Chapter 81

A letter from the queen.

And one scouting him for the kingship curriculum, no less!

Umbrelle gladly accepted the professorship.

After that, both the colleague who'd become department head and the academy chancellor started treating Umbrelle differently.

He'd finally gained a powerful backer of his own.

But nothing in this world comes free. Julia asked exactly two things of Umbrelle.

"Please take good care of Dayson and Yumire. They're good children. Since it's a botany course, there should be plenty of field lessons, shouldn't there? I'd like the children to learn out in the field."

Few parents ever asked for field lessons to be held in such cold weather.

And yet Julia specifically insisted that, given the nature of the subject, he should actively run hands-on field sessions.

Umbrelle was moved.

What a wonderful philosophy of education Julia had. Children born to parents like that — surely Dayson and Yumire…