Mira spent the night in the treehouse with the red roof. The following morning, after completing her usual routine, she headed to her wagon—not to travel, but to use the communication device.

As usual, she approached the closet and bent down to access the device in order to dial Solomon's number.

『This is Solomon speaking.』

「Hey, it's me, it's me! So about what we discussed yesterday…」

Mira went straight to the point, telling Solomon that they had requested the help of Kagura's Spirit Flying Ship.

『I see. I was a bit worried about how you would transport the children when I heard how many there are, but that's reassuring to hear. I'll prepare a landing area to receive you then. Let me know whenever you know your time of arrival.』

Their conversation was quickly over. Mira hung up and then stepped out of the wagon, thinking of a plan for the rest of the day. All she needed to do was wait for the Spirit Flying Ship to arrive, then take everyone to Arkite, and she would complete her current mission.

She essentially was free to do anything she wanted while she waited.

(I guess there's nothing wrong with laying back when surrounded by nature.)

After working as a Wiseman for so long, she felt like she had earned the right to relax and be lazy for a while. So she adopted a more vocational mindset as she made her way to the church, since she had been informed by Artesia that it was a rule for all residents to share breakfast together.

There were already many children at the church's dining hall, even though it was still around ten minutes early. When Mira arrived, the already lively children became ecstatic.

One of the children noticed her, and that attracted many other children to gather around her. Soon, they were all demanding her attention, asking for stories from her past adventures, or who she had fought recently. The fact that she was a rank A adventurer was enough to make any kid curious about her.

「Umm…um, I saw you on Links News. Can I have an autograph!」

One of the children said that while holding a piece of paper and a pen. He seemed to know that Mira was also known as the Spirit Queen.

Even while living in such a remote area deep within a forest, the children had knowledge of world events happening everywhere. That was thanks to Links News, which the child had mentioned.

It was a newspaper that gathered recent information from all over the continent, and the older orphans had access to read it. But because of that, he was a lot more timid and reserved with Mira, unlike all the other younger children.

「You're all quite lively early in the morning.」

Mira grimaced a little, being surrounded by so many children, but she happily obliged their requests, telling them about the Ancient Underground City she had visited recently, where she fought Machina Guardian. The entire time she continued signing autographs. Overall, she felt like a famous rockstar.

After that bustling breakfast, Mira ended up in the front of a classroom, with around a dozen young children looking at her attentively.

That was something Artesia and the teachers had requested from her.

Now that they had decided to relocate to Arkite, many of the adults were busy getting everything ready for the move. The older children were also helping out with that, so there were not enough people to look after the younger ones.

At first, the adults considered taking turns to watch over them, but since Mira had nothing better to do, she also decided to help.

「While we're all called spellcasters, there are actually nine different types…」

Mira was unsure of how to watch over the children at first, but then someone asked her to teach the basics of spellcasters, as well as their connection to spirits. That was knowledge she was intimately familiar with, so she happily began giving a lesson.

「Spirits, more than anything, are wonderful friends…」

She summoned Worthramble and Anlutine, allowing the children to interact with spirits directly, as she continued her lesson. Soon, the children's attention was drawn to the incredible powers of the two spirits, and away from Mira, making her start to feel jealous, but still delighted to see the children so happy.

『They look like such innocent and honest children. I want to be there too.』

『Just having children around can improve anyone's mood.』

Martel and the Spirit King began to mutter, as their maternal and paternal instincts had activated. Worthramble and Anlutine also seemed to hear them, and they turned around and moved next to Mira together with all the children. Then all of them began conducting an experiment with spiritual magic.

The various effects of stillness and water amazed and entertained the children, and they learned a lot.

Being able to see the smiles of children from close by was also something special, which Martel and the Spirit King enjoyed through Mira's eyes.

Everyone there was smiling and giggling happily. One of the teachers passed by to check on things, and seeing that, went back to work, knowing that asking Mira had been the right choice.

But then things began to take a strange turn.

「As you can see, with the help of trustworthy allies, you can assign a defensive or offensive position to them for the perfect battle formation. So I'm sure you can agree that summoners really are the strongest!」

Once the children were entertained enough, Mira proceeded to declare that anything was possible for summoners.

She hijacked the basic lesson about spellcasters and turned it into an exclusive lesson all about summoners. Even the points she made about spirits were extrapolated into other creatures that summoners could form Contracts with.

「Listen now, the simplest but surest way to win a fight is through numbers…」

By that point, Mira was talking exclusively about the uses of summoning. But since she had summoned the First Lieutenant, Pegasus, Popotwise, Guardian Ash, the Korpokkur Sisters, and the Valkyrie Sisters, which were all friendly in the eyes of younger children, things still went well.

Majestic beasts, beautiful warrior maidens, and Cait Sith and Popotwise that jumped and twirled around. They all looked like the main characters of a play, and when a teacher came to check on them, the teacher left a bit shocked but impressed by the Spirit Queen's powers.

But the current situation was quite different from how it seemed at first sight.

「An encircling formation is the ideal way to overwhelm a foe with numbers…」

Mira was using Guardian Ash as the foe the rest of the summons had to defeat, and was teaching various battle formations to the children.

They looked like a happy circle of friends, but in reality it was a cruel formation that covered any escape routes, with the strongest members in Guardian Ash's blind spot.

The strength of summoners lay in their ability to increase their number of allies present, but that also made proper battle formations valuable information. Mira stressed that countless times, while demonstrating various types.

「But if you only repeat this every time, your enemies might start to anticipate it, and so…」

She Professed Herself The Pupil Of The Wiseman Chapter 481

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