The Academy is Doomed

Chapter 46

“Nngh…!”

Late at night, in a dim room where only a single candle barely illuminates it.

Amon, who stretched at his desk, let out a deep sigh.

‘Huh, has it been a week already?’

That much time had passed since he started preparing for the teacher certification exam.

‘The principal doesn’t call me for trivial matters saying to prepare for the exam, and other teachers misunderstand me as trash, so I won’t get involved in troublesome things…There’s no heaven like this heaven.’

It was an incredibly fulfilling day since he only needed to focus all his time and effort on preparing for the teacher certification and history classes.

“I wish it would always flow like this.”

It was the moment he smiled slightly.

-Knock knock-!

At the sudden knocking sound, Amon tilted his head.

Since it was well past business hours, there shouldn’t be anyone looking for him?

“Who is it?”

“It’s Sloth, can I come in?”

“…cough!”

Amon took a sharp breath at the appearance of an unexpected visitor.

Sloth, one of the two pillars in the world of incompetent colleagues, suddenly came to visit, causing Amon to gasp for breath from the great mental shock as the door opened.

“I’m coming in? Why no answer?”

“Huk! Huk…”

“Ah, sorry. You were busy.”

Sloth quickly turned around, having greatly misunderstood due to Amon’s reddened face.

While it would be the right decision to let her leave like this, Amon, who didn’t want to receive such a misunderstanding, hurriedly shouted.

“W-wait! No, it’s not like that!”

“…it’s not?”

“Yes! It’s not! Phew.”

Taking a deep breath and wiping his cold sweat, Amon glared at Sloth and said.

“But what brings you here suddenly? You’ve been looking at me like I’m some kind of bug all this time.”

“Ah, that…”

After fidgeting for a moment, she said.

“Well, more importantly, eat this.”

“Pardon?”

“This, it’s dessert from a trendy shop in Amur these days.”

“…pardon?”

Amon frowned at the bag containing snacks.

‘She put poison in it.’

It was clear she was trying to kill him with this opportunity.

But if he refused here, Sloth might draw her knife and attack right away if the assassination attempt was exposed!

Amon extended his hand with a thoroughly rotten smile on his face.

“Ha. Ha. Ha. I’ll enjoy it.”

Sloth frowned as she watched Amon receive the bag using only his thumb and index finger as if touching something dirty.

“You’re thinking something weird again, aren’t you?”

“No, no. How could I? I didn’t think at all that you put poison in the snacks.”

“Sigh…”

After sighing as if dumbfounded, she threw a snack into her mouth, chewed and swallowed it, then said.

“What nonsense about poison. See, it’s fine right?”

“How could this be…impossible…”

No poison?

Amon, who was shaking the snack bag with an astonished face, cleared his throat and looked at Sloth.

“Ahem ahem, what wind has blown suddenly? For senior to bring me snacks?”

“Um, well…”

“I don’t have money. I can’t lend you any.”

“That’s not what I mean.”

She sighed irritably, fidgeted, then said.

“Well, I’m apologizing for ignoring you all this time.”

“…Pardon? What did you say?”

Amon, who was more shocked than when he was certain there was poison in the snacks, looked Sloth up and down.

‘I see. This time it must be an impersonator who has come.’

When he misunderstood that some crazy old man was impersonating Reinbelt, it was literally just a misunderstanding, but this time it was certain.

Therefore, just as he was about to rush in and split open the impersonator’s head.

“I think I had some misunderstandings. Yeah, in your own way you were trying to sa-, sa…sa, saaa…”

As if unable to say ‘save the academy’, Sloth who was making sounds like a pigeon cooing, sighed and said.

“…right? Isn’t that so?”

“What do you mean isn’t that so?”

“Anyway! I’m sorry for everything until now, let’s get along well from now on.”

Amon frowned at Sloth’s extended hand as if asking for a handshake.

What is this? Suddenly?

‘…I see. Must be the Poison Hand from some family in the Eastern Continent.’

Seeing Amon just staring blankly at her palm, Sloth quickly withdrew her hand and said.

“Anyway, I apologized okay?”

“Huh? Uh…”

“Let’s get along well from now on! Then I’ll be going!”

Sloth left only her words and left the room quickly without waiting for Amon’s answer.

Finally left alone, Amon muttered as if dumbfounded.

“What is it? Suddenly.”

Well, the Poison Hand was a joke.

It was just that such an absurd thought came to mind because Sloth’s sudden gesture of reconciliation was too sudden, that’s all.

‘She’s been looking at me with eyes like I’m a pine caterpillar these days…why is she suddenly acting like this?’

Amon shrugged his shoulders as if dumbfounded and sat back down at his desk.

He was planning to continue studying for the teacher certification that he had been doing, as his head had cooled enough thanks to Sloth’s bewildering visit.

‘Well then, shall I start by grading the problems I solved earlier.’

Just as Amon picked up his pen and brought the pen tip to the answer sheet while looking at the answer key.

“Amon, are you in there?”

At Marion’s sudden voice, the pen tip slid and marked it wrong.

‘Oh shoot…it’s wrong now?’

Marion inadvertently helped with the grading!

Amon, who sighed and got up, opened the door.

“Yes, senior. What brings you here?”

Dangling the bottle of alcohol she brought, he said.

“Hohoho, I happened to get some good alcohol.”

“I see. You’re giving it to me?”

“Huh? Ah, y-yes.”

“Because you’re sorry for treating me like vomit on the street until now?”

“U-uh? Th-that… well… no, vomit is going too far. It wasn’t that bad.”

“Anyway. And you want to get along well from now on?”

“…y-yes.”

Marion nodded, and Amon sighed with his hands on his hips.

“Sigh, Senior Sloth just came by with some snacks saying the same thing, what wind has blown for you both to act like this?”

“…Sloth came and went too?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm…is that so.”

Marion scratched his head and smiled awkwardly while holding out the bottle.

“Anyway, take this. It’s a fine liquor I got with difficulty.”

“Oh…this is that hard-to-get…”

Could it be ‘Amur Party’, the famous liquor that’s closely chasing ‘D-Day Amur’, the most famous alcohol in Amur, the city where Amonis Academy is located!

It was much more appealing ‘goodwill’ than the snack pieces Sloth offered.

“Ahem…I’ll enjoy it well.”

“Hohoho, yes. Then.”

Amon firmly grabbed Marion’s extended hand and nodded.

“Yes, senior. I look forward to working well with you in the future.”

“Hohoho! Yes, yes. Looking forward to it.”

“But senior.”

“Hmm? What is it? Junior.”

Amon said with narrowed eyes.

“There must be a reason why you’re suddenly acting like this.”

“…”

“Don’t tell me it’s a reason you can’t tell?”

“N-no, it’s not like that but…”

“Then why won’t you tell me the reason?”

Marion swallowed but soon smiled with his characteristic shameless smile and said.

“Hohoho, my friend! I just want to get along well with you again!”

At those friendly words, Amon realized.

‘There must definitely be some scheme.’

While it might not be a secret that couldn’t be told, there was clearly something that was awkward to say outright.

Amon smiled a rotten smile and grinned.

“I see. I understand well.”

“H-hohoho…yes, then I’ll be going now.”

After Marion left too, Amon who was left alone again was lost in thought while sipping Amur Party with Sloth’s snacks as appetizers.

‘Why are they all suddenly acting like this?’

Although it was just over a week, he had no way of knowing what had happened since he hadn’t been involved in any of the academy’s deep work at all.

‘But if something happened that would warrant this, Anar’el, no, the Principal would have called for me.’

In other words, it meant no major incident had occurred at the academy itself.

‘And there’s no way those ignorant and blind humans belatedly realized the meaning of my actions during the exchange match and repented…’

Amon let out a sigh at this truly puzzling situation.

‘Hmm, just in case I should ask the Principal…wait, the Principal?’

Amon opened his eyes wide and alternately looked at the snacks Sloth gave and the alcohol Marion gave.

‘Could it be that the Principal subtly let those humans know that I’m going to become the head of academic affairs?’

As mentioned, the position of head of academic affairs could be said to have supreme power except for the Principal and Vice Principal.

Moreover, given the Principal’s personality, there was enough possibility that she might have casually leaked it in passing.

Anyway, that means…

“…hu, huhuhu.”

Amon, who burst into laughter while sitting crookedly in his chair, wore a sinister smile.

“Is my era finally coming?”

Sloth and Marion were bringing bribes to get on the good side of him who would become the head of academic affairs!

“I see. So this is the taste of power…”

Amon burst into laughter while eating the snacks and drinking the alcohol that were ‘presented’ to him.

* * *

~Early morning~

Marion, who found Sloth lying in a corner of the training ground covered in a sleeping bag, approached her.

“Hey, Sloth.”

“U, uung…ung? Ah, Marion.”

“I heard from Amon yesterday, you went to see him too?”

“Yeah. I did…”

Sloth, who raised her upper body while yawning, said.

“But why are you suddenly asking about that?”

“Well…I heard you brought snacks or something to Amon yesterday, I was wondering if you were thinking similar to me.”

“…what about you, Marion?”

“I also brought a bottle of alcohol and said let’s get along well again.”

“…”

Sloth slowly lowered the eye mask she had been wearing.

What appeared were dark circles completely covering under her eyes like a panda bear’s.

Although Sloth was always tired, her fatigue had recently reached its peak.

“I see. Getting along with Amon would be better, right?”

“That’s right. We need to improve relationships at this point.”

Marion’s face was as haggard as Sloth’s.

The reason Amon didn’t notice such complexions of the two yesterday was partly because it was late at night and the room was somewhat dark with only one candle lit.

In fact, the biggest reason was because he didn’t particularly care about the two, but anyway.

“Sigh…I hope Amon accepts the apology.”

“He’s not such a cruel and heartless fellow so he’ll accep…maybe?”

Marion, who was nodding while crossing his arms as if unsure, flinched and turned his head.

“Eek, he’s coming. I’ll be going now.”

“Oh, coming? Already? There’s still an hour until class starts…”

After Marion fled swiftly, Sloth, who was left alone, burrowed deep into her sleeping bag as if trying to hide.

However, ‘Kai’ who had already approached, cheerfully laughed and shouted.

“Hahaha, good morning! Senior Sloth!”

Sloth trembled and poked her head out of the sleeping bag.

“Th-there’s still an hour until class.”

“Hahaha! How can an educator waste that time? Class preparation and teaching material preparation and training ground inspection and necessary mindset education before class and…”

Kai was literally demanding ‘the ideal appearance and behavior of an educator’.

“…therefore, senior! Please come out of the sleeping bag! If you don’t come out, I will sing the national anthem until you do!”

“U-uuuu…”

Last time when Sloth didn’t come out of the sleeping bag, Kai really sang the national anthem next to her for 3 hours straight.

While hurriedly getting out of the sleeping bag and organizing it, she slowly turned her head.

It was in the direction of the faculty office where Amon would be preparing for class.

‘…Amon.’

Use barbarians to control barbarians. Use poison to control poison.

Defeat enemies with enemies!

Defeat trash with trash!

‘Please, Amon…’

That’s why Marion and Sloth extended hands of reconciliation to Amon!

And the two didn’t even know that Amon was designated to become the head of academic affairs!