Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 385 - Kabak Inter-Academy Exchange (1)

Vogue Academy, which had maintained the top position in the Demon Empire for many years, brought its finest to attend this inter-academy exchange.

“I hear there’s something called a master teacher in the Holy Empire. It’s said to be similar in meaning to our meister teacher.”

“How many did they say there were?”

“There’s one at Freya Academy.”

“Just one? Must be difficult to become one.”

Vogue Academy had quite a small number of students.

Among them, five students were wearing special clothes, and the aura they exuded was extraordinary.

“They look pleased, don’t they?”

“They look pale. Faces that have grown up happily in a greenhouse.”

“Can those guys even fight?”

The students of Vogue Academy had much sharper expressions than those of the Holy Empire academies.

While moving, they encountered students from Covington Academy.

Intense gazes.

The students of Covington Academy, overwhelmed by the pressure, were the first to avert their eyes.

“Hehehe.”

The Vogue Academy students laughed sinisterly.

They thought that the Holy Empire academy students were less impressive than expected.

They even started to think that they might easily win this exchange festival.

However, as other academies began to appear, that thought changed.

“That’s Freya Academy, right? Those guys wearing clothes with elaborate patterns.”

“They seem pretty good.”

“Didn’t they win last year? This might be interesting.”

“Still, nothing much to fear. The teachers kept saying the level was quite high and told us not to let our guard down. Hah, it’s just so-so!”

Of course, they hadn’t seen Freya Academy’s representative students yet, but the level of the students gathered here all seemed about the same.

The Vogue Academy students giggled among themselves as they waited for the last academy.

“Well, there were a lot of rumors.”

“Those Holy Empire guys always exaggerate when spreading rumors. But let’s keep our expectations up.”

The Vogue Academy students waited with grins for the Ivecar Academy students who had not yet arrived.

And they were able to achieve their goal not long after.

The entire Ivecar Academy, which had just arrived, was heading towards the dormitory.

The representative teacher was at the front, and behind him, the students were walking in formation.

The Vogue students, who had been looking forward to this, instantly froze their expressions upon seeing them.

“…What?”

At that moment, they unconsciously reached for their weapons.

The aura they exuded was no joke.

The pressure was so sharp that they felt they might be attacked first if they didn’t prepare to draw their weapons.

While the representative teacher leading them looked utterly ordinary, the aura emanating from the students following him was so intense that it was hard to believe they were students.

It felt like a well-maintained sword.

It was doubtful whether they were really academy students receiving education like themselves.

“……”

The Vogue Academy students, who had been noisily evaluating students from other academies, fell silent. They couldn’t bring themselves to speak.

The Ivecar Academy students had given such a shock to the Vogue Academy students.

“…This is a big problem.”

“Are they really students like us?”

The Vogue Academy students looked at each other and shook their heads. They realized how foolish it had been to snicker while looking at the Freya Academy students.

It wasn’t just the students who were surprised.

“I heard that the representative teacher of Ivecar was Claudie Hyde…”

“Claudie looks that ordinary?”

“No. Claudie was standing at the very back of the formation. I saw his face.”

“Then is that person Ethan Whiskers?”

Agorn, a teacher from Vogue Academy, frowned as he looked at Ethan.

He looked too ordinary to be the Ethan of so many rumors.

“Teacher Wigen, how does he look to you?”

The representative teacher of Vogue was called Wigen.

If there were master teachers in the Holy Empire, there were those called meister teachers in the Demon Empire.

Wigen was one of those meister teachers.

Considered as one of the most excellent teacher in Vogue Academy’s 150-year history, and it was thanks to Wigen that Vogue Academy could easily participate in this inter-academy exchange.

“We did well to participate in the exchange.”

Wigen looked at Ethan and smiled.

“The continent is indeed vast. There’s no need to be confined to just the Demon Empire.”

While the students and teachers of Vogue Academy were surprised by Ivecar,

Students from other academies also saw the late-arriving Ivecar Academy students.

“Wh-What is this?”

“What’s with them? No, what on earth happened… in just a year?”

Even though the exchange hadn’t even started yet, Ivecar Academy was already leaving a strong impression on the other academies.

The Ivecar that everyone used to ignore was no more.

As a reevaluation of Ivecar was taking place,

There were exactly two people who weren’t surprised.

“Didn’t I tell you?”

One was Nathan, the Five Star of Freya Academy and Ethan’s younger brother.

Nathan Whiskers had expected this to happen, so far from being surprised, he was rather angry.

“No, what exactly did my brother do…?”

When he had received a brief education in the Whiskers territory, Nathan had been able to clearly see his brother Ethan’s abilities.

Therefore, he had expected that the students educated by his brother would certainly be well-trained.

But seeing them in person, they far exceeded his expectations.

“Damn it.”

Nathan, along with the other four stars, had worked like crazy in preparation for the exchange.

They had received harsh training under the direction of Draxler, the master teacher, but seeing the Ivecar students made him quite anxious.

At that moment, someone strongly massaged Nathan’s shoulders.

When Nathan turned his head, Draxler had somehow approached.

“Ugh!”

“Relax, Nathan. We didn’t come here to fight to the death.”

“…Yes, you’re right.”

“Don’t worry. We trained our best during the second semester, didn’t we? That’s enough. Just pour out everything you’ve learned so far.”

“Yes, I understand.”

However, even Draxler, who said this, was actually greatly surprised inside.

Draxler wasn’t surprised because the aura exuded by the Ivecar students was extraordinary.

“Teacher Ethan Whiskers… just how strong are you?”

Draxler saw Ethan for the first time today.

He had heard quite a lot about his achievements and the numerous rumors surrounding him. But this was the first time he had seen him face to face, and the Ethan in the stories was very different from his actual appearance.

The Ethan in the rumors was said to be one of the strongest in the continent, so his presence alone should have been overwhelming, but the Ethan he saw in person looked very ordinary.

So ordinary that if not told that this person was Ethan Whiskers, one wouldn’t recognize him.

Ethan’s presence was so well-controlled that he appeared utterly ordinary on the surface.

It was truly frightening that someone who couldn’t possibly be ordinary appeared so ordinary.

It meant he had transcended a certain level and could freely change.

Draxler let out a long sigh.

“I guess I’ll have to swallow my pride a bit.”

This exchange. It seemed he would have to discard any light-hearted thoughts.

And the other person,

Kai Felix, who had been rivals with Ethan at the new teacher training seminar, stuck out his tongue.

“This… It’s not about winning anymore, we need to be careful not to embarrass ourselves.”

Kai Felix looked at the students Ethan had educated.

“I was really looking forward to seeing how he would teach his students and what results he would produce.”

Ethan’s performance at the training seminar was the very embodiment of a versatile teacher.

If asked what a teacher aiming to become a master teacher should look like, one could simply point to Ethan.

“Teacher Kai, it really… wasn’t an exaggeration. Are they really students? I see there are even first-year students, but how can students have such an aura…”

“I told you clearly!”

The new teachers who had attended the training seminar belatedly expressed their thoughts.

“I said we should prepare for Teacher Ethan Whiskers! I told you many times that he wasn’t just impressive because it was a new teacher training seminar!”

“But… Teacher Ethan Whiskers himself looked ordinary?”

The teachers from other academies who were watching also acknowledged the state of Ivecar’s students.

However, for some reason, Ethan Whiskers himself didn’t seem as impressive as the rumors suggested.

“…Something seems different though. Teacher Ethan Whiskers can’t possibly be ordinary. He must be restraining himself.”

“It’s not something that can be achieved just by restraint. Maybe Teacher Ethan Whiskers isn’t in good condition. After all, he’s brought his students’ form up to that level.”

“It might even be an opportunity for us.”

The academies that had confirmed the last-arriving Ivecar gradually disappeared.

It seemed they were going to set definite plans in preparation for this exchange.

***

This inter-academy exchange was composed of a total of 4 days.

From the opening ceremony on the first day of the exchange to the closing ceremony, it was packed with competitions between each academy.

The first event was the opening ceremony. This opening ceremony was held in a vast open space in Kabak.

“Each academy will enter separately.”

A booming voice echoed to the far end.

The host of this exchange was also the Total Academy Management Bureau.

The Total Academy Management Bureau was an organization that managed the academies of the Holy Empire, composed of retired principals from various academies.

Because it was composed of former principals from various academies, there could have been biased situations, but because they were very cautious within the management bureau, they would take immediate action if such a thing happened.

There were already many cases where positions had been lost due to such incidents. So, at this point, only fair and just individuals remained in the management bureau. Only those who would push any student of the Holy Empire to devote themselves to the development of the empire.

The first to enter was Ivecar Academy.

Fluttering-!

Ethan, holding a huge flag embroidered with Ivecar’s emblem, stood at the very front leading the students.

Behind Ethan stood the 10 representative students, and behind them stood the Ivecar students participating in this exchange.

“Ivecar Academy, representative teacher Ethan Whiskers.”

After Ivecar Academy came Vogue Academy.

“Vogue Academy, representative teacher Wigen White.”

“Freya Academy, representative teacher Draxler X.”

“Goode Academy, representative teacher Incine Hunter.”

“Covington Academy, representative teacher Urdar Ren.”

“Saturn Academy, representative teacher Casino Yurdrassil.”

The representative teachers and students of each academy entered, and behind them stood the teachers participating in this exchange.

“We will now begin the opening ceremony.”