The result was shocking.
W-What? No one left at all? None?
Even Magic Departnt Dean stumbled over his words. He had thought that having a third of the class remain would be fortunate.
Ethan was saying there were zero dropouts.
All 50 students are staying for the class? Seriously? Youre not kidding, are you? Wait, are you kidding? Hahaha, but to use the class for a joke
Deans words prompted Ethan to shake his head.
Its not a joke, Dean. The students are pretty nice. After I explained how I would conduct the class and showed them my skills, they focused on the class really well.
* * *
Is that true?
But the kid who took the class said that Teacher Ethan is teaching Magic Departnt classes.
Hes from the Swordsmanship Departnt! What kind of Magic Departnt class is it?
Whats going on?
Rumors about Ethan teaching the Magic Departnts Potion Manufacturing class spread among the students.
Until just recently, Ethan had been popular for his Understanding the Sword Path class.
But now, he was teaching Potion Manufacturing?
Thats just a baseless rumor, right? A Swordsmanship Departnt teacher taking up so kind of Magic Departnt class?
Teacher Ethan is known for his swordsmanship skills, right?
Could it be that Teacher Ethan is spreading rumors in the Magic Departnt because hes jealous?
It was an unbelievable story.
Because of that, nobody believed it. However, a Magic Departnt student who attended the Understanding the Sword Path class discovered the truth.
Is it true!?
What? Its true!?
The story was indeed that Ethan Whiskers had taken on the Potion Manufacturing class.
Oh, no, wait, why? Why would he suddenly do that?
Could he be quitting Understanding the Sword Path?
Hes not quitting that, right!?
Its not that, is it?
Students taking the Understanding the Sword Path class began to worry that Ethan might be quitting for so undisclosed reason.
At the sa ti, the Magic Departnt students who had experienced Ethans class started spreading stories about him.
Why did he apply to the Swordsmanship Departnt? With his skills, he could have passed the exams for Magic or Alchemy Departnt without a hitch.
Then we would have the top teacher in our departnt!
Unusually, the opinions of the Knight Departnt and Magic Departnt aligned.
There was sothing different about Ethan Whiskers class compared to others.
Grandel, whats going on?
Did you attend his recent class?
Although the Knight Departnt was essentially led by Mason from the Swordsmanship Departnt, the strongest sword master student, the Magic Departnt held power across multiple disciplines.
Grandel, a magic major, was asked by students from the Alchemy and Summoning departnts about Ethans recent actions.
Yeah, I attended.
Grandels expression still seed elusive. It looked like an excited expression, but in a different light, it also appeared sowhat blank.
Whatever it was, this wasnt the usual Grandel.
Who was Grandel Torf?
He was a student in the Magic Departnt, who excelled in Combat Magic and had shown outstanding achievents, standing as a rival to Mason from the Swordsmanship Departnt, and had garnered attention in the Magic Departnt.
And now he was displaying this strange expression. If things were off before, they were now very off.
What on earth happened? Its mind-boggling enough for a Knight Departnt instructor to be teaching our departnts class.
Why did you all obediently stay for the class? You were there too, Grandel!
This is a matter of pride.
.
Even in response to their words, Grandel only folded his arms, not offering any further explanation.
Grandel!
Im not deaf. I was trying to figure out how to explain this situation.
Explain?
Even Im still confused after witnessing it firsthand. If I just explain, will you all believe it so easily?
Grandel clicked his tongue.
Then, as if organizing his thoughts, he opened his mouth again.
Ill just tell you one thing. Why I stayed for the whole class. Thats the part youre least likely to believe.
Grandel recalled the class.
The students who attended this class will never lose with their potion-making skills elsewhere.
* * *
Thus, the secret night at the academy was filled with stories about Ethan.
Great Thiefs Mastery.
Ethan completely concealed his body and confird the instructions from the higher-ups of the followers of the Moon, coming from the outside.
Its begun.
The directive from the higher-ups of the followers of the Moon was to cause an incident during the parent observation class of this departnt.
The target had already been determined.
Assassinate one of the departnts parents through an incident? Hm.
Ethan pondered why this order had been given. There had to be so reason for an assassination order without any apparent cause.
It must be related to their ultimate plan.
Ethan was aware of the origin of Ivecar Academys downfall.
Students on a field trip were killed by followers of the Moon.
The academy took all the bla. With students and instructors gone, only the shell of Ivecar remained.
But really. This on-site class doesnt usually go well. The risk burden is too great.
The nobles gathered at Ivecar were garnering attention in various ways.
Higher nobles usually attract more enemies. On-site classes give those enemies an opportunity. No matter how skilled the instructors are, controlling the situation from outside the academy isnt easy. No, its not just not easy, its nearly impossible.
Even if the instructors worked diligently, controlling such a large number of students thoroughly was impossible.
Hence, on-site classes were effectively classes filled with risks.
And the risks were high, while the potential gains were few.
Its not like theres absolutely nothing to gain. Theres a unique charm to on-site classes. But if you attend an on-site class to experience that charm and sothing happens, the instructor cant handle it.
And the principal couldnt be unaware of this.
The principal cant be unaware of this. And yet, they pushed forward.
Until now, Ethan didnt know the reason. In fact, he hadnt really tried to find out. What mattered was that Ivecar Academy had fallen.
However, he felt like he now understood why they had attended that on-site class.
Does it all start from here?
If a parent were to die during this parent observation class, the evaluation of Ivecar Academy would plumt.
Safety concerns would arise, and the nobles who had trusted the principal and Ivecar with their children would lose faith.
Of course, a single incident wouldnt shatter all the trust.
But the followers of the Moon would likely continue with these kinds of incidents during events, and they would succeed.
The principal will grow anxious, and the academy will be shaken.
To alleviate this anxiety and demonstrate that Ivecar Academy was still solid, a significant achievent was necessary.
Soone recomnded on-site classes to the principal.
Likely, so instructors proposed this sweet suggestion to the principal, who needed achievents, and the principal accepted it.
Its re speculation but this seems to be the most likely.
Phew.
Yet, Ethan couldnt just prevent what the followers of the Moon were planning.
If he did that, events might take a different direction from what he knew.
And then all my rits would be diminished.
So, he needed to subtly intervene, and prevent the incident, while letting the followers of the Moons plan proceed.
Intervene in such a way that different outcos could be derived. And those outcos could benefit .
Ethan was lost in thought.
Yeah, that should work.
A perfect plan ford in his mind.
* * *
Were planning to conduct the parent observation class soon.
A teacher eting.
The declarations of the principal left the Knight Departnt Dean and the Magic Departnt Dean taken aback.
Isnt this a bit early, Principal?
At the assistant principals words, the principal nodded.
We plan to do it a bit earlier this year. You all probably know the reason. We have a newly recruited teacher who is showing so promise. Just as the water is getting turbulent, the school is buzzing.
This wasnt an exaggeration.
Just the Understanding the Sword Path class alone had caused a commotion. Now, the news about Ethan taking on the new Potion Manufacturing class was spreading and it was of no joke quality either.
Dean Dade, why did you snatch our teacher away?
The Knight Departnt Dean, Ricardo, looked really angry.
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