Chapter 5.Welcome to the summoners school.(3)

Useless teachers got fired, anduseful teachers got scouted in. Becauseof this, everyone became busy, one way orthe other.

-So whyare you slacking around?

[I am not slacking. Those atthe top simply tend to not do anything.]

I, along with the vice principal andthe principal, began to take a look ata pile of documents laid out infront of us. What is this, you ask?! It is the crucial bit of information thatwould prepare us forthe upcoming war!

A month beforenew students actually apply to the schools they want to go to, the students visit the four schools inthe capital fora total of three days.

Sincethese are the schools the kids would be stuck with forfour years straight, it is essential thatthey check it out first!

Well, a lot of them probably made their choice about what school theyd like to go to, butthere are cases wherea fraction of these people change their minds afterthe three day event. Thats going to be essential forus.

Well have to be careful of Marcis.

I feel like I said this before, butmagic andsummoning is similar. No, ifyou were to look atit from a slightly different angle, you might aswell say thatsummoning branched off of magic.

Becauseof this, Marcis was this schools primary enemy!

Its good thatMarcis is taking inan unusually small amount of students this year.

Right a student blew up half the dorms last year, andit looks like the school is still repairing the buildings.

Good talents arent always good. Ifproblem kids have talent, they cause all kinds of trouble, andsometimes the school becomes unable to take care of these problems.

Doesnt matter. Now, how many students will we take inforthis year?

Normally, we take in400, so

The two people infront of me stared atme with expectant eyes. Normally, Yugrasia took inabout 350 to 400 students, butthey took in320 last year. Sincethey said there was a lot of space

100. Thatshould be good enough.

Shouldnt we take inabout 200?

No, 100 is enough. Are the professors ready?

Weve recruited the 2 of best of our graduates, Muam andArhan, inour ranks. Not only are they the best summoners the school produced inrecent years, they are also very well known inthe summoners world aswell.

Graduates Well have to get about three more of them beforethe school starts. Ah, you said these people were knights?

Yes. Theyre both elders inthe summoners association. They might be knights inname, buttheyre actually closer to being soldiers.

Thats good. Then, could you please ask the two ifthey could recruit some of their friends to join this school?

Understood.

Like this, I slowly made everything work the way I wanted it to, andthus my plan came to fruition. And, atthe very next day, at11AM

Thats quite a lot of people.

Inside the supersized auditorium thatthe four schools often used to host competitions were thousands of people trying.

These schools can be said to be the future of the empire, soits obvious thatlots of nobles would try to come in.

Hm I didnt think people like the imperial treasurer orthe duke to be here, though.

Both of them graduated from Mercaria andArucia with full marks. Its already well-established thatthey come every year to scout new graduates.

Do they take anyone from our school?

No

-Pls, have some mercy. Youre making the principal cry.

Yeah, I know. Asa man whoused to be someone whoran one of the best schools inthe continent, seeing his school crumble down to nothing must be quite sad.

Things will change from nowon.

Professor

Its been said thatthat summoners are usually quite emotional the principal didnt really seem to be the exception to thatrule, it seems.

The treasurer, the duke, andseveral other nobles started by giving speeches regarding the future of the empire, andthe importance of students. Then, the principals from different schools came up to appeal to all the different students inthe auditorium, andtalked about all the people they produced over the years.

-Everyone seems quite excited about this.

[Just the parents. The kids are probably bored to death.]

The principal of Mercaria, whoused the imperial treasurer asa representative to talk passionately about the school, andthe principal of Arucia, whopraised the duke endlessly about his sword skills to the point of making the man embarrassed, werent too bad. Hoho, Marcis, however? They brought over the master of the Magic Tower, andtalked about how magic was great, andhow much money they had it was embarrassing. IfI were to give an example of how bad it got

We, the school of Marcis, are being funded by the Magic Towers, andall the ingredients we use inour experiments can be acquired atless thanthe market price. Also, the teachers will be hand-picked by all the different masters of Magic Towers inthe Empire, andthey will do their best inorder to pass onall their knowledge to their students! Magic is a great scholarly subject thatleads to great things. Andprecisely becauseof that, we need great students filled with passion andmotivation!

You might be wondering whya speech like thatmight be boring, but consider the following. The other schools all basically said what thatman said beforehim. Mercaria talked about cheaper textbooks, andsomething about intelligence being something thatcannot ever be surpassed Arucia pretty much said the same thing aswell.

-Boring

[Im falling asleep]

They shouldve just picked out a single principal to talk instead orsomething. Sorepetitive The students are probably dying of boredom right now. Of course, the parents are all carefully inspecting all the different schools.

And now, Principal Keitaman will be giving a speech representing the Summoners School of Yugrasia.

We, the school of Yugrasia, are being funded by the entire summoners association, andall the tools we use inour studies can be acquired atless thanthe market price. Also, the countless graduates of the past will come to teach, andthese teachers will do their best inorder to inherit all their knowledge to the students! Summoning is a great scholarly subject thatleads to great things. Andprecisely becauseof that, we need great students filled with passion andmotivation!

-The principal betrayed us! I thought he would be special! I thought he might be different!

[We seriously should just hire one guy to say everything forall the schools.]

Andwhen the vice principal basically said the exact same thing asthe principal, I began to suspect thatall the speeches here today was written by a single person. No, thatcant be the case, right? Ifa single person wrote that, he wouldnt have the gall to just copy his speech over andover again

Next, professor Nicerwin from Yugrasia will be presenting a short speech forthe students.

Whatever, its time to go. I put my paper inthe back pocket, andstood up. I already memorized everything. Just glancing atyour paper fora moment might cast doubt inthe hearts of parents, soits important thatI speak with confidence. Sometimes, thatcan be the deciding factor whenit comes to persuading others.

I do not think thatthere are a lot of people trying to get into Yugrasia atthe moment.

The entire audience began to mumble whenI said this. Butthen again, changing an adversity to an opportunity can only begin whenone recognizes his problems.

Last year, we werent evenable to fill the quota forthe amount of new students. Every wealthy household inthis nation already knows a thing ortwo about summoning. Ifthat were the case, it would be better forthem to just go to Marcis to study summoning along with magic.

Its not just better. Its fantastic. Andbecauseof that, Yugrasias about to collapse.

Thats whywe changed. We kicked out all the unmotivated teachers, andhired different experts both skilled andexperienced. The students will change, too. Instead of taking inhundreds of students just formoney, well just recruit a hundred students whoare truly talented.

The audience began to mumble oncemore. A hundred? How will the school run? Stuff like thatcame out of a few peoples mouths.

I promise you this. Our school will require the most amount of studying, andthe highest tuition. Students will study from ten inthe morning, all the way to seven inthe evening. Ifneed be, the professors will stay awake tilldawn instructing all the students. Atany time inthe day, ornight, the professors will be there to help the children.

The eyes of the students seemed to rot away, andtheir expressions clearly seemed to say I dont want to go there. Butthe parents are different! Their eyes are shining indelight! The ones whowould send the kids to school are the parents anyway! The kids opinions are worth less thanshit. Ratherthanappealing to the students, it is important to appeal to the parents instead!

Classes will change aswell. Normally, we would have one professor incharge of an entire class. Butthis year, we will have four professors working inone classroom. Whilea single professor lectures the class, the other three professors will be next to the students, always trying to assist them inany way.

By doing this, it is possible to stop the students from doing anything else other thanstudying. Eventhe best teachers have a blind spot. I, the student whoalways sat atthe back corner playing mobile games, can proudly tell you thatit is simply not possible fora single person to monitor an entire class. But! With this, slacking becomes impossible! There can be no blind spots whenthere are four professors inthe room! Thatisnt all, of course. Some students feel thatthey would interrupt a flow of the class whenthey try to ask a question, sothey choose not to do it. Having teachers to help you atany time will make it easier forstudents to ask questions.

So please, do consider coming to the new Yugras

Wait! Arent you Nicerwin Ein, the man whois known to have the most amount of knowledge regarding summoned beasts?!

I smiled a dirty-ass smile inside whenone of the parents shouted thatout.

Yes, I am.

So the information thatyou have regarding summoned beasts are inthe school aswell? I heard thatyou know all about them! Is it actually true thatyou have information regarding S-ranked beasts?! Also, does the summoners book thatyou claimed to have made actually exist?!

The best way to form a contract with a summoned beast is to know about the thing. The location, environment, andthe objects around it all matter.

Andstrangely enough, most of the summoned beasts inthis world are beings thatappear inmyths from my original world. Becauseof that, I know the general details regarding each andevery one of them.

You want the summoners book? You can have it! Search forit! I left everything this world has to offer inthat book!

The audience burst into an uproar assoonasI said that. The summoners book. It is said to be a book thatis filled with my theories andmy knowledge, a book thatis unlike any other!

-I dont recall you ever making thatthough?

[I should probably do it now.]

Id probably be arrested ifI didnt make one.