(He really meant it when he said 4:30 in the morning….)

Fighting extreme drowsiness mixed with a tiny hint of annoyance Rose staggered to her feet to the bright and energetic voice of her instructor that she for some reason wanted to punch in the face, repeatedly. Outside her tent it was still mostly dark, as the only sources of light in the camp was the natural starlight and few torches that lit up some of the teachers areas. Having made his way to the next tent Dax quietly opened it up and inspected the sleeping residents inside before putting on a smile as he took a deep breath.

"Rise and s.h.i.+ne!"

Sounding as bright and energetic as possible Dax proceed to scare the s.h.i.+t out of the first year students inside the tent before catching a pillow that was flying towards his face.

"Nice aim. This is mine now, if you want it back get the f.u.c.k up and ghatter at the center of camp."

Briefly inspecting the 7th trophy he had collected within 5 minutes Dax continued his terrorising of the students under his care until all were at least somewhat awake and gathered were the mess.

"Good morning! Girls will start peeling potatoes for the stew, boys with me. we're going to a.s.semble the mess, starting with the cauldrons."

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Pointing to the carriage's filled to the brim with vegetables behind him as well as the heap of disa.s.sembled equipment Dax saw the energy and enthusiasm drain from the faces of his students.

"After the initial work is done you can all go back to sleep, if you're fast that will be in 30 minutes. Let's get this done, I've been on guard duty all night so I'm absolutely smashed."

While leaving out that 'guard duty' involved getting smashed with Jessica and her husband, while making sure the drones under ICI's control don't accidentally shoot students staying up late Dax managed to inspire at least some resemblance of enthusiasm in the sleepy first years.

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When dawn finally arrived Lux stopped meditating and checked her ICI unit to find out what time it was.

(5:30… Time to start the day.)

Just like Dax Lux didn't need to sleep, so she usually didn't. Instead she kept busy by updating herself on combat reports, as well as compiling profiles on the various powers and creatures throughout the strange world she had somehow found herself a part of. Tonights study had been on the large flying species of flying reptiles the natives referred to as 'dragons' or 'dragonkin', the definition was a bit unclear.

(So is it still somehow considered a dragon even if it has no wings? But a flying and clearly reptile called a 'c.o.c.katrice' is not a dragon…. Honestly why do I bother with this? All that's important is to know is what kind of weaponry kills them. Maybe I'll ask Terra to join some of her anti monster courses…)

Lux is a very cautious person by nature, she is very much aware that she could be killed by any of those fantastical beings without any warning, at any time. It is for that reason she constantly seeks out knowledge on her opponents, even if it doesn't seem like it she strides to remains calm and collected at all times.

"Get the f.u.c.k out of your tent NOW!"

But there are expectations to any rule, for Lux the prime one being children, or just childlike behavior in general.

(They already knew what they were getting into by joining this expedition, so why the f.u.c.k are they so reluctant? It was clearly stated that we start the day on the expedition early, h.e.l.l if they were here as first years last time they would have gotten up even earlier…)

A large part of the n.o.ble children had chosen to skip out on the expedition exactly for those reasons, all claiming a mix of family circ.u.mstances, n.o.ble responsibilities and so on.

".. Morning Mare, get out here."

"Mmm. Morning."

Stopping in front of another tent that still had its owner inside Lux was about to shout again when she noticed it was Mare's tent, and that she was already awake and dressed. Walking out of her tent after saying good morning to Lux Mare took a deep breath before smelling the morning air as her large ears twitched while she took in the surroundings.

(... Food, beef stew….. But not yet.)

Suppressing her rumbling stomach Mare yawned loudly as she joined her cla.s.smates for the morning exercise.

"Morning."

"Good morning Mare!.... Are you fine?"

"Hungry."

"Yeah me too, let's get this over with fast, I want to eat until I drop."

"That's not going to be a good idea Rudy. Morning Mare~"

While warning her friend about the dangers of overeating before being physically active for long periods of time Mai said good morning to her other friend while patting her head, radiating energy all the while.

"But I want to eat a lot! Also how are you girls not sleepy?"

"Because we're usually up and about long before this, riiiight?~"

""Riiight~""

"I feel left out somehow!"

After forcing the 2nd and 3rd years trough morning exercise with the help of Jessica and Finn, which both had light hangovers, Lux lead the students and hungry teachers alike to the mess. The mess area was located in the center of camp and served many other purposes than just providing students and teachers a place to eat and relax, in an emergency it would be a gathering place and Dax even made sure that the CAS-7A had s.p.a.ce to land for setting up a field hospital.

"What the f.u.c.k?"

But it appeared to serve none of those several functions at the moment. Instead of Dax that would have welcomed them to the mess there was a single sign planted into the ground.

'Self service.' Is what it said.

After getting over her momentary lapse of judgement due to the sheer stupidity Dax expressed in writing Lux felt her check starting to twitch as she suddenly felt the urge to punch him in the face, repeatedly.

"Of all the f.u.c.king things.."

As Lux's voice deepened in tone the people around her suddenly took their distance, as if their life depended on it. Well it did.

"Give him a moment to slack off and he will…. Please excuse me for a moment, I suddenly need to go slaughter someone."

"... Sure, go ahead."

In the face of absolute bloodl.u.s.t like she had never seen nor sensed before it could be considered a miracle that Jessica even managed to give Lux the go ahead, let alone breathe normally. Lux quickly accessed the drone surveillance network before cross referencing the surrounding camp for Dax's cybernetic signature.

"There he is… Oh I'm going to flay you alive~"

Having found her target Lux headed straight for it, completely ignoring the ready made breakfast with another self service sign. Finding Dax under a pavilion Lux's rage completely disappeared as she froze in place.

"So that's where he's been all along…"

As Finn went to find Lux and Dax's remains he found him sleeping in a giant pile consisting of him and the first years that had found shade under a small pavilion.

"What are they doing? I'll w"

"Don't."

interrupting Finn halfway Lux grabbed his hand to stop him from getting closer to Dax and first years as she narrowed her eyes and examined Dax in greater detail.

"He's actually sleeping…"

"Yeah, what else would he be doing?"

"This is the first time that he's sleeping naturally in at least a few hundred years.. Leave them be. It's the first years rest time at the moment, they can do what they want in that time."

"Okay, I'll go and organize breakfast with the other teachers."

Sensing that there was something special going on Finn left Lux alone while covering for Dax. As Finn left Lux looked at the pile of sleeping people that had Dax in the center and a smile started spreading on her face.

"How the h.e.l.l did he come to be the most feared individual in the Galactic Empire…. He should just have become some random caring teacher somewhere."