I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

[Is there still time left?!]

[Kukuku, my lovely bonuses? Where are they going in such a hurry]

[Waaaaah!!]

Paaat–

I ended the holographic screen, watching Kang Hanna actively hunting the students as they left the gate.

“Park Mina.”

“Yes, Professor.”

Park Mina, who was lying flat on the floor with her head bowed, responded to my call.

“Leak information to the Heukcheon side so that you can respond appropriately to the work they’re doing this time.”

“If you command it, I can also take measures to ensure no harm comes to them.”

“Having their immediate family members spared is enough.”

“I will do as you say.”

I asked once.

The girl never asked me more than twice.

After that, she would just repeat the words “I’ll take care of it” without any hesitation, regardless of what I instructed her to do.

She was like a puppet or a leashed beast.

Grrr.

Park Mina’s body, lying on the floor, began to sink into the ground like a human trapped in a swamp.

The crystal, responding to my will, was returning her to where she should be.

Soon, Park Mina was completely swallowed up by the floor.

Woong–

The crystal, which had been hidden in the air, revealed itself and approached me, emitting a faint blue light.

This signaled that there were no surviving students.

“Open the exit.”

The crystal emitted a slightly stronger light.

I turned away from the blue light and manipulated the hologram again.

[Who’s that black-haired girl?!]

[…Calm down. It was a fair fight.]

The two sisters, the older Nam Seo-hee.

This was the first time I had seen them together, both from this side and the other.

‘They definitely look like sisters.’

Their personalities and physiques may be different, but their faces were like carbon copies of each other.

[…Dad!!]

[…I can hear you just fine.]

[It’s over, so why are you just standing there?]

[I wasn’t just standing there, I was thinking!! Thinking!!]

Namgung Min.

Among the 10 guilds, the only one who came to observe the test in person, without sending a scout, was Namgung Min, excluding Park Seong-tae of Fantasia.

Unlike the scouts who focused on the students’ performance and skills, Namgung Min seemed to be concentrating on the gate itself, the stage of the test.

‘The head of a group is a little different, I guess.’

I had decided to make the gate conquest, which was conducted privately last year, public in the hope that they would be able to respond appropriately to the 14-stage gate that would soon appear.

In fact, today’s test stage was a recreation of the theme of the 14-stage gate, which would later be called the ‘Tomb of Greed’.

In a situation completely isolated from the outside world, there was a large tombstone at the entrance to the tomb, which was not exactly the same as the one shown to the observers today, but it displayed simple rules to be followed inside the tomb, as well as the remaining monsters and resources within the tomb.

Rare monsters and rare resources.

However, their numbers were limited, and the awakened individuals who entered the gate belonged to different factions.

‘…Emotions are easily contagious.’

There was no need for a big conflict.

A minor, insignificant annoyance was enough.

In a closed space, small, insignificant ill feelings would continue to provoke humans to cross the line.

Just one person.

When one person crosses the line, that place becomes hell.

For personal or group interests.

To survive.

Due to personal ill feelings.

To prevent hypocrisy from being exposed.

They stab, burn, and freeze each other, walking the path of self-destruction.

I didn’t care how many people died, even though they were strangers with no personal connection. However, to keep the bugs from crawling out of the ground and spreading filth, too many awakened individuals couldn’t die.

‘It doesn’t seem like it will be very effective, though.’

If they survive, that’s good, and if not, I have prepared cards that can be used, so there’s no problem.

[Hihit, hihit!! This summer will be bountiful~!!]

[Kuk… ]

[Don’t cry… There are still two more years left…]

[I don’t know who they are, but if I catch them, I’ll kill them. I will definitely kill them.]

Kang Hanna, with a greedy smile, jumping around, and the second-year students glaring at her as if they wanted to kill her.

Looking at their situation, it seems I should consider planning the next test to be a little more favorable for the students.

That might be the last chance I can give them.

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July 5th.

“I’ll be back!!”

Na Yeon-ju came out of the temple with a more lively expression than usual.

This is because tomorrow marks the start of the long-awaited summer vacation.

Free time!!

“Hmm~”

Now, she can be surrounded by her sisters every day and receive their affection.

Also, she can have meals at the mansion every day and play with the small, cute fairy.

Also, also, every time she visits the mansion, she might get her head patted by that person.

“Yeon-ju~”

“Hello!!

“Hey, Yeon-ju!”

Na Yeon-ju spun around at the voice of Lee Ji-eun from behind, flashing a bright smile.

“Hi!”

“You’re so lively today, Yeon-ju.”

“What are you doing this afternoon?”

As soon as Lee Ji-eun finished speaking, her younger siblings, the little fairies, surrounded Na Yeon-ju.

Unlike Edyn, who didn’t get along with many people, Na Yeon-ju was popular among the apprentice clerics, regardless of gender, as she liked to hang out with everyone.

“Oh, did you hear the news?”

“What news?”

Na Yeon-ju, surrounded by her peers, blinked and asked.

Lee Ji-eun lowered her voice as if it were a big secret and moved her lips.

“It’s about Park Mina.”

“Park… Mina…?”

“Oh, she’s going to get us in trouble.”

“…”

Na Yeon-ju, who tended to forget bad memories quickly, unlike Maria, who remembered everything for a long time, struggled for a moment before remembering Park Mina.

‘But I don’t think she’s going to get us in trouble…’

She had tried to lie and ended up getting punished, while Lee Ji-eun had accepted something she didn’t understand because of money, so it was a case of getting what they deserved.

“What happened?”

“I didn’t hear the details, but I heard that the second-year seniors completely targeted Park Mina and Kang Mu-seok yesterday.”

“Hmm…”

‘Now that I think about it, Seo-hee unnie seemed to be in a really bad mood yesterday.’

It seemed to be related to Park Mina.

“But that’s not all…”

The second-year seniors, known as the Golden Generation, had targeted them, but what else was left?

“I heard this from our unnies…”

Glup.

Na Yeon-ju swallowed as she looked at Lee Ji-eun, who was hesitating to speak. This way, she would seem to be looking forward to it.

“Do you know the second-year seniors, Kang Seok-ho and Na Joo-hee? And Seo-hee unnie?”

“Yes, I do.”

Seo-hee was a little cold, but she was still an unnie who doted on her. Na Joo-hee was someone she had heard stories about during the festival in January, and she had seen her face a few times at Baek Hana’s residence.

Lastly, Kang Seok-ho.

Like Na Joo-hee, she had seen his face at the festival, but he wasn’t someone who left a good impression.

This was because she had heard about what Kang Seok-ho had done to Baek Hana last year from Edyn, who was just above her.

‘I haven’t even touched that yet…’

Of course, there was a bit of personal bias in her thoughts.

“They’re planning to call Park Mina and Kang Mu-seok separately during the vacation and work them really hard.”

“Oh, oh…”

Kang Mu-seok’s skills, which she had seen at the festival, were just average, but Seo-hee and Na Joo-hee were so skilled that even upperclassmen would give up on competing against them.

‘When Seo-hee unnie gets serious, she’s really scary…’

Na Yeon-ju, who had often watched Baek Hana and her other unnies sparring with Claire, knew how scary Seo-hee could be when she was serious.

As they chatted, they walked down the hall, and soon, Na Yeon-ju found herself sitting in her seat in the lecture hall, unpacking her things.

“Today, everyone seems so bright and cheerful, so I feel a bit disappointed.”

The lecturer, dressed in a pure white robe, entered and began the last lecture of the semester with a light joke.

The usually solemn and serious atmosphere was replaced by a light and cheerful one, with jokes mixed in, and as a result, time seemed to pass much faster than usual.

“Although we still have about five minutes left, I’ll end the lecture here.”

The lecturer, who had been teaching ‘Efficient Healing Techniques’ diligently this semester, raised the screen and stepped forward from the podium.

“You all know that this subject is mandatory, and you’ll have to take it again next semester.”

“Yes, we do.”

Na Yeon-ju answered, just like the other students, and the lecturer continued.

“I’d like to teach you all next semester as well, but unfortunately, someone even more outstanding than me will be coming, so from next semester onwards, someone else will be teaching you.”

‘Someone even more outstanding than Lecturer Denius is coming?’

‘That’s strange… Isn’t Denius the most outstanding in healing techniques?’

The apprentice clerics began to buzz, and Na Yeon-ju, who had no thoughts, just wished for the lecture to end quickly.

“Who will it be?”

“Well, I don’t know.”

Na Yeon-ju, who had no thoughts, just mumbled in response to Lee Ji-eun’s sudden question.

Just then.

“Haha, I’ll answer your curiosity right now. That person is so eager to meet you all that they quickly resolved their busy schedule and came here today.”

The door, which had been closed, opened with a click.

Na Yeon-ju, who wasn’t particularly interested, looked at the open door of the lecture hall, as Lee Ji-eun’s eyes were sparkling.

And she saw.

The woman in the black veil, with her sky-blue hair flowing down below it.

‘I can’t see her face.’

Clack-clack-clack-clack

The woman in the black veil slowly entered the lecture hall and stopped right in the center of the podium, then opened her mouth.

“My name is Diana Lograin. It’s nice to meet you all.”

As soon as the woman introduced herself, she raised her hand to wave to the little fairies.

“Great mother?!”

Lee Ji-eun’s exclamation caused the lecture hall to erupt.