CH 68

After Leopin left the mud puppet army behind, he ran back to the school as fast as he could because it was almost dark.

He was expecting to find no one in the schoolyard at night, but Monaka and Kotone were standing there with the goal tape in their hands.

Leopin cut the goal tape.

The record he had set broke the world record for the “Hell Marathon.”

However, the record was never made public and was buried in the dark.

For Leopin, it didn’t matter.

The fact that the two girls had waited for him and congratulated him so generously was the best reward of all.

The three of us cuddled up and watched the fireworks light up the night sky like a celebratory firework.

“Wow, …… it’s beautiful!”

“The writing is disturbing, but it’s so beautiful.”

“It’s like a flower that blooms and then scatters. ……”

“Not only Monaka, does Kotone like fireworks too?”

“Yes, Master.”

“In fact, I have always wanted to watch fireworks with my master like this.”

“I’m glad your wish came true, Kotone!”

“Yes, thank you, Monaka-sama. It has been a wonderful day.”

“Come to think of it, I haven’t thanked you both. I feel that I was able to finish the race today thanks to you two.”

Monaka then rested her head against Leopin’s white knuckles.

Kotone, seeing this, dutifully followed suit, like a kitten imitating its predecessor.

“Okay, okay, thank you both.”

Leopin stroked Monaka with his right hand and Kotone’s head with his left.

The two girls squeezed Leopin’s shirt and held each other’s hands to share the joy.

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Now, despite his status as a teacher, Nick Bakker had used the “distress signal” before anyone else.

From this point on, he was eager to somehow make Leopin take the blame.

However, he was seen being beaten up by goblins by the rescue team, and Leopin was on the school grounds at the time.

It was impossible to shift the blame to Leopin, no matter what ultra-C grade excuse he came up with.

The vice-principal, who was the initiator of this case, instead of defending Nick Bakker, quickly took the position of cutting him off.

“‘No! Nick Bakker-sensei! You’re a gym teacher, and you’re making your students do something as crazy as the Hell Marathon!”

“Furthermore, you made them run until they couldn’t return home, and then they were attacked by goblins and called for help!”

“I wonder how you were recruited to teach at the Royal Pioneer Academy!”

“MEAT! Oh, no, vice-principal! I’m doing what the vice principal told me to do ……!”

“No! Shut up!”

It’s terrible for a teacher to blame not only Leopin, who was not a garbage ……, but also me!

“I’d like to downgrade you two ranks, but I’ll let you off the hook for that since you volunteered to resign!”

“Now, pack up your things and get the hell out of here!”

“No ……, no way!”

The first dropouts finally appear in the Royal Pioneer Academy.

This was initially predicted by many people.

The first one to disappear would be that boy whose only advantage was his dexterity.

But as it turned out, the first to be eliminated was not him, or even a student, but a gym teacher ……!

Nick Bakker is a member of a prestigious family full of famous athletes, and Nick Bakker himself was once active in the military.

And the “Royal Pioneer Academy” where he taught will be a prestigious school of the future that is sure to make a name for itself around the world.

As a founding teacher of the school, it was not a dream that he would even join the royal family in the future.

Where did this elite of the elite go wrong,……?

Yes, Leopin ……!

Because he made an enemy of Leopin,……, everything in his life has been thrown into a downward spiral,……!

In the early morning of the next day after the decision was made to expel him from the school, Nick Bakker was clinging to a thick pillar of the school and shouting.

“Mii, MEAT! No, no, no! No, no, no, no, no! No!

‘If they find out that I’ve been fired from this school, I’ll be expelled from my clan as well!’

‘If that happens, I won’t be able to live anymore!’

“It’s over! Everything is over!”

At last, the school’s guards ripped Nick Bakker off by force and carried him away in a cage for animals.

He was screaming behind the bars like a gorilla being sold to the circus.

“He-……, help me-!”

“It-, it was my fault! Thinking about it, I had a hunch during our first gym class!”

“You’re better than anyone else in this school. ……!”

“That feeling was confirmed when I went to the Hell Marathon!”

“Ah, what an irony. ……! At the last minute, I realized how good he was. ……!”

“It should be easy for you to break through these bars and get out of there!”

“So please! Please let me out of here right now!”

“I’ll do anything, I’ll do anything!”

“Let me stay with you! Let me work in your house!”

“Leopin! Leopin! Leopin!”

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I woke up feeling as if I heard a cry for help.

“Hmmm, what is that, an imaginary voice? ……”

Then, as usual, I noticed that my body is glowing.

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Name Leopin

Occupation Ninja

Lv 16 ⇒ 17

HP 1010

MP 1010

Status

Life 101

Endurance 1001

Toughness 101

Spirit 101

Resistance 101

Agility 1001

Concentration 101

Strength 101

Magic 101

Dharma 101

Intelligence 101

Liberal Arts 101

Five Senses 101

Sixth Sense 101

Charm 1

Luck 5

Dexterity 300 ⇒ 400

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Changeable occupations

Production System

Lumberjack

Appraiser

Shin-Ra Carpenter

Masonry

Leather Craftsman

Woodcrafter

Potter

Confectioner Pastry Chef

Fireworks Artisan

Exploration System

Ranger

Treasure Hunter

NEW! Mapper

Combat System

Battle Axe User

Ninja

Martial Artist

Trapper

Trainer(Tamer)

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