I stand in front of the whole class, “Well, I am officially your teacher from now on and you will all be my students. So I will start by taking everyone’s attendance but first...” I look towards the little Princess who seems to be sweating real hard.

“I thought so he was surely gonna die after what the Princess did yesterday...” Sven silently speaks.

“I like the teach. He’s more stubborn than I thought and it excites me to see how he would handle different people Sven.” The punk kid speaks.

“I do agree, I mean, if he was a normal person, he would have surely run off and hidden in some corner even if he survived but here he is. Standing tall and proud, as if nothing happened.” Sven adjusts his glasses.

“Little Princess, I thought I asked you to come to me after the Classes ended but unfortunately, you came at me with a knife. I am really disappointed in you.” I give her an evil smile.

“I am really, really disappointed in you.”

“GYAAAA!!!!” The little Princess screams heavily.

The little Princess begins to heavily breathe and panic.

“What the hell happened to her?! I don’t understand!” Sasha says as she and the other students are also surprised.

That’s a spell from the Tree of Phoebus, Fear. If one’s mana is greater than the other person, the one with greater mana can use fear to show them their worst nightmares. I don’t know what kinda nightmare the little Princess had but it definitely was a strong one for her to scream like that.

It does seem that the little Princess acted drastically. The nightmare that Fear showed her, was too much for her to handle? Whatever be the case...

“I will take everyone’s attendance now.” I say as I look at the register.

I began taking everyone’s attendance and end it quickly. Everyone except Horrell seems to be present here but I will mark her to be present since I am the one who tasked her to be at the library.

“Now, I thought that talking to you guys about different trees of magic would be a waste of time since each and every one of you is invested in learning the Tree of Ares but you should know that not each and every one of you is capable of using such magic. I think so I discussed about it yesterday and I won’t be repeating all of that stuff over and over again. So to simplify things, I have some papers and each of these papers says which tree each one of you will be learning and what’s your training schedule. If anyone has a problem with it that speak up.” I say as I send the cheats flying towards everyone.

Luke smiles, “Sun Wukong...Just what I wanted.”

“I hope your training Luke.” I say as I look at Luke.

Luke nods, “I meditated for 8 continuous hours before coming to school.” Luke says.

I am surprised that he is still awake...Does he even sleep or is he a night owl?!

“Huh?! What’s this Tree of Orochi?!” The punk kid named Jack Jilheard says. His body is well built and he wears the school uniform but there is a funky style to him with an earring on his right ear and a tattoo of a dragon on the right side of his neck.

There is something different about him...Something that I can’t point out just yet but I am sure, I will soon be able to point it out with the training task I have given him.

“The Tree of Helios?” The Nerdy kid Sven seems to be confused.

He may be a weak kid but Sven can use the Tree of Helios and I am sure that he will be a great long-range fighter since his body is pretty weak plus I believe his intellect will help him just like how Helios used to be a god with great intellect.

“I am learning from the Tree of Hestia.” Sasha says. It seems even she is confused.

The Tree of Hestia will help Sasha grow in the department of building. On the battlefield, there won’t be people to make armors and weapons, in other words, there won’t be any siege shops or shelter. The Tree of Hestia will help out in such building such architectures as quickly as possible and I think she will be perfect for it.

“The handsome teacher gave me the Tree of Fafnir.” The short girl with pink hair says. If I am correct, her name is Elena Foxfire.

The reason I gave her Fafnir was because...She literally looks like a wolf to me...

“The Tree of Hermes...” The little Princess seems to be annoyed, she is crushing her paper.

Of course, the Tree of Hermes, agility and great mobility, those are going to be the two things that the Tree of Hermes will be focused on.

“I got the Tree of Guan-Yu...Is he some kinda big deal god or something?” That girl sitting behind the little Princess, her name is Valarie Isia. She has short hairs that fall to her neck and has a clip to her hair. Not to mention, through what it seems, she is some kinda guardian here to help the Princess or maybe I might be overlooking into it but she is the only one who really talks like a close person to the Princess.

Plus I have given her one of the God’s from the Eastern side of the world. I have a feeling that she will make an excellent guardian just like Guan-Yu.

Different people have gotten different type of trees and I have also listed their tasks since each of them require them to do something different. It isn’t anything drastic like go kill someone but it definitely is good enough that it might give them a hard time as well as train them in certain areas depending on the type of tree.

“If you have any doubts regarding your trees, you can ask me. I will be sitting right over here.” I say as I take a seat in the middle of the class.

“So...You want us to do the tasks you have written for us?” Sasha asks.

“I think so I made it clear by writing but if you want to confirm it with my own mouth than yes, I want you to do certain tasks.” I say as I keep my head on the teacher’s table.

“Don’t worry, all these tasks will take a minimum of 4 to 5 days and a maximum of 9 to 10 days to be done. So I won’t be conducting lectures but if you guys have any kinda doubts, feel free to ask me.” I say as I lay down eyes closed.

“That’s...Not what I was expecting from this academy...” Sasha says with a confused tone.

“Yeah, almost 3 months ago, we were all learning from the Tree of Ares and now, all of a sudden, I am learning from the Tree of Sun Wukong. Of course, this feels different. It feels like I am learning something other than just learning the same thing over and over again.” Luke smiles as he looks at his own palm.

“Luke, you have done your task for today, right?” I ask with my head laid on the table.

Luke nods, “I have, sir!” Luke says.

“Oye, Princess, tell me, is the training ground empty?” I ask the Princess.

“Wha-“ The Princess looks away angrily and looks out the window, “it seems to be empty.” The Princess says.

To my surprise, the Princess is quite obedient.

“Good! Luke and you too Princess, come with me. Until the lecture is up, we are training together.” I say as I get back up.

“Wait! Training together?! I thought you said we aren’t having lectures until we complete the tasks!” The Princess seems to be surprised.

“Read out loud what your task is.” I say to the Princess.

The Princess stands up and opens up her paper, “Run at least five thousand meters within 5 seconds...What kinda joke is this?! How am I supposed to run at such a speed-” The Princess seems to be surprised as I vanish and appear right in front of her.

The chair and table both fell behind me as the classroom went to a pin drop silent. I sigh, “I made it to you in less than a millisecond. So I am pretty sure, you can do it in 5 seconds.”

That expression! Not only the Princess but everyone else in the class had, it clearly said it on their face, “When the fuck did he get here?!”

“I think so I proved my point and so now you shouldn’t have any arguments.” I say with a smirk.

The Princess angrily clenches the paper I created. She needs some anger management classes or I might get stabbed again. I sigh.

While walking in the corridor, I walk close to the Princess and send Luke ahead giving him instructions to set a running track for the little Princess and also gave him a stopwatch.

“Tell me why...”

The Princess looks at me. She’s sweating.

“Why did you stab me?” I ask as we walk.

The little Princess doesn’t respond.

“Are you angry with me?” I ask again.

The little Princess continues to walk without replying to my questions.

“Is it because I replace that Sir Tarand of yours-“

*Grab*

The little Princess holds me by my collar. Her height is small and she is standing tall using her toe. She is pretty angry and gritting her teeth pretty hardly.

“You don’t understand...YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING!!! SO YOU BETTER NOT TAKE SIR TARAND’S NAME THAT LIGHTLY! You don’t understand...” I could clearly see, her anger, her hatred towards me. It’s like I took away something precious away from her. Her eyes are filling up with tears.

“Just stay away from me. I am trying to hold back but I wouldn’t be able to hold back anymore if you kept on poking me over and over again than I am sure, I will kill you and if I don’t, she surely will.” The little Princess says as she walks ahead of me.

I sigh, “Tree of Ares huh? Sacrifice, betrayal, war but none of those signify anger. On the other hand, yes Hermes is a god who betrayed the gods but it was due to his anger...It was due to his anger against the other gods. I am afraid that she doesn’t do the same...” Another thing...Who was the other chick she is talking about?

It seems I might...Need to do something and that something must be done soon or else...She might be a gone case.

I will have to find out about that Tarand, I will need to find out why Tarand was such an important person to her or even that teacher that I passed the other day. I still remember she said, “You will never replace him.”

Why would someone say that to me? Why would I want to be some kinda replacement to a teacher who has gained so much trust that people hate me to a point where they want me dead? What made him such a great teacher?

All these questions pop in my mind while I reach the training ground. The track seems to be ready.

I sit down in the middle of the track.

“Sir?” Luke seems to be confused and the little Princess is angrily staring at me.

“The Princess will be running and you will be recording the timer using the stopwatch that I lent you while you left. The Tree of Sun Wukong demands patience as the character’s main trait and that is why you will be the one who will record each and every time she passes the track by 5000 meters.”

“What will you be doing, TEACHER?!” The little Princess seems to be mocking me.

“I will be meditating in the middle of the ground.” I say as I calmly sit and close my eyes in the middle of the ground with both my hands and legs fold.

I could hear the little Princess sigh in disappointment.

“BEGIN!”

She has begun running.

I am listening to her run. She is going around the track. She has reached a total of 1000 meters in 3 minutes, 2000 in 7, 3000 in 12, 4000 in 16 and 5000 in 22. She got exhausted and couldn’t make it there faster than 22 minutes.

“22 MINUTES, 31 SECONDS!” Luke records.

“I told you *Huff* 3 seconds *Huff* is too quick *Huff*”

The little Princess is exhausted, “Run again!” I say.

“WHAT?!” The little Princess is confused.

“Alright, buddy...That may be a little too much, she’s already tired...” Luke seems to be concerned.

“I am pretty sure you all are learning to be a magus so that you guys can defend our capital against any and all kinda threats. So imagine, if you got exhausted during a fight. What will you do? Will you say, ‘I am too tired and I need a break’ or will you continue fighting? I maybe, if you are a coward, you will just give up-“

“I will run *Huff* *Huff*”

The little Princess takes a deep breath.

I sit in the middle and try to listen to the Princess move again, “BEGIN!!!”

1000 meters, 4 minutes this time, 2000 meters, 10 minutes, 3000, 21 minutes, 4000, 34 minutes and 5000, 41 minutes.

“41 MINUTES 37 SECONDS!”

It took her longer than before but this will help her grow her leg’s stature.

“Again!” I say.

“*Huff* Huh?!”

The time recorded this time was, “49 MINUTES 31 SECONDS!”

“Again!”

“WHAT THE-“

“56 MINUTES 17 SECONDS!” The time has grown even more this time.

“AGAIN!”

“*Huff* *Huff*”

She is sweating heavily.

“Man...That guy is being really rough on the Princess...” Fran says as he looks at the ground.

“That’s what she gets, she did try to kill our new teacher.” Elena says.

“It’s not her mistake though...It was that guy-“

Valarie was trying to speak but Sasha interrupted her, “Don’t speak about him, if someone like the Princess or Miss Flesty hears you. You definitely will have trouble on your hands.” Sasha says as she sweats.

“But...” Valerie seems to be down.

“We should just complete the tasks he gave us...” Sven says.

“Yeah sure, whatever. My tasks are pretty damn easy.” Another one of the students who sits near Sven says.

Its lunch break as I get back up from the middle of the training ground, “The second half of the day will be undertaken by another teacher but I will be in the library if you guys have any doubts. Luke, Kaileen, pass on the message for me to the other students.” I say as I begin to walk away.

I need to know about what happened with Tarand and who he was. The only person I can ask this about to is the Grandmaster.

I reach the Grandmaster’s office but it seems he isn’t here.

“Great...” I sigh. Just when you need him the most, he isn’t here.

I will check up with him later on...I will go to the library and meet Horrell for now...Horrell...Maybe she might know about Tarand!

I quickly make my way towards the library.

I look around the library searching for the red-eyed girl but there doesn’t seem to be a single soul in this library except for the receptionist.

I look at the corner most seat near the window where a girl seems to be sitting. I sigh and make my way towards her. It’s without any doubt, Horrell.

“You know Sir, it feels weird that as soon as I entered the library everyone else left and the only person to come in here since then is you.” Horrell says as she stares at me.

“Good to see that you haven’t been stabbed yet again.” Horrell says as she gets back to reading the book, “What do you want?” Horrell asks.

“Hmm? How did you know that I wanted something from you?” I ask Horrell all confused, “A teacher who interrupts his own student’s study is not the type of teacher that you are...You must want something, that’s the reason you came.” Horrell says as she keeps her book aside.

“I see...” I sigh, I turn my voice into a pretty serious tone, “Horrell, tell me about Tarand.” Horrell’s eyes widen, “Why do you wanna know about Sir Tarand?” Horrell asks, “Quite specific reasons to be honest.” I reply. Horrell nods, “Meet me after school, I will answer you.” Horrell says.

I nod, “You should get back to studying, I will meet ya after school.” I say as I began to leave the library until I am interrupted by the receptionist, “Sir, you shouldn’t talk about Sir Tarand in this school so boldly or else you will be killed by one of the two Princesses.” The receptionist smiles.

“What? What do you mean by two Princesses? I am at lost here...Are there two Princesses in this school?” The receptionist isn’t responding now. Seriously, what’s with everyone in this school?!

I move out of the library, “Who is this other Princess that receptionist spoke of?” I am thinking as I hear footsteps.

Footsteps...Running...Someone is running...NO! NO! NO! NO! NOT AGAIN!

*Swoop*

I dodge this time around as I see a woman and a knife go past me.

“I told you...I told you...I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY!” This chick she screams at me...Wait a minute...It’s that chick I saw yesterday, the teacher that interrupted my scouting and also ran past me plus, “You didn’t tell me to stay away, you said I couldn’t replace him. How am I supposed to know that’s-“

*Swish*

She’s fast alright. She got in front of me in no time and trying to stab me again but this time...

*Swish*

“What?!”

“You really shouldn’t use a knife.” I say as I run past her with her knife, “It might hurt someone.” I throw away the knife, “Plus...

WHAT’S WITH ALL THE LADIES TRYNA STAB ME WITH A KNIFE?! IS THERE NO BETTER WEAPON?! OR MAYBE YOU COULD JUST COME AND CONFESS TO ME OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER!”

“I was thinking about giving you an easy death but you seem like the type who doesn’t want it.” The woman says to me. She seems to be in a real bad mood.

“Alright lady, I have no reason to fight ya. In fact, I would rather go on a hot date with ya but, why do you wanna fight me?” I ask the woman.

“Why? Why you ask?! First, you replace Sir Tarand, secondly, you treat that class like you wish and third, you just changed my sister’s tree without her consent and now you made me even angrier by asking me on a date! You are just as bad as a criminal!” The lady speaks.

Is she a child or something? Those reasons are...Very childish...

Wait, “You said I treat that class like I wish, I will treat it as I wish, that’s my class and I will teach them what they will benefit from. Not just give everyone the same thing and wait, what do you mean by a sister? I changed everyone’s tree without their consent. No one is gonna learn from a single tree when it’s not suitable for them.” I say rebelling against her statements, “Finally, I ain’t replacing anyone. I am just myself and I will continue being one.” I say as boast myself with pride.

“You aren’t a replacement? You aren’t a replacement? You aren’t a replacement?” What’s with her?

Suddenly out of nowhere, the woman starts to laugh like a maniac, “You are nothing but a replacement and trust me when I say ‘you are nothing but a replacement.’ The Grandmaster wouldn’t just consider you unique and bring you in. No one in this world is as unique as he was. You are nowhere as good as him.” This woman, her ideals have been blinded...The blind force of sacrifice, betrayal flows inside of her. She has already fallen into the Tree of Ares.

I sigh, “This is gonna be tough.” I say as I crack my neck.

Inside the classroom, “EVERYONE! MISS FLESTY AND SIR DAN ARE FIGHTING IN THE HALLWAY!” One of the students from the class says to the class 1-A.

“It was just a matter of time before she attacked...” The little Princess says.

“Shit...Sir Dan!” Luke quickly runs off followed by his classmates.

In the corridor,

“Alright, let me tell you this, if you hit me even once in the next 5 minutes, I will leave this academy but if you don’t, I am gonna need compensation for what you did.” I say as I crack my neck.

“Why you-“

“It’s a fair challenge, no one will have to die and you will never see me ever again. Of course, considering that you hit me in the next 5 minutes.” I say with a smile.

“SIR DAN!” I see Luke running behind me and coming towards me. It seems it’s only him.

“Luke, get the stopwatch out.” I say, “Sir Dan?” “Do it, Luke!” I order.

“Y-yes, sir!” Luke says and then removes the stopwatch out of his pant’s back pocket.

“Record time 5 minutes, when the time reaches 0, scream at the top of your Lung, “Sir Dan has won!” I say as I express my words with hands “and if she hits me even once then you say...Wait what’s your name?” I ask pointing at the lady.

“My name is Flesty Fracia, I am the First Princess of the Kingdom.” The woman says as she stares at me angrily.

“Yes, yes Flesty Fracia, The First-“

“The first-“

“The...First...”

“THE FIRST PRINCESS?!!!!! NO WONDER YOU WERE TRYING TO STAB ME!!! IT’S IN THE FAMILY! IT’S DEFINITELY IN THE FAMILY!!!!”

“Sir Dan...Has officially lost it...”

“I accept your challenge, hitting you once shouldn’t be a challenge. So I will do that.” Flesty says as she readies her stance.

I soon gain my composure, “Alright big Princess...As you wish.” I say as I stand calmly and take a deep breath.

Luke takes a deep breath, “BEGIN!!!!!!”