When Jill got home, she was greeted by the delicious smell of dinner.

“Welcome home, the bath is ready.”

Then, her husband-to-be came to greet her, wearing an apron.

Reflexively, Jill took his hand and proposed on the spot! She only regained her senses after her husband blushed and nodded.

This is bad! I’m too tired!

Still, she was fortunate to have a family to make her aware of her exhaustion. After eating a hearty dinner and refreshing in a warm bath, she went to bed. In their shabby room, two beds were pressed next to each other by the window.

Jill and Hades had decided to sleep separately until they were officially married. However, after those attacks, they didn’t have any guards. The dragon also went berserk. Thus, they decided to sleep in the same room. They each had their own bed, but with the room being as small as it was, it couldn’t be helped that they were pressed together.

Jill laid out her documents on the fluffy mattress and puffed her cheeks.

“Everything is a mess! In the first place, why did he make me a teacher?! I’ll never forgive you, Your Highness Vissel!”

“He always makes unreasonable demands… but, you’re a school teacher? My brother’s homeroom teacher, to boot. What was he like? Did he look like me?”

Jill, who had been resting her back against Hades, turned around.

“Rave, can you come out?”

Perhaps because his magic hadn’t fully returned, Rave seldom appeared. But when called, he’d show up right away.

“Do you need something?”

“Thank you for raising His Majesty properly, even if it was for formality’s sake.”

“‘F-formality’s sake’…? Uuh…?”

Jill bowed deeply, and Rave blinked in confusion.

“Is that even a compliment?” Hades frowned.

“Of course it is. He’s just like His Majesty and isn’t easy to get along with. In any case, it seems like things are complicated between His Highness Lutiya… and the other students too.”

After the extracurricular activity, Jill naturally took the brunt of the criticism for Lutiya and other students. As soon as Jill introduced herself, they fled the scene. She was left all alone, still bowing her head. The other teachers were confused at first, but when they realized that Jill was indeed the new homeroom teacher for the Blue Dragon Class, their attitude changed.

In the meantime, the mischief of Lutiya and the others continued. They splashed paint on the walls of the main school building, secretly set up a magic circle in another classroom during a lesson, and even broke a water pipe, flooding a classroom. Jill had to apologize and bow her head for every and each of them! Each time, the sarcasm of the other teachers also intensified!

Honestly, rather than bowing her head, she’d rather greet the students… But before she could do that, the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Thus, all that remained for Jill to was overtime where she wrote a report.

“There are about thirty students, right? If they all act up at the same time, I’m sure it’d be overwhelming…”

Hades muttered as he flipped through the list of students and other documents she’d brought home. He made sure to remember their faces.

“The other teachers didn’t help at all! They treat us like enemies!”

Roger showed up later and taught her how to write a report… but she refused to call that helping.

“I don’t even know the students. I’m also supposed to start working tomorrow! And yet, they’re already blaming me! Can’t they save it for tomorrow or something?! What’s with their attitude?!”

“Even the school is rough… Will you really be able to bring Rho and Sauté tomorrow?”

“Before I knew it, Rho and Sauté had retreated! They only showed up when I was about to go home!”

Perhaps thinking he was being called, Rho climbed onto the bed and cried. Jill pinched his cheeks with both hands and glared at him.

“You’re just like His Majesty! You always run first!”

“Ugyu…”

“…Jill, aren’t you getting too comfortable criticizing me?”

“But maybe, I should leave Rho and Sauté behind for a while. The same with Haddy.”

It’d be terrible if those students were to play a prank on them. Haddy might blow up the whole school. If Rho cried, a horde of dragons would be upon them.

Rho, with both cheeks squeezed, complained in a dissatisfied tone.

“Ukki…”

“He said he’d come with you. In my opinion, you should bring him with you, too. We can keep in touch that way.”

“…Can I really count on you, Sauté?”

Sauté, who was checking out the sleeping area a little distance away, listlessly stared into the night. She felt an indescribable sadness and sighed again.

“…I finally understood why the previous homeroom teachers quit.”

“The students are out of the control, yet the school blames their homeroom teachers. No wonder they quit.”

“I also want to quit!”

Jill roared, tossing Rho aside and leaning against Hades’ chest. Rho snorted in displeasure. Not wanting to be pinched again, Rho grabbed Haddy and snuck into the sleeping area Sauté had prepared.

“Now, comfort me, Your Majesty!”

“E-eh? What is this, suddenly…?”

“Your wife-to-be is being mistreated at work! What’s with that indecisive attitude?!”

“Uhm, well… You won’t take those students seriously, will you?”

Jill looked up in disgust at his nonchalant tone.

“What basis do you have for saying that?! They’re students! You can’t punch them! I’ve never been a teacher before—”

“—But are those students more troublesome than me?”

Hades was on his knees, tilting his head as he peered into her eyes from below. Then, he closed in on her. His golden eyes were as beautiful as ever, just like the moon. She couldn’t let her guard down!

Even though she was the one who approached him, Jill sensed danger and pushed Hades’ chest away while turning her face.

“…Well, they’re better than His Majesty, I guess.”

Even if she treated them wrongly, there wouldn’t be a war, her family wouldn’t be executed, nor would the country be ablaze.

She also didn’t need to wage a war against the goddess, or try to resolve the hostility that had built up over a thousand years.

“Right?”

Hades seemed happy for some reason. Jill pursed her lips.

“—But even so! A teacher and a wife have different roles!”

“That’s true, actually, it’d be a problem if they were the same. But you’ll be fine, Jill.”

Hades seemed to genuinely think so, and her cheeks turned red. How strange. All of the sudden, she began to think that she could do it, even though the situation was far from being resolved.

He also wasn’t angry or complaining. He was merely spoiling her. Jill averted her gaze and changed the subject.

“By the way, how was Your Majesty’s day? Did anything happen?”

“The landlord came, so we exchanged greetings.”

“Did you invite him into our home?”

“Well, yes. It’s better to be on good terms with him.”

Jill frowned at his lacking sense of danger, but it was still common sense. Hades also seemed to be enjoying himself.

“She told me to come and talk to her if I encounter any issues. She was a very kind person.”

“…Excuse me for asking, but isn’t the landlord a man?”

“No, a woman.”

Jill was starting to get anxious for a different reason. After all, her husband-to-be was good-looking and affable. But if she said it out loud, it’d sound as if she was getting jealous. She didn’t know what to say to him. While she was thinking about it, Rave looked down at her.

“Don’t worry, Little Miss. I’ll keep an eye on her. Besides, this guy may be friendly, but he’s extremely cautious.”

“Oh, that’s so true!”

“Something’s been bothering me… Well, I’ve looked into it and everything should be fine as long as she doesn’t find out I’m the Dragon Emperor.”

She stared at Hades’ face as he lowered his tone a bit.

Knowing that she needed to listen carefully to this, she sat upright.

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