Friendly Reincarnator Chapter 107: Classroom Reform

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“What are you going to do about revising the lectures?” (Micah)

 

 

 Micah looked as if he didn’t understand what I meant.

 

 

“Since the proposition is to send out adventurers who will survive, I thought it would be a good idea to make the class about giving them a good background knowledge.” (Louis)

 

“I’ve survived so far. I mean, my stories should benefit them.” (Maggie)

 

 

 Maggie responds with a look of frustration, insisting that her experience is beneficial.

 

 

“I’m sure Maggie’s experience is valid, but don’t you think that the stories of adventurers who are now D-rank are just too dazzling and not realistic enough for those who haven’t even reached G-rank yet? Even Maggie didn’t start at D rank, did she?” (Louis)

 

“That’s right, but I don’t know about today’s beginners…” (Maggie)

 

 

 She muttered quietly before sadly glancing to the side.

 

 

“However, there are students who haven’t even registered to become adventurers yet, so I think it would be even more effective if you teach them from there and tell them a splendid D-rank adventure story three months later.” (Louis)

 

 

 They both let out a sigh before Micah asked.

 

 

“What exactly are you trying to do?” (Micah)

 

 

 I told him what I had noticed after a day of classes today. I told him that the first thing I was going to do was to set a class schedule, standards, and goals.

 

 

-The timetable would be 50 minutes, with a 10-minute break, and there would be four periods.

-We will have the students learn general knowledge, minimum calculations, and letters.

-Instruct swordsmanship, spear arts, and archery including martial arts.

-For magic, there should be standards and a test that says, “If you can do this, you have met the passing level.”

-Create a textbook.

 

 

 There are others, but I’ve laid out what I think are the minimum requirements.

 

 There should be a break in the training, even if it is a vocational school, so that students can learn to read and write at least, and it is difficult to teach some martial arts only through lectures by certain adventurers. The lack of a textbook is like saying there is no order to what is taught and what will be taught.

 

 

“No, it’s impossible, you know? I can’t even calculate.” (Micah)

 

 

 Micah’s brow wrinkled as he complained.

 

 

“I can’t do it if it’s only for a month. But why don’t you take this opportunity to learn it with me? If you can learn the letters and do the calculations, you can do the bookkeeping at the inn, and you won’t be cheated out of the money at the store or in the horse-drawn carriage.” (Louis)

 

“Oh, can I really do that?” (Micah)

 

“Until now, there was no one to teach it, but anyone can learn it if they want to. I guarantee it.”

 

 

 Both of them agreed, so we decided to work out some of the details.

 

 I would be in charge of general knowledge, letters, and calculations, and I would only get one hour a day.

 

 The second hour would be physical training, and since Micah could use swordsmanship, he would teach basic moves, but he would also ask the principal to arrange a day for an outside instructor to teach spear arts and archery.

 

 The third hour is magic class, and the requirement for graduation is to be able to use the elementary magic of each aptitude.

 

 The fourth hour will be a classroom lecture, learning about the characteristics of monsters and medicinal herbs.

 

 I will make a textbook of letters and calculations, but I can’t finish it today or tomorrow, so I’m hoping to have it by next week or so.

 

 

 After the general meeting, we broke up for the day and I paid a visit to the principal’s office.

 

 I know they could be out exploring, but I knock on the door and call out to him.

 

 

“Principal Sennett, it’s me Louis, who started today. I have some business to discuss with you.” (Louis)

 

“Please come in.” (Bert)

 

 

 I opened the door and entered the room, and he motioned me to sit down on a chair.

 

 

“What’s wrong? Is there something troubling you?” (Bert)

 

“Thank you for taking the time to see me. I just wanted to give you a report and ask a favor.” (Louis)

 

“Go ahead.” (Bert)

 

 

 I gave a brief report on the day’s situation and discussed my request for permission and other requests because the class structure was not designed to train adventurers and because I thought it would benefit both the adventurers and the school.

 

 First of all, the class structure will be revised after meeting with the two teachers, but I asked them if the school was losing popularity because only half of the students (15) were enrolled, while the allowable number of students was about 30, given the school’s size, and they said that was true and that they were considering whether to stop running the school because of the increasing drop-outs. That’s where the first permit came in.

 

 That’s the first permission.

 

 I asked for permission to build a dormitory on a vacant lot on the school grounds.

 

 I will not charge a construction fee.

 

 Some students commute from home, but most of them have to pay for lodging and boarding, so we can let them live in the dormitory and raise the entrance fee.

 

 Since the current students have only one month left, they should be allowed to use the dormitory free of charge if they wish to move in, and the next incoming students should pay the dormitory fee. But we can set the price lower than the inn so that they can cook their own meals.

 

 

“How are you going to do that without charging us a construction fee?” (Bert)

 

 

 The principal asked with a dubious look on his face, but I gave a simple answer.

 

 

“I will make it with earth magic. Yesterday, I made a bath in the Silver Fruit Pavilion where I am staying. Let someone else go see it and you’ll understand.” (Louis)

 

“Okay. I will allow it.” (Bert)

 

 

 I thanked him for his permission and requested for him to arrange for an instructor to teach the basics of sword, spear, and bow once a week.

 

 

“Sorry, but the expense involved is…” (Bert)

 

 

 He looked as if he was chewing a bitter bug and muttered, so I proposed a negotiation plan.

 

 

“Couldn’t you ask the guards to do it? In exchange, they would be allowed to use the school grounds as a training ground for the guards during the afternoons when there are no classes, and in return, they would become instructors for one hour a week for weapon handling. Right now, they are young kids who want to be adventurers, but I’d like you to convince them that if they find handling weapons interesting, they could become aspiring Guardsmen.” (Louis)

 

“I know you have some interesting ideas. All right, I can’t make any promises, but I will try to negotiate.” (Bert)

 

“Thank you very much. I will start work on the dormitory tomorrow afternoon. The day after tomorrow is a school holiday, so I hope to be able to finish it on Monday.” (Louis)

 

 

 I left the principal’s office after talking about the dormitory expenses and other matters, but unlike the first time, I was not nervous.

 

 

 There was still time, but on the way from the school to the inn, I went to a general store to look for materials for making textbooks, that is, paper or parchment, and found some parchment, but there were too few, so I gave up.

 

 I remember the process of making Japanese paper from my previous life, but I can’t remember what kind of wood the material was.

 

 My memories are too hazy to remember the type of tree, but I believe that the inside of the bark, the white bark, was boiled until it became fibrous, mixed loosely with some acid, strained evenly, and dried to make washi.

 

 

 When I was a kid, there was a paper called straw paper and western paper…

 

 I don’t know how much paper-like stuff I can make, but I’ll give it a try.

 

 

 There is a large forest about an hour south of the royal capital Volkran.

 

 I decided to procure trees and plants that could be used as materials for paper in the forest.

 

 If I run with body enhancement, I can reach it in about 30 minutes.

 

 

 Half an hour later, I went through the forest looking for a tree whose inner bark could be peeled off.

 

 

 I did not know the name of the tree, but I found one that I hoped would have the inner bark stripped off, so I cut it down.

 

 I used my Blacksmithing magic to make a machete, a saw, and an axe.

 

 The tree was unexpectedly large, but I was able to cut it down with a single blow, thanks to the physical enhancement spell, I had applied to my axe.

 

 After cutting down about 20 trees, I threw them into my Infinite Storage and returned to the school.

 

 In the schoolyard, I stripped the bark off the trees. At first, I stripped the white inner bark off the trees, but it became more and more tedious, and in the end, I just stripped the bark off and put it all together.

 

 

 Now, the water in the bark receives [Separation] and the bark is [Grind].

 

 The bark powder is put into a container made by Huey using his diluted acid.

 

 The goal is not to dissolve it, but to keep the bark from sticking together.

 

 This was the first time I had to use the [Mixing] spell, but now I was thinking that I had a chance to use it.

 

 

 Next, I scooped up the liquid with a net with holes the size of a stocking, which Huey had made, and rolled it with a rolling device I had created with my Blacksmithing magic, a roller made of steel.

 

 The paper rolls were made by casting [Separation] and water thinly stretched out of the western paper.

 

 The paper is then cut to the same size to make paper bundles.

 

 

 About 30,000 sheets of paper, with slightly uneven edges and a little roughness, were produced and thrown into the endless storage. Ten large trees that had been stripped of their bark also had their water removed, and their moisture content was adjusted to about 15% and thrown into the Infinite Storage.

 

 I have already decided on another use for them.

 

 

 Then I re-read the booklet I received when I registered with the guild and decided I wanted to re-bake these and distribute them. Since I didn’t have time today, I decided to ask the guild tomorrow.

 

 

 I returned to the Silver Fruit Pavilion and filled the bath water and filled the magic stone with magic power to boil the bath as well.

 

 I told Alethea that the bath was ready to use and ordered dinner, which was served with soft bread.

 

 When I tried it, I found that it was much better than when I had just taught it to her, so I gave it an “A+”.

 

 I told her honestly that I thought it was wonderful that she was able to raise the quality of the bread to that level in one day.

 

 

 After dinner, I got out of the bath and went to my room to think about tomorrow’s class and realized that even if I were to teach the letters and calculations, I would not even be able to adequately prepare for tomorrow’s class in one hour.

 

 If I think about the letters and calculations that can be taught in three months, the calculations would be up to two-digit addition and subtraction, and the letters would be up to the level where I can read and write some without any problem.

 

 

 Since I am taking on this project in the middle of the school year, also, I may only be able to teach the students for one month, and even if I teach them how to write their names and add and subtract one-digit numbers, that may be the maximum I can teach them.

 

 I have to think about how to do it.

 

 

 

 That night, I stayed up until midnight to make up three months’ worth of textbooks and questionnaire printouts.

 

 

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