Daarun was a retired war veteran that has trained his fair share of army recruits and among them, there are always the chaotic bunch who struggle to follow the commands of an officer and become more of a problem than the tool they are meant to be.
It was why Daarun had been used to dealing with problematic elements since his army days.
And many in the academy were aware of this history.
They had even heard some complaints from some outstanding students on how Daarun had used his cqc training to beat up some children and keep them in line. And they were aware of what Daarun had been doing and they didn't stop him there.
They were here to nurture future superheroes and hunters, they don't mind if a teacher uses harsher means to teach the children.
Because at the end of the day, they still had noble ambitions and dreams of their own, all of them wished to be called teachers of a famous superhero. It's their way of gaining fame.
This was the reason why they hated someone like Luvi, who without talent becomes a nuisance to everyone around him.
"Haha!! Daarun is right. Just give him to us and we will teach that naughty child some manners." Another Practical lessons teacher announced, obviously happy with the suggestion and looking forward to teaching Luvi some manners.
Vice principal on the other hand thought for a while, before saying shaking her head. "Its hard to accomplish, you can't change your subject mid semester. There is no way to put him in any other class."
It would be a lie to say that she didn't like this idea, but this doesn't change the fact that according to the rules, one can't change their subjects mid semester.
Everyone's energy is limited and one can't keep experimenting with different classes all the time. It would also be a management nightmare.
But at this, Daarun smiled. Recalling the suggestion Luvi gave, he said after some contemplation.
"But its not a simple child we are talking about. He is at the end of the day, a topper of his class. He stands to gain nothing from coming to classes, hence he is acting out so that you change your decision and give him a leave again."
Hearing those words, the vice principal as well as some other teacher's had a confused look on their faces. "This."
She thought.
It was weird that a teacher that rarely talked during the meeting was speaking so much. Not to mention, he was able to directly pull the crux of the problem and his reasoning also sounded close to the truth.
Which was truly odd considering his prior inactivity.
'He looks like a fool, but he is smart when it comes to it.' Thought the vice principal, who nodded at his words.
"I can see it, he had earned enough yellow slips to be given a nominal suspension for a week or so. But it would be our own loss as it's what he wants."
The vice principal agreed with Daarun's words. She can't deny the fact that Luvi had them by the balls and if they followed the proper procedure, he would be getting a nominal suspension and she also understood that Luvi was not fool enough to take things too far and get rusticate.
Which would make him a nightmare for the theoretical classes.
Its better to throw him where he will learn some manners.
"Everyone, does anyone else want to add to teacher Daarun's suggestion?"
From those words, the other teachers were aware that the vice principal planned to accept teacher Daarun's suggestion. And seeing that most of them had no other idea on how to deal with the Luvi problem, this seemed apt.
Though it was also not like that, everyone had no ideas at all.
The practical lessons teacher named Bhuveshwar chimed in.
"I would also like to try my hands at this problem child, please send him my way as well."
'He is interested in it as well?'
Daarun was a bit surprised.
Unlike him, Bhuvesh was one of ability supremacists in the academy and trained the endurance of the students.
His class was frequented by physical ability users and there was a proper hierarchy set up in his class depending on the strength of a student, which kept those with lower rank awakening always below them.
It was also a class where Andy frequented so as to cover up his weakness and also the place where Andy first met Adam.
So, it was bizarre from Daarun's perspective for a teacher like him to be interested in this.
But he didn't say much and smiled at Bhuvesh, "Lets see who influences him the most."
Daarun ended the talk after some small talk and his suggestion was accepted.
There were a total of six subjects a student can take and four of which had been converted to practical classes for Luvi. making the total practical classes he had to attend a whopping five.
Leaving on the language class where Luvi rarely acted out as it was with the strongest students in 2nd semester.
There was also the case that if they converted all the classes to practical one, the incident might be taken as a school bullying a child.
*****
"You are already in a PE uniform?... Then it makes it easy."
"?... There was poop on my uniform, so I wrote this today."
"..."
"We know it was chocolate and we are also well aware of what you have been trying to do all this while." The vice principal was angered at the disrespectful child in front of her.
If not for his background and snitching, she might have kicked him out or given even harsher punishment to him. But as things stand, he was some sort of untouchable.
Not like she would ever want to touch him.
"So, let me say it. Your little tricks won't work and there would not be leave slips given to you at all. So forget it."
"What do you mean teacher? I never intended anything like that." Luvi said with an embarrassed look, appearing as if his little play had been caught by others.
"Anyways, getting back on topic. Considering your actions and the amount of slips you earned, we thought of an appropriate punishment for you." The vice principal felt a sense of satisfaction as she led the conversation. She looked forward to the despair of a fat boy as Luvi.
He would probably hate it. Or so she thought. 'Hmm, his clothes look looser then before.' The PE clothes were looser to begin with, but they looked a lot more flabby than usual.
"Leaving language, all your classes has been converted into practical lessons."
"Hmm?"
"Please no."
Luvi cried, as if his spirit left his body. The principal can see the panic in his eyes. "Please reconsider it. I am the smartest in theory class… it will be ruining my talent."
"We didn't do anything, you brought this onto yourself. No other students who came after the leave acted like you, they just shut up and endured their problems. But you, you wasted their time and the time of others."
"But ma'am, it's not my fault, if you had just left us be."
"Let you be?... We could have done so if not for what you did before. Which forced our hand at the end."
"But besides that point, I would say it here, we won't take this punishment back. For the remainder of the semester you had to go to practical classes but your exam will still be of the theoretical classes you might have normally attended in their place."
It was a cosmetic class change, at the end of the day the exams would still be from the theory classes he missed. While he had to waste his class time in the practice fields or combat arena in the academy.
So Luvi pleaded a bit more, he was scared and worried of what might happen to him. But the vice principal didn't listen, his punishment was finalized and he was forced to go back to his new class with his head down.
But it was also at this moment that the principal noticed something bizarre.
'His hands…'
Luvi's hands were bandaged up, an appearance that was rare but was becoming noticeable in the academy.
And she knew the reasons as well.
'Hah! He treats it as a trend.'
That all came to her mind when she looked at Luvi. To her, it was close to impossible for someone like him to do any physical exercise.
So Luvi left the room and his crumpled face remained the same even outside.
Anyone would think that Luvi just received some devastating news looking at his face.
But on the inside, Luvi was ecstatic.
'Success… Didn't expect a straight person like teacher Daarun would be accepted so easily by them.'
He was happy at this situation, now he has no time to waste on the theory classes and if it had been who requested a change like this, his request would have been denied. But now, the vice principal gave him the prize herself.
Of course, not everything went according to plan as he had been thrown into teacher Bhuvesh class as well.
But fact still remained, he can now focus on his body training during this time once again.