Early the next morning, Duanmu Huai gathered all the students together.
"Okay, now that you've had a night to calm down, you should understand what you need to do, right?"
"Yes, Teacher!"
Watching the students answer Duanmu Huai's question with such energy, Tachibana Hinata silently sighed beside them. It was only when she had returned to her room the previous night and lain down to rest that she finally understood what Duanmu Huai meant. No matter how you looked at it, those children had suddenly arrived in a strange, unfamiliar world and been forcibly saddled with the title of heroes, then told to fight and kill on the battlefield.
It was certain that their minds had been thrown into utter chaos, leaving them completely unable to think things through. If they had simply followed the other side's arrangements under those circumstances, it would have been the same as falling into their trap.
Yet Duanmu Huai had insisted on putting the students first. No matter how pitiful the other side acted, he had remained completely unmoved. If it had been Tachibana Hinata, she might have been persuaded by that Old Pope and reluctantly agreed to his request, sending the terrified, exhausted students before the people of this world and letting the other side use them as leverage...
But Duanmu Huai had protected those students, allowing them to calmly consider their current situation in a secure environment. Regardless of whether they could accept it, at least they could carefully think about their circumstances without interference.
At that thought, Tachibana Hinata seemed to understand why these students respected Duanmu Huai.
"Remember, the other side will act very warmly toward you. But don't let that go to your heads. Imagine them as those overenthusiastic shop assistants in clothing stores. You know how to deal