I… I honestly have no idea where to even start complaining about this.
Under the podium, Ximon was trembling even more violently after hearing Layla’s words.
Th-this big sister with the purple jellyfish hair is actually Teacher Keti’s mother?!
But they look nothing alike! And isn’t she way too young for that?
Oh, wait, didn’t she just mention something about role-playing?
That just makes things even more complicated. Why does this woman have such a relationship with Teacher Keti?
And the key thing is, in my mind, Teacher Keti is already someone at the “mom” level… Could it be… Could it be that Teacher Keti has another side nobody knows about?
Gah.
Isn’t this just like what I suspected before?
Uu–
For a long while, watching the young master’s utterly wronged expression, Keti felt as if all hope was lost.
Her vision went black; she didn’t even dare imagine what her future school life would become.
After all, these two girls had already given her such a huge shock as soon as they arrived—it was almost too much for the silver-haired beauty to handle.
She even started thinking about running away a second time.
Luckily, at the crucial moment, His Excellency stepped in to save the little kitten.
Watching Layla gesticulating enthusiastically on stage, Lynn smiled wryly, then suddenly called out:
“Alright, that’s enough fantasy for now. You two should properly introduce yourselves. After all, you didn’t come to this class just to hang out with Miss Keti.”
“Ah, um…”
Layla scratched her head a little awkwardly, her momentum faltering instantly.
Well, what could she say? Truth be told, the purple jellyfish-haired big sister herself had no idea how Sylvia managed to bring her into the school, especially with Lynn standing right there, so she couldn’t help but feel a little lacking in confidence.
So, after a moment, Miss Priestess gathered herself, flashed a peace sign to the students before her, and said with a smile:
“Alright, alright, let me properly introduce myself. My name is Layla. I used to be a nun in a convent, but now I’m an adventurer—my class is Priest.”
“Due to certain reasons, I’m transferring to Ridel Magic Academy for a year. Although I’m not the same age as you all, please treat me as a reliable big sister~ If you need any help, just come find me, okay?”
“Wow, big sister is the best–!”
A wave of cheers erupted from the audience, making Ximon tremble even harder.
He really wanted to stand up right now and warn everyone, n-no… don’t trust this person, this woman…
She’s terrifying—seriously terrifying!
As for the other side, Sylvia’s expression didn’t change at all. Even after Lynn said all that, considering what happened at the casino before, ahem…
But the elven girl still wasn’t willing to say much, kept her face cold, tilted her head, and finally ended with just one sentence: “I have nothing to say. My name’s already been given, and my class is Mage.”
Hey.
These two have already outed themselves as magic classes—aren’t the prep class students noticing anything strange?
Keti blinked helplessly. It looked like everyone had already accepted the fact that these two were here to transfer in.
And they’re accepting it pretty quickly.
So, the silver-haired beauty had no better option; she’d just have to talk with them after the class meeting.
Keti thought things should end here, but Lynn immediately clapped his hands and walked up to the podium again.
“Alright, now that introductions are done, you two can go find seats. There’s still one more thing to announce at today’s class meeting.”
One more thing?
Just when Keti thought things were finally over, she swallowed nervously.
N-no way, could it be… has Alice come too?!
No, no, that can’t be—hasn’t Alice already graduated?
Can someone who already went to school attend again?
The school wouldn’t allow that, right?
Ah, or maybe that’s what makes it even more suspicious. After all, Alice didn’t come in together with Layla and Sylvia. If they were all students, they’d have entered together. So does that mean…
Is Alice coming to be my teaching assistant?!
“Mm, actually, the school is preparing to hold a first-year class competition soon.”
Uh.
Lynn smiled at the silver-haired beauty on stage, instantly making Keti feel like she was choking on her own wild guesses.
So it was just a competition—she’d thought Alice had really shown up… Ahem, well, she herself was already Lynn’s assistant, so there was no way another teaching assistant would be arranged.
…Probably?
But why is this guy smiling like that? Did he guess what I was thinking just now?
No way, could my nemesis really read minds? That’s a bit spooky.
Pouting, the silver-haired beauty put away her earlier worried expression and furrowed brows. After a moment of puzzlement, she decided to focus on what her nemesis was saying.
A grade competition?
Now that was something that actually interested Keti—she’d been worrying about how to earn more teaching credits.
“How come I didn’t hear about this? Hmm… tell me more, quick.”
Keti immediately put on starry eyes; it seemed like she was the most excited in the class.
Lynn nodded, then chuckled softly:
“I just got the notice myself. The event will be held in about two weeks. The school will organize a special Newcomers’ Competition at the School Arena, exclusively for first-year students to show their skills. There are five events in total, but each class can only sign up one student per event.”
Ha… this…
Keti scratched her head—no wonder only first-year students could participate. So it was specially for the new students.
That made sense. Now that she thought about it, these students had been enrolled for a while already; the school probably wanted to test their abilities.
Especially… to see if there are any promising seedlings among them. If noticed, maybe they’d get special training opportunities.
Ah… come to think of it, in her own first year, there was a similar competition when she and Alice enrolled.
But back then, Alice participated and got a pretty good ranking, while she… she was just a spectator, cheering for Alice from the audience.
Ahem… Back to the present, this competition format didn’t seem to have much to do with what she wanted…
“Even though each event is for individual registration, the competition is still conducted by class. The combined results of the five students representing each class will count as the class score, and the final ranking will be based on those class results.”
Just as Keti was hesitating, Lynn suddenly mentioned the point she cared about most.
“If you can achieve good results in the event or overall rankings, you’ll earn a lot of academic credits personally, and the class will get teaching credits~”
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