The Author's POV

—Ding!

"This game is bugged! Bugged I say!"

A sudden smartwatch notification clogged up the game screen at a crucial moment. Monica, who was resting on her sofa, roared and threw her phone across the room.

"You lost again?"

With her eyes on her laptop, Donna raised her hand and the phone stopped mid-air.

"Donna! The game bugged, I swear!"

Jumping on the sofa, Monica protested. Donna's face remained stoic.

"That's what you said last time"

"Ghhh...this time it's for real!"

"Sure, sure, whatever you say"

This was the fourth time Monica said the same thing. At this point, it was plain to see that Monica was just a sore loser.

—Plack!

Closing the laptop, Donna leaned back on her chair. With her arms crossed, Donna skeptically looked at Monica.

"By the way Monica. how did you get permission to teach the students so early?"

Even though Monica had told her she would be coming this week, she should've gone to an instructor training camp for the first two weeks. It was odd for her to suddenly show up unannounced inside of a classroom.

Despite Monica's power, it didn't matter if she was powerful or not. What was the point of being strong if you could not teach?

You couldn't just have someone become an instructor without adequate training.

"Didn't I tell you I was coming today?"

Calming down and putting her phone away, Monica slumped on the sofa and rested her feet on the tea table in front of her.

"You did, but you still did not go through training. I can't have you teach the students without adequate training"

Pausing, Donna's eyes narrowed.

"Don't tell me you've bribed some of the teachers..."

"Don't know what you're talking about"

Opening her eyes widely, Monica turned her head to the side and feigned ignorance. Her acting was terrible.

'As I expected'

Donna massaged her forehead.

Monica had obviously bribed someone in order to come to class today. She should've known better. Especially given the fact that she knew Monica's character quite well. This was definitely something that Monica would've done.

"Haaa...Monica, you know that you have to follow the rules right?"

"Ugh, stop being uptight. I'm Monica Jeffrey, 27th in the hero ranking! What is there to teach me!"

Standing up, Monica clenched her fist in protest.

Donna shook her head and ignored her pleas. This was for the safety of the students. Given how erratic Monica could be at times, Donna refused to let her anywhere near them without any adequate training.

"Until you've completed your training, I'm not letting you anywhere near the classroom again. Do you understand"

"Fine..."

the people in the human domain, Donna was the only person that could force her to back down. If not for Donna, Monica would've been

"As long you understand..."

eyes and leaned back on her chair. Not even a day had passed since Monica had arrived

'Just great'

mention this but when I was in the classroom teaching today, a

something, Monica's eyes lit up. Instantly she recalled the faces of some of the students that had

once I

students that she was really interested in. Especially since her instincts told her

froze and her brows knit. Staring at Monica, Donna's

have any funny thoughts

students. Not only would it distract them from working hard, but it could also cause

their future secured, why would they need to work hard? To make matters worse, it could

course, I won't. Although they interest me, the

instantly raised her

the students interested her, she wasn't here to recruit them. She just wanted to get a better

to know them

long as you

Donna ended the conversation there. She did not want to worsen

her palm on her forehead, Donna thought to herself, 'I guess I'll have to

that would only spell disaster. Staring at Monica who was

would be so stupid to agree

wanted to

...

—Click! —Click!

on my bed, I fiddled

see it should

appeared before me. On it were many different listings with pictures depicting

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flower seeds - 300 Merit

Ivy - 500

- 1000 Merit

winged rabbit egg

- 10,000

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skills? How generous of

rewards that could be acquired by using the merit points, I was

skills. Given how rare they were I thought that they wouldn't give them away but I

I thought they were. In fact, as I scrolled down, I saw

have? With the merit points earned from killing Jhanna, added

balance. I wanted to know

perhaps have enough to purchase an F

thought caused my

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2300 Merit

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"...what?"

at my balance, my mouth

incompetent was

of those 2300 were from me. This meant that originally Professor Thibaut only had 300

here in the Lock? He could've at least have left behind 10,000 points for

guess I should work out more

—Plack!

for another minute and not finding anything interesting, I tossed

too expensive for me to purchase.

or had to kill that were on the bounty list, I should definitely report this

would have

—Ring!

"Hm?"