A Gentleman's Revenge Is... Whatever

“How long will you be staying overseas?”

The dean said while looking through the documents.

Mom answered for me, since I was keeping my lips tightly shut.

“It looks like we'll be leaving in early July and staying for about a month.”

“Understood. I'll take care of the business-trip paperwork. Since you're attending a conference, we'll classify it as official business travel.”

The dean wrote something on a memo pad.

“You won't have any lectures since it's vacation, but what will you do about your research lab?”

“Um...”

That was the first question that made me open my mouth.

“I'll supervise them through online meetings.”...