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Ron sat back down in a fluster. He was blushing in embarrassment. He didn't expect things to end this way and he thanked his lucky star. From the start, he never expected that neither of those were real. Though one could debate on it, they were both fake in the end. It was unexpected but it was what saved him. Otherwise, he would not have been able to figure out who was the real one. After all, both of the fakes hadn't reacted at all!

As he was fidgeting on his seat, still under heavy adrenaline, Ivan told him: "That pen was worth 1000 bucks"

He nearly collapsed from that sentence. 1000 was a lot to him. It was apparently nothing to Ivan as the kid was smiling brightly at Ron as if the pen didn't matter as he tapped his back twice before he said: "But it was worth losing it. You truly impressed me there"

Ivan didn't mind losing a pen. The fact that he saw someone throwing a pen at a teacher on the first day of school was much more valuable. It would be a memory he wouldn't forget in a long while. It was not something everyone could witness in their lives. He could bet it was the first time the teacher had someone threw stuff at him too, even though it was only at his robot… This put Ivan in a good mood. Not only him, the other students were chuckling as well. There was even one who had filmed it all through his wrist-com and was already sharing it with the excited classmates. This lesson had truly captivated the students.

Seeing them like that, the teacher knew he would never be able to move on with the lesson. They were too impressed and on high. He sighed and decided to end things early this time. It was probably the first time a group of students managed to get the answer anyways, he could give them a little gift. He told them: "We will stop here for today as I believe this introduction was eventful enough. This should have given you a taste of our future discussions. We'll meet again on Friday"

The students rejoiced and continued to fervently chat as the teacher left. This time, Ron truly left a deep impression on them. He would be labeled as 'that kid who threw a pen at a teacher on the first day' for a long time. Unless he could top this off somehow in the next and last lesson of the day. They wondered if there was even a way for him to escalate things. The wall he built was already quite high, climbing it wouldn't be easy!

Still, this was enough to create a lot of discussions. The atmosphere in the classroom was warm and friendly at the moment, thanks to Ron. And everyone was mingling with the others. There was no separation into cliques, the chat was all over the place. There were a few students who talked to Ron from three or four rows of seats away.

It was very enjoyable.

Though Ron was still sweating from what happened. The shock from being screamed at by the fake teachers and the reminder that he broke a pen worth 1000 coins… He had been heavily frightened. Fortunately, the other students helped make him feel at ease once again. A lot of them were quite interested for the reason he acted in such a way too.

He answered honestly: "I thought they would reflexively react in some ways"

Everyone just laughed. To think this kid had the galls to throw something at a teacher simply to check how they would react. He was really one of a kind!

…

As they enjoyed themselves and joked around together, they didn't see time pass them by. As the second bell rang, indicating the end of the in-between-classes break, they all regained their seats and calmed down. They retained smiles on their faces though and their eyes showed that they had high expectations for this third lesson.

A woman in her thirties entered the classroom. As the students greeted her, she could already feel how the atmosphere was peculiar. She quickly noticed how many students were throwing glances at one student in particular. It was the only one wearing a suit and he was smiling foolishly at her. Her first thought was that this classroom had a strong troublemaker…

Her heels clicked on the ground as she walked to the desk and sat on the chair only after double-checking it. She had already experienced a few seat pranks back when she started and knew how to beware of those. There didn't seem to be any though.

Once she was behind her desk, she could feel it even more clearly. Those students were expecting something to happen. And it had to do with the kid in a suit. She wasn't sure what it was yet but she was on guard. She introduced herself briefly: "I am Mme. Godefroy and I will be in charge of teaching you Team Management for this year"

She watched the students, expecting that 'something' to happen now. It did not. So, she continued: "Then, as our first-time meeting, let us introduce yourself. It is the very basic of good management to know your colleagues. I will be asking everyone to come over here and introduce yourself to the rest of us. There is no need to fear or be shy, we won't bite. You will all have to come eventually so, who would like to start?"

She was ready to forcefully pick someone since it was very rare to have volunteers in her lesson. Most of those here weren't very socially apt, being more used to working hard alone. They were here to learn engineering and not communication. She had seen many kids unable to speak when in front of strangers… She hoped she wouldn't see any this time.

At least, it seemed like she wouldn't need to forcefully pick someone as there was a hand raised up. It brought every other student's eyes to shine with expectations and it brought her to frown. It seemed like the troublemaker was ready to do his thing…