The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 203



◈ Episode 203 Water and City (2)

Ludger fell silent at Casey Selmore’s words.

The confidence in her voice is palpable.

And confidence.

The identity he had been hiding until now was discovered by Casey Selmore.

‘There is a possibility that he skipped it simply to look at this side.’

Ludger decided to try his hand at it.

“What are you talking about now?”

“What are you trying to hide by coming all the way here? I told you. James Moriarty.”

“You point your stick at will and talk nonsense. “Is this your way detective?”

“It’s no use pretending not to know until the end. I already figured it out. It was definitely strange. From the moment I saw it in Seorn I felt a sense of déjà vu.”

If you look at what he said it wasn’t something he simply overlooked.

Casey was now convinced that this was James Moriarty.

‘That’s not good.’

Ludger sensed that he could no longer retreat.

I was trying to destroy the branch of the Black Dawn and handle the matter quietly but it went wrong from the start.

It happened to be caught by the person who should not have been caught the most.

“I was surprised. I couldn’t have guessed that you were the famous teacher of Seorn. How on earth did you get into Seorn? Or rather how did the president cook it?”

“….”

“Are you saying you’re going to remain silent? That would be nice too. “If you’ve come this far anyway any excuse you make will be of no use.”

Casey’s voice as he said that was filled with unbearable joy.

‘I finally found it.’

It’s not empty.

This time it was real.

Her every sense every cell was screaming that the man in front of her was the one she had been looking for.

It makes no sense for someone who always hides his identity to be Seorn’s teacher.

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It is even Seorn where the president is located.

Judging from the perspective of having a face-to-face conversation with the president Elisa Willow was definitely not an easy person.

The teacher named Ludger Chelisi who receives such a person’s attention is a criminal consultant who was notorious in the past?

People who heard it would have dismissed it as nonsense.

at least

Casey thought so too when she first met Ludger.

However on the last day of the festival Casey felt a strange sense of déjà vu due to Ludger’s actions who revealed to him the traces of the Black Dawn Society.

‘It’s the same as then. ‘Like when I chased him in Delica Kingdom three years ago.’

The situation itself is so natural that there is no doubt about it.

It’s as if this side has been set up in hopes of being tracked down.

The flow was so subtle that everyone had no choice but to follow the designated path.

That naturalness.

Ironically that in turn gave Casey a clue.

‘It was like that back then too.’

It feels like someone is guiding the way by leaving a piece of bread in a labyrinth with no known exit.

The feeling that the correct answer was actually included between the questions from the moment the question was asked.

─As if they hoped that this side would find the answer.

For Casey who solved the case with his own power it was an unpleasant feeling that was difficult to express in words.

An unpleasant feeling that I never wanted to experience again.

The moment Casey faced Ludger in this spot he felt it again strongly.

And at the same time the knot that complicated my hair was loosened.

─It was you.

Advances in reasoning and experience.

Beyond that it’s a realm that’s almost like a sixth sense.

That extreme obsession to catch it without fail has finally reached the right answer.

“Did I tell you? “I will never miss it.”

“….”

“Put down your cane and raise your hands.”

Ludger put his staff down on the floor and slowly raised his hands.

“Turn around slowly like that. “You know if I did something even slightly suspicious right?”

“….”

Ludger slowly turned his body as Casey instructed.

okay. Go ahead and show that proud face.

Let’s look at the face of the subject who worked so hard to run and hide caught in this dirty gutter.

Casey felt her heart pounding.

As the thing I had longed for so much approached my eyes my fingertips trembled with excessive excitement.

What kind of expression is he making?

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Feeling defeated? suffering? Shame?

It was that moment.

Snap!

Casey’s body froze at the sound of a mouse crying from somewhere.

It was an instinctive reaction that had nothing to do with judging with my head.

And in that split second.

Woe!

Ludger’s body suddenly moved quickly and attacked Casey.

“oh!”

There was a distance of more than 3 meters between the two people.

However Ludger narrowed the distance to a point where it was meaningless and got close to Casey.

‘Quick!’

The body was not strengthened with magical power.

If that were the case she would have noticed right away.

It can be said that the movements Ludger is showing right now are his pure physical abilities.

What kind of ridiculous physical ability is this for a wizard?

Ludger’s hand moved leaving an afterimage and the staff flew out of her hand.

It wasn’t even close so how on earth?

Casey belatedly realized that Ludger had thrown a hidden dagger.

‘dagger? ‘A wizard?’

Because I lost my cane my judgment was impaired.

Ludger pushed Casey against the wall.

“Tsk!”

Ludger’s strong right arm grabbed Casey’s wrist.

A hidden dagger protruded from the back of Adae’s hand which was mounted on his left arm and aimed at Casey’s neck.

However Casey is also a veteran wizard who has solved many cases and experienced many battles.

From the moment her wand flew she raised the water from the underground channel and created countless spears.

It happened at the same time that Ludger aimed the blade at his neck and the spears of water surrounded Ludger on all sides.

The gazes of the two people intertwined in midair.

Casey said with a grin.

“What a man. “Even though you were a wizard were you hiding your skills?”

“Stay calm. “If you do even the slightest bit of nonsense there will be a hole in your neck.”

“Try it. “Would it be faster for you or for me to kill you?”

“You’re bluffing when it doesn’t work out.”

Ludger and Casey glared at each other and did not avoid eye contact.

The sharp swords and water spears were full of life.

The moment when the situation almost reaches its extreme.

Squeak!

The rat’s cries echoed through the sewer again.

Casey’s body trembled at that cry.

The water spears she made were small but they seemed to be falling out of shape.

Ludger looked at Casey who was sweating coldly and asked out of curiosity.

“You can’t believe it….”

“What?”

“Are you afraid of rats?”

Casey pursed his lips at those words that hit the nail on the head.

Her eyes which had not shown any signs of shaking rolled to the side albeit slightly.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Even though I said that my body was already reacting when it was pointed out.

A slight tremor came from her delicate wrist as she clutched it.

At that time a gutter rat came crawling along the bottom of the underground waterway.

Hehe!

Casey’s complexion turned pale when he saw the rat.

Ludger gently used telekinesis magic to lift the rat.

Snap! Squeak!

The large sewer rat struggled but it was no use.

When I brought the rat closer to Casey Casey twisted his body.

“What are you doing! Get it away! Clean it up!”

“….”

Ludger was dumbfounded at the sight of Casey screaming in a fit of rage.

You are really afraid of rats.

‘This is why I don’t even feel like fighting.’

The bloody atmosphere that seemed like they were going to kill each other just a moment ago took a strange turn because of just one rat.

“That’s boring.”

Crash. Ludger said that and put away the protruding dagger.

He also let go of Casey’s wrists which he had been holding as if they were restraining him.

“What are you doing now?”

Casey asked with a growl.

Meanwhile Ludger released the rat. The rat that landed on the floor quickly ran away.

“What are you doing!”

“I said it was boring. That great detective is so scared of just a street rat that he’s trembling. “It’s so absurd that I can’t even laugh.”

“you…!”

Casey raised his eyes at the words that touched his pride.

“If I just lift a finger here I could kill you. “Do you know?”

“Try it.”

“what?”

“Try it.”

You can’t do that.

Casey was speechless at the look in Ludger’s eyes as he spoke with confidence.

“If you can kill them why don’t you do it right away? But he used that famous water magic to kill me. “Isn’t that the title you received?”

“shut up!”

“Or you can’t kill him? “You are a coward.”

“…Because death is too merciful for someone like you.”

“Even if you speak confidently your legs are so weak that you can’t even stand properly.”

“This is just… ah!”

The moment she was about to make an excuse Ludger pressed his fingertips on her forehead.

Casey slumped down in his seat.

The water spears surrounding it also disappeared.

“If you want to catch me it would be better if you grow up a little more. “The famous detective is only afraid of rats so the person he’s dealing with gets discouraged.”

“…you. Are you in a position to be this proud right now? “If my identity was discovered I would have to think about running away.”

Casey spoke in a threatening tone but even that felt like a complaint to Ludger.

To be honest it was funny.

Was that clearly revealed in his facial expression?

Casey’s eyes lit up.

“You think I can’t do it? “I can plaster your identity on the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper right now!”

“no. You won’t.”

“Why are you so sure? Such bravado…”

“Because your pride won’t allow it.”

“….”

Casey who had hit the nail on the head was speechless.

“Oh don’t be funny. I am….”

“If you really didn’t need pride and everything you wouldn’t have followed me secretly for three years.”

James Moriarty is alive and he is living his life hiding his identity.

Casey could have spread the rumor like that.

But it didn’t happen.

“Because you are a woman who absolutely hates relying on someone else’s hand to handle things.”

Those words became a dagger and stuck in Casey’s chest.

Casey gritted his teeth.

She stood up with strength in her legs and glared at Ludger.

Her eyes were burning with anger.

“Did you know everything?”

“okay.”

“Did you know that and took advantage of me?”

“Are you angry that I took advantage of you? It’s funny to even question that now. In fact isn’t he the one who knows better than anyone else?”

“….”

“If you really wanted to catch me you should have used magic right away instead of talking when you had the chance.”

But Casey Selmore didn’t.

Are you caught off guard by the excitement of almost achieving your goal?

Not so.

“Casey Selmore. “You didn’t pursue me purely for detective purposes.”

What Ludger would say next was clearly pictured in Casey’s mind.

no.

I had to tell him to stop. However despite Casey’s wishes Ludger cruelly revealed the truth.

Casey’s true feelings that others do not know are hidden deep in her heart.

“You came after me out of personal grudge. And that too with a childlike and shallow emotion called Hoseungsim.”

Casey had no rebuttal.

His lips quivered and he lowered his gaze.

“Was I wrong?”

All I had to do was say no here.

But Casey couldn’t do that. Because everything Ludger said was true.

It’s a shame.

The man she hated the most actually understood her better than anyone else.

Suddenly I remembered what I had said to him before.

-Yes. I thought you might be my understanding.

However he poured out criticism towards Ludger who committed evil deeds saying that he was wrong.

Actually I didn’t do that.

“I knew it all but….”

The delicate clenched fists trembled.

But no more words came out of my mouth.

He was angry that he had fooled him.

I felt unbearably insulted by the fact that they were trying to use this place as they please.

But I know.

Ludger wasn’t the only one who deceived him.

Casey Selmore.

The one who had been deceiving her for longer than anyone else was herself.

“I’m disappointed.”

“….”

“At least I thought you were different from others but I guess I was wrong.”

Ludger stared at Casey Selmore with a cold gaze.

She was shaking her fists and lowering her head looking like she was about to shed tears at any moment.

“Then what about the Black Dawn Society…”

“I wanted to use your help to deal with them because they were quite annoying but I couldn’t trust them at all. “It’s amazing and amazing that we’ve come this far but looking at this situation I don’t think we can do it properly.”

“profit!”

Casey Selmore reached for Ludger but was quickly subdued.

Ludger bound her arms with one hand and pressed them against the wall.

In that state I looked down at Casey.

Close enough to hear each other’s breathing.

Casey’s eyes looking up were wet with complex emotions.

However I have no intention of expressing regret or words of consolation.

Because he had work to do.

“I have no intention of joining in with your clever play. get out of here “Unless you want to get swept away.”

I didn’t mean to expect an answer.

It was a one-sided sentence.

Because whether she leaves or not what happens in the future will not change.

Ludger released his grip and turned his back.

“Are you okay if you leave me like this?”

Ludger stood tall.

“If Seorn knows your identity….”

“It doesn’t matter.”

It doesn’t matter anyway.

Even though the president knew he chose to condone it.

“…also. “The president also knew.”

Indeed Casey who is quick-witted immediately figured out that he was involved with the president.

Only then will threats using the president as an excuse not work.

No matter what she shouts if the president comes forward and protects Ludger only he or she will be made a fool.

“If you want to target me prepare a dagger that I can never avoid. “If I do that I can at least put a scratch on my skin.”

Ludger’s remarks were even arrogant.

You can never defeat me.

Because it was like declaring it that way.

“If you can’t do that just play detective with a sense of justice like before. “Forget any thoughts of disturbing me.”

“James Moriarty. No Ludger Chelsea. “What on earth are you aiming for?”

“….”

Ludger left without answering Casey’s question.

I didn’t ask for an answer but my pride was hurt when he was so blatantly ignored.

“ha.”

Left alone Casey sighed and picked up his magic wand from the floor.

And then he suddenly burst into laughter.

“under. haha. Ahahahaha!”

She laughed almost like she had lost her mind but then her shoulders relaxed and she sighed.

“really. “It’s hard to pretend to be shocked.”

As Casey said that he took out a piece of paper that he had put in his sleeve.

The paper which would have originally been white was stained blue as if it had been imbued with Ludger’s magic.

“what? Guess I was wrong? Are you disappointed? uh? “Is he that handsome?!”

As soon as Casey said that he added another comment.

“…Actually he’s handsome. “But it’s different from this.”

Just thinking about that man’s verbal abuse makes me grind my teeth.

but.

My emotions convince me that it is not wrong.

Even now I’m just trying to pretend I’m okay.

What he heard clearly had a big impact on Casey.

“I am….”

Casey stared at the paper imbued with Ludger’s magic and sighed.

“ha. “What are you worrying about?”

She lifted her head and looked up.

Up there was the hideout of the Black Dawn she was chasing.

Originally I came here to attack that place.

‘There’s no need to do that.’

The man said he would come forward.

There’s probably no lies there.

He thought he was a member of the Black Dawn Society but in fact he had an antagonistic relationship with the Black Dawn Society.

‘To be honest I would rather have everything taken care of up there.’

Considering the man’s skills it would be logical to pray for the soul of those above him.

Still after coming this far my pride did not allow me to leave without doing anything.

“okay. You can stir it up as you wish. “I will handle things my way.”

I’m afraid those words will end.

Rumbling.

A huge sound echoed throughout the underground capital.