Chapter 12.5 (Keisuke Satō)

Chapter 12.5 is the interlude chapter between twelfth and thirteenth chapters of the Little Witch Academia manga series adaptation illustrated by Keisuke Satō.
==Overview==
Finnelan has one of her usual mornings during her guide to Professor Ursula. During the meeting with the usual staff of Luna Nova, Finnelan notices something strange in one of the concierge. Later, Finnelan is called by the headmistress Holbrooke who reveals a tablet supplied by a new teacher who is engaged in a modern "magical science" which annoys and worries Finnelan. While preparing for her class, Finnelan is observed by Croix Meridies, who is preparing for her arrival at Luna Nova.
==Summary==
The chapter begins with Finnelan waking up just as her alarm clock rings, and begins preparing for another day in Luna Nova (which also includes waking Ursula who had a sleepover with her up at the same morning). Alongside her said junior, the two have a breakfast in form of special fried rice cooked by the cafeteria's goblin head chef during which Finnelan allows the goblin to have some for his own since the dish being the proof of his hard work provided that he won't let the students caught him doing so.
Afterwards, Finnelan begins her lecture to Ursula about proper teacher etiquette when the two stumbled upon Badcock who gives a set of instructions to the academy's goblin laborers. Noticing the two, Badcock informed the strict professor and her junior that the Headmistress Holbrooke wanted to have a word with the former before the upcoming staff meeting that morning. With that, they set out for the Headmistress' office, but not before Finnelan noticed something off among the goblins.
Upon learning that they will have a new professor who brings several hi-tech equipment with her, Finnelan becomes perplexed by the news, more so the fact of said professor used to be one of Luna Nova's students, particularly the one who pioneered magitronics. The strict professor remarks the new professor's methods would be as disgraceful to the traditions as during her time as the student back then, but Holbrooke argued said professor knew what she up to more than either of them realized and nevertheless appreciated her (Finnelan) role as sort of advisor in helping her carrying her duty as Luna Nova's latest headmistress. As much as she disturbed by the matter, along with the new subject the new professor will bring to Luna Nova, Finnelan decided not to let it bother her too much and begins her duty as always.
Unknown to the strict professor, the new professor, Croix Meridies, has observed the whole thing in Luna Nova through her pixels and thus confirmed everything the academy is still as same as when she left it. Knowing that Luna Nova will be obsolete at that rate, she knew changes must be made and that would be through her magitronics...
==Order of appearances==
==Trivia==
*The chapter takes place prior to New Age Magic.
**The chapter also confirmed that the relationships between Luna Nova faculty and the academy's faery laborers not as strained as the same episode suggested, though certain standards between them still left much to be desired and it took the ongoing decay of magic at that time for such matter to eventually become a major problem that Croix ultimately exploited to further convince the staff to accept her as the academy's new teacher.
**Also, the chapter revealed that Croix have spied on Luna Nova as much as Akko and Shiny Rod for quite some time.
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Category:Little Witch Academia (Keisuke Satō)