In the end, Roxy, the magic teacher, was the first to break the deadlock.
Roxy forced herself to shake off the farce that had left her so mortified and indignant.
She picked up the teaching notes on the table again.
Her cool voice, clear as a mountain spring, slowly filled the room once more.
Roxy resumed explaining magic to Rudeus.
And the ancient history of the last Human-Demon War.
"...Counting backward from the present, it was roughly four to five hundred years ago."
"Humanfolk and Demonfolk fought a brutal war that engulfed the entire world..."
"This was the third Human-Demon War, which later generations called the 'Laplace War.'"
"During that war, there was a race of Demonfolk called the 'Superd Race.'"
"Their distinguishing features were emerald-green hair and a bright red jewel in the center of their foreheads, like a third eye."
"They say the Superd Race was cruel and warlike."
"On the battlefields of the Laplace War, they slaughtered everyone without mercy, whether friend or foe, men or women, young or old."
"They were a nightmare shared by every race of that era."
"And so, after the war ended, every race came to deeply despise and fear the Superd Race."
"I heard that the Superd Race was eventually driven out of the Demon Continent by force."
"Since then, their whereabouts have been unknown..."
"Incidentally..."
At this point, Roxy's voice faltered slightly despite herself.
"I'm one of the Demonfolk too..."
"When I applied for the teaching position and first met Mr. Paul, he seemed so surprised to see me."
"Perhaps it was because my blue hair looks a little green in the sunlight."
As she spoke that final word, "green," Roxy could not keep the unmistakable dejection and insecurity from showing on her face.
Meanwhile, Rudeus had recovered some of