Chapter 74
Chapter 74
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 74
Chapter Title: You Are All Trash!
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-CRASH!
My plagiarized technique sent Daio flying to the back of the classroom, where he slammed into the wall.
Truthfully, I called it a Rasengan, but it was really just like hitting his stomach with a cannonball held in my hand.
Well, Luna had added a layer of wind to it, so it was probably more painful than a simple punch.
In any case, it seemed I had properly established some discipline.
One of the top students in Class A was sent flying in a single blow. It would be stranger if that didn't set them straight.
It was like a situation where the school's top fighter gets knocked out by a single punch from a transfer student.
A situation where discipline was bound to be established.
"Tsk. This is a pain in the ass, too."
It would be a different story if my opponents were strong, but hitting weaklings like them meant I had to control my strength.
I guess this is what Saitama-sensei always felt like when he fought humans.
Having to hit them gently so they don't die.
If I were to land a full-power gut punch on a weak opponent, all their internal organs would rupture, and they'd die from internal bleeding.
They might survive if they blocked it with mana, but if they were caught off guard like he was, that would be the outcome nine times out of ten.
I turned back around and stood before the lectern.
The classroom was already silent after the commotion, so I didn't need to speak loudly.
"You are all trash!"
I expected some kind of reaction, but they were so shocked by my statement that I couldn't even hear them gasp.
Then, two people approached me, each with their own reaction.
"…Lord Luke, is that really true?"
"Um… calling them trash seems a bit harsh…"
"No, they're trash."
Listen, kids, if you keep coddling them and calling them elites, they'll just grow up in the wrong direction.
They're acting all high and mighty because they're in Class A, but with parents and teachers on the sidelines saying things like, 'Oh! Our child is the best!' a frog in a well just becomes the king of the well.
"How strong can academy students possibly be?"
Think about it logically.
If every single student in Class A had the same fighting prowess as an A-rank adventurer, there would be no need for a protagonist in this novel.
The adventurers, students, elves, and beastkin would just gang up on the Demon God and beat him down.
No matter how much the novel is an academy story, the academy is ultimately just a stage to make the protagonist shine. There's no way every single student is strong.
"Luna, do you know why there's no Class S in the academy?"
"…I do not."
"It's because they're all trash."
Adventurers go up to S-rank, but the academy only goes up to Class A.
The reason is simple.
There are no students strong enough to warrant creating a Class S.
If there were a truly powerful student, wouldn't they have created a separate class, a Class S, even for just one person?
Of course, considering the prestige of an S-rank adventurer, the letter 'S' can't just be thrown around.
"Honestly, you can find people as skilled as them anywhere you go."
Guild Master Argo, or Hazel, whom we met during the raid last time.
People like them are probably stronger than ten of these kids combined.
Besides, what can you expect from first-year students who aren't even second or third-years yet?
They'll become truly skilled by the time they graduate.
In any academy story, the extras never become strong.
Is there any novel where the protagonist is confronting a demon, and an extra suddenly pops out, awakens, shouts 'Die, demon!!' and kills it? If such a novel existed, it would be buried at the bottom, unread by anyone.
The protagonist, the heroines, and, to put it broadly, the supporting characters.
That's the lineup of people who can gain power beyond what an ordinary student can achieve.
In short.
Aside from the main heroines Liche, Tia, and Stella, as well as Daio, whom I just sent flying…
And Rebecca, who's watching me intently from the back, everyone else here is trash.
"See, Luna? They know they're trash themselves, so they're not even refuting it."
"…From what I can see, it's not that they won't, but that they can't."
"Nonsense. There's no such thing as 'can't.' They just 'won't.'"
Did someone threaten to kill them with a knife if they spoke?
I didn't take away their freedom of speech. They're just staying quiet because they have nothing to say in their defense.
"Hey, you and you. Come here."
I pointed my finger at the two male students in the very front.
"Y-Yes? M-Me?"
"Yes…?"
"Get over here, you little shits. You wanna die?"
The two male students scrambled to their feet and rushed over.
They never listen unless you curse at them.
I'm once again reminded of the greatness of teachers from my past life.
"First, you were late, so you each get a punch."
"Gah!"
"Urk!"
After landing a punch on each of them, I got to the point.
"Take that piece of trash lying over there and get lost to the nurse's office."
"Y-Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
The two male students quickly scurried away.
"Good. Now, the rest of you, let's head to the training grounds."
***
Daio, who was knocked out against the wall, was sent to the nurse's office, and I took the rest of the students to the training grounds.
Having successfully established discipline, the students obediently followed my words.
There was no special reason for moving to the training grounds.
It was simply because we had nothing to teach them theoretically.
Helping them with physical training was what we did best.
"Alright. Now, it's time for self-study."
""……?""
But I never said I would teach them.
Well, I said it in the classroom earlier, didn't I? That it would be self-study.
In my past life, students would have been overjoyed to hear there was no lesson, so what's with their reaction?
"Ah, should I teach you a magic trick?"
""No!!""
A few students shouted as if that was the one thing they couldn't allow.
What a shame. I was thinking of teaching them a magic trick to cut off their thumbs this time.
"Well, since they don't want it, I'm going to sleep."
I was willing to teach them something, but they refused, so it's not my fault.
When I asked Yui and Luna what they were going to do, they seemed to feel too guilty to be no-shows, so they approached the students and started talking about various things.
Overhearing snippets of their conversations, I heard them discussing whether beastkin ears and tails have feeling, and then looking at me and talking about how hard it must be. I'll have to use that bastard as an assistant for the thumb-cutting magic trick later.
Yui was surrounded by a group of girls, getting petted.
A candy was in her mouth, and snacks were in her hands.
She was practically a mascot.
It might not seem like a class, but class is supposed to start with getting to know the students.
Thinking back to my school days, there were sometimes teachers like that.
Teachers who didn't start the curriculum on the first day but instead spent the time telling stories and joking around to get closer to the students.
Those teachers were always the most popular.
Weren't adventurers and the academy supposed to have a bad relationship?
That's half right and half wrong.
The ones who dislike adventurers are all nobles steeped in elitism. There are also nobles and commoner students who aren't like that.
Besides, the one they were looking down on was 'Luke,' not Luna and Yui.
Well, now it seems that even that has changed, and I've been branded an object of fear after crushing Daio earlier.
So, what was I doing?
I was lying on a bench, covered with a blanket and my head on a pillow, being a total salary thief.
Someone might ask if I don't feel guilty getting paid to do this.
Nope. Not at all.
If I was the type to feel guilty about something like this, I wouldn't have started in the first place.
"Hehehe… Now *this* is a job. This is better than sex."
Making money was so easy it made me yawn.
As I was eating popcorn from my inventory one piece at a time, a shadow fell over my face.
Before my eyes was a thigh wrapped in a skirt and stockings.
"What's this."
"It's me."
Who the hell is 'me'? Isn't that a line con artists use?
And who's this brat talking so informally to a professor? I tilted my head slightly to look up, and the view was magnificent.
I don't know who you are, but thank you.
"Hey."
"I'm not Luke."
"…It's a little late for that. You think I wouldn't know?"
Tch.
I was wondering why it was so quiet for once.
"Don't you have any friends?"
"Nope."
Right, that was her character from the start.
"I see. Bye, then."
And I closed my eyes.
I figured class would be over by the time I woke up.
But then, she perched on the armrest at the end of the bench I was lying on.
"Don't be like that. Can't we just talk for a moment?"
No, I have nothing to talk to you about, so why do you keep coming over and bothering me?
Should I just kill the heroine while I'm at it?
*Kill all the heroines.*
Whoever came up with it, that slogan really resonated with me at this moment.
"Don't look at me like that. I'll leave if you just tell me, okay?"
"Tell you what, you crazy bitch? I already told you everything."
I told you I can't beat you.
I'm pretty sure I made that clear last time, so why do you keep showing up as if I never told you?
Web novel heroines these days are all so weird.
They lack that classic, demure charm of the old days.
"Go ask that Arthur kid instead of me. He knows, too."
"…I don't like him."
Liche's face, which had been expressionless until now, crumpled in disgust.
'What's with her?'
I had a feeling Liche disliked Arthur before, but it seemed even stronger now.
What on earth did he do in just a few months to make the heroine hate the protagonist?
I wanted to learn his secret so I could get rid of her and finally get some sleep.
"Liche, there you are."
Just as I was thinking that, a savior appeared right on cue.
"Tia?"
"What are you doing here…."
Tia, followed by Stella, joined them.
It seemed the two had been looking for Liche, but upon seeing me lying down, their faces contorted in the same way Liche's had.
"What are you looking at?"
"…Liche, let's go. We'll catch his stupidity if we stay here."
"That's right, that's right. You'll get dumber just by being here."
So please stop bothering me and take her away. I'm getting a food coma and I'm sleepy.
"Hmph! I was about to leave anyway!"
"Ah… w-wait a minute…!"
Liche was grabbed by Tia's hand and dragged away.
Absolutely nice!
Now *this* is how a proper heroine should be.
"Haaah~"
Finally, it was time for a good nap.