Zevien successfully returned to the city and finally met up with everyone at the orphanage.

He also asked Tarto for the magic item he had promised him, but Tarto told Zevied to wait for a few days and disappeared.

The next day…

“You haven’t attended the academy for a long time. Everyone was wondering where you disappeared so suddenly,” Dan said as he and Zevien entered the class.

Zevien entered the class with a grin and announced, “Hey, kiddos. Daddy’s home!”

*silence…*

Everyone looked at him silently for a second before bursting out laughing.

“Welcome back, daddy!” Sophia laughed.

“Lord Father, how was your journey?” Warmos said with a somber expression.

“Yeah, I heard you went on some thrilling adventure?”

“Nah, it was a business trip. Apparently, Godfather has a high profile underworld business.”

Everyone laughed and joked before Touma-sir arrived and started the class.

“As you know, the magic labyrinths have changed, and you all will be entering your respective magic labyrinths after a few days,” Touma spoke with a severe expression, “we have collected data about everything that has changed, and I will tell you about it so that you can be prepared when you go inside.”

The students were eager to know about those changes and listened with rapt attention.

But Touma didn’t speak and instead activated the whiteboard and listed the data on it.

“This is it. Read and remember it so that you won’t get confused when you encounter these things,” Touma said as he sat down on the chair.

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