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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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The official document stated the following:
Due to the extreme gravity of the current situation, there was a need to somewhat reorganize the educational systems of hero academies.
Wondering what this ‘current situation’ was, I saw a table below with dates, locations, and details.
“There are this many?”
Professor Jin groaned upon seeing it.
The table listed incidents similar to what we had just seen.
Attacks suspected to be coordinated villain assaults.
And the number of heroes who fell victim to them.
Looking at the dates, it was clear that incidents had been occurring steadily for almost a month.
At first, I wondered why an official document would be sent just because a few villains appeared, but it was a very serious matter.
“The villains’ recent movements are suspicious. Those who used to operate alone or in small groups have been showing some organized movement lately.”
The department head explained to the professors looking at the official document.
“We don’t know for sure yet, but the Administration believes that villains who used to fend for themselves might be trying to form a coalition with a unified command structure.”
So, a so-called villain alliance, is that it?
The professors looked at each other with serious expressions.
Because if the Administration’s judgment was true, it was indeed a serious matter.
The reason the world hadn’t descended into chaos despite the presence of so many villains until now was that villains lacked a command and control system like the Administration.
Most heroes operated individually through private agencies, but they were largely under the control of the Administration.
So, if an incident occurred that a specific area couldn’t handle, the Administration could forcibly mobilize nearby heroes.
Of course, that rarely happened, but the existence of an institution with legal grounds, and an organization that managed heroes’ personal information and appropriately imposed restrictions, was important.
Therefore, no matter how much villains rampaged, they were neutralized by the Administration’s organized response.
However, the villain coalition mentioned by the department head could be a game-changer that completely overturned that structure.
That was why the Administration and the Ministry of Education had hastily issued the official document.
And what the official document instructed was.
“So, the Ministry of Education has ordered us to immediately change the educational system for this year’s freshmen to a team-based system.”
The reorganization of the educational system mentioned in the official document was a shift from the existing class-based system to a level-based team system.
With incidents of entire hero agencies being wiped out occurring one after another, the prediction was that victims would continue to emerge with the current behavior patterns of heroes.
No matter how much the Administration forcibly mobilized heroes, it was difficult to respond to sudden ambushes or surprise attacks, and current active heroes were unlikely to silently follow such control for an extended period.
Perhaps for that reason, the Ministry of Education intended to operate a pilot system targeting freshmen who hadn’t yet been ‘tainted’ by hero ways.
Creating organized heroes to counter the organizing villains.
To do that, there would be a tremendous amount to change, starting with the Administration’s combat hero organization, but that was none of my business.
As an academy professor, I just had to teach the students according to the changing educational system.
But if it’s a team system, how would it work?
That was detailed on the next page.
“The Ministry of Education’s current plan is to form teams of about three to five members and assign a professor to be in charge of several teams.”
At the department head’s words, Professor Yoo said,
“It sounds nice calling it a team system, but isn’t it ultimately just like creating new homeroom teachers?”
“Well, that’s true. But while previously, classes followed the same curriculum, from now on, considering individual ability compatibility, they will form a composition that can exert the most efficient combat power and learn collective combat methods accordingly.”
“I think that’s pretty much the same thing.”
The department head, flustered by Professor Yoo’s point, wiped the sweat from his brow.
“Anyway, the reason for this emergency summons is that we have to classify the students and form teams before the semester starts.”
Sighs were heard from here and there.
Some professors had barely had a proper vacation due to home visits, and now, two days before the semester started, a work bomb had suddenly exploded.
Forming teams based on students’ characteristics and compatibility, and then assigning appropriate professors to them, was no easy task.
Moreover, all the students were currently at home.
Ultimately, everything had to be processed with only documents, without face-to-face interaction, which was a truly difficult task.
“Hiiing….”
Professor Jin Se-young made a sound like a dejected puppy and looked crestfallen.
“So one of my only two vacations a year just flew away…….”
“What can we do? If they say jump, we jump.”
“It’s so sad…. But given the situation, we can’t just complain.”
It was the same for the other professors.
Depending on their personalities, the professors sighed, muttered curses, or crossed their arms and frowned.
It was partly because their vacation was gone, and partly due to the bewilderment and worry caused by the sudden situation.
“The dean is also here now, and probably all faculty members will be back by tomorrow morning. So don’t be too discouraged… Uh… I’m honestly flustered myself.”
At the department head’s words, the professors mumbled things like ‘It can’t be helped,’ or ‘It’s okay.’
Everyone knew that the current situation was no one’s fault.
It wasn’t the fault of the Ministry of Education and the Administration, which issued a crazy directive two days before the start of the semester, nor the dean who called the emergency summons, nor the department head who had to push through an unreasonable task, nor the heroes who were defeated by villains.
If one had to find fault, it would be those damn villains.
If the villain coalition was indeed real, the world would not be the same as before, and the academy had to prepare for it.
And we professors had to do our best to increase the students’ survival rate after graduation.
But somehow, no matter how I looked at it, this method was exactly the same as how Secreto grouped heroes into teams.
Could it be that the advisory chairman’s influence was involved?
If not, perhaps it was an idea inspired by the high survival rate of Secreto heroes.
Thus, the entire faculty of Graford Academy began two days of all-night work.
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“Haaah, it’s over….”
Professor Jin Se-young sighed and slumped back in her chair.
Professor Jin, who was always fresh and lively, today had a face like worn-out wallpaper and half-closed eyes.
“Ah, I’m really so tired…. Are you okay, Professor Kyo?”
“I’m fine.”
Two days of murderous all-night work.
All the professors worked together day and night to implement the instructions from the Ministry of Education.
No matter how serious the situation was, to change a long-standing educational system in just two days was truly an unreasonable directive.
Still, they eventually did it.
There was a lot of trouble along the way.
I strongly opposed the move to put Yoo Hee-won and Han Min-ha on different teams.
This was because many professors coveted Yoo Hee-won, the top student, and Han Min-ha, who had stood out in the recent interpersonal combat evaluation.
Because I used a Mental Barrier, I rarely got angry, but it was also easy to feign anger.
The professors, who had never seen me like this before, were quite flustered, and the department head sided with me.
It seemed to be a reward for my decision to take Yoo Hee-won as my student amidst pressure from the advisory chairman at the beginning of the semester.
If I had stubbornly insisted back then, it probably would have been quite troublesome.
At that time, I had taken Yoo Hee-won to include Han Min-ha, and it turned out so well.
Thus, next semester, I would become Yoo Hee-won and Han Min-ha’s ‘homeroom teacher’ and teach them in earnest.
Originally, a team should consist of at least four or five students, but due to the distribution considering hero ranks and subject importance, no students were assigned to me, a C-rank professor of the unpopular Basic Defense Studies.
At this rate, the advisory group would just continue as is for the entire semester.
It actually turned out well.
“By the way. I don’t know what difference this makes at all.”
Professor Yoo Hyun-joo said, rubbing her brow.
“Wouldn’t it be enough to just add a collective combat subject to the existing curriculum? Even if you’re a homeroom teacher, you can’t teach all subjects, and eventually, existing subject professors will have to teach advanced courses. Why bother?”
“That’s true. Honestly, I don’t think it will have a dramatic effect either.”
“Well, the Administration and the Ministry of Education aren’t fools; they must have had something in mind to do something as crazy as overturning the educational system two days before the semester starts.”
“It’s a trial application. If it doesn’t work out after one semester, they’ll revert it.”
“Then that’ll be annoying in its own way.”
Professor Yoo shook her head as if she didn’t want to say more.
“It’s all over, so why are you still here? The semester starts tomorrow, so you should go rest quickly. No, it’s today, isn’t it.”
Professor Yoo sighed, looking at the wall clock that had passed midnight.
“That’s right, Professor Kyo. Let’s go quickly.”
Professor Jin grabbed my arm and helped me up.
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I headed to the faculty dormitory with Professor Yoo and Professor Jin.
The lukewarm summer night breeze was sticky, and perhaps because of that, Professor Yoo was extremely on edge.
“This damn academy. Next year, I’ll apply for an exchange and go back to the field, or something. This is so annoying, seriously.”
“Heeey. Professor Yoo seems really angry after her overseas trip went up in smoke.”
“Wouldn’t you be, Professor Jin? And I even got an emergency summons during a student home visit.”
In that case, vacation or whatever, she had just been working until the very last moment without any break.
It would be stranger if she wasn’t angry.
“Still, the winter vacation is a few days longer, so maybe we can go on a trip together then?”
Professor Yoo snorted at Professor Jin’s words.
“I’m not kidding. Let’s really go. It would be perfect if the three of us went. Right?”
“Get two rooms? Me alone, and you and Professor Kyo. Like that?”
“Huh…….”
At Professor Yoo’s words, Professor Jin gasped and glanced at me.
Since I had no particular opinion on the matter, I just smiled.
“Well… Professor Kyo only has eyes for Min-ha and Hee-won right now.”
“That’s right. Professor Kyo is the epitome of an academy professor.”
“Haha. I’m just paying attention because they’re my students.”
I laughed and brushed off their words.
But even while dismissing it as a joke, I found myself wishing the semester would start soon.
It wasn’t anything else; it was because of my strong desire to educate Yoo Hee-won and Han Min-ha according to the changed educational system.
There were no other feelings involved.
Really.
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