Two big Geovishaps appeared before Paimon and roared. Right after appearing, they curled into 2 balls and attacked Paimon. However, Paimon, with her flying ability, easily dodged the attacks.
After missing Paimon, the two Geovishaps returned to their normal state. They looked up at Paimon, their eyes were telling Paimon that they wanted to catch and shred Paimon to pieces before devouring her.
"SIT!" Paimon shouted.
To the Geovishaps' surprise, they were instinctively pinned to the ground.
"Hehe, Paimon's strong, right? Scared of Paimon?"
Of course, the Geovishaps were not scared of Paimon, who looked like a chunk of meat in their POV. The pinning down probably made them confused, but not to the point of being scared yet.
"Alright, Paimon doesn't have any time to play with you, Paimon has to go check on the Petrified Tree and the ley lines."
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Meanwhile, Alexy was showing "Mr. Black" around the school.
"Ah, Tsarivich, can I ask you something?"
"Yes?"
"Well...ahem...on my way to the office of the Principal, I heard some...rumors..."
"Rumors about what, Sir?"
"I heard rumors about...supernatural things...like the Seven Mysteries."
Alexy's heart skipped a beat and his face turned pale, but he soon composed himself. After all, all people in the school had heard about it. So Mr. Black asking about those supernatural things was not out of place. Acting overly guilty would prove that he was involved more than the others.
Alexy's first reaction did not escape Mr. Black's keen eyes. But considering how country Z's government hated all things supernatural, including the divine, the reaction was actually logical.
"I...I...I don't..."
"Please help me! I'm just a poor teacher who got assigned to this school. At least please tell me the dangers and problems at workplace that I have to face. You probably only have 1 or 2 years remaining at this school. But I probably have to stay here for a lifetime." Mr. Black said, his voice was very pressing.
(Well, telling him what everybody in this school knows probably won't hurt!) Alexy said to himself.
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About 1 hour later, Alexy finally left his school to go to his brother's school.
"What took you so long, Brother?" Ivan asked.
"Sorry, my teacher asked me to take a new teacher around the school." Alexy explained.
"...Fine! By the way, did you meet and ask that weird orange-haired toy-seller about the toy he gave me?"
"...I'm sorry!"
"..."
Ring...ring...ring
Alexy took out his phone.
"Alexy, where are you and Ivan?" his mom shouted.
"We will go home now!"
"As the older brother, you should be responsible for your younger brother. Better give me a valid reason, or your punishment would be doubled!"
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In a farm north-east to the city
Venti was in his wind sprite form and staying on top of an apple tree in an apple farm. He somehow could still devour apples.
"Mmm...mmm...these apples are so delicious! Teyvat's wild apples found in the forest could not be compared to these. This world is so advanced." Venti said to himself as he was devouring the apples.
"...But this world is so cruel...and the government here is so tyrannical. It makes me remember the tyrannical days of Decarabian in the old Mondstadt..." Venti looked up at the sky, as the sun was beginning to set "Alexy, I think I already know what kind of test I shall give you."
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The next morning,
"Alright, class! I will have your new history teacher!"Mr. Black said after he had settled down at the teacher's table.
Alexy was flabbergasted.
"Ms. Kirisawa had to taken months off because she wanted to prepare for her coming baby." Mr. Black said.
(No way! She doesn't have a husband. Plus, her strict face would probably scare all potential boyfriends away!) Alexy recalled Ms. Kirisawa's scolding face as she lectured him after class for getting only a D in the test.
"I'm Sebastian Black, and it's delightful to meet all of you today." Mr. Black continued "Hopefully, I will stay with you until the end of school year."
(Oh no, it's coming!) Alexy said in his mind.
"Alright, each of you please stand up and introduce yourself to me, remember to tell me what your dreams are along with your hobbies."
The whole class began to scream inside, maybe except the most sociable students. For teenagers like them, adults asking what they do in their free time is a no-no. And to many of them, they haven't decided on their future yet.
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"Alright, it's your turn!" Mr. Black came to Alexy's desk.
"Can I get a pass? After all, I helped you yesterday." Alexy said with a low voice.
"I will never forget your act of kindness to me, but NO!"
"Haizzz..." Alexy stood up and began to introduce himself "My name is Alexy Tsarivich. I love helping my mom and my baby brother during my free time."
"Pffft..." some classmates had begun to giggle.
(Yeah, yeah, keep laughing! It will soon be your turn soon!)
"Hmm...interesting, continue, please!"
"My dream...I...I...want to be..."
"Alright, stop! Give me an answer that you're sure about next time I ask."
"Yes, teacher!" Alexy sat down again.
"Alright class, please remember that next year is your senior year. Stop playing so much and think harder about your future." Mr. Black turned to the whole class and said.
Apparently, many students didn't like what Mr. Black said, but deep down, they knew he was right.
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After the introductions, Mr. Black finally began the lesson.
"Alright, today we will learn about 'Historical Attires in Some Countries'." Mr. Black opened his text-book and recited the lesson's name with a bored voice. Clearly, he didn't like these kinds of lessons.
Mr. Black then proceeded to turn on the projector and connected his computer to its system. Meanwhile, Alexy opened his bottle of water.
The images began to appear on the projector. And once again, Alexy was flabbergasted, much more than when he knew Mr. Black to become his History teacher. He was so shocked to the point that he choke of water.
"Cough...cough...cough..."
"Alexy, are you okay?" Jack asked and left his seat to help Alexy.
The images shown on the projector were the character cards of Tartaglia and Kaeya.