Huge Holy 77

77 - I was expelled from the country, became a teacher of adventurers and want to be peerless with light magic, but I can't do it

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I woke up to the loud sound of a bell.
What, time is it... half past six!?
I used to wake up at five o'clock though... Umm, right. It was also in the documents. In order to get used to school life, they’d ring the wake-up bell at regular time. Umm... Where’s the schedule for the day?
What I double-checked was the daily schedule in the dormitory. Most of the dormitory supervisors who live in the academy follow this thing.

6:30 Wake up
7:00 Breakfast
8:30 Homeroom for each dormitory
9:00-12:00 Class
12:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Class
15:00-16:00 Salon time (staff meeting for faculty)
16:00-18:00 Class
18:00 Dinner
19:00-22:00 Free time (Students go in and out of the library, do self-study, ask questions to the dormitory director, take a bath, etc.)
22:00 Go to bed

...If it’s like this, I probably have enough time to take a bath in the morning and get dressed.
Yesterday, Ekaterina urged me to eat and sleep, so I went to bed just as is.
That's why I take a morning bath, get dressed, and then have breakfast... Since the cafeteria hasn't been opened yet, are they going to bring breakfast to my room?
Ah, that's right... There are other dormitory supervisors beside me, and other than the [Shadow] bodyguards of nobles, there are other academy employees.
One of them is probably going to come here.

After I finished getting dressed, the door of my room was violently hammered.
They’re probably holding a grudge for what happened yesterday.
The voice of an elderly cook woman who came to bring breakfast echoed through the door.

“I brought you breakfast―! You're awake, aren't you! Or, are you that weak!!”

“...I’m awake.”

Once I opened the door, the cook readily pushed the wagon stand that carried the breakfast into the room.
The cook, who is overly elderly but has high energy, while still wearing a coverall apron, one-sidedly says a lot of things.

“I thought adventurers were supposed to sleep hard and eat hard! You're so different from the last one, I can't stand it!! Here! Today's dish is grilled salted pork, melted omelet and vegetables! If you put it between bread like this and put some spices on it, it'll be delicious~!!! And warm herbal tea!!”

“Understood. Thank you very much, I’ll eat it――”

“Speak more from your belly!! The students can’t hear you like that!!”

...Right. I ask one thing that just comes to mind.

“With students coming, isn't it hard to do things like washing the dishes? If you don’t mind, I’d like to help you. I have a light element, so I'm good at cleaning.”

“Eh? Wha~t are you talking about? That's our job! You just do your job!”

What the hell... that’s boring.
No, this is a normal reaction.
Just as I finished eating, another person knocked on my room. It was a petite but strong dwarf woman.
She is the dorm mother who manages the dormitory.

“Excuse me. Ah, I think you have received an explanation from Principal Ekaterina. From now on, I will clean Josiah-sensei's room, and once a week, I will change the sheets and clean the area around the bed.”

“Aah... about that. I'll do it myself, so please don't worry about it. I have a light element and I'm good at cleaning magic.”

“No, no! This is my job after all!! Josiah-san, umm, I’m told that you will be taking an etiquette course at 9 o'clock today. Please take it easy until then.”

...
I don't like having people go in and out of the room without reason... but if I refuse, they might get suspicious of strange things.
Once again, I took a walk around the area, confirmed the position of that principal’s wand flower just in case, and looked closely to see if there were any cleaning points.

Although there is a barrier here, several guards patrol the area.
A servant came and cleaned up the wagon stand with the tableware after I finished eating.
Although they are not in use yet, the servants are also cleaning the library and salon.
Besides, their attitude towards me. It's all due to the training and command of Principal Ekaterina... She doesn't hire useless people.
Each person is given a role and responsibility.

“It doesn’t seem like I'll be able to kill time here.”

Put it the other way around, it's a boring space for me.

“Haa~...”

And it wasn't me who let out that bored sigh, but the gardener who was tending the courtyard.
Is he the only newcomer? He is languidly trimming the lawn.
I'll try talking to him.

“Is there anything wrong? You look quite tired.”

“He? Y, you. Who?”

I introduced myself to the gardener, who has neither the attitude nor the language, saying, “My name is Josiah and I've been assigned to the adventure department this term.”
“Haa” he replied indifferently.
I thought that he would take an appropriate attitude once he knew that I was a teacher, but I was totally wrong.

“Adventure department means you're an adventurer? That must be nice. You guys can make money easily. You can just teach randomly in the adventure department and you’ll get money. Compared to that, I just trim the lawn to adjust their length.”

“――Shall I help you? If it's just pruning work to make the length even, and adjusting the shape of the hedge, it’s quite easy for me.”

“Eh? Is that fine??”

“Rather, I thought leaving the work of pruning the whole area, including the courtyard of this size to you alone, would be more questionable.”

“Man~, I'm saved! I have my hands full with just the courtyard, so I haven’t done the area around the lodgings at all! The dead leaves over there are terrible, so cleaning them up is――”

The one who interrupted what would be a good magic exercise was Ekaterina, saying “Excuse me.”
As expected, the gardener was nervous and straightened his posture.
I greet her normally, saying,  “Good morning. Principal,” but she doesn't seem to be in a good mood.

“Josiah-sensei, don't steal other people's work. The work of pruning the garden and the area around the lodgings is the duty of the gardeners, including him.”

“...I'm sorry about that. I had too much free time, so I was wondering if there was anything I could do.”

“Then, it's a little early, but shall we start the etiquette course? Please come to the salon with documents from yesterday.”

“...Yes.”

...Damn it.
I knew that she was monitoring me with the [Wand Flower], but to think she would stop something so trivial.
If it’s like this, it would be strange if the supervision of the students was not strict.
Considering Ekaterina's personality, I don't think she would ignore any troubles between students that could develop into an engagement annulment commotion... if I think about it logically.

After that, at the salon, I learned miscellaneous knowledge that probably wouldn't be useful to an adventurer in the future.
Like, don't make noise with the saucer when placing the cup down.
Or the eating order on the three-tiered tray.
Seriously, it's all knowledge that I don't need as an adventurer. Even the miscellaneous etiquette knowledge, it doesn't seem to be useful outside of this school life.

After finishing the tedious lecture, I asked a single question to Ekaterina.

“Principal. I have a question regarding my wand. Is it okay?”

“Your... Herkovara wand. It’s a wonderful piece of perfection.”

Piece of perfection, huh? What an elf-like evaluation.
That wand, which was originally more of a stick, had recently reached an A rank value when analyzed.
I'm not sure if it'll reach S rank in the future. Anyway, I opened my mouth.

“If it’s being used for observation through a wand flower or a barrier... What do you think about that, principal? Would that wand be included among the [Dangerous Weapon]?”

Ekaterina reacted slightly with a twitch.
I was also thinking about it during my conversation with Knight Commander Gavino before.

In the future... After my death, in order to process the disposal of Herkovara wand so that it would not be abused, it would have to be recognized by several people with authority that the weapon itself is dangerous.
It would be nice if I could get the signatures of Ekaterina and the dormitory managers here.

Herkovara wand is... it's not the kind of weapon that can cause damage on its own like the [Slingerland] that Randy stole before. The only thing strong about it is its rank... labeling it as a dangerous weapon is appropriate.

Casting her eyes down, Ekaterina speaks in a whisper.

“Certainly... It can be considered a dangerous weapon. But, why would you do that? If you were to be demoted to B rank, using the Herkovara wand designated as an A rank dangerous weapon would be...”

“All I have to do is maintain my A rank. In the unlikely event that Herkovara wand is confiscated, I won't feel any pain or itching. I am not obsessed with my weapon. I have made this decision as an adventurer in consideration of the future that may happen... I don't mean to be presumptuous, but could I have the headmaster and the dormitory supervisors declare Herkovara wand a dangerous weapon?”

“...”

For a moment, Ekaterina's mouth was open.
She cleared her throat and managed to put together the words, “I understand”, before taking another glance at me.

“You're quite an odd one, aren't you?”

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