The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 101



◈ Episode 101 Flowers blooming on an abandoned road (1)

The next place Violetta guided us to was the huge vacant lot where Circus lived.

At one time it was the site of a large building but for some reason the development was canceled leaving only a huge empty lot left.

Perhaps the reason the development was canceled was because there were only shantytowns around and the conditions for moving in were not very good.

As a result it was virtually abandoned by the city so Circus took its place and used it.

Standing tall in the center of the vacant lot was a shabby but large tent.

It was a circus troupe that Circus was proud of.

The place where flies would normally fly when the circus wasn’t opening was unusually crowded today.

A singing voice came from inside.

“I’m trying that musical thing you mentioned. Although it is still in the early stages the response has been good after seeing the demonstration. “I plan to try it a few times at an outdoor performance hall in the near future and then open a theater in earnest to attract customers.”

As I entered the tent the joyful singing became clearer.

Circus members were seen on the stage in the center of the tent.

He took off the bizarre outfit he had seen before and dressed up as neatly as possible.

The guests could not take their eyes off the spectacular performance of singing and dancing to the music.

Even though it was only a rehearsal most reactions were positive.

“Pinion is also very active in this matter. “He enjoyed it so much that he completely quit smoking cigarettes.”

Pinion leader of Circus.

The man with dwarfism was singing with all his might on the podium.

Surprisingly he has excellent singing skills.

“At first the director was angry and asked what song it was but now he is singing it at the forefront. Actually I think that’s what I wanted to do the most.”

“He was an unusually sturdy man.”

“It was not honest. “We’ll probably start selling tickets in earnest once this rehearsal is over.”

“Have you decided on a theater to open the musical in?”

“There is a theater that was built a long time ago but was closed because no one came. The location isn’t bad either. This time I spent a lot of money and completely repaired everything. The same goes for the surrounding streets. “People are already watching with interest.”

“indeed.”

Ludger could see why what was happening in the slums reached the ears of the upper class.

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If something goes this far everyone is bound to be interested.

“Do you think people will gather?”

“First of all the response from those around me has been positive but it is also true that there are a lot more people who don’t know about it. So what we need is Old Kids. ruler. “Let’s go to the next location.”

Violetta took her steps.

After leaving the circus tent the two people walked along a clean path and stopped in front of a building.

“It’s a publishing company run by Old Kids.”

The building that had previously been used as an illegal gambling hall by the Red Society was completely torn down and turned into an office.

“Are you here?”

Mastella welcomed me with a smile at the entrance.

Deon stood next to her like always.

Violetta crossed her arms and stared at the two people with disapproval.

“What is it Mastella? “Didn’t you go to work?”

“The owner is coming in person but we can’t leave the place. Since you need to check the progress of the project in person wouldn’t it be right for us to provide guidance ourselves?”

The gazes of the two people intertwined in the air.

Violetta shrugged her shoulders.

“okay. “Do whatever you want.”

Anyway her role is to guide the place so Mastella would be the best person to explain what exactly is going on inside.

Mastella smiled brightly and invited Ludger inside.

“Let’s go in owner.”

“Sure.”

Every time Ludger saw Mastella acting proudly he had a hard time adjusting to it.

A little girl as cute as a doll runs a business that adults would run and treats people with the utmost respect.

That may be why she was so precocious but if you think about it the other way around it was a pity that the circumstances that forced her to become so precocious were unbearable.

There were a lot of machines running inside the building.

Sigh!

Countless sheets of paper flowing quickly along the rails.

I could tell at a glance that it was a thin book made by a machine.

“I made what the owner told me. “Did you say it was a magazine?”

Ludger silently picked up a completed magazine and opened it.

The things written inside were various gossip items written in magazines.

Ludger looked through the contents and nodded.

“Not bad.”

The results fell far short of what he had envisioned but considering that this was a monumental first publication it was actually above the standard.

All news sources in this world are tightly controlled by newspapers.

Most information can only be obtained through newspapers and as a result there is almost no way to find out information that is not provided by the newspaper.

Except for organizations that buy and sell secret information.

In particular since most newspapers published only articles favorable to the upper class the middle and working classes were reluctant to read the newspapers themselves.

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Even in this area the class gap clearly existed.

And this magazine.

It was a decisive business item that would reduce the class gap.

The main goal is to make news easily accessible to the wider public.

However because too much information could be boring entertainment content was also added to the back of the magazine.

It is a short story that can grab people’s attention.

Collections of short stories so-called pulp fiction.

On Earth pulp fiction refers to cheap short stories serialized in magazines made of cheap paper.

However this pulp fiction cannot be looked down upon because it is the best way to enjoy genre literature.

In this world novels such as mystery adventure and horror are equally popular.

However people who do not have enough free time and feel pressured to pay money to buy books do not enjoy this at all.

So what appeared as a substitute was pulp fiction published in magazines.

“It looks like a lot of writers managed to get together.”

“There is no one who writes who is not in need of money.”

Except for a few people who published bestsellers most of the writers of this era were people who were so tight on money that they couldn’t even eat properly.

For such poor writers publishing their short stories in this magazine could be a means of making a living.

Above all it is said that with the huge amount of money being made here many writers flocked to the magazine just to feed themselves and thanks to this there are a lot of stories to write about in the magazine.

“This will be a monumental first publication but if it becomes popular we plan to expand into other fields. “If it becomes popular.”

“There will be more.”

Ludger spoke with confidence.

It was so unstoppable that it felt like it was someone from the future who had seen this situation.

“And it doesn’t matter if you fail. So don’t worry about that and just print as many copies as possible.”

Mastella and Deon widened their eyes in surprise when they were told that they would not be held responsible for the failure.

Most people tend to ignore mistakes that occur due to their own carelessness and pass them on to others.

But Ludger didn’t do that.

“I have too much money anyway.”

Even if you fail you can make up for it because you have a lot of money.

Mastella was speechless at those words.

“Really?”

“okay.”

An assertion like a sword.

How can he say that so easily?

And how can we show those words by putting them into action?

‘We are the abandoned people of this city.’

The slums are places where even Lederbelk has given up on touching them.

Most of the development in the city is for the rich and the area where the lower class lives is virtually abandoned.

No one even pays attention to this place

No one cares about this place.

─Do you think anyone would throw a penny to scum like you?

Very occasionally someone would come here and try to give us a benefit.

But in the end even that person deliberately approached the person wearing a mask in order to rescue even a single pearl from the mud.

The moment they realized that they had nothing to gain from this place they ran away revealing their ugly inner self.

It was natural that no one would believe it.

Because no one gave them faith.

I was so abandoned that I didn’t even have any expectations.

So when she first saw the vision Ludger presented to them she was skeptical.

Because what he wanted in return for pitching this business idea was their obedience.

In the end they thought that this man was just taking advantage of them.

But when the hope of escaping this terrible reality led me to accept the offer.

Mastella never dreamed that the choice he made now would be something he would never regret for the rest of his life.

Ludger got to work right away.

He released a huge amount of money from unknown sources and spread it throughout the slums.

The mayor who said he would go out of his way to fight for equality in the city and the members of the House of Representatives who made a fuss about protecting the lower class whenever they opened their mouths.

While they have been doing the same thing over and over again for years Ludger has created jobs for people in the slums with a huge amount of money in just the past few weeks.

It showed them the path to take and gave them the driving force to move forward.

With actions not words.

“The priority is to spread the monumental No. 1 paper to as many people as possible. “If you build reputation and recognition through that more people will come.”

“I knew this would happen so I sent the kids out on the streets to spread the rumor.”

Children bring us all kinds of news but they can also spread rumors.

When children hint to their parents the parents start creating rumors among themselves.

“I see. Anything more than this would be pointless meddling. “I think I’m doing well so I’ll just go.”

“yes. Goodbye owner.”

After confirming that Old Kids was running properly Ludger left the building with Violetta.

With this it was confirmed that the Black Rose Women Old Kids Kirkus were steadily carrying out their respective businesses as taught by Ludger.

‘It’s still early days so it takes a lot of capital but once the business gets off the ground you will steadily earn more than the money you invested.’

Ludger is not a philanthropist.

The reason he invested money in this slum was because he was confident that he could earn more than that.

Once he confirmed that the process itself was going smoothly and exceeding expectations Ludger decided to focus on his work.

“Where are you going now? “I think I checked everything.”

“Then go meet someone.”

“A person?”

“You can think of them as colleagues who will work with us in the future.”

Originally I was planning to move alone but I thought it would be okay to introduce Violetta.

In this way the composition of the two changed from initially being guided by Violetta to being led by Ludger this time.

The place where Ludger took Violetta was downtown Grand Chapel.

“Why here?”

“Because there are a lot of women.”

“yes?”

Violetta stared at Ludger’s profile in disbelief.

I didn’t think he was that kind of person.

“I know what you’re thinking.”

“yes? “I didn’t really think about it like that.”

“In the first place the target was not me. Look over there. “I see it at the right time.”

Ludger raised his hand and pointed to one side. I looked closely to see what was there and saw a man talking to a woman.

He was a slightly unusual man.

A well-dressed suit was a common sight among people walking around nearby but what stood out was his skin color which could be considered exotic.

His skin was brown as if he had come from a southern kingdom and his curly hair shined like threads of melted gold.

“Who is that person?”

“My colleague.”

Ludger replied and slowly walked towards the blonde man.

Meanwhile the man was reciting all kinds of sweet words to attract the lady’s attention.

“Beautiful lady. “Can you please give me the opportunity to have dinner with you today?”

“Oh my. “I can’t do it…”

Even the noble lady who at first disliked it was beginning to fall for his coaxing.

At that time Ludger intervened.

“Let’s stop the conversation there.”

“Huh? “Who are you?”

The noble lady frowned as if she was offended when Ludger intervened at an important moment but she immediately smiled as soon as she saw his face.

The brown-skinned man looked at Ludger and smiled awkwardly.

“haha. leader. Are you here? But what’s going on here? “Is there still time left for the appointment?”

“I’m afraid that if I leave it like this I’ll be late again. I’m sorry miss. “This guy here is my colleague so I’ll take him with him.”

“That’s right.”

When Ludger spoke politely the lady waved her hand and said it was okay.

Ludger immediately grabbed the man by the back and forcibly dragged him back to where Violetta was.

“oh! The beautiful girl is here again! As expected Lederbelk’s water is really good.”

As soon as the man saw Violetta his eyes lit up and he grinned.

The neat teeth shined white in the sunlight.

“…Are you real colleagues?”

“okay. “His actions may be frivolous but his skills are genuine.”

“So leader. Does calling me to this city mean that a hot adventure awaits us here too? What kind of heart-pounding beauty and gold and silver treasures will greet me today?”

“…Are you sure you’re really talented?”

Ludger let go of the back of the man he was holding and opened his mouth.

“Let me introduce you. “This is Alex who will be working with us.”

“nice to meet you. A girl as beautiful as a rose. Even if you look like this you are from the nobility of the southern Kingdom of Fatima so take care of yourself.”

“A nobleman?”

Ludger immediately corrected Violetta who asked in surprise.

“Be careful. “This guy’s job is to be a conman.”

A fraudster?

Violetta looked at Alex who was still smiling heartily with astonishment.

So you scammed me right away at the first meeting?

Alex asked as Violetta looked astonished.

“Rather than that a leader. “Why did you suddenly call me here?”

“Now I plan to settle down in earnest.”

“oh. Is this finally putting an end to this long wandering life? So what am I going to do when I come here?”

“As always what you’re good at.”

Ludger answered in a low voice so as not to be heard by passers-by.

“We are going to rob the Kunst auction house that is being held this time.”