Chapter 28: He really has a notebook (2/2)

“The Notebook Teacher Huston is the teacher who cares the most about face, in the entire academy. Last time they caused him to lose control of his emotions, and he ended up with no face at all, plus the whole academy’s talking about his matter. There’s no way he’ll let go of it.”

“…”

Imperceptibly, the great majority of students grouped Ayrin, Belo, and Moss together into the same band.

“Alright, here’s to the start of another delightful day.”

Huston cleared his throat after seeing every student in attendance, and showed off a posture that he himself believed to be grim yet stylish. He said, “I said it repeatedly in the past couple days, today’s the day we test the result of your training. Everyone must surely be extremely excited about it.”

“Excited… More like feels like crying.” This was what many freshmen were silently thinking, their heads lowered.

“The motivation and impetus for training come from seeing your own progress. I, Huston, am the teacher who’s the most expert in the entire academy at teaching students. With my wise and efficient guidance, as long as you don’t slack off, you’ll definitely become a great deal stronger than students from other classes. But the key is you can’t slack off, if you dare not to complete the exercises I talked to you about, humph humph, you already know what’s the outcome.” Huston blew his own trumpet for a few sentences, overflowing with spirit, as if he’d entirely shed off last time’s shadows, when Ayrin made him lose his cool.

“Of course I’m also very excited when I think I’m about to check on the results of your training, but there’s a guy among you who’s a bit special, who gets hungry too easily, so I have to take care of him a little bit before we start the test…”

Almost every freshman’s heart thumped as soon as they heard those words, all thinking, chilled to their core, “Here it comes again, it’s finally starting.”

“This a specialty from the northern territories I saved for many years, the army jerky. It’s made from the plumpest meat of the snow bears in the snow plains of the north, it’s a good thing that can only be obtained by powerful battlemasters guarding the north or those who go on a mission there. Not only is it extremely rich in nutrition, what’s most important is, it’s also extremely filling. Usually, battlemasters can go several days without going hungry when they eat a piece of it.”

Huston smiled lightly, his gaze falling wholly on Ayrin. “Ayrin, don’t you get easily hungry, we’ll wait for you to eat this before we start the test.”

“Army jerky, he’s got so many tricks…” The gentler Huston’s voice and smile, the more scared many freshmen became inside.

Huston fished out something out from his chest while he spoke.

“This?” All the freshmen felt a little dazed.

Because what Huston had taken out wasn’t an army jerky at all, but a small notebook with a black leather cover that looked like it’d gone through many uses, many places worn very smooth on it.

Huston lowered his head when he felt something a little wrong in the students’ gazes, and immediately said, as if nothing had happened, “Oh, I got the wrong thing.” Then he stuffed the little notebook back inside his clothes at lightning speed, pulling out a great piece of jerky instead.

The students stayed blank for a second all at the same time, then they went crazy.

“Did you see that, he really has a notebook!”

“The Notebook Teacher indeed has a little notebook…Ah!”

Huston acted calm and nonchalant. He handed over the great piece of red-brown northern army jerky to Ayrin.

“Do I really have to eat it?” Ayrin looked at the jerky. It seemed very taste, very appetizing, but he was a little hesitant looking at Huston’s honest and upright appearance.

“Of course, it’s my kindly regard.” Huston said, exceptionally amiable, “Don’t worry and just eat it, I guarantee on my dignity that it tastes pretty good, there’s absolutely no laxative or poison or anything in it. Otherwise I’d have to take full responsibility if something were to happen to you.”

Ayrin looked impatiently at him and said, “Teacher, how about you eat a bit too?”

“You’re too careful. I appreciate a little cautiousness and vigilance however, especially when arcane masters are out on a mission. The more cautious they are the less likely they are to be killed by the enemy,” Huston said. He tore a strip from the jerky and ate it, saying while eating, “Everyone should take example on Ayrin’s careful and vigilant attitude.”

“Such a hypocrite, he probably means the opposite of every word he says…” A great many freshmen felt a chill run through them.

“It doesn’t taste bad.” Ayrin chewed on the jerky and discovered it tasted very good, and it wasn’t as hard as he’d imagined. It had a thick greasy taste, but not the kind so greasy it made you want to retch either.

“I’m so full!” After eating the entire piece of jerky, Ayrin suddenly felt something a little out of place. The jerky seemed to be swelling inside his belly, then he really saw his belly slowly bulge to an alarming size. It looked even more exaggerated than last time when he ate several hundred chicken legs. His stomach also became heavy.

“Alright, now let’s begin the test. Ayrin, you’re first,” Huston said as if there was nothing out of the ordinary.

“Hiss…” A collective gasp.

Every freshman immediately saw through Huston’s plot.

After eating so full and looking like his body was one time heavier than usual, he’d certainly be greatly impeded when taking his test!

This was definitely no ordinary army jerky.

What was that thing. Such a tiny piece actually made a great stomach king like Ayrin bulge into such a state.

“This is simply no army jerky at all. Only the legendary “Giants’ Snack” can produce such an effect. Teacher Huston, you really went overboard.” An angry voice rose, a voice many people could recognize without turning their heads as belonging to Rinloran, the one who had the guts to challenge Huston last time.

“Oh? Is that so?”

Huston looked at Rinloran, looking fully apologetic. “It looks like I accidentally took the wrong thing. No matter though, since you know about the “Giant’s Snack,” you should know this legendary food from the Giants’ Kingdom back then is extremely nutritious. Eating it is very beneficial.”

“Can he still take the test in this state?” Rinloran looked at Huston, his pretty silver hair floating up.

Cold light flashed in Huston’s eyes.

“No matter, I’m alright.” Ayrin patted his belly with indifference at this time, looking both a little satisfied and a little worried. “I won’t transform into a giant after eating this giants’ snack right?”

“Of course you won’t, it’ll only make you more muscular, your food taste better. That’s something I saved up for many years, I couldn’t even bear to eat it myself.” Huston once again said in a tone that sent an evil chill running through most freshmen, “Now let’s immediately start the test.”