35 – #035 First lesson
After being thrown out of her window, Louise returned to her classroom less than five minutes later with a desk and chair in her hands.
There were scratches on her face or hands, perhaps from a broken window, but other than that, there were no obvious injuries.
“… ….”
Leaving her desk and chair with her follower, Louise came to me without saying a word and glared at me.
Seeing followers flocking to her side one by one reminded me of the atmosphere of that day a week ago.
In the midst of the threatening atmosphere that seemed like a fist would fly at any moment, I couldn’t believe the same thing would happen again, so I laughed out.
Do these children have no learning ability? It’s not some kind of bird-head, you’ve already forgotten what happened just a week ago?
It was at a time when I was lost in my senses because I had no idea how stupid I was.
Louise, who seemed to be able to kill a thousand people if she could kill a person with her eyes, suddenly let out a sigh and said in a tight voice.
“… Since this is the fault of our side, we will just skip it, but there is no next time.”
“What are you going to do if you’re not going to let go? Stop talking nonsense and get hit one more time and get out of your seat.”
It looked like he couldn’t win, so he seemed to be trying to take care of his pride, but I mercilessly trampled on the hand that was picking up his pride that had fallen to the ground.
Then, contrary to my initial expectations, I calmly returned to my seat, only shaking my hands to see if I had no learning ability at all.
To be honest, I thought he would lose his temper and attack me, but seeing how he went back smoothly, unlike the idiots behind him, it seems he didn’t waste the week.
People who don’t know me might say that I’m just overdoing it to the point of holding back my anger, but seeing her attacking again on the day she was beaten to death, in my opinion, it was a great improvement.
When the situation was sorted out, all the students returned to their seats. My desk, of course, did not belong to Louise, but to an unknown male student who had just received the desk.
After a while, while the student who received my desk was diligently erasing graffiti with a handkerchief, a professor who heard the commotion came to the class.
It arrived 5 minutes after the incident, so it feels like a week ago, but it is a very quick appearance.
“Haa… What, what happened?!”
The professor’s face was flushed red as if he had run at full speed.
However, unlike hearing the news of another commotion, everyone was sitting quietly in their seats except for the window being broken, and they seemed quite embarrassed.
“Since nothing happened, let’s just go to class.”
“…… It is.”
The professor opened his mouth as if to say something at the somewhat cheeky tone of voice, but then lowered his head.
There were many twists and turns along the way, but the first class has finally begun.
*****
“… This is Peter Clark, who will be in charge of you from now on. First of all, as you all know, the Valiant class is far behind because of the unfortunate incident that took place a week ago.”
Because of the unprecedented situation in academy history that the entire class was put on probation for a week, the Valiant class was a week behind the other classes.
I could feel how many eyes were glaring at me as if I was responsible for such a disgraceful situation.
“Originally, we were going to introduce ourselves and get to know each other before the class, but… Unfortunately, that is no longer possible. Right now, the exam is scheduled in three weeks.”
“A test?”
When a student tilted his head and asked, Professor Peter nodded his head as if agreeing.
“Yes. Well, even if it’s a test, it’s a simple test that just explores a simple dungeon.”
Since it was a test for students who had just entered school, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to say that it was a dungeon.
It’s probably a dungeon that’s a bit lower than or similar to the low-level dungeon I visited on the first day I discovered the achievement.
However, the students who were born as nobles and have lived a life with no ties to dungeons seemed a little nervous.
Of course, there were students who had experience in raiding dungeons or were not too nervous about whether their parents’ families owned dungeons, but they were only a minority.
Peter said with a benevolent smile, probably to alleviate the atmosphere that quickly became stiff.
“You don’t have to worry about anything. Even if it’s a dungeon, if it’s enough to enter the academy, you can clear it without much effort. Of course, whether you can get better grades than other classes is a different story.”
When we reminded again that we were a week behind, the atmosphere, which had softened a little, stiffened again.
Aside from passing the exam, the students wanted to prove that they and their families were superior by getting better grades than students in other classes, more precisely, students from other regions.
“Then, do any of these students have experience clearing dungeons?”
When Peter asks, several students raise their hands cautiously. Among the students who raised their hands was Louise.
“Six people… That’s a lot more than you think. Then, can any students answer how dungeons are broadly classified?”
“… ….”
Even though they had experience in raiding dungeons, they weren’t confined to dungeons like adventurers, so no one could open their mouths easily.
Hey, there aren’t that many territories that have a lot of dungeons, and I’m not an adventurer, so I probably didn’t have a lot of opportunities to learn the dungeon itself.
I waited for a long time and no one answered, so I raised my hand first.
“Usually, monsters that appear in dungeons are classified by type. Because only one type of monster appears in a dungeon.”
“That is correct. As student John Do said, only one type of monster appears, so it’s easy to devise a method.”
Perhaps it was surprising that I participated in the class, but Peter stuttered and affirmed that he was right.
“By the way, can you tell me what kind of monsters there are?”
“There are four major types: beast types that imitate the form of beasts, human types such as goblins or orcs, irregular types that transform their body shape like slimes, and demigod types that are very rare but dead souls.”
“Yes. The types of monsters are roughly divided into four, as student John Do said. John is also a student, good job. You may sit down now.”
As soon as I sat down, all the other students’ sullen eyes began to focus on me.
If you twist it, you guys will answer first… I didn’t say that because no one answered even after waiting.
“There are also cases where the terrain of a dungeon changes depending on the type of monsters that appear. For example, dungeons featuring ghost-type monsters are often similar to cemeteries.”
That was the case with the Beast King’s Garden, which I attacked not too long ago. If the environment of the dungeon is affected by a monster, the environment is created in favor of that monster.
Peter said he still had no idea why this was happening, but thanks to my father, I knew why.
‘That’s because there are so many dungeons. It’s hard to give individuality to each dungeon, so dungeons with nothing important… To put it bluntly, I made it roughly.’
It’s annoying, so I made it roughly… If scholars and priests knew this fact, wouldn’t they commit suicide wondering what they had studied all their lives?
While I was thinking about that, time flew by in an instant, and the time to finish the class came before I knew it.
“After one month, the dungeon you will be going to is a beast type dungeon. For the next three weeks, let’s learn what to pay attention to when raiding dungeons and how to fight against beast-type monsters. And John Do student?”
“… Yes?”
I was taken aback when my name was suddenly called, so I looked up at Peter.
“There is something I want to share, so I would like you to take some time…. Is lunchtime okay?”
“… Yes, there are no specific promises.”
“Good! Then come to my professor’s office then!”
*****
[Peter Clark]
I skipped lunch and went to Professor Peter’s office as promised, but I couldn’t open the door easily.
I can guess what you are going to say. No matter how angry I am with the misfortune that happened a week ago and what happened this morning, I’ll say bullsh*t that I have to put up with it.
No matter how much Vivian protects me, I won’t be able to beat the professor and move on, so all I can do is persevere.
You will soon know the answer to how much patience I will have.
“Professor, I will go in.”
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After knocking lightly, as I said that through the door, I was immediately given permission to come in.
Upon entering, Professor Peter was sipping coffee for dessert, but when he saw me, he put down his mug and pointed to a chair in front of the desk.
“Sit down. I’ve cooked John’s and the students’ portions too, would you like a drink?”
“… No, thanks.”
I sat down rather nervously in the softer atmosphere than I expected.
“So, is the story you want to talk about something that happened a week ago?”
“Hmm? Oh, but that also happens… Actually, I called because I wanted to ask you a little personally.”
“A personal request… ?”
I don’t know what kind of favor he was asking, but Peter cautiously opened his mouth with an expression as if he had been embarrassed.
“A few days ago, I heard a rumor that an oriental man had attacked the beast king’s garden. Maybe that’s….”
“Yes, that is me. Although there were some unpleasant incidents during the raid.”
“As expected!! Then John Do student!! If he has the corpse of a black dog, would you mind selling it to me?!”
“The carcass of a black dog? It doesn’t matter… How many servings do you want to buy?”
“Yes? How many of you… How much do you have….”
“Um, about seventy?”
There were too many from the middle, so I just threw it away.