I Became a Kindergarten Teacher for Monster Babies!-Chapter 565 New rule

Sable swung his legs under the desk and looked at Lucien with wide, curious eyes.

"Is chalk food?" he asked innocently.

Lucien shook his head calmly. "No. Chalk is not food."

"Then why would anyone eat it?"

Lucien simply shrugged, his expression saying ’people are strange.’

Felix paused while opening his notebook. His hand stopped for half a second. Then he continued as if nothing had happened, his face perfectly composed.

Above them, Boo floated near the ceiling, watching everyone with a very mysterious smile spreading slowly across his face.

"Hahaha..." he whispered to himself, rubbing his ghostly hands together.

Luna looked up suspiciously.

"What?"

Boo floated lower, still grinning like he knew all the secrets of the universe.

"Some people like eating chalk," he said sweetly, his voice dripping with innocent mischief.

The class looked confused.

Then Boo added very casually, "Someone like Rocky."

From the corner of his eye, he saw Felix relax slightly.

Felix even exhaled quietly, his shoulders dropping almost imperceptibly.

Meanwhile, Rocky froze in his seat.

His round blue eyes immediately filled with tears.

"Boo!!" he cried in panic, his voice cracking. "I didn’t eat chalk!"

His small hands gripped the desk tightly, knuckles turning lighter.

"I didn’t eat chalk! I promise! I would never! Chalk is not even a real rock! It’s fake rock! I only like real rocks! Pretty rocks! Smooth rocks! Not chalk!"

Kelpie gasped and hurried over, splashing a little water onto Rocky’s face in his concern.

"Please don’t cry!" Kelpie said anxiously. "Water helps! Water fixes everything!"

Rocky blinked through watery eyes as water dripped down his stone face.

"That’s not helping!" he wailed. "Now I am wet and accused of chalk crimes!"

Luna frowned deeply, her tail swishing with annoyance.

"Rocky would never eat chalk," she said firmly, crossing her arms. "That is a ridiculous accusation. Rocky only collects rocks. He doesn’t even eat real rocks." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Drake nodded vigorously. "Yes. Rocky is a rock collector, not a rock eater. Big difference."

"Thank you!" Rocky sniffled.

Sable leaned forward with curiosity, his eyes sparkling.

"Maybe chalk tastes like snow," he suggested thoughtfully.

Lucien shook his head again. "It doesn’t. I have never eaten chalk, but I know it doesn’t taste like snow."

"How do you know?"

"Because snow is cold and wet. Chalk is dry and dusty. Basic logic."

"Oh." Sable nodded. "That makes sense."

Felix sat back calmly in his chair, watching the chaos with quiet composure, his face perfectly neutral.

Meanwhile, Boo floated happily around the room, enjoying the situation far too much, his tail swishing with glee.

"Hmm," Boo hummed dramatically, tapping his chin. "Then who eats chalk? Someone eats chalk. The rule does not lie. The rule is truth."

The babies looked at one another suspiciously.

Kelpie tilted his head, water droplets falling.

"Maybe it was a ghost?" he suggested innocently.

Boo gasped dramatically. "Ghosts can eat anything! We have ghost mouths! We just don’t need to! But we can! I could eat chalk if I wanted! I choose not to! There is a difference!"

Drake scratched his chin.

"Maybe it was Luna. She bites everything."

Luna’s ears flattened. "I do not bite everything. I bite when necessary. Chalk is never necessary."

"Maybe Drake ate it while sleepwalking," Felix offered calmly.

Drake looked horrified. "I would never! Chalk is not a snack! Snacks are snacks! Chalk is not a snack! Chalk is for writing! Writing is not eating!"

Rocky wiped his eyes, still sniffling.

"Maybe someone put chalk in food by accident?"

Luna considered this. "That would be very weird food."

"All food is weird if you think about it," Sable contributed helpfully.

Lucien nodded slowly. "That is actually philosophically correct."

Felix adjusted his sleeve calmly and avoided looking at the chalk completely. His eyes stayed fixed on his notebook, his expression carefully blank.

Boo floated near the board again and pointed proudly at the rule.

"Well," he said with a wide grin, "someone made this rule for a reason. Rules don’t appear from nowhere. Something happened. Someone got caught."

Felix slowly picked up his pencil.

Very slowly.

Very casually.

And for the entire time—

He did not look at the chalk.

Not once.

Drake suddenly gasped.

"Wait! What if the chalk is watching us?"

Everyone stared at him.

"What?" Luna said flatly.

"What if the chalk knows who ate it? What if it is waiting for revenge?"

Kelpie’s water rippled anxiously. "Chalk revenge?"

"Yes! Chalk ghost! Chalk monster! Coming for the eater!"

Boo floated proudly. "Anything can have a ghost if it dies dramatically enough! But a chalk ghost would be a very dusty ghost." He added, "He can’t compare with my sparkle and my huntingness. No ghost is as scary as me!" Boo said, making a spooky expression.

"Chalk doesn’t die," Felix muttered. "It gets used. There is a difference."

"Being used is death for chalk," Boo argued. "Slow, painful death by writing. Very tragic."

Luna rubbed her temples.

"This is the strangest conversation we have ever had."

Sable raised his hand.

"I have a question."

Everyone looked at him.

"If the chalk monster comes, can we be friends with it?"

Lucien sighed.

Sable shrugged. "The chalk monster might be lonely. Lonely monsters need friends."

Felix finally spoke up, his voice calm.

"There is no chalk monster. There is only a rule about not eating chalk. Which is reasonable. Very reasonable."

Boo floated closer to him, grinning.

"Very reasonable. Someone must have needed that rule. Someone specific."

Felix did not react.

Boo floated in circles around him.

"Someone who might have eaten chalk before. Multiple times. Regularly."

Felix picked up his pencil and started writing.

Very calmly.

Very naturally.

Rocky sniffled one last time.

"I still don’t eat chalk. I don’t eat anything. I’m stone. I just collect."

Luna patted his shoulder. "We know, Rocky. You are innocent. Your name is cleared."

Drake nodded. "Innocent until proven rocky."

"That is not the phrase," Luna muttered.

"It should be. Rocky is very innocent," Drake said.

Boo floated back to the front of the room and looked at the board proudly.

"This is the best day," he announced. "Mystery. Drama. Accusations. Chalk ghost theories. Secret chalk eater undiscovered. Very exciting."

Felix continued writing.

Still not looking at the chalk.

Dante, who had been watching the entire scene from the corner with barely concealed amusement, finally spoke.

"Boo."

Boo spun around.

"Yes, sir?"

"Recess is over. Sit down."

Boo saluted dramatically and floated to his seat.

But his grin never faded.

And Felix still hadn’t looked at the chalk.