"Sigh..."
At the mention of studying, Kenya immediately got a headache.
This guy was a pure sports specialist.
He was genuinely bad at academics.
"Don't worry, I'll tutor you with your homework, Kenya."
Ryota was a genius, a proper top student.
He was the complete opposite of Kenya.
"Mm, we can have study sessions. No matter what, we can't fail."
Gale had a steady personality and was good natured, acting as a lubricant within the team.
"I say, isn't aiming just to pass a bit lacking in ambition?"
Irisviel was slightly mischievous, the kind of trendy girl who dressed well and naturally became the core of the female circle in every class.
As for Chloe.
"We cannot let down Big Brother Rin's expectations for us."
"So come on, Kenya san."
The current Chloe was very quiet, but Rin could already see that she had the potential to grow into a cool, long haired beauty.
That kind of Chloe would be very suitable to become a class monitor or even a student council president, keeping the troublemakers in line.
Thus, Rin arranged for Shizue and the five children to enter the Monster Nation Academy.
Rin intends to train the five children to become independent commanders.
For that reason, he let them become familiar with each other from an early stage.
In addition, Rin did not mind these children forming their own small groups.
As a vanguard unit for exploring other worlds, having a complete core team would allow them to gather information more efficiently for Rin.
As for loyalty.
Rin never worried about that.
His dependents, and children he had watched grow up since they were young. If he could not even control them, then Rin would not be qualified to be the supreme leader of the Monster Nation.
"Rin-sama."
Soon, it was the fifth day after Rin returned from the Konosuba World.
Treyni appeared before him and reported, "A large number of humans have appeared at the edge of the Western Forest."
"A vanguard squad?"
Rin already knew that Razen was coming with those three Otherworlders.
"Also."
Treyni continued, "The Eastern Forest, near the Beast Kingdom of Eurazania, has also been invaded."
"Huh?"
This was beyond Rin's expectations. "Are they from the Beast Kingdom of Eurazania?"
"Yes."
Treyni replied, "There are eight hundred of them, led by the Three Beast Warriors, subordinates of Lion King Carrion."
"The Three Beastketeers."
Rin recalled that they should be Fobio of Black Leopard Fang, Albis of Yellow Horned Snake, and Sophia of White Tiger Claw.
He still had some impression of these three.
Especially Albis. Not only was she a hot bodied older sister type that Rin liked, she was also an internal affairs talent that he urgently needed right now.
"They came together?"
"Yes."
Treyni said, "It seems Lion King Carrion is taking the changes in the Great Jura Forest unusually seriously."
"What should I do, Rin-sama?"
"Let's test their strength first."
Rin said, "Treyni, bring these two groups together."
One group was at the westernmost edge of the Great Jura Forest, while the Three Beastketeers were at the easternmost edge.
The distance between them exceeded a thousand kilometers.
Yet Rin wanted Treyni to gather them in one place with a single sentence, without anyone noticing.
The difficulty of this was something ordinary people could not even imagine.
However.
Treyni was not an ordinary person.
She was an Awakened Demon Lord, the Fairy Queen who completely controlled the Great Jura Forest.
Even though both sides had large numbers, at most they were only Demon Lord Seeds and Special A Rank combatants, and it was impossible for them to resist her dominion.
"This location will do."
Rin casually selected two relatively close forest areas. "Put the humans in the smaller forest, and the beastmen in the one with more magic beasts."
"Aren't you making them meet and clash?"
Treyni was a little surprised. She had thought Rin intended to make the two forces fight directly.
"No, that's not what I mean."
The enemies were not strong. If Rin still had to rely on schemes, it would be too lame.
His way of testing the beastmen's strength was not to make them fight humans, but to use the newly born magic beasts in those forests.
Rin actually did not harbor any hostility toward the Beast Kingdom of Eurazania.
Leaving Fobio aside for now, he greatly appreciated both Albis and Sophia.
However, given the loyalty the three held toward Lion King Carrion, it was almost impossible to subdue them by force.
The only solution was to take Carrion as a package deal.
If your boss was already working for me, then naturally, you would have to obediently work for me as well.
"Magic beasts?"
Treyni said, "Perfect. It's been a while since I cleared out magic beasts."
"Are there new people coming again?"
Suddenly, Rimuru's small head peeked out from the crack in the door.
She had just returned from the Konosuba World and did not expect to hear Rin talking about recruiting new employees as soon as she arrived.
"Ah, a helper specifically prepared for you."
"What kind of person?"
"Hmm."
Rin thought for a moment, then said, "A snake woman."
"How about it. Want to go take a look?"
"Hmm, I don't mind."
Seeing Rimuru so interested, Rin turned to Treyni and said, "Make the arrangements first. When the timing is right, Rimuru and I will go over."
"Understood."
"I say, you're all back."
Velzard's figure appeared behind Rimuru. "Why didn't you notify me?"
"We saw that you were having a lot of fun."
"Where was the fun?"
Velzard complained, "The demons in that almost drove me crazy."
Although training those idiots was indeed quite interesting, the two of them leaving without a word and abandoning her there truly startled Velzard. She even thought something had happened to the Cardinal World.
"Alright, since you're all back, let's relax a bit."
Rin greeted the two of them. "It's a good chance to show you the caliber of the Kingdom of Falmuth's heroes."
(To be continued.)