I Became a Kindergarten Teacher for Monster Babies!

Luna squinted her golden-brown eyes at the board. "So if I have three baskets with five... bones... in each, that’s... three times five?"

Alina smiled proudly. "Yes! Exactly, Luna! And how many bones is that in total?"

Luna’s cheeks puffed up as she counted on her fingers, lips moving silently. "Five... ten... fifteen." She looked up, pretending she didn’t care, but the tiniest grin tugged at her lips. "Fifteen bones."

Kelpie, who was half-hiding behind his notebook, raised his small hand shyly. "Teacher... if... if I have ten fishes... and each fish has two tails... is that ten times two?"

Drake gasped. "Why does fish have two tails?!"

Kelpie squeaked, hiding his face behind his book again. "Because... because they’re magic fish..." he mumbled.

Alina chuckled softly. "Yes, Kelpie. That’s right — ten fish, two tails each, so ten times two equals twenty tails."

Felix still sat with his arms crossed, but his ears twitched like he was listening. He sniffed and muttered just loud enough for Alina to hear, "Unless someone eats the fish and then you have zero."

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Alina turned and flicked her chalk gently at him, making a tiny white mark on his sleeve. "No more pastry jokes, little guy," she teased, smiling. "Now... who wants to try one more? Let’s do a big one. Teacher says... five times three!"

Drake jumped up so fast his chair almost fell. "Fifteen!"

"Very good!" Alina cheered. "And how did you know that?"

Drake puffed up his chest, grinning. "Because Teacher, my brain is super smart today! And... and... also Boo whispered it to me."