I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy
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And I believe that you should get punished
I re[ally badly wanna punch him
‘Nobles vs Commoners’ as primary villain trope was lazy and tired a couple decades ago. At least give them good reasons for being a moldy shitstain.
dumas noble professor
can’t wait fro someone to hit him with “but there’s been attacks of the same kind on commoners for many weeks now, are you saying a noble started it?”
why do i fell like that guy (the guy that mc is pretending to be) is still alive
Why do I feel like MC is going to kick his @ss
o here we go again with his twisted mustache and his slit back hair with jell
the organization that he’s a part of is probably the group that is making the werewolves
gee i wonder whos causing the attacks
Woah is he trying to be Sherlock with such insufficient evidence? Aren’t a lot of Soren students nobility while the minority are commoners? Either way, only two nobles is not enough proof to go on.
Boomer brain go brrrrrrrr
Mc apparently anti boomer. Personally I’m just anti stupid, which is unfortunately an affliction which affects people regardless of their age. I’m confused on why the professor of this prestigious academy is too stupid to read the newspaper, also a commoner killing nobles (which is who I am assuming were killed) would suggest the nobles were weaker, which kinda destroys the boomers worldview of noble superiority. The other scenario is that a commoner killed 2 other commoners in which case I’d think he wouldn’t care, so this whole thing doesn’t really make sense as a segway to mc beats up noble superiority boomer.
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I Got a Fake Job at the Academy / Я получил фальшивую должность в Академии
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Альтернативное название: 아카데미에 위장취업당했다
Альтернативное название: Academy’s Undercover Professor
Я получил должность преподавателя в престижной Академии Магии. Потому что меня приняли за другого?
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Since she perceives magic on a higher level, she is affected by it more. But what I didn’t get is the explanation on Rudger’s, tackling about 3d and 4d. The connection of 3d magic to the world wasn’t established so there is a gap in the information.
WOOOOOHHH REAL MAGIC. LEZGOOO
Ever since MC mentioned himself being good at bluffing I immediately got taken over by LOTM vibes. The setting, MC getting mistaken for someone, even the master of bluffing, James Moriarty, now Klein is mentioned ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ But about the flow of story or the overall vibe of the story, I’m getting Silent Crown vibes. But these 3 are great on their own and I so so love them (*´ω｀*)
MC is an insane jack of trades. He can easily dominate the sections of the society whether legal or illegal stuff ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
I know I sound too much of a simp but anything that Rudger does is attractive ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ Even just standing there, breathing. I don’t know I think I can hear him when he talks and feels the aura he exudes (*´ω｀*) I guess I’m just too immersed *shrugs*
Since she perceives magic on a higher level, she is affected by it more. But what I didn’t get is the explanation of Rudger’s drawing, tackling about 3d and 4d. The connection of 3d to the world and magic wasn’t established so there is a gap in the information.
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I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy C1: To the Capital of the Empire (1)
This is the novel I’ll translate since I’ve caught up with Rogue Lord raws.
I got a fake job at the academy it a korean fantasy novel and the schedule will be 3 ch/week(Monday, Wednesday, Friday)+sponsored ch(if anyone decides to support the novel). Happy reading!
When most parents dream of their children’s future jobs, they would recommend higher-level jobs such as doctors or judges since all jobs that end in the letter ‘sa’ are well-recognized. Or at least a civil servant called a stable iron rice bowl. No parent wants their children to go down a difficult and difficult path.
However, in my case it was a little different.
“Son. You become a shaman.”
It was the words my mother told me when my father passed away early and I was growing up together with my ferocious little sister.
Although my family wasn’t very lean or poor, I still wanted to earn money by studying hard and becoming a doctor, a scientist or a developer.
However, what my mother recommended to me, who had meticulously crafted such a scientific route, was not a liberal arts route, nor even an artistic or physical education, but a path on a completely different level.
What should I say about this Theology major?
“You didn’t hear me well, so I’ll say it again. You have to become a shaman.”
My answer was adamant.
I’m not going to be a shaman. Why all of a sudden in the first place?
In response to my bold answer, my mother raised her eyebrows once, and spoke in a strong tone.
“You have the qualities of a shaman. All kinds of spirits are watching over you. There is no other way for you than a shaman.”
Hearing that, I was stunned. Do you have such talent? Beyond the absurdity, I just didn’t think about it.
From then on, my mother mostly said things that shouldn’t be said to her son, such as that I have unique qualities, that I am destined to be harmed if I don’t become a shaman and do not receive divine guidance.
What did I reply back then?
“You will get hurt one day. They are all worried about you.”
“If it’s for me, you should support me on the way I go!”
I remember saying so firmly and locked up in my room.
To be honest, it just made me sad and angry. You can’t make a child who has properly designed his life since middle school to give up everything and become a shaman.
At that point, I studied even harder with a sense of repulsion.
My mother constantly bothered me and forced me to do religious things, and she taught me all kinds of bizarre knowledge such as poetry, magic, and witchcraft. But I didn’t give up. The more I did it, the more I acquired all kinds of rational knowledge to make my head stronger.
When more than 10 years passed like that, and as an adult, I finally settled down as a member of society but I died in a car accident.
‘It was really absurd.’
Was this what my mother said about getting hurt? And what was even more surprising was what happened after that.
To be precise, I died once, but it would be correct to say that I was born anew.
Does the afterlife exist? I thought everything my mother said was a lie, but it was all the truth. Through the experience of death, I felt deeply that human beings do not fully realize what they have not experienced until they experience it.
What am I doing now?
“Open the textbook. Continuing from last time, I will teach you how to draw a magic circle.”
“I am a teacher at the Magic Academy.”
……How did this happen?
A mechanical engineering locomotive emitting pure white steam arrived at the station. The sound of compressed steam spewing out as iron reverberated.
The passengers waiting at the station got on the train one by one, and watching the scene, I took a deep breath before boarding the train. It felt like my body was becoming clearer as the fresh air seeped into my lungs.
The sky was clear without clouds, and in the cold air of winter that was just coming to an end, I could even feel a pleasant refreshing feeling.
The departure time of the train to the Exilion Empire was short.
I raised my hand and lightly brushed my face. A strange sense of alienation felt between the gloved hand and the skin.
‘The mask is firmly attached.’
I had to hide my identity, so it was unavoidable.
I got on the train at a natural pace so as not to cause suspicion.
“I will check the ticket.”
As I got on the train, the conductor spoke to me.
I took the ticket out of the pocket of the frock coat I was wearing and handed it over.
“It has been confirmed. Mr. Gerard. Have a nice trip.”
After receiving a courtesy greeting from the conductor, I responded with a light nod of my head.
When I checked the ticket that was handed over to me, there was a number 403 written on it. In other words, it was the 3rd room of the 4th wagon
The hallway was narrow but long enough for only one person to walk through, and there were large gaps in the door on one side. The magic engineering train I was on was not called a luxury train for nothing, so all the seats in the long corridor were divided into rooms.
After checking the nameplate, I opened the door and entered. The moment I opened the door, I could smell the old wood.
The inside wasn’t that fancy, but it had everything. The soft seats are divided on the left and right and the storage space where luggage can be put. And even a signal bell installed so passengers can call the staff if they need anything.
I didn’t have a heavy luggage bag, so I moved my body and sat down lightly. Even the seats were soft because it was a luxurious train.
As I looked out the window, the vast landscape of the northern mountains caught my eye. The peaks of the soaring steep mountain range are covered with pure white snow, like giants wearing white cone hats. The train will soon pass through the crevices of that mountain range.
‘Now that I’m here, I can relax.’
My name is Gerard. I was once an ordinary member of society living in Korea. Of course, it was my previous life, and I died in a car accident.
After that I woke up in the present world, a mysterious world where magic and science coexist, completely different from Earth. Here I was starting a new second life.
‘I’m on the train for the Empire, so I can rest until I get there.’
Exilion Empire, the largest and most powerful country on the continent. It is the birthplace of magic engineering, where magic and machinery coexisted equally, and where wizards and magic towers exist.
I am heading to the empire now.
‘Is the stop in the middle of a big city Leathervelk?’
I pulled out an informational pamphlet stuck next to my seat and checked the contents. The final destination of the Magical Engineering Train, which is currently scheduled to depart, is the capital of the empire. However, there is no way that there is a train going directly from the border of a country to the capital of another country.
There are two stops along the way. Leathervelk is the first of them, and in some respects it can be seen as a more famous city than the capital. It is the place where the magic academy, the dream of all aspiring wizards, is located.
‘A magic academy? What an amazing world.’
Decades have passed since I started living a second life, but there are still many things I can’t adjust to. There must be a sense of separation from my previous life but the academy has nothing to do with me anyway. I don’t need to worry about it.
While thinking that, the train vibrated slightly.
’Are you going to start slowly?’
As expected, the train honked its horn to signal its imminent departure. In as little as a minute, the train will run through the vast northern mountains.
‘Am I going alone in this room? I hope it’s comfortable.’
The moment I had such a futile thought, the door of room 403 creaked open as if it had been waiting.
The one who came in was a well-dressed man in his mid-20s. He’s tall and wears a brown frock coat similar to the one I’m wearing. There is no way the train staff would wear such clothes, so it was obvious that he was a passenger in the same room as me. Even a tiger comes to me when I say it.
As I was sighing inwardly, the other person looked at me and greeted me.
The other side greeted me first, so I nodded my head slightly and accepted it. I didn’t want to talk for a long time, so I responded as if I had a quiet personality.
The man didn’t care too much about my behavior and sat down on the seat opposite me.
The train departed with a loud horn. At first, it was the locomotive that rattled and swayed, but as the speed started to increase, the shaking disappeared.
It was not for nothing that the tickets were expensive. The common people could not even afford to pay such a high price, the speed and convenience were different from the general steam locomotive.
The scenery outside the transparent window passed by quickly and the appearance of the pure white snowy mountain that covered everything was so beautiful that it automatically took your eyes off it. But after 10 minutes or 20 minutes, if you keep watching it, you’ll get tired of it because it’s monotonous.
I took out the newspaper that was placed next to the pamphlet and unfolded it. Because there are no laptops or smartphones in this world, there is nothing other than books and newspapers that can kill time.
[End of Civil War in the Utah Kingdom]
[It ends with the victory of the princess faction]
On the front page of the newspaper, such an article was published in a wide open space.
Not long ago, a civil war broke out and the Utah Kingdom was recruiting mercenaries from all over the world. It is also the country where the train station that this magic train departed from a while ago was located.
Black and white photos were embedded between the articles printed in black letter font. It was a picture of the princess group announcing their victory in the war.
“The civil war in the Utah Kingdom is over.”
A voice came through the newspaper. I pulled down the newspaper that covered my face and faced the man opposite. Since he spoke to me directly like this I couldn’t ignore him.
“Yes, it seemed to have ended unexpectedly, so I’m glad.”
“It’s been a while since the Prince’s faction gathered forces from all over the world, but I’m glad it ended early.”
“Still, it is not without damage.”
“Is that so? Ah. My introduction is late. I am Rudger Chelici.”
“Are you an aristocrat?”
However, he does not show the arrogance or arrogance characteristic of aristocrats.
No last name, this shows that I’m a commoner.
“Ah. It’s okay you don’t need to feel too uncomfortable because I am from the Fallen Nobility.”
If you’re a fallen nobleman, it’s understandable because they are nobles but not nobles.
“Where are you going, Mr. Gerard?”
“I am going to Lindebrugne, the capital of the empire. I have business to do there.”
“If someone like Mr. Gerard has a business, it must be a big deal, right?”
I laughed and shook my head at Mr. Rudger joke.
“It’s not a job, it’s just a visit.”
“That’s good too. I was just listening, but I heard that the Exilion Empire has a lot to see because of its advanced mage engineering.”
“Where are you going, Mr. Rudger?”
“I’m going to Leathervelk.”
“Leathervelk is where the academy is. Do you have anything to see there?”
“Yes. Well, I’m not proud of it, but I’ve been appointed as a teacher at Theon Academy.”
I was purely amazed.
The Empire’s largest magic academy
Naturally, the students who gather there are made up of only the most talented children, and the teachers who teach them are strictly selected.
The man in front of me was also said to be one of them.
“You seem young, but you have great skills.”
“No. It’s just that the public gave me a high rating. In fact, I narrowly passed the selection.”
“I heard that there are a lot of people who fall, you should be proud of yourself.”
“Thank you for such a rating. Oh, more than that, it’s because of the civil war in the Utah Kingdom, did you hear the rumor?”
“It is said that there was a protagonist who made this civil war lead to the victory of the princess faction.”
“But surprisingly, it was said that he was a wandering mercenary, not a high-ranking wizard or a high-ranking knight.”
A wandering mercenary who made a significant contribution to ending a nation’s civil war. It hasn’t been revealed in the newspaper yet, but word of mouth was spreading among people.
“His name was mercenary Machiavelli.”
I answered him in a slightly sarcastic tone.
“Aren’t you very surprised?”
“Haha. I thought it was just a rumor.”
I said I didn’t know, but it’s actually a lie.
The name of the mercenary Machiavelli is familiar to me because it was the identity that I was using before I became Gerard.
I got a fake job at the academy
After I got out of the training ground, I went straight to a place where there were no people.
After looking around and seeing that no one was there, I took a pill out of my pocket with trembling hands.
‘I thought I was going to die from enduring it.’
I poured the pill into my mouth and chewed it as it was. Intense magical power spread in my mouth with a bitter yet elegant sensation that touches the tip of my tongue.
As the medicinal energy spreads and magical powers are supplied to the brain, the organ that had been damaged gradually returned to its original state.
I sat down on a quiet bench and caught my breath.
The first signal came when I stopped at the 2nd training ground. My fingers tremble slightly and my head feels dizzy. It was kind of like a chronic disease after I came into this world.
‘If it wasn’t for the medicine, it would have been a disaster.’
Still, I thought it was tolerable, so I checked up to Training Ground 1 and tried to take the medicine right away but I had to intervene in the freshmen’s fight. No I shouldn’t call it a fight since there was a clear distinction between victim and perpetrator.
So I intervened in the middle and managed to prevent things from escalating. Afterwards, while talking about punishment, I felt the wave that had subsided once soared. Feeling my body telling me to put the medicine in my mouth, I quickly settled the situation and tried to leave but there was a problem.
Who would have thought that she would boldly say things like fallen aristocrat there? For a moment, I didn’t even know if she was talking to me, and I thought deeply in my head for about three seconds.
I wonder if it was something the kid really said, and I had all kinds of complicated and long lines in my head, but my communication skills were poor. But the problem is that after hearing this, I can’t just go as a teacher.
‘I mean, why did you have to say that at that time?’
If I was alone I would have pretended not to hear it and passed it on, but there were too many witnesses around. In the end, in order to protect my authority as a teacher, I had to say something first, but my head did not work well, so there was nothing plausible to say.
-Originally, what you did is a clear challenge to the authority of the academy.
– It may be referred to the disciplinary committee according to the school rules.
-You may receive a penalty or even get attention from the president.
Well, I should have said these basic words, but I couldn’t remember them.
‘So I just spit out whatever came to mind.’
I was trying to manage the expression on my face that almost collapsed while I spoke. Maybe my face was a little distorted. There is a little bit of blood in my eyes.
‘It won’t be a big problem, will it?’
Anyway, Selina-sensei also came, so I succeeded in leaving in a hurry.
I got up from the bench, gulping the pills in my mouth. Fortunately, it is an early symptom. If this had gotten worse here, other people might have noticed my weirdness.
‘Is this the last medicine?’
When I saw that the medicine box was empty, I sighed. I put the extra medicine in the pre-mailed bag, but I didn’t know it was going to turn out like this because things went wrong in the middle.
‘Next weekend, I decided to meet him. To be honest, it seems difficult to hold on until then, so I’ll have to send him another letter and tell him to come earlier.’
If not, I have to rent a private medicine room and make it myself, but if I do, it will be recorded in the records, which is a big deal.
‘I hope nothing will happen until then.’
With my head getting clearer, I took a deep breath and set out on patrol again.
“Yes. Thank you for your concern.”
Although she vehemently said that she was okay Selina took her to her infirmary.
Selina gave her a warm smile and waved her hand, but Rene was sincere.
“You mean Dunema? I’m not sure.”
“Still, according to the school rules notified in advance, it wasn’t just a fight, it was a one-sided attack, so I wondered if she would receive disciplinary action even if she wouldn’t be expelled from school.”
It would be better if the academy would give stronger discipline to people with strong self-esteem like Dunema but both of them had a vague feeling that they wouldn’t.
She was still a freshman who didn’t know what to do, so the lenient punishment also played a part, but above all else, since her father is a count, they will try to take care of it.
“Why? Are you worried?”
“Nope. I’m just curious.”
To be honest, I don’t feel sorry for Dunema, who attacked this way. On the contrary, it was surprising that she was not expelled from school for what she did. I was just asking because I was confused.
“Your expression is showing it.”
Rene nodded her head slightly.
“It just seems to be more intense than I thought when I came here. I thought Theon was a place full of dreams and ideals.”
“But this time, when I spoke with a noble student, it didn’t seem like that at all. Even though the person who did the wrong thing will be punished, there is no guarantee that something like this won’t happen again in the future.”
Selina also agreed with Rene’s opinion.
In Theon, royalty and commoners are said to be equal, but that was rarely true. Even if teachers mediate students as much as possible in a neutral position, there is no way that problems won’t arise when students are alone.
Even some aristocratic teachers discriminated against commoners and subtly favored noble students. As a result, some who were proud of being nobles looked down on the teachers just because they were commoners or fallen aristocrats. Dunema’s abusive language to Rudger was an extension of this situation.
“That’s right. To be honest, I also think that was harsh on Mr. Rudger.”
Rene put her hands on her waist and puffed her cheeks as if she was trying to prove she was mad.
Selina smiled softly as she looked at Rene, who had her eyes widened as if she didn’t know what the teacher would say.
“But it’s because Mr. Rudger passed on it. There is nothing more we can say.”
“Of course I am angry. I’m trying hard but it must have been Mr. Rudger who had the most complicated thoughts at the time.”
Rene remembered the expression Rudger had made at that time. A shadow was cast on her face so she couldn’t see well, but she must have been terrified.
After she met those eyes, Dunema’s face turned white. Rudger was originally a terrifying teacher, but she couldn’t imagine how terrifying he would be if he was truly angry.
Even so, Mr. Rudger offered to take care of her Dunema’s mistake only this time. He must have been angrier with himself than anyone else.
It’s not just about surrendering to the other’s family and passing on it. Rather, it was more of a mercy for educating a student who was truly in need.
Sure enough, Rudger had consistently looked at her with her cold gaze. There was no way that a person who showed such an attitude would have resigned from the authority of the other person’s family.
When he admonished Dunema, he frankly told herself that she was right. Rene looked at him and was completely surprised.
“So I’m going to try to believe it too. She must have done something wrong, but we’re still young students, aren’t we? I think there is an opportunity to change.”
“Ah.” Selina scratched her head.
“Hehehe. Sorry. Did I talk too much like an aunty?”
“No. Teacher Selina is also young enough. I would have called you sister if we had met outside.”
“Oh, thank you for the compliment. Rene is a good kid.”
Selina herself would think she was getting older, but in Rene’s eyes, she was so young that if she wore her school uniform, she would only look like her senior.
She is beautiful and always smiling, Selina has already been the object of adoration by some boys but she’s not really aware of it.
In the first place, I wonder if the mid-20s are that old.
. That’s a good word. I wish I had a younger sister like Rene.”
“I wish I had an older sister like Selina.”
“Really? Oh my, you’re pretty.”
“Hehe. Then, can you give me a little more points for the Elemental Studies class?”
“It’ll depend on how hard you work.”
Selina smiled and returned Rene’s prank.
“The time has already come. I’ll go look around the rest of the patrol area. You have to tell me if there is something wrong with your body.”
Selina waved and left the infirmary.
She was left alone, and Rene looked at her body and thought she was fine, so she got up from the bed.
‘By the way, Mr. Rudger called my name.’
When she used the training ground, she wore comfortable clothes because she was afraid that her uniform would get dirty. Naturally, back then, she didn’t have a name tag, so no one knew her name. But Rudger Chelici called her name naturally.
‘Did you remember my name after one class?’
For Rudger Chelici, she’s just one of 80 students, and a commoner who doesn’t even need to be noticed. Still, Rudger remembered her name.
Suddenly, she remembered what he said to Dunema.
‘In Theon, everyone is equal.’
Like throwing a stone into a calm water surface, those words ripple through Rene’s mind.
If he had only said it but didn’t mean it Rene would have been disappointed but Rudger didn’t. Through his actions and his unshakable convictions he instilled hope for a fair Theon.
‘My first impression was obviously that he was a scary teacher.’
As a new teacher, I didn’t expect much when I took his first class. However, I was surprised by the innovation of source code that Rudger showed.
Even after Flora’s actions he mediated the situation, he ended up warning the student even though he had been insulted.
The figure that suddenly appeared and saved her in a moment of crisis was momentary, but it was like seeing a prince riding a white horse in a fairy tale. Involuntarily, her heart was pounding.
‘No. Mr. Rudger probably didn’t care just about me.’
I’m here to learn magic, not for dramatic encounters.
After the incident at Training Ground No. 1, nothing unusual was found on the patrol, so I was able to return to my dormitory with peace of mind.
When I got home, I immediately sent a letter to him. It was difficult to wait until next weekend, so he had to come earlier.
The reply came back early in the morning.
What was written on the inside was simple. The task at hand was finished earlier than expected, so he was going to come immediately.
The meeting point is in the factory area beyond the eastern commercial district of Leathervelk. I wrote the letter, thinking that it would be a suitable place for people not to see.
‘Today is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday, so one day should be enough.’
It’s the first weekend after the start of the semester, so the students may be excited, but will the same thing happen as the day before?
With that in mind, I heard a strange story from Selina, who was having lunch with me.
Rumors about a werewolf began to circulate in Theon.
I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy C42: Reverberation of the Past (2)
After the talk with Rudger, Rene walked down the hallway with a hazy expression as if she were dreaming. In her arms, there was a book about non-attribute magic that Rudger had given her. Even though she was lost in her mind, she instinctively felt that she had to treat the book as something precious.
Rene, who was walking down the hallway at a rapid pace, stopped her steps when she heard a voice calling her.
A soft and pleasant voice called her; it was Erendir, the third princess of the Empire.
“What is senior doing here?”
“I was worried, so I waited for you since you’ve been called by Mr. Rudger.”
“Yeah? It’s alright hehe…”
Erendir felt suspicious at Rene’s strange reaction.
“Rene. Maybe Mr. Rudger did something to you……”
Erendir didn’t like Rudger’s actions even before this. Probably because her first impression of him was the worst.
For her, with her values of justice, Rudger behavior was almost unacceptable. Afterwards, the content of his class was quite impressive, and she admired it, but that alone did not immediately dispel the bad perception that was ingrained in her at first.
Rather, her attitude towards Rudger worsened during the werewolf incident so when Rudger took Rene to his office it was normal for her to have bad thoughts.
Rene hurriedly defended Rudger.
“Mr. Rudger was just giving me advice……! He never touched me! Mr. Rudger is not a pervert!”
Having said that, Erendir was rather perplexed.
“I, I didn’t mean to say that. Junior Rene’s……pretty sassy.”
“I was just thinking that he would force you to take another class. I remember the relationship between a man and a woman…….”
“Uh, huh? Come on, wait! Not like that!”
Rene also realized that she had made a big mistake, and her face flushed red from embarrassment.
At this sight Erendir started laughing.
“Ahaha. Okay. It didn’t happen that I was worried about you, so I’ll take it that way.”
“So nothing really happened?”
“Then what is that book?”
Erendir found Rene holding a book she had never seen in her arms, and she pointed it out.
What she did not know was that Rene was now handling the book with care as if it were something very precious.
“This is from Mr. Rudger.”
Rene nodded her head and Erendir opened her eyes a little in disbelief.
She didn’t know much about Rudger, but she never thought he would take care of Rene, since she couldn’t keep up with his class due to her nature. She thought he was going to kick her out of class.
“Yeah. He told me that learning this would help me a lot in following the class.”
Erendir couldn’t believe it even more when she saw Rene smiling bashfully. Rudger would do her this favor?
Wasn’t that man poignantly and cruelly pointing out the students’ manifestation of attribute elements even in the previous class? Of course, that’s all true, and she understood that it was a way to inspire motivation by touching the other person’s self-esteem but Erendir didn’t like it.
‘For a moment, he seemed to have been particularly kind to Rene.’
When the werewolf attacked she remembered Rudger being rather harsh on her, the princess, and speaking a little softly to Rene. Of course, the memory at that time was slightly distorted due to a bad feeling towards Rudger, but the overall context did not change.
If she looked at the fact that he called Rene separately this time and handed her the book.
A word came to Erendir’s mind but she didn’t say it, instead Rene asked her.
“Is it possible that teacher likes me?”
The thought that Erendir had been holding in her mind was actually brought out by Rene herself. Erendir shook her head as she pondered how to explain this.
Even Rene thought that she had said something that was not true but when she actually said that, she became suspicious.
‘Mr. Rudger really doesn’t like me?’
It sounds like she’s proud of her saying this, but Rene was confident in her looks.
‘Aren’t I pretty enough?’
Rene actually had a beautiful appearance that drew the attention of even a few nobles. Her hair color is also a rare hair color, but the heavenly beauty that goes with it was enough to make Rene’s name rise among the male students of Theon.
Suddenly, Rene imagined the scene where she was with Rudger. She thought they would be a good-looking pair, but Rene hurriedly shook her head.
‘Ah, anyway. Being with someone you don’t know well yet……’
Rene had a strong conservative personality in this direction.
Erendir asked her carefully, seeing her blank face and then shook her head.
“Yeah? Oh no, not yet.”
“Then do you want to eat together?”
“Are you really okay with that?”
Rene was so happy at the princess’s suggestion, that she didn’t know where to put herself. It was because she thought that if it was Erendir, there would be people waiting in line to eat with her other than herself.
But that was Rene’s mistake, Erendir had rarely traveled with anyone until now. Her status as a princess was great, but she was shunned by other students because it was so high.
Occasionally, there were students from noble families who spoke to her, but they only contacted her for political purposes. They didn’t come because they were purely in love with the person named Erendir. All they saw was that she was the third princess, she wasn’t Erendir.
‘Oh my gosh. It’s the first time a senior has asked me to eat together!’
In the eyes of Rene, who was alone all the time because of the incident at the beginning of the semester, it reflected like the great mercy of seniors.
Perhaps she thought Rene would refuse since her reply was delayed and Erendir said as she rubbed her blonde hair with her fingers.
“If you don’t like it or feel uncomfortable, there’s nothing you can do about it…….”
At this moment, Rene and Erendir have become friends that will eat together for the first time.
Having sent Rene back, I sat alone in the school office and remembered the meeting with her a while ago. It seems she doesn’t know herself, but I do know what power she has.
‘Non-attribute magic. It is not so surprising that the attribute itself does not exist.’
For me, it is a new form of magic that has not been discovered before because it has no attributes, and there was nothing new about it. Because magic has always been new to me.
Since I was living in a world without magic, the magic that exists in this world has always given me a mysterious experience.
Ironically, compared to the wizards who are residents of this world, I, who has the memory and knowledge of another world, perceive magic as magic differently.
Today’s wizards with a clogged mindset were isolated and stagnant in their lives but after being reborn I must say that my brain limiter has been released.
Other wizards reaction when discovering new magic.
‘-Non-attribute magic? There can be no such thing!’
‘-Non-attribute magic? In a world where magic exists, there could be such a thing.’
I reached the point of being flexible. Even my point of view was different from that of the wizards in this world, it was very different. Even that strict master stuck out his tongue in this area when he taught me.
However, what I paid attention to as I looked at her was not the magical powers she possessed, but her eyes. Her non-attribute magic is only a part of her power she possesses. The real thing is her ‘eyes’.
‘Those eyes. I think I saw her somewhere.’
My master had all kinds of old books that I can’t find now, and the typical ones were books about monsters and demons that are hundreds of years old.
There are no monsters except for a very small number of cryptids now, but it is said that in the past, this continent was full of monsters and even demons that controlled those monsters.
I thought of Rene’s eyes. Her eyes were pale blue however, while we were talking a while ago, I noticed that the color of Rene’s eyes had changed subtly.
Among the deep blue irises, a pure white light shone like the stars in the sky. Her eyes resembled the calm waters of the Milky Way in the night sky. There was no way I could not have been unaware of those peculiar eyes.
‘An eye to distinguish between good and evil, the Judgment. Unless I’m mistaken, Rene is the owner of that eye.’
The Judgment is an eye that distinguishes between good and evil in others, and clearly shows whether there is any hostility or not. A power that can’t be called magic, but is literally close to a miracle and a mystery.
The great thing about this eye is that it can reveal the appearance of ‘demons’ hiding in the crevices of humans.
‘Now, those demons are only treated as legends.’
To people today, demons are just bad guys with horns on their heads and red skin that appear only in fairy tales. A product of lies to scare children, however, looking at the old books, it seems that they exist.
‘In a world where magic exists, there must be demons. I also died and came back to life, isn’t there something like that?’
And Rene’s eyes had a lot to do with it.
I have seen with my own eyes that the Judgment that only existed as a record is real. In other words, the existence of the Judgment that distinguishes demons determines whether demons exist or not.
Another characteristic of the Judgment is that if it appears, a big event will occur regardless of the age. Fortunately, Rene’s Judgment was not in a state of being fully awakened, and it seemed that she didn’t even know that she had that kind of ability.
But someday she will realize.
‘Is this also a relationship after all?’
No wonder the book she wrote ended up with Rene.
It seems that she doesn’t remember but one day she will.
To think that I would find the owner of the Judgment eye and face a past relationship like this.
‘To be involved in this kind of thing in Theon.’
I sighed and got up from my seat.
I thought that if Rene can use the Judgment properly, maybe I will be able to find out all the members of the secret society who are hiding in Theon.
In particular, the most threatening thing to me right now was the First Order, which is still difficult to identify.
‘They are as vigilant as possible, but there must be something that I can find.’
As long as I didn’t know where the first order was and what it was doing, I had no choice but to be as careful as possible. However, if Rene’s Judgment works properly, maybe it will be of great help to me.
Aidan and his friends plus Rene. If I cleverly use the power of these children, maybe……
After putting on my coat and opening the door to leave the office, I finally heard a creaking sound outside the door and had to stop.
A blue-haired girl sat on the floor, clutching her head. Looking down at her, I spoke with a cold voice, contrary to my bewildered heart.
I got a fake job at the academy
But why did the man in front of me ask about the existence of Machiavelli? Is he doing it on purpose?
For a moment, I wondered if he was a pursuer sent by the Princess faction of the Utah Kingdom, but it doesn’t seem like that.
Except for asking, Rudger took no action. Rather, his eyes and actions were closer to those of pure curiosity. So, is it just a coincidence?
‘You are a Theon’s teacher….’
Theon Academy is so famous that word-of-mouth spreads among people even when they are staying in a faraway foreign country. The fact that such a young man became a teacher there means that he is a person with great talent.
I didn’t know for sure when I first saw him, but I knew that this person was a bit unusual but instead of raising my alert, I shook my head inwardly.
‘Let’s call it a coincidence for now.’
I naturally turned to the next page of the newspaper and accepted his words.
“If such a person existed, it would have been in the newspaper.”
“Haha, there are some things that are not easily revealed to the public.”
“Can you say that to a person you met for the first time today?”
“There is nothing wrong with it, is there? And Gerard, it’s the first time I’ve seen you today, but I think we’re on a good note.”
“I’m thankful that Theon’s renowned teacher took such good care of an old man.”
Perhaps in the current situation he’s trying to project the image of being kind to others but Rudger didn’t seem to want to turn off the interest he had in me.
Since this has happened, I have decided to respond appropriately. Still, having a companion isn’t a bad thing.
“Mr. Rudger, if you go to Theon, are you going to teach right away?”
“Not right away, I will have to wait.”
“No, I will be in charge of the second year.”
“Don’t new teachers usually teach first-year freshmen? You are more impressive than I thought.”
I heard that Theon is similar to universities on Earth even though it’s a magic academy.
All kinds of buildings were built on a huge site, and there were only thousands living and working there. Although it is adjacent to a large city, Theon itself is literally close to a small city, so the saying goes that it is a city next to the city.
Theon students are divided from 1st to 5th grade. Usually, the higher the grade, the smarter the children, so it would be basic to have a competent teacher in the upper grades and new teachers for the first graders.
‘It’s not like he became a Theon’s teacher for nothing.’
Although this world achieved the industrial revolution of iron and steam, if there is one thing that sets it apart from the Earth, it must be the presence of magic.
‘I’ve only seen it in fantasy novels.’
The existence of magic was inseparable from this world, and of course, of course, such magic has always been reserved for a select few.
But unlike in the past where only aristocrats of noble bloodlines could learn magic, these days, there is a growing trend towards the supremacy of skill, in which commoners can learn magic if they have talent.
Theon is the number one magic academy that anyone can enter if they have that skill.
‘I’m curious about what kind of place it is.’
When it comes to the magic academy, I have no choice but to think of a famous book from Earth. Students fly on broomsticks and use magic wands……Perhaps the children who had been exposed to movies or books in childhood had dreams of such a magic school.
In this world, academies where students can learn magic and enjoy their youth actually exist.
In my previous life, my father died early, so I didn’t have time to enjoy such things because I studied frantically out of a sense of duty to support my family, and was compelled to succeed.
The second life, the present life, was not much different from the previous life. No, on the contrary, it was even worse. There is a reason why I hide my identity as I do now.
After living for 27 years in this world I was no longer a hot-blooded youth. The magic academy and stuff like that are just otherworldly stories. The same goes for the man named Rudger, who is closely related to it.
The man who stands on the shining stage called Theon and me, who lives with a false identity and hides his identity, are very different. Still, since he became a teacher at Theon at a young age, I should congratulate him.
‘Because he is a fallen aristocrat.’
This world is still a hierarchical society and the nobles are, of course, those who belong to the apex of such a class society.
However, there are those who fell to the abyss after being in such a place. Either they revolted against the state, or they hated the people of higher rank, or they owed a lot of money. Anyway, there are nobles who fell to the abyss for various reasons.
Considering that the fallen aristocrats are more despised by the same nobles than the commoners, the man named Rudger in front of me must have put in a lot of effort to become a teacher at Theon.
As I was thinking I heard something strange from the outside.
I threw my gaze out the window, and I couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of anxiety. The atmosphere is strange, as if something was about to happen.
Rudger asked, as if puzzled by my reaction.
I did not answer and focused my five senses…Something is coming.
That was the moment when Rudger was about to open his mouth.
A huge explosion shook the train wildly. The cabin shook, and the train running on the railroad staggered sideways.
I held onto the handle of the chair strongly to balance my body.
“What is this……? Did the engine explode?”
Rudger asked, but I shook my head in disbelief. The engine does not appear to have exploded because there’s no way the entire train will shake from one exploding engine.
As if my anxious imagination was not wrong, a thumping sound was heard from the ceiling of the train, and something began to run busily. At the same time, a loud noise was heard from the vehicle in front.
After hearing the sound of something breaking and people screaming I realized exactly what happened.
“An attack on this train?”
“Most of the guests of the Magic Train are wealthy merchants and nobles. It must have been the robbers of the Northern Mountains who were aiming for them.”
Most of the guests on this expensive train are rich people. Naturally, there were many people who were aiming for their money and valuables, so robbers’ targeting the trains was not something unusual.
‘Even so, doing this at the border to the Empire.’
The ones who attacked now are also not regular robbers.
‘The explosion that shook the train just before was not an ordinary power.’
I narrowed my eyes because there was a part that I could guess.
There is a wizard among the raiders.
If a wizard is involved, it will be easy to rob the train and escape quickly in the mountains.
There’s no way big organizations that possessed wizards who could produce this level of firepower and attacked the train on which there were nobles were regular robbers.
Since it is a world where magic exists, there are people who do bad things with magic.
“Mr. Rudger. I think we should hide for now.”
Rudger nodded at my words and packed his luggage.
Why are you trying to pack your bag in this situation? Looks like there’s something important inside. I was not in a position to worry about anyone else, so I got up but Rudger who took the lead.
“I’ll go in first just in case.”
First of all, it is because I am a commoner in my 40s who has only a lot of money and this guy who became an academy teacher in his mid-20s would fight better.
Rudger took out a small wooden staff in his right hand and held it up. The two of us opened the door to the room and looked at the corridor of the 4th vehicle. It was empty, I think the passengers were waiting quietly in the safe rooms now.
‘It’s the wrong choice.’
The rooms are protected by magic, but the robbers who have attacked are not ordinary people. To sit still inside in such a situation it’s like waiting to get caught.
In this case, it is best to stay away from them as much as possible.
‘Even so, those who entered Vehicle No. 3 haven’t come here yet.’
I thought that they would immediately disperse and extort money from the guests but maybe they are aiming for the first vehicle in front.
Car No. 1 is a first class seat for nobles.
It was a special room that was so strictly protected, but in other words, it was the golden egg with the most money.
‘I’m happy if that’s the case.’
As long as their eyes are drawn to the No. 1 car it’s good for us. These magic engineering trains are equipped to send a rescue signal in case of an emergency, like an unexpected attack.
Reinforcement troops will probably come rushing in sooner or later. I just have to hold on until then.
At that moment, a man broke the window in the hallway, the snow he had not brushed from his shoulder flew down. Sensing our presence, he turned his head and stared at us, there was a lot of blood in those eyes.
‘Did you take any medicine?’
His appearance, dripping with hatred and anger, seemed different from a robber. Waiting for the train in this cold, maybe he succumbed to evil?
But before I could even reveal my doubts, he started yelling at us. At the same time, Rudger’s magic was manifested.
As if drawing a three dimensional picture in the air, the engraved formula soon sublimated into a single magic.
I thought a as blue lightning bolt formed, and then in a single flash of light pierced the intruder’s chest.
The robber, who was running towards this side, fell to the floor and trembled.
I looked at Rudger and asked.
“No, I just stunned him.”
Rudger, who answered that, slowly approached the fallen robber with a cautious expression on his face while keeping his wand pointed at him.
“Wait Mr. Rudger. It is dangerous.”
“I’m only going to do a light interrogation to find their purpose for attacking this train.”
I tried to say more, but Rudger didn’t listen and moved. He pushed the robber, who had fallen to the floor, with his feet.
“Say it. For what purpose did you raid this train?”
“Laughing in a situation like this…?”
“Everyone, everyone, must die.”
In the stuttering voice, there was a cold madness that made my skin tremble. The robber laughed as his body convulsed and bled from his nose. At the same time, the shirt he had tightly wrapped around was unraveled, revealing what was hidden inside.
It was a huge bomb.
When Rudger saw it, his eyes widened and he activated his magic and the robber pressed the detonator he was holding in his hand.
I got a fake job at the academy
Pushing the people blocking the entrance, the wizards lined up. They stared at the man left alone in car No. 4 with slightly nervous faces.
A black frock coat with gold stitching over a neat suit that clings to the body, long black hair tied at the nape of the neck, those sharp eyes that felt colder than the cold wind blowing outside.
His appearance and momentum were unusual. In fact, in his hands, their compatriots who rushed in from the rear of the train were killed.
‘Who the hell is he?’
The terrorist who led the train raid frowned at the man in front of him. He couldn’t understand how such a wizard could be at the board of the train.
‘No, it doesn’t matter who he is. We have five wizards here.’
They recruited a large number of people who learned magic. Even if there is an unknown internal security manpower, it can be wiped out with overwhelming force.
He didn’t expect that there would be a wizard, but even if it was, there was only one opponent. They had 5 wizards and their leader, Mayhem, was a 4th-rank wizard.
‘Unless the opponent is at least a 5th-rank wizard there will be no problem.’
There aren’t many wizards on this continent with that much skill and if he had achieved 5th rank or higher at such a young age, rumors would have already spread. At most he could be at the 4th-rank like Mayhem. Maybe the man in front of him knew about it, so he didn’t want to use magic.
“It’s too late for you now.”
“Then, I have no choice but to change my method a little.”
After saying that, the man fluttered the hem of his frock coat and threw himself out of the wrecked train.
“Uh, huh? Did he jump?”
“Did you choose to commit suicide because you thought you couldn’t win?”
One of them, one of the wizards, stuck his head out over the broken bulkhead, but he couldn’t see anything under the distant cliff.
“He must have fallen down and died!”
“I thought he would do something, but he was just a coward.”
The moment everyone was about to come to that conclusion.
A flash of light pierced the head of the wizard, who was looking down. His body, which lost balance, leaned forward and fell out of the train.
“Where did the flash just come from?”
While everyone was puzzled, Mayhem, the leader of the wizards, twisted his face and looked up.
“On the train? But didn’t he jumped down a little while ago?”
“Did he use flying magic?”
“Is it possible to catch up and get on a moving train with flying magic?!”
“Hurry up and chase him!”
‘I was going to eliminate another one while they were distracted.’
Loud noises came from below. Now that they realized I’m alive they will try to kill me with all their might.
I pretended to jump, hung from the wall, and then climbed right up to make them lose their vigilance.
I can’t help but be satisfied with taking one of the five wizards.
A voice echoed through the car, and then one by one they started climbing up the ladder to the roof, but it won’t be that easy.
I fired a magical energy at them, turned my back and ran towards the vehicle behind me. Those who tried to climb up had no choice but to descend again due to an attack passing overhead.
As I ran and made noise on purpose the people waiting in the vehicle heard the sound and followed me.
“He’s going to the back of the train!”
They easily followed me. I guess getting rid of one wizard seemed to have a pretty big effect.
Even if they risk their lives and commit suicide, does it mean that it is unacceptable for a colleague to die at the hands of others? It is indeed a contradictory attitude.
‘If you become emotional like this, I will be more grateful.’
The terrorists split in half to catch the wizard who escaped to the rear of the train. After all, even if the opponent is a wizard he’s not their target.
Except for a few who will assist the wizards, the rest decided to aim for the first class of the first vehicle that has not yet been penetrated. The wizards headed to the rear and the other group to the front.
“Is anyone on the roof? Why don’t you say anything?”
They opened the door in a hurry.
The door exploded and a bright red flame engulfed the terrorists. In an instant, the five of them turned into black charcoal and fell to the ground.
The magical flame went out like a candle after it had faithfully performed its role.
“To set a trap in front of the door!”
The wizard’s leader, Mayhem, wept as he looked at the corpses of his dead compatriots.
‘Did you magically set up a trap in front of the door in that short time?’
His swiftness was astounding, but what made him even more nervous was his opponent’s behavior. Usually, the wizards from noble families he knows are extremely reluctant to move because of their arrogance since birth.
When they use magic, they always stand in the open as if to show off their magic. But the man he’s following now didn’t.
‘I feel like the situation is unfavorable, so I immediately run away, and then, after arousing the other person’s carelessness, I attack. There is no way this is the way of a normal wizard.’
Rather than being a wizard, this move was closer to a mercenary or hunter.
‘What the hell is this guy……’
At first, he thought that a sorcerer who killed his compatriots. After all, most of the people on this train were either nobles or wealthy merchants. They are all sucking the blood of poor commoners and standing on it.
Mayhem, who was worried, opened his mouth with a more heavy expression on his face.
“Everyone be careful. From now on, we take the lead. We don’t know what trap he may have placed, so move as carefully as possible.”
With Mayhem in the lead, the wizards took the lead and moved while checking if there were any traps installed in the hallways or walls. As a result, a considerable amount of time was consumed.
“Don’t be in a hurry. After all, he can’t get off the end of the train.”
The wizard’s leader, Mayhem, was walking slowly and suddenly stopped. She felt a sense of alienation that could not be described in words and quickly realized the reason.
A loud noise echoed from the end of the train. The slow-moving terrorists instinctively knew something was wrong the moment they heard the sound.
“Ah! He disconnected the train and ran away!”
It was too late to stop him. In the first place, the opponent did not have to fight them. It was enough to just run away and waste their time after deliberately he raised their awareness with his trap.
“Chase! Don’t let him run away!”
They are now in a hurry, and have no choice but to chase and kill the sorcerer who has fled.
They hurriedly ran through the train, and eventually arrived at the nose of the last vehicle, No. 12. When they opened the door, all they saw was the snow-capped mountain range and railroad tracks, not the scene of Vehicle 12, which should have been there.
Mayhem clenched his teeth.
‘I made a mistake. He kept reminding us that he didn’t have to fight us.’
He overlooked an important fact.
Who would have expected that the opponent would run away with such a determination?
“Damn, did I miss it?”
“I will definitely find you and kill you.”
While everyone was clenching their teeth and stared outside Mayhem felt a surge of powerful magic behind his back.
He hurriedly turned his head and looked back and saw the figure of the man who should have disappeared with the detached vehicle No. 12.
But it wasn’t the man’s existence that mattered. The most important thing to pay attention to is the magic that was completed in front of him, almost before it was activated. It was a very ferocious and dangerous type of elemental magic.
Mayhem cried out and raised his magic power as much as possible to create a barrier of strong magical power.
Immediately afterward, a huge magic engulfed the entire vehicle No. 11 and swept the interior like a storm. The pure white flame swept away all the terrorists who had not yet evacuated or responded.
I muttered as I watched the magical flames gradually disappear.
They thought I was going to run away in Vehicle 12, and they were focused on it. Everyone would have thought so since I used a trap to buy time and detached vehicle 12.
In the end, running away was nothing more than a deceptive tactic to deceive them. Thanks to that, I was able to gather them all in one place and deal with them at once.
‘It seems that there are still guys left in the leading vehicle, but it doesn’t matter since I’ve dealt with all the wizards.’
As I was thinking, something rose from the rubble.
“You were still alive.”
It was the leader who led the wizards who got up. At that moment, perhaps he had defended himself with a barrier and escaped the explosion but his physical condition was so disastrous that he was barely alive.
He couldn’t completely block the explosion and his face was half melted, while his whole body was burnt, even one of his arms was missing.
“Why the hell did you kill them? Isn’t it pitiful for our compatriots who are working hard for the world?”
What the heck did he say, isn’t this a very naive bullshit? When I shut my mouth in bewilderment, he looked at me with angry eyes.
“Don’t you feel sorry for the people who died at your hands?”
“I thought that you were crazy from the beginning, but you were crazier than I thought.”
“What are you talking about when you attack the train and kill all the passengers?”
These guys raided the train and killed the passengers there on sight. Now they treat me like a bad guy because their co-workers are dead, honestly, it’s just annoying.
“Even if they died, they were cheap!”
“Aren’t you the one who tried to kill me in the first place? We already have to kill each other, so what are you talking about now?”
“If I couldn’t kill you, I would have to die.”
“You boy……Who the hell are you?”
He gave up arguing and asked about my identity but I couldn’t answer because I saw countless shadows flying towards me from the outside.
Even in the midst of a raging blizzard, the sound of drawing a sword is eerily heard. A white light flashed through the wide open back door and cut the wizard in half.
A solid line is drawn from the head to the groin and the moment the pure white shadow jumped over the wizard and landed on the ground, his body split apart and he fell to the side.
No blood flowed from his body because the cut section was frozen with pure white ice. Behind the fallen corpse a knight with a white cloak fluttering appeared.
I answered with a nod of my head.
The pattern on the shoulder strap is in the shape of a pure white eagle. It was a mark of the Border Guard Knights in charge of protecting the empire.
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I got a fake job at the academy C16: Doubt (1)
‘Why is she here all of a sudden?’
I walked into my private classroom with leisurely steps and closed the door.
Unless I know for what purpose the other side came to me, I should never reveal my inner feelings no matter what.
As the door closed, a suffocating silence entered the room. Naturally, I sat across from the president who was sitting on the guest sofa.
She looked at me and smiled but it was the president who spoke first.
“How is it? The interior design is so pretty, isn’t it?”
There is no point in saying such things.
“Theon Academy provides each teacher with their own personal space. Ms. Rudger is free to do anything you want to feel comfortable here.”
The president’s golden eyes turned to me. I also looked at her without avoiding her gaze.
I saw myself in the beautiful amber-like eyes. It was the same when we first met, but when I looked into the eyes of the president, something made my body itchy.
I immediately switched the topic.
“What did you come here for, sir?”
“Did I come to a place I shouldn’t be?”
“It is because I am curious that a busy person like the president would come to the personal space of a new teacher like this.”
“Then it’s not like I’ve come to a place I couldn’t come?”
“But it’s burdensome.”
When I spoke directly, the president kept her mouth shut.
The gentle smile was still there, but in her eyes, a strange emotion that was hard to understand was spreading like drops of ink dropped into water.
The president shook her head.
“There is no particular reason.”
“No matter how new Mr. Rudger is, he is a precious teacher who has been assigned to the Theon Academy. Of course, as president, I have to pay attention.”
When I nodded, she showed a sullen expression as if she was dissatisfied.
“You can be a little more surprised.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m already surprised enough.”
It’s not a lie, it’s true.
I opened the door with a pounding heart because it was my personal space, but when I saw the president, I was very surprised. Even if I ran into a ghost on the street in the middle of the night, I was confident that I wouldn’t be more surprised than this.
In fact, even now, my heart is beating like crazy, so I’m worried that the president might hear it.
“All the other teachers were surprised.”
“Have you visited other teachers?”
“Mr. Rudger is the last.”
Why was I last? And does the president plan to interview the new teachers? I suddenly remembered the existence of the secret society that had permeated Theon.
The president noticed something? No matter how secretive it was, it was impossible to completely hide its tail.
‘She must have noticed that those with suspicious movements had entered Theon.’
If I didn’t realize before but now that I know there is a secret society here, the attitude of the president seems to be different.
‘There is a possibility.’
It’s a bit unfair for me, but honestly, I have no objection. I’m not a member of the secret society, but I’m a secret society executive.
I wonder how the hell this happened, but this is actually my situation right now. When I think about it, my real identity is not so proud, so I have to work hard to avoid being found out.
“What did the president come to ask me?”
“I’m also going to check how the first class was. You had just finished class, didn’t you?”
“Was there ever a case where the students had a hard time or something like that?”
Rather, I wondered if it would be okay if the students didn’t ask me questions like this.
Well, there were times when I was intentionally telling them not to approach me, but I just meant not to bother me too much, I didn’t know anyone would do it. Ah. Still, the daughter of the Lumos family asked a question.
“Hmm. That’s amazing. I looked at the list of students attending Mr. Rudger’s lecture this time, and there were many famous students.”
“Did you not see the list?”
“Now I have brought it for you to see.”
I waved the paper in my hand.
“Well, Mr. Rudger is up to you, but just in case you don’t know. The princess is also there, so please be careful not to cause any problems.”
Princess? I wonder why someone like the princess came to my class.
Suddenly, I remember the blonde student who asked me a bold question. Come to think of it, when I said that she had a familiar face, was it her bloodline?
“And I heard that there are many freshmen. Originally, I thought you would only teach the second years, but I think you taught it as a joint class with the first years.”
“Because I had no intention of differentiating between the first year and the second year.”
“I am not trying to blame you. Rather, I’m in favor of Mr. Rudger’s method of making a change of his own. Especially among the first graders, I see some pretty amazing kids.”
“Yes. [Unusual] There are children who use magic, there are children from great families, and there are children who have been raised quite hard in the tower. I usually think that there is a gap when there is a difference in grades, but I think that will be rare for these freshmans.”
Thinking of her students and smiling brightly, I thought she deserved the position of president of the academy.
Every time I see that smile, my skin tingles.
First of all, I’m not in a position to speak with confidence in my conscience, so I just gave a brief reply while listening to the president’s words.
“Well, anyway, our Theon has high expectations for Mr. Rudger Chelici.”
“You’re praising me too much.”
“I’m glad that there were no problems in the first class and that the first impressions with the students seemed to be okay. No need to worry.”
After saying these words, the president got up from her seat.
“Can we have a cup of tea?”
Was it surprising that I said this? She showed a slightly bewildered expression, and then she rolled her eyes like a crescent moon.
“I appreciate the suggestion, but I have a lot of work to do.”
“And Mr. Rudger has just arrived, so do you know where the car is and where the cup is in this office?”
“It must be on the inside of a shelf somewhere.”
“Ding. In fact, we only prepared coffee. If you want to drink tea, you have to apply separately for it.”
“You can find out in the future. Then, I wish you all the best in the future.”
The president greeted with a playful smile and left behind those words. She was truly a gentle storm.
I let out a small sigh and rubbed my eyelids with my fingers.
Wilford, an old gentleman, followed the president as she walked down the hallway with a leisurely pace and asked.
“Are your doubts about Mr. Rudger cleared?”
The President recalled the conversation she had with Rudger Chelici, specifically the restrained attitude he showed.
Rudger Chelici was a unique man. The president thought so.
When anyone meets her gaze they are captivated by her golden eyes. To be precise, her eyes themselves are a reverberation of her innate magical power, enchanting magic.
It is the power that the president possesses, and the number one reason that made her rise to this position.
Of course, she didn’t intentionally use the magical eyes of charm on her opponent. This is a kind of innate constitution, so if anyone makes eye contact with her, they will get caught without her intention.
Thankfully, she was able to control it to some extent now, but her daily life was difficult in the past.
Now that she has become the president, she admits frankly that she would not have been able to come to this position without her eyes.
She tried to open up her inner thoughts using her personal interview as a pretext.
‘My magical eyes tend to be more influenced by the other person’s magic power.’
Her magic eyes can affect even 4th rank wizards. Of course, the premise is that the opponent did not use mind-defense magic.
In particular, the greater the magical power they have, the more easily the opponent would succumb. The power of the magic eye is proportional to the total amount of magic the opponent has.
He must be in the 4th rank, but his reaction is completely different from other teachers.
The first time she met him was when he had just entered her office and this is the second time. The man did not show any shaking even after seeing his magic eyes twice.
Did he resist the power of her magic eyes only with his steel will? The president’s eyes lit up.
The president had no choice but to think so but she can’t express her feelings explicitly.
“A suspicious movement has been caught, so we are looking at the people who are most dubious, but there are no results.”
Ever since she found out that an unsavory group has been hiding in Theon, she had been unable to ignore even the smallest of things.
Among them, Rudger Chelici was embroiled in a train attack while on his way here. It’s not his fault though.
What if the train attack was a diversion and the person named Rudger Chelici was swapped out in the meantime?
The president sent Wilford, the henchman she trusted the most, and one of the strongest among this Theon’s powers with the pretext of escorting him to the academy.
“What do you think, Mr. Wilford?”
“Hmm. I don’t think I can trust him right away, but I haven’t found anything particularly suspicious about him.”
If Wilford said that, he would be one of them or he could be innocent. Or maybe he’s such a great guy that he completely fooled them.
‘For now, I can only hope that it is not the latter.’
There are so many things to be concerned about right now, so she decided to stop worrying about Rudger.
“Ah. But I can be sure of one thing.”
“That man, Rudger Chelici, is by no means ordinary.”
“What did you see to say that?”
“I can only answer that it is an old man’s sense.”
Wilford seemed quite sympathetic to Rudger Chelici at first.
If Wilford, who has a clear eye for people, says that, she can believe it. Still, she didn’t completely dismiss her doubts because at any moment, that possibility could lead to the worst outcome.
A wizard is a being who needs to think deeply about every possibility. Above all else, she is the president of Theon Academy.
Since she is a person who has risen to an impeccable position that does not tolerate even an inch of negligence, she has no choice but to be careful in all cases.
Left alone, I was able to relax my shoulders and let out a sigh only after I saw her step away from the door. I’m tired.
‘The president visited me suddenly.’
Well, in her words, it’s like a normal personal interview with new teachers. The president or someone who is going to be the president suddenly comes and says it, but who would believe it?
I think they were all interrogated.
‘That’s not what’s important.’
I went straight to my personal desk and sat down. The desk made of luxurious wood looked quite expensive. A clock made of cog wheels on one wall and on the other wall, the map of Theon is fixed to the board and spread out.
Red curtains are spread to the left and right by the window with an antique design, and even the chair I’m sitting on is very luxurious.
I was once amazed at Theon resources for allocating this amount of space to a new teacher, and again admired that it was filled with all kinds of luxurious things.
I looked through the list of students attending my lectures.
On the list of students taking classes, there was a student with an unusually long and wonderful name.
2nd year Erendira von Exilion.
If has the name of the empire Exilion as her surname, one would know that she is of noble blood, unless one is a fool.
‘Isn’t that the kid who boldly asked me during the first orientation?’
The princess taking my class is burdensome.
Even though Theon is said to be like a third area where autonomy is guaranteed even in the Empire, it is a different story if there are people from the imperial family.
If something happens to her, I will be involved as well.
‘In the first place, there is no way that something will happen to her in Theon, but no one knows what will happen.’
I cannot rule out small incidents and accidents that occur when experimenting with magic reagents, conducting actual battle simulations, or performing alchemy.
Even if I care about the safety of my students as much as possible, there are cases where students fight each other out of the reach of teachers.
In order to eliminate such a situation as much as possible, teachers are also given the duty to protect students……Now that I think about it, there is also a secret society hidden in Theon.
Still, nothing will happen right away, so let’s think about it calmly.
I also looked closely at the list of students. Among the first and second graders, there were quite a few children who stood out.
‘Flora from the Lumos family, and even nobles from other kingdoms?’
Then all of a sudden, my eyes turned to a student and stopped.
He wasn’t brought up in a particularly great family, and he wasn’t taught by a famous wizard. He was just a commoner.
Since he came here, he must have had some talent, but I couldn’t find anything special about him compared to other students.
There was something that strangely caught my attention.
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I got a fake job at the academy C47: Student Duel
When Chris Benimore received a letter from his private office, he read it at one glance and immediately set it on fire.
“Yes. I knew that too.”
The report that came in was the material sent by a user of Theon and the content was related to Rudger Chelici.
“Are you teaching that commoner hard? Even if you pretend not to be, you are desperate to win the bet.”
He murmured and laughed at Rudger’s actions, but that didn’t make Chris Benimore stand still. He turned his head to look at the boy standing in front of him tensely.
“I think you know what I want to say to you.”
Jevan nodded his head with a determined face.
“Yeah, I know. I have to win against that cheeky commoner in this duel.”
“It is not enough to just win. You have to show the gap between nobles and commoners with overwhelming power.”
It was a demand that was a little too harsh, but Jevan Pellio didn’t think he was going to fail.
When he heard that Aidan was being taught by Rudger Chelici, he was terrified, but he had Chris Benimore.
Chris tossed a reagent bottle at Jevan.
Jevan, who took it in a hurry, looked at the blue liquid inside and asked with a puzzled face.
“It’s a magic booster. Drink it before the duel.”
“But isn’t this against the rules?”
”This is a special product of our Benimore family that leaves no trace if taken in advance, so there is no need to worry.”
“When you drink it, your magic power is instantly amplified, but the duration is less than 5 minutes.”
“Five minutes. It’s short.”
“Yes it won’t amplify your existing magic, but will increase the limit of the output. The traces of the drug disappear immediately, leaving only the effect. Just pay attention to the magic power exhaustion after 30 minutes.”
At Chris’ words, Jevan swallowed his saliva. In fact, it was close to a drug that allowed you to use the magical power you had at once. His pride would not allow him to drink such a drug against a commoner.
‘But if it’s for a sure win.’
As long as Rudger is behind Aidan, he may have received something like himself because he’s a dirty commoner.
With that in mind, Jevan put the amplification potion into his pocket with a stiff face.
Seeing that, Chris laughed.
The auditorium of the 2nd training ground was more than half full of people who had come to see the new student’s magic duel today. Most of the first-year students gathered but there were also second-year students and other teachers.
If it was simply a fight between first-year students, they would have ignored it, but since it was a match between two teachers, it was a different story.
Rudger Chelici and Chris Benimore have just been assigned to Theon and they both have in common that they are in charge of the manifestation class.
However, one is a fallen aristocrat, and the other is a noble and even a high count. The difference between them was quite large and Rudger supported the commoners while Chris Benimore supported the nobles.
In the end the soon-to-be-scheduled duel transformed into a battle between commoners and aristocrats.
“Are you sure it’s a freshman fight? Then the nobility has an advantage. Commoners are not educated from an early age.”
“I heard that this commoner freshman is not weak. They say he made a big contribution during the werewolf incident.”
“You don’t know but Mr. Rudger trained him.”
“In that sense, there was Mr. Chris on the other side.”
“I don’t know the teacher. Was he in charge of the first year?”
“Even though they are both teaching the same manifestation system, it seems that Mr. Rudger is better.”
During the conversation, people’s eyes turned to the top, where only teachers could sit in the audience.
Chris Benimore, who had just entered the teacher’s seat, sat down calmly while maintaining his dignity as a nobleman. Because of his intelligent appearance, the adoring eyes of the female students naturally followed Chris. Chris also lightly enjoyed the gazes.
At that moment, the murmur of the students grew louder. It was quite different from when Chris showed up.
He looked at who the hell it was, and it was that man, Rudger Chelici. He had long black hair tied in a ponytail, a sharp jawline and a high nose bridge. His cool facial features and deep sunken eyes made many women’s hearts flutter.
He wore a black shirt and black trousers with a black tie and even his long coat was black. The overall impression of the black color is reminiscent of a raven. Holding a staff in his right hand, he looked like the head of a prestigious mage family.
“Wow. Look at Mr. Rudger.”
All eyes of the students, who were distracted by Chris’ appearance, turned to Rudger but Rudger didn’t even care how much attention was drawn to him, and he went to the empty seat of the professor’s lounge and sat down.
“Uh. The atmosphere is really not a joke. It’s understandable why the rumors spread like that.”
“Is he really a fallen aristocrat? I thought he was nobler than the other noble teachers.”
Chris, who overheard the students talking like that, smirked and clicked his tongue, not hiding his unpleasant feelings, turned to Rudger, who was sitting in the row next to him.
Rudger would probably look around this way, but he was staring at the training ground with a smirk in his eyes that didn’t show what he was thinking. Chris bit his teeth in response as if he didn’t even care about this.
‘That naughty attitude is now over. I will make you feel defeated in front of everyone.’
This fight will be won by Jevan Pellio. Aidan, that commoner? Chris didn’t even know such a student existed. He didn’t even check the list of commoner students.
‘Anyway, commoners are commoners. Even those who were not properly educated entered the school with preferential treatment.’
When he was thinking that, the commotion in the audience reached a climax. Feeling noisier than when Rudger appeared, Chris looked back and he could see why.
“President, you come.”
When Elisa Willow appeared, Chris jumped up from her seat and greeted her. The president smiled broadly and accepted Chris’ greeting.
“Hello sir Chris Benimore. Wow. There are many people here.”
“President, what are you doing here?”
“I heard that something interesting was going on, so I came to see for myself.”
The teachers who followed as if assisting the president were Marie Ross of the Pharmacy department, who is said to have served the longest in Theon, and Hugo Burtag, who leads a faction of noble teachers including Chris.
When all the most famous people in Theon gathered, the students expressed their surprise, saying they had no idea that this duel could have been this big.
It was the same with Chris. He just thought that the two students would have a simple fight but he didn’t think the president would come forward.
‘The president had no choice but to come because it was a fight between commoners and aristocratic students?’
The president is nominally neutral with no push for either side, but Chris knows that the president values commoner students more than nobles. That was the reason why Hugo had a confrontation with the president in the first place.
He was worried about what would happen if the president interfered, but it didn’t seem necessary. The president, who wanted to remain neutral, had no reason to intervene in this matter.
Even when the president appeared, the man did not look behind him and just sat still. His behavior was cheeky and rude but thinking that it was manly Chris got annoyed.
“Mr. Rudger! Long time no see!”
The president greeted him with a smile. At that moment, Rudger, who had been still, turned his head to the president. He slowly got up from his seat and bowed to her.
“Yeah. Hello Mr. Rudger. How have you been?”
“I was really surprised. All of a sudden, Mr. Rudger and Mr. Chris said that they would like to watch the students compete so I wanted to know what was going on.”
“We were just making a simple bet.”
“Hmm…Who did Mr. Rudger bet will win?”
Knowingly, the president asked if she wanted to hear from Rudger directly.
“I bet on student Aidan victory.”
“Betting doesn’t happen unless you choose the opposite, so Mr. Chris must have been betting on the victory of student Pellio?”
Chris had no choice but to answer reluctantly. The president smiled softly and clapped her hands.
“I am really looking forward to it. Of course, the priority is to ensure that the students are not injured, right?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. We have put in place as many safeguards as possible.”
Marie Ross answered from the side instead. Even if the students competed in an informal match, there was a high possibility of hurting the opponent therefore they wear light protective gear before entering the duel.
Metal protective gears that can be worn on the chest, shoulders and both knees resonate with each other and a thin magic barrier is placed over the student’s body in the end the student whose barrier runs out of energy first loses the duel.
“Ah, just in time, a player appeared.”
The first to stand in the center of the training ground was Aidan with a very nervous expression. He had a face that looked like he was about to vomit because he wasn’t used to the gazes pouring down like a spotlight on him.
“Break his cheeky nose.”
Perhaps it was thanks to Tracy and Leo, who cheered for him, Aidan nodded with a more relaxed face and waved his hand toward the audience. Commoner students cheered Aidan in hopes that he would raise the status of the commoners.
Then Jevan appeared through the opposite entrance.
“Jevan, I believe in you!”
The noble students cheered for Jevan who nodded his head with a smile as if he was familiar with this situation. The two stood facing each other and Jevan looked at Aidan with a smirk.
“You didn’t run away?”
“Are you nervous? Commoners would not be accustomed to a place like this. If you ran away you would not have suffered a catastrophic defeat in front of everyone.”
“Apologize to Tracy and Leo.”
Perhaps he didn’t know that Aidan would say such a thing here, so Jevan burst into laughter.
“Yes. If you win, I’ll get down on my knees.”
“But what should you do after I beat you?”
He was confident as he felt the powerful magic in his body. It was thanks to the magic boosting potion that he drank a while ago before going on stage, an item whose duration is so short that it is unknown whether it has been used or not.
There was a condition that the match had to be over within a short time of less than 5 minutes, but with this strength, it seemed that it would not be too difficult.
‘If the same magic is used the one who has the most magical power wins.’
There is nothing more advantageous than the superiority of firepower in a duel between wizards. Even if the same spell is casted at the same speed, it is possible to defeat your opponent with brute force.
Before starting the match, the referee checked the status of Aidan and Jevan. This was to verify if any irregularities were involved in the duel. Jevan believed Chris’ words, so he nodded proudly.
Eventually, the referee, who was checking Aidan’s condition, saw the object hanging from his waist and widened his eyes.
“Student, what is this?”
“Ah, this is my staff for this duel.”
Aidan replied with a smile, but the referee was still puzzled. The staff that Aidan had was basically different from the wands made of unusual materials that wizards deal with, and the shape itself was different, it was in the form of a sword.
I got a fake job at the academy
“I will select a few students who follow my class well and teach them the source code.”
After saying that the students listened to my class without saying much.
When I finished explaining the theory and simple method of discharging magic, the clock tower bell rang to end the class. I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, thinking that I had finished the class safely without receiving any tackles.
The students did not seem to feel anything particularly suspicious as I continued to briefly explain the contents of the textbook by mixing them with practical tips.
The first lesson was done without problems, so I can carry on to the next class as it is.
I teach a total of 4 hours a week. Classes are held twice a week, divided into two hours each, so I had quite a bit of time until the next class.
As I put on my coat and was about to leave the classroom, I saw some students staring and approaching me.
I did something for a moment, but I later realized that I was missing one thing.
“Ah. By the way, I will not give you homework from the first day. Go back and review today’s lesson.”
At my words, the students smiled and rejoiced.
Even if it’s an academy where geniuses gather, they are students after all. Seeing them so happy for not receiving homework for once, I thought they were still kids.
I can’t give homework from the first day no matter where I’m. After all, other teachers besides me will give the homework. Teachers who give homework from the first day are often criticized throughout the semester.
In regards to classes, everything I give can be seen as a kind of calculation. The more gossip and dissatisfaction with other teachers, the less mention of me.
I got out of the classroom with the list of students on the pedestal. When I left, the eyes of the students flew, but I naturally ignored it.
To proceed with the next lesson I needed basic personal information about 80 students attending my class. Also, considering the unresolved issue with the secret society, I had to move as quickly as possible.
Aidan, a freshman at Theon Academy, realized that he really had come to Theon after taking Rudger Chelici’s class.
‘I thought it was a vague feeling, but it was amazing.’
Aidan, who came up from the countryside, was a commoner, but he was a proud young man with a passion for magic more than anyone else.
Thanks to the hard work he had accumulated so far and some luck, he was able to pass Theon entrance exam, and as a freshman, he took his first classes with a bright attitude.
[Rudger Chelici lectures on the manifestation system.] He honestly wasn’t expecting much.
When I first entered the classroom, I secretly picked up the voices of other students, and found that the class I had chosen was more talkative than I expected.
Originally, there are a total of two manifestation system classes, and this one is taught by a fallen noble. A new teacher wouldn’t be able to teach this class but he was lucky because 5 people retired last year.
However, Aidan, who came to Theon from the countryside, knew only that they were seniors and did not know that they were great nobles, so he did not doubt their words.
‘Is the teacher named Rudger Chelici that bad?’
It was just a class I chose without much thought, so I regretted it for nothing. However, Aidan realized how short his thoughts were, as soon as Rudger appeared.
The man, who overwhelmed 80 students even though he was standing on the pulpit, was like a soldier on the verge of a fierce battle. And what happened afterwards made Aidan even more astonished.
He had a conversation with a female senior about the impossibility of shortening the casting speed and then she showed everyone a technique.
The moment he encountered the magic that Rudger Chelici called the source code, Aidan felt the blood boil all over his body.
It was like fireworks exploded in front of him. It was the light of knowledge that appears when you clearly witness a mystery that you have never encountered before, and it was the moment of opening your eyes to a wider world.
It sounded like an excessive leap, but at least Aidan himself felt that way.
When he was a child who didn’t know anything yet, a wandering wizard showed him magic. That magic was only 1st rank, and now that he thought about it, the wizard technique was not perfect and it was even crude.
At that time, Aidan thought that the figure was very cool.
Since then, he has continued to study magic under the guidance of the wandering wizard, although he did not feel the shock he had when he first encountered magic he remembered learning magic itself was so much fun.
Aidan grew rapidly day by day thanks to his passion for magic and, surprisingly, his talent for magic. In this way, he was able to enter the magic academy, Theon, through fierce competition.
He took his first class here, thinking that he might satisfy his craving for magic and open up a new world but instead witnessed something extraordinary.
‘Mr. Rudger Chelici is a wonderful person!’
He thought it was unusual from the first impression, but he was the real deal.
Aidan couldn’t hide his excitement, thinking he was really lucky to have taken this class.
It was then. A voice of blatant contempt could be heard from the seat next to him.
When he turned his head, a first-year boy from somewhere was looking at him with her arms crossed. His face is good-looking, but it looks quite greasy because of the blonde hair that was parted to show his forehead.
Aidan then looked around. Now that most of the students had already left the classroom, there were not many left.
“Ah! You were talking to me!”
The face of an aristocratic male student was distorted by Aiden’s innocent reaction.
“You. Are you mocking me now?”
“Yes? I didn’t mean that.”
Aidan smiled shyly and tried to say that he never meant that, but the situation in front of him was already overturned by the fact that the person in front of him had been insulted.
“You dare to ignore me, the first son of Baron Pellio?!”
Aidan broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that he was wrong in many ways to pass for good.
A helping hand came to Aidan the moment he was contemplating how to handle this situation.
“If it’s Baron Pellio, isn’t he at the edge of the Empire?”
It was a blue-haired boy who went out to help Aidan.
Jevan Pellio looked at the boy and put a smile on his lips.
“The Theon Academy admitted such a little boy?”
“It would be better than having a child of a poor baron family pass.”
“What?! You dare insult the Pellio family?!”
As Jevan clenched his teeth and tried to increase his magical power, the light blue-haired boy, Leo, did not lose his smile.
“I will make you pay the price for the words and deeds that dared insult the nobleman……”
“Try it. What will happen if you unleash your magic here and attack us?”
Everyone was shocked at Leo’s bold statement. He thought that ordinary people would bow their heads if they were moderately intimidated.
“Do you know that this is your family? Wake up. Even if you’re a noble, if you make a little fuss here, it’s not worth it. Didn’t you get any notice of that before you came in?”
“If you don’t know what to do other than stare because there’s nothing to say.”
At Leo’s words, Jevan realized that there were still several students left in the classroom. Among them, there were children of high-ranking nobles whom they did not dare look up to.
Jevan looked at Aidan as if to kill him, and left the classroom without saying anything.
Aidan thought about whether this might be good or not. But right now, his priority was to thank that friend for helping him.
“Thank you for your help. I am Aidan.”
“I am Leo. Oh, and no need to thank you. I just acted because it was disgusting to see people calling themselves aristocrats.”
“Are you a good person?”
“……What did you hear me say?”
Leo looked at Aidan like a strange person and then shook his head.
“I’m just going to go.”
“Ah! I will go with you.”
“Do you know where I am going?”
“Aren’t you going to the next class? From the book I see in your hand I’m going to the same class.”
“……Sheesh. Do whatever you feel like.”
Leo spoke bluntly, but he didn’t turn down his offer. Aidan had an intuition that Leo’s behavior was just a bit strange, and he was a good person.
Leo, who was looking at Aidan who was packing his textbooks for the next class, suddenly opened his mouth.
“It would be nice to go around without showing too much.”
“Try not to look like a plain villager who didn’t learn magic properly.”
“Oh, is that so? Sorry. I don’t know that.”
“Do not forget. This is Theon Academy. It’s full of all kinds of great people.”
“Great people? Ah. I think I can figure it out by looking at Mr. Chelici.”
Leo let out a sigh in response to the frigid reaction. Apparently, this poor friend had a lot to learn.
“Listen. Once you’ve taken the class, you too need to know how this place works. And you have to be careful about certain students.”
“Even within Theon, there are students who have an exceptionally overwhelming position. Right now, our first-year students have just come in and don’t know what to do, but from the second year on, they do.”
The most representative example was Flora Lumos.
“2nd year Flora Lumos. I didn’t know that we would be taking the same class, but it’s good to be careful.”
“There are rumors that she has a bad personality. The teacher who was in charge of the manifestation class last year suddenly quit because she had a big influence. She honestly thought she could do the same again……”
Leo also remembered Rudger Chelici class. The groundbreaking magic called source code he showed was definitely great. Because that Flora Lumos left without a click.
But he didn’t think Flora Lumos was going to collapse just because of that. Rather, there was a possibility that sparks of anger could be thrown at other people.
“So it’s best to avoid her as much as possible.”
“There is. One of the noble bloodlines of the Exilion Empire.”
“Ah. I heard that rumor too. It’s said that there was a princess in second grade?”
“The Third Princess Erendira von Exilion. She was so noble and the emperor loved her, so she must have been able to come here. Of course, there’s nothing good about us being commoners.”
Aidan thought of a woman who had hair like gold threads. Blondes aren’t that rare, but there’s only one blonde with a sense of nobility.
“And finally, Freuden Ulburg.”
“That Ulburg? One of the three great duke families……”
“What other Ulburg could be in the Empire? Freuden, the eldest son of the Duke family of Ulburg. He is the man who leads the biggest faction in sophomore year. To be precise, it is an upper-class faction made up of only nobles.”
“People like us are like roadside bugs, so it’s better not to get involved. Fortunately, Freuden doesn’t take this class. By the way, the idiot who quarreled with you a while ago seems to belong to that faction.”
“Because it was unavoidable. Is there anyone else out there?”
Leo couldn’t figure out what kind of person Aidan was. But he was sure at least he wasn’t a bad guy or a dark-hearted guy.
“There are a few more.”
“I’ll explain that later.”
“Great! Ah. Would you like to eat together later?”
Aidan and Leo left the classroom murmuring. Not knowing that one of the remaining students in the classroom was watching them.
‘Hmm. Is this a private classroom?’
Standing in front of the room called the laboratory, I felt a little strange.
As it is Theon, the new teachers are given a considerable amount of personal space. The name plate at the entrance also had the name Rudger Chelici.
I was curious to see what the inside looked like, so I decided to check it out.
I opened the door and entered the classroom and I couldn’t help but be surprised to see the person who was inside.
“Oh. Mr. Rudger. Come in.”
One of the people I have to watch out for here, the president of Theon Academy was inside.
I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy C22: Hunter in the Mechanical Clockwork City (1)
Chapter 3/3 for the week. I finally made up for the missed releases.
5 years ago Durman Kingdom, one of the small and medium-sized countries in the southern part of the continent, suffered from a headache due to the sudden infestation of cryptids.
The nightmare continued for over a month, with wolves roaming in the middle of the city, bizarre beasts devouring people every night, and the smell of blood lingering for more than a month.
Even if the soldiers and knights were put in, the cryptids flirted with the knights and avoided their encirclement. The situation escalated without a solution.
Among them was one of the most infamous Cryptids. It was a monster who was active in Jévaudan, one of the major cities of the Durman Kingdom. This guy was a rare monster that ate three knights who could be called elite soldiers. It was Jévaudan nightmare, and the worst cryptid that reigned as the kingdom’s terror.
King Durman sent out an official announcement that he would give a huge reward to those who subdue the Cryptids and all kinds of freelance wizards, wandering knights, and famous mercenaries from the continent that had heard the rumors gathered in the Durman Kingdom and started a massive cryptid subjugation operation.
Countless cryptids have died, and many hunters have died as well. People called the hunt at that time ‘The Bloody Night’ because the blood that was shed at that time stained the ground red.
The Bloody Night was enough to establish the reputation of many people. At that time, there was one man who left the greatest achievement. A person who defeated the most notorious monster in Jévaudan alone, and achieved the highest killing record for other Cryptids.
He was neither a famous wizard nor a famous high-ranking knight, nor an elite mercenary, he was just a hunter.
The hunter was adept at handling all kinds of tools and weapons, and for a year after Blood Night, he traveled all over Durman, killing more than three digits of Cryptids.
The name of the hunter who is also famous for not revealing his identity was ‘Abraham van Helsing’.
Rudger, fully equipped, walked slowly to the side of the road.
A damp night mist fell over the coat. Around the street lamp, a hazy scarlet light spreads dimly, as if it drank water from the mist. The stench of the beast, which secretly wafted through the smell of the mud, brushed the tip of his nose.
Rudger immediately kicked a drum blown in the street with his foot.
As the drum collapsed, an intense noise echoed through the air. The werewolf, who was searching for his prey, heard the sound and turned his head. Those ferocious eyes found Rudger standing alone in the center of the boulevard.
The werewolf jumped from the roof of the building and got down in front of Rudger.
Rudger was able to take a closer look at the werewolf. His height was about 2.5m or more, his eyes were blood-drenched and his body was full of black hair.
He had sharp claws on both hands, which were so eerie that the anticipation could be felt through the skin. But most of all, what caught the eye was the metal restraint ball on the werewolf’s neck.
There is no way that a beast that has lost its sanity would wear something like that around its neck.
‘Someone purposefully raised or created that werewolf.’
I didn’t think it was impossible. This is a world where magic exists and science has developed in a strange direction, even Hans, whom he knew, has the constitution to change into a beast when bitten.
Even if a secret organization made a werewolf as a test subject, there was nothing strange about it.
‘The question is, why now?’
So far, there has been no news, but the incident happened not long after the opening of the Theon Academy? And in the year he took office? He couldn’t help but be suspicious of such a situation.
‘Well, if I catch him, I’ll know.’
Rudger immediately took a stance.
The werewolf contorted his face, presumably displeased when the man in front of him rather than running away was confronting him.
The werewolf let out a roar and rushed towards Rudger. A werewolf, who sprinted through the ground on four legs, was faster than a car.
Rudger watched the movement and slid behind him. The werewolf’s claws cut through the air in the spot where Rudger had been a while ago.
The werewolf swung its arms non-stop but Rudger continued to back step and concentrate on dodging.
As soon as the tip of Rudger’s brown shoe touched the ground, a strange wave spread out around him.
With each miss of the werewolf’s attacks, Rudger continued to pound the ground with his toes, spreading waves of his magic. In an extreme situation where even a single touch could shred his bones, Rudger never allowed the werewolf to hit him.
The werewolf roared and spread his arms wide. He was going to attack him in that state and hold him so he couldn’t escape.
Rudger’s mouth, which had been covered by the brim of his hat, smirked, the werewolf, who was about to run to Rudger, suddenly contorted his face and fell to his ground.
Hans, who was watching anxiously from afar, suddenly opened his eyes wide and puzzled to see the werewolf collapse.
“It will make your head pound a bit.”
Rudger gently trampled the werewolf’s back.
Werewolves are more like beasts than humans. And since it is part of the canine family, it is particularly sensitive to high frequencies that ordinary people cannot hear. Rudger prepared such a magic while dodging the werewolf attack.
A magic that properly mixes sound waves and vibration magic is okay for humans, but if used on werewolves who hear sounds beyond a certain band. Even now, the werewolf’s ears are ringing in real time and the ultrasonic waves are still shaking the surrounding area.
“There is no need to use expensive silver or the like.”
There was no more suitable method than this, since the purpose was suppression and not killing in the first place.
Now, let’s check where the hell this guy was made.
It was at that moment when Rudger pulled out a syringe and was about to draw his blood.
“It’s here! Here comes the sound!”
“Everyone, move quickly!”
With the sound of a whistle, uniformed police officers rushed towards them from beyond the fog. The police, who had been patrolling because of rumors of a werewolf from two days ago, must have come to hear the commotion here.
At that moment when Rudger had lost focus for a moment, the werewolf, who had been quiet, jumped to his feet.
Rudger hurriedly stepped back and was wary of the werewolf’s counterattack, but the werewolf had no interest in Rudger in the first place…The guy shook his head a few times, then turned his back and ran away.
Rudger sighed, dispelling the high-frequency magic that had spread around him.
As police officers carrying his magical powers appeared one by one, Rudger decided that he had to step down.
“There! There is someone over there!”
“Arrest all suspicious people!”
At some point, the werewolf was climbing up the walls of the factory to the roof, Rudger ran after him.
As Rudger was going through the dark alleyway, he felt the werewolf’s presence receding and stretched his arms out into the air. The mechanical mainspring under the gauntlet’s wrist turned quickly, and then a wire hook shot towards the roof.
The moment the hook was fixed to the roof railing, the gears rotated and the wire was wound at high speed Rudger used the recoil to fly to the roof. Commonly called wire launcher, it was the favorite object of Rudger when he was active as a hunter.
Rudger landed on the roof.
After pulling the wire to retrieve the hook, Rudger found the back of a werewolf running away in the distance.
‘I won’t let you escape.’
Rudger put magical powers around his legs. In this world, magicians also use magic to strengthen their bodies in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Rudger kicked off the roof with enhanced leg strength and followed the werewolf. The night scenery of the factory area passes quickly and the figure of the werewolf running away in the distance could be seen gradually getting closer.
While running, the werewolf looked back at something strange and found Rudger chasing him, spurring the speed of his escape.
The werewolf, who had been skipping non-stop between the roofs of the factory, jumped down onto the large railroad tracks below. At that moment, a freight train loaded with magic stones was passing underneath.
The werewolf landed rough on the cargo hold. Rudger didn’t want to let him escape so he jumped on top of the cargo hold as well.
Rudger lightly patted his shoulder with his hand, staring at the werewolf. Realizing that he could no longer run, the werewolf got up and looked back at Rudger.
On top of the train, Rudger and the werewolf faced each other about three meters apart. The hem of Rudger’s coat was blown away by the strong wind as the train ran.
“At first, I was just trying to capture you but now I changed my mind.”
My vision was blurred for a moment as the night wind brushed my cheeks and the steam from the train’s head. Through the gap, the werewolf rushed towards me.
A fairly sharp movement that takes advantage of the blind spot and pierces the opponent’s loophole, however the werewolf rushing towards Rudger stopped at the strange noise ringing in his ears. It was a kind of instinctive intuition he had as a beast.
That judgment was correct as something sharp swept past the werewolf’s neck at both ends.
It passed through the skin of the werewolf’s neck, spinning and returning to Rudger. It was a boomerang with sharp blades spread out like a fan and if he had been a little late, the sharp circular saw blade would have cut the werewolf’s throat.
The werewolf quickly regenerated the wounds running down his neck. He was furious at the fact that he had been hurt, and veins sprouted from his body.
“I was going to finish it in one shot.”
Rudger put his regrets behind him and took out a wand hung from his waist and held it. This time it was Rudger’s turn to run.
He holds a staff in his right hand and uses his left hand to gather magical energy to use [Shining Stone] and fires it straight like a bullet at one of the werewolf’s eyes.
The werewolf bowed his head straight away and avoided the [Shining Stone]. At that moment, Rudger snapped the index finger of his left hand and the [Shining Stone] that passed by the werewolf turned in mid-air and hit the werewolf in the back of the head.
As the werewolf panicked by the intense pain he felt in the back of his head, Rudger ran up to the werewolf and swung his staff towards his face with all his might.
The werewolf tried to block it with both arms but a saw-bladed boomerang flew and pierced the werewolf’s hands. The boomerang was thrown in advance by Rudger.
The werewolf caught the staff with his mouth and his eyes curved like a crescent moon. The moment the wound on his arm would be regenerated, he was thinking of tearing the cheeky human right in front of him but as if to ridicule the werewolf’s inner heart, Rudger made his next move.
The handle of the staff was pulled and a pure white sword came out of it. The sight was so unexpected that the werewolf did not even think to drop the empty shell of the staff he had bitten in his mouth.
Rudger’s body rotated once in place and a white line was drawn in the air. The light that was so thin but clear cut the werewolf’s neck softly.
I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy C18: Commoner Girl Rene (1)
The training ground of Theon is an open space that anyone can use. Since it is so wide and there are as many as three such training grounds, students can freely practice their magic in a spacious space wherever they go.
In particular, first-year students who are curious about the prestigious Theon facilities are the ones who use the training ground the most at the beginning of the semester. As a result, it was only the first graders who naturally had minor accidents.
The children, who entered the school, heard that they were geniuses wherever they went. Freshmen who have not experienced proper competition have strong self-esteem because they believe they’re the best.
As they progress through classes gradually, there will inevitably be conflicts and it was at Training Ground No. 1 where that happened most often.
Just like right now.
“…This is a place that everyone can use freely. I don’t have any reason to leave.”
Rene frowned as she saw the three students staring at her with contempt.
She had her gray hair, which is rare even in the Empire. She visited the 1st training ground out of her curiosity a little while ago and she got into an argument.
The reason didn’t matter. They’re just going to use this place, so they told Rene to go somewhere else.
She didn’t want to leave since there aren’t that many students using the training ground, and there’s plenty of free space and got into an argument with the three of them, one woman and two men.
All of them are children of aristocratic families and among them was a first-year student named Dunema Rommli, the daughter of Count Rommli, she was the one who told Rene to leave.
“If it’s uncomfortable, why don’t you guys go?”
“How dare you talk to me? How dare a vulgar and cheeky commoner talk back to a noble blood like me?”
“… Theon does not divide classes by nobility or bloodline. You didn’t even know about that when you entered here?”
“I guess that’s what you guys just want to believe.”
“That’s right, Lady Dunema. That’s why low-ranking commoners can’t do it.”
“That’s why it’s not for nothing that people say that you shouldn’t be nice to the lower ones.”
Two male students flirt with Dunema from both sides.
Rene bit her lip. At first, they didn’t even try to listen to what she had to say because she is a commoner and if she continued to argue with them nothing would change.
Rene just turned her back and ignored them, but that action must have properly touched the heart of Dunema, who had high self-esteem.
“……Commoner, how dare you ignore what I say?”
Count Rommli was a typical aristocrat who fell in love with the idea of the chosen people and made fun of the common people. And Dunema, the only daughter of such a count, also deeply inherited her father’s inclinations.
As she grew up seeing and hearing only such things since she was a child, she had no choice but to become such a character.
Dunema thought that she should be the lead role in the academy. She had a lot of great seniors in the second year, so even so, she said that she has to be the most dazzling among these first year students. But everyone who came to Theon was a genius and it was hard for her to adapt.
Even taking classes in the same classroom as common people was embarrassing, but she didn’t want to accept the fact that there were students with more talent than her. Nobility should always be lofty and stand above all, for she was the chosen one and the commoners were but her discarded tools to make her stand out.
To Dunema, the commoner named Rene was an annoyance. The first time she noticed her was when she was in the classroom.
Ash gray’s hair color, which is rare to see around, also drew attention, but it was Rene’s beauty that bothered Dunema more than anything else. She was like a doll made by the goddess of beauty, as if she was not of this world.
Her self-esteem was hurt and Dunema could not forgive that. Dunema needed a target for her anger, and the target was, of course, Rene, who evoked these feelings in her, so she quarreled with her.
‘What the hell is that cheeky attitude?’
Rene’s eyes looking at them as if they’re pathetic. Dunema gritted her teeth and glared at the back of Rene’s head.
’You dare ignore me and think I would accept it?’
Dunema pulled out her wand and lifted it. It happened so unexpectedly that even her two followers did not respond.
It was the same with Rene. She never imagined that Dunema would do such a thing in Theon.
“How dare you, such a lowly commoner!”
A spell is formed with magic power, and seeds of lightning are splattered around.
Rene sensed something and looking back her blue eyes widened.
‘Stupid. It’s already too late.’
A cruel smile formed on Dunema’s lips, she didn’t want to kill but ruin Rene’s face.
At the moment when she wanted to shoot the prepared magic into the face of that heinous commoner white flash of light pierced her magic. Seeing the reverberation of the scattered lightning, Dunema contorted her face like a demon.
She looked in the direction the while flash came from and saw a man looking down from the audience.
“What are you doing?”
The moment that voice mixed with subtle anger reached her ears, her skin reacted. That momentum and spirit that made her teeth collide by themselves.
Dunema knew who the man was.
“While on patrol, I suddenly felt a wave of magical power and came to see it.”
His gaze glances at the gang of Dunema, Rene and the students who have only watched from the vicinity, but have not stopped them.
There is no such thing as a fight between students. To be precise, it is an incident where one side unilaterally tried to surprise the other.
“It seems that you don’t take Theon seriously.”
Rather, if they had fought each other head-on, it could have ended with just a warning.
However, arbitrarily launching a surprise attack on an opponent who is not willing to fight is undoubtedly a one-sided negligence injury. The teacher even witnessed it clearly with his own two eyes.
“What does that mean?!”
Dunema, already full of anger, cried out in protest to Rudger.
“This is to protect our authority as nobles…!”
“Authority? What authority?”
“That’s because this commoner……”
“In Theon, all students are equal. Learning, teaching, and magic are only judged by their talent and passion. I don’t care what noble blood you have.”
Rudger’s words meant not to pretend to be aristocrats here.
Dunema bit her lip but Rudger shook his head at the completely unrepentant act. He was convinced that the first graders would cause problems. Rather, it was possible because they were freshmen who did not know about the world yet.
Of course, freshmen who don’t know how Theon works, make their decisions based on the environment they’ve been living in. Their narrow way of thinking where they believe that the world they lived in is everything is causing the problems.
Just like Dunema Rommli in front of him right now. But not knowing is not an excuse.
“It has not been long since the start of the classes, but you already caused such a big problem, please be aware that discipline cannot be avoided. You follow me right now.”
Rudger said so and immediately turned his back.
I thought that issuing a warning like this would reduce the issue. Of course, it wasn’t just a warning, it was meant to be a real punishment.
“Only a Fallen Nobility……”
After the words of Dunema Rommli the training ground, which was still quiet, became even quieter.
The two students, who could be described as followers of Dunema, were sweating profusely. This behavior was not what they wanted it to see. Even Rudger Chelici, who was about to leave, stopped walking.
The faces of the students who watched the situation became pale.
Dunema belatedly realized what she said but she couldn’t take back the words that had already been uttered.
“What did you just say?”
Rudger’s even more subdued voice turned towards Dunema. It didn’t stop there, but his body floated in the air. As if walking in the air, Rudger slowly descended from the audience, landed on the ground, and slowly walked towards Dunema.
With each step Rudger took, Dunema felt as if the world was collapsing. She didn’t know it when he was far away, but when she met him up close, the pressure that Rudger exuded was beyond imagination.
Its appearance was like a giant, she felt that Rudger could crush her with a finger.
Without realizing it, she said something harsh. Even so, there was something she shouldn’t have said, but she crossed that line. It is no wonder that Rudger was angry.
“Did you say I was a fallen noble?”
Dunema couldn’t even move her mouth properly as she looked up at Rudger. The atmosphere was almost bloody and it wouldn’t be strange if someone died.
From outside, Selina hurriedly ran and called for Rudger to stop. She, too, had just arrived after hearing the news. But as soon as she arrived, all she saw was the figure of Rudger staring intently at a shivering girl.
‘No way. Perhaps. perhaps.’
Anxious thoughts ran through her mind and she hurriedly tried to stop Rudger but at that moment Rudger opened his mouth.
It was a completely unexpected thing to hear.
“Now what the teacher said……”
She thought he would be angry or that he’d give her corporal punishment on the fly.
“Obviously, I am a fallen nobleman but this is Theon, and I am Theon’s teacher. Dunema what you said was clearly a student challenging the authority of the teacher.”
Rudger spoke in an infinitely calm voice.
“You are still young and before coming here you were an aristocrat. If it’s your first time, you might not know.”
“So, I will let it go this time but know that there is no next time.”
A completely unexpected, yet very mature response.
The students had no choice but to stare blankly at Rudger.
“Of course, what you did to your classmate will be punished accordingly. I hope that has enlightened you.”
Dunema felt that the world was collapsing at his words of discipline, but she could not protest. Rudger’s point-by-point remarks were far too rational, to the extent that she thought that doing this was meant to teach her.
Rene shrugged at the fact that Rudger had called her name.
Rene shrugged at the fact that Rudger had called her name.
“Are you injured?” Rudger asked again.
“No, teacher helped me so I’m okay.”
Rudger immediately turned his head to look at Selina.
“Miss Selina. Please go back.”
Rudger left her training ground with those words to Selina.
No one dared to move, until he disappeared into the darkness of the hallway.
I got a fake job at the academy
I got a fake job at the academy C55: Red Snake in the Mud (2)
Hans, who escaped from the darkness, squatted outside the door of the tavern, waiting for the fight inside to end. There was no reason for him to interfere in the fight between Rudger and the Red Society.
Even though he looked like a ferocious werewolf with black fur and over 2 meters tall he didn’t know how to fight.
Pricking his ears, Hans, who had been listening to the situation inside, got up. The last thing he heard was the pain-filled scream of Red Snake Dutri, the leader of the Red Society, who perhaps was tortured for information.
As expected, when he entered the pub, he was greeted by a strong smell of blood.
Hans, whose sense of smell became more sensitive by taking the form of a wolf, moved carefully so as not to step on any corpses.
Rudger was sitting at the bar, quietly sipping a drink from a clear glass.
Rudger replied without looking back.
“Where are the two quasi-knights?”
There were corpses all around Hans so he decided not to ask exactly what happened.
“Ugh. If I keep it this way, I will become sensitive to smells, and my head will start spinning.”
Hans immediately placed the ampoule Rudger had given him into his forearm. The bloated body shrank and returned to its human form. Then Hans quickly put on his jacket, which he had prepared beforehand.
“Brother is great, you can drink alcohol in a place like this.”
“I just got used to it.”
“What kind of drink is that? It smells really good.”
His sense of smell, which had become a little more sensitive due to the effect of his transformation even after returning to human form, captured the smell of alcohol that Rudger was drinking.
The scent is quite sweet and the alcohol in Rudger’s glass was clean enough to have no impurities, and the flavor seemed quite deep, it should be a pretty expensive drink.
“It’s 38 years old Gorgonne.”
“Ugh! Give me some too!”
“Didn’t you say you’re feeling bad?”
“Even if it makes me vomit, I should drink it!”
Rudger handed the bottle to him, Hans took an empty glass and poured it himself.
In a shabby bar full of corpses where the smell of blood and alcohol was strangely mixed, the two men sat side by side and drank a masterpiece.
“You killed that Dutri?”
“He hasn’t been killed yet because I need to extract the necessary information and he still has more uses beyond that.”
“The Red Society has built up notoriety while stepping on the others……If you hand him over alive, the other gangs will be very happy.”
Of course, the entire Red Society had not yet been eliminated, as they are the rulers of such a large city, the total number of people is well over a thousand. However only the 100 people gathered here were the core of the organization.
“Now that the head of the organization is gone, the rest will disperse. What will brother do, absorb all the small fries?”
Rudger shook his head. If there were too many people the organization would be in chaos.
“We will only use the few necessary ones. Of course, we’ll need guys to subcontract, but that’s not all, pick someone with a good head and good character.”
“Hmm. Let’s go back a little bit.”
“Hans, I’ve done everything I could. For the rest of the data, go up to the office on the second floor, all of the documents and secret books will be there, so you should see them and proceed.”
“I will be busy again.”
Hans sighed. He has been working hard for days and days to get information, collect data, and organize it.
Rudger completed all the necessary procedures in just one night. Of course, it was possible because Rudger was that great, but for Hans, there was no feeling of unfairness.
‘No. I chose a safe path without risking my life to fight, so I can’t complain about this.’
Of course, he had to take risks when collecting dangerous information, but it was also possible for him to borrow the power of this unusual constitution. That’s why he thought Rudger was better, otherwise there would be no reason to follow him.
“Even if the hideout is decided, there is only the two of us, right? What are you going to do?”
“I will add more members.”
“But a while ago you said…”
“I am not talking about such nonsense. Hans, you should know that I have some acquaintances.”
At that, Hans’ face immediately crumpled.
“Ah. Come to think of it, you didn’t get along well with that person.”
“Hmmm. Rather than having a bad relationship…….”
Hans was hesitant because he knew the “acquaintances” Rudger was going to call. Of course, as Rudger directly called them, they were certainly talented in their fields.
“No, by the way, are those stubborn people coming? I wouldn’t even budge with a few words.”
“I have already sent a letter. Surprisingly, he will come to finish what he was doing.”
Just thinking about it made him uncomfortable, so Hans continued to grumble until he emptied his drink.
“Do you hate it that much?”
“I feel uncomfortable, they are not normal people. Well, I don’t mean to say that when I have this type of constitution.”
“Can’t we just get along?”
“Whoa. It sounds like brother doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but they all have very bad personalities, so how can we get along? Some of them treated me like a test subject.”
“He’s a bit docile when I’m with you, but while you’re gone, I might really die. Will he stay here?”
“I’m busy maintaining my Rudger status right now.”
“That’s it! Every time you go away as a senior teacher, have you ever thought about how much blood I will bleed?”
“That’s for you to figure out. Would you like to die?”
Of course he won’t die, but he may be under the stress of almost dying.
“……Haaa. If I think about it, I don’t think there are other people who can do such stupid things as well as those kids.”
“Because they have great abilities.”
One of them made a huge contribution to making all kinds of equipment Rudger used right now.
“Is brother any better than they?”
“They were a little suspicious of you, so is it okay to just walk around like this?”
“They were that’s why I’m moving like this now.”
It was this part that Hans was worried about. If Theon is suspicious, shouldn’t Rudger refrain from going out to the city like this? Especially since the opponent is a wizard, they may be secretly monitoring him in some way. Of course, it was necessary to move with caution in everything.
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
“Really? Isn’t your opponent a wizard?”
“Hans, what do you think of wizards?”
“Hmm. What’s a wizard? If you use magic, you are a wizard. Still, if I had to answer the question……A very rational and sober seeker?”
“I think the same thing. As you said, wizards are quite rational. No, I think they have to be rational, since they do not want to make any mistakes.”
A calm mind is essential to use magic. Of course, since a wizard is also a human being, he cannot be free from all mistakes. However, it is a basic skill as a wizard to do your best to reduce mistakes in any areas you can.
“The president is a magician of the sixth rank. Since such a person is suspicious of me, I understand your concerns.”
“Are you okay with that?”
“If the president is suspicious of me, let’s say she keeps her eyes closed.”
“And what if I notice? If I ask her why did she secretly watched me? If so, how would the others feel about the president?”
Hans let out a hoarse voice and did not respond hastily. You have to pursue secretly without being caught, but you get caught? That’s a pretty bad situation, isn’t it?
What if they brazenly say something like ‘I was suspicious of you’?
“Isn’t it okay if you don’t find out?”
“It’s not ‘certain’ to go undetected. However, there is a possibility that there may be at least one chance of being caught. Hans, what are you going to consider here?”
“……Hmmm. I’m sure it’s the latter. They wouldn’t follow you unless they’re really sure they will go unnoticed.”
“The opponent is a Theon teacher, and his true abilities are not well known. If they are caught following such a target recklessly, even the president will be quite embarrassed.”
“So it’s better not to do it because it’s going to cost you nothing?”
“That’s what a wizard is like. Besides, I’ve done a good job as a teacher so far. If she makes a mistake here and disappoint me, the president’s position will be quite embarrassing.”
The president did not trust the teacher and followed suit. That fact alone will make the president’s position worse. Of course, considering the current president’s personality, she will try to keep the situation as stable as possible.
“Even the president can’t do anything to a teacher at a time when the opposing factions do not behave themselves. That place is like that.”
“Aha. I guess so. So you’re saying it doesn’t matter if you move freely like this, aiming for that gap?”
“Of course, if I’m too blatant, I will get caught. If the tail is long, it will be trampled on.”
It was for this reason that Rudger managed his image as a teacher and strengthened his integrity. Thanks to that, even if he goes out freely now, the president will not pursue him, although he may be a little suspicious. Especially on a day like today when Theon became noisy due to a battle between nobles and commoners.
“I understand. Then there’s no need to worry right now.”
“So, if everyone gets together and forms an organization, have you decided what the name will be?”
“Now brother and I are trying to properly settle in Leathervelk. If so, then you should definitely decide on the name of the organization. Well, even if you get rid of ranks and stuff like that, wouldn’t the atmosphere not live up to you without a name?”
After pouring all the alcohol into the empty glass, the bottle was empty.
“How many people will come?”
“Hmm… With brother and I included, wouldn’t it be about six or seven?”
“It is absurdly insufficient to form an organization with so few people.”
“But more people will come. If I add a few more, maybe 10 people wouldn’t be too bad.”
“Ten people? So, have you decided on a name?”
Rudger suddenly remembered a poem and the original of a famous novel of the same name he had read in a previous life.
There is a character that suppressed his own sins and judged those who could not be dealt with by the law. In the end, he even got rid of himself.
“I like the way it sounds.”
“Brother, one last drink?”
Celebrating the birth of the new organization, Rudger and Hans clapped the last remaining glasses toasting.
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I was lying idly in bed for about an hour like that. I didn’t have the strength to do anything right away
At this point, I felt a sense of shame.
No, how the hell does a secret society executive get caught up in a train attack and die?
A secret society executive who planted nearly 40 spies in Theon Academy should have survived that situation!
Even if I get angry like this, the dead won’t come back. All of this is just pointless consumption of emotions.
I’m now Rudger Chelici, and I have to hold on to this damn status for two years.
‘Honestly, I thought that it would be okay if only the Academy didn’t find out, and that’s difficult enough.’
Still, having experience, I thought that I could plausibly pretend to be a teacher. Because I also know how to use magic, and there is no shortage of theoretical knowledge.
The fact that I could spend two years without problems was not arrogance, but a conviction made up of thorough calculations. But now I became an executive in a secret association and they’re very dangerous.
Assassination of some members of the academy, dealing with traitors, their methods are quite cruel. Even the gangsters and mafia on Earth don’t do this and that’s enough to show they are a radical group.
The situation just went from normal mode to hell mode.
Now I have one more thing to deal with thanks to this fake identity.
The Academy and an unknown secret society, if either of these groups find out that I’m not Rudger, I’ll die.
Whether at the hands of the Chancellor, or by the laws of the Empire, or by the secret society’s own purges.
Now death is closer to me than it was in any other moment.
Rudger Chelici is an executive of the secret society. The name Rudger was also created, so it’s a pseudonym, but anyway, he’s in a position called First Order.
Among the secret society members that permeated the academy, the First Orders were alone, including me. I don’t need to know right away what their purpose is.
What matters is who the other First Orders are. I couldn’t ask about it openly, so there was no way to know right away unless they made contact with me.
‘For now, I can ignore the second and third orders.’
It is presumed that the real Rudger had a very eccentric personality within the organization. Even though I only changed my voice a little, it was a fact that could be inferred from the expression on his subordinate’s contemplative expression.
His personality is bad, so his subordinates wouldn’t want to deal with him for too long. That is welcome on my part.
In the end, I only had to care about other First Orders. Who the hell are they?
‘I can’t ask. I don’t know how the executives recognize other executives. If I do that, I will immediately be suspicious.’
Now, I had to deal with not only the Academy and the Empire, but also the secret societies that were secretly hiding within the Empire.
I thought I was riding on the back of only one tiger, but I was riding on the back of two. The moment when either side goes wrong, it’s over.
‘Okay. After all, since this has happened, I have no choice but to do it.’
I immediately took out the books from the suitcase and opened the letter next to it.
‘Getting information comes first.’
This letter must be the password used by their organization, it was necessary to interpret it.
A certain pattern exists in all passwords and the one that can analyze the pattern is this book in the bag.
‘I’m a teacher at the Magic Academy, so no magic books. Other than that, there were a few unusual books.’
I looked through the books.
[Watcher of the Rye] [Ringerk’s Philosophy] [Traces of Totalitarianism] [A Hundred Years of Solitude], novels, autobiographies, non-fiction and bestsellers. Among them, there was one book that stood out to me.
I remembered Rudger on the train, his actions, how he shacked his legs slightly or waved his hands. If the man had really seriously considered the culture of a gentleman and had read this book, he wouldn’t have behaved like that.
‘This book was the most touched.’
A part of the cover was worn and deteriorated. It appears like he reads a lot, but is there really a reason for that?
‘This book was being used as an interpretation of the password.’
I opened the book of [A Gentleman’s Culture] and turned the page. The irregularity hidden slowly caught my eye. Traces of burns can be seen in the book. Some pages were not read, and some pages were read until the paper ran out.
Looking carefully at the particular worn-out page, I could see something between the letters. I immediately took the letter and compared them.
‘It is said that the continent uses a unified language, but each country has a slightly different language.’
Since the traces of Rudger Chelici originated from the Queoden Kingdom, I can think of the Queoden language. In particular, the letter explicitly contained traces of some proper nouns or dialects used in the Kingdom of Queoden.
Although it is a small and barren kingdom in the north, Queoden, which has produced quite a number of great writers, has only about 20,000 words used in that dialect, of which 8,000 are advanced vocabulary.
Obviously this is the point of the password.
It’s not difficult to tell the code apart, considering the arrangement of the language and the connection with the letters because I know Queoden.
My prediction was correct. When I checked the code in Queoden, I saw connections between words and letters.
Next to them, some words that symbolize numbers were mixed together.
The number probably represents the page of this codebook, and if I interpret it by combining other words….
‘First Order, infiltrate Theon Academy as a teacher and win their favor. After that, I will pass on the next order while monitoring the situation.’
I couldn’t get any conclusive information, but this was enough.
I closed the book [A Gentleman’s Culture] and tilted my head back.
2 years left. I had to live as an academy teacher and as a secret society executive.
Of course, I couldn’t live like that forever. Even after spending two years as a teacher safely, the issue of the secret society remains.
Their presence was very annoying to me. If I make a mistake in the middle, I have the highest chance of getting killed.
‘But I can’t get rid of the secret society by myself. I don’t know how the organization is structured, but it was enough to plant spies in Theon Academy. They must be pretty dangerous.’
It is impossible to deal with them personally.
But let’s leave it alone for now, this secret society is a shackle holding my ankles, and I had to erase it.
‘I must use the power of the academy.’
There is a saying ‘Deal with barbarians to subdue barbarians.’
Theon Academy is not just a school. It is a place that symbolizes the future, nurturing the future of the empire.
Despite the name ‘academy’, it is not impossible because it is a place with enormous power to affect any country.
If Theon and the secret society face off against each other, no matter how great the secret society is, they will have no choice but to be pushed back.
How many soldiers and wizards are there? Even within the Imperial Territory, there is a possibility that the Templar Knights will move. They know that too, so they planted spies instead of choosing to break through head-on.
In other words, I had to carefully dig up their information so as not to be caught by the secret society, and then leak that information to the academy.
‘Of course if I take too long I might die in the process.’
The secret society could purge me because I betrayed them, and conversely, the academy could suspect me as a spy and exclude me. In the end, it was important to maintain a certain rhythm.
The moment I lean to one side, the only thing waiting for me is ruin.
‘For now……Let’s start with the first class in a week.’
There was no specific instruction but buying favor is to imprint my image clearly as a teacher. If so, first of all, fulfilling my duty as a teacher is a priority.
Since Theon is a place where smart students attend, if I show a lack of appearance even a little, I may be bitten by them.
At the age of growing up, talented children usually think that they are the best, and even ignore their teachers.
I don’t know what it’s like here, but I’ve come to realize through long experience that people are the same no matter the place.
‘……There are so many things to consider.’
Don’t look silly to students, don’t get suspected by the academy and don’t get caught by the secret society guys.
I was wondering what the hell I was supposed to do, but if I endure all of this, I will obtain a great reward. For that I’ll have to endure for now.
I got up from bed and went into my personal study room and opened a magic textbook.
I had to come up with a plan for the future and prepare how to proceed with the class.
There are 2 years left, I couldn’t just play.
The first day of school has arrived.
The students who went to their hometowns during the vacation are returning one by one, and with the new semester, this year’s freshmen also arrived.
The students who were in the first year went up to the second year and crossed the school gate with their hearts full of anticipation of what new classes they could take in the future.
From all corners of the classroom, students met friends they hadn’t seen in months and greeted each other warmly. However, although all of them are attending the same academy, not everyone is the same.
There are noisy students and quiet students. Naturally, the atmosphere was divided among the students, of course, their status in society was also determined.
Inside Theon Academy, students are divided into three classes.
The upper class, led by royalty, nobles, and high-ranking priests, middle class led by wealthy merchants and finally, the lower class occupied by the poor commoners.
Even if they were studying at the same academy, they could not ignore their status, and as a result, they built walls without realizing it and divided the classes inside the academy.
The nobles smiled brightly and greeted each other, while the commoners, on the other hand, often looked at each other or gathered quietly among themselves.
“Did you hear the news?”
“There is a class on the theory of the manifestation system and the understanding of elements? Are you saying that the new teacher is doing it?”
“The new teacher is not teaching the first year, but the second year? Does he have any skills?”
“He can’t help it, his predecessor went out. When I heard the news, I heard that his past record was splendid? It’s said that he also wrote a lot of theses while in the military.”
“Isn’t he a great person then?”
“That person is a fallen aristocrat.”
At the word “fallen aristocrat”, a laugh naturally crept into the lips of the person that was leading the conversation.
Fallen nobles were usually treated worse than wealthy merchants among nobles.
Since he was appointed as a Theon teacher, he had some talent, but to the upper-class students, he was looking ridiculous.
At the same time, the aristocratic students had similar thoughts. If the new teacher is a fallen aristocrat then earning credits in his class will be a breeze.
The moment they talked about what kind of person he was, the front door of the classroom opened silently.
All eyes turned to the front door, there was a man entering the classroom through the open door.
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“Uh, huh? Mr. Rudger? What is this……?”
“If you read what’s there, you’ll at least see a road you’ve never known before.”
Rene still didn’t understand how this happened. Why did Rudger bring her to his office and gave her a book?
With a look of disbelief, Rene stared intently at the title [Understanding Non-Attribute Magic].
To her knowledge, her non-attribute magic is extremely rare, and she never used it in public. When she looked closely at the cover, the name of the author was not on the book, and there was not even a seal indicating that it was published.
It was natural to have such doubts.
“It is natural to doubt it.”
“Yes? Oh! Oh no! It’s not like that……!”
Did it show on her face? Rene hurriedly touched her cheek and controlled her expression.
Fortunately for her, Rudger didn’t seem to have any intention of reprimanding her for that.
“It’s okay to read and judge. It will be more helpful than not knowing anything.”
“Even in the tower, there was no information about non-attribute magic…….”
“Is my source code a magic that existed in the tower?”
In response to such a wonderful rebuttal, Rene bit her lips tightly. So is this really real?
“Uh, where did you get something like this……”
“I was able to obtain it through a connection.”
At that, Rene’s head tilted slightly to her side. What kind of connection could obtain something like this book?
Confused Rene asked Rudger.
“……Do you, Mr. Rudger, also know anything about non-attribute magic?”
The Rudger Rene saw was so natural that she had no choice but to think that he had acquired knowledge by actually experiencing non-attribute magic.
If he was the Rudger who created the magic source code, she had the expectation that he might know something that others didn’t know.
“I met such a person once before.”
“Oh my gosh. There were other owners of non-attribute magic besides me. So where is he now?”
Rudger’s voice as he said that seemed to be somewhat remorseful, unlike usual. At least, that’s how Rene felt because Rudger’s usual cool and sharp appearance felt like a cotton pad soaked in water at this moment.
“It’s a thing of the past.”
“Then, is this the last book he left?”
“Yes. It is the result of his research on his own magical powers during his lifetime. It’s something that doesn’t even exist in the tower.”
Did he not hand it over to the tower and gave it to Rudger? Rene couldn’t keep up with that.
“Because she wanted it.”
Ah! She was a woman.
Rather, what does he mean by she wanted it? Rene suddenly wondered who the other non-attribute magician was.
“But wouldn’t it be better for the public to hand it over to the tower?”
“Even if you hand it over to the tower, a place full of greedy old people will not recognize this book. No, some will admit it and they won’t show it to anyone else, they’ll just keep it among themselves. It is far better to give it to someone who really needs it. So I will keep it until I meet someone who is worthy of this book.”
In response, Rene looked at Rudger again.
“If you read the book and work hard, you will surely find a new way there.”
“Then, is there no way to learn magic of other attributes?”
“As far as I know, yes.”
Although she did not show it, she had a desire to use elemental magic that was as colorful and beautiful as her others.
“Are you disappointed?”
“To be honest, yes. Even just one element is good, so I wanted to use it.”
Others deal with two, three or more, and talented people deal with five or more. Suddenly, Rene remembered what Rudger had shown her in class.
Come to think of it, how many elements could he use? He showed fire, water, earth and wind, and even used the element ice at first. Then 5?
In fact, Rudger quietly pondered what she had said, not knowing Rene’s heart.
“Rene, you’re saying it because you don’t understand, but using just one element is never to be taken lightly.”
“Yeah? Wouldn’t it be nice to use one?”
“Everyone, to be exact, wizards have at least two innate elements. So, if you only deal with one element, what do you think will happen?”
“Rudger shook his head.
“A person who uses only a single element is a person with endless talent that is unmatched in that element.”
As Rudger spoke, Rene opened her mouth in disbelief she could not believe but Rudger’s words were not false.
There were only a few of the wizards who could only use one attribute element. But they weren’t weak because they couldn’t handle other elements. Rather, it was more than that.
“Rene, do you think the elemental magic used by a wizard can affect magic of the same attribute? For example, a sorcerer who deals with fire element suppresses flames.”
Rene had that kind of common sense.
Being able to use fire elements doesn’t mean you can actually handle fire. It is also a factor that many people misunderstand. If you’re a fire wizard, you can handle fire, so you won’t be affected by fire.
If it is a magician who handles metal, he can handle all kinds of metal, so why not show great power in war?
That’s wrong. The ‘expression’ of an element and ‘handling’ of the element are two completely different concepts.
“Yes. Usually it is. However, there are wizards who are born with only one element. The magic they use is completely different from the elemental elements that ordinary wizards deal with.”
Instead of being unable to manipulate other attribute elements, they can ‘control’ only the elements they are using.
“A single attribute wizard known to the public is given the title ‘color of the element’ in the magic tower. They are all said to have reached the extreme of their element.”
“So this is what using a single element means…….”
Rene felt that her own knowledge was lacking, and her face reddened.
How could even a single element be such a great wall? If so, does she really have to live like this for the rest of her life without being able to deal with the elements?
Rene was terrified.
“Rene, what do you think of non-attribute magic?”
“Uh……Doesn’t it literally mean that properties don’t exist?”
“If I ask a passing child about that, I will get the same answer.”
“The world says it has no attributes, but it is not clear whether there are actually no attributes in non-attribute magic.”
“A typical example would be the magic of sound.”
Rene opened her eyes and tilted her head slightly at the words magic of sound.
“Does the magic of sound exist?”
“But sound is, precisely, a kind of wave that travels through the medium of the atmosphere……”
“Do you think it’s the same as the wind attribute?”
“Wrong. Wind and sound are completely different things. Although it is derived from it, sound is more precisely like a wave caused by vibration.”
“Even if it is not air, the sound wave spreads through water. Then can sound be said to be a property of water?”
Rudger asked again.
“Then what is poison?”
“It is a little more common than the so-called non-attributes, but even so, magicians who deal with poison are rare. Can the poison they deal with really be an element of nature?”
“Uh, um……Similar to plants?”
“Then what is the poison of animals?”
“Yeah, there’s that too.”
Rene explained poison from what she knew.
“Ugh. In the first place, poison itself is a kind of self-defense created by plants or small animals to survive in an ecosystem, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be a bit vague to call it an element of nature?”
“Yes. It is unreasonable to regard poison as a property of nature in today’s era of chemical knowledge along with the development of science. But poison exists as an attribute after all. Magic itself corrupts and melts something. Otherwise, the decomposition property might have to exist.”
“But in the ten elements except for non-attributes, poison and sound cannot be included. Why is that?”
“Uh, is it because the number of people using it is small?”
“If you look at it that way, people with the magical powers of light and dark attributes also fall under that category. They are also rare cases.”
“But light and darkness exist in nature.”
“Then I will ask. Rene, what is nature?”
What is nature? What are the properties and elements implied therein? Nature? Isn’t that the world? But is the world too inclusive? Then what about elements?
“……Come to think of it, I don’t think I can clearly define nature.”
“Of course. Because humans cannot define the world in the first place.”
At the words that were unlikely to come out of her teacher mouth, Rene immediately put on a stupid expression.
Watching her open mouth, Rudger kept his relaxed expression and continued
“Magicians judge themselves to be rational and try to see the world by putting themselves within the framework of such reason.”
“Yeah, of course it is. In the first place, magic is the expression of mystery through human reason and will……”
“From that point on, it was a stereotyped idea. Rene have a more free mind. When do you think the metal that exists among the ten properties now appeared?”
Metal was not even originally evaluated as an attribute element. Metal comes out of the ground and has been grouped together with soil as an attribute of the earth. However, as science advanced and all kinds of machines and tools made of iron became more and more popular metal was proudly added to the list of the 10 elements.
“It is the same with ice. Ice is just a change that eventually happens when water goes below its freezing point. After all, aren’t water and ice the same thing?”
However, in the end, the properties of water and ice are separated. The same goes for light and darkness.
“Rene, you think of the magic that exists now as something perfect, with no room for improvement.”
At Rudger’s words, Rene felt a lightning bolt hitting her head. Her shoulders trembled and her back stood erect. Up until now, she had thought of magic itself as something that could no longer be touched, something at a very distant stage. But is it really? Can magic no longer change?
Rudger, noticing that Rene felt something, shook his head.
“I finally figured it out. A wizard should control magic, not be controlled by magic.”
Rudger got up and walked towards the window. Through the transparent glass window, he can see the scenery of the Theon Academy, which will be responsible for the future of this era.
“The world changes and, of course, we who are part of that world change too. It’s the same with magic. Attributes that were initially four have now become ten, but those ten do not constitute everything. There may be unknown attributes that have not yet been revealed. It could be 20, 30 or even more.”
Rene’s heart was pounding when she heard him speak.
“The same goes for the non-attribute magic you have. It is non-attribute now, but in the future, it may get a name as a new attribute. Not now, but definitely at some point in the future.”
At those words, Rene saw a vague vision of something. She had nothing but a successful future in which she achieved great achievements in one field. It was the look she had dreamed of, and she was so dazzling that she unwittingly clenched her fists.
Rudger looked away from the window and turned around.
Rene, who returned to reality, let out an exclamation without knowing it. For some reason, the appearance of Rudger looking at her with his back to the light coming down from the window was very different from his usual coercive appearance.
The man who was like a pillar of steel was nowhere to be found. Standing here was a seeker like her.
“Don’t be afraid to be different. Don’t be afraid of the unknown. Trust that you can become a pioneer that will go down in history.”
Rene opened her lips to say something, but no voice came out.
As if something heavy was pressing on her chest, even her thoughts were distorted and her words could not be expressed but it didn’t feel tedious and painful. This was the greatest joy she had ever tasted.
Rudger’s words ripped open the precarious future she had been holding until now. No words came out but she still wanted to say thank you.
“So, good luck in the future. Be sure to read the book given to you today. This is a personal assignment given only to you.”
Rudger said so and created a light breeze. The wind gently wrapped around her body, lifted her up from her seat, and led her out of her office.
Rene turned back and tried to say something to Rudger but the door closed before she could speak.
I got a fake job at the academy
The cloud of dust from the explosion settled.
I got up, wiping the shattered debris that covered my body. Fortunately, there were no injuries because even the shattered shards couldn’t penetrate the coat I was wearing.
‘It was good to wear sturdy clothes.’
The hallways and vehicle walls that had been intact until a moment ago were completely blown away. The cold wind blew through the open cracks and scratched my face like a knife.
“……I thought he was just an ordinary robber.”
Detonating a bomb wrapped around his body while being suppressed by magic, this is by no means the behavior of a train robber. He was more like a fanatic, with a mindset of dying together with the enemy.
‘A remnant of the prince faction from the Utah kingdom? No, they’re busy hiding now. These people belong to another organization.’
As I wiped my face with my hands in frustration, I sighed as I felt my skin sagging. For some reason, I felt the cold wind blowing straight into my face.
“It was expensive, but it’s a pity.”
I took off the mask I was wearing on my face. There was no point in keeping it on my face since it was broken. The face of a man in his 40s with wrinkles and a beard couldn’t do his part anymore, so I threw it out of the train.
‘By the way, where is that man?’
Rudger, who was appointed as a teacher at Theon Academy, was nowhere to be seen.
Immediately after, I realized that when the explosion occurred, the man did not react and he was swept away. A wall was blown away and Rudger was gone without a trace.
I leaned my head out slightly and looked down to see a distant cliff. A blizzard still raged below the cliff, and it was covered with foggy snow clouds.
If he had known in advance, he could have prepared for it with magic, but unexpected situations always happen. He is a pitiful man, dying on the day he became a teacher at Theon Academy.
I silently prayed for Rudger’s well-being.
‘It’s not the time for me to relax either.’
Knowing that these guys are not ordinary robbers, the risk has increased a few times. If all of them use bombs even this sturdy train, protected by magic, might derail.
‘Maybe derailing the train might be their goal.’
Having made a decision, I headed back to the car. At that moment, the door of Car No. 5 opened and the conductor with a very nervous face appeared.
“What? Customer, are you okay? Gee, what is this..….”
He was a little perplexed as he saw me standing alone in the hallway next to the wall that had been blown off and stuttered.
“A robber attacked. He was armed with a dangerous bomb and I was almost swept away by the explosion.”
“They seem to be mainly targeting Vehicle No. 1, so I think it would be better for us to step back.”
“Most passengers have been evacuated to the back of the train.”
I approached the conductor with a relieved face and as soon as the distance was narrowed enough I stretched out my arm and grabbed the conductor by the collar.
“Why, why do you do that?”
“Did you think that such fake acting would work in front of me?”
The conductor looked at me with a puzzled face. If it had been someone else, this would have erased their doubts, but not me.
“I thought something was strange. How can a magic train, which is equipped with magic crystals and protected by strong defensive magic, be infiltrated so easily? Besides we’re going at high speed through the rugged Arete Mountains, how could those people know exactly when to attack?”
“It’s virtually impossible without having someone on the inside of the train that could turn off the magic that should work.”
At that moment, the conductor’s face changed. He moved his hand and tried to get something out, but I knew he would and prepared for it.
I thrust a sharp knife under his chin.
“You act fast, that means you’re no ordinary robber. Where do you guys come from?”
“Are you going to keep your mouth shut? Well, that’s good too.”
I wasn’t even curious about it anyway.
If my prediction is correct, something might have happened to the 5th vehicle that this guy passed over.
I held the knife in my right hand at the guy’s neck but the bastard refused to move so twisted his arm a little until he obeyed.
“How many comrades do you have on the train?”
“Are you not going to tell me? Then I’ll have to make you talk.”
At that moment a sound was heard from Vehicle No. 5, which the conductor came from.
It was a small sound that could not be heard from Vehicle No. 4, where the bulkhead was blown away and the cold gust of wind outside the train blew but my ears we’re extremely alert and caught the sound properly.
It’s something I’ve heard a lot of times, metal meets metal.
Having reached that point, I threw the conductor forward and immediately fell flat on my seat.
Shortly afterward, a blast of bullets shot through the door and passed over my head.
The conductor that I pushed out became a beehive. Scattering the debris and powder I covered my head with my hands and looked out the door but the bullets showed no sign of stopping.
‘Is it a submachine gun? They are very well prepared.’
If that’s the case, I’ll have to deal with this one as well.
They thought that this was enough, so they stopped shooting.
‘They shoot without mercy even though their comrade was there and didn’t even let him send any signals.’
That means that if they don’t hear from him after a certain time they’ll open fire.
‘The suicide bombers and now this, it’s obvious these people are crazy.’
Why did this happen when I got on this train… I sighed and stood up.
After wiping off the powder and dust from my body, I looked over the door. Soon after, the door was smashed, and three tall men rushed into the hallway.
“Someone is still alive?”
“Didn’t you say that anyone would die after that?”
“Why don’t you just kill yourself so I don’t have to hear you talking?”
I looked at them chattering amongst themselves and said with an annoyed voice.
They exchanged glances and then began to approach me. The hallway was narrow enough for only one person to come, so I had to deal with only one person at a time but the other side it’s plump and a lot taller than me. To be honest I didn’t want to fight here because I’m at a disadvantage.
‘Even if I surrender now they won’t accept it.’
Seeing them, it looks like they have no intention to keep me alive.
“……There is one thing I want to ask you.”
“What? You want to beg for your life now?”
“With what guts did you attack this train? Is it worth it to throw your lives away? Besides the rescue team will be here soon.”
“Do you think your threat will work on us?”
The guy who took the lead at my warning snorted and drew his sword.
“I’ll kill you with a single strike.”
He came towards me but I slowly retreated back. However, space was limited and I had to stop. If I go back anymore I’ll fall from the train.
“You have nowhere to go.”
If I jump out of the train here, I will be following Rudger’s.
“I’m busy, so I’ll finish it as soon as possible!”
The moment he spit those words out and tried to attack me I activated the magic I had prepared in advance.
With the sound of the air exploding, the body of the guy who was about to slam his sword at me bounced back like a cannonball. The ones standing behind him didn’t react in time so they we’re thrown to the floor together.
They didn’t show any signs of being greatly distressed, perhaps because they were quite strong. No, they were wearing something under their clothes. Is it like a protective suit?
I released the magical energy I had accumulated and engraved the runes. The three-dimensional figure drawn in the air eventually turned into magic, and in an instant, it became a huge wind and lifted up the guys in the air. It was like an invisible hand was holding them.
“Let me go! Put me down!”
I used the wind to move them and threw them out of the train.
They are the ones who attacked the train with the intention to kill everyone so I won’t spare them. After throwing them out of the train their screams echoed and slowly moved away.
After dealing with them I pulled out a string from my pocket, tidying up my slightly messy hair. I don’t pay much attention to my appearance, so my hair is quite long, and if I don’t tidy it up in time, it becomes quite cumbersome.
I was thinking of running away now, but this time the door of the 3rd car opened and new guys appeared. When you deal with one, another one keeps coming out. There seems to be no end, that’s why I wanted to leave quickly.
The guys who came over from Car No. 3 looked at the inside of Car No. 4, which was half-destroyed, and me standing alone, and their faces became cold.
The guy who seemed to be the captain gave the order. At the same time, the guys who were waiting pointed their rifles at me.
Seeing that scene, I desperately wanted to let out a sigh. What can I do? If I’ve come this far, I have to see the end.
The captain gives orders and his men pull the trigger but the bullets didn’t go out.
“What are you doing?”
“Second, the gun is broken!”
While they were confused I prepared my next magic. However, there was one thing that I overlooked, there was a magician among them too.
The magic I cast is canceled in the air.
The wizard, who pointed his wand towards this side, looked at me with a wary gaze.
“It doesn’t matter he must die as well.”
What’s wrong with this? You were trying to kill me from the beginning.
I’m sure these guys are terrorists, and whatever I say here won’t work. I took the watch out of my pocket and checked the time. Less than 10 minutes had passed since the attack started.
‘Time is……still a little lacking.’
The scenery passing by outside is still cold and airy. I thought it was very beautiful when I looked through the window, but it became terrifying since a wall was destroyed.
There was still time before the train left the Arete Mountains and it will be difficult for the reinforcements to come right away.
Considering the location and the time, reinforcements will need at least 5 minutes to arrive.
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I got a fake job at the academy C35: Nightcrawler
When Trina Ryanhowl and her two lieutenants appeared, the Rickson mansion filled with tension. The police inspecting the scene of the crime saw her and saluted by standing upright.
“Marquis Trina! It’s an honor to meet you! My name is Inspector Tevoran!”
“May I ask what the cause of Marquis Trina’s coming here is?”
“As of now, all investigation rights into the murder that took place at the Rickson Mansion will be done by our Sheriff’s Office.”
“The Sheriff Office?”
Inspector Tevoran, with a long beard and sideburns, swallowed his saliva.
He didn’t think it was just a simple murder case, but it’s had to be extremely dangerous if the security bureau came.
“Sir, I’m sorry! Everyone get out!”
The inspector and his subordinates quickly escaped from the scene. What they had to do now was to stop reporters from the front door, who still had their eyes on what was happening inside the mansion.
As their sight faded, the younger of the two lieutenants, a man and a woman who followed Trina, relaxed.
“Ugh. I’m bad at setting the mood.”
“Enya, even if others don’t see, act up to the reputation of the Nightcrawler Knights.”
Enya rolled her eyes at the nagging of Lloyd, who was scolding her.
“No, old man. Anyway, there is no need to go all the way here.”
“Stop it, Lloyd. You just have to not show yourself that way in front of others.”
“Look. That’s what the manager said too.”
Lieutenant Lloyd finally shook his head and raised the white flag.
The Nightcrawler Knights was a place where only the elite gathered like the knights that guard the center of the empire, but it was also a place where seniors and juniors talked comfortably among themselves. It was all because Trina, the commander of the knights, liked that kind of atmosphere. However, the rules were not loose.
Above all, the fact that the discipline of the Nightcrawler Knights has not collapsed is proof that the current leader, Trina Ryanhowl, possesses great power and charisma.
“Do not forget why we came here.”
This case was evaluated not as an ordinary case, but as a serious matter that even the Security Agency had to step in. In particular, in terms of the connection between cryptids and black magic, it was unusually serious because Trina, the commander of the knights, came out directly.
“Although it’s still just a rumor, the dead Bellbot was a man on our security bureau’s list of things to watch out for because of his suspicious behavior. The fact that he was suddenly killed by a monster cannot be considered a mere coincidence.”
Lloyd and Enya nodded at Trina’s words.
The three immediately began exploring Rickson’s room. Broken windows that looked like an intruder had entered and black marks that could be said to be traces of a dead monster. There was also blood, presumably belonging to Bellbot, scattered around.
According to eyewitness accounts, a monster appeared and Rickson was murdered. Given that their statements are all identical and consistent, she didn’t think they’re lying.
For more than 10 minutes, they moved in search of clues, but there was no sign of anything special. Lloyd was about to say something, thinking he had searched everything. It was then that Trina, who had been contemplating with her arms folded, suddenly strode towards a wall.
Trina stared at the pictures hanging on the wall. Bellbot, as one of the wealthiest people in Leathervelk, decorated his room with all kinds of colorful artworks.
She came closer to the wall and touched the frame borders of the picture then she lifted it in the corner and set it aside.
“Chief, what is that picture?”
“There is space behind it.”
Enya asked, staring at the empty space with curious eyes.
Trina crossed her arms and said in a hoarse voice.
“Given its size and location, it was probably the place where he hid a secret safe.”
“Because Bellbot Rickson was notorious for being a wealthy man and a vicious entrepreneur he must have evaded the eyes of the Empire and hid his black money.”
“Is this the safe where he kept them?”
“But there is no safe.”
Lloyd, realizing something about, opened his mouth with a heavy face.
“Then who took it? The users of the mansion? Shall we start with the most suspicious butler first?”
At Enya’s words, Trina shook her head.
“No it won’t make any sense. The butler has nothing to do with this.”
“There is no way a man like Bellbot would have entrusted his slush funds to anyone else. He probably hid it thoroughly so that only he knew.”
“But this place is empty.”
“Just because he didn’t tell doesn’t mean people don’t know.”
Trina also discovered this secret space right away.
“Entrepreneurs, wealthy people, and merchants all have the same thoughts. They’re not very fond of opening an account in a bank. They always want to have a spot or gold coins within their reach that they can use right away. That makes them feel comfortable.”
“We have to find out. It’s just a guess, but the person who stole the safe must have something to do with Rickson’s death.”
“But everyone said Bellbot Rickson was eaten by a werewolf.”
“I doubt it was a werewolf. Look at the traces that still remain. Nearly half the floor of this spacious room is on fire. It was burned by magic, so it did not spread into a fire. They say it was burned only with a precise range of flames, but it is still that size.”
“The height of a werewolf won’t exceed three meters. It is very large, but even if you burn such a being to death, the traces won’t be of that size.”
And it is said that those who actually witnessed the werewolf mistook it for a “monster” at first.
“The result is that someone was involved in the death of Bellbot Rickson. Unnatural death, the appearance of a monster and even the bad rumors about Bellbot, there is still a lot left to check.”
What bothered Trina more than anything was the ability of an unidentified intruder to take the safe that should have been inside without leaving any trace.
‘No way. There must have been a safe here. Until last night, too.’
The proof is that the floor has not yet accumulated dust. Even in an enclosed space, air and dust are bound to pass through.
This feeling of trying to grab a blurry mirage with her hands was not unfamiliar to her. She felt a sense of déjà vu.
‘Maybe that phantom…… No, no. It’s been a few years since he stopped working, but now he came back?’
Even if it wasn’t him, she couldn’t deny the possibility that it was an acquaintance, an accomplice or a disciple.
“Isn’t there anything unusual about the incident that happened in Leathervelk?”
“Uh, um. There was one thing.”
“One of the factories in the abandoned factory area has been burned down in a fire on the same day Bellbot died.”
What could have caused an abandoned factory to be burned down?
The werewolf situation that had made Theon and Leathervelk noisy came to an end with the death of a rich man. By the way, I was ill right now in my dorm room.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would have prepared a little more. It’s a good thing I don’t have classes today, otherwise it would have been a disaster.’
Rather than my aching body, the subtle headaches are the most painful.
Lying on the bed, I took out three pills and popped them into my mouth. Others may think of it as a headache or pain reliever, but this is literally a chewable mana potion that replenishes magical power.
Usually, when it comes to recovering magical power, it is mainly to recover automatically over time or drink a potion but now, with the development of pharmaceuticals it became possible to grind the magic recovery potion into a powder and drink it with water, or to mix it with starch and eat it like me because powder or pills are easier to store and carry than to hang around with potions.
In other words, the pill itself that restores magical power is not a very strange product. Now it’s just the difference in how effective the same drug is. Therefore, what is important in pharmaceuticals is the efficiency of how well it works compared to the ingredients used.
Effect risk and efficiency. Combining these three factors, the drug is graded from the best grade 1 to the lowest grade 10. The pills I am currently taking are my original recovery pills that I made myself.
An item that maximizes the effect at the cost of slightly increasing the risk because of my “body condition”. Because it’s my special product that wasn’t entrusted to clinical trials, a grade tag wasn’t attached.
‘The problem is that I used too much force. I always finished my battles quickly, but who would have known that he was a warlock who had changed his body in that way?’
Because of the older worm brother Veron, I had no choice but to use the ‘real magic’, not the magic of this world. It’s not about magic or knowledge of this world, but magic with the occult and mythological knowledge of the world I used to live in.
If there’s a problem, it’s that the aftereffects aren’t a joke. The fact that I periodically take medicines that replenish my magic power was something I had to go through because I learned this magic.
The sound that kept tormenting me gradually fades away and then disappears. This voice can only be suppressed by using magic power, so I have become a constitution that consumes magic power even if I normally breathe. Therefore, it is necessary to periodically replenish my insufficient mana.
‘It’s a little better.’
As the headache subsided, another thought occurred to me. This werewolf incident was able to end once I took the initiative. Since they were all burned without a trace, there is no way to find any evidence.
If there is a problem, it must have been an eyewitness at the scene.
A first-year student who stopped me from killing a werewolf.
With brown hair that doesn’t stand out that much, he has a pleasing impression but perhaps the greatest thing about him is his personality. It was a rare act to take a risk to protect a friend, or to take action on his own when he thought he might be in danger.
To put it bluntly, he was like the main character of a boy cartoon-style game or novel.
In the case of the students taking my class, I remembered them all, and Aidan in my memory was a model student who focused on my class with brighter eyes than anyone else.
Unlike other people who learn magic as if they are being chased by something, he is a hard worker who enjoys learning because he purely likes magic. Such a guy witnessed the secret of the werewolf.
If this was a game, it would probably be [Act 1]. The title ‘The Werewolf of Theon’ came to my mind.
‘Maybe I’m being suspected because I killed that werewolf.’
Fortunately, Leo and Tracy Friad, who were also there, didn’t notice but if Aidan tells them, the story will change.
How the heck did a freshman get caught up in an incident like this and approached the truth? It wasn’t intentional, but things were twisted and turned like this.
I put my hand on my forehead and brushed my bangs back. If things keep going like this should I kill him?
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I got a fake job at the academy C29: The person who sees, the person who solves (1)
Chapter 1/3 for last week. Sorry for not posting any chapters last week I’ve been very busy. I will post at least 1 more chapter today.
Aidan and Leo only looked into each other’s eyes. The culprit who drove Theon into the chaos was now in front of them but he was still a cub. Even the grunting made it clear that he was injured somewhere
“I stumbled upon it a while ago.”
Why was Tracy screaming? She was wandering around without much thought and suddenly found a werewolf. Tracy, who blushed as if she was ashamed of that fact, immediately raised her nose.
“What do you think? Did I win the bet?”
“You just found it. Wasn’t the bet capturing it?”
At Leo’s point, Tracy immediately became furious.
“Yes? Then I, right now……!”
“Tracy, wait a minute.”
Aidan pulled Tracy back as she was about to descend into the basin.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh sorry. I did not know.”
“Aren’t you too rude to a lady?”
“That’s not what’s important right now.”
A smirk crept across her lips as if Tracy realized something immediately.
“Heh heh…Aidan Are you impatient because I found that werewolf? You were secretly pretending not to, but you were also concerned about losing to me.”
“Tracy, didn’t you feel something strange?”
When a serious question came back to answer provocation, Tracy pouted her lips as if she had lost steam.
“Over there is a werewolf cub. Regardless of whether it is possible for a werewolf to have a cub, the cub over there right now looks injured. I can’t seem to move properly.”
“Look, there are fallen leaves all around. Besides, it’s a clever location that people don’t notice around here. No matter how wide Theon is, I have never heard of a place like this in the forest.”
“No, I mean, what does that mean?”
“Do you think that little werewolf settled down here alone and collected fallen leaves?”
Having heard that Tracy realized something and kept her mouth shut. There’s no way an injured werewolf cub could have come all the way here alone. It sounds like there is something else out there that has helped him.
“I don’t know who it is. Perhaps……There may be another werewolf.”
Even as Aidan said that, he did not take his eyes off the werewolf baby because by any chance, he might notice their existence and attack them all of a sudden.
Although he is a cub, he’s bigger than most large dogs. Risk factors could not be ruled out.
Aidan, who was closely examining the werewolf, noticed something strange. Near the nape of the werewolf’s neck, covered in fallen leaves and showing only a bust, it was as if he had seen something glistening in the moonlight.
At that moment, Aidan decided that the werewolf was not simply a natural occurrence.
“Aidan? What are you doing?”
Leo spoke, feeling that Aidan’s expression was unusual.
Aidan glided down the basin as if he had made up his mind to do something.
Leo was perplexed, and so was Tracy. The two hurriedly followed Aidan, who came down to the center of the basin that was more than 5 meters high and slowly approached the werewolf cub.
“Aidan! What are you doing now! It’s dangerous!”
“There is something strange about it.”
Aidan wanted to confirm it with his own two eyes. At that moment, the werewolf cub opened his eyes and stared at Aidan.
Aidan paused as he approached cautiously. Their gazes were entangled in the air, and a suffocating tension lingered.
Aidan swallowed his dry saliva and slowly reached out his hand.
“It’s okay. I mean no harm.”
The reason he said that was because he saw the werewolf’s eyes and there was no hostility or intent to kill in them. Those transparent, clear eyes staring at him were filled with only the innocence of a country dog.
A werewolf with those eyes attacked people and sent them to the hospital?
Aidan didn’t think so.
Leo and Tracy had no intention of stopping Aidan. The cub, who was staring at him, immediately turned its head and closed its eyes again.
Aidan sighed inwardly and moved closer to the cub. As expected, he was quiet. He even made a growling noise as Aidan swept his hair once with his hand.
Saying so, Aidan looked at the wounds exposed outside the fallen leaves.
‘Isn’t it bitten by an animal?’
The marks on his body were not from being attacked by other beasts. Rather, it was more like a cut.
He touched his neck with the hand that had been stroking his head, and felt the touch of a hard, cold metal.
‘I thought he was just a werewolf, but there’s something more.’
While Aidan was thinking in the darkness the sound of something approaching was heard. Leo, who recognized the abnormality first, shouted.
As soon as Aidan heard the sound, he flew in the opposite direction of the sound. Immediately after, a huge shock hit his body.
Aidan, who bounced more than 3m and rolled on the floor, corrected his dizziness, and looked at the unknown entity that blew him away.
It was an adult werewolf, 1.5 times larger than the cub werewolf. He glared at Aidan as if he was going to kill him, and then stood as if protecting the baby.
“Gee, an adult werewolf.”
Tracy trembled at the sight, and then, as if she was prepared for something, raised her wand and generated magical power. The werewolf also glared at her if she thought Tracy was doing something.
“What are you doing!?”
Leo tried to stop her, but Tracy didn’t listen. A werewolf, the root of all of the chaos in Theon, was in front of her. If she could deal with it she could revive her family that collapsed.
The figure of the mother who struggled to smile saying that it was okay for her and trash-like people who turned to the subject that they usually cling to, as soon as their family collapsed as she thought of that she became more agitated.
‘Only I can bring the Friads back to life. The werewolf in front of me is just a stepping stone for that.’
Hunting only one werewolf does not resurrect a destroyed family, Tracy knew that. It was okay just to collect the bounty from Leathervelk and establish her reputation. To do that, she learned magic, and came to Theon to succeed.
The werewolf ran towards Tracy, it was fast and very threatening. Tracy, who tried to cast a spell, made a mistake because of the werewolf rushing towards her.
Because of her impatience the magic that had barely been gathered was scattered in vain.
Beyond the disappearance of the magic the figure of the werewolf approaching with its teeth facing her was seen.
As he thought that, Tracy felt her body shove to the side. The sharp claws of the werewolf passed through the air right in front of her. As she rolled the floor with someone, Tracy was stunned.
“Tracy, are you okay?”
It was Aidan who saved her from her crisis. He is a boy that she keeps bothering and insists on fighting with. Had he been too late to push her, Tracy would have had her head blown away.
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
“My friend is in danger, and I can’t just stand by and watch.”
Friend, at that one word Tracy was speechless. Aidan looked at the werewolf, not paying attention to Tracy’s reaction.
“There is something strange about his movements. I think it was seriously injured. Maybe that’s why we were able to avoid it.”
As expected, there were three large unclosed holes in the werewolf’s chest, which was revealed in the dark. Aidan swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth.
“Sorry. It wasn’t intentional. We have no intention of doing any harm to your child.”
“Aidan? What are you doing now! There is no way a werewolf can understand you!”
Tracy shouted from behind saying what a fool he was, but Aidan was serious. Aidan continued to speak, staring at the werewolf in front of him with an unshakable gaze.
“You. Can you understand us?”
Leo and Tracy looked puzzled. However, the werewolf’s reaction was strange. He was staring at him like he was going to kill him but calmed down and went back to the cub.
Leo, who watched the scene, did not keep his mouth shut.
“……Does this make sense?”
“A little while ago, it overreacted because it was afraid the cub would be in danger.”
“But he attacked two students. Right now, he’s quiet because of his cub, but I don’t know when it will suddenly reveal his true colors.”
Leo’s point was valid, but Aidan felt something indescribable. He knew it because he got very close to the werewolf cub. The moment he looked into the child’s eyes, Aidan felt something.
‘He said please help.’
“Leo, Tracy I know what I’m saying is nonsense but believe me just once.”
Aidan said so and slowly approached the werewolf.
The presumed mother looked at Aidan and threatened him by exposing his teeth, but Aidan raised his hands and made a gesture that it was not dangerous.
With that the distance gradually narrowed and the werewolf who was glaring at Aidan also stopped showing its hostility. Rather, it was because the condition of the baby was not good.
Aidan took out a small vial from the pocket he usually carried. It was a very basic healing potion that was completed while taking the curse and pharmaceutical classes.
It may not be able to perform properly due to his insufficient skills, but at least it will be of sufficient help to improve the condition of the cub who is currently panting.
At that moment a pure white light flew from somewhere and penetrated the mother’s body.
Aidan, who was approaching slowly, and Leo and Tracy, who watched the scene while holding their breath from behind, were shocked and could not help but panic.
Penetrating the mother werewolf’s body was a shiny silvery metal. At first, it was thought to be a sharp spear, but eventually its shape collapsed and turned into a net, binding its mother’s body.
At the moment everyone panicked, a black shadow fell from the sky.
“What are you doing here?”
It was someone they know well.
Rudger, who subdued the werewolf with a surprise attack, narrowed his eyes at the three students.
“Aidan, Leo, and Tracy Friad, what were my students doing in a place like this at this late hour?”
The three of them trembled as their names were called. They knew that after getting caught by a teacher in this situation they couldn’t escape punishment especially since it was Rudger who caught them.
“I will hold the three of you accountable for this later. Just step back.”
Tracy and Leo followed suit but Aidan was different. He intervened between Rudger and the werewolf, blocking Rudger’s path.
“…Aidan, what are you doing?”
Aidan’s body trembled at Rudger’s cold voice, but he did not back down.
“Mr. Rudger, wait a minute!”
“Would you like me to wait?”
“There is something strange about that werewolf! No, I mean, to be precise……You seem to understand people! So please reconsider killing that werewolf for a second!”
Aidan spit out what he had learned like a rapid-fire cannon. Otherwise, he thought Rudger would choke the werewolf out of breath at any moment.
“What nonsense are you talking about now?”
“It’s not bullshit. Maybe that werewolf……”
“I hate to hear it. Back off.”
“I told you to leave.”
Aidan did not step aside despite Rudger’s warning.
As Rudger gazed at Aidan, he noticed a figure of a werewolf baby over his shoulder, licking with his tongue the face of his mother. Without any viciousness, he was just purely worried about his family.
The baby lying down got up. When the fallen leaves covering the entire body are pushed away and the rest of the body is exposed. Rudger saw it and his eyebrows twitched.
Aidan, who was staring at Rudger, immediately noticed such a subtle change in Rudger.
‘Why is the teacher like that?’
Aidan tried to turn around without thinking. At that moment, his body flew through the air as if strongly pulled by something and gently landed on the ground without a wound. A buffering effect using the power of wind, it was all Rudger’s work.
The moment Aidan was about to say something Rudger’s magic was manifested. A hot fire that erupted in an instant, it swallowed the two werewolves and scattered a dazzling light in all directions.
He could feel the heat even though he was far away. It was obviously an attack magic that would surely kill the opponent.
There was no screaming from the werewolves swallowed up in the flames. Because there was no time for that, and without even feeling the pain, they became ashes and disappeared.
When the magic fire was completely extinguished there was not even a trace of the werewolves left, there were only black ashes.
“Go back to the dormitory.”
Rudger said so without looking back.
“You will take responsibility for your deviant behavior tomorrow.”