Villain Professor of Heroes – Chapter 47

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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“What are you doing, Hee-won?!”

Han Min-ha desperately tried to pull her skirt down, but Yoo Hee-won grabbed her wrist and crouched down.

“Ah… Don’t look…”

Yoo Hee-won tilted her head, staring intently at Han Min-ha’s underwear.

“What? It’s not even that time of the month.”

“Hee-won…”

Still looking puzzled, Yoo Hee-won released Han Min-ha’s hand.

Han Min-ha quickly pulled down her skirt and stepped back.

“Is something really wrong?”

Han Min-ha debated whether to tell Yoo Hee-won what Song Do-yoon had done to her.

How would Hee-won react?

Would she confront Song Do-yoon, or would she brush it off?

Or… something else?

Even if Yoo Hee-won took her side, Han Min-ha didn’t have the confidence to deal with the aftermath.

Yoo Hee-won wouldn’t be by her side all the time, and knowing Song Do-yoon’s personality, she wouldn’t back down easily.

If Yoo Hee-won acted now, based on what Han Min-ha told her, it would only add fuel to the fire.

And the biggest reason:

Han Min-ha didn’t have the courage to tell anyone about the humiliating insults she had endured.

It was so shocking that she couldn’t even bring herself to mention it.

So, she shook her head.

“It’s nothing. It’s just because of the fall during flight practice today.”

“Really? You’re making a big fuss over nothing.”

Yoo Hee-won grinned and entered the dormitory.

Han Min-ha, clutching her skirt, hurried after her.

And Song Do-yoon watched it all from a second-floor window.

‘So now she’s even showing her panties and shamelessly flirting…’

Song Do-yoon no longer felt the urge to break things or express her anger outwardly.

Instead, she solidified her sinister plan.

You started this, Han Min-ha…

With a chillingly malicious smile, Song Do-yoon bit her thumbnail.

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It began that very night.

Han Min-ha, exhausted after a grueling physical training session with Yoo Hee-won and the top students of the upper class, returned to her room.

It was now early summer, and she was drenched in sweat.

She threw off her training clothes as soon as she entered and went straight to the bathroom for a shower.

“Ha…”

Standing under the showerhead, Han Min-ha sighed deeply.

Song Do-yoon hadn’t reacted to her since that incident.

On the contrary, she had been unusually kind and attentive, even caring for Han Min-ha.

She hadn’t known the cold Song Do-yoon was capable of such an act.

But she couldn’t keep up the charade forever…

Song Do-yoon was misunderstanding her relationship with Hee-won.

She probably thought Han Min-ha was a lesbian trying to seduce Hee-won.

But where did that misunderstanding even begin…?

Judging by what she said about the kiss on the cheek and the caress, she must have seen…

…Hee-won grabbing her collar and whispering in her ear the day she snuck out to find Professor Kyo…

And the cheek caress was in front of the dormitory…

It was just harmless physical contact, without any ulterior motive…

But Song Do-yoon wouldn’t listen to any explanations.

If she were the type to listen to reason, she wouldn’t have called Han Min-ha a… a… wh-o…

Han Min-ha didn’t want to think about it anymore.

Every time she recalled Song Do-yoon’s insults, her spirit crumbled.

“Ha…”

She sighed again.

With her extremely fragile mental state and timid, introverted personality, Song Do-yoon was a formidable opponent.

Wait…

She understood the misunderstanding about her being a lesbian, but why did Song Do-yoon hate her so much because of it?

It was probably because… Song Do-yoon liked Hee-won.

Not as a friend…

That’s why she was trying so hard to crush me.

From her perspective, it was like someone trying to steal the person she loved.

“Haaa…”

A third sigh.

This was going to be really difficult…

She and Hee-won were Professor Kyo’s students, and they had to interact, whether they liked it or not.

And she liked Hee-won.

As a friend, of course.

But the blinded Song Do-yoon wouldn’t leave her alone.

Should she really tell Hee-won…?

No… that wouldn’t solve the problem…

Ugh… this was giving her a headache…

She had finally made a friend and awakened her Aura…

And now she was caught up in this mess…

Overthinking only made her more anxious.

It would be better to just go to bed and scroll through her phone until she fell asleep.

Han Min-ha finished showering, dried herself with a towel, and stepped out of the bathroom.

She froze, staring at the scene in her room.

A lukewarm breeze blew in through the broken window.

The floor, bed, and desk were covered in shards of glass.

And in the middle of the mess… was the corpse of a bird with its head crushed and bleeding…

“Aaaaaah!!”

Han Min-ha screamed and collapsed.

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“Hmm… this is strange…”

Bae Ye-bin, Han Min-ha’s advisor and the dormitory attendant on duty that night, narrowed her eyes.

She and Han Min-ha were currently reviewing the CCTV footage in the dormitory management office.

The external CCTV footage clearly showed a bird suddenly flying into Han Min-ha’s window, shattering it.

“A bird really… crashed into it…?”

“It seems so…”

Han Min-ha agreed, watching the footage replay.

It wasn’t as if someone, like Song Do-yoon, had deliberately broken the window and thrown a bird inside.

That was a small mercy.

“You must have been terrified, Min-ha. Are you alright? Did you step on any glass?”

“No, I’m fine, Advisor.”

“Okay… but what should we do? All the maintenance staff have gone home, so it’ll be difficult to fix the window now…”

“Oh…”

This was a problem.

Han Min-ha didn’t have a roommate.

The only person she could think of was Yoo Hee-won.

But… if she slept in Hee-won’s room now…

“There’s a vacant room, so you can sleep there tonight. I’ll tell the maintenance staff as soon as they arrive tomorrow morning.”

“Oh…? Oh, okay…! Thank you.”

Thankfully, the awkward situation was avoided.

Han Min-ha packed a few essentials and went to the vacant room.

Lying on the cold, unused bed, she fidgeted with her phone.

But she still felt it was best not to tell Hee-won.

If she was more careful, Song Do-yoon would probably back off…

Having conveniently distorted and rationalized the situation, Han Min-ha felt slightly calmer and tried to sleep.

A few hours later…

She heard the sound of shattering glass, and a dead bird fell on top of her.

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Having heard the news, I headed to the dormitory early in the morning.

The maintenance staff and Bae Ye-bin, who had been on duty, were reviewing the CCTV footage in the management office.

“Advisor Bae.”

“Good morning, Professor Kyo.”

Advisor Bae greeted me and stepped aside.

The footage of the bird crashing into the window was playing on repeat.

“Is that student Min-ha’s room?”

“Yes… A bird flew into her window twice last night and broke it. The first time was in her original room, and the second time was in the room she moved to.”

“Can I see both incidents?”

The maintenance staff replayed both incidents for me.

A bird suddenly appeared from outside the CCTV’s range and crashed directly into the window.

I carefully examined other parts of the footage, but there was nothing unusual.

For a bird to target two rooms, both occupied by Han Min-ha, out of all the rooms in the dormitory, couldn’t be a coincidence.

There was no concrete evidence, but it would be foolish to dismiss it as mere chance.

Someone must have done this intentionally…

But it seemed unlikely that Han Min-ha would have provoked someone’s malice.

Hmm… what was going on?

“Where is student Min-ha?”

“She’s in the on-duty room. She hasn’t slept all night, so she must be exhausted.”

I went to the on-duty room, which was adjacent to the management office.

Han Min-ha was curled up on the cot, covered with a blanket.

“Professor…?”

“Don’t get up. Stay seated. Advisor Bae called me, and I came right away. How are you feeling? Are you hurt?”

“I’m fine… Just a little shaken…”

“I see.”

I checked my pocket watch.

Thankfully, there was still some time before Han Min-ha’s first class.

I pulled up a chair and sat in front of her.

“Student Min-ha, have you provoked anyone recently?”

“Provoked…?”

“Tell me what happened.”

“I haven’t… I really haven’t, Professor…”

Han Min-ha avoided my gaze and her voice trailed off.

I already knew the answer from her expression, tone, and averted gaze.

So there was something.

Was that why she had been so distracted during our meetings?

For Han Min-ha to provoke someone’s animosity… this was unexpected.

“Student Min-ha, I’m your advisor. I’m here to help you not just with your studies, but with your overall academy life. So tell me what’s going on.”

“There’s really nothing…”

Han Min-ha kept her head down, refusing to speak.

She might be saying there was nothing, but her entire body was telling a different story.

It was one of two things:

Either she had been threatened into silence, or it was something so traumatic that she couldn’t bring herself to talk about it.

Normally, I would give up at this point.

I wasn’t the type to interfere in other people’s affairs, especially with the added apathy caused by the Mental Barrier.

But this was different; she was my student, and the daughter of my former colleagues.

“Student Min-ha, I can guess why you’re hesitant to speak. You probably don’t want to make things bigger. But that’s precisely why you need to tell me.”

Han Min-ha shook her head silently, still keeping her head down.

“I won’t take any immediate action using my authority as a professor just because you tell me. I just want to understand your situation and discuss possible solutions with you. If you keep quiet, I’m afraid another bird will crash through your window tonight.”

“Sob…”

Han Min-ha covered her mouth and whimpered.

It must have been quite traumatic.

I reached out and patted the bed gently.

“Right now, I’m the only one in this academy who’s truly worried about you. And I’m on your side, no matter what.”

“Ha…”

“I’ll listen to whatever you have to say. Tell me.”

Han Min-ha bit her lip, clearly conflicted.

After a long pause, she finally spoke.

“Professor… actually…”

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After quietly listening to Han Min-ha’s story, I opened my mouth with a faint smile.

“Student Min-ha.”

“Yes…”

“I’m not sure if that student is really responsible, but…”

“Yes…”

“If she is, let’s crush her.”

Han Min-ha hesitated.

“But… it could really be a coincidence…”

“Even if it is, let’s crush her.”

“Huh…?”

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