Dante and Sara managed to get ready on time and went to their first class. The classroom in question was outside the main facilities, a room similar to the Arena that functioned beyond regular classes.
It was a dome-shaped greenhouse with a massive millennia-old tree. The tree was around six thousand years old and was provided by the Elven Queen to fertilize the soil where the Academy would operate. It was the first facility during the academy's construction.
Because of this tree, all the green areas of the academy could be tended to without the risk of dying. The tree and its roots provided nutrients to the entire soil, fertilizing and aiding in the maintenance of the natural life of the academy.
"Why this explanation?" Dante questioned a lively Sara who hummed lightly as she walked alongside him.
"Because it's fun! Just look at this place; it looks mystical!" She said as they walked down the road leading to the greenhouse. Indeed, the appearance was very beautiful, with small lakes filled with flowers and blooming trees in every corner, like a beautiful spring landscape.
"You're right; this place is truly beautiful." Dante couldn't deny it. He had never seen places like this that exuded a mystical aura in everything they saw. It was as if he had stepped directly into a Wuxia novel with mythical landscapes from tales.
"Look, we're getting there," Sara said and started walking faster, leaving Dante behind, who walked casually.
'I should pretend I'm okay. If I show it, she'll want to ask too many questions...' His thoughts were still lingering on his previous dream. The pains were not physical but psychological.
Despite now being a powerful individual as the son of Valentina Scarlet and now the husband of Morgana Arcano, the tough years of bullying while attending his school in the other life were consuming him. His physical strength was robust, but his mentality... Upon recovering some memories, he was emotionally exhausted. Mental fatigue could break him.
'I need to be strong...' Dante said and moved forward without dwelling on it again. He swept the dirt from his past life under the bed and hoped it wouldn't affect him.
"Hey, walk faster!" He heard the slightly excited girl's shout and feigned a crooked smile, which didn't go unnoticed.
"Sure, let's go." He replied and quickened his pace, but it didn't take long before they had already spotted the glass structure, along with several students approaching and entering the venue.
"Looks like we made it on time," she said while walking slowly, as her hurry had already faded due to Dante's lack of enthusiasm.
'Something happened.' Sara's light thoughts were indeed real, but she couldn't draw any conclusions since she didn't know Dante.
"Let's go inside; we have a teacher to meet," Dante said and went ahead a bit more excited, so Sara also decided to move forward without thinking too much about what was happening.
"Hm? The teacher hasn't arrived yet?" They heard some murmurs as class time had already started, but no qualified adult was in sight.
"Is there no class?" A girl with pink hair asked. She wasn't very pretty or Dante's type, but she had a certain charm.
"Fufufu," a mature laughter was heard, and then the plants began attacking all the students.
"KYAAA!!!" A girl screamed. She had brown hair and was completely entangled by a strange green vine that seemed to have a life of its own.
"Damn, someone help her!" shouted the pink-haired girl, unable to reach the girl who was completely immobilized.
"Darn it, take care of each other!" They shouted. A group of youths started gathering in a circle and began using magic to cut the vines attacking them.
"HEY! Don't just stand there!" A golden-haired boy yelled, Ethan Smith.
"Hm?" Dante turned around, seeing the students in complete despair as they defended themselves; some were getting hurt slowly, but Dante stood next to Sara, just watching.
FLIN FLIN FLINT
A rapier began cutting through the vines, and a black blur grabbed the girl who was in the air. "Are you okay?" Elizabeth asked, setting the girl down, who nodded. She had red marks all over her body where the vines held tightly, causing bruises on her arms.
"Come together; we need to defend ourselves. Ignore those two!" She shouted, commanding like a natural leader, but Dante couldn't take it anymore...
"PFFFFF" He put his hand on his mouth, trying not to laugh, but it wasn't just him. "HAHAHAHAHA!" Sara started laughing loudly, grabbing everyone's attention.
Elizabeth's eyes began to tremble with anger, but when she lightly released her killing intent, Dante raised his hand, and all the vines caught fire.
"Pff... Pff... Princess Pff... Look Pff... Up HAHAHAHA," Dante said, laughing, and everyone looked up, only to see an elf floating down while bursting into laughter after witnessing this unfortunate defense demonstration.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" She roared loudly, unleashing a terrifying wind that cleared all the ashes from the Greenhouse.
She descended to the ground and approached Dante, slightly angry and still laughing.
"Pff... Come on, student, why ruin my fun?" She said pouting, her smile trying not to show, but she couldn't. She was almost peeing herself from laughter.
She placed her hand on her belly after laughing so much; she had aches from so many laughs she had. Only Dante and Sara saw it because they were away from the others. So she didn't bother them, just stood there watching the kids fall and hurt themselves with desperate looks as they tried to defend themselves from a simple basic magic.
"Oh well, okay, it's over!" She said, clapping her hands, causing a loud sound, grabbing everyone's attention; then, small vines dripped droplets onto the heads of all the students.
"Cure?" The girl who was caught during the teacher's playful act remarked, looking at her completely healed arms.
"Cool," a boy said, someone who had never witnessed healing magic personally.
"Okay, how are we now? Are you all right?" She asked, and everyone nodded again.
"So, shall we begin?" She said and slightly bowed. "I am Linnea Greenleaf, your beloved Magical Herbology teacher!"
Linnea Greenleaf, an elf who dedicated over a hundred years to Magical Herbology, traveled the world learning about herbs and plants from all continents. She was also known as "The Enchanted Gardener," teaching students about mystical herbs and how to survive with plants.
A woman with a striking appearance, middle-aged, wearing emerald green clothes, immersed in the essence of nature, she resembled a Dryad. Wielding a staff carved with intertwined vines and a basket with various magical plants, her eyes were kind and playful, carrying love for flora and a smile that conveyed her joy in having a class to teach.
"It's a pleasure to meet you!" She said, making a V with her fingers and winking at the students, who were slightly enchanted by the illustrious and eccentric presence of this teacher.
But Dante and Sara couldn't... They were in the corner trying to stop laughing at the reactions they saw, but it was difficult.
Elizabeth and Ethan, who were watching the two, began to look at them with a slight desire to kill embedded in their glares.
"Pff..." "He fell flat on the ground" "Pff..."
"Yes Pff..." "She acted like a leader, but Pff..." "The boss was on top of her head Pff...."
"Pff..." "My stomach hurts Hehe"
"Mine too hehe"