20 Teaching
Seeing the person suddenly appear they made a shocked face. Just the headmaster and Luthana who already sensed them stayed calm.
"The king summons you to the royal palace in a week, Simon Ferum."
Having finished her job she immediately disappeared in a small poof of cloud.
The first one to break the silence was Erik. "Damn, I didn't think that the day would come that I would see a shadow guard."
*Clap*
"Hela, please take the Nagirus corpse to the research facility and give it to Mavis."
"Understood headmaster."
Walking towards Erik he handed her the large in clothing wrapped monster corps. Holding it effortlessly on her shoulder, she excused herself and left the room.
"You all can leave too now. I still have a lot of papers to sign."
Luthana nodded at him before going out first leaving Simon and Erik behind. The two of them said their farewell and left the room.
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Now in the hallway, Erik walked beside Simon. "Puh, finally finished this mission."
Nodding at him he gave the adventurer the 3 gold coins as promised and told him that a ride is already waiting for him to take him back to the city.
Grinning at the gold coins he just received, he waved Simon goodbye and walked back to the big gate where his driver is waiting.
Simon who was now standing in the hallway alone got back to the dorms. Opening the door to his room he put the letter on the desk and unclothed his attire. Laying down on his bed he thought about the thinks he discovered inside the dungeon and the meeting he has to attend with the king.
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*Dong!* *Dong!* *Dong!*
Hearing the sound of a bell, he grunted and placed his pillow on his face and tried to fall back asleep. But before he could a sudden knocking sound could be heard.
*knock* *knock*
Grunting once again at the sound of someone knocking at his door, he rubbed his tired eyes and got up.
Looking at his clock he could see that it was only 7 o'clock in the morning. "Who in the hell is knocking at my door so early in the morning..." mumbled Simon under his breath before opening the door.
In front of the door stood a tall young man with brown hair and an average build. He wore glasses and had a white and blue school uniform. Grinning at the tired Simon he raised his hand.
"Yo, heard that you are back Simon. Get ready professor Meliamne told me that you have to teach the 1 grader about the woodland dungeon, as punishment for being late."
Seeing his energetic best friend telling him to get ready he slammed the door shut.
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*Knock!* *Knock!* "Hey don´t be like that Simon. Aren´t you happy to see me too?"
"..."
"Professor Meliamne said, that if you don´t do that, she will send you into the forest for survival training."
...
After hearing some frantic footsteps and rummaging, the door opened again, showing a smiling Simon in a similar school uniform while carrying a thick book. "Which class should I teach again, Rudos."
Blinking a few times at the sight Rudos broke out in a laughing fit and laughed at Simon while holding his stomach. "Pff, hahahaahaha!"
Gritting his teeth he growled, "Not funny Rudos." and stomped past him.
"Ah come on don´t be so grumpy. I will buy you a meal. Now tell me how the dive went. I heard that a lot of crazy shit is happening down there."
*Sigh*
"Yeah, that sums it up pretty well. So what exactly do I have to teach them?"
Walking next to him, Rudos took out a piece of paper and handed it to Simon.
"Here. This is a note from professor Meliamne. She said that you have to teach them about the Woodland Dungeon as you recently just went in there."
Taking the piece of paper he read:
"Simon as you just have finished your dive inside the woodland dungeon and professor Mahum who is currently inside the Glacial Dungeon you will teach class 2B about the woodland dungeon and dungeon diving.
Ps: Don´t forget to write the report."
Taking a deep breath he crumpled the letter and threw it to the ground before casting a small fire spell, turning the paper into ash.
...
Doing a little bit of catching up, they parted ways as Rudos has to go to his magic education class and Simon has to teach the second graders.
As a 2nd year scholar, he had to sometimes teach the second graders about magic, dungeons, and history. To become a scholar you have to attend a mage institute for at least five years before doing an apprenticeship with a mage for one year and then being accepted as their scholar for another 2 years before you are a full fletched mage. So being a scholar alone was a big deal as the graduate rate for mages is pretty low. No, scholars and mages were not common in this country and have been respected.
Now standing in front of the room he took a deep breath before opening the door.
The moment the door opened low mumbles could be heard. Noticing that someone just opened the door they all quieted down.
Walking up to the teacher's table he looked around the room. The seats were raised and in a semi-circle. The young students were still whispering to each other, so he made a light cough.
"Ahem!"
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"So now that I have your attention, my name is Simon Ferum a second-year scholar."
Immediately after finishing his introduction, a few gasps and whispers could be heard. Letting out another sigh, he clapped his hand to silence the class once again. 'That is why I hate teaching those brats!'
*Clap!*
"Silence... so since professor Mahus is currently leading the dive in the Glacial Dungeon. I will be teaching you about the woodland dungeon and dungeon dives in general."
Looking around the classroom he spotted a familiar face and grinned. "You there with the red hair. Tell me what you know about the first 2 floors of the woodland dungeon!"
Getting caught off guard he shuttered "Eh- mm the woodland dungeon is... ehhh... on the first floor there are... ehhh..."
"Scholar Ferum can I answer the question instead!" shouted a young girl with long blue hair.
Turning towards the girl who had her hand raised up his brow slightly raised. "Oh, and who might you be young miss?"
"I am Emilia Dregonus von Untrus, scholar Ferum."
'Oh, a descendant of the Dregonus family. Didn´t know that a royalty from Untrus is here in Centus.'
"Go on, as Sumir Ferum here clearly didn´t know the answer, you can answer it instead of him."
Standing up and doing a small bow she began to talk. "The woodland dungeon is located north of the city of Centus in the flower fields and is under protection by the queen bee Nira. The first floor is split into 2 parts, the mountain range, and the mystical forest. There are 4 save zones, namely, the mana pond, the green room, and the two gateway rooms that are leading to the second floor. The second room consists of the giant grass plain and is surrounded by the foggy forest. Not many adventurers are staying there as it is an anomalous floor."
"Very good Miss Dregonus. So who does know what an anomalous floor is?"
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"Ehem, then let me tell you. An anomalous floor is like the name states a completely different than what you would normally find in a dungeon floor but is very rare. It could only be found in one in five dungeons and is categorized like the adventurer ranks. The second floor of the woodland dungeon has a difficulty level of E that means that it will only take five E-rank adventurers to survive it. The anomaly in this floor is, that no monsters are in the plain field and only Malim trees could be found scattered around it, but the forest surrounding it is filled with monsters specialized in stealth."
Taking a deep breath he paused for a second to let the information sink in and waited for questions. Seeing that nobody raised their hand he continued.
"The only reason why the floor is ranked E is, that you can effortlessly go through the plains and only have to run through a small part of the forest. But don´t be fooled, because if you even touch one of the fruits from the Malim tree a monster horde will attack you during the night, and if you eat over a certain amount the floor guardian will hunt you down and the difficulty will jump up to a C rank floor. So, as long as you don´t touch the fruits everything is fine."
"So, can anyone list all the dungeons here in Vextia?"
Seeing the blue-headed royal raise her hand again he just smiled and looked around. Spotting a young boy with round glasses and short brown hair raises his hand Simon pointed his finger at him.
"In Vexia there are the woodland dungeon, the glacial dungeon, the deep cave dungeon, the Murk dungeon, and the Crus dungeon."
"That is correct. So as you now know, there are-"
*Ring~!*
"Well, I guess that is for today."
Hearing the bell ring he picked up the book and walked towards the door, but before he could leave the room, he heard someone shout.
"Scholar Simon, will you teach us again tomorrow?"
Turning around he saw a brown-haired girl with pigtails and small a statue standing up. Stroking his nonexistent beard he thought. "Well, that is up to teacher Meliamne. If she is shameless enough to shove her work onto me, I will teach you tomorrow too. Hahahaha-"
"Ohh~ then I guess I am so shameless and let you teach the whole week till you have to leave for the meeting. I will count on you, my disciple~"
Hearing a mature feminine voice interrupting his laughter a sudden shiver run down his back as he broke out in a cold sweat. Slowly turning around he saw a beautiful elven woman with bright green hair that could make every man fantasize about her. Even Simon is staring at her, but for a completely different reason. The woman is obviously his mage teacher, Luthana Meliamne.
She was only here to check on her student as she felt a teeny tiny bit bad for shoving her work onto him but hearing him talking about her, she shoved more work onto him without remorse and left.
Slumping defeated to the ground Luthana walked back to her room again. Hearing the snickers and laughter's of the students he stood up and fake coughed to hide the embarrassment.
"Ehem-, as you heard I will be teaching you the whole week. Oh, and Sumir I come to my room after school."
Hearing him wanting to talk to him, he could only think about the worst and replied in a low voice. "Understood brother."
Walking out of the classroom he headed towards his room to write the report that the headmaster requested. Remembering he also has to examine the dead Nagirus he sighed and cursed under his breath.
"Haaa... What a drag..."
