Episode 57. Prince in the Cage [Epilogue]

Stevent and I stood leaning against the railing in front of our class.

Since our class is on the 2nd floor, the terrace and the railing are upstairs.

At there, we watched the sunset together.

We are not alone, don't get the wrong idea. -_-

The other students are inside the class and waiting for my next instruction.

"How is it, sir?! Have I surpassed you?!" Stevent looked at me with enthusiasm.

I want to answer it honestly. Stevent's strength was indeed strong, but his intuition for combat was still weak.

Stevent's victory earlier was only caused by his enemy's carelessness. But if he tried again, it wouldn't be possible.

"Hmm(nods)... You're stronger than before. The way you execute the plan is pretty good, but..." I told him my judgment.

"But?" He was confused.

I will say it, it's no good if I hide my opinion now.

"... Your tactics... Won't work against top-tier magic!" I'm telling him a fact.

Stevent widened his eyes. He couldn't believe that kind of strategy was still useless.

"T-top-tier magic? W-why my strategy doesn't work?!" Stevent shrugged his shoulders.

As expected, he would definitely be confused and would fall into the abyss of questioning.

"The way you did... (shook head), the way all of you are doing is nothing more than a lowly trick!" I turned my gaze to the field in front of me.

Stevent lowered his head. His expression was irritated at my statement, his lips pursed and a "Cih!" words came from his mouth.

I will act deaf and dumb for now, it's not good to say more words.

It would only hurt him more.

"I went inside..." I said goodbye to him and go to class.

In the class, there are 7 students who are talking with their friends.

Sophia talks with Moka, Astra with Gita, Hakam, and Maul.

Dahlia looks alone playing on her cellphone. Her face looks angry about something. I better stay away for a while.

"Ehm!" I cleared my throat to get their attention while walking to the front of the board.

"Mr. Rasyid?"

"Oh?"

Their gazes all turned to me.

But not long after, a questioning hand was raised by Astra.

"How is your honest opinion about our fight, sir? Have we made any progress? Is our teamwork going smoothly?" His smiling face while holding his glasses is very clearly depicted there.

I feel sorry that I had to destroy that smile. but that's my job. So I don't care.

"As the result..." I crossed my arms while putting on a thoughtful face. "You guys are progressing..." I stared at them all blankly.

Happiness can be seen on their faces.

'Sorry but it won't take long.'

"Just a little..." Their smiles suddenly disappeared. "Even when we converted it to percent, all of your progress is only increasing 0.001%!" I smash the digital board with my palm.

They were silent with their mouths still open because of the happiness earlier. The expression that had been filled with pleasure had now turned into questioning and full of sorrow.

"Can I ask sir? At where we went wrong?!" Moka stood up and asked me that.

That would obviously be a question to be asked.

Where did they go wrong? Why are those who have fought perfectly still called failures?

All the answers are obvious.

Those who have never seen the cruelest side of the world (The adult world) will never know their mistakes.

It is not visible, but when they begin to enter that world.

They will soon notice.

That the mistake they made was fatal, very fatal.

If they ignore this, maybe they will only become a scapegoat.

My eyes narrowed at them, slowly I began to stare at them from right to left.

"Firstly, about cohesiveness... You can only do combo attacks only when you're with people you're already familiar with, right?" I looked at Moka and Astra with a scary face.

They didn't seem able to reply to what I said. 'Hey, come on! Object my words!'

"Even though you've been in this class for more than 6 months... But you still don't know your friends' movement patterns?!" I despise them even more.

Honestly, I want both of them to go against my words at this point.

But their true mentality didn't seem to disappear at all. Their home really taught them hard about rules till they did not dare to against it.

"Second, you forget the goal of the match before, right?!" I looked at Sophia and Dahlia with a disappointed look.

I will not be picky.

I crossed my arms and leaned my back against the board.

"I'm so disappointed that you guys forgot the goal of your match! How did the fight that was supposed to be a match to steal the opponent's flag is ended up becoming a normal fight?! You two will only damage your own dignity if you make that mistake during the exam! Please, don't do it anymore!" I closed my eyes and returned to my original position.

It's not good to be in a state of tension.

"Thirdly, you guys are slow! Not from the speed of movement but in choosing an option! Your enemies will not stay silent while you are discussing like earlier! They will prefer to create a magic circle right under you and burn all of you who are still discussing!" Express my disappointment in words.

"Fourth, you guys often fall into a state of carelessness! How many times have you been in this state in the fight just now?!" I asked them, but no answer from them. "So much, even if you fight physical class, you will lose!" I smiled condescendingly at them.

"Fifth and last, all of you lack of morality, ethics, and manners. I do not speak of these three things towards your enemies, but towards your friends!" My eyes stared hard and annoyed.

"All of you always look down and feel like you don't care when asked who wants to be a team leader. That's the same as disrespecting your friends! If you can't do it, at least give a reason, about hurting your friend's heart is later business " I started walking to the back of the class and past them all slowly.

"That's at least better than ignoring your comrades. Haven't you felt that feeling of being ignored before?! It hurts, doesn't it?!"

When I said everything, I walked back to the board and wrote something down.

"I'll make an order!"

1. Morality, ethics, and manners

2. Teamwork

3. Speed ​​of choosing.

4. Focus

5. Goal

"These five things will be related to each other and structured!"

"The fifth number will not happen if you forget the fourth, the fourth will not go well if you fail in the third, the third will happen well if the second is obtained, and the second comes from the first!"

I explained the meaning to them.

"If morality, ethics, and manners cannot be obtained. Then everything I write is impossible!"

The moment after I explained it to them. The look on their faces will understand what it means.

Seems to work?

"And that's all point to getting the highest score on this test!" I'll make it more clear.

But Astra and Dahlia's faces didn't seem to understand what I meant.

I'll just ignore it. Their problem is in the hands of their teachers, not mine.

Whether they understand or not is none of my business.

...

It was getting dark, I couldn't hold students at school any longer.

"I guess that's all I can say!" I ended this extra class.

"Moka, can you prepare?" I told her to.

Class ended, and the students had left the classroom.

For some reason, I felt that I had gone too far when hurt their mentality. 'Am I overdo it?'

Shortly after, a shadow appeared at the classroom door.

"Stevent?!" I said his name.

"Sir, catch this!" He threw something at me.

I caught it, when I saw it, this is the action figure that I was looking for.

It was the same thing as the one that was destroyed by the foreigner last night.

Even though I only got one, but it returned my pleasure.

I can at least have them back.

My gaze returned to Stevent.

"Think of it as thanks to you! And remember, one day (clenching his fists at me)... I'll surpass you!" Stevent smiled and then left from there.

I was speechless when watched him leave the class, but suddenly I chuckled. "Bwa ha hahaha!"

"Well, you shall surpass me and soon gonna happen! Moreover, thanks for the give, this give is really worth it for me! Right, Master Cao Cao?" I stared at the action figure with a dumb look.

I'm very happy right now.

I really hope that I can see the time they can surpass me.