Translator: Nox

1 - Another Grueling Day for the Aristocratic Kindergarten Teacher

The teacher at the noble kindergarten is having a hard time today 001

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"Your Majesty, no, brother." This is a log of Maxion's language habits. Would you like to take a look?”

Ephna handed the 'Student Development Log' to the man sitting across from her, Maxion's older brother.

He squeezed his eyes shut and ran a hand over his face. The bronze hand that accepted the paper trembled slightly.

“Your brother is the same. If you read here, you'll see that Maylin has hit a boy for the tenth time this month alone.”

This time, she politely pointed to Maylin's student record.

The other man, this time Maylin's brother, smiled faintly, as if trying to hide his despair.

“I'm sorry, teacher.”

It wasn't a regular parent-teacher conference day, but the guardians of the two families had been called in. To be precise, the older brother and the brother had been called in.

Two men revered as the Emperor of the Empire and the captain of the royal guard of the Grand Temple.

“Our Maylin has been very, shall we say, active this month as well.”

“I suppose I'll have to change the person in charge of imperial etiquette education again.”

Undoubtedly, the noblest men in the Empire were sitting in front of Ephna, each flipping through the papers with a troubled expression.

It was a familiar sight. Both of them had been in this consultation room for similar reasons exactly 34 days ago.

‘Is this the fifth time already, or the sixth?’

Indeed.

One of the parents at the meeting was Maxion's older brother, the male protagonist of the original story. The other was Maylin's brother, the female protagonist of the original story.

So, who is Ephna?

“Both of you, please look up.”

She was just an ordinary kindergarten teacher teaching the original protagonists.

Ephna looked at the two men and smiled leisurely.

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“This is the list of new students for the five-year-old class this year?”

“Yes. I was so surprised when I saw it. It seems it hasn't been made public anywhere yet.”

Ephna's hand trembled. The list of new students in her hand fluttered along with it.

If she had to express her feelings in one word, it would be shock. She barely suppressed the scream that had risen to her throat.

A stammering voice escaped from Ephna's lips.

“No way. How, how could this be……”

“I'm so sad that the entrance ceremony was canceled this year. They still haven't caught that person, have they? The one who threatened to blow up Avils Street.”

“……”

“At this rate, not only the entrance ceremony but all the other events will be canceled!”

Her colleague was complaining about something, but Ephna couldn't hear a word.

‘Why? Why? What for? Is this even allowed?’

Why are my cute protagonists here?

“Huh.”

There was no way to take back the laughter that escaped.

The original story was still more than 10 years away from starting. The protagonists should be spending their childhoods separately right now.

But, those children were now listed on the enrollment list for her kindergarten's five-year-old class.

In the middle of the list was a name that no citizen of the Empire would fail to recognize.

Maxion Gidehyde, the prince of the Empire.

‘The male protagonist of the original story……’

Above it, another familiar name was prominently placed.

Maylin Deisart, the youngest daughter of the Grand Priest, whom he cherished so dearly.

‘The female protagonist of the original story……’

Is it over here? No, Ephna's darlings weren't just the protagonists.

Aristia Hesban, the second daughter of Duke Hesban, a founding contributor to the Empire.

‘Even the villain of the original story.’

How could they all be gathered together so perfectly?

Ephna recalled the opening of the original story, which she had read three or four times. The first sentence was this:

The debutante of eighteen was bored. Maylin let down her hair and headed for the terrace. Maxion was there.

An eighteen-year-old debutante.

The day Maylin and Maxion first met. Yes, Maylin and Maxion were supposed to meet for the first time at the age of eighteen, not five!

‘Damn it.’

This wasn't just a twisted version of the original story, it was just, just……!

“It's ruined……”

“You were surprised, weren't you? I was so surprised at first too. Wouldn't you say it's as if our kindergarten has been recognized as the best in the Empire?”

“Yes, right……”

It has to be the best. It has no choice but to be the best.

The Empire was currently in the midst of an education craze. The era of magic engineering, which emphasized numbers, arrays, and academics, had begun.

Ephna quickly grasped the needs with her experience from her past life.

‘Education fever? I'll show you the skills I honed from surviving four years in Daechi-dong, Gangnam's 8th school district.’

What efforts had she made to raise Roendel to be the best kindergarten in the Empire!

From making the school uniform to introducing the notification system that didn't exist in this world. She worked overtime every day for a year, managing students, dealing with parents, and holding entrance information sessions.

As a result, Roendel produced dozens of academy entrants.

Roendel's transformation into a first-class private kindergarten was the result of such efforts.

“But the result is…….”

The destruction of the original story!

Of course, she had thought about seeing the protagonists at least once. But not like this.

Not watching the romance of the fully grown protagonists, but their infancy.

‘Huh?’

Come to think of it, it's not so bad?

“Teacher Ephna, I'm so jealous. I should have taken the five-year-old class too!”

“All in my class……”

Hmm, it's actually pretty good.

Ephna thought so, rubbing her chin.

Even until the day before the children entered the school. Without daring to imagine what the coming storm would be like.

The storm landed at the kindergarten exactly two weeks later.

“Wow. Teacher is so pretty.”

Eyes as blue as the summer sea sparkle.

The little female protagonist, Maylin, looked up at Ephna with her hands clasped tightly together.

‘So cute!’

So this is what Maylin was like when she was young.

Short legs. Sausage-like arms. Pink curly hair flowing from her waist. She was an angel.

Ephna smiled brightly at the children who were looking at her with their bright eyes and greeted them.

“Welcome, everyone. My name is Ephna. Now, what's teacher's name?”

“Eppna Teacher!”

“Very good. We're meeting for the first time, so we should say hello, right? Teacher will say hello first. Everyone, follow along. Hello!”

“Hello.”

“HELLOOOO!!!”

The former was the other children, the latter was Maylin. Maylin was so energetic when she was five years old.

She was impressed by the child's loud voice. But it seemed that she wasn't the only one who was impressed.

“Hey. Be quiet. No class.”

“Are you talking to me?”

“Yes. You.”

The male protagonist, Maxion, pointed at Maylin with an arrogant face.

What is this situation?

‘Could it be that my little baby angels are fighting?’

From the very first meeting?

“What? What class do you have, ugly?”

“It's not class, it's manners.”

Like an angel…….

“Yes. Class. Class.”

“Idiot. It's manners, I said?”

Idiot…….

“I'm not an idiot!!!”

Thwack.

The fist, stretched out short, no, stubby, struck his face.

“……”

The female lead hit the male lead's face.

But it was too early to be surprised. This was just the beginning. For 13 days after the children entered the school, the Sunshine Class was steadily becoming a mess.

“Let go!”

The yellow chair flew far away with Maylin's kick.

“You let go first, you idiot!”

The elephant doll on the desk was swept away powerlessly by Maxion's gesture.

Oh, God.

These little children are, in the world, grabbing and tearing at each other's hair more efficiently than adults.

“You're dead. You.”

“You're one to talk.”

The protagonists panting, and the teachers barely separating the two children. In the midst of all this, Ephna quietly opened her notification book.

[We request the guardian's visit to the kindergarten.]

Scratch, scratch. She wrote down her weary heart.

And the next day, the male lead's older brother and the female lead's brother really opened the kindergarten door and entered.

The first thing she saw was firm, bronze skin and straight hands. The man's amber eyes leisurely scanned the inside of the kindergarten with a sharp glint.

“It's usable.”

That's right. He was Maxion's older brother, the Emperor of that great Empire.

Next to him was a man leisurely scanning Maylin's outdoor locker.

Feeling Ephna's gaze, he turned his head towards her. The man, who had been expressionless, smiled softly as if he had never been so when his eyes met Ephna's.

“Hello, teacher.”

He was Maylin's brother, the famous captain of the royal guard of the Grand Temple.

“Yes. Hello, parent.”

She thought it was a magazine photoshoot. The two men were different from the start.

‘Was I not supposed to call them? I think I made the wrong choice.’

My lovely and cute kindergarten is deteriorating!

Pushing aside the fleeting sense of unease, she smiled at the two men.

“Thank you for responding to the consultation. I'm Ephna, the children's homeroom teacher.”