Chapter 65 - Dinner, Peace, and a Rat?

After giving Theodore a lesson, Arthur returned to the school, looking for Jane.

Jane was inside her room, just like she said she would be.

“Can I come in?” Arthur said as he knocked on the door.

“Arthur!? Of course. What brings you here?”

Jane had a few papers lying above her desk, and she shoved them away to appear more professional to Arthur.

“Just wanted to see if you were okay.”

“I am, but taking care of this academy was tiring, and hard for me.”

Arthur could not even imagine how many hardships Jane had passed. She had to take care of a magic school while being in grief.

“I’m here now. Anyway, there are some things I wanted to talk to you.” “You do? Go ahead.” The first thing Arthur talked about was that situation with Theodore, and Jane approved all of it.

“You had to be hard on him or else he would continue to do these things inside the academy, and all the students would suffer.” Jane said.

That was a relief. Arthur had previously thought Jane would not be so happy about that, but it turned out she agreed with him, which was a pleasant surprise.

The other thing Arthur wanted to talk about was what they could do to expand the academy. He had the idea of building a recreation area for the students to pass the time, and bond with each other.

Arthur thought it was a good idea, and there weren’t many things they could use the money for anyway.

Hire more teachers? There was no candidate around, and they did not need more teachers as the academy still had few students. Maybe in the future, but that was not the time for it.

Build more dorms, so the students don’t have to share rooms? No way Arthur would do that now. The students should be thankful they had a place to sleep in the first place.

“What do you think?” “Hm. I do think it is a good idea. The classes are demanding and tiring, and seeing how there is not much to do on this island, then this is a good idea.”

“Do you think there’s enough workers on the island?”

“Probably. You saw the village, right? People there usually just take care of their farm and animals, so it is not a thing that requires that many people. I’m sure there are enough free workers there. But even if not, then we can always go on another island and hire them.”

“Now that you’re speaking of leaving this island. I heard some people saying you all mount an immense beast. Is it true?”

“Yes and no. This beast is an immense turtle we found on this island. The turtle did not kill us, and when it is in a good mood it also gives us a ride.”

“But I heard you were flying. A flying turtle?”

“Crazy, right?”

“Absolutely!.”

After chatting with Jane for a while, Arthur went looking for Wisa. He wanted to talk with her about the private classes, as he wanted to get better when wielding a two-handed sword.

“Wisa, are you free?”

Wisa’s office was just beside Jane’s, so Arthur went there in no time. She had lots of papers above her desk, just like Jane’s.

It was understandable, as both of them were teachers inside the academy now, and had to prepare classes.

Arthur was surprised to see both of her levels, actually. Jane was level 30, and Wisa 42. He did not know if they were this strong before, as he did not have a skill to check their levels, or if they did power up after they parted ways.

“Arthur? So you did come to visit, how charming. You came here first, and not in Jane’s office, right?”

“Obviously. You’re always the first, Wisa.”

“That’s what I like to hear.”

Months and years may pass, but Wisa was just as charming as ever. Her red-hair was something that made her stand out from most girls, and Wisa’s mature looks drove Arthur crazy.

“So, Wisa, remember our private classes? Could you teach me again? But now on how to use a two-handed sword?”

“A two-handed sword?” Wisa’s cheeks blushed, and Arthur could not understand what she was thinking about.

“Yes. Do you know how to wield one?”

“I’m not the best, but yes, I know. Can we start tomorrow? At night after the classes.”

“Of course. Thank you, Wisa.”

“No problem. Hey Arthur, hm,” Wisa wanted to say something, but it seemed the words were hard to come out.

“Yes?”

“We could, I don’t know, maybe have dinner together? There are no restaurants on this island, but I can cook.”

Wisa’s face was all red, just like her hair. She even breathed heavily after saying that.

From all the things Arthur imagined Wisa would say, asking him for dinner was not one of them.

“Yes, we could. When?” Arthur said.

“Really? Ah, maybe next week when things calm down a little?”

“That’s sounds perfect.”

Arthur left after setting those things with Wisa, and it looked like one of the girls he wanted as wives were showing their love.

Everything was going well for him. The first day as the president was a success, but the real job would start the next day, when the classes start.

Within a day, all male students respected and feared Arthur. He walked through the courtyard, and they looked at him as if looking at a beast, or their father.

Arthur enjoyed that peace. He returned to his room after a day of fixing school issues and talking with his girls.

“Tomorrow I should pay a visit to the village to see if there are any workers there that I can hire. And I hope Theodore does some shit, so I can punish him again.” Arthur thought.

“You’re back!”

Sully was lying on the bed, and Arthur had to kick him out of it.

“How was your chat with Kai?” “All good. Hey, did you bring me something to eat?” “Do I look like your father?”

“Well, if you truly think about it…”

“Fine, fine. What do you want?”

“Hm, maybe a rat.”

“A rat? Where the hell will I find a rat?”

“I don’t know. If I knew, I would get the rat myself.”

“…”