The assailant, or to give him an intuitive nickname, 'Bandages', obediently withdrew at my death threat.
I wondered if I had to fight relying on my item power if worse came to worst, so it was a relief.
Although he spouted nonsense until the end like, 'I will contact you next time,' or 'If you need help, request it through Lord anytime'—
"Get lost before I cut your mouth."
I replied like 'Chris' and sent him away.
Actually, it was a situation where it wouldn't have been strange to bow 90 degrees to his receding back saying, 'Thank you for leaving quietly, big brother.'
"...Phew."
For now, the crisis is over.
Ah, but did she have a friend like Bandages? I was convinced she was the ultimate loner since her reputation was 0, but this is a betrayal.
'What kind of life have you lived, Teacher Real-Chris.'
Just when I was contemplating whether grabbing Chris by the collar would be an attempt at self-harm or not.
"Is everyone safe!"
"Pwah— I haven't been able to breathe until now! Did we almost get wiped out just now?!"
"Tea, Teacher.... Are you okay?"
"I'm tired~ Mana exhaustion. Teacher, piggyback me."
Belatedly, the atmosphere relaxed and the students who regained their senses approached.
I could also see a guy whose legs were trembling because he had been quite tense.
Of course, I'm still frozen stiff enough that I can't take a single step because I was even more scared than them.
An attack by someone; it's the first time I've experienced something like this since I was born. It's fortunate I didn't wet myself.
I want to go home quickly. I want to hug a doll on my bed and cry.
"Angelina, send a messenger to the Academy. You can use that level of magic, right? If I followed my heart, I'd want to tell you to walk to the Academy, but tsk."
I pointed out the princess who looked relatively intact. Of course, I didn't forget to show obvious annoyance saying, 'I'm fine, but I'm doing this because of you weaklings.'
Actually, the one most troubled if told to walk right now would be me.
"...Phew, understood. Actually, I should have requested support earlier; it's my mistake."
"Can't the Teacher just use spatial magic? The Academy carriage creaks too much~ My butt hurts."
"Dolce, the Teacher suffered a lot today, so she probably needs time to think while returning."
I wondered why the spatial magic song didn't come out. Fortunately, the protagonist soothed Pigtails, allowing us to pass the crisis.
Like that, I, whose body relaxed the latest, followed the munchkin party's tails and laboriously left the plains.
As soon as I returned to the Academy, tears welled up and I had to raise my head.
'Fck, Gargoyle gatekeeper. I fcking missed you.'
Class X all personnel, return complete.
There are several classes in one grade at Bedalua Academy.
In other words, there are fellow professors in the next class, and among them, there could be a weird guy who unfolds something called camaraderie without yielding to 'Chris's' crazy concept.
For example, like this.
"Teacher Chris, you haven't had lunch yet, right! Just Teacher Chris wasn't seen in the cafeteria."
"...."
"Do you perhaps like rolled omelets? I'm close with the cafeteria staff. I wanted to introduce our Teacher Chris to them so they take good care of you too."
I do like them. But I don't want to eat with you.
Like 'Chris', I ignored the fellow professor recommending the virtual Academy-brand meal, which is a mix of the whole world, as much as possible.
However, the opponent was formidable. He clung persistently and gave a long speech about regular and healthy eating habits.
'His sociability is no joke, so it's scary. Isn't he almost at the level of the Class X model student?'
That kid is a madman with clear eyes, but this guy....
'A madman whose eyes... can't be seen well.'
The first impression wasn't good. Judging others by appearance alone is definitely bad, but a 'Slit-Eyed' character like him is bound to be guarded against! Especially if he sticks next to you wagging his tail like a nine-tailed fox!
Furthermore, that Slit-Eyes was a person who received instructions from the principal.
The Class X kids reported to the principal about what happened during this practical training. Since it was an incident worthy of that.
But the principal's response was quite suspicious. Reinforcing the defensive magic circle and issuing a gag order to all of Class X was everything.
'And she attached a surveillance on me.'
The principal must have also realized the fact that Bandages is affiliated with the 'Demon King's Army'. So there is a need to be wary of me, who seems to have a relationship with Bandages.
'Seeing his eyes covered, there is a high possibility Bandages is 'Maria'.'
Since there was no appearance description in the original work, I couldn't recognize him at once (in the first place, I thought he was a female character because the name was Maria), but now I'm almost certain.
The ability to create chimeras and control monsters isn't common.
Although it is known that the current Demon King disappeared after losing to the Holy Emperor about ten years ago, naturally, they were gathering forces and plotting a resurrection.
The main plot of
'But Real-Chris had relationships with both the Principal who is on the Holy Emperor's side, and Bandages who is in the Demon King's Army.'
Isn't it enough to drive me crazy? Real-Chris, you should have lived as a loner with integrity; why did you clumsily covet the life of an insider!
Anyway. Since I am in such an ambiguous position, naturally Slit-Eyes' approach was burdensome.
"...Speaking of this makes me hungry again. Now, if you go straight from here, the cafeteria comes out; won't you go with me? There's some time left until the afternoon class. Totally plenty."
Yeah, I hate it. I answered growling with my face crumpled.
"You're noisy chattering since earlier. Don't be annoying and get lost."
"Aha, my voice was too loud. Then is this level... how is it? It's a bit bearable, right. I hear quite often that I have a nice voice, in my own way."
It was genuinely ridiculous that he was seriously whispering in my ear with an ASMR voice. Is he a bit of a nutjob?
"Why don't you block your throat altogether."
"Because I don't have a tool worthy of that. Do you perhaps have the intention to block it yourself...."
"Shove your own fist in."
How long has it been since I met the crazy guy wrapped in bandages, and this time it's a crazy slit-eyed guy? Life is burdensome.
Do you believe in meals? I'm not buying rolled omelets; while such offense and defense continued.
Ding-dong.
[Main Quest: Earth God's Request 1-4] [There aren't only students in the Academy. Relationships with fellow professors are also important. Seduce a fellow professor and try conducting a joint class with another class! Success Reward: Bedalua Academy Map (4/4), Rotten Mandragora Root On Failure: YOU DIED :) Time Remaining: 48 Hours 00 Minutes 00 Seconds]
'Is this quest for real...?'
I am certain. This system clearly harbors malice towards me.
Look at the way it leads me to the situation where I'll be most troubled right now and smiles saying 'If you don't do it, you die. Good luck~'.
My whole body is trembling with rage. If I were the protagonist, I would have awakened right at this moment.
After trying hard to calm down, I turned my gaze to Slit-Eyes who was really opening his mouth and pretending to shove his fist in.
Since it's come to this, do I have no choice but to use this foolish guy. Because Slit-Eyes is none other than the professor in charge of Class Y, which is closest to Class X.
For reference, the place most kids who fled from Class X chose is Class Y. But looks like I have to eat rolled omelets amicably without pride.
Haa, my concept isn't tsundere though.
As I opened my mouth feeling like eating mustard while crying-
"Oi, you bastard...."
There was a thought that suddenly flashed like lightning.
'...Wait a minute. This quest only said to conduct a joint class; it didn't specifically say to get along well with the fellow professor, right?'
There is no need to force myself to pretend to be close while ruining the concept.
Besides, the time limit is only two days. How close can we get in that time.
It would be different if the original work's title was .
Then what works in this genre?
"You wasted 5 minutes of my time."
"...!"
It's immediately fighting and violence.
I made an expression full of killing intent as much as possible and looked at Slit-Eyes coolly.
"I want to make you pay the price immediately, but...."
Slit-Eyes' thin eyes flinched a little.
...He's not going to open his eyes like that, is he? Slit-eyed characters power up when they open their eyes though?
Calm down, Slit-Eyes. I don't want to have a real-life fight with you either! Challenging a 'real' professor of Bedalua is nothing more than a unique suicide method.
Recalling 'Chris's' setting of not using power recklessly due to her past, I looked down at my empty hands with lonely eyes.
Following up with a concept-faithful line.
"...Surely 'that child' would be sad."
It was the moment a sunshine attribute was granted to the precious disciple 'Chris' lost.
In my head, a boy smiling 'Heheh' and saying things like 'I hope Master loves—and cherishes more things,' is drawn.
'Uwaack.'
...I clenched my fist tight to hide my curling fingers.
Hoping that appearance looks like I'm making some resolve to Slit-Eyes, I raised my head again.
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