The course of education for the students who use magic had been decided.
And right in time, those students came back, all worn out.
About an hour had passed in real time, so it would have been quite a tough long run for the students who mainly use magic since they don’t have much stamina to begin with.
The magic users also need stamina but this should be sufficient.
Leaving the rest to the instructors, as we planned in the meeting, I turned to look towards the leading actors, the combat-type students.
And then-
“Run, run! Even in your dreams, you can’t even win with Magnus and his party like that!”
The combat type instructor Brown shouted passionately, as if he was a different person. Even the three other accompanying instructors also looked like they were having a hard time. Instructor Brown’s last spurt was that bloodcurdling.
One of the instructors, Peter, even said,
“B-brown-sensei, the-there’s no need to be that intense from the start now—”
And acted as proxy for the students.
However, such a remark from instructor Peter too was thrown away easily.
“Be quiet! If we’re doing this, we’re doing this to win! Shouldn’t we make frantic efforts with that spirit? Am I wrong? If you’re going to be like that, you’re never going to get the reward from Rimu—Satoru-sensei!”
But still, this guy…
Hasn’t his objective changed?
Moreover, wasn’t he just about to casually call out my name? That is kinda worrying.
“Right, it seems I was in the wrong. Rimu—I mean, Satoru-sensei is watching. We are not allowed to be lenient—You guys, get psyched up!!”
“That’s right, Peter-sensei! We are in no position to be compromising! Now, you guys—run as if your life depends on it!”
“””YEAAHH!!”””
U-umm…
It seems instructor Peter was also the same.
Why are the instructors being all serious?!
You’re leaving the students behind.
But, that’s fine.
That’s fine but… the students, did they get brainwashed over this past week or something?
Their eyes fired up and they started running desperately.
They ran at full speed, using all their remaining strength and even more perhaps.
Using the optimum distribution of their energy and magic to reduce their exhaustion simultaneously.
What is it that’s stirring up these students this much?
Don’t tell me… they aren’t aiming for the reward I talked about… are they?
I could only pray that it was my imagination that made it look like they wanted the reward more than letting Magnus and the others have a piece of their mind.
Until night came that day, they had been doing the long runs.
As expected, everyone was completely exhausted.
They were flat out empty of mana and couldn’t even stand up properly.
But after drinking the drink I made, with a hint of the restoration medicine mixed in, they were able to recover enough to at least walk.
