Cutlet, cutlet, cutlet: .......
　I walked behind my students down the stone corridor that led to the playing field.

　Walking down this corridor reminds me of the past.

　The stars of the show are my three students, Rio, Iris, and Maifa, who are walking in front of me.

　But eight years ago, it was I myself who was walking here as the main character.
　At the time, it was an individual competition to determine the strongest new hero, and I was the winner that year.

　After that, I turned down various scouts and became a freelance Demon Lord Hunter.

　But no matter how successful I was as a Demon Lord Hunter, I was not satisfied.

　I was more impressed by the teacher who took care of me when I was a student at the Academy of the Brave, and I wanted to be a teacher too, so I quit my job as a Demon Lord Hunter after about three years and became a teacher at the Academy of the Brave.

　About five years have passed since then, and here I am now.

　I don't think I've become as good a teacher as the one who took care of me.
　I'm still inexperienced and not nearly as good as the teacher I admired.

　But still...
　I guess I'm doing a little better than that.

　In any case, now I'm in a position to watch.

　I can't help but feel itchy that I'm not fighting, but just watching my students fight.
　I wonder if my teacher was watching over me with this same feeling.

　As I looked at the three students walking in front of me, all a little taller than they were a year ago, I was deeply moved.

　Eventually, the students arrived at a massive door.

　Rio turns to me with his hand on the door, and I give him a hawkish nod.

　Rio pushes the door open.
　In the dimly lit hallway, a blinding light spreads...

　Waaaaaaaaaaaah!

　More than 10,000 people in the audience cheered for Rio and the others.

　Iris was frightened, Maifa fidgeted, and Rio gulped down his spit.

　Rio and the others fearfully stepped out onto the field of the stadium.
　I followed them as if I were protecting their backs.

　My vision opens up.

　The field of the stadium was as large as ever.
　It was large enough to hold the track for a hundred-meter race in a straight line.

　The spectator seats were spread out in a mortar-like shape around the ground, and a tremendous number of spectators were looking down at Rio and his team.

　It was the time between morning and afternoon.
　The sky was not completely clear, but it was mostly sunny, except for some dark clouds in the distance, and the whole ground was bathed in dazzling sunshine.

　The sun was shining brightly all over the field, which seemed to be blessing Rio and his team.

　In fact, Rio and his team were not the only ones who were celebrating.
　On the other side of the field, from the opposite entrance, students from the other school were coming out.

　There were four boys and a male teacher leading them.

　One of the substitutes and the teacher retreated to the side, and three boys stepped forward.

　All of the boys from the other school had smirks on their faces and seemed to be underestimating Rio.

　I, on the other hand, was sending off my own students.

"Rio, Iris, Maifa. I've told you many times, you're strong. Have confidence in yourselves, you understand?

"Yes!

All right, let's go!

　I gave them a verbal push, and the three of them accepted it and walked out to the center of the field.
　I saw them off and retreated to the side of the field.

　The tournament officials rushed over to Rio, the three of them, and the players from the opposing school, and attached a number of magic tools to each of them.

　These include magic tools that suppress the wearer's magic power, magic tools that increase defense, and so on, in order to prevent dangerous accidents from occurring in the battle between heroes.

　When all of these preparations are complete, the three boys from the other school and Rio and the three others face each other in the middle of the field.

　As they approached each other, there was a whistling sound from the boys of the other school.

　The boys then whispered something to each other.
　They may have been thinking about Rio and the other three after seeing their appearance.

　When they had reached a certain position, the boys from the other school spoke up.

I was wondering what kind of small fry heroes would come out of this unknown village's hero academy. In fact, they look super cute. You know, you guys can go on a date with us after this battle is over.　Then we'll be nice to you in this fight and in the bed fight afterwards.

You're an idiot. You can't say that in here.

You're an idiot.

"'Hahahahahahaha!

　The boys started laughing.

　...... Haha.
　I'm not sure if it's just me, but I feel like the morals of new braves are going down every year. .......

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　I'm not sure how I feel about that.

　Well, there are times when it is already too late for some students to be taught in the academy, and it sounds good to say "free education unbound by ethics and morality.

　No, I can understand why boys are so naughty.
　I understand it, but...
　It's just that they need to be a little more brave and clean. .......

　As I was thinking this, from one of the seats in the corner of the auditorium, where the officers of the Brave Men's Association were seated.

I'm not sure what to say, but I'm going to say it.

"I understand, I understand. I understand, I understand. We have to make sure that we don't destroy young sensibilities like that.

Yes. We have to make sure that we don't destroy such young sensibilities.

　These were the words that I heard.
　Cyrus and his cronies.

　They're really good at using words that sound like that to make it sound like that. .......



　Incidentally, some of the officers of the Society of the Brave are from a different faction than Cyrus.
　From my point of view, they seem to be "sensible" people.

　If you look at them, they seem to be scowling at the current exchange.

　However, in terms of strength, Cyrus' faction has a seven to three or eight to two advantage, and it seems that they cannot easily resist the tyranny of Cyrus' faction.

　Still, if there's a good opportunity, the scales could be tipped in their favor...

　Anyway.
　The referee, as expected, gave the boys a warning.
　He told them to keep their mouths shut.

　When the boys heard this, they seemed to respond in a lukewarm manner, saying things like, "Hey," "Okay, okay," "I understand," and "That's a tough one.

　I, on the other hand, called out to Rio and the others.

"Hey, Rio, Iris, Maifa. You don't have to go along with the other school's boys' jokes. Just ignore them.

　Then the three students replied.

"Yeah, bro. Don't worry, I don't want to deal with idiots.

"Don't worry about it, sir. Don't worry about the teachers. We'll just kill them and be done with it.

I don't like ...... vulgar jokes. I don't like ...... vulgar jokes. ...... tinkering has no aesthetics. It's offensive.

　...... Oh, yeah.

　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it.
　Also, Maifa's point is wrong.

　And the boys from the other school also got upset when they heard what Rio and the others said.
　The referees intervened to stop them, but they looked as if they were about to attack.

　Eventually, the referees decided that the fight was getting out of hand and urged both sides to bow to each other in order to get the fight started.

　A total of six men and six women shouted, "I look forward to working with you," all of them with a stern and hostile tone.

　The referees stepped back to the side.
　The crowd, which had been buzzing with excitement, suddenly began to quiet down.

　The referee raises his flag...

"Begin!

　He raises the flag high above his head.