The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 31



◈ Episode 31: Those who see, those who solve (3)

Aidan and Leo Teish sitting on a bench in a secluded garden still haven’t returned to reality as if what happened just moments ago seemed like a dream.

It was Taishi who came to his senses first.

“We really got away without being punished. “It still feels like a dream.”

“I know.”

“I never thought the president would come forward and support us.”

“I know.”

Leo who always had sharp conversations with Teysey completely agreed with her opinion this time.

The two people’s eyes soon turned to Aidan.

The look was as if you had nothing to say.

“Hey Aidan. Aidan?”

“huh? “Oh yeah.”

“What are you thinking like that?”

Unlike the two people who were happy to receive the store Aidan had a serious face the whole time.

“Aidan what are you worried about?”

“no. Should I say it’s a worry? Well… it’s a bit strange to even say this now.”

“What is it? “Don’t hesitate and speak clearly!”

When Tayce complained strongly Aidan hesitated and then confessed his concerns to his two friends.

“It’s just something strange.”

“Is it strange? “What’s strange?”

“Yesterday werewolf. “You may not have seen it but the werewolf had a strange silver restraint around its neck.”

“what?!”

“fizzle!”

As Tayce’s voice rose Leo immediately took a stance telling her to be quiet.

“Be quiet. “What are you going to do if someone hears it?”

The three looked around to make sure there were no other witnesses then put their heads together and spoke in quiet voices.

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“Keep talking. Is that really true?”

“huh. I’m sure. “That was why I tried to stop Mr. Ludger.”

“A restraint. “Are you saying that the werewolf is not an ordinary werewolf?”

“I think maybe it really was an experiment created intentionally by someone.”

If that was true it couldn’t have been anything but serious.

Leo also opened his mouth with a heavy expression as if he was thinking about something.

“I also heard some news recently.”

“What is it?”

“There are suspicious people hiding in Seorn.”

“Suspicious people? What is that? Are you talking about some secret organization or something? “Isn’t that just a secret club formed by students or some kind of nonsense?”

There was nothing unusual about students meeting secretly in Seorn.

Leo shook his head at Teish’s question.

If it was just that he wouldn’t even say anything suspicious.

“I’m not sure either. However it seems certain that a secret undisclosed organization has infiltrated Seorn. “I especially realized this while watching the werewolf incident.”

“Now wait a minute. “Then that means there are dangerous people in Seorn.”

“It’s still only at the stage of suspicion but I guess that’s the case. Aidan. “Do you think so too?”

“huh. Honestly it’s not a good thing to doubt someone but it’s sure to catch something. And I especially…”

Aidan tried to say something but shook his head and closed his mouth.

“No no.”

“What is it?”

“Is it because of Professor Ludger?”

Aidan couldn’t bear to lie to Taysey’s penetrating words and could only nod.

What had been weighing heavily on Aidan’s mind for a while was the extreme behavior Ludger showed the day before.

“I don’t want to doubt Mr. Ludger but there was something suspicious about the teacher I saw last night.”

“You said something suspicious?”

“You may not have been able to see clearly because you were blocked by Mr. Ludger but I was facing you directly. Then Mr. Ludger saw something.”

It was a fleeting but clear reaction that Ludger showed at that time.

Aidan didn’t miss it.

But before he could ask that Ludger forcibly removed him and burned the werewolf.

Leo clenched his chin after hearing Aidan’s words.

“Does that mean Mr. Ludger was trying to destroy the evidence?”

“What? Mr. Ludger? “Does that make sense?”

Teish asked what kind of stupid thing that was.

Even so I couldn’t believe that Ludger Chelisi who helped us and fought fiercely against werewolves was actually connected to something secret.

“I’m not sure. However I keep thinking that Mr. Ludger might know something. “Because the teacher at that time seemed desperate to hide something.”

“….”

“….”

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Maybe it’s an illusion.

There is no way a Seorn teacher would do such a dangerous thing.

But what if it’s real? What if Ludger Chelsea belongs to a secret organization that is dangerous to even talk about?

In fact what if killing the werewolf was also meant to destroy evidence?

“Are you stupid? “No matter what you went too far.”

Taysy put her hands on her hips and shook her head reprimanding the two.

“Professor Ludger must have had something in mind too. And didn’t you think something was strange when you met with the president earlier?”

“uh? what?”

“I didn’t really feel it.”

“Ugh. Fools. Don’t you remember what the president said when he praised us? “You pointed out what each person did well and what they did one by one.”

“Oh right. It was like that. “I was so focused on other things that I couldn’t even think of it.”

“Think about it. “How could the president who wasn’t there at the time know that?”

“Oh that’s…”

“Of course someone told the president everything. And who is going to tell the president what we did?”

Ludger Chelsea.

It was just him.

“Mr. Ludger was clearly seeing what we were doing even if he pretended not to. “If you were going to scold us you wouldn’t have told the president what we did well.”

“ah.”

Listening to Teysey it certainly seemed like that.

The fact that only the president and Ludger entered the interview room is also the case and the fact that when the president said he would give an award Ludger took a step back and made a concession.

“You mean it was all planned by Mr. Ludger? “Why?”

“I don’t know that either. Still Professor Ludger was considerate of us and only said good things to the president. “Honestly isn’t it too much to be suspicious of Mr. Ludger?”

Aidan and Leo had nothing to say even though they had ten mouths.

Honestly if you think about it it was like that.

If Ludger was a suspicious person would he have taught him the groundbreaking magic called source code from the first class?

It is incongruous that a person who should hide his identity would rather reveal himself.

“Is that so?”

Aidan scratched his head but couldn’t shake off his subtle suspicions about Ludger.

He’s definitely a respectable teacher but I can’t deny that there’s something strange about him.

“okay. Tacie I think you’re right. “It’s pointless to worry about it right now.”

“joy. “You just need to know.”

“I’m hungrier than that. “Have you guys eaten?”

“no. yet.”

“Tacy?”

“Why me?”

“If you haven’t eaten yet why don’t we go eat together?”

“What what?”

Teish wondered what she had heard wrong from Aidan’s words.

what? meal?

With me?

“Is that true now?”

“why?”

“That’s right… the meal is… that…”

Feeling embarrassed for no reason Teishi twisted her hair with her fingertips and muttered softly with a red face.

“It’s something that friends do…”

“We’re already friends right?”

“…!”

Teishi’s earlobes turned red as she looked at Aidan who was smiling brightly.

Leo who was watching the scene from the side sighed and shook his head.

I can’t believe I saw that dishonest immature girl and my completely clueless friend.

It seemed that Seorn’s life ahead would be eventful.

* * *

“ah! “Mr. Ludger!”

On my way home from work.

On my way back to my dorm I encountered Teacher Selina.

No matter how you look at her seeing her come here first and run over fussily like a puppy she looked more like a current student than a teacher.

You really lied about your age right?

“Are you getting off work?”

“yes.”

“I heard the news. “I heard that Mr. Ludger caught a werewolf yesterday.”

“yes. “I took care of it.”

“Wow. “Really?”

Teacher Selina looks at us with a burdened gaze.

Still even though he is a new teacher I think he is looking up at me too much.

“Recently all we talk about is Professor Ludger. How on earth did you catch the werewolf? “Is there any way?”

“wait a minute.”

“yes?”

“I’m a little busy today so I’ll tell you the story later.”

At my firm words Teacher Selina nodded with a sullen expression like a child who has been scolded by an adult.

“I’m sorry about that. “I called you even though I was busy for no reason.”

“no. Not to that extent. “Please get some rest too Teacher Selina.”

“yes. “Good luck to you Mr. Ludger.”

I said hello to Selina and parted ways with her.

Unlike other teachers he is a good person who takes interest in people like me.

However because I was in a different position I couldn’t get close to anyone.

It is possible to have a meal together as a group but that is all.

And more than anything there was one thing I had to do now.

When I returned to my private quarters there was a package at my door.

After picking up the package I went inside the house and checked the contents.

This was the material Hans sent me.

Recently missing people in Lederbelk and areas where certain people gather.

Wow.

After briefly checking the contents I headed to my personal study.

On one wall of the study there were photos pinned up here and there along with a map of the city of Lederbelk.

I cut out some of the content from the document and pinned it to one corner of the map.

An area full of abandoned Lederbelk factories.

Abandoned slum.

There is a laboratory around here.

After finishing the work up to that point I immediately took out a portable crystal ball.

As I poured in my magic power a voice was soon heard from beyond the crystal ball.

[older brother. Have you checked all the data you sent me?]

“okay.”

[I checked the area as my brother told me yesterday. In an abandoned factory about ten strong men were busy coming and going. I think it’s definitely there.]

“I see.”

[And I personally confirmed what you asked me to look into separately. I heard that several workers have recently gone missing on the outskirts of the city.]

“Was there a family of three among them?”

[There was. This was the only case where an entire family disappeared. The police didn’t investigate much and just brushed it off but the neighbors must have been very anxious. I just poked it a little and it came out smoothly.]

“…i get it. “I’ll go soon.”

I ended the communication with those words.

After staring at the map pinned to the wall for a moment I left the dorm wearing my usual dull brown coat.

* * *

dark night.

Lederbelk’s factory area where even the starlight and moonlight disappeared due to thick clouds covering the sky.

The factory chimney standing tall without emitting any smoke was itself a tombstone to commemorate those who died in the shadow of the city.

Considering that there are actually people who die in difficult environments the term tombstone was not particularly wrong.

The slums which are called abandoned areas have a strong sense of desolation as there are sometimes no street lights to be seen.

All you can see is a rat passing quickly across the floor.

Ludger arrived at a place where even vagrants gave up begging and avoided it.

“Are you here?”

Hans who came first and was waiting welcomed Ludger.

Hans looked at Ludger’s behavior and shook his head and stuck out his tongue.

It looked like nothing happened on the outside but Ludger was already heavily armed.

I could feel the cool energy radiating from him right away showing that he had thoroughly prepared for the fight ahead.

“Are you going alone?”

“If I ask you to help me will you help me?”

“No but I thought maybe one or two of them would be able to compete with me.”

“It’s done. Alone is enough. “What about the guys inside?”

“There are close to forty people. However these guys seemed to know that they were on fire and were slowly trying to get out. “If it had been just three days late it would have been a waste of money.”

“What are their strengths?”

“It would be good to see that even a no-nonsense guy has at least one gun. Well guns won’t work on my brother who is a wizard but there are about three of them wearing reinforced armor.”

“What about elite power?”

“Two warlocks.”

“I see.”

The entrance is a large pipe drilled for wastewater treatment.

Ludger who was about to head straight to the laboratory stopped and asked Hans.

“Hans. “The family I asked about.”

“yes.”

“How old was the kid there?”

“You mean the child?”

Hans leaning against the wall looked up as if trying to remember something.

The sky was full of gloomy clouds.

“I was 7 years old. “He was such a young kid.”

“…7 years old?”

Ludger resumed his stopped steps.

“I see.”