The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

What Really Happened that Friday (Side Chapter)

***The main building of the Academy, the 18th hour of Friday, first week of June...***

As it was the weekend after the start of classes, Kuro wanted to make sure that everything was in order before leaving the school for two days. Well, there was a small squad of paladins assigned for securing the campus premises. However, their duties were purely patrolling the school grounds; arranging classrooms were not part of their responsibilities.

"..."

Although he officially opened the school year five days ago, Kuro had instructed his faculty and non-teaching staff to teach their students to learn to clean their own rooms before leaving. He specifically stated that it was the children—not their accompanying servants—who would sweep the floors, erase the boards, arrange the chairs, and take out the trash. Kuro meant for them to become responsible adults, and he believed he communicated it well to his co-workers.

The first couple of days were challenging, for most of the noble kids wouldn't even touch an eraser, and their equally-entitled teachers sympathized with their plight. However, Maddie was quick to intervene, and soon, most of the students were following the school policies.

"..."

Still, there were those who seemed to not understand the purpose behind such directives, or simply believed that because there was an army of non-teaching staff (janitors) working there, it was the school's responsibility to clean after the mess made by the students.

This is where Kuro comes in.

Aside from checking the cleanliness of the classrooms, he would also arrange and sweep what needs to be swept. The janitors had already went around earlier, just after the last student left. However, Kuro—in his full 'teacher mode'—found out that they only cleaned what was visible. It was not thorough.

"..."

Of course, he was pissed. He already planned to talk to the faculty and the non-teaching staff about it, once the classes resume on Monday. But then, he also realized that, as of now, he couldn't do much because everyone had already vacated the school premises (save for the paladin security). So instead of whining, he immediately got to work in the messy rooms. By then, he was in his fifth classroom when his vision suddenly went dark.

"!!!"

"Guess who?"

"Lily, I know your voice," he answered.

Turning around, Kuro saw the Head Maid, along with Maddie and Eris.

"We're wondering why you haven't come back in the palatial gardens," his young maidservant explained. "So when we learned that you're still here, Her Holiness teleported us, along with some snacks."

"Oh, thanks!" Kuro got the basket from Eris and placed it on a nearby desk. "Well, I still got a couple more rooms to clean and arrange after this, so I guess we can eat those later? Or you can go ahead of me."

"Are you joking, Mister?" Lily chuckled. "We'll help you as well!"

"Nah. You're already tired," Kuro replied. "Take a rest now."

"We can't do that, milord—I mean, K-Kuro!" Eris was quick to counter him. "At least, let us help with something. This is why we came here anyway, isn't that right, Your Holiness?"

Maddie, who was leisurely floating around, answered, "H-Ha? Help? Of course, I'll help. I'll incinerate those brats for pushing their responsibilities on my poor Kuro."

"I'm not sure if that's really helping..." Kuro could only scratch his head.

"Yes, of course, it's not!" Lily put a broom on Maddie's hand. "You're helping us sweep the floors, Your Kind Holiness! And no incinerating anyone as per Kuro's request."