◈ Episode 507 Sleeping sickness (1)
Despite the students’ cries of pain, Rudger didn’t seem to care.
There is no class textbook yet, but in case of that, Rudger has already prepared a separate class material.
“Assistant Sedina.”
Two people responded to the call.
One was Sedina Rosshen, who was waiting outside the door.
The other was Julia Plumheart, sitting in her seat with a languid face.
With slightly dilated pupils, Julia stared at the petite girl carrying a stack of papers.
There was no news during the vacation, but Ludgar told me that he had gone to the elves’ forest.
But did he come back before the second semester started?
Sedina’s gaze, which delivered the data, turned to Julia.
Their eyes met naturally.
If it was Sedina, she would have turned her head and avoided Julia’s gaze.
But now it was different.
Sedina nodded at Julia.
The nod was implied that we would meet and talk later.
Julia almost rolled up the corners of her mouth without realizing it, but managed to restrain herself, conscious of the gazes around her.
Meanwhile, Ludger’s gaze scanned the entire room.
Rudger’s gaze lingered on a few particular students for a long time.
Aidan’s party, Line and Erendir, and even Flora Rumos.
Most of them were students who didn’t just play during the vacation, and each of them made magical achievements.
“It looks like everyone had a good vacation.”
No one denied that statement.
I fully enjoyed what a great joy it was to be able to be free from the hell of assignments and exams, even for a moment.
“Of course, there are people who didn’t waste their time just playing around. It doesn’t matter how you spend the time given to you for rest. But now that the new semester has begun, you need to get your mind set right again.”
vacation is vacation
Now that it is over, if you try to do it with a half-hearted mindset, you will not be able to avoid failure.
“From the first day, don’t say that you are sick because it is a class. Rather, from now on, it will be hard to raise the senses of the beginning of the semester again. So I will help you myself.”
Ludger’s words were more like a prelude to announcing the hardships to come, rather than advice.
The students were dissatisfied inside, but they couldn’t reveal it.
In fact, I vaguely knew.
The fun vacation is now over. I have to go back to the time when I took classes again.
“Why is everyone doing that? Isn’t it fun to take classes?”
“Shh. Aidan. Quiet.”
Although there was a minor skit in which a student who was not aware of something said something useless and received attention from his best friend.
It happened so often that it passed quickly.
* * *
At the beginning of the new semester, the students went straight into their busy lives.
Students who had been immersed in their studies from before adapted quickly, but students who only played did not.
The students, who were soaked in indolence, continued to fight the assignment, wrapping their heads even when others were taking a proper break.
The price of indolence was severe.
Even the students who had been preparing for classes in advance had to spurt somehow to avoid catching up.
The atmosphere that had just ended since the vacation had just ended was nowhere to be found, and Sae-Run was once again burning with passion for learning.
It is back to the early days of the new year.
However, there was a student who was not affected even in such a flow.
Julia Plumheart was one of them.
As a senior in the first year, she managed to handle the fairly tight class schedule with ease.
In the meantime, he made time to go out and take a walk in the park in the grounds of Seorn.
Of course, it wasn’t a walk to relieve one’s mood.
At the end of the road she was walking on, there was a definite destination.
“Sedina.”
Julia called the name of the girl who was sitting leaning against the trunk of a large tree.
The girl who had been waiting to come first turned her head and stared at Julia.
“… … Julia.”
“hi. long time no see.”
“huh. long time no see.”
It was a light greeting, but there was a lot of meaning in it.
The two did not speak for a while.
I had a lot to say, but when I met him, I was at a loss as to what to say first.
Julia and Sedina.
We lingered in an awkward atmosphere with each other.
It was Julia who summoned the courage first.
“I heard the story. You said you went home?”
“hometown? Oh, that’s right.”
“Are you okay?”
A voice full of worries.
It would have been a shocking sight for students who usually find it difficult to see Julia.
Sedina naturally accepted Julia’s concerns. Because Julia was such a friend from the beginning.
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“huh. It’s much better now. Of course, it’s not perfect, but it will get better with time.”
“What happened?”
“A lot has happened. It’s so hard to explain all at once right here.”
“Is this something I shouldn’t be hearing?”
“That’s not right. It just doesn’t fit right now. I’ll tell you later when I get a chance. All.”
Sedina was different from before. You don’t have to know that she has nothing to do with you, she didn’t say the same thing.
She has changed, and I decided to treat Julia with the mindset of being different now.
Even now, when he explained that he couldn’t speak, Sedina was clearly apologetic.
This was a huge improvement, too, so Julia nodded in satisfaction.
“okay. I will look forward to that time.”
“Rather, I wonder how Julia spent it, how was it?”
“I just went about it normally.”
“The fact that I went to the forest is unknown to anyone except the teacher. Have you met the teacher in the meantime?”
“It was a coincidence that we met. However, the story was shared quite a bit. We needed something to get from each other. As much as I was curious about the teacher, the teacher was also curious about me.”
“Miss Rudger? I can’t imagine.”
“It’s not exactly me, it’s our school. You know where I belong, right?”
“Dream school. You are famous.”
“Looks like Mr. Rudgar is interested in that. That’s why I came to visit our school.”
I didn’t talk about the depths of Dreamland.
There’s nothing nice to say, but it’s because the school ordered them to keep quiet about the recent incidents in Dreamland.
“I see.”
It was quite interesting news for Sedina, who was curious about where and what Rudger was doing while he was away.
Just in time, a soft wind blew and passed between them as if flirting.
Julia tidied up her side hair with her fingertips.
When I glanced at Sedina, she was appreciating the scenery of the garden with a more relaxed face.
Sedina muttered as she recalled the past.
“Something like this, it seems like we went back to the old days.”
“Once upon a time, I mean… … .”
Julia nodded with a wry smile.
When they were very young, the two often played separately like this.
It was the days of an immature kid.
At the same time, it was much purer than it is now.
I still remember it clearly and have not forgotten it.
“Julia. I’m really sorry so far.”
Julia opened her eyes wide and smiled faintly.
It was a soft smile, different from the usual when she hit people on the wall.
“You don’t have to be sorry.”
Sedina looked back at Julia in surprise.
Julia, a little embarrassed, averted her gaze.
“Between friends, we can quarrel a little.”
Sedina’s eyes widened, but she burst into laughter.
“huh! That’s right.”
Then the wind blew again.
It was a different wind than the one that had just blown.
Rather than gently wrapping something around, it came crashing down as if trying to blow it away.
What emanated from it was an unknown feeling of uneasiness.
Julia stared in the direction the wind was blowing with a stiff face.
I just felt like I felt a similar wave that I felt in Dreamland.
I looked around again, but there was no sign of uneasiness.
“Julia? what’s the matter?”
“… … Nothing. I must have misunderstood something for a moment.”
Julia passed it like that.
But the anxiety that tickled her body strangely clung to her like sticky moisture and didn’t know it would come off.
* * *
A new semester has begun, and time has passed quickly.
It was a daily life that was not much different from the first semester, but that’s why students had to spend a busy time.
But was it because of the sweet break called vacation?
Occasionally, there were students who did not come to class even during lecture time.
“Isn’t student Damian here today?”
“Uhm. I’m surprised I thought Charlotte was diligent. Are you sick somewhere?”
“Jamie’s best friend, please tell me not to be late for the assignment.”
There were empty seats for students in the classroom one by one.
Neither the teacher nor the students in the same class found it strange.
It was a very forced march up until now, and it was a time when I was still immersed in the afterglow of vacation.
“I think students are too relaxed these days.”
“I mean. My class also had three absentees today.”
Selina and Merilda, who were sharing a meal together, brought up an incident from class today.
It was the first time that students missed class, so it was difficult to know how to deal with it.
“Is it because it’s vacation?”
“Would you have dared to be absent if you had ignored us? I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you.”
“Yeah, but there may be unavoidable circumstances.”
“Selina. you are so nice So, I think they look rather funny. In times like this, you have to come out stronger. Look at Mr. Rudger.”
Rudger, who was cutting the steak, stopped trimming and stared at Merilda.
His gaze asked why his name was appearing here.
“I’ll ask Kim after he said something. Are there any absentees from Ms. Rudger’s class?”
“… … no. No student misses my class. Not yet.”
“Look at this. If you don’t want to die, of course you come out?”
Rudger glared at Merilda with a slightly sullen gaze.
don’t you want to die? If I don’t come to class, what’s the point of grabbing a kid and killing him?
“Even for me, if a student is absent, I worry first. You seem to think of me as some kind of military instructor, but isn’t that a little too much?”
“Oh, wasn’t it?”
Selina next to her asked that question without realizing it, but belatedly realized her mistake and covered her mouth with both hands! She did and she blocked.
But it’s already too late.
Rudger was rather hurt by that innocent act.
“Come to think of it, there were also absentees in my class.”
Merilda and Selina were all startled by the slightly worried look of Brino.
“Doesn’t the children listen to the teacher’s class because they like it very much?”
Brino’s steam golem lecture didn’t catch on very well, but it’s extremely well-received by certain students.
Since the process of researching and making golems was included, it was a must-take class for students interested in magic engineering.
Thanks to this, Brino’s class boasts a huge attendance rate, and the lecture itself is famous for having a heated atmosphere.
To think that there were absentees in Brino’s class.
Considering that all the students in the class are passionate, it was a bit strange.
Of course, Ludger didn’t have a lot of students who fell into his class yet, so it didn’t really touch him.
Judging by the reaction, it didn’t seem strange to have one or two people in his class.
‘Is it because they’re first graders? I don’t know what the other grade classes are like.’
Well, first of all, I thought I wouldn’t care too much if someone missed the class if there was a good reason.
After dinner, on the way back to the office.
Rudgar just happened to face Chris who was walking across the hallway.
“… … .”
“Ludger Chelsea.”
Their relationship was still delicate.
Ludgar didn’t care much about Chris, but Chris had a complicated feeling about Ludger.
While making himself feel inferior, at the same time, as a magician and a teacher, he has no choice but to recognize him as a skilled person.
Also, the person who knows the best about the whereabouts of his love, Lady Bellaluna.
So, Chris was thinking about how to talk to Rudger.
“You look very busy.”
It was Ludger who spoke first.
Chris accepted the comment, feeling a little grateful for the action.
“Recently, there are a lot of guys who skip classes. Is that okay?”
“My side… … .”
“Ah, I understand even if you don’t say anything. Well, there’s no way I’ll skip that class unless the students go crazy.”
“… … .”
Rudger seriously pondered the seriousness of his image and reputation among teachers.
“Rather than that, I want to ask you, will I ever see Lady Bellaluna again? Even if I contacted you recently, there is no reply at all.”
It seems that Chris has been in personal contact with Bellaluna.
But the reason why he was so impatient was probably because Bellaluna was away after going to the Forest of Life.
“You must have been busy recently going back to your hometown. You should be able to afford it now, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to contact them.”
“How does he know that?”
“… … Didn’t you know that you asked?”
In response to Chris’s jealous gaze, Rudger immediately added an afterword as if to make an excuse.
“Besides me, you know Mr. Vierano, so you can ask them.”
“… … is it. Thanks for telling me.”
Chris passed Ludger with an appropriate nod.
Does a man who became blind in love change like that?
Rudger remembered Chris’s words while harboring such sentiments.
Come to think of it, did you say that there is a student who has been nerdy?
‘Chris Vennimore is also picky and sensitive, so students wouldn’t dare think of dropping out of class. It’s a bit strange that someone was absent.’
Back in the office, Rudger sat down.
Rudger, who was about to check the materials for the next class, rang the call bell of the TA because he needed something.
Normally, Sedina would have opened the door right here and came out.
But when the call bell rang, Sedina did not show up.
‘Have you been away for a while?’
Rudger got up and went into the assistant classroom.
Inside, as we saw last time, it was still full of plants reminiscent of a flower garden.
Rudger checked the condition of those plants.
Rudger’s eyes narrowed.
‘There is no sign of giving water.’
