"Teacher Lin, are you a user of ice magic swordsman?"

After dinner, as the servants were clearing the table, Mudreisd spoke up.

Quite a direct question, but most people would deny it, wouldn't they?

"Yes. What's the matter?"

Too bad I'm not like most people.

"Indeed... Although my intelligence network can't determine your exact background, I presume you have some connection with the Wood family in the Chelfa Kingdom."

"My identity must have caused you some trouble."

"Not at all. Please don't mind, Teacher Lin. It's necessary to do thorough intelligence work for the safety of our children."

Do you know that it was also me who scrapped all the air battle airships that were supposed to be dispatched initially? If you knew, you wouldn't be able to talk to me so calmly, right?

But who knows, maybe the other party has such a high level of patience.

"However, I believe you didn't invite me just to discuss my origins, did you? That doesn't benefit you in any way, does it?"

"That's true. Teacher Lin, you speak frankly, so I won't beat around the bush. I would like to ask you to provide special tutoring for Herd, to rapidly enhance his abilities as a water magic knight."

"Well, you don't need to ask for it specifically. As Herd's teacher, of course I want my students to become stronger. Otherwise, Herd wouldn't have made progress on the path of the water magic knight, would he?"

Saying this, I looked at Herd.

Our eyes met, and he awkwardly looked away. Even though the subject was about him now, with his father present, he didn't dare to speak at all.

Suddenly, I had the idea of helping him break free from his family's control, but it seemed too troublesome, so the thought quickly passed.

But things don't seem to be as simple as I thought.

Ding, New Title Unlocked: Guide LV1

As guiding unit, can edit new party units: Apprentice

Receive 5% experience boost mutually, can choose to learn specific skills from each other.

Level 1: Can edit up to 3 apprentice units

Ding, New Mission Unlocked

Character Subplot - Aristocratic Betrayal

Guide Herd to betray the Sheldon family

Reward: Guide LV2, 5000 experience points

Elite Challenge: Complete the guidance without being discovered by the Sheldon family

Elite Reward: Guide LV3, 10,000 experience points

Oh my, dear World, are you too idle now? Can I refuse this task? It feels so cumbersome...

But considering the skill looks pretty good, I'll accept it, and then casually include Oyado and Herd in the apprentice ranks.

I've been wanting to learn those strange skills on Oyado, and as for Herd, being a water magic knight sounds intriguing, so let's collect that.

As for Aliyah, do we even need this skill for learning skills? It's completely unnecessary.

I just wonder how the apprentices will learn my skills. Will their insight increase? If they can learn, then learn they shall. Learning my high-cost magic will only waste their energy.

"Teacher Lin?"

I snapped back to reality upon hearing the other party speak.

"Have you made your decision? The condition I mentioned, having Herd by your side to learn, is the way for him to progress faster. Of course, we are willing to bear any inconvenience."

"Well, hmm..."

After some thought, I smiled.

"Talking about money is too vulgar, I just happen to have something that I would like you to help me with."

"Please go ahead, if it's something I can do, I will definitely not hesitate."

"It's very simple, you see, in our class there are two young people from the Marshall family. My condition is that during my tenure, do not cause any trouble for them. I don't want my students living in danger every day. Honestly, this is a battle between your older generation, isn't it?"

"... You are right, Lin teacher, it was within my expectations that you would bring up this point. Perhaps I wouldn't have agreed before, but seeing that you are indeed impartial and have truly made Herd progress, I feel that you are trustworthy. I will of course agree to this condition, but of course, the conditions I mentioned earlier will not be less. So Herd, Lin teacher, please take care of him."

"Of course, no problem."

We clinked our glasses, and the matter was considered settled.

This had already exceeded my expectations, after all, if a family interfered, matters of treasure hunting would be quite troublesome.

Speaking of treasure hunting...

"Oh, Mr. Sheldon, there is one more thing I would like to ask you about. There is a girl in our class named Bessie, I heard that her arm was attached with a humanoid arm. Is that your family's doing?"

"Oh, you're talking about the Shelley family's girl, right? Now that you mention it, it does ring a bell. But that is not our family's product. How should I put it, after all, it's a humanoid, even if it can host souls, but to perfectly integrate the body and humanoid, our family actually can't do that."

While saying this, the other seemed a bit helpless.

"What's wrong? Teacher, are you interested in that?"

"Not really, after all, Bessie is now in my class, and she has been absent for a long time. I wonder if it's related."

"Haha, it seems that Lin teacher is really responsible for every student, ah... about that arm, I do have some information."

"Oh?"

This old guy, teasing.

"Yes, about this."

The other rested their chin.

"You should go find a surgeon named Mishua Menrode, they say he's in Nightsteel City, but he's hard to find."

...

Why does that sound familiar?