『26』

「 The "outdoor training" consisted of two events. The first event was escort training, each team spends five to seven days guarding their teacher as they travel from the school to the town of Guratol in the south. The teachers evaluate the student's performance along the way to determine their scores. Teachers are forbidden to help the students during their training.

The second event is a training expedition into some man made caves on the outskirts of Gurantol. The students much fetch the certificate of conquest from the depths of the cave to clear this task. They're graded comprehensively on their handling of monsters, time spent, and so forth.

The teacher of the winning class receive 10 gold coins as a bonus. 」

After Shinju finished reading the report, she placed it back on her desk and started heading towards her class. Hana was back in the inn since she didn't want to go out, she let her be since Hana was able to defend herself.

Mach speed and fire...her child truly was dangerous.

Shinju now stood in front of her class and started to explain things.

"Now, you each are going to choose your best weapon." said Shinju.

""Huh?""

"Sensei, what are you talking about?" asked Kenya.

"You said our best weapon but Ken-chan's the only one who even has a weapon." said Ryota.

"Are you going to make us go through hell again?" asked Alice.

All 5 of the students groaned when they heard that.

"Hell again? It was just regular training." replied Shinju.

"Why're you talking like that?" asked Kenya.

"We know that when you act like this, you're plotting something in your head." said Alice.

"You got me! We're going to make a carriage." said Shinju.

"A carriage?" asked Ryota.

"Yep, a carriage for the competition. I left materials for you guys and the blueprint of the carriage and weapons you guys are going to make. Good luck!" said Shinju leaving.

"You're not going to help us?" asked Alice.

"I already provided you all the materials and blueprints, so why should I? Plus, there's it'll help your training. " said Shinju.

Before Alice could ask how it would help their training, Shinju already left the room and started walking down the hallways towards the teacher's lounge.

Heading into her private area, she took a quick nap and let her students do the work.

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After an hour nap, Shinju decided to check om her students. Walking into the field, there was now a four wheeled carriage along with weapons in their hands. Alice had throwing knives, Ryota had a bow along with arrows, Chloe had a short sword, and Gale had a spear and shield.

"How is it?" asked Shinju.

"What do you mean how is it, didn't you force us to make this?" asked Alice.

"Forget the small details, I can tell the weapons you all have fit you guys." said Shinju.

They all nodded their head while checking out their newly made weapons.

Shinju was quite surprised on how they were able to make everything in an hour, the training sure paid off. Unknown to Shinju, they had asked for help...but like Shinju said, let's leave out the small details.

"But sensei, how are we going to pull the carriage?" asked Chloe.

"Easy, use your magic." replied Shinju.

"Magic?" asked Chloe.

"Yep, this carriage was made for you guy's magic. Alice's Puppetry magic is used for controlling the magic while the rest of you use your own magic to power the carriage allowing it to move forward." said Shinju.

"I see, that does solve the problem." said Chloe.

"Of course, I am your sensei after all." said Shinju.

Soon enough, the outdoor training started.

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Class A, B, C, D, E, and S much eat send a team of 5 students to guard one of the teachers on their journey from the capital of the Kingdom of Ingrassia to the town of Guratol in the south.

Shinju would be escorted by Jeff's students which was Class A and she would be the one to evaluate them. Though she was wondering what she should do with the 10 gold coins, she definitely would win.

Teachers wouldn't be evaluating their own class since there was the chance of favoritism towards their own students.

It was a fair point so Shinju didn't complain since it was fair.

Tiss-sensei would be in charge of her students which was Class S

Before they left, Shinju gave Chloe an emergency button, it would alert her if they were in any sign of danger.

"I'm in charge of class A huh, let's see how they do." muttered Shinju.

Soon enough, everything was ready.

Shinju got into the carriage and let the students do their work. She closed her eyes and relaxed in the carriage, for training, this was pretty relaxing.

There were several routes to Gurantol. Class S would take the shortest route but that would also give them a high amount of monsters. Though I would like to get there first and see how they do, that wasn't likely. After all, they were definitely going to get there first.

Listening to the students, they were determined to protect their teacher and beat any enemy they would encounter. Shinju smiled at them, the sight reminded her of her younger days.

"It's good to be young." muttered Shinju.

Then suddenly, the carriage came to a stop.

"Hmm?"

Opening her eyes, there was a monster with a skull head and red eyes.

"This was supposed to be the safest route, though.." muttered Shinju.

"This was bad luck, but this is a great opportunity!"

"Let's show Shinju-sensei what we can do!" said the red haired girl.

Shinju gave them a smile, "I'm counting on you all to keep us safe." With that said, the students hopped out of the carriage.

They all attacked the monster called Barghests and killed it in a few moments. With their strong attacks and decent coordination, it wasn't surprising. Now I could see why Jeff would brag about his students so much.

However...

"Everyone, I can give you high for the way you handled the Barghests, however, this is just my personal opinion."

"Want to hear it?" asked Shinju.

""Yes, please!""

First was the red haired girl...

"Anne, it's good to focus on your target, but you lack awareness towards your surroundings.."

Second was the brown haired boy and light brown haired girl...

"Ukya and Elizabeth, I know you guys were acting as diversions but staying together only makes everything half effective. If you both split up and coordinate your movements, it'll be more effective."

Last was the short pink haired girl and the purple haired boy...

"Illory and Oloy, some image training would help you learn to activate your magic faster."

""Image?"

"By envisioning the magic you want to use, it helps you perform it easier and faster. It's to help give the user a solid image of the spell you want to use, as long as you have a clear image and enough magicules to perform the spell, you won't need the incantation to use the spell."

"There isn't a point of seeing magic from me since I was a swordsman, I mostly use my katana."

"You guys got that?" asked Shinju.

""Hai!""

"Good."

Getting back into the carriage, we started heading towards the direction of the sunset..