Frondier asked,
"Principal, why is this guy here?"
"Ah, to briefly introduce him, Mr. Aster will be working as a temporary teacher at our Atlas."
"....What subject?"
"That is.... Ah, it's Combat Theory...."
Combat Theory. It was originally the subject that Frondier was in charge of.
Carla thought Frondier would be offended by this. Somehow, the atmosphere between the two wasn't normal.
And Frondier, looking at Aster, said,
"I can trust you with it."
"I'm still far from your level."
The two exchanged intense bloodlust as they spoke. Carla wondered if she was hearing things.
Aster tilted his head for a moment and said,
"I'm staying with Mr. Ludovic right now."
"Ludovic? You mean Zodiac Ludovic?"
"Yeah. I came over to this continent with him."
Frondier roughly understood. He had heard that Aster had flown over on someone's back, and it turned out to be Ludovic.
Aster continued,
"When I headed to the capital of Palma, most of the Gods were focused on me. Meanwhile, I heard Mr. Ludovic escaped safely. I heard a few chased after him, but he said he got away without any problems."
"....Ludovic is,"
"Huh?"
"Is he, okay?"
Frondier remembered Ludovic's last appearance.
His face when he released him from prison.
"....Pfft."
Aster, seeing Frondier's expression, widened his eyes in surprise for a moment, then burst out laughing. The hostility he had directed at Frondier disappeared in an instant.
Aster said,
"He's not that weak, you know."
"....That's right. You're right."
"Anyway, Ludovic and I were going to go straight back to the Falind continent, but it looks like it's going to be a bit difficult."
"Why?"
"Poseidon is extremely angry."
Ah.
At that, Frondier nodded.
Aster must have been caught by Poseidon. And since he had passed him and reached Palma, his anger was easy to imagine.
"Poseidon's power is so strong right now that even if we wanted to go back, we wouldn't be able to."
"The wrath of the sea, indeed."
It was definitely difficult to return to Falind in this situation. They had no choice but to wait for Poseidon's anger to subside.
"But why Atlas?"
"I met the principal. In Palma."
In the capital of Palma, Athena left Carla's body.
The first thing Carla did after regaining her senses was to grasp the situation.
Carla had a vague memory of the time when Athena had taken over her body. That memory included Aster's prowess.
The swordsman who could fight head-on with Frondier and cut off the neck of the possessing Zeus.
"I asked for his help. To get out of Palma."
"You asked?"
"Because Athena asked me to participate in the vote while she was using my body. I thought it wouldn't look good to the citizens."
Ah, of course.
Frondier had knocked out the citizens after that, so she was worried about what would happen after they woke up.
"So, after hearing his story, it seemed like he was having trouble finding a place to stay, and I wanted talented individuals for Atlas, so..."
"....It seems like the situation worked out well for both of you."
Frondier understood.
He asked Aster,
"So when does the teaching job start?"
"Tomorrow."
In other words, it starts right from the opening ceremony. He wouldn't start teaching right away, but he would give a brief introduction.
"Um."
Carla spoke up.
She scratched her cheek as if embarrassed.
"So I have a favor to ask of Mr. Frondier..."
***
The day of the opening ceremony.
"It's good to see you all again. Did you have a good vacation?"
"Hello, teacher~!!"
"The vacation was too short!"
Frondier stood at the podium for the first time in a while.
Looking around at the students in the classroom, they all seemed to be in good health.
If anything, Basileo was in the worst condition. The first time experiencing pre-ordering, actual combat experience, and even attempting elemental fusion magic with Elodie. He wasn't hurt, but he was exhausted.
Frondier said,
"Now then, everyone, please hand in your vacation homework."
At his words, all the students' eyes widened in surprise.
One student raised their hand.
"Teacher! We didn't have any vacation homework!"
"Hmm? What are you talking about?"
"You said, well, something like, just grow up healthy! That's what it felt like."
Frondier laughed.
"That's why I said to submit the certificate."
"....Ah."
"You all got your health checkups, right?"
About half of the students answered yes to Frondier's question, and the other half subtly avoided his gaze.
They couldn't believe that was actually the vacation homework.
"Hmm," Frondier said.
"Those who haven't received it yet, please get it and submit it by this week."
"We really have to submit it?"
"Would you prefer other vacation homework?"
The students shook their heads desperately. Frondier nodded.
"I said all I wanted was for you all to stay safe. I meant it. So the health checkup is also serious."
Frondier's eyes became a little serious.
"There are many ways to get hurt."
At his words, the students' eyes became serious as well.
Since Frondier had talked about the war before, the students couldn't help but think of him from that time.
"Then, let's check the vacation homework again next week."
Frondier looked at his watch.
"Let's keep the homeroom short. If you have time, prepare for the next class."
With that, Frondier began to organize the podium. This was also in preparation for moving to the next class. Atlas, like Constel, had students move to different classes depending on their field. Frondier, who taught both magic and combat, had many places to go.
Then, a disgruntled voice was heard.
"Teacher, it's the opening ceremony, and we have classes?"
Frondier replied,
"I won't be holding any. I'm not sure about the other teachers, though."
It was a moment when the students who were going to have Frondier's class became envious of the others.
Frondier said,
"I'm just going to do a handover."
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