Chapter 4 - 3 - The Director

Chapter 4: Chapter 3 - The Director

And here I was, sitting right in front of the director. While she prepared herself to talk to me in detail about my role as a professor, I looked around her office.

It was quite unconventional. Well, the furniture was exactly the same as everywhere else—a desk, a few chairs, a shelf with some books. However, one tiny little thing made this a bit unique: magic beasts.

They were everywhere, and when I say everywhere, I mean it. There was one on her head, one on each of her shoulders. There was even one on top of the shelf. It was crazy. The one on her head seemed to be an owl, but it wasn't a normal one. It looked a lot more dangerous than a typical owl with huge claws.

The director brought me out of my thoughts as she coughed twice, finally catching my attention.

The director was actually beautiful. She had long red hair and beautiful green eyes. She was also wearing quite revealing clothes. In fact, her top was almost see-through, which wasn't something that I had expected at all. Her curves also didn't help, as my eyes were always attracted to her cleavage.

I'm a simple man, alright. I see a beautiful lady, and I look...that's all.

"It's nice to meet you, Caedrel. I've heard a lot about you and your achievements in the war against the Demons."

I swung my hand in the air as if flattered. "Ah, it really wasn't anything incredible."

"Hm, right, I also heard about that personality of yours." She shook her head with a slight smirk. "Well, since you didn't ask, my name is Alexandra Red."

"Alexandra, what a beautiful name!" I said while winking in her direction.

She blushed slightly and shook my hand right back.

Within seconds, she focused on the conversation between us. However, I had clearly seen that blush of hers.

"So, is there a reason why you came here three weeks in advance? Most of your colleagues will be arriving next week."

I gritted my teeth. Does it look like I did this on purpose? Of course, I didn't want to arrive early; it's just that the Emperor didn't give me any details about when the semester would start.

"About that, uh, well... I heard that my role within the Royal Academy would be a different one. So, I arrived as quickly as possible. I also wanted to ensure I would be ready to welcome my precious students!"

I lied without hesitation. I at least wanted the director to have a good impression of me, and I could tell that my first impression was shaky, to say the least.

"Oh, I didn't think you would be so dedicated to this new role of yours," she said as he slightly leaned forward, showing her cleavage even more. "Oh, and since you mentioned your students, did the Emperor mention what kind of class you would be teaching?"

-Whoo-Whoo!

The owl made a little sound as it went through the window once more.

I opened my eyes and saw the owl communicating with the director through animal noises. Alexandra, the director, was nodding as if understanding everything.

"So, what's it saying?" I inquired, curious to see if that was all an act.

"Oh, uh, I wanted to make sure before telling you. But it seems that one of your students has already arrived at the Royal Academy."

I frowned. "You really understood that owl?"

It's not that I didn't believe her, but it was the first time I had ever seen someone in this world do something like that.

The director even formed a smug smile on her face when she answered me.

"You never met a druid during the war?"

Now that she mentioned it, I did meet druids, but they usually didn't have any animals with them since they were basically the ones healing everyone. Obviously, I never got hurt, so I never spent a lot of time with them...but they seemed nice.

"I did, I just didn't know they could communicate with magic beasts."

She nodded. "I see. Well, enough about me. Let's go back to that student of yours."

"Right, right. Is that student really in my class?"

"Yes. Look, what I would recommend you to do is find your student right away. Meeting your first student completely alone would make things easier for you later."

I nodded. She wasn't wrong; gaining the trust of someone would be a lot easier if we could talk one-on-one.

"And where should I go to find that student of mine?"

"Uh...right now, it's not a good time. You see, I would suggest looking for your student at night."

At night?