The Academy’s Health Teacher Wants to Take a Break

Episode 65. War makes money.

Three days.

It wasn’t a very long time for education, but I thought I did my best.

By teaching them about their major, the human body, and reducing their resistance to the weapons they had been filtering out all along, they finally made them accept the teaching.

Now, it will be up to the leadership team to decide whether to use what they have learned or to just apply it.

“Ah~~~”

After completing my schedule, I left the camp for a while and sat alone on a bench in the square to pass the time.

Leaving will be this evening.

There is free time for a while until the wagon is ready, so the leading members were told to use that time to freely roam the city and enjoy their leisure time.

Because it would be a bit like going back to school without doing anything after coming out far.

“…… It is filthy peaceful.”

Of course, in my case, the problem is that I don’t have much to enjoy.

“Dirty and noisy.”

Anyway, since I got a job at an academy to prepare for my old age, what can I do if I have time?

When I have time, I just sit on a bench and enjoy the scenery.

But I didn’t just think that it was bad.

In a place where buildings from all kinds of cultures are gathered, various people walk the streets happily.

The fact that passers-by don’t see a single worry on their faces is proof that this place is so peaceful.

“Teacher.”

At the time I started to laugh at such a leisurely thought, someone walked through the crowd and soon settled down in front of me.

A young man with a hard look in a white uniform.

My disciple and reliable pillar of Maris.

“Can I sit next to you for a minute?”

“…… You’re with other kids, so why are you here?”

“Just, while I was looking for a suitable seat, I saw a teacher and came here… …. If it’s rude, I’ll just leave.”

“No, can you excuse me?”

I silently tapped on an empty seat on the bench, and Waden sat next to me with a faint smile.

After that, I just quietly looked around.

The demeanor was straight, but the expression under the hat was more relaxed than usual.

It’s like he’s enjoying the time he’s had for the first time in a while.

“Oh, you are strange too. When I finally get some free time, I’ll do some snacking with the other kids. …. Don’t you have any hobbies to speak of?”

“This is my hobby.”

“What?”

“Just sitting and watching the street.”

Saying that, Weyden leaned his elbows on his knees.

“If I don’t do anything, nothing happens… …. I love the moment when I can feel it touching my skin.”

In the way he looked around the city with his back bent straight up all the time, all the restraint he always felt was gone.

It is as if at this moment, all the tension that I have been feeling under the burden of responsibility has disappeared.

“… That’s right, this boredom is proof that there is no incident.”

While I sympathized with him, I also felt a considerable sense of difference.

Because usually children of this age are tired of schoolwork or family problems and dream of escaping from everyday life.

In such a yard, on the contrary, I was in a position to be happy with such a boring daily life.

“It’s the first time I’ve been able to sit face-to-face like this, so why don’t we have a chat?”

Well, in that case, you should ask.

“Talking, you mean…… ?”

“If today goes by, I don’t think we’ll have much conversation like this in the future. I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to ask each other questions at this time. If anything, I could tell you the color of the underwear you’re wearing right now.”

“…… Mr. Seine.”

“Ah, it’s not like you’ve already seen it, so you’re not curious about it, right? That’s too much~ Even the teacher is someone who changes clothes every day.”

“Public air becomes disordered. Please stop.”

Waden shouts firmly and pulls his hat down.

At the same time, looking around seemed like he was paying attention to the eyes of the people around him.

Seriously, who cares about a woman sitting on a bench in such a crowd?

You look like a cute child.

“… I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t personally curious.”

How much time has passed.

The lead manager soon regained his composure and said.

“For Sensei, you are the body that put your body into the unit I longed for.”

“…… hehehe, he says burdensome things with a serious face.”

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to say such a thing in front of your face?

I’d rather take off my skirt here.

“Are you feeling pressured?”

“No, it’s what the kid who has been following along well so far wants, but it wouldn’t be mature enough to avoid it.”

She smiled, crossed her legs, and glanced back at the city.

“So, you want to hear about your military days?”

What followed was a story about my past.

It was a rough and concise explanation of the things sent during the war.

****

If the story that started was interesting, it wasn’t.

To the point where I thought it would be more fun to listen to the principal’s lectures.

“…Ironic. The survival rate of units going to the battlefield to save lives, when the war ended, was only 30%.”

Yes, at least Hunhwa doesn’t have a dark story.

The lead manager would listen calmly to such a story, but when he heard my story, his expression hardened greatly.

“Three percent… …. Are you saying that only three out of ten survived?”

“Our unit was at least in a better position. At least, the staff didn’t directly give orders to the allies to die.”

In fact, telling them to step into the front lines on the battlefield was practically the same as forcing them to commit suicide.

It was so fierce that there was no guarantee that the land occupied yesterday would be theirs until tomorrow, and the lives of people who were put into such a struggle were repeatedly consumed as quickly as expendable supplies.

To go to such a scene without any weapons to rescue people…….

Isn’t it a strategy to rely more on the mercy of the enemy than on individual strength?

“Even though we signed an agreement, was that enough?”

“There are dozens of agreements. What’s the meaning of promises made between guys who haven’t even set foot in the field?”

Certainly, the leaders of each country signed an agreement stipulating humanitarian provisions, but even that was merely a maneuver to solidify its position abroad.

In the first place, in a place where no one except the parties knows what is going on, there is no way that the promises of those who just sit at a desk and discuss things will be properly carried out.

Even if they are exposed, they tend to distort the report rather than publicize it. Everyone is desperate and desperate, but what they do with such a heart puts their position in danger.

But have you ever considered such reports as truth?

“So, how about hearing the story?”

A face that became contemplative at some point.

It seemed as if he regretted asking me about this, but in the end, he lowered his gaze as if he had complied with something.

“…… Have you ever wanted to quit?”

“It was a lot. I was scared to die, but I hated being resentful more than that.”

Yes, even if no one else knew, I knew that the soldiers of the enemy country were the same person.

But to them, I am the one who rescues those who kill their comrades like dogs.

It was impossible to endure their hatred silently with a decent mindset.

“…… Sorry. You asked something.”

“No, what. Are you okay. I’m talking about this because I have a tolerance.”

It wasn’t a lie.

On the contrary, what is painful to watch is the one who hears my story and is swayed by guilt.

“Still, since I’m not the only one talking about it, I thought I’d listen to the story of our leading manager… ….”

So let’s end my story here. As I naturally switched the topic, the lead manager asked me back in a weak voice.

“What story would you like to hear?”

“Just what… …. You can do anything you want to say.”

Actually, I just wanted to ask a direct question, but no matter how mature he is, he is still an 18-year-old boy.

There is only one year left until the coming-of-age ceremony, but a child who is still unreasonable to be considered an adult.

I wonder why such a child was swayed by such responsibility to the point of kneeling in front of me, but I was worried that he would heal his wounds beyond that.

So if you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to.

Even if it goes like that, I’m just looking for the next opportunity.

“War makes money… ….”

While half resigned and waiting for the next words, Waden’s mouth slowly opened.

As if reenacting what someone said in the past, borrowing this moment.

“It was a conversation my father had with a trader the other day.”

The story that started like that, ironically, I had guessed to some extent even before I heard the story.

His father is a top stockholder of Wesson & Colt.

It was because he was a snobbish person who appeared as the main NPC in the game and sold weapons to both the Imperial and Allied forces.

Couldn’t that child not have been influenced by such a human being?

“When I was young, I didn’t know what that word meant, but now I understand how the environment in which I grew up was shaped. Every time someone dies, the food on the table becomes more luxurious, and every time someone loses their hometown, the house gets a more valuable piece of furniture…….”

Waden’s hand, which was telling such a story, was immediately directed to his eyes.

“It was before I joined Maris. At the time, the child I had been playing with before, in the place where I had set foot for education, at some point punched me and spat out abusive language. It wasn’t long before I heard that the unit the father belonged to was annihilated in a counterattack with weapons smuggled by the Imperial Army.”

“… ….”

“… It’s funny. Because the person who provided the opportunity to break up the families of many people was infinitely caring and warm when it came to her own family.”

A trembling voice.

Hearing that, I couldn’t even figure out what to say.

The only thing that comes to my mind is that the squirrel I saw in the game was also a human being.

“As rumors spread, I had to change residence several times. Tired of not being able to set foot in that way, I resented his father, but my mother told me like this. My father also had a very difficult life in the past, and he found a way to live only now. Other people may not know, but we shouldn’t resent our father.”

Yes, isn’t it a place where those who don’t have are not welcome wherever they go?

In order to survive in such an era, even if you are a victim, you must be prepared to survive.

After living as a survivor like that, the time comes when humanity is tested, and you weigh your morals against your own life…

Of course, those who survive are those who chose their lives over morals.

Being a survivor in a devastating era means becoming an assailant towards another victim.

“This man who was so crazy about money, was running a charity project by establishing a foundation with the money he had earned so far as soon as the war was over.”

“…… Hee hee, I guess you still have a conscience.”

“Well, it might just be to sharpen the base for future business. Even if the war is over, you will still have to find a way to live.”

A fishy smile was drawn on his lips before long.

However, the eyes staring into the distance even looked distressed.

There was nothing I couldn’t understand.

A life lived by putting the lives of many, if not indirectly, under it.

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For this honest boy who has awakened a sense of justice through some kind of opportunity, even in his current life, he will have no choice but to face a sense of guilt.

“Of course, since it was an era when everyone needed weapons, someone must have filled that position. That position was just my father, who planned a way to live.”

I understand with my head, but with my heart…

Since he is still a boy, emotions must take precedence over reason, and that is why everything that makes up this moment will be more deeply felt by hatred towards his father than abstract concepts such as a great cause.

“But sometimes I think about it. If no one had sold weapons to those who wanted war……. Even if there are a lot of people asking for that, if I hadn’t devised to make a more powerful weapon, I wondered if the number of victims could have been reduced.”

The hand on his knee is tightly clasped.

“If the fight becomes fiercer and more brutal because of power, then a weapon that makes people exert power beyond what a person can do will in itself make them more determined to commit cruelty. My father was the one who made money by exploiting the psychology of such people.”

“…… Wayden.”

“I have been thinking about this because I grew up under such a person. A weapon is……. And a more powerful weapon has the potential to corrupt people just by existing.”

In time, Waden turned his precarious gaze toward me.

The reason those eyes tremble uncharacteristically is probably because even he is not sure about what he is saying.

“…… Do you think that I am wrong?”

Maybe what you believed was right was wrong.

Because the education I did must have deeply touched my heart to the extent that there were cracks in the mindset I had adhered to.

“I… ….”

The moment I was about to tell him what I thought.

-Kwaaang!!

An explosion rang out.

From that moment on, the thoughts that popped into my head went back to blank paper, and the nerves of my whole body were on high alert.

Reviving the senses I had felt many times two years ago.

It meant that it was not an ordinary thing.