I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

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Hunter School Rules Article 10-3

“How about some tea? It was a gift from an acquaintance, and it smells very good.”

I don’t usually drink a lot of tea, so I don’t know if it’s particularly good.

I tried to rest after lunch, but I was caught by the assistant principal while leaving the cafeteria.

I was worried that I was asking something strange again, but he said he would give me advice about the promotion review on Sunday, so I came to the vice principal’s office.

“It’s fine.”

“Have you prepared for the examination?”

“Since I have reinforcement classes every day, I didn’t prepare separately… . I just want to see it the way I normally do.”

“yes? You know the A-rank screening method, right?”

“I heard that it will be conducted by attacking an A-level portal.”

“right. I go to the A-level portal and evaluate it, but if there are five applicants, the judges will be attached according to the number of people. An S-rank hunter will accompany you as the main examiner.”

S-rank hunters are coming too?

This is the first time I’ve heard of it.

Is it because there is a possibility of an accident with only A-rank hunters if the level of applicants is too low or strong monsters such as ogres appear?

“Then, is the vice principal the main examiner?”

“no. This time, when you judged, my recommendation was included, so I can’t do it. Anyway, if it’s your skill, it doesn’t matter who comes out, right?”

As the vice principal said, it wouldn’t matter who came out, but I think it would have been a little more comfortable if it had been a sympathetic principal.

“Then do you know who it is?”

“Of course you know. Excluding me, there are only 9 people. Can you guess it?”

“Are you the vice principal of the second school we met last time?”

“Bong-pal is not that friend.”

“Just tell me.”

“Ah, not funny. There are only a few of them, so let’s try to guess.”

“Should I just go?”

Excluding the 2nd school vice principal, there are 8 people left, but I don’t want to waste a golden lunch hour.

“Give me a hint. Someone related to you.”

“With me?”

Except for the vice-principal and the vice-principal of the 2nd school I saw once last time, I’ve never seen the rest… Oh, I see.

“It looks like Lee Myeong-gang.”

He is the guild master of the Chase Guild that Kang Shin-hyeok belonged to before coming to school.

“Oh, that’s wrong. He must be in the Middle East right now?”

“I heard it has something to do with me. So who are you?”

“Kim Dae-chan.”

I was a little surprised.

Kim Dae-chan is the master of the Ares guild, a hunter who uses a sword like me, and Se-jin’s father.

It seems that I have taught Sejin that it is related.

“okay.”

“Dae-chan, that guy is quite a bit of an idiot. In addition, he is very strict, and he is famous for not passing the exam when he was appointed as the main examiner.”

“It doesn’t matter. As long as you don’t force me to drop out.”

It’s a person I don’t like very much, but he probably doesn’t know me, and no matter who judges me, my skills won’t diminish.

“You are full of confidence. Well, if it’s your skills, it won’t be a problem. Besides, if he has an idea, he’s his daughter’s teacher, so he won’t treat her as badly as he did at other times.”

The vice-principal continued to give me various advice, and there were some stories I knew because I had looked it up once, but there were also information that I could not know unless I was a judge, such as points deducted from the judges’ point of view, so it was useful.

Although my lunch break is all gone.

After the afternoon class, we ate dinner and headed back to the swordsmanship training ground for a reinforcement class.

When the time came, I went out and everyone arrived… what?

All the other guys, including Mr. Hong, who decided to help today, have come, but Sejin is nowhere to be seen.

He told me to contact him if he was going to take a break, but I thought he might have asked for it to be passed on to the kids, so I asked him, but everyone said he hadn’t heard.

Being late for two days in a row is not like a guy.

“I thought we contacted the teacher… . Shall we call you?”

“no. Let the teacher do it.”

When I called, the phone was turned off.

Are you asleep like yesterday?

I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t contact you, but yesterday I told you to take a break if you want to take a break, so I’m just going to go to class, but I feel a vibration in my arms.

I wonder if Sejin contacted me belatedly, but it was Mr. Kim.

“Yes, Mr. Kim.”

―I contacted you because of Sejin.

“Yes? Sejin?”

―I was found collapsed in the reading room during dinner time earlier, so I am in the health room now.

“ah… What’s going on?”

-well. Fortunately, I woke up right away and did a simple test, but there was nothing particularly wrong, and it seemed like simple overwork, so I gave him fluids.

“I’m glad I did. So is Sejin still there?”

-Yes. I didn’t get enough fluids, but I insisted on going to a supplementary class, so I’ll talk to Mr. Kang, so I told him to rest here until I get off work. If I send them to the dormitory, I think they won’t rest again and go to homework or supplementary classes.

“Good job. But since yesterday you haven’t been feeling very well, so I told you how about taking a little break.”

-You did? From what I heard earlier, I heard that recently, he sleeps less than three hours a day. Maybe that’s why I’m sleeping without knowing the world.

“Ah, it looked a bit bad, but I didn’t expect it to be that much… .”

―The third year is a time when there are a lot of assignments. In addition, supplementary classes and even the student council president… Oh, and you said you went out on the weekends and attacked portals separately, right? The schedule is really killer.

“That’s why I asked him to rest, but he kept saying that he was okay… .”

―If Sejin is good, he doesn’t have to push himself this far, right? I think he is too much of a perfectionist.

Rather than being a perfectionist, I think it’s because of his father who puts too much expectations on him.

―Mr. Kang?

“Ah yes.”

-Are you in class right now? I was wasting too much time.

“No. It’s okay because I’m just starting out. Rather, I think we should talk to Mr. Kim and Sejin. When do you get off work?”

―Then I’ll wait until Mr. Kang’s class is over.

“No. You must be tired.”

-it’s okay. Anyway, I have a lot of paperwork to do today.

“Then, I’ll go to the health room after class.”

I hung up the phone and went to class.

I couldn’t concentrate well because I had a lot of thoughts, but today I was not sparring, but Mr. Hong was my opponent and I was giving advice, so I was able to finish the class without any problems.

I sent the kids first, but Mr. Hong said he would go with me, so I headed to the health room with Mr. Hong.

“Are you here?”

“You work hard. Is Sejin still sleeping?”

“Yes. It’s on the bed over there. I must have been very tired, so I slept very well.”

“Oh, it’s 10 o’clock soon, shouldn’t you go see it?”

Originally, unmarried teachers, both men and women, mostly live in dormitories, but Mr. Kim commutes because he lives with his single father.

“There is still time, so wake up and talk. At the latest, Lee Seol can sleep in the dormitory, so it’s okay.”

“Who cooked it?”

“Despicably. Then you should ask Teacher Kang to put you to bed.”

“What is he talking about?”

“Me too… .”

“It was a joke, but it’s a bit like that you rejected it so quickly.”

“hahahaha… . Sejin will tell you the story while taking you to the dormitory, so go in quickly.”

“yes. go now Your father will be worried.”

“What are you worried about… . Am I Annie?”

At that moment, there is a sound of movement from the side of the bed where Sejin is, the curtains are drawn and Sejin walks out.

“Mr. Kang?”

It must have been awakened by the sound of our conversation.

“Woke up?”

“Yes. ah… Professor Kang, I’m sorry.”

“What are you sorry about?”

“You didn’t go to reinforcements… .”

“I heard everything from Mr. Kim. It wasn’t intentional, you said it was okay for me to rest in the first place. How are you feeling?”

“it’s okay. Hey, what time is it?”

“It’s a little after 9 o’clock. Teacher Kang here will take you to the dorm, so go and do nothing else and get a good night’s sleep.”

“Ah yes.”

“Is the answer good? The teacher is going to call the housekeeper not to give you a lantern, so take a good rest.”

“I have an assignment due that Monday… .”

“You can do it tomorrow. It’s the weekend starting tomorrow.”

“Well, the outside schedule from tomorrow until Sunday evening… .”

“Outside schedule? Sejin, how are you going to attack the portal with that physical condition? no.”

“Mr. Kim is right. Teacher Kang here always said that too. Rest is just as important as training.”

Teacher Kim opposes and even Mr. Hong helps, but Se-jin doesn’t answer.

The atmosphere was about to get weird, so I took Se-jin out of the health room, telling Mr. Kim that I would take him there and talk to him so he could understand.

“The teachers are all telling you not to go because Sejin is worried about you.”

“sorry. I know, but it’s a schedule that has been promised in advance… .”

“No matter how much it was promised in advance, you even collapsed today, but if you are not feeling well, you should rest. You can contact me if you can’t go.”

“that is… .”

“Is it because of your father?”

“Yes? Sir, do you know my father?”

“It makes no sense for a hunter who uses a sword to not know the nature of the sword. Of course, there is no such thing as personal acquaintance, but I will see you this Sunday.”

“My father? what brings you here… .”

“There is a teacher promotion review on Sunday, right? At lunch today, the vice principal informed me, and the examiner said it was your father.”

“ah… .”

“I heard that the vice-principal is a bit strict and strict… Oh, is it too rude?”

“No. It’s true. You are right. If I don’t go tomorrow, my father will be very angry.”

“Still, Sejin, you even collapsed today… . Oh, are you not going to talk about it in case your father is worried?”

“Telling it won’t help. I’m not someone who takes special care of you as a child. On the contrary, it added more. If I suddenly say I can’t go at this hour, he’ll accuse me of being lazy.”

I unconsciously tried to say, ‘But he’s my father’, but I swallowed again.

If it’s Kim Dae-chan’s personality in the original work, it’ll be enough.

I feel sorry for Sejin, who calmly talks about not having expectations at all.

“I’m fine. Thanks to Mr. Kim, I slept well for two hours today. The sap was right too.”

“If you have trouble speaking, the teacher will talk to you, so take a break.”

At first, I didn’t want to intervene because it was a family matter, but it was a wrong idea.

Anyone can see that he looks tired, but seeing him smiling and talking, I can’t stay still.

“It’s really fine.”

“What’s okay is okay. Sejin will take care of it so you don’t get into trouble, so refusal is refusal.”

“I don’t know if my father will evaluate me badly at the screening on Sunday because of me… .”

“Ah, would you? Even if you evaluate it badly, you don’t have to worry because if you’re a teacher, you won’t fail even if you want to.”

He said it with a trembling smile, but Sejin had a very serious expression as if he was worried.

“I’m not even my homeroom teacher… Teacher, why do you care so much about me?”

“Do you know, Article 10, Paragraph 3 of the Hunter School Rules?”

“uh… ‘All Hunter School teachers must put the safety of their students first.’ No?”

“Oh, I know. He is also the school president. The teacher doesn’t think that the meaning of safety in that school rule simply means to rescue the children first in case of a dangerous situation.”

“Yes?”

“Even if it was something that Sejin suggested to you to be well, if it harms your health, I think it is an act that threatens your safety.”

“What is it?”

It feels forced, but it’s never wrong.

Because no matter how much parents gave birth to them, they don’t think they have the right to force their children’s lives.

Children are not dolls of their parents.

“Why are you curious about this? In fact, the school rules are also school rules, but if a student needs help, isn’t it natural to help as a teacher’s duty?”

“ah… Originally, I don’t even listen to the teacher’s classes, but I wonder if I’m causing too much trouble… .”

“Oh, what a waste. Even though I’m not the homeroom teacher and I’m a reinforcement teacher who only teaches for two hours a day, Sejin, you’re my student in my class. is not it?”

As we talked, we were in front of the girls’ dormitory.

I didn’t get an answer, so I looked at him, but his face seemed to be a bit redder than before.

Is it because the days are very cold?

Maybe it’s because of what I said a while ago.

“I said it before, but refusal is refusal, so tomorrow is the day off. Understand?”

“Ah yes. then… Please.”

thank god.

“yes. Just trust the teacher.”

As I beat my chest and overdo it, Sejin giggles and smiles, and I feel that my heavy heart has become a little lighter.