Since she was going to be away from Hades and his cooking, she wanted to make sure she brought home some positive results. Furthermore, Hades told her that he was going to watch the Class Match. Jill wasn’t going to be participating, but she wanted to show off her cool side by training her students well.

In other words, there was only one thing to do.

Behind the military academy were several mountains. Being home to dragons, they were usually ignored. That said, they were sometimes used for Dragon Ecology Observation class, so there were some fairly impressive buildings there.

It’s the perfect training camp!

Roger was against the idea, as they risked being attacked by dragons if they were to loud. But to Jill, it was only a moderately dangerous area, so why not use it for training purposes?

Nevertheless, dragons disturbing her students when their skills weren’t up to par yet would be a problem. As such, she asked Rho to keep them away.

Rave, who came to check on her, said, “No, you don’t need to make such a request. They’re too scared to approach, in the first place.”

But we need a dragon to train with…

Rho was desperately asking around for help. It’d take time, but there was a lot to do before then.

“Don’t just follow with your eyes, get into the habit of following the signs of magic as well! Listen, magic is a muscle! Drill into your body how to use it! How can you call yourself humans if you can’t beat a chicken?!”

“Kokeee!”

Sauté’s excited cry echoed through the mountains. The students behind Jill were startled by it. They were in the field of vision of an activated Haddy. They were training to control their magic.

“Don’t get nervous and move around, or you’ll get attacked by Haddy.”

There was no reply. They had to be concentrating on controlling their magic. Wonderful. The students who were struggling to catch Sauté were also starting to dodge his kicks.

A week had passed since the start of the training camp. The students complained a lot, but no one dropped out of the training.

“Everyone’s motivated, which is a good thing.”

“I mean, if we run away, the chicken will chase after us. Moreover, you’re merciless! Because of you, this mountain is riddled with traps—wait! Don’t channel your magic through the binding barrier, ouch, ouch, ouch—”

“Who are you calling ‘you’? Call me ‘Teacher Jill.’ Also, you should be able to handle this level of pressure.”

“Easy for you to say, your magic is strange!”

It’s good that he’s no longer being sarcastically rude, but not calling me ‘Teacher’ is still bad!

However, Lutiya, who had been caught in Jill’s trap and hung to a thick tree by a rope, was the only and final resister. At first, Jill thought he was being stubborn, but she was starting to see his determination in his refusal to give up. In the end, he was even more pitiful than Hades, in which he couldn’t escape.

“If you want to escape, you have to risk your life. So? Any interest in participating in the training?”

As advised, Lutiya properly used the same magical pressure to ward off the rope.

What a serious and obedient child.

“No! It’s stupid to train for a battle you have no chance of winning!”

“We’re planning to march through the mountains where the dragons are soon.”

“What?! If we do that, everyone will run away, you idiot!”

“It’ll be fine, I’ll tie them up and drag them along. That way, no one can run away.”

“…You brute instructor!”

Jill laughed at the groaning Lutiya.

“We don’t have much time, I’ve divided the students into rear guard and vanguard according to their own talents. Are there any problems with my selection?”

“…Why are you asking me?”

“You always kept a close eye to the students. You’re suited to be a commander.”

Hence she hadn’t forced him to participate in any special training and instead showed him the whole picture. Lutiya answered coldly.

“Flatter me all you want, but I’m not going to train with them.”

“That’s true. But if I were a real commander, I wouldn’t let those kids end up as stragglers.”

“What’s this, you’re lecturing me now? This whole competition is for your sake!”

“Not in the slightest, training all of you is. I want to build a school.”

Lutiya seemed surprised. Seeing that, Jill laughed.

“I can help everyone defeat the Gold Dragon class, but proper strategy and command are necessary. Unforeseen circumstances always occur on the battlefield. Since I can’t command in the competition, I need your help. How about you try to come up with a strategy, Commander?”

“—Don’t think I don’t see through you. People like you always flatter us, saying you have expectations, that we can do it if we try, and praise us. You know that people like us, who aren’t expected to achieve anything by anyone, are weak to approval from others. No, in fact, it’s very effective. Then, you start having expectations, get disappointed, and throw us away.”

His dark tone filled with self-ridicule was filled by experience.

“I see. Someone told you you were a disappointment.” Jill muttered.

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