As soon as he pushed open the classroom door, a wave of clamor reached his ears.
The classmates were engaged in heated discussions, and as expected, the topic was yesterday’s practical combat class.
Their words were filled with visions of the future, as well as ideas about what kind of Magitech Knight they wanted to possess once they became knights.
Of course, the most important part was their admiration and respect for Ye Xu, Isxila, and Lol.
Unlike yesterday, when Ye Xu entered the classroom, no one gossiped about his apparent illegitimate child status.
Today, their eyes held only admiration and longing.
Ye Xu didn’t pay attention to any of this. He nodded to Isxila and Lol, then returned to his seat from yesterday.
However, he wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but Isxila’s seat, which had been relatively central, seemed to have shifted back a bit. Was it an illusion?
Whatever. Since he had allowed this little blonde to pursue him, he wouldn’t interfere. He hoped she would have some sense of propriety.
With that thought, Ye Xu sat down accordingly.
Nearby, Witt and Emon saw Ye Xu arrive and approached, looking a bit embarrassed as they gazed at him. “Um, Boss Nal, about yesterday…”
The five of them still vividly remembered the experience of getting blackout drunk last night.
Although it was due to alcohol, as the saying goes, in vino veritas. Since the five had sworn brotherhood, there was no reason to go back on it.
What embarrassed them the most was that while sober, they had wanted to recognize Ye Xu as their big brother, but after getting drunk, they had collapsed in a heap.
However, even though they hadn’t formally acknowledged him as big brother, Ye Xu hadn’t rejected them either. So, Ye Xu was their boss!
“It’s fine, you were just drunk. Everyone has those moments sometimes.”
“It’s perfectly normal.”
Ye Xu waved his hand, indicating he didn’t mind. Then, with a completely calm demeanor, he crossed his legs slightly, took out his textbook from his storage necklace, and began previewing.
As for spending money to have someone send them back…
Well, Ye Xu lacked many things right now, but money was the one thing he didn’t lack at all.
Not to mention the piles of gold coins filling his fifty-square-meter storage necklace, where silver and copper coins were barely visible amid the glittering heaps.
Even the treasures he had taken from the empire before leaving were each worth a fortune.
Last night, he had developed a good impression of these five clowns. Spending a little money to make friends was well worth it.
Oh, speaking of which, he was running low on silver coins. He’d need to exchange some in a while, and get more copper coins too.
Otherwise, pulling out gold coins for every little thing would draw too much attention.
“Hehe, hehe…”
The other three were from different classes, so only these two could face Ye Xu here.
And as everyone knows, boys are peculiar creatures.
When being scolded or punished, even if objectively more people wouldn’t lighten the punishment, they inexplicably feel much better both physically and psychologically.
This led to the current situation where, even though Ye Xu had said he didn’t mind, the five still felt incredibly awkward.
“So, Boss, we’ll sit in front of you from now on. You don’t mind, right?”
Although he seemed cold and unapproachable, after last night’s interaction, the five brothers truly understood how good Ye Xu’s temperament was.
After all, in this world, not every noble would show kindness to five guys drunk on the street.
But their Boss Ye Xu not only remained composed, witty, elegant, and casual in conversation even after they got drunk.
He even thoughtfully arranged for someone to send them back after they passed out.
What is a noble, anyway???
This is what a true noble is!
Those self-proclaimed high and elegant nobles should come see how their big brother handles various situations.
“Suit yourselves.” Normally, Ye Xu wouldn’t want too many people around him.
But these five guys seemed to have a sense of measure in his view; they should know what to talk about and what not to do.
Moreover, this was a classroom. Even if others wanted to approach Ye Xu, they would back off due to his aura, leaving the seats around him empty.
But essentially, these seats weren’t his; they could sit wherever they wanted.
“Alright, alright!”
With that, the two turned around with grins and sat down in the adjacent seats in front.
They had planned to chat more with the boss, but noticed him propping his face with one hand, gazing indifferently at the textbook in front of him. Under the light filtering through the curtain gaps, he looked like a god incarnate.
The two fell silent for a moment, then each took out their textbooks and started previewing.
The boss is too outstanding; we have to work hard. Otherwise, if we’re useless later and get left behind, that’ll be embarrassing.
“Tick, tick, tick…”
A moment later, the clock on the central podium at the front of the classroom slowly turned to nine o’clock.
And in that instant, Teacher Hera arrived right on time, just as remembered, bursting with energy as she pushed open the classroom door.
“Good morning~ my good little students!”
“How did you rest last night?”
The cute teacher’s energetic greeting instantly swept away any fatigue just from hearing it.
“Good~”
The classmates responded to the teacher in unison.
***
Seeing this, the teacher nodded in satisfaction, waved her hand to signal the students to sit properly, and then walked to the podium.
“Starting today, we’ll officially begin school life.”
“I assume all you students are prepared, right?”
Taking out the teacher’s special first-year magic textbook, Hera then asked the classmates.
“We’re ready!”
“Start already, Teacher!”
Yesterday’s battle had thoroughly ignited the classmates’ dreams.
Looking at Ye Xu and the other two in the classroom, endless longing rose in their eyes.
And yet, according to the teacher, their combined combat performance actually had a considerable gap compared to professional knights.
At the end of yesterday’s practical class, the teacher had clearly stated that every one of them had the potential to become a knight.
As long as they worked hard enough, not to mention anything else, surpassing yesterday’s performance of Ye Xu and the others was a sure thing.
For this reason, everyone was full of enthusiasm.
“Good, good, the teacher fully senses your determination.”
“Then let’s officially start our studies.”
She took out a finger-length silver-gray magic stone from her hand and inserted it into a slot in the lectern. Then, the magic screen behind the teacher displayed the lesson plan she had prepared last night.
“Alright, everyone, take out your magic textbooks.”
“Turn to the first page, ‘Principles of Mana and Magic Composition.'”
“Let’s begin today’s lesson.”
On the lesson plan was an extremely vivid and easy-to-understand analysis diagram.
It explained that mana originates from the soul and exists in all things in this world.
“Before we officially start the class, the teacher wants to understand everyone’s grasp of magic.”
“I hope you students won’t be shy; boldly tell us.”
“Today is the starting point of our new life. Although previously, due to differences in family background and status, your starting points vary, that won’t determine your endpoints.”
Considering past cases where students lied about their learning due to shyness, leading to problems catching up later, Teacher Hera specially reminded them.
Then, she had the students who had never studied magic, those who could release first-level magic, those proficient in first-level magic, and those who could use second-level magic stand up respectively.
And the final result was: out of the 43 students in the class, 16 had never studied magic or related knowledge, 8 could only release first-level magic, 11 were proficient in using first-level magic, and only 5 could release second-level magic.
As for the three with even higher levels…
They were well-known, so there was no need to ask further.