RImuru's Elegant Escape Play

Chapter 21

The day finally came.

And we were fully prepared.

Even the poison tiger looked enthusiastic about it. If things went according to plan, victory will not be too difficult to attain.

Of course, I myself wasn't going to fight. So I would just be cheering them on.

"Master, will we be able to win?"

I answered these anxious questions without hesitation.

"How should I know!"

Yes.

Will we be able to win? Are they still thinking in such weak terms?

It's not about questioning yourself. We'll win! That's the kind of intensity you needed...

"Don't worry. We will win!"

"Yes, Julius is right. Do what you have to do and don't think about anything else. If everyone fulfils their roles, we will surely be victorious!"

Oh, Julius and Karma. You guys do say such good things sometimes.

Yes, that was exactly right.

Just give it a try. If it doesn't work, then we'll think about it when the time comes.

We won't have a chance of winning if we've given up before even starting.

"Exactly! It seems like Julius and Karma really understand it. Well, just give it your all. I and the other teachers will be watching!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Perhaps those words encouraged them, because all of the hesitation and worry seemed to disappear from the students.

They would be fine if they could continue like that.

Still, Julius and Karma were two people that thought very differently, and yet they had come a lot closer than I would have expected.

One of them was a noble. And a royal heir.

The other was the son of a soldier. A beastkin, who are connected with monsters.

They stood in very different positions, but they helped each other unpretentiously.

This fact alone showed that this survival training had worked.

Create a dangerous situation and expose the true nature of people.

It was a drastic form of treatment, but it had succeeded this time.

In this world now, beastkin were a part of humanity.

Even goblins and orcs were part of a group known as demi- humans, who were in the same group.

And yet, there was still a strong, deep-rooted prejudice there.

It would be hard to be rid of it completely, but I always thought that children could overcome this barrier known as prejudice with ease.

No, perhaps it was still difficult.

It took a lot of time to change the way people think, and it was better to do it slowly.

You can tell someone to start liking someone they hate, but they won't come around to it so easily.

However, I did feel that if you ignored the opinions of adults, and relied only on your own eyes, ears and experience to judge others, you would have a surprisingly different way of looking at people.