The students did as was instructed without inquiring for any further information, the two bodyguards remained where they stood, it wouldn't be a good training with outside help, leaving the two men with Rosemary.
"Are you really certain about this miss? I have heard that the culprits behind the mine collapses were Defiler's Of The Holy, or Ironic Puppeteers, I can not permit my lady to risk encountering such vulgar individuals" Gelter spoke his mind nearly as soon as the young generation disappeared from sight.
"Bollocks, there are no proofs of that, and neither of them have ever shown the intent on crippling the economy, no, this must be the work of those newcomers, Alizé, or just an unknown party, it does not matter anyways, I'll be with them the whole time, do you think any of them can touch a single of their air in my presence?" Rosemary casually asked, walking over to Osworth.
She looked him up and down, having already noticed for a long time that he was wearing multiple items concealing various aspects of his being, giving the impression that he was just a prop to the untrained eye, of course, the teacher knew better.
"I have heard that you were renowned as the strongest mage of the entire continent, I can trust you with Antieeld's safety, but may I enquire, have you reached the level to form a zone?" the supposedly soft-spoken bodyguard gently grabbed the backside of her hand, as though he was going to read fate in the palm of her hand.
"Rosemary, The Volcano Witch is many times more famous than Rosemary, Teacher Of Toordefer Academy" he added, his tone tranquil and deliberate, almost charming despite being somewhat muffled by the odd mask.
"Oh? Hum… Heh heh, well yes of course, I have mastered both zone and transcend, I can utilise them in more than one way as well!"
Gelter shuffled uncomfortably, placing both hands on the hilt of his sword, staring into the woods rather than the conversation taking place next to him.
"Then, it would be foolish not to put our trust in your capacities, not to mention, we will accompany the lady everywhere unless ordered otherwise, but on another note, I have always been curious about those of great achievement such as yourself, the rumours did not paint you nearly as beautiful as the truth" very smoothly, all the while still holding onto her hand, Osworth continued to compliment Rosemary.
His fellow bodyguard would be lying if he said that he wasn't impressed, Osworth hadn't even been told to get into the mage's good graces, well, he understood completely, Rosemary was a beautiful young woman that had already achieved more than most would in their entire lifespan.
If that wasn't attractive, then nothing was.
The knight ignored the fact that his colleague was openly flirting for the remainder of the time, standing perfectly still, if he did not move, it would be like he was not, and had never even been there.
"I know for a fact that you have mastered the pure manipulation of mana, but having heard much from Antieeld about you, it seems unlikely that any category is unknown to you" he flattered her once more, pulling out a book from his oversized sleeve as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Being a mediocre mage myself, I have been attempting to learn more about incantations and the arts, unfortunately, information is scarce"
"Incantations and magical arts are viewed as lesser and subpar by the majority of the community, sorcerers are too deep inside of their own rectums to begin considering certain practices as more than party tricks, the arts are only seriously practised in Tochi, and all relate to swordsmanship and sometimes other weapons, they have no knowledge of magical arts, although, perhaps the midget would know some…" Rosemary shook her head and moved next to Osworth, taking a peek at the book he was holding.
"Oh, don't bother with this one, it's outdated, and there aren't even any incantations that can be used in it, how about we meet up tonight, after the classes, we can talk, and such"
The rubbing of iron sounded out as even Gelter couldn't help but turn his head, that was incredibly fast, he just got here, barely ten minutes had passed since the students were gone.
"Aherm, I mentioned the defiler's earlier, do you intend on teaching your students about the heretical and forbidden knowledge, I mean, not teach them said things, simply inform them" the knight felt like he should step into the conversation.
The topic swiftly shifted after a slight pause on Rosemary's part.
"My apologies, had to burn a boar to a crisp, some of the students are still too fearful to attack living beings, which is why it is best to prepare them the best as it is possible in our power, so yes, we will go over them at one point, by the way, I believe you are in possession of a battle art, perhaps you could demonstrate to the students one time, Antieeld certainly knows it already, but the rest have probably ever heard about those from me"
The knight nodded, noticing multiple groups of students already coming back from their little expedition, their instructor stepped forward, analysing the group they had decided to form before checking for the ingredients.
"Good, good, good, that is poison, in what world do you live in?
That mushroom is bright red and has growths that look like mould, not to mention their are no mushrooms in the recipe to begin with" throughout the next hour or so, every single one of them came back, the forest was rather large, but free of any danger, especially so when Rosemary was looking over them and ready to burn anything into non-existence.
Only a few groups had completely failed by bringing harmful ingredients into the mix, some had brought too many, but not any that would have made the subsequent potion a hazard, others had forgotten a few ingredients, the majority did perfectly however.
One thing became clear out of this, under her watchful eyes, many had searched the forest without paying attention to their surroundings, they weren't alert enough, and that needed to change.