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“…”

Until Minwoo released the power of the light stick and left the indoor training ground, Agnes just stood there in confusion. Everything returned to normal. Except for her, the rest of the people returned to their daily lives without noticing anything ‘abnormal’.

Agnes recalled Minwoo’s last words from her her.

‘Starting tomorrow, there will be special sponsorship from the Ministry of Health for special female knights, including you. Senior Agnes, please guide your female juniors well so that my instructions and intentions are not distorted.’

It seemed like a gentle request, but in reality, it was no different from an order. However, Agnes could not understand Minwoo’s true feelings of hers. Sponsorship… What are you sponsoring? Whether it was instructions or intentions… What he said was truly full of mystery.

No, his very existence was unknown. He is a man whose identity is unknown. What he was thinking, what his purpose was, what he wanted for himself… Everything was unknown.

“Senior Agnes?”

“Merita.”

Before we knew it, Maryta had changed her clothes and returned to Agnes’ side with a resolute expression as if nothing had happened. However, her cheeks were still slightly flushed, which was evidence that she had not yet completely shaken off what had happened just before. While Agnes was proud of her, she also felt Minwoo’s story lingering in her head again.

He was still an obnoxious man, but at least he couldn’t deny what he said.

“Was I… Playing a fool?”

“Senior..?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

After Agnes swallowed her complicated thoughts, she went back to training.

…

“Hmm… Was I too hasty?”

Minwoo muttered to himself as he left the indoor training ground. Showing some of the Gwangbong’s abilities to Agnes was not a special plan. Minwoo had taught Mari some of his abilities before, so it wasn’t the first time something like this had happened …

Still, Minwoo thought to himself that the results this time were quite good for something that was done impromptu.

Just touching on his qualifications as a knight or his sense of duty he might not have been enough. It may be a problem limited to Agnes personally, but Minwoo was planning to attract all female knight special students.

“Well, it’ll work out somehow. Anyway, if you don’t think it’s okay, you can cover it up with hypnosis.”

Basically, I plan to enjoy the game according to the rules I set, but there are also emergency situations.

There was no reason for Minwoo to hesitate from the beginning.

“Anyway, I guess I’ll be there again today… “

The next place Minwoo went after the indoor training center was none other than the school temple. Of course, it was to meet Sirpe, who was the student council treasurer and known as a would-be saint.

She spent most of her time at the temple, except for some classes and student council-related activities. She said that unlike other students, she gets her room and board here as well. Well, it’s inevitable since I also have to act as a nanny for orphans.

“Wow!”

“Stand there!”

“Oh, it’s that guy from yesterday!”

As she got closer to the temple, her children were the first to run and greet Minwoo. The children recognized Minwoo and gathered around him like a cloud.

“Isn’t Sirpe senior here?”

“Sister Sirpe is praying inside.”

“Pray…”

Minwoo distributed snacks he had prepared in advance to the children. I hated children, but for Sirpe’s favorability and for her her future plans her her, I needed to show off to the children in advance.

“Wow, it’s a cookie!”

“It sounds delicious!”

“Don’t fight and eat together.”

After separating his children with the power of a snack, Minwoo headed into the temple.

“Hoo…”

The inside was smaller than I expected. I later found out that it was not true, but it is said that there is a separate temple called Daesinjeon where all students regularly worship. This place is said to be a small shrine for orphans and commoners who do chores on campus. And Sirpe volunteered to live here and serve.

“…”

As I walked across the pews to the front of the chapel, I saw Sirpe kneeling and praying in front of the statue of the goddess. It was such a serious and sacred sight that I couldn’t believe the shaking sight I saw yesterday.

In order not to disturb Sirpe, Minwoo sat on one side of her seat, making as little noise as possible, and quietly waited for her to finish praying.

‘I feel like my mind is being purified.’

Minwoo leaned her body against the backrest and closed her eyes. She would soon be defiled by her presence, but this place was still an unspoiled, sacred temple.

As my vision closed, my hearing became more sensitive and I was able to pick out various sounds even in silence. The sound of a would-be saint praying, the sound of children playing, the sound of insects crying, and…

“Over there…”

“Hmm..?”

Minwoo, who had been dozing off for a while, opened his eyes to the sound of someone calling him. Sirpe was looking down at herself with a cautious expression.

“Oh, I must have dozed off. In the sacred temple… I’m sorry. I wrote…”

When Minwoo nodded, lowered his head and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, Sirpe covered the corner of his mouth and laughed, as if it was funny.

“No. You don’t have to apologize for that. The kids here are all sleepy when it’s time to worship. Hehe.”

“Haha, I see.”

“But what’s going on here…”

Sirpe had already heard about Minwoo from the student council. The person whom the student council president repeatedly urged to pay attention to. However, from Sirpe’s perspective, Minwoo was nothing more or less than an ordinary student. Why did the student council president tell us to be careful of this person?

“Well… I didn’t come here because I had anything special to do. However, when I came yesterday, it was really nice to see the children running around happily. So, I just came because it occurred to me.”

“Ah… I see.”

Sirpe smiled at Minwoo’s comment about children. Minwoo didn’t know it, but the students and officials at the school didn’t have much interest in orphans. The only person who paid attention to them was herself, who was from a commoner background and became a saint-to-be.

Perhaps because of that, Sirpe quickly began to open her heart to Minwoo, forgetting Lucia’s advice to be more careful. Sirpe subconsciously believed that there are no bad people among those who like children.

“I’m saying that because I don’t know much, but I heard that all the children here are orphans…”

“Yes, that’s right. They are all children who lost their parents during the war and have nowhere to go.”

“I see. But it looks like Sirpe is the only one taking care of the children. Isn’t the work difficult?”

“Oh, not really. I’m the only one right now, but when it’s time for food distribution or cleaning, people in charge come and help me out. In the end, I don’t actually do much.”

“Hmm… I see.”

I say that, but there was no way it wasn’t really difficult. Children are beings who don’t know when and where they will jump if left alone. There are dozens of such children, so there is no way it won’t be difficult.

“Does this place even accept personal donations?”

“If you ask for a donation… Of course we accept it… But we are small compared to other temples in the city and the school provides sufficient support, so there is nothing we are lacking…”

When Sirpe answered that with a puzzled expression, Minwoo smiled softly and said.

“Donations are not necessarily limited to material things.”

“Yes?”

Sirpe waited for Minwoo’s words with a puzzled expression, perhaps because he had not yet fully understood what he said.

“Do the children here receive special education?”

“Ah…”

Only then did Sirpe understand Minwoo’s words, lightly holding his hands and speaking.

“Well… Since they are orphans, they don’t receive anything grandiose, especially education. I teach them basic theology and common sense in life, but…”

“So what will these children do when they become adults?”

“Of course…”

Sirpe closed his mouth as he tried to speak. Well, they are orphans from commoners. If they had not been protected here, they would most likely have ended up living a life no different from slaves. For such children, worrying about their future jobs was nothing short of a luxury.

“Usually, you take refuge in a temple or become servants of nobles… I think that’s about it.”

“As expected.”

“But why does junior Minwoo do that… “

This may mean why you are suddenly asking such a question. Minwoo answered with a kind smile.

“Senior Sirpe, have you ever received sex education?”

…

“Sex education… ?”

Sirpe tilted his head as if he was hearing the word for the first time. Minwoo laughed inwardly at that reaction.

“I guess you don’t know much.”

“I’m sorry. I’m not good at studying…”

“No. There is no need to be sorry. There is no subject like that in school in the first place.”

The Imperial School of Magic has a system similar to a modern university. Students can choose courses that suit their specialties. Of course, there are mandatory subjects that all students must take, but none of them are related to sex education. Since it is a sexual part, there seems to be a tacit agreement to teach it within each family rather than publicly.

“Senior Sirpe. Please listen carefully to my story from now on. This is a very important story for the orphans here.”

“Yes? Yes, yes..!”

When Minwoo suddenly took on a serious mood, Sirpe responded with a nervous expression, perhaps a little overwhelmed.

“The sex education I just mentioned is not taught in schools, but it is very important. Sex education is about teaching basic etiquette between men and women and the correct knowledge about how men and women can fall in love, get married, and have children. ..”

“I see, that’s really important.”

“That’s right. Nevertheless, the reason they don’t teach it in school is because they all come from noble families, so they think such things are taught in their own families.”

“Ah…”

Sirpe nodded at Minwoo’s words. Then, as a commoner and an orphan, he could understand why he had not received sex education.

“Huh? Then…”

“Now do you know what I want to say…”

“No way, junior Minwoo…”

Minwoo nodded and answered Sirpe’s words.

“Yes, I want to teach sex education to the children here.”