The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 228



◈ Episode 228 Caroline Monarch (1)

“What are you doing here?”

Elisa’s voice became cold when she saw Caroline.

It was a natural reaction since they were glaring at each other in the grand hall of the Arcane Chamber just moments ago.

“Kek. Elisa Willow.”

Caroline frowned openly as she looked at Elisa standing next to Ludger.

From there their personalities became clearly revealed.

Elisa Willow manages her facial expressions and remains polite even when she is irritated and displeased.

Caroline Monarch is honest about her feelings and clearly says she hates things she doesn’t like.

Personalities that can never mix like water and oil.

“Answer me.”

“Black one. “It has nothing to do with you.”

“Are you here to see Dr. Ludger? Then of course I have something to do with it. “Anyway he’s Seorn’s teacher.”

“What kind of nanny are you? Isn’t it an abuse of power for a president to step forward like that? “Don’t disturb me get out of the way.”

“If you have something to say say it here. “Mr. Ludger is busy and has no time for a savage like you.”

“Hey… I told you not to call me that for a long time.”

Caroline became enraged at being called a savage.

The bad relationship between Caroline and Elisa Willow was deeper than expected.

Exactly the relationship between the two had continued since Seorn more than 10 years ago.

When the two were students attending Seorn Academy.

Caroline who was always noisy and Elisa who was always calm were bound to clash frequently.

Moreover since the talent of the two was so great people around them constantly compared them.

“oh. “Are you in a position to be angry now?”

“Tsk.”

“Don’t you think that’s why you came to see Mr. Ludger in the first place?”

Elisa smiled brightly and said.

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Didn’t you put pressure on Ludger Chelsea a little while ago?

But what right do you have to talk to Ludger?

Caroline couldn’t bear to refute those words so she bit her lip.

At that time Ludger who had been quietly watching stepped forward and asked.

“President. “You can do that.”

“Mr Ludger?”

“Since you are my guest I would like to at least hear your story.”

After Ludger said that Elisha did not go any further.

“Mr. Caroline Monarch.”

“You can just call me Caroline.”

“What do you want to say to me?”

“that….”

Caroline hesitated for a moment but then lowered her head towards Ludger.

“sorry.”

Ludger gave her a surprised look at the words of apology that came out of her mouth.

“At first I thought you were a bad guy.”

“I believe today is the first time I’ve seen your face.”

“So… it may sound like an excuse but I have an innate dislike of high-ranking nobles and royals.”

“What does hating the royal family have to do with me?”

“The moment I first saw you I thought you were royalty somewhere. So I ended up being hostile. “It shouldn’t have been that way and it really wasn’t but it was my fault that came from my intolerance.”

“….”

I thought it was royalty. So from my first impression I looked at it with colored glasses.

From Caroline’s perspective high-ranking nobles and royal families were people who controlled everything with their authority.

“There are quite a few wizards who lie about their family names while operating. As a result I judge that person only based on my sense of the moment not based on his name or family name.”

Making judgments based on intuition.

It sounded absurd but Ludger did not refute it as he should have.

Surprisingly Caroline got everything right.

‘This is overworked similar to Casey Selmore.’

This level of intuition on the subject of a wizard.

Instinct and sense are superior to intuition and reason.

I now understand why Elisha called her a barbarian.

“Doesn’t Caroline also have the last name Monarch?”

“Ah you mean this Monarch castle? That’s not my real last name. “It’s just a leash given by the government to tie down a fool who doesn’t listen.”

Caroline was originally a commoner.

The state treated Caroline who had outstanding magical talent as a semi-noble and granted her a castle.

“I hated it at first but having a last name after my first name surprisingly helped me a lot. There are only three letters added to the end of the name but the treatment you receive changes. “I accepted it because I thought there was a corner I could use.”

“Is that how the mercenary group was created?”

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“okay. Mercenary group Monarch. “It’s my own mercenary unit modeled after this castle.”

A surname given only to those who hold a high position in society is used only to create a mercenary group.

It was an act that other nobles considered an outrageous humiliation.

Creating a shabby mercenary group instead of creating an honorable knighthood with a noble family name is an act that tarnishes one’s reputation.

Caroline tarnished something that should be considered noble above all else.

Caroline’s hatred toward the establishment was deeply rooted.

“But you were different. Like other guys he didn’t assert his authority and wasn’t conscious of other people’s opinions. Moreover such a great discovery was made public so casually.”

Caroline knows.

It is not that Ludger was forced to give in because he was pushed but that he made that choice because he wanted to.

It didn’t matter whether he was a real high-ranking noble or royal family.

The decision of this man who made a nobler choice than anyone else deserves respect regardless of social status.

“I apologize again. Sorry.”

Caroline knew her judgment was wrong so she apologized honestly.

Elisa sarcastically spoke to the top of Caroline’s head who bowed her head.

“It’s so comfortable. “You’ve been biting as hard as you can and now you’re trying to hit me with an apology.”

“….”

Caroline didn’t have anything to say at that point so she stayed still without raising her head.

Elisa clicked her tongue at Caroline’s reaction.

Her eyes naturally turned to Ludger.

The president’s golden eyes were asking what to do now.

Are you suddenly passing it on to me?

“Please raise your head. “It doesn’t look good.”

“Are you accepting my apology?”

“I didn’t do anything to deserve an apology in the first place. The same goes for Caroline. “You don’t need to feel guilty about me.”

Caroline raised her head and looked up at Ludger wondering what that meant.

“Arcane Chamber is a place where wizards test their honed knowledge and clash. “It is a battlefield where clashes of opinions big or small can occur.”

“you….”

“I took the whole situation into consideration from the moment I stood in the center of it. What Caroline said while wary of me was something that should have been said. Even if Caroline didn’t do it someone else would definitely have argued the same thing.”

“But in the end I was the one who did it. And I am also responsible for that. “You don’t need to comfort me.”

“Then let me ask you. Caroline are you grateful or annoyed to see the sun rising in the east?”

Not so.

Because that’s natural.

Of course no one gets annoyed by questioning the reasons for what happens.

“It’s the same. Someone gives a rebuttal and someone else makes a reasonable point. “It’s something that’s so natural that it has to happen.”

“…!”

“That’s why I don’t care. “Everything that happened a moment ago was thrown away the moment I left that place.”

Rather Ludger was just grateful for Caroline.

It was the wizards led by Caroline who vigorously pressured him who had originally intended to reveal it.

Even if it wasn’t his intention he laid the plan as they wanted so if you look at the result alone he became Ludger’s biggest helper.

However Caroline did not know this.

She was touched by Ludger’s ability to forgive her rudeness so easily.

“Normally in situations like this other guys would have tried to rip me off somehow. “You were such a great guy!”

“That is also an undeserved assessment.”

“okay. I won’t bother you any more. But it doesn’t suit my temperament to move on with debt like this.”

Caroline said that and handed Ludger a business card.

“Take it. This is a business card given only to special VIPs of our Monarch mercenary group. Call me whenever you need help later. “I will definitely carry out any request.”

“Any request?”

“okay. I’m not saying this in vain. “I will definitely accept any request.”

“…All right.”

Ludger could not refuse to give it to him so he put it in his pocket.

Elisa who was watching from the side opened her eyes wide in an unusual way.

‘That proud Caroline gave you the Monarch mercenary VIP business card?’

This is a business card that even the emperor of the Exilion Empire did not receive.

I was wondering if it even existed because I had heard that so few people had received it on one hand.

I witnessed it right before my eyes.

“I’m done talking so I’ll just go. Let’s meet again later when we have a chance! And Elisha! Fuck you! “When I looked I saw wrinkles around my eyes!”

As I watched Caroline disappear quickly without saying those words I thought that Ludger was a very strange person.

I thought he would make friends with this person under the pretense of apologizing but he actually just apologized and disappeared.

In the meantime I didn’t forget to say a word to President Elisha.

Elisha also pressed his forehead with his fingertips as if he was tired.

“Are you naturally like that?”

“ha. yes. I’m a person who gets tired when I’m involved in things that are arbitrary and unpredictable. “He’s a really annoying person.”

“For something like that I think I rate it quite highly.”

“No matter what anyone says Caroline is also a 6th rank wizard. “He was also my rival during my school days.”

“You mean your school days?”

“yes. Oh didn’t you know Mr. Ludger? Me and Caroline. Both are Seorn graduates. And the two of us have been clashing since our school days.”

We were rivals in school.

Even if they fight and argue with each other every time they meet does that mean they acknowledge each other deep down?

Ludger suddenly had an idea.

for a moment. You two have been rivals since school?

‘I said that although Caroline Monarch appears to be a teenager she is actually over 30 years old.’

That means President Elisa…

“Mr Ludger?”

When Elisha called his name Ludger got scared without even realizing it.

The fact that she was not Ms. Ludger as usual and added a seed after her name clearly showed that she was not in a good mood.

“yes. President.”

“No more than that. “Okay?”

“….”

Ludger nodded quietly instead of answering.

That was enough for Elisha.

* * *

The pure white Aret Mountains that run between the Kingdom of Utah and the Exilion Empire.

Sheer cliffs and unmelting ice caps.

The harsh natural environment where the sun can be seen for less than a month a year due to constant snowstorms.

The Cetadel of the Black Dawn walked alone through the Aret Mountains without any cold weather equipment.

He covered in a black robe and unaffected by the driving snowstorm eventually stopped in his tracks.

Whiooooo—!!!

When I looked up the snowstorm was still raging.

The place where he stands is a deep canyon between mountains.

It was at the bottom of a sheer cliff.

Cetadel stretched out his hand and placed it on the snow field.

I came looking for someone but there was no trace in the snow.

Even the footprints he made will be erased by the falling snow in 10 minutes.

Moreover there was no way that traces that had already passed for several months could be found with the naked eye.

The Cetadel instead took a different approach.

He took out a small golden bell from his arms and shook it lightly.

rattle.

The sound of the snowstorm became quiet along with the clear sound of the bell.

A whitish energy came out from the snow field and flew toward a certain direction.

“That way.”

Cetadel walked in the direction where the energy flew away.

Eventually he was able to discover a cave beneath the cliff.

Cetadel entered the cave without hesitation.

The cave was cold and chilly.

And although there were faint traces of someone alive there remained.

Into the cave I wandered into.

When we reached the end we could find Cetadel.

The sight of a man lying down as a cold corpse.

All that was around was burned firewood and ashes.

“John Doe. “Even though you fell off that cliff did you crawl all the way here instead of dying right away?”

However John Doe who had been surviving in the cave as if he had no way to ask for help eventually died.

It is a harsh environment where food is not available.

Even looking at his body there were many wounds here and there.

In the end he probably couldn’t endure it and starved to death.

The real John Doe who should have infiltrated Seorn originally.

Even though it saw him dead Cetadel was not surprised.

He took out again the golden bell he had used a moment ago.

rattle.

“Open your eyes sleeping soul. “Raise your head and let out your voice.”

rattle.

When the bell was shaken one more time John Doe’s dead body twitched and a white air current flowed from the top of his head.

What looked like smoke moved slowly and eventually took on the shape of John Doe.

[Where?]

“John Doe. “Do you know who I am?”

[Cetadel. Zero Order’s adjutant.]

“I remember it well.”

[Why am I here? Or rather why are you here….]

“Enough of the boring nonsense let me get to the point. John Doe. “You are dead.”

[Dead? I?]

It seemed that John Doe’s soul still did not understand the situation.

“I guess my memory is vague perhaps because I just announced the proclamation. John Doe. What was your purpose? “Think of it.”

[My purpose. It is to infiltrate Seorn Academy according to Zero Order’s orders. To do so I was acting as Ludger Chelisi. okay. I remember now.]

“What happened after that?”

[I got on the magic engineering train and had a conversation with a passenger who was also riding there… And then something happened. terrorism. It was a train terror attack. I overpowered one of the attackers and was about to ask him who he was when he blew himself up…]

“indeed. Something like that. “You were not prepared and were thrown off the magic engineering train.”

[Somehow he avoided death from the fall by using wind magic to spread cushioning material just before he fell but he was seriously injured due to the impact of the explosion. And because the environment was not good I wandered around looking for a safe place and ended up in this cave.]

And died.

Without receiving help from anyone.

I lived as long as I could but the end result was starving to death.

John Doe was disappointed by that fact but a question suddenly occurred to him.

[duty. What happened to the mission given by Zero Order?]

“You don’t have to worry. “There is someone who will carry out the mission on your behalf.”

[Who is that?]

“Rather John Doe. Do you know? “Who was the passenger on the train with you?”

[passenger?]

“Didn’t you just say that with your own mouth? “I had a conversation with a passenger who was also on the magic engineering train.”

[iced coffee. That’s right that’s right.]

John Doe’s voice became clearer as if he was remembering that time.

Setadel narrowed his eyes beneath his robes.

“Something is strange. If it were you you wouldn’t have had a trivial conversation. “You just talked to regular passengers?”

[Just an ordinary passenger? no. That person was absolutely not an ordinary person.]

“You’re not an ordinary person?”

[okay. I could tell. Although its appearance and identity were hidden I could tell at a glance. Who is he?]

“Who on earth is he?”

[A person who wanders the continent wearing a mask. A nameless shadow. But none of those masks have had an impact on the world.]

Cetadel asked.

“You talked to me even though you knew that such a suspicious person was with you? “Why is it like that?”

John Doe who had not stopped answering closed his mouth.

Cetadel showed his irritation.

“John Doe. Answer me. “What are you hiding now?”

[that….]

“You cannot refuse my orders. Because your soul has already responded to my call. I am the owner of this conversation. So please answer quickly. Why did you contact that man? “What was the purpose?”

John Doe could not stand the urging of Cetadel and opened his mouth.

[I did it because he was someone I respected.]

“….”

[…I was a fan.]