The Academy’s Health Teacher Wants to Take a Break

Episode 12. Not help, but opportunity.

After a series of incidents.

The members of the baseball team resumed practice, but despite their status as athletic members, they did not feel any strength in their actions.

As if today’s game had put a wedge in their anxiety.

“Seniors! Come and try this! Let’s drink when the teacher is cool!”

Dale moves forward to give them a chance to survive.

In both of his hands, he was holding a bottle full of drinks that I had made for him.

“Thanks Dale.”

“Would you like to throw a ball with me?”

“That, can I?”

“Of course not. Honestly, I think you’re better at baseball than us.”

“…hehehe.”

Dale throws and hits the ball while hanging out with the team members from afar.

Thinking that his smile is really nice to see, he approached Gillette, who was sitting on the bench.

“Now, take it.”

“… This?”

“The teacher made it himself.”

It was originally made with the world’s sports music in mind.

The water absorption rate is higher than that of water, and you can enjoy a slight mental awakening effect because caffeine is added.

If you look at the ingredients, there are many things that match drugs, but what……. Coke and ice cream are also rationed on the battlefield, so this order will be fine.

“Thank you.”

“Say something.”

As I sat next to Gillette, I looked at Dale from a distance as he was hanging out with the members.

The atmosphere brightens around Dale.

The concept of equality and fairness existed in the spectacle of exchanging balls and practicing.

At least for a moment, there is a moment of peacefulness, regardless of each other’s abilities, as well as those from nobles and commoners.

“This must be the sight the former manager wanted to see.”

Everyone gets along well.

Gillette smiled faintly, as if it was a good look, but that was only for a moment.

“… We shook hands.”

It’s very common for a good thing, even though it has a purpose, to be disgraced even for that purpose.

That applies to Gillette as well as to Eric, who has pushed too hard.

Are you trying to openly launch a movement to liberate discrimination in an international society where discrimination is rampant? Wouldn’t it be natural for the backlash to return?

“Still, I don’t think the general manager is wrong.”

Nevertheless, Gillette said firmly.

Still, they said that what they were doing was not wrong.

“… In the family I belonged to. And the denomination I belonged to always said we should seek equality and fairness. Everyone deserves to be respected regardless of class.”

Nothing.

Since they are from a family of paladins, they must revere nobility.

“I think the general manager who had the same ideals as me and tried to implement change was definitely the right person. As much as I respect and respect him, I also thought that I should follow the will of the manager. No matter how much opposition there is…….”

“You think that is right, but why are you suffering so much?”

“… ….”

Gillette keeps her mouth shut at my words.

There is something poking him, too.

No matter how right, no matter how right, everyone in the world was saying they were wrong.

“Yes, it must be because you have seen something. Because this academy has a lot of different students.”

Correctness, cause, fairness…….

It’s a really misleading concept.

There are as many perspectives as there are people, and there are as many worlds as there are people.

Conflict is what arises when such correctness collides, so everyone living in the world must abide by the rules.

If they hoped that an incident would not happen to the extent that even the environment they had passed through would change.

“Children from different places have their own uprightness. Since you’ve seen such a variety of correctness, you must have realized it sooner or later. A cause advocated in a place where different people gather is a cowardly and cold concept than you think.”

Didn’t the world I lived in go through two wars to the extent that the entire world was swept away in order to change the existing perception?

Even that is only superficial.

In a time when even democracy, which treats everyone equally, is divided into implicit classes, it would be nonsense for inexperienced students to change the perception of this world with a worse social structure than that.

“Honestly, the teacher is the one who wants to put more weight on Eric’s opinion. Although that kid is a bit aggressive, he did it because he followed the format established at this academy.”

“… But why did you help us?”

“I gave you an opportunity, not help.”

“A chance?”

“Because you guys are still young. It is more important to realize that they have less experience than to argue who is wrong and who is right.”

Yes, the important thing is that rapid change always causes problems.

What is needed in a dispute like this is not to purge someone by calling them bastards, but to give each other time to think long term.

Adults should take responsibility for what they do, but aren’t these children yet?

“So, take your time and think until Eric comes back, and try to adapt to the results. Then, even if it’s not the best, there might be better results than now.”

And this advice is probably the best I can do for the two students as a teacher.

After finishing my business, I handed Gillette the bottle with the remaining drink and shouted at Dale, who was hanging out with the students from afar.

“Dale! Let’s go back soon!”

An unfortunate genius who was kicked out of an excellent class due to his status as a commoner.

“Yeah! See you next time seniors~!!”

Dale bids farewell to the people he hung out with, despite such an experience.

When Dale left, all the members of the sports team had regrets on their faces.

Perhaps it was purely because he wanted to play more.

Or maybe it was because they foresaw a future where they might not be here the next time they see each other.

“hehehehe.”

As if not noticing such an atmosphere, Dale’s face was dyed with a bright light.

A time when the sky was slowly glowing with the glow of the sunset.

For normal students, it is time to go home from school.

“Is it that good?”

“Yes! If the sports team hyungs want to come, come visit us anytime!”

“…That’s good.”

Looking at Dale who was genuinely happy, he smiled wryly.

A child who enjoys the process itself, regardless of victory or defeat, is curious about everything and wants to analyze it.

It is said that innocence came from ignorance, but I felt very envious of even that.

Just a moment ago, as an adult, I was admonishing immature students.

When you face this child, you forget for a moment that he is an adult who has seen a lot of dirty things.

“Dale.”

I asked quietly as I stroked Dale’s head.

“How did you feel when you hit the ball earlier?”

“It was so refreshing! If I practice more, will I be able to hit the ball as far as the teacher?”

Dale looked up at me with expectant eyes.

When I heard that, what drew on my lips was a bitter smile.

You want to be like me.

Unfortunately, I am also not a respectable adult.

“…… I’m glad you feel good.”

Avoiding such an answer, I continued walking down the street, telling Dale what I wanted to say one last time.

“Don’t forget how you feel right now. It will definitely become a great asset to you in the future.”

Attitude to feel splendid in one success and to develop longing for the future.

That would be called talent in a world full of people frustrated by failure.

***

And then, a week had passed since I had taught a child with such a talent.

“Dale, are you ready?”

“Ugh, I’m nervous.”

“Eat comfortably. Even if I fail now, it won’t mean that I didn’t have the lessons I’ve taught until now.”

The morning of the day when regular classes begin.

Dale, who was in front of the desk in the health room, shivered as he looked at the items scattered in front of him.

In addition to candles, ballpoint pens, glass beads, etc… These are tools mainly used to verify whether mana can be used.

As regular classes deal with practical skills related to mana management, there are difficulties that must be overcome.

But ahead of that, Dale’s back was rigid with tension.

I was worried that, if at all possible, my efforts so far would be in vain.

“It’s okay, Dale.”

Saine whispered softly as she put her hand on Dale’s shoulder.

“Since I’ve worked hard up until now, I’m sure it will be fine. So be quiet, catch your breath……. Concentrate your strength gradually on your fingertips.”

“……”

Dale looked down at his hands in silence. Her reflex was to turn her head behind her, but he didn’t face her.

Even if you don’t face her, you can guess what kind of expression she is making.

I’m sure he’s laughing.

Because he always took good care of himself that way.

– Crackle.

The moment I read such sincerity, stability came to my mind, and the will that was governed in that way began to change the wriggling sensation in my body into a flow.

Something is flowing from my body at this moment.

What we call power, or energy.

-Ugh.

As if to teach you that it is not an illusion.

From the tips of both of Dale’s hands, a slight vibration soon began to sound.