[well, better she thinks he extorts children than that she thinks he's a sap, honestly.......]

Yes, it is.

[That much...is clear.]

I had a very wise master myself. I have a very good example to strive to emulate. [So he will. He'll strive and strive and strive, until he can be as good a teacher as Kumou Taiko, though he never expected to even have that as a requirement in his life.

But he did see that glance towards her class.]

Nonetheless, I will stop interrupting your own teaching now.