ch 244
Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy
Chapter 244
There was some murmuring, but I continued speaking without minding it.
"First rule: here at Hunter Academy, regardless of age, status, or nationality, all of you trainees are trainees. Please cooperate with, respect, and show courtesy to the instructions and control of school teachers, including myself as principal. Of course, if you think the instructions or control are unreasonable, you don't have to follow them, but penalty points will be given immediately once it's proven later that the instructions or control were not unreasonable."
This should reduce the burden on teachers a bit.
"Second, all disputes and fights are prohibited within the academy. Since many people from various countries have gathered, there may be many differences in lifestyle, habits, thoughts, and so on. There may be uncomfortable and disagreeable parts, but with the hope that everyone will understand each other and accept things with a broad mind, we will absolutely not tolerate physical conflicts between trainees, as well as verbal violence and bullying."
"Then we can't spar at all? Even if we mutually agree?"
A blonde middle-aged man in the front row asked a question.
Morgan Chris.
An S-rank hunter from America who is a member of the Ten Stars, whom I had encountered before at the WHCU.
"If there's mutual agreement, it can be conducted during free time with a teacher present. And Morgan, you get 1 penalty point."
"...What, I just asked a question and already get penalty points..."
"I never gave permission for trainees to ask questions, and now is not question time."
He made a slightly dissatisfied expression, so I raised my aura slightly to pressure him while glaring.
He immediately lowered his eyes and avoided my gaze.
"Third, our Hunter Academy operates on a dormitory system. We won't restrict going out. However, if you cause trouble outside or are late for classes, you will receive penalty points."
There are a few more rules besides these, but I told them to check the separate guidebook for the rest.
It would be too long to talk about each one, and these three are the most important anyway.
After finishing the entrance ceremony, the teachers including Eunseo began dividing the trainees by gender and leading them to the dormitories.
The following schedule includes facility tour and explanation, and lunch.
The first class starts in the afternoon, so normally there would be some leisure time, but that seems unlikely.
As soon as I came down from the podium, reporters swarmed in.
I wanted to ignore them, but they might write strange articles again, so I answered reporters' questions for nearly 30 minutes.
I finally returned to the principal's office, but what greeted me was a mountain of documents.
I have to attend classes starting this afternoon, so this is really...
I should tell them to send matters related to school administration to the vice principal from now on.
While processing the backlog of documents, it was already lunchtime.
I had no special appointment today, so I headed to the cafeteria.
The trainees were lined up in a long queue, but I went straight to the front and picked up a tray.
I can feel the trainees' intense gazes - surely it's not because I didn't wait in line?
If you're envious, become a teacher.
After getting my meal and looking for a seat, I saw everyone gathered with people from the same country or similar regions.
I looked around to see if Eunseo was there, but I couldn't see her.
Should I have contacted her to come together?
I was about to sit anywhere to eat quickly and leave when I spotted a familiar face in the corner and headed that way.
"Chan-seong, is there a seat next to you?"
"Prin... Principal?"
Did I come for no reason?
Chan-seong looks completely burdened.
"There's an empty seat there, so you can sit down."
Director Seo I-gyeong, who was sitting across from Chan-seong, offered me a seat.
All the Korean trainees are gathered here.
Our Korean trainees consist of two seniors and four juniors.
The seniors are Seo I-gyeong, honorary director of the Hunter Association, and Choi Mun-seong.
The juniors are Nam Ji-hyeon from Bicheon Guild, Yoon Se-hui from Eleven Guild, Lee Jinsu from Ares Guild, and Chan-seong.
Only Chan-seong is a current hunter school student and a minor, while the rest are all adults.
I was a bit worried and thought about asking Jinsu to look after him a bit, but seeing them gathered like this, I don't think I need to make such a request.
"Teacher, you were so charismatic during the entrance ceremony earlier!"
"Lee Jinsu trainee? There's a junior here too, so you should use proper and polite language."
"...Yes, yes sir."
Jinsu is still being cheeky even after graduating and becoming an adult.
"Director Kang, can't you change my room? The hunter I'm sharing a room with is from India, and he doesn't seem to wash well, so the smell is really awful..."
"Ahem, I'll have the male dormitory supervisor check on that matter, and if it's true, I'll take measures."
"Why check again... I'm telling you the smell is really awful."
Since it's in front of the kids and it's the first day, I tried to let it slide nicely, but this old man is up to no good.
"Choi Mun-seong trainee, did you forget what I said during the entrance ceremony earlier?"
"No, Director Kang..."
"Choi Mun-seong trainee, this is Hunter Academy, not the Hunter Association."
He doesn't argue back, but he has a displeased expression.
"If the supervisor finds it's not true when they check, you'll receive penalty points."
"Pen... penalty points?"
"If it's not true that he doesn't wash, isn't that hate speech?"
His expression becomes completely crumpled, but it can't be helped.
I don't particularly have a grudge against Choi Mun-seong.
But rules are rules, so I can't give special treatment just because he's a Korean trainee.
No, I should be even stricter.
Right now there are trainees from all over the world in this academy, and it wouldn't be good if they think I'm only favoring Korean trainees.
The atmosphere was about to sink a bit, but fortunately Choi Mun-seong left his seat quickly, so it recovered again.
After finishing the meal, I returned to the principal's office.
I was brushing my teeth and processing documents when the door opened and Eunseo came in.
"Did you have your meal?"
"I ate, but didn't you eat?"
"I ate too."
"How are the trainees?"
"Maybe because of what you said during the entrance ceremony, they're all obediently following well."
"That's fortunate."
"That doesn't mean there are no problems at all though."
"What problems?"
"Several trainees raised issues about the cafeteria food."
"Why? The food was delicious."
Hunter Academy also provides two styles of food like existing schools.
Korean food and Western food.
The Korean food was bibimbap with bean sprout soup and stir-fried pork, which was flawless, and the Western food was also excellent with fried shrimp, pork cutlet, and cream spaghetti.
"There are trainees who are Muslim, so they said they can't eat unless it's halal food..."
Haha...
Since people come from all over the world, there are these kinds of problems too.
"How many were there?"
"About 4 people."
"4 people?"
Not 40 people, but 4 people...
"What should we do?"
I think individual religion should be respected, but adding Islamic food to the cafeteria for just four people is ridiculous.
As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do - if you come to Hunter Academy, you should live according to Hunter Academy's ways.
"I'd like to tell them to starve or procure food themselves..."
"What?"
"But that wouldn't be right... Contact the governments of the countries of the trainees who complained, explain the situation, and if they're willing to pay the costs, we'll prepare it for them."
"Ah, yes."
"Any other problems?"
"Not so far."
It's only the first day and these problems are popping up, so it seems running the academy won't be easy at all in the future.
***
Hunter Academy auditorium.
Two weeks have already passed since the academy opened.
I was a bit worried since this is a world where the concept of internal energy cultivation methods doesn't exist, but both junior and senior classes are learning quickly.
Well, most of the trainees are renowned hunters in their own countries, and the teacher is me.
What was a bit unexpected was that the juniors have much better comprehension than the seniors.
In terms of existing abilities, the seniors are overwhelmingly superior, but they have habits built up over their growth period, so they have doubts when learning, but the juniors don't.
Moreover, while seniors need much more time to convert their existing large magic to internal energy, some juniors including Chan-seong have already completely converted to internal energy and are cultivating qi.
At this rate, we might be able to finish education in two months instead of the originally planned three months.
"Alright, that's it for today. Everyone, open your eyes."
"Thank you for your hard work."
"You worked hard."
"Everyone enjoy your lunch."
Se-jin said she'd bring lunch boxes today, so I was about to quickly go to the principal's office when I felt a presence behind me.
Looking back, it's Bianca Rowell, the junior class representative.
She's the daughter of Conrad Rowell, a member of the Ten Stars, who had met Se-jin in the WHCU finals before.
She developed a theory of using magic and sword together without internal energy cultivation methods, so it was quite unexpected that she came as a trainee.
"Bianca trainee, what's the matter?"
Since she has as much magic as most seniors, she hasn't completely converted all her magic to internal energy yet, but she has high academic enthusiasm and excellent class comprehension.
Especially, even though I teach more practice-oriented than theory-oriented, she alone seems to have grasped the concept of blood vessels and theoretical aspects to some extent, which was fascinating.
She asks so many questions that it's a bit annoying though.
Still, she used to have a quite arrogant and rude image, but after losing to Se-jin and coming to her senses, she follows etiquette well and respectfully, so I view her favorably.
"It's a bit long to talk about here..."
What question is she trying to ask today?
"I understand. Then let's go together."
I came to the principal's office with her.
"So, what are you curious about today? I need to go eat lunch, so let's keep it short."
"Yes. After sparring last time, I kept having doubts..."
"Sparring with Eunseo?"
"Yes. But it felt quite different from Se-jin, the friend I fought before. It seems like you two learned different mental cultivation methods, right?"
"Slightly different, but not completely different."
I answered calmly, but honestly I was quite surprised.
I thought she was smart, but to realize that the internal energy cultivation methods are different in just two weeks.
Moreover, the fight with Se-jin was completely in the past, but she still remembers the feeling from then - impressive.
"What does it mean that it's different but not completely different?"
"Hmm, the mental cultivation method the trainees are learning now is tuned to suit most people, and the one Se-jin and I learnt we each tuned it to fit ourselves - is that a bit difficult to understand?"
"No. I understood what you meant right away. The difference between tuning and not tuning seems quite significant - then could you possibly tune the mental cultivation method to fit me too?"
"That's not something that can be done so simply..."
It seems like she got a bit competitive because of the sparring last time.
The sparring between Eunseo and Bianca last time was a draw - honestly, Bianca was slightly advantageous, but there was no victor.
It seems like she was quite shocked by that sparring.
Considering age and experience, it would have been even if Bianca won that sparring.
"Difficult..."
Her eyes are shining - she doesn't look like she'll give up easily.
"Then what if I become your woman too..."
For a moment, I doubted my ears.
"Bi... Bianca trainee? What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Didn't you tune her mental cultivation method because she's your woman? Then I too... huh? Kim Se-jin?"
Suddenly Se-jin... oh my god.
Turning around, Se-jin in a business suit is standing there.
Exactly when did she arrive?