England had taken the advice he'd received to heart. It had been quite the humbling experience to realize that he needed something to do before he drove himself crazy. He'd even checked out the chocobo ranch because he'd never seen such a creature before and had spent somewhere around an hour learning a great deal about them from one of the chocobo farm hands.

He was used to being needed and called on or doing important things and while that almost seemed fun to have free time on his hands, in the end it wore him down. Cooking was of no help either because it didn't bring him any joy. So Arthur had gone out and wandered the woods. And that was when he heard of the Academy. Since he too had magic and he always had wondered what it would be like to be an actual teacher, he practically jumped on the opportunity.

His classes started in a few days, so England was at the Academy, feeling excited at the prospect of teaching. He had so many ideas and the first thing he'd done was straighten up the classroom. Far be it from him to teach in a dirty environment. So as he was finishing up, he heard his door open.

Green eyes blinked almost disbelievingly at the accent, but he made no comment about it for the moment. He smiled and nodded at the stranger. "By all means, please do come in."