He had only just entered vacation mode when he was immediately knocked back to square one. Principal Arte sat behind her desk, holding a newspaper, with a cup of morning coffee on the desk.
"Sit."
She pointed at the guest sofa and continued reading. Dark greeted Professor Sylph, who was already seated, then sat down beside her. He casually picked up a newspaper from the table and opened it as well.
The notice had come so suddenly this morning that he had rushed over without even reading the morning paper.
Yet, judging from Principal Arte and Professor Sylph's expressions, neither of them seemed tense.
"We're just discussing the arrangements for this vacation," Professor Sylph said casually.
Dark nodded, understanding.
The holiday training camp for students remaining at the academy had been planned long ago.
They still needed to discuss the specifics, however, as those would have to be adjusted according to the circumstances of every student participating in the training.
For example, Dark himself had absolutely no intention of participating... Well, at most, he would join as a professor.
About fifteen minutes later, Professor Power Jones, Professor Lily Laplace, and Professor Holder Bode arrived one after another.
As the heads of their respective houses, they naturally needed to take part in this matter. From that perspective, Dark himself was actually the one who should not have been here.
However, he was in charge of the first- and second-year members of Hidden Snake and knew their circumstances relatively well, so he had been called over as well.
"Now that everyone is here, let's begin," Principal Arte said with a smile as she put down the newspaper.
The others nodded slightly and focused their attention.
"First, we need to establish a name for this," Principal Arte said. "After all, since the war