[Subjugated Monsters: 27/50]
'They only cleared barely half. Where are they trying to go already.'
If I had come out even a little later, I would have really died from quest failure.
To think they would choose to retreat right away.
'The kids are smarter than me. Retreating is the right call when the commander disappears.'
Hiding my appalled expression as much as possible, I wiped the monster debris splattered on my cheek with the back of my hand.
Since such a huge guy exploded like a bomb with a pop, I couldn't help but be covered in slime from head to toe.
'If I look in the mirror in this state, I'll seriously vomit.'
In novels, they wash up instantly with cleaning magic or something. I want to learn something like that too. Aw, I only have this one set of clothes.
When I looked up while grumbling inwardly, I met five pairs of eyes staring blankly at me.
Ridiculous. No, I said fight? Even now time is ticking down? They look like characters who keep stopping even though auto-battle is turned on.
The one who spoke first was 'Healer'.
"Teacher?! Are you alive...?"
"Unfortunately for you bastards."
"As... As expected of Teacher! Did you get eaten on purpose to attack the boss mob's insides?!"
The model student shouted with a face like he was about to faint.
Would I do that? Well, it was a similar feeling, though.
More than that, seriously, you're so pretty I could die. Not only interpreting it positively on your own but even making a fuss about it. Thanks to you, the concept is becoming solid.
"You're loud. I recall telling you today was your practical training. Where on earth are you paying attention to? To forget the objective so easily, do you want to die?"
"Ah, I'm sorry! I will continue the practical training immediately-!"
"Nica! N-No charging alone...!"
As the model student and healer returned to their main jobs, 'Pigtails' grinned and looked this way.
"Teacher~ Those idiots might just let it slide, but I won't, you know? Whatever scheme you have... I'll definitely find out someday, so look forward to it."
As expected, worthy of being Alert Target No. 1. Scary. Can't you just go to another class?
"And I know the Teacher's personality, but soothe those guys a bit. Since they seem quite shocked~"
'Gasp.'
When I looked back inadvertently at Pigtails' signal, I almost flinched without realizing it.
"...The worst."
That's understandable since one guy is glaring at me scarily while shedding tears.
"Tea, hic. Tea, Teacher. Hic! Hic!"
And isn't the other guy sitting down hiccuping with only the tips of his hair turned white?
Even the curse mark on his face feels a bit faded.
...Did he stop midway through awakening? Even so, is it right for his hair color to become two-tone?
I looked back at Pigtails with eyes asking 'Why are they like this', but-
"Ah, I should grab some points too~ Practice, practice!"
The brat ran away hatefully. Hey, you punk!
Eventually, only I, the princess who seems to want to kill me, and the protagonist still hiccuping in a daze were left behind.
The atmosphere is a bit... to tell them to stop this and go catch monsters.
But since I have to keep the concept, I was about to open my mouth, but the princess beat me to it.
"Did you... really have to do that? If you had the skill to burst it at once, you could have done so from the start. Did you want to stage a dangerous situation? Because you wanted to see our real skills?"
I'm speechless.
What do I do about this. It's fully understandable to misunderstand. But since that side fits the 'Strongest' concept better, I can't explain all of this to her either.
"If that is also a type of teaching, I understand. But... I, I was surprised...."
In the end, the princess lowered her head and started sniffling. Along with her, the protagonist's crying sound also grew louder.
Ah, I don't have a hobby of making kids cry! I want to hug them and say sorry and soothe them right now! But I can't!
The more I keep my mouth shut, the deeper the misunderstanding becomes, and excuses become increasingly impossible. Of course, this is 'Chris-like', but, but!
'No! Princess, I really cherish my body. It's just that I had no other way.'
The reason I could kill the large monster by bursting it from the inside pop.
That was really simple.
In a word, that guy....
'Died from a burst stomach due to overeating.'
Eating S-rank mana thinking it's good and then realizing you can't handle it means you're f*cked.
Eventually, I skipped the explanation.
Since I can't give up on the concept.
"Phew.... I recall telling you to get lost if you have complaints about my methods."
Sorry, don't get lost. Keep being in our class. If you really go, I'll cry and wail for three days and nights.
But outwardly, I had no choice but to sigh as if tired and sweep my hair back.
Because that is... 'Chris Dorton'.
"...I am not a person who makes the same mistake twice."
"Ah, s-s-sorry.... Please don't throw me away, Teacher... Sob."
The princess wiping her tears while clenching her molars tight, and the protagonist struggling to stand up again with trembling legs.
My heart aches. No, I really feel physical pain. I feel like a university professor with a 1-point rating on the community board for being mean to freshmen.
I frowned with more force because tears seemed about to come out.
"Then do what you bastards have to do now."
Is instructing with an arrogant chin gesture the best?
It is the best.
I see.
Feeling my ego splitting, I sent the kids back to the battlefield.
'If I followed my heart, I wanted to explain in detail but....'
All living beings in this world possess mana.
Among them, monsters, beings not loved by God, possess a small amount of innate mana unlike humans. So they instinctively covet the mana of other beings.
Especially humans are a species with overwhelmingly large amounts of mana, so they easily become targets.
In other words.
[Mana: S - Human Mana Stone]
What about Chris, who only has mana?
'I would look like food with caviar on top of high-quality foie gras, garnished with ground diamonds. Plus, I can't even use magic? It's like a roast chicken with tied hands and feet walking right up!'
Wow, even I would have opened my mouth drooling.
But if even a little intelligence was allowed to the monster, it wouldn't have chosen to swallow an S-rank.
'Try stuffing a watermelon into a small plastic bag. Does it go in, or does it tear?'
A monster's body bursting from absorbing mana it can't handle vs. my mana running out.
I bet on the former being faster, and the result is as you see.
'But in the end, it's a story only possible if I enter the monster's stomach. Rather, maybe I lived because it was a large monster.'
So it's a method I can't use unless it's 'swallowed in one bite'. If those small Horned Rabbit trash mobs pounced all at once, I wouldn't have had a chance of winning either.
'It's really fortunate that the students are here....'
As the top predator disappeared, the trash mobs started openly coveting me, but look.
"Monster-kuns! Look this way! Light of Protection, 『Dawn』!"
The tanker model student draws aggro.
"Then going to the beat? One two yap~! 『Tidal Wave』!"
When the AoE dealer Pigtails scatters the formation-
"『Icicle』."
The princess, who has such a strong sense of responsibility that she doesn't forget to attack even while crying, finishes them off.
"Mikhail, please take care of the teacher's side. 『Song of Sprout』."
Even the protagonist receives the healer's buff and drives away monsters striking through the gaps.
"Phew, hic, 『Bonfire』...!"
Maybe stopping midway through awakening affected his stats too, because the size of the protagonist's flame definitely grew compared to earlier.
Watching those figures, I felt like giving a standing ovation beyond just admiration.
'Even though I haven't taught them a single thing, their teamwork fits perfectly already.'
No matter how I look at it, the role of 'Professor' in Class X seems to be just checking homework and writing notices.
Well, if they grow up well on their own, it's good for me.
'So let's take care of my own body.'
[You have equipped the item 'Monkey Keyring'! Agility increases by one grade for the duration of equipping. F / Snail's friend -> E / Snail's big brother]
Since there is no need to give direct orders, I don't have to open my mouth now. Then it would be better to utilize the items I have as much as possible.
Since I have a glass body that will go see my late grandmother's face if I get hit even by a trash mob's basic attack, I should raise agility....
"Hiek! T-Teacher, are you okay?"
...As soon as I thought that, I barely dodged the front paw of a Horned Rabbit.
I hope in the protagonist's eyes it looked like, 'Damage barely comes in so should I just get hit? Eh, annoying. Let's just dodge lightly.'
'If it was F-rank agility, half my cheek would definitely be gone, this. Don't let mobs leak, you brats! I'm not Anpanman!'
When I gazed at the guys earnestly putting roughly that feeling into it-
[Subjugated Monsters: 36/50] [Subjugated Monsters: 43/50] [Subjugated Monsters: 49/50]
Suddenly the kill count rose vertically.
"I thought I did pretty well, but why glare like that~"
"So it didn't fill the Teacher's heart yet! I will devote myself even more!"
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