time they are receiving a request to catch a large monster?
The students didn’t seem very pleased.
“Anyway, we had to do it at some point.”
“But can we really handle a large monster?”
Large monsters are in a different realm from regular magical beasts or monsters.
They are the size of a small mansion, and their bodies are wrapped in special magical energy that makes them hard to damage.
On top of that, their attack power is disgustingly strong, and if you’re hit wrong, you could end up in a near-death state in just a couple of hits.
It’s understandable that the students were feeling anxious about this.
“You guys can do it.”
“You’ve participated in large monster subjugation battles often, right? Do you have any special methods or something?”
“I know how to remove the special magic that wraps the large monster’s body. If that happens, it’ll just be a big monster with strong attack power. If all of you combine your strength, you can take it down without much trouble.”
“You can remove that magic? How?”
“The method is simple. A strong hit to a specific point can break that magic. Once that magic is broken, the large monster can’t recover that magic until a certain time passes.”
That solves the most troublesome issue of catching large monsters.
Of course, it would tire me out, and I would need a bit of rest, but I believe my kids can handle the large subjugation without me.
After that, questions kept coming in, and I explained based on my past experiences and the game information.
The more answers I gave, the students’ expressions changed from anxious to, “Maybe we can do this?”
“Okay. No more questions, right?”
The students who had been chattering for a while finally silenced. That means we can proceed with accepting this request.
“Then focus on your studies. Train hard until the departure date.”
In the evening, as I was heading to the cafeteria for dinner, someone tapped my arm.
Turning my head, it was Angela.
Is this woman shadowing me?
It’s like she only wants to stick by me around dinner time.
“Are you going to eat?”
“Yeah. If you haven’t had dinner, how about we eat together?”
“I’ll pass on dinner, but how about drinks?”
“I’m skipping drinks. I have preparations to do.”
“Preparing for what?”
“Well, I’ll have to head to the Deorent Kingdom soon for a request.”
“…You mean the large monster subjugation request? The Hall of Glory as a reward.”
“You know about it? That’s right.”
And I suppose it’s what you guys are after too.
She fell silent as if contemplating something, then looked up at me and smiled.
Facing that ominously dangerous smile, I couldn’t help but grin back.
“Well… I didn’t expect you guys to actually do that. Or maybe I should say I kind of predicted it?”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. Alright then. Let’s save the drinks for next time.”
With a sly smile, Angela took a step back and left.
As I watched her depart, I let out a small puff.
There’s no dimensional magic circle in the capital of the Deorent Kingdom.
To be precise, most country capitals lack a dimensional magic circle.
This is to prevent terror via dimensional magic circles.
So, to get the Hall of Glory and return to the Academy, I must leave the capital of the Deorent Kingdom and reach a place with a dimensional magic circle.
And that’s where the final event of Chapter 2 against Angela will begin.
Now, how will Angela act, I wonder?
“Teacheeeeer!”
“Whoa! You little brat! What are you doing jumping on me like that?”
Arisha leaped onto my back like a large puppy running to its owner.
Naturally taking a piggyback stance, I walked toward the cafeteria with her on my back.
“Going for dinner! Let’s go!”
“You’ll never get married doing this.”
“Hehe~. If you accept me, then it’s fine, right?”
“Dream on.”
“Eh. Eh.”
I chuckled at Arisha, who was tightly hugging my neck, then let her down.
Though she stubbornly insisted on not getting off, it was only for a moment.
Grumbling as she came down from my back, Arisha immediately wrapped her arms around mine.
“Let’s just eat and hang out a bit.”
“Oh? Are you asking me out on a date?”
“We’re not dating. It’s extra training.”
“Cheh. So what kind of training are we doing?”
“It’s training to break the large monster’s magic. You have to do it too.”
Anyways, you’re the center of it, after all.