St. Freya Academy was perhaps better described as St. Freya City. It was a campus city with the school as its core, surrounded by numerous facilities for the students' life and entertainment. Further out was the office district, which housed the Hyperion's hangar, the various buildings of the Science Department, storage warehouses for all sorts of materials, and so on.
Logically, since there were entertainment facilities, there should also be bars. But in reality, St. Freya Academy had no bars—only a beverage shop that sold various juices and sodas while also incidentally selling alcoholic drinks. This was why Himeko Murata had thought of finding a place for a drink after her mission earlier; the atmosphere of the beverage shop was not at all suitable for drinking.
However, with company, it felt a little better.
When Himeko Murata brought Evan to the roadside-stall-style beverage shop, there was already a customer there: a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt and black casual pants, with some stubble on his chin.
In the Honkai world, men were rare and quite conspicuous.
Seeing Evan's gaze turn toward the man with some curiosity, Himeko Murata introduced him.
"He's a teacher at St. Freya Academy, last name Welt, teaches history. Since we ran into him, you might as well go say hello. If you're not good at history, maybe you can pull some strings?"
"Teacher Himeko, please don't casually tarnish my image in front of a new student. I don't accept any 'string-pulling' here. Whatever score you get on the exam is what you get."
Teacher Welt refuted Himeko Murata's words with a helpless tone. He then extended his hand to Evan with a smile.
"Welcome to St. Freya Academy. The Principal has already announced your situation. A survivor of the Third Honkai Eruption, right? I didn't expect such a handsome boy. I'll take good care of you."
At this moment, Himeko Murata leaned close to Evan's ear and whispered.
"Don't worry, Principal Theresa only announced what needed to be announced."
So, the fact that Raiden Mei is the Third Herrscher isn't public knowledge.
Evan gave an almost imperceptible nod and extended his hand to shake the man's.
"Hello, Teacher Welt."
After a brief greeting, Evan's gaze shifted to Teacher Welt's other hand. Since he was a customer at the beverage shop, he was naturally here to drink something. However, the hand was holding neither alcohol, nor juice, nor soda, not even coffee.
"Is that... goji berry and red date tea?"
Sensing Evan's confusion, Teacher Welt nodded, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and showed a look of savoring the taste.
"That's right. Very healthy, isn't it? Although the taste isn't as good as other drinks, in terms of value, other drinks are harmful to health, while only this kind of health tea is good for the body."
Himeko Murata glanced at Teacher Welt, who seemed to be promoting health tea to Evan, and remembered that Evan was still recovering from serious injuries. She couldn't help but say with some concern.
"Evan, maybe you should just drink health tea like Teacher Welt here? Your current physical condition isn't suitable for drinking alcohol."
"It's fine, I feel I've pretty much recovered."
Evan was naturally going to drink with Himeko Murata. He had been able to go to Nagazora City to fight a Pseudo-Herrscher earlier; how could he not even be able to drink now?
Teacher Welt, seeing this, didn't mind and continued to slowly sip his health tea.
"It's good to be young. Truly the most beautiful years of life."
Hearing this self-talk filled with a sense of vicissitude, Evan didn't choose to ignore it.
"Teacher Welt seems to have a lot of stories."
"Haha, they're all old tales from the past. If we have the chance in the future, we can chat. After all, as fellow men, we might have a lot of common topics. Alright, I'll be going now. If I continue chatting with you, Student Evan, someone will hold a grudge."
Himeko Murata's love for alcohol was no secret at St. Freya Academy. Having already figured out that Evan was Himeko Murata's drinking buddy, Teacher Welt had no intention of continuing the chat. He finished the last bit of his health tea and left.
Evan watched him disappear from sight.
Himeko Murata wasn't surprised by this.
"Curious, right? After all, he's a man like you, and also very mysterious. Even I only know his last name is Welt, and not much else. Usually, this Teacher Welt rarely socializes with people outside of work. His life is a three-point line, very regular. I just don't know why he always looks to be in poor health."
"Is that so..."
"Before you came to St. Freya Academy, he was the only male teacher here. Now you're the only male student. How is it, feeling excited?"
"Excited? Miss Himeko, do you mean Teacher Welt was very popular at school before, and I will enjoy the same treatment as him?"
"Popular... well, it's not that exaggerated. After all, he's a decadent middle-aged uncle. How could he compare to a handsome young boy like you? But maybe he was very popular when he was young. After all, the gender ratio in this world is so skewed. Maybe Teacher Welt was not so well-behaved when he was young, which led to his current poor health?"
Himeko Murata's words gradually turned mischievous. Evan didn't follow her topic to speculate about Teacher Welt's past, but said with a straight face.
"Please rest assured, Miss Himeko. I will continue to exercise to be prepared for any eventuality."
"'Exercise to be prepared for any eventuality'? The so-called 'eventuality' refers to... tsk, are you trying to be lewd with me, Student Evan?"
"How could I? By the way, we've been chatting for a long time. Shouldn't we order something?"
"Changing the subject, are we? Fine."
Himeko Murata curled her lips and looked at the stall attendant in the distance, who was pretending not to have heard anything.
"Two iced strawberry sweet wines, and some snacks like takoyaki. Thank you."
"Please wait a moment."
The attendant began to prepare the order, while Evan raised an eyebrow at Himeko's order.
"Iced strawberry sweet wine?"
"I normally drink beer, but you're still injured after all, so just have a little fruit wine."
Undoubtedly, this was Himeko Murata's concern for Evan.
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