Chapter 68: The Third Lesson

Chapter 68: The Third Lesson

The result was shocking.

W-What? No one left at all? None?

Even Magic Department 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 Department classes.

Hes from the Swordsmanship Department! What kind of Magic Department class is it?

Whats going on?

Rumors about Ethan teaching the Magic Departments 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 Department teacher taking up some kind of Magic Department class?

Teacher Ethan is known for his swordsmanship skills, right?

Could it be that Teacher Ethan is spreading rumors in the Magic Department because hes jealous?

It was an unbelievable story.

Because of that, nobody believed it. However, a Magic Department 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 some undisclosed reason.

At the same time, the Magic Department students who had experienced Ethans class started spreading stories about him.

Why did he apply to the Swordsmanship Department? With his skills, he could have passed the exams for Magic or Alchemy Department without a hitch.

Then we would have the top teacher in our department!

Unusually, the opinions of the Knight Department and Magic Department aligned.

There was something different about Ethan Whiskers class compared to others.

Grandel, whats going on?

Did you attend his recent class?

Although the Knight Department was essentially led by Mason from the Swordsmanship Department, the strongest sword master student, the Magic Department held power across multiple disciplines.

Grandel, a magic major, was asked by students from the Alchemy and Summoning departments about Ethans recent actions.

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 something 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 plummet.

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 achievement was necessary.

Someone recommended on-site classes to the principal.

Likely, some instructors proposed this sweet suggestion to the principal, who needed achievements, and the principal accepted it.

Its mere 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 merits 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 outcomes could be derived. And those outcomes could benefit me.

Ethan was lost in thought.

Yeah, that should work.

A perfect plan formed in his mind.

* * *

Were planning to conduct the parent observation class soon.

A teacher meeting.

The declarations of the principal left the Knight Department Dean and the Magic Department 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 some 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 Department Dean, Ricardo, looked really angry.