Meeting the king
Max exited the training ground in a strange mood. He did not like to see the nobles greening from ear to ear even when they failed. He did not know what happened. The other classes were like usual. A lot of brats got beaten up.
After another knight of learning alchemy and working actively on Valeria Max went satisfied for the next day. For his dissatisfaction he was called for the headmaster office. He knew that those nobles were riled up again. He already was regretting teaching those retards the life aura skill. Those nobles will go crazy over it. Max sighed while entering the director's office. He hit the jackpot. A lot of different nobles were sitting at the table, but one of them was sitting in the place of the director. The headmaster was sitting next to him.
Max sighed again. 'Here we go again.' He thought.
"Hi director Jax! What is the matter? I have a class I need to attend soon." Max said.
The room was silent. The director was pale, while looking at the person in the headmaster sit.
The man was a tall and handsome with the height of 1.9 meters, with broad shoulders and attractive appearance. The man had sharp features, but he was dignified. He looked around 40 years old.
Some of the nobles started to talk with each other while looking at Max and the person on the director's sit. The man smiled and said: "We are meeting for the first time senior teacher Max. My name is Alexander Maximilian, and I am the ruler of this country."
Max sighed and said: "I'm sorry your majesty. I am a commoner, so I don't know the right etikate to greet the king. I hope you don't mind. What can I do for you?"
The man nodded and said: "I heard from my little brat that you taught them a new technique? Can you tell us about it? Can you also talk about the gaming club you own. I heard from my boy that it is a miraculous thing, but he dies there so many times that he doesn't like the experience."
Max smiled and said: "Sure thing. About the technique. It is a technique that will give an apprentice knight with a good foundation the ability to wrap himself or a weapon in his life energy and attack. The benefits from it are obvious. It gives the ability to have huge attacking capabilities. If the other party don't defend with life energy in the right way they will get cut apart. Like I showed the kids even a toothpick can enter a boulder and at the level of a knight it will easily get through a one-meter-wide boulder and will have some energy left. On the other hand, it takes a lot of life energy to sustain so a good managing is needed. It can for sure save a person in a life-or-death crisis if the other party don't know how to use such techniques. As for the gaming club. You can enter it and study different skills and techniques. You can fight a copy of yourself and fight to the death because you can't die there. It is a magic artifact that is bound to my soul. Only I can manipulate it. Because Albert humiliated me in front all of the academy the nobles don't get the benefits of studying the swordsmanship techniques from the copy like the commoners. Because of that they are having not a fun time. Also, one hour of the outside world is 15 days in the simulation. The nobles also pay 100 times more now until I forgive Albert. Of course, it does not include the king."
The room became silent for some time. The nobles were digesting the information. The king was also thinking about something.
After some time, the king asked: "Can I bring some people to train to the gaming club?"
Max said: "No problem. We can set the hour and let your people train. They will need to pay 100 times more if they are nobles."
Max was respectful for the king, but he did not bow down to lick his ass.
The king frowned a little and said: "No problem. Are there more techniques you can teach the younger generation?"
Max said: "Yeah sure. They need to pass the test and defeat their copy. It is not simple, but all the commoners do the same test before they get any benefits or new techniques."
The king nodded and then asked: "Can you please take more noble classes to teach? I heard that your methods are harsh but from what I heard Albert and other commoners that fight you are making a progress."
Max sighed and said: "Can you please give the noble classes to someone else? I don't feel the connection with the noble kids. They are lazy and all they do is to eat a lot of alchemical products. Their foundation is not stable, and they have no future this way. The most important thing is the fact that they are not hungry to get more power and knowledge. They have everything. Why should they work for anything?"
After hearing this some of the nobles were frowning, some were nodding, and some were looking at the king and at the headmaster with a questioning gaze. The king frowned and said: "You say the commoners are more talented?"
Max answered right away: "They are just more hardworking and less arrogant. I like this fact. I don't like the fact that some noble brat thinks he is someone because he has the family name of some noble family. To me it means nothing. Only actions mean something. That's why I teach Albert. He humiliated me so he is getting beaten up from me for knowledge. This is my punishment for him, but at least he is diligent and have some foundation. The rest of the class is a catastrophe. A big one. The future of the country do not look bright in that way. The future generation of the nobles do not look promising. I can tell you that all of my class brats will get the first level apprentice knight level until the end of the semester. They will all win over the nobles of the first ear at the end of this semester. After that the mages will study magic and the fighters will get to a higher level of apprentice knights. They work like a madman if I won't be satisfied, they will get kicked really quickly."
The king frowned again and asked: "Can you take more students? Or a noble class?"
Max answered: "I would choose the students I like. The noble kids look at me with disdain and ridicule. There is no way we will get along. As for someone getting into my class. They need to pass a simple test. They need to kill their copy and they are in. It is not an easy task, but it is realistic to finish it if they fight me during the unarmed martial classes. They will be beaten up, but I will tell them about their mistakes. This is their punishment for treating me like trash."
The king thought about it and asked: "Can they come to study the life aura technique at the gaming club? They could die there and get experience."
"There is no problem with it at all. The only thing is that the amount of capsules and hours are limited so I will do one hour per person for one day. The kids that study in my class occupy the capsules at night." Max said.
"What is needed for you to take the kids of the dukes and my son to your class?" The king asked after some thinking.
"Albert will get there with time. As for the prince. He doesn't need that. He needs to play the game when he gives orders, and everyone obey. He did not show any diligence in anything. It is useless to teach him. As for other duke kids. They need to pass the test. I will not teach anyone from the firefly family because they attacked me after their kid named Tom tried to attack me and I punished him. All the rest can do their best. I don't really see anyone passing my test except of Albert after a lot of beating and hard work." Max answered.
The king frowned and after some time he agreed. He did not have any authority over Max. Max could go to any other high-level country in the empire, and he would be welcomed with open arms so king Alexander could only compromise.
"Alright. We will assign more noble classes with duke kids to study unarmed and armed combat from you. I agree with the fact that you should not be humiliated by a noble kid that don't even knows how the world works so the fact you increased the price for nobles in understandable. I hope for you to teach our future generation well. Thank you for giving us some of your time. You can go to your classes. We will not keep you occupied here." The king said and Max stood up and left.