Team villains except me

Chapter 435 Sincerity

The day after the confrontation ended, Garcia knocked on the door of the chairman's office with the review form.

"Please come in."

Garcia walked in with his fists clenched, only to see a stranger. He had seen Valerio Smith, the chairman of Abersg, before, but this man was clearly not him.

His eyes are too obvious. Although he now has the courage to face life, his emotions are still easy to understand. He is still learning how to be an adult who does not show his emotions.

Seeing him like this, strangers guessed his identity.

"Civilian teacher Garcia, right? Valerio mentioned you. He said you might come in the next few days. I'm Suha Rand, acting chairman. I can stamp for Valerio. He's out now and hasn't come back yet."

Garcia didn't dare hand over the review form. He knew the chairman of the board and felt that he had some bad tastes that others couldn't understand. He even suspected that this was a prank.

But Suha Rand, who was opposite him, took out the communicator and started communicating with Valerio.

Only after meeting the real chairman did Garcia hand in his review form. Suha Rand readily stamped it, indicating that the war of resistance officially began today.

Suha looked at Garcia who was holding the review form tightly, and couldn't help but remind him.

"Teacher, although you are somewhat wary, you are still not vigilant enough. This is Valerio who wants you to succeed. What if he doesn't want to? If I initiate a call to Valerio and he answers the call, does that mean I am the acting chairman?

You shouldn't hand in the review form. What you should do is use your teacher communicator to send a formal request to the chairman, and then wait here. If you want to see him quickly, you should gather all the civilian teachers you have a good relationship with and wait here for Valerio to come."

Garcia didn't know how to react.

The person opposite who seemed to be very close to the chairman was seriously teaching him how to fight against the chairman.

Suha waved at him.

"That's all I'm saying. Don't do this again when you encounter something like this. Whether you like it or not, you now represent the image of all civilian teachers in Abersgar. Your every move will be magnified. If someone wants to frame you, you will fall into those traps.

I don't really want to control you. But you really should pay attention to this. Your success this time is not only due to the efforts of you teachers and second-year students, but Valerio also helped you a lot. "

"……Why?"

"Why? I don't know. I don't really understand what he's thinking about every day. Maybe all geniuses are like this.

But it is no coincidence that twelve of the second-year teams have civilian instructors, and all of them participated in the competition you mentioned."

Suha looked at Garcia with a subtle tone.

"You won't be the 'send you home' instructor next month."

"I know."

"Do you really know what this means?"

"It means I have to start learning how to protect them."

Suha's words got stuck in his throat. He wanted to say, "They won't protect you anymore, so you have to be careful."

But Garcia's words surprised him a little.

He had met Garcia before the beginning of this month. Little Valerio had mentioned this to him. He had met Garcia in the academy and he had an impression of this young man who was obviously lacking in something.

He was sure he didn't like García. More specifically, he didn't like seeing Valerio being cast as a villain.

Valerio didn't care, but as the captain of the "New World", he often felt that this was his dereliction of duty. However, standing in the position of chairman, most of the things that need to be considered are the gains and losses of interests, not the good or bad of the position.

Suha was powerless to do anything about it. With his ability, he couldn't help Valerio, he could only take on Valerio's emotions as much as possible, so even if it was late, he would answer the call initiated by Valerio.

This was not his one-sided contribution. He dared to say that all the members of the "New World", except for the missing Raphael, lived well after graduation. Of course, this was helped by Valerio. Valerio always said that he would not do anything for them, but he was always just talking. In fact, he did more than anyone else.

All members of the "New World" except Raphael, are most worried about Valerio's position as chairman, in addition to pride.

Such a willful, inflexible and stubborn child has to keep dealing with others in this position.

This is why he has complicated feelings towards Raphael.

Raphael took good care of him before he disappeared, but Raphael disappeared too early, and the days that followed were too hard. He did not share the hardships with Raphael, so he really could not simply thank him.

What's more, he always felt that Raphael's disappearance was like a scam.

When Valerio was studying at Abersgar, he was a wealthy nobleman. After Raphael disappeared, Valerio was on the verge of bankruptcy after finding someone, and he really had a hard time with them.

It is also because of that experience of sharing weal and woe that their current relationship is so deep and their connection is so close.

Fortunately, a kind-hearted person helped them and gave Valerio some start-up capital - huh?

Suha's thoughts were wandering.

Judging from what Valerio told him, that kind person couldn't be...

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Garcia saw that he was in a trance for a long time, so he held the review form and asked him if he had any instructions.

Suha came back to his senses and shook his head.

He now had a good impression of Garcia because Garcia now had one thing in common with Valerio - they both cared about their students. With this connection, Suha also began to like Garcia.

“It’s all right, just work hard and don’t cause any trouble for Valerio, he’s tired enough every day.

It's a new month, and your students from last month should have new instructors. Don't forget to say goodbye to them."

Garcia's face paled a little, he nodded, and left quietly.

Garcia did not like separation. He had known this day would come, but when it did, he still felt uneasy.

He was used to life with a family. He could also adapt to life without a family, but he would still feel a little sad. This month was too short and too long for him. Only... this month?

Garcia didn't know how to continue this month. He felt that he had too little to give, that his love was shallow and full of dependence. He didn't know what he could provide for his family. He seemed to have always been the protected one.

This made him feel that he was not qualified to have such extravagant expectations.

But he prepared a parting gift. He would control his expression, he was no longer the annoying Garcia, he was no longer anyone, he was just himself, the instructor Garcia who was helped by his students.

This is who he finally chooses to be. His personality is independent of this concept, and there are traces everywhere in his new home reminding him that he is not the original Garcia, and the shadow of the past can no longer hang over him.

But did he ever think they would come when he was decorating his home?

Thought about it.

He had expected it secretly and meanly.

He couldn't express how deep his attachment to his family was.

Garcia went through all the procedures with a heavy heart, and then told other civilian teachers the good news.

Finally, he carried the bag and walked slowly towards activity classroom 1206.

The weather, which was originally about to enter winter, warmed up today. Garcia was wearing the coat that Norvia gave him when he was working part-time, and sweat slowly broke out on his back.

He took off his coat, and the clothes underneath were old and frayed, which made him look a little embarrassed. He never liked cold weather, and the old clothes became less and less warm year by year. The embarrassment that could be hidden in the summer would always be easily revealed in such weather, but he had survived for so many years, and he even forgot how he had dealt with it before.

Garcia held his coat, in a dilemma.

Garcia knew that he would sometimes get hung up on small details. He acted like a child, but he was just angry with himself. He tortured himself to the end, but he refused to let himself go.

He was a slow learner in this area. Long-standing habits cannot be changed quickly. He was used to being pitied, but the pity of outsiders could benefit him, while the pity between family members seemed to be subconsciously alienated and distant. Garcia could not accept this now.

The simple choice of donning and taking off the coat left Garcia frozen in place until Dooku called to him.

"…Mr. Garcia."

Dooku was the last one to return to 1206. The project he was involved in ended today, and he needed to conduct tests and inspections, so he was delayed a little.

Garcia's hesitation was interrupted by Dooku's voice, and all the confusion in his heart disappeared, leaving only tension.