Chapter 55: Re-forming the Team
[June 24]
[After finishing breakfast, everyone officially entered the period of Special Training.]
[Today, the person in charge of training and teaching everyone was the homeroom teacher of the Greek Class — Chiron.]
[Chiron was one of the very few Great Sage in Greek Mythology, and at the same time a centaur teacher who had trained many Greek Hero.]
[In the Greek Class, famous Greek Hero such as Achilles, Heracles, and Jason were all his students.]
[Chiron perfectly matched every image you had of an ideal teacher: profound knowledge, humility, gentleness, flexible handling of all matters, as if there was nothing he did not know; his way of teaching was simple, easy to understand, and interesting. Just listening to his lectures already made one feel comfortable and at ease.]
[The arrogant Achilles was a die-hard fan of his, and even Berserker Heracles absolutely did not cause trouble during his classes; only Jason would occasionally complain a few times.]
[In the upcoming Gil Fest, everyone would inevitably have to fight, so Chiron earnestly imparted to everyone his experience and techniques regarding coordinated combat and team-based action.]
[Not only did he teach the students of the Greek Class, Chiron also specifically kept in mind the characteristics of the Servant belonging to your Britain Class, fully considering Class, Attribute, Skill, Noble Phantasm, as well as various factors that might cause problems, and then taught everyone without any discrimination or barriers.]
[Thus, the students of the Britain Class all looked up to the sky and complained: "If only that old narcissistic Finn could have even half as much reliability as him!"]
[After that, Chiron put forward a key requirement——]
"Students, next, please dismantle the old team formations, randomly draw teammates, and re-form new teams."
Chiron-sensei said in a very calm tone.
"Why is that, Chiron-sensei——?!"
The students below the podium all revealed confused expressions.
"Ha ha, this is an idea that the other teacher and I came up with together. First, it is to promote friendly interaction between the two Class, and second, when you face unfamiliar teammates, it is very easy for new problems to arise, and that is precisely a precious learning opportunity."
Chiron-sensei showed a hearty smile.
"When you encounter things you do not understand or find hard to grasp, you must learn. How to communicate with teammates, how to coordinate in battle with strangers, what kind of person the other party is, how to accurately determine your own position within the formation — compared to me lecturing theory, it will be better for you to personally experience it and find the answers yourselves."
"As people often say, if you want the child you cherish to grow up, you must let them set out on their journey."
How annoying—clearly he was making a request that was very difficult for others, yet when it came out of Chiron-sensei's mouth, it did not make people angry at all.
On the contrary, it even felt very reasonable, leaving one with no choice but to accept it and follow along.
So this was a great teacher in Greek Mythology?
"To simulate the uncertainty of fate, this time the draw will be completely random. You may draw teammates from your own Class, or you may draw someone from the other Class."
Chiron-sensei explained.
Tristan was startled: "Playing like this is way too hardcore!"
Hardcore about what, exactly what kind of direction was he thinking in?
"Chiron-sensei, what if we randomly draw teammates with very poor compatibility?"
Gawain asked curiously.
"Then you can only blame your luck for being bad, and then find ways to overcome the problem. And luck is also a part of power. In myth, compared to strength or talent, luck often determines whether a hero will succeed or fail. Don't you think I'm right, Jason?"
"Why am I being singled out here?!"
Jason said with a somewhat puzzled expression.
[Your original lineup and small groups have been broken apart, and random reorganization into new teams has begun.]
[...]
[As expected, Gawain and Tristan were assigned to different teams.]
[In the subsequent Special Training activities, for the time being, you cannot form a three-person team with them anymore.]
...
"Sir Eikou, after we leave, you must take good care of yourself…!"
Tristan said with a pained expression.
"Will you be able to get along with the other teammate by yourself, and keep up with the team's activities?"
Gawain asked worriedly, "We'll still stand to the side and observe, and keep a close watch on you!"
"You two are such a pain, are you overprotective moms or something?"
Eikou pretended to be annoyed and waved his hand, "Go on, go on. I've long been thinking about forming a new team. In my opinion, it's already time to abandon your Britain and switch to the Greek Class with higher popularity and more viewers. If I become the main character of a Greek story, it'll definitely sell well!"
That being said, it was not guaranteed that he would be assigned to a team with people from the Greek Class.
If he could be placed on the same team as Baobhan Sith, that would be great, but judging by the probability, it was far too low.
But… what if?
"All right, Student Eikou, go ahead and draw your teammate."
Chiron-sensei waved his hand to signal him to step forward and draw from the box filled with students' names. Whoever he drew, he would have to form a team with that person.
"I'll say this first, this box was specially made by us teacher, blocking all forms of cheating. Even if you intend to use a skill to peek at the names, you won't be able to do it."
"Why did you have to say that to me specifically?"
Eikou felt a little guilty.
"Ha ha, Mochizuki Eikou, I've heard of you for a long time. Scathach and Finn both told me to keep a close eye on you, saying that normally you're quite well-behaved, but once you've made up your mind, you'll think of every possible way to carry it out, exactly the kind that makes others wary, just like Jason."
"Why am I being dragged into this again?!"
Jason protested.
"...Alright then."
Having been called out to this extent, Eikou had no choice but to obediently give up any thought of cheating and honestly draw two slips at random from the blind box.
These two people would form a temporary group together with him!
[You begin selecting your two teammate…]
[First, draw the first teammate.]
[Please perform a Luck Check, comparing your luck with others.]
A dice fell.
[Check great failure.]
[You will draw a teammate with extremely poor compatibility with you.]
No way, I want to change my fate!
Eikou thought for a moment, then still decided to activate an Encouragement Dice.
He really did not want to struggle through the next five days of training camp together with Servant who had extremely poor compatibility with him.
[You use one Encouragement Dice to perform a re-check.]
An Encouragement Dice fell.
[Check success.]
[Although it won't completely satisfy you, you will draw a teammate with very good compatibility with you.]
That sounded fine. Hopefully it would be a reliable teammate.
Thinking this in his heart, Eikou then took out the name card he had drawn.
"My first teammate is..."
He stared intently, then froze, and immediately after, his expression suddenly became heavy.
Whoosh!
Slash!
The moment Eikou saw it, he hurriedly tried to stuff the name card back in, but Chiron-sensei was still one step faster and stopped him.
"Let me take a look. Your first teammate is..."
Chiron-sensei glanced at the teammate name card.
"Medea Lily!"
This really wasn't necessary at all!!!!!!!
Tristan laughed so hard his mouth wouldn't close, and excitedly said to Gawain beside him:
"Fantastic, I told you the play was really hardcore, Innit?!"
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