There was only one Earthling, of course: Sergeant Yu You.
Yu Lian felt a little sentimental. Even he could hardly imagine that just a few hours ago, this anti-establishment young rocker had been strumming an electric guitar onstage and yelling "Yo, yo, yo," and now he was a teacher helping kids learn arithmetic. Wasn't that a ridiculously fast change of character?
And now that he thought about it, it was almost midnight. Normal kids should've been in bed already. Was there any point in studying arithmetic at this hour?
Sure enough, Yu You soon tripped up on a two-digit addition and subtraction problem, and naturally couldn't solve the whole equation. He paced around anxiously while the bizarre-looking kids behind him laughed themselves silly, almost breaking into song and dance. In the end, a Fedoran shapeshifter child with a head of fluffy, leaf-like hair couldn't stand to watch any longer and pointed out Yu You's mistake.
Amid the children's cacophony of laughter, Yu You pulled out a lollipop and gave it to the Fedoran child.
...Come to think of it, Fedorans looked like sentient vines and shrubs. They were carbon-based life-forms, but could they actually digest sugar?
At any rate, this former New Jade Gate security force sergeant was still as guileless as ever. He hardly seemed like a teacher. But it was precisely because he was such a big softie that, even if he wasn't exactly a great teacher, he was sure to be a pretty good kid wrangler.
Yu Lian watched Yu You's wide grin and those two rows of big teeth reflecting the faint glow of the streetlights. Even if the guy had made it as a rock star, he was still ugly as sin, yet somehow carried himself with a kind of solemn dignity.
After that, the