The Academy is Doomed

Chapter 99

Ami had tears in her eyes.

‘Sob sob, my brother. What should we do?’

When Amon’s participation in the war was announced, the students were literally in chaos.

Of course, they decided to keep Amon’s participation a secret from the students to avoid unnecessary worry, but secrets are meant to reveal their true value when exposed.

Due to the unusual atmosphere among the teachers, the truth was soon revealed.

Boris rolled around on the ground begging him not to go, while Raymond expressed his firm determination to participate as a Sword Master.

There was no need to mention Chloe’s reaction.

‘Teacher, I’m now a Sword Expert warrior too. I’ll go with you.’

Ami, who shared his blood, also had a serious face.

‘I’m strong like my brother too! I think I can play a part in the war!’

Speaking from the position of a true ‘blood relative’ as family takes the dangerous path.

However, Amon scolded the students with a stern face.

‘You are students! Looking back at the history of the Amonis Empire, there has never been a single case of sending students to the battlefield!’

Well, there were actually a couple of times when the empire was shaking in the old days but sometimes hidden truths can be beautiful.

‘So children, please don’t even joke about going to the battlefield. Why do you think your teacher is going to war?’

Boris said while sniffling.

‘To, to protect us.’

No.

It’s for success and fame.

But as mentioned, sometimes hidden truths, etc., are omitted.

‘Yes! But how much would it hurt your teacher’s heart if you say such things!’

‘Huhuhu! Teacher!’

‘Yes, children! Come here!’

Amon hugged the wailing students and patted their backs.

If it weren’t for Rustianel standing at a distance with a puzzled face wondering ‘What’s this? Why are they crying like that?’ not understanding the meaning of human war, he might have truly wailed.

‘Waaah! Teacher!’

‘Yes! Your teacher will surely return safely, so don’t cry!’

After a stormy day passed, the students were still maintaining their daily lives.

Given the academy’s position, they couldn’t neglect the students’ education even when faced with war.

So another day dawned, and in the first morning class of swordsmanship, the students were keenly feeling Amon’s absence.

Sloth was still at her post since she wasn’t participating in the war, but with two teachers gone, she seemed to be under great mental strain.

As evidence, Sloth was using her sleeping bag, which she usually hugged like hidden gold, as foot wrapping.

Sloth was standing tall with the sleeping bag worn like shoes!

“Sigh……”

“Te-teacher, I finished Pid Swordsmanship Third Form.”

“Is that so? Then let’s move on to the Second Form.”

“I said I finished Third Form?”

“Is that so? Then let’s move on to Third Form. Sigh, I hope everyone returns safely.”

Seeing Sloth’s inconsistent behavior, Chloe let out a sigh.

‘Teacher Sloth must be having a hard time worrying about the other teachers.’

No!

She’s worried about her brothers and family members from the Pid family, a prestigious swordsmanship house, who were drafted to the frontlines!

‘Honestly, Amon will return just fine.’

Amon had even defeated several accomplished knights in succession.

It made more sense to worry about her brothers than Amon.

This is what you call twisted trust.

“Sigh, children. Good work with sword training. See you next time.”

“Yes, Teacher Sloth.”

After sword training ended, the students headed to the magic classroom in groups.

Of course, Marion had left for war participation, so the classroom was empty.

“Should we do self-study?”

“I guess so. Should Raymond and I go to the training ground?”

Hearing Boris and Chloe’s words, Ami spoke.

“Rustianel, what are you going to do during self-study?”

“Hmm? What about you, Miss Ami?”

“I’m thinking of doing magic self-study with Boris. Starting with memorizing theory. Boris seems quite good since he majors in magic.”

Rustianel tilted his head.

“Then shall I teach you?”

“…Huh?”

“Dragons know human magic well too.”

Ami internally shook her head.

‘There he goes with the dragon talk again.’

But she couldn’t rebuff him with ‘I don’t want to.’

With Amon gone to war, there was no need to create unnecessary friction.

Besides, wasn’t she the eldest among the students!

Ami nodded with a warm face.

“Okay, let’s study together with Boris.”

“That would be nice.”

Just as the decision was made and Chloe and Raymond were about to head to the training ground…

“Hm? Where are you all going?”

“…Eh?”

Kai was standing there with an armful of books, smiling broadly.

“T-Teacher Kai?”

“You weren’t planning to skip class just because Teacher Marion isn’t here, were you?”

“W-well…”

“Haha! Just kidding! You’re not that kind of students!”

The students’ faces contorted at Kai’s cheerful winking.

It was nothing more or less than the appearance of an enthusiastic rookie.

“B-but Teacher Kai, what brings you here?”

“Teacher Marion is away, isn’t he? So I’ll be taking over the magic classes.”

“What did you say?”

What kind of bolt from the blue was this?

Kai took the podium and tapped the blackboard with his baton while speaking.

“Well, I’m quite well-versed in magic too! There won’t be any major problems with me taking over Teacher Marion’s classes!”

“……”

“Now then, how far did you get in the curriculum?”

“……”

In the end, the students had no choice but to attend Kai’s rigid classes with gloomy faces.

* * *

During lunch time, the students were huddled together.

“Aren’t we in big trouble? If Teacher Kai is taking over magic class, that means he’ll probably take over history class too.”

At Raymond’s words, Chloe and Boris’ faces turned pale.

They had been badly burned by Kai’s classes before.

‘Teacher Kai doesn’t give us snacks.’

‘There are no breaks.’

‘He just keeps pushing us to memorize things.’

The class of a rookie overflowing with passion for education!

Chloe warned Ami and Rustianel in advance.

“The history class will be conducted just like the magic class we just had.”

“Ugh! My, my head…”

Ami clutched her aching head.

Math, Kai’s original subject, naturally couldn’t be fun due to its characteristics, since it’s just a one-sided listing of mathematical formulas and principles.

Therefore, they could accept it as ‘naturally boring and uninteresting,’ but Marion and Amon’s magic and history classes were different.

‘And so, magicians began to leave their mark on the world! Chloe! Don’t get complacent just because you reached Sword Expert, Boris might overtake you someday!’

‘I-I’ll work harder!’

‘Good, well done! Have some snacks! Come on, all of you too!’

Marion conducts classes cheerfully with the help of alcohol!

‘As I said, the empire could use the name empire thanks to the efforts of many great people! And I believe that you will be one of those great people.’

‘Yes! I’ll work hard!’

‘Good! Shall we take a break and have some snacks?’

Amon is caring and believing in his students!

The common point between the two teachers was that they were considerate of their students.

Absolutely, absolutely not because they gave out snacks.

Then what about Kai’s class?

‘So the mathematical formulas of the Nozemia school are truly interesting! Because they define mathematics as an organism and establish hypotheses so formulas interact with each other creating synergy making it that much more complex but producing many interesting results and having a close relationship with the Cas Nozemia school which succeeded the Nozemia school and.’

I’m going crazy! I’m going crazy!

This was the common opinion of students who had taken Kai’s classes.

‘And we have to take Teacher Kai’s classes not just for math, but for magic and history too?’

The students weren’t feeling desperate for nothing.

That’s why the students desperately wished.

‘Teacher Amon, please return safely.’

‘You have to come back quickly!’

The students are praying for Amon’s swift return!

The students forced down their unappetizing food.

The time for the next subject, history class, was approaching.

‘I feel like I’m going to choke.’

‘So this is what it feels like when your stomach is bubbling.’

Shortly after the students were sitting in the lecture hall where history class was held but their faces were all haggard.

‘We just need to endure until Teacher Amon returns.’

‘I am a tree. No, a stone. An inorganic substance that doesn’t breathe.’

The students sitting with serious faces flinched.

Footsteps could be heard from outside the lecture hall.

‘It’s coming. The monster is coming.’

‘Should I play dead?’

While the students were sweating profusely the door opened, and a young man appeared.

Step step-

The young man who naturally stepped onto the podium like flowing water opened his book and he spoke calmly as if nothing had happened.

“Where did we leave off in class?”

“……”

“Ah, we covered up to the establishment of the Dragonia Knights. Well then, let’s begin class.”

“……”

The young man, Amon, turned towards the blackboard holding chalk.

His back was damp with cold sweat.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

The students’ gazes fixed on his back without any response!

‘Waaah! Teacher, don’t go!’

‘Huhuhu! Just come back with your arms and legs intact!’

‘Sniff! Brother, if you die, I’ll bury you myself in a sunny spot in our territory!’

Faced with the students’ desperate wailing, Amon finally couldn’t hold back and embraced them while crying out.

‘Children! I’ll definitely return, so let’s meet again as changed people!’

‘Waaah!’

‘I don’t know when it will be, but I’ll certainly return, so wait for your teacher!’

Only ‘two days’ had passed since that commotion.

They reunited after just 2 days, not 2 months or 2 weeks.

From Amon’s perspective, it couldn’t be more embarrassing even if he tried.

The reaction of other teachers who saw Amon arriving at the academy just before lunch break ended was also unusual.

‘Headmaster, I’ve returned.’

‘Teacher Amon? Uh, huh? It’s only been two days since you left…’

‘…That’s how it turned out. I guess news of the war’s end hasn’t reached here yet?’

Brestle asked with a stupid face.

‘Is the war over?’

‘……’

‘What kind of war ends in two days?’

The end must have been so sudden that rumors haven’t spread yet!

Sloth, who happened to come to the headmaster’s office with reports, also jumped in surprise.

‘G-ghost! Amon, you died already!’

‘I’m human.’

‘Huh? But why are you here?’

‘The war ended.’

‘…In two days?’

‘Yeah.’

Sloth examined Amon while asking.

‘But what about Old Man Marion?’

‘He said he’s going drinking, treating it as a vacation. Headmaster, I strongly petition for a pay cut for Senior Marion.’

Anar’el nodded and began writing up the pay cut notice.

And now.

“…The Dragonia Knights can be said to have been established based on the wyverns that could be tamed thanks to the dedicated research of Michael Dragonoff, the first Dragon Knight.”

-Tap

Amon put down the chalk and spoke with his back drenched in cold sweat.

“Now children, any questions?”

Though Amon couldn’t see it with his back turned, Chloe raised her hand and spoke.

“T-teacher?”

“…Yes, Chloe.”

“Why did you come back so soon…? No, I’m glad to see you. I’m glad, but I’m a bit confused.”

“It’s class time now. Let’s not talk about things unrelated to the lesson.”

“……”

Amon tapped the blackboard with chalk while speaking.

“Now, any questions?”

“……”

“Children, I’m asking if you have questions.”

“……”

“You all, your attitude in class has really become terrible while I was gone. I never wanted to say things to you like this but in my day people treated studying as a life and death matter.”

Amon scolded the students’ attitude with a heart that felt like it was coughing up blood.

His voice was filled with laments about his situation.