Knock, knock, knock... "Come in."
Jing looked down at the documents in her hand and spoke without raising her head.
"Oh! The Chairwoman is still working hard!"
"A Chen, you're back. Wait until I finish reading this document, then we can talk."
"And your friends, please have a seat too."
As Zhong Chen's voice came, Jing looked up, smiling, and spoke to him.
"You go ahead and be busy, I'm not in a hurry. You all find a place to sit too, don't be shy."
Hearing Jing's words, Zhong Chen didn't hesitate at all and immediately sprawled out on the sofa.
"Um, excuse us!"
"Is this really okay?"
"It's fine, look, isn't Teacher Zhong Chen already sitting... lying down?"
Litia and the others quietly glanced at Jing, who was still working with her head down, and finally chose to sit down quietly on the sofa.
After about a cup of tea's time, Jing gently stretched, then gave a gentle smile and spoke to everyone present:
"My apologies, I was busy with work just now and didn't pay attention to you all. Please forgive my rudeness."
Hearing Jing's words, Aura and the others quickly stood up and waved their hands repeatedly, saying:
"Not at all, we were the ones disturbing you, how could we blame you?"
"That's right, that's right."
"Exactly, we were the ones intruding."
Hearing everyone's words, Jing's smile grew wider, and she softly said to Zhong Chen, who was sprawled out beside her:
"They're a polite bunch of kids, aren't they!"
"Of course! Do I bring any bad kids with me?"
Zhong Chen ate a grape and replied with an expression that said, 'you can trust me to handle things'.
"Hehe, let me introduce myself. My name is Shizue Izawa, and the children like to call me Teacher Shizu. You can call me that too."
Jing looked at Zhong Chen, who was sprawled on the sofa, shook her head helplessly, then straightened her expression and introduced herself with a gentle smile.
"I'm Lashara..."
"Kenshi Masaki..."
"Aura..."
Everyone present introduced themselves one after another.
"I understand. You all plan to enroll here, correct?"
"Yes, Chairwoman!"
"Hmm, no problem. I'll have someone handle your enrollment right away."
After saying that, Jing raised her hand and pressed the phone on her desk.
"Beep beep beep..."
"Chairwoman! How may I help you?"
"Call Shuna for me!"
"Alright, Chairwoman, please wait a moment."
After hanging up the phone, Jing continued to speak to everyone present:
"Please wait a moment, she'll be here soon."
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a knock sounded on the Chairwoman's office door.
Click... "Chairwoman, you called for me! Oh, Lord Chen, you're back!"
Shuna, dressed in a secretary's outfit and wearing frameless glasses, walked into the room with her long, black-stockinged legs.
She immediately spotted Zhong Chen, who was 'playing dead' on the side, and quickly bowed.
"Yes, these children need you to help them with their enrollment. Let them go to Some High School!"
"Alright, Chairwoman."
Upon hearing 'Some High School', Zhong Chen, who had been 'playing dead', suddenly shot up and asked, looking at Shuna's beautiful black-stockinged legs:
"You really built Some High School?"
Some High School: When Zhong Chen was establishing Academy City, he casually mentioned that if Academy City didn't have Some High School, it wouldn't be Academy City.
He had completely forgotten about it, but he didn't expect Jing and the others to actually build such a high school.
"Yes, wasn't that your request?"
Shuna looked at Zhong Chen with a puzzled expression and asked.
"Um... it was my request... no problem... well built!"
Zhong Chen responded to Shuna's confusion with an embarrassed expression. He couldn't exactly say he'd completely forgotten about it.
"Hehe, everyone, please follow me. I'll take you to handle your enrollment procedures."
"Okay!"
"Thank you for your trouble!"
"Then, Chairwoman, we shall take our leave!"
Jing gently waved her hand at the people who were bowing slightly in front of her, and said with a smile:
"Go ahead. If you have any problems later, you can come find me too."
"Yes!"
At this moment, everyone following Shuna down the corridor was excitedly discussing Jing.
"The Chairwoman seems really gentle!"
"But what I didn't expect was that the Chairwoman is so young."
"Exactly, I was startled. I thought the Chairwoman would be a kind old grandmother."
Shuna, hearing Lashara and the others discussing, suddenly stopped and turned back with a smile to explain to everyone:
"The Chairwoman isn't young at all, she's already over ninety years old!"
"Nani!!!"
"Oh dear, I guess I shouldn't have said that! The Chairwoman might make things difficult for me..."
"Then why did you say it!!!"
..."So, when do you plan to depart for the New World this time?"
Jing gently walked over and sat beside Zhong Chen, asking with a gentle expression.
"No hurry. It's almost the first anniversary of the Monster Country Federation. Even if I go to the New World, it'll have to be after the celebration."
"Hehe, time really flies, doesn't it? Have we already known each other for a year without realizing it?"
Hearing Jing's words, Zhong Chen's face also showed a hint of recollection.
"I still remember the scene when you and Ellen were at the barbecue restaurant."
Suddenly, Zhong Chen remembered someone he had completely forgotten about, someone he had promised to find a female elf for at the time.
But that promise had yet to be fulfilled.
"By the way, what is Ifrit doing now? After I moved him out of your body, I rarely saw him."
"Hehe, him? He's probably having a headache dealing with a bunch of little girls."
Jing heard Zhong Chen's words and chuckled, as if she had thought of something.
"How so?"
"He's a teacher now, but he's a physical education teacher."
"That guy, a P.E. teacher? Does he even understand it? Can his body get sick?"
Jing was confused by Zhong Chen's three rapid-fire questions. Was there a necessary connection between being a P.E. teacher and getting sick?
"Why does a P.E. teacher need to get sick?"
"Cough, cough... nothing, it's fine."
Zhong Chen's reaction was purely instinctive just now. When P.E. teachers were mentioned, the first thing he thought of was, 'How did he get sick again?'
He had forgotten that this was Academy City, where there was no saying of P.E. teachers getting sick.
"A Chen, during the celebration, Academy City will also have performances on stage."
"The children have been working very hard to show you."
"Is that so? Then I'll have to look forward to it."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Blink, and half a month had passed just like that.
Bang... bang... bang... bang... As the sound of the salute cannons rang out, everyone, whether present at the scene or watching the live broadcast, focused their gaze on the platform, which was more than ten meters high.
Boom!
With a burst of explosion, thick white smoke suddenly filled the center of the high platform. Within the white smoke, four half-human figures could be vaguely seen, striking different poses...