A few days later…
Asclepius Academy
The just-risen sun shone softly on the town streets, bringing with it a flurry of early-morning activity.
The birds were chirping in the blue sky, the fish were swimming freely within the rivers and lakes.
The town's children had already reached school by then.
They began chatting about their summer stories with their friends while they waited for the lesson to start.
At the same time, a young teacher could be seen knocking on a wooden door at the end of the teacher's dorms. It had a "Do Not Disturb" sign carved on the door.
Ignoring the sign, the teacher continued to knock on the door, anxiousness plastered all over his face.
"Clank! Clank! Clank!"
No response.
"Clank! Clank! Clank!"
Still no response.
"CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!"
"Go away!" A voice resounded from behind the door.
"Sir Ryuda, it's 8 in the morning already. Classes start at 8.30." The young teacher replied.
"Aries, it's still summer vacation. Let me sleep in, I'm tired!" The voice replied.
"Summer vacation ended yesterday, Sir Ryuda. The students have been back since last night. If you don't get up now, you're going to be late!" The young teacher named Aries shouted back.
He was clearly the same age as the person inside but in terms of status, Ryuda was leagues above him in every manner.
Despite being the youngest teacher in the academy, Ryuda was already a certified S rank with his class [Teacher].
Besides that, this colleague of his was also the town's most competent problem solver.
"Bam!" The door immediately swung before a neat looking Ryuda in a scholarly robe appeared.
He held a leather bag in one hand while he adjusted his tie with the other.
"How do I look?" Ryuda asked his colleague in a cheerful tone. His cheerful smile would make people forget that he was a summer slouch.
"Well that was fast." Aries looked over his colleague's attire once before nodding his head.
"Nothing seems out of place. Alright Sir, you're clear to teleport to the classroom now."
"Thanks, Aries. See you after lunch!" Ryuda waved goodbye before disappearing altogether.
Grade 1 - Class B
When Ryuda suddenly appeared out of thin air, it was as if the students were aware of his sudden arrival.
By the time he stabilized himself from crossing realms, the whole class was already greeting him "Good morning, Teacher." with vigor and vitality.
"Good morning, everyone. You can sit back down now." Ryuda plopped his suitcase on his desk before taking out a thin glass slab with faint runes on it.
With a swipe of his hand, the faint runes vibrated for a moment before beginning to glow brightly.
Seconds later, the runes were glowing brightly.
"As we wait for my m-pad to boot up, let's recall the lesson about the history of Morpheus and the Morpheus Slab I taught you guys before your summer vacation. Let's begin with Kei then. Kei, if you may."
One of the students who was dozing off in the back of the class suddenly stood up quickly when he heard his name called.
"Y…Yes, teacher! Morpheus was an X-rank Sage known to be the Sage of Dreams whose expertise was in illusion magic! Despite being a Sage, he didn't care about the world and only wanted to sleep!"
"Correct. Xu En, continue." [Ryuda]
"Yes, teacher. Morpheus was so into sleeping that he unknowingly created a sleep based magic artifact using his dreams, called the Morpheus Slab." A student with glasses and continued on.
"And what's this Morpheus Slab used for?" Ryuda inquired.
"To calculate the latent potential of a person and their future career."
"Correct. The Sage of Dreams was a genius researcher in the field of dreams, divination and illusion magic. The Morpheus Slab was a culmination of the Sage's years of blood, sweat and tears. In today's time, the Morpheus Slab has been successfully mass produced and is used by hundreds of academies to discover talented individuals from millions of children across the continent." Ryuda nodded before further explaining the lesson.
"Carrying on–"
"Beep! Beep! Beep!" Just as Ryuda was getting into the production recipe of the Morpheus Slab, the thin glass slab in his hand started vibrating while the brightly lit runes started rearranging themselves into a paragraph.
"Beep! Good morning teacher, this is your 30th generation disciple, Azure Dragon Monarch. I have something urgent to report. Please call me back as soon as possible."
"Excuse me for a second, class. I've got to receive the report of my new water heater being installed." Ryuda bowed once towards his students before heading to an empty bathroom stall and called back his disciple.
The students on the other hand, were pretty much used to this scene since their teacher has been getting reports about his house or familial issues since he started working here.
No one found it weird for someone to get reports every Monday morning since they were still young.
As for the callers, they didn't bother who they were since they always referred to themselves as disciples of their class teacher.
To pass the time, some students decided to take a quick nap while others went through the materials for the next lesson.
Another group of students started to grasp this opportunity to make use of their class's high level Qi Gathering Array to cultivate.
Since Asclepius Academy was the only learning institution within the entire town of Asclepius, the academy has a wide variety of courses to accommodate the different classes found within their student body.
Just Ryuda's class having both martial artists and mages along with plant tamers and cooks explains the diversity of classes within the academy.