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“You say you’re sisters?”
“Yes, we’re sisters.”

I don’t know.

“Then, Aria, you’re the eldest…?”
“I’m the eldest, Yujia is the second, Kama is the third, then Meiel, and Yeonhwa is the youngest.”

I don’t even know what I’m saying.

“But the common point among all five of you is…”
“We’re all half-sisters. We all share the same father and we’re sticking together because of our connection.”

But since I had already said it, I couldn’t take it back, so I was spewing out excuses while trusting the filtering with all my might, for the first time in my life.

And fortunately, this seemed to work, as the dean, who was initially doubtful, gradually began to look as if she believed my story.

The excuse that all five of my avatars are sisters. Honestly, if you really think about it, it wasn’t a lie.

These five were the original characters I created, so if you consider me as the father, there’s no problem in calling them sisters, right? Even if the dean were to ask others if they were really sisters, it would still be me, so the alibi was established.

Therefore, I have nothing to be afraid of, that’s what I’m saying!

I straightened my back proudly and spoke to the dean, who was still in the stage of doubt, with an unwavering voice.

“My younger sisters are all staying at the temple due to some business, so only I came to observe the entrance ceremony today. If you ask the Pope, he will probably answer, so you don’t need to be suspicious.”
“What?! S-suspicious? That’s nonsense.”

Moreover, the temple is completely on my side. It’s an excuse that the rest of my sisters who can’t be here are at the temple.

Even if the dean really asks, the Pope will probably handle it well. The Pope was also quite quick-witted, so if the dean asks where Aria’s sisters are, he’ll probably catch on to the situation and give an appropriate answer.

And as I stepped forward so confidently, the dean finally let go of her suspicions and nodded.

“Ahem! I understand the relationship between Aria and the others well. Now then, since you’ll be serving as a professor at our academy, I’ll inform you of some basic things you should know. Um… I hope you’ll relay this information to your sisters as well.”
“Yes, I’ll make sure to pass it on to my sisters.”

Saying this, the dean pulled out another paper from the pile of documents and pushed it towards me.

Glancing at it, I saw the words ‘Basic Teacher’s Theory’ written on it, which looked boring at a glance.

This is truly a moment when the ability to summon avatars as doppelgangers becomes desperately needed.

The entrance ceremony at Lua Academy is conducted very modestly and concisely compared to its rumors and reputation.

The reason, according to the dean herself, is that she directly experienced an entrance ceremony that reflected the tastes of old-fashioned people when she attended the academy.

Following this statement that well demonstrates the dean’s personality, the entrance ceremony is conducted concisely. All that happens in the entrance ceremony is everyone sitting in chairs, listening to the dean’s brief speech, and then it’s immediately over.

It’s an extremely concise entrance ceremony that takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish – that’s the entrance ceremony of Lua Academy.

And I was sitting proudly occupying a seat in the professors’ section on the second floor of the auditorium where such an entrance ceremony was taking place.

“Hmm…”

Looking around, I could see some very familiar professors and also some professors I had never seen before.

Probably because I had secured the professor positions for swordsmanship, martial arts, archery, and magic, the professors I had seen in the game weren’t visible, but the Pope said he was giving them enough money and continuing to support them, so there shouldn’t be a problem.

“And they all liked it even more, apparently.”

Unexpectedly, those who gave up their professor positions were said to be happy receiving more money than when they were working, so it should be fine.

Well, this is for the future, so it can’t be helped!

“Probably… those are my seats over there.”

And among the fully occupied professors’ seats, there were three empty seats. They were the seats where Yujia, Kama, and Meiel should be sitting.

Currently, as I was in Aria’s state, the three seats were vacant, so the surrounding professors were looking at those seats several times with puzzled expressions, but… I’m sorry. I’ll greet you all properly later.

Deliberately turning my gaze away from the empty seats and looking at the first floor, I could see the new students of the academy filling the entire first floor.

Looking over them one by one in order, I could see familiar children like ‘Liana’ whom I saw three days ago, ‘Arin’ whom I saw two days ago, ‘Shati’ the representative character for mages, ‘Park’ the representative character for martial artists, ‘Kana’ the aspiring chef, and so on, all sitting in their seats wearing school uniforms.

Seeing these kids who weren’t so visible during the festival now all in one place where I could see them at a glance, it made my heart flutter slightly and gave me a strange feeling.

It felt like it was proving my existence, that I was really here. But just as I was sinking into this feeling, the dean’s voice from the podium drew the attention of myself, the professors, and the students.

《Ah. Nice to meet you all, new students who have entered our Lua Academy. I am Mira Cheparsa, who holds the position of dean at this Lua Academy.》

Dean Mira started her introduction with a light bow. The opening wasn’t much different from the entrance ceremonies I had seen in my previous life, but Mira’s following words were enough to make the students sitting here lose their composure.

《Well, now that I’ve finished my introduction, which is the only thing I have to do, we’ll end the entrance ceremony here. You new students must be tired after enjoying the festival until yesterday, right? You can all go back now.》

“What…?”
“Wait, is she serious right now?”
“Wasn’t this definitely Lua Academy? Is it okay to just gloss over it like this?”

Mira’s words were so unexpected that they turned the minds of the tense students blank, and voices of doubt erupted here and there, but the professors, including myself, had expressions that seemed to say they had expected this.

I already knew about this from experiencing the entrance ceremony many times in the game, and the other professors must have known from going through this at every entrance ceremony until now.

That’s why we gave the students looks that seemed to say we understood. Though it might not be necessary since they’ll all get used to it soon anyway.

Anyway, after the entrance ceremony that had really ended, I had been sitting in my chair for maybe 5 minutes when I tried to leave the auditorium, but I had to stop in my tracks at the voice that came from behind me.

《Ah, come to think of it, we have new professors joining our Lua Academy this time. You probably haven’t had a chance to talk with the other professors, so since it’s come to this, let’s introduce them now. Although only one of the new professors is here.》

…Are you suddenly putting me on the spot here?

I turned to look at Mira with eyes that asked if she was serious, but Mira was waving the microphone at me with a bright smile as if she really meant it.

Some of the professors who knew I was that new professor looked at me, and the students were looking around, not knowing who the new professor Mira was talking about was.

“Haah… can’t be helped.”

My heart was beating like crazy and my inner feelings were in turmoil, but thanks to the correction, I led my seemingly unaffected body and jumped using the second floor railing as a foothold.

After all, since Mira had already brought it up, it was tens of thousands of times better for me to step forward myself than to act smug and receive glares.

Whoosh──

With one jump, I leapt over a distance of what must have been 30 meters and landed on the podium. From the front, I could hear the students murmuring as they saw me suddenly come down to the podium, but I received the microphone from Mira without awkwardness and opened my mouth.

There’s a saying that if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it, right? If this was a strategy prepared by Mira to surprise me, the solution was to handle it as if nothing was wrong.

“I’m Aria, newly appointed as a professor at Lua Academy. The subject I’m in charge of is swordsmanship. Probably quite a few of you will be seeing my face from now on.”

I paused for a moment and looked around at the students, noticing Arin and Liana looking surprised to see me.

Those two have met this version of me before, so it’s not unreasonable for them to be surprised if they knew I was a professor.

However, quickly putting down this microphone I was holding was the most important thing for me right now, so I took my gaze off them and continued the words I had just cut off.

“It’s unfortunate for those of you taking the swordsmanship class, but you won’t be able to keep up with my class easily. The same will probably be true for my sisters’ classes. But I hope none of you will drop out of the academy.”

Because if you drop out of the academy, it’s no different from reducing the number of slaves who will overthrow the demon race in the future. Try to follow along as hard as you can without any dropouts.

What I will push forward as a professor is practical, Spartan-style training. It’s a teaching method that might earn me some curses from the noble or royal children, but once they’ve entered Lua Academy, they’re all the same students, so they won’t be able to voice any objections.

I let out a smirking smile and put down the microphone I was holding with a thud, along with one last word.

“I hope you’ll work hard and entertain me.”

That is all.