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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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Click, clack.
The sound of boots echoed through the hallway.
A neatly dressed man opened the door and entered. Several professors were sitting around a long conference table.
“Ah, Professor Dmitri, welcome.”
“Hello, Professor Liana.”
Liana Lindsay, the homeroom teacher of Class C, greeted Dmitri Belikov.
Dmitri returned the greeting and sat down in an empty seat.
“You must have been busy, Professor Dmitri, being the last to arrive.”
“Haha. My students are so eager to learn that class ran a bit late.”
It was Effort Liar, the professor in charge of Class A, who said that to Dmitri.
Even if he was given the surname “Liar” by the Emperor himself for his great abilities, his origin was that of a commoner.
Dmitri was an elitist who believed that nobles were always superior.
So he took a simple greeting as sarcasm.
Tch.
There was nothing he could do.
He had already challenged and lost to him several times.
“Does anyone know why the Headmaster called us here today?” Dmitri asked.
No one answered.
It had been Lucia’s decision alone.
“Hmm…”
A woman cleared her throat.
“Ms. Yulia, do you know something?”
Yulia Rodenberg.
A third-year student and the student council president.
Her presence at the professors’ meeting demonstrated the student council’s influence.
The student council was an important part of the academy.
“I don’t know… maybe she’s going to fire some of you?” she said.
Fire?
Some professors fidgeted.
“Hehe. Just kidding~” she giggled.
Two more jokes like that and he’d have a heart attack.
“Well… I think it has something to do with the adventurers? I heard that the Headmaster has been visiting the Adventurer’s Guild a lot lately.”
Adventurers?
The Headmaster’s position was important. Why visit such a lowly place?
“Maybe she wants to hire an adventurer as a professor?”
“Haha. A commoner as a professor? That’s a good one.”
A commoner teaching nobles? It shouldn’t happen.
Not while he was there.
“Why not? The Headmaster was also an adventurer.”
There was a difference between an S-rank and those nobodies.
“Ah! Is it that person?”
“If it’s that person… it makes sense.”
Effort and Liana seemed to know something.
“Professor Liana, do you have someone in mind?”
“The one who helped us during the demon incident!”
She didn’t know. She had been on sick leave.
“He’s definitely qualified. He defeated a demon.”
“And his promotion speed is incredible.”
But he was an adventurer.
A commoner.
“That will never happen!”
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“That will never happen!”
Lucia opened the door to see a neatly dressed professor standing by the table, shouting.
“Professor Dmitri, is there a problem?”
“Ah! Headmaster! You’ve… arrived.”
He saw them and trailed off.
“Headmaster. Isn’t he… a former student?”
“Ah. Professor Dmitri, you remember him.”
“Of course. I have a good memory…”
He probably remembered him as a commoner and the last place student.
“Is he… the new professor?”
A woman with braided hair spoke.
It must be Yulia.
Yulia Rodenberg, the third-year student council president.
She was more of a side heroine.
She was supposed to graduate this year, but the story ended before that, so she dealt with all the incidents at the academy.
She interrogated and consulted with Arthur, and eventually developed feelings for him.
“I tried to keep it quiet…” Lucia sighed.
“You underestimate the student council, hee hee.” Yulia giggled.
Since it was out in the open, Lucia stepped forward.
“I’ve hired Luke and his party as temporary instructors.”
Not “I’m going to hire,” but “I’ve hired.”
It was a done deal.
The agitated professor spoke cautiously:
“…Headmaster. With all due respect, I object to hiring an adventurer as a professor.”
Too late~
“Why?”
“He was a student until recently. How can he teach others when he should be studying? It’s absurd.”
“You don’t need qualifications to teach. And age isn’t a factor.”
“He’s a commoner. The students will object.”
“There are no nobles or commoners at the academy.”
It was supposed to be a place of equality, but reality was different.
Commoners had to watch out for nobles, and there were nobles who expected it.
“This is why I came alone…”
So that’s why Lucia hadn’t told them.
“There’s a solution.”
A young professor with white hair spoke.
“Let him prove his qualifications.”
“That’s a good idea.”
A condescending professor approached him.
“Do you think you’re qualified to teach?”
“…”
“Excuse me?”
Luna nudged him.
“Luke?”
“What?”
“Why aren’t you answering…?”
“Did someone say something?”
Luna pointed at the professor.
“Luna, was he barking? I have a bullshit filter.”
Why would a human make dog sounds?
*Snicker.*
“…What?”
The professor clenched his fists.
“You’re good at provoking people. Very well. Let’s have a test.”
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They moved to the training grounds, which was packed.
Some were watching, others were resting.
“Professor Dmitri…?”
“Professor Liana and Effort are here too?”
“Isn’t that the Headmaster…?”
The professors and the Headmaster together attracted attention.
Some looked afraid.
They came to the training grounds because they couldn’t just wreck the meeting room, but they weren’t supposed to be here.
The professor went to an empty training area and spoke to a student who was resting.
“Mr. Cedric. May I borrow this space?”
“Ah…? Yes! Of course!”
“Thank you.”
So he can speak normally.
They entered the training area. The professor spoke again:
“Surrender now, and I’ll forgive you.”
“You talk a lot for a professor. Is that how you got your job?”
Who did he suck up to? Or did he use his mouth like a certain ninja?
“You vulgar…!”
He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
He was going to transform any second now.
He was the one they called for. He was a visiting professor. Why did he have to prove himself?
“You’re dead.”
“…?”
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