Vol 4. Chapter 114: Doubts from the Students

Hmm,

If Sister Yumo became a teacher, that really would be a pretty good choice~

With Sister Yumo's patient and gentle personality, she was definitely suited for the job~

But...

After secretly exchanging a greeting with the black-haired girl standing at the podium, Miss Mengxi furrowed her brows and fell into a brief contemplation.

There was nothing wrong with becoming a teacher,

but...

"What could Sister Yumo teach?"

Mengxi found herself rather conflicted over this question.

After spending so much time with Sister Yumo, Mengxi knew very well just how innocent, adorable, beautiful, and kind her sister was. But at the same time, Sister Yumo was also an extremely simple person who had very little experience living in human society.

Putting aside for now exactly how Sister Yumo had managed to enter Yexinlian Royal Academy...

Becoming the class advisor of the Star Source Class would naturally attract countless eyes and plenty of jealousy. Those teachers who had always wanted to become the Star Source Class's advisor but had never succeeded might very well resent Sister Yumo and deliberately make trouble for her out of jealousy.

After all, the way Sister Yumo had obtained this position really was somewhat lacking in legitimacy.

What if Sister Yumo ended up being bullied by those people?

At this thought, a trace of worry involuntarily flashed through Mengxi's pale-purple eyes.

If she wanted the other teachers to sincerely acknowledge her, Sister Yumo would have to produce some actual teaching results, right?

But as the class advisor, what exactly could Sister Yumo teach?

The things Sister Yumo was good at...

After briefly recalling their everyday life together, Miss Mengxi's expression gradually became stranger and stranger.

Hmm,

Sister Yumo...

The things she was good at seemed to be... taking care of people? Cooking? Cleaning? And... making clothes?

Pretending to be a young mafia lady?

And being exceptionally easy to fool?...

Other than those things?

It didn't seem like she was particularly good at anything else, did it?

Especially when it came to education...

The things those students actually cared about...

Thinking of this, the expression with which Mengxi looked at the black-haired girl gradually became rather subtle without her even realizing it.

...

...

Meanwhile, during their brief exchange of glances, the black-haired girl on the podium had obviously noticed the slight change in the silver-haired girl's expression.

?!

Hm?

That rotten girl!

She's definitely thinking something incredibly rude right now!! Hey!

For a moment, Yumo almost had the urge to turn into a furious cat with all its fur standing on end.

However, considering that she was currently standing in front of an entire class, Miss Yumo ultimately suppressed the impulse in her heart.

By the time the black-haired girl turned her gaze back toward the front of the classroom, the students' welcoming applause had more or less come to an end, gradually fading into silence.

Afterward,

the students seated below slowly began revealing hesitant expressions.

Although they had just followed the two major figures in the class—Buqieke and Shaina—in giving this new teacher from the Sadik Empire an enthusiastic welcome, deep down, they didn't really want her as their teacher.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have agreed to Buqieke's plan earlier.

Within the Star Source Class,

what these students truly desired was genuine training—something from which they could actually learn and grow stronger.

The new teacher was beautiful and pleasing to look at, that much was true.

Letting her teach them wouldn't necessarily be a problem either.

But having her serve as their class advisor...

After all, the class advisor was responsible for ensuring the safety of every student, guiding their cultivation, and assisting them during breakthroughs!

The sheer responsibility carried by such a position was obvious.

And yet such an important position had been handed to a noble young lady who possessed neither teaching experience nor even a teaching license.

Even if she came from the renowned Black Rose Family, the students still couldn't put their minds at ease.

No matter how they looked at it,

these final two years of study in the Star Source Class would determine their futures!

The students didn't dare gamble with their own prospects.

And so,

after the applause faded away,

a graceful and dignified young girl dressed in luxurious clothing, with beautiful naturally curly hair, slowly raised her right hand.

"Teacher Yu, hello. I am Lilika-Jacob, daughter of Prince Jacob of the Crimson Leaf Empire."

"Hm?"

Miss Yumo, who had been organizing materials on the podium, stopped what she was doing upon seeing a student take the initiative to speak.

She turned a gentle gaze toward the noble girl whose entire bearing radiated elegance.

"What is it, Student Lilika? Do you have a question?"

"Yes, Teacher Yu. There is something I would like to ask you. However, the question may be somewhat offensive, so I hope you'll forgive me."

"Ah... I won't mind. Go ahead, Student Lilika."

"It's like this. Since the Vice Headmaster has asked you to become our class advisor, I'm sure he has his reasons. But considering that your circumstances are rather unusual... we're still a little... uneasy. So... we hope you can tell us what you'll be able to teach us in the future?"

That question

voiced what many of the students had been wondering.

Most of them were extremely curious about exactly what this young woman who looked every bit like a sheltered noble lady could possibly teach them.

The black-haired girl didn't possess a powerful physique, so she didn't look like the type who could teach martial arts or swordsmanship.

She was so young that she didn't seem like the sort who could teach magic either.

And as a noble girl who had presumably been protected her whole life, she didn't appear capable of teaching combat experience.

As for other academic subjects, they had already studied them long ago and didn't need any more...

Likewise,

when Lilika asked the question, a trace of eager interest flashed through Miss Mengxi's eyes.

And under the somewhat serious gazes of everyone present, Miss Yumo, their new class advisor, gave them a gentle smile.

"What will I teach? Well... I suppose I'll teach you some combat experience~"

"Combat experience?"

The moment those words left her mouth, the students—including Lilika—immediately revealed disappointed expressions, along with faint traces of disdain.

After all, every teacher at Yexinlian Royal Academy responsible for teaching combat experience was a hardened veteran of the battlefield.

They included former grand generals, retired S-rank mercenaries, and swordsmen who had survived hundreds of battles.

Every single one of them possessed an enormous amount of real combat experience.

As for this young lady from the Black Rose Family?

They had heard that the Black Rose Family's Young Lady was extremely powerful, but they had never heard of any actual achievements to her name.

And considering that she had apparently been kept out of public sight for many years, she surely couldn't have much real combat experience.

A noble young lady like that...

Teaching combat experience?

It somehow felt...

a little ridiculous.

That was what everyone couldn't help thinking.

"Teacher Yu, forgive me for being blunt, but your combat experience might be a little..."

"Oh, right. I'm not talking about the kind of combat experience you're imagining~"

"Hm? Teacher Yu, what do you... mean by that?"

"The combat experience I'm talking about is experience fighting Abyss Demons."

"Wha... what?! Abyss Demons?!"

Upon hearing this, not only did Lilika freeze, but the other students' expressions were more or less identical.

Their widened eyes practically had the words 'I don't believe you' written across them.

"You... aren't joking, are you?"

"I'm not."

The black-haired girl smiled and answered in an utterly decisive tone:

"I'm not joking. Starting tomorrow, I'll be responsible for your practical-combat classes and your theoretical classes on Abyss Demons. In the lessons afterward, I'll patiently teach you how to properly fight Abyss Demons.

Sixty-five different types of Abyss Demons, their respective fighting methods and weaknesses... as well as some information concerning their habits.

It's all knowledge that isn't generally known~"

"This..."

At that moment, Lilika stood there completely stunned.

She knew very well just how unbelievable those words sounded.

Their previous teacher for Abyss Demon theory had only taught them the characteristics and weaknesses of nineteen different types of Abyss Demons.

As for the characteristics of the others, the information available was incomplete, so even that highly respected teacher had been unable to teach them...

And now?

A noble young lady was actually claiming that she could teach them how to deal with sixty-five different kinds of Abyss Demons?

Was...

Was that really true?

"Teacher Yu..."

"I'm not joking~ Though... I don't expect you to believe me right now. Anyway, you'll find out when class starts tomorrow~"

"Yes..."

Feeling the increasingly powerful presence radiating from the black-haired girl, Lilika nodded somewhat stiffly.

She had to admit,

learning how to deal with sixty-five different types of Abyss Demons

was extremely tempting.

At present, excluding Demon King-class entities, there were only a little over ninety commonly encountered types of Abyss Demons in total.

If they could learn how to deal with sixty-five of them, then for people like themselves, who could be forced to face Abyss Demons at any time in the future, the value of such knowledge couldn't possibly be overstated.

As for whether Teacher Yu's words were true or false?

They could just wait until tomorrow and see...

Thinking this, Lilika said nothing more.

After respectfully bowing to Yumo, she slowly sat back down, every movement elegant enough to inspire admiration.

"If only that child Limo... could manage even half of her level of elegance. How wonderful would that be..."

Yumo couldn't help muttering this thought inwardly.

However,

Lilika sitting down didn't mean the students were finished asking questions.

Another student seated in the first row—a blond-haired boy dressed in rather plain clothes—stood up next.

"Hello, Teacher Yu... I'm not some noble... Before I enrolled here, I was already a high-ranking mercenary. I don't really understand all those rules of etiquette, so I won't bother with too many formalities. I'll just get straight to the point.

I'm a student at the Peak Fifth Tier. According to the original plan, I was supposed to attempt a breakthrough into the Sixth Tier very soon under the protection of our previous class advisor.

Now that Teacher Sakala is gone, can you replace him?

Helping a student through a breakthrough requires a great deal of experience.

Have you done anything similar before?

Can you actually do it?"

Perhaps because he was anxious about his own future,

the boy's tone sounded somewhat aggressive.

Seeing this,

Miss Yumo could only sigh helplessly.

Sure enough, just as Saiboke had predicted, the students really would ask this kind of question.

Hmm,

well, of course they would.

This concerned their futures, after all.

It would have been strange if they didn't ask.

With that thought, Miss Yumo took a deep breath and prepared to answer the blond-haired student's question using the response Saiboke had directly prepared for her.

However,

before Yumo could even speak, the silver-haired girl who had been sitting beside the window in the very last row all this time suddenly opened her mouth first.

"Yeze, you don't need to worry about that. Teacher Yu has plenty of experience in this area."

?!!

Hm?!

Class President?!

Hearing Mengxi speak, the blond-haired boy named Yeze was clearly stunned.

He had never expected the usually quiet and reserved Child of Destiny to suddenly answer him at a moment like this.

After freezing briefly, Yeze turned around and looked toward the silver-haired girl sitting more than ten meters behind him.

"This... Class President, how do you know that? And you sound so certain... Have you previously—"

"How could I not know?"

Mengxi replied with a smiling rhetorical question.

At the same time, the silver-haired girl proudly raised her index finger and pointed toward herself.

"Actually, I was only able to break through to High Sixth Tier thanks to Teacher Yu's help~"

Yeze: ??!