The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 45



◈ Episode 45: A Dangerous Bet (2)

The atmosphere that had been settled with the appearance of Chris Benimore took a strange turn.

The reaction from noble students was particularly enthusiastic and the reason was simple.

This is because Chris Benimore came from a noble family with noble blood and was a teacher who pushed other noble students.

Ludger stared at him and opened his mouth.

“Mr. Chris Benimore. “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“It won’t be difficult. “It’s literally like that.”

“Literally?”

“No matter how much we are teachers we cannot suppress all of the students’ actions. “After listening to the story it seems like both students are trying to spar of their own accord but isn’t it too much of an infringement on freedom for the teacher to step in and stop them?”

Ludger twitched his eyebrows slightly at Chris’s sly words but that was only for a moment.

Ludger glanced at the mood of the other students.

Looking at the reactions I saw several students nodding their heads at Chris’ words.

Even if you are a Ludger some say that interfering with what is meant to be a fair sparring is an abuse of religious authority.

‘You took a hit.’

Chris Benimore a teacher who favors aristocratic students.

With his appearance the students’ spirit rose considerably.

Ludger decided to take a step back.

“Even so it is problematic for students to engage in magic sparring without the teacher’s permission. “If students get seriously injured it’s a loss for Seorn.”

“Of course it is. But what if we do it this way?”

“What?”

“The two of us are observing.”

The students murmured at Chris’ words.

“Mr. Ludger and Mr. Chris are attending?”

“We have to practice magic in front of two teachers?”

Just imagining it makes my heart suffocate from the burden.

Some students were embarrassed but the noble students were different.

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Ichae lingered in their eyes.

Since the teacher said he would come forward and take care of it there is no reason to stop sparring on the pretext of it being dangerous.

“Or are you planning to tell me that this too is dangerous? “Mr. Ludger Chelisi.”

Chris smiled cynically as if deliberately provoking Ludger.

“I didn’t know that you cared for your children so much that you would protect them like that.”

“It’s not that we’re trying to cover it up we’re just considering the possibility of unknown danger.”

“But if the two of us step forward there won’t be that risk. How about it? “Those two students also want to hang out with each other.”

Ludger was able to roughly guess the situation from Chris’s words which seemed to have explicit intentions toward this direction.

Even before this Chris Benimore did not have a very positive opinion of Ludger Chelsea.

He is said to be a new teacher in Seorn but unlike Ludger a fallen nobleman Chris was still an active nobleman.

For Chris who has strong aristocratic tendencies Ludger’s very existence has always been a nuisance.

‘Ludger Chelsea. I didn’t like it from the first time I saw it.’

Other commoner teachers still had the distinction of being commoners. Whatever he did he made a fuss had no dignity and was not restrained at all.

But Ludger was different.

He shone brighter than anyone else in that position. He seemed even more noble than the noble himself.

Despite his downfall he did not lose his shine. That didn’t like Chris.

After falling down what’s the point of being so proud and standing stiffly with your neck stretched out?

Are you saying you are not ashamed?

It was like that when we first met. Chris felt something inside him that made him cry when he saw Ludger just nodding his head without any sign of surprise at seeing him.

‘I still didn’t like it when Mr. Hugo asked us to join our faction.’

It is said that Ludger even openly declared to Hugo that he would not enter such a place.

Although I felt a sense of relief I also thought it was disgusting.

A place like that? What kind of place is that?

What on earth do you believe and act like that? I heard that they created a great magic called source code but that’s not all.

Chris didn’t understand. As time went on my dark feelings toward Ludger grew more and more intense.

And at this moment Chris got the chance to give Ludger a proper punch.

“What do you think? Mr. Ludger. “Isn’t this enough?”

“We will listen to the students’ opinions.”

Ludger said that and looked back at Aidan.

It was a look that meant that you really wanted to have a magic sparring with Jeban.

“…yes. certainly.”

Aidan nodded with determination.

At first Aidan also thought he wanted to resolve the issue verbally without fighting. However even though Jeban crossed the line he crossed it too far.

How can you say such harsh words to your own friend?

Aidan couldn’t forgive Jevan for that much.

Ludger sighed inwardly at that sight and looked back at Chris.

“Aidan also said he would do it so as teacher Chris said we will allow him to observe under the condition.”

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“Oh that’s a good thing.”

“then….”

“ah. Mr. Ludger. wait a minute.”

“What else?”

Chris had no intention of easily letting go of this opportunity he had just seized.

“How about we make a bet too?”

“bet? “This is such a sudden proposal.”

“It looks like Mr. Ludger cares a lot about that commoner kid.”

“I’m Aidan not a commoner. “Please be careful of discriminatory remarks.”

“Ah you are a student Aidan. I didn’t know because I didn’t take my class. Anyway I consider all of my students from Palio to be quite talented wizards.”

It was just lip service but Jevan already looked thrilled as if he had taken it seriously.

Ludger responded in a cold voice as always.

“So what exactly are we going to do?”

“It’s up to each other to decide who will win. Of course I bet on the Paleo student here winning.”

“It’s funny that someone like a teacher talks about betting in front of students.”

At those words Chris felt irritated inside but he managed to hold back and keep a smile.

“So what do you want to do? If you don’t like something there’s nothing you can do about it. Actually even I wouldn’t bet on the losing side like Mr. Ludger.”

The students murmured at those words.

As Ludger subtly pushed to take care of Aidan the plot naturally developed between Ludger Aidan and Van Chris.

Wow.

Ludger found Chris’s behavior funny.

All I had to do was just refuse and step down.

But even so I couldn’t erase this feeling of regret.

It was Chris who instigated the sparring that could have been stopped in the first place and it was he who was even subtly touching it now.

Even though I was being treated like this I just ignored it and passed by. There were too many eyes watching and Ludger also got annoyed.

Why should I step down?

The reason I didn’t pay much attention to Chris who was hostile towards us until now was simply because I didn’t feel the need to do so.

There’s no need to waste your mental energy on someone you don’t like from the beginning anyway.

but.

If you directly touch this side from that side then the story will be different.

‘okay. Let me hang out a little bit.’

I really wanted to check Aidan’s true skills through this sparring.

Ludger nodded.

“Since Mr. Chris wants it so much I will join in on the entertainment.”

“oh. That’s surprising. I didn’t think Mr. Ludger would accept this. So Mr. Ludger which student do you think will win?”

“Of course it’s Aidan.”

Aidan’s eyes widened at Ludger’s unwavering voice. I never thought Ludger would choose me here.

It was the same for other students.

Chris on the other hand seemed to have known this would happen.

No in fact he nodded in satisfaction as if he had hoped for it to be like this.

“Good.”

“What would you like to be the outcome of your bet?”

“Results? hmm. Well we are still Seorn’s teachers but aren’t we wizards? “We are also teachers who teach the same manifestation class.”

Ludger asked back looking slightly surprised by those words.

“Did you see the apparition?”

“….”

Ludger was asking because he really didn’t know.

However Chris’s face turned red as he accepted that even those words were deceiving him.

‘You damned fallen noble!’

Just by not letting that cry escape his mouth Chris showed great patience.

This was one of the reasons why Chris hated Ludger.

Chris Benimore came to Seorn to confidently teach the manifestation class. I was proud of that fact.

However out of nowhere I learned that a fallen nobleman I had never heard of named Ludger Chelish was in charge of the same apparition class as me.

Even though Ludger was in charge of the second year Chris himself was in charge of the lower first year.

It is natural for more skilled people to be in charge of higher grades. In other words it was already established that Chris Benimore was a step below Ludger Chelsea.

Ludger even committed the atrocity of removing many talented first-year students from his classes by requiring all first- and second-year students to attend his classes.

He had plenty of reasons to hate Ludger.

‘Did you think you would dare insult me ​​like that and get away with it?’

In fact Ludger was not aware of his actions.

I didn’t even know that Chris Benimore was a teacher in charge of the manifestation world like me.

That fact crushed Chris Benimore’s pride even more.

Ludger barely understood Chris’ actions.

‘somehow. I wondered if he was strangely hostile towards me and it turns out he was in charge of the same manifestation class.’

Chris was understandably angry. Even if you are compared to a teacher who teaches the same class you will be quite angry.

This section even haphazardly released tips that would never be taught in a normal class such as source code and sensitization of elemental magic.

Whether Chris knew it or not the comparisons he experienced among students may have become more severe.

Chris finally calmed his anger and adjusted his glasses.

“Hmm. Anyway let’s just say each person provides some magic or theoretical field they have studied in the world of manifestation. “Of course it’s not important data but wouldn’t that be enough to make a bet?”

“Shouldn’t we also specify the level of theory that needs to be provided?”

“I leave that to each person’s discretion.”

Follow your discretion. There is nothing more difficult than those words.

When it comes to food it’s no different from saying that you should add ingredients in moderation.

If you pass over something that is so ridiculously useless you are revealing that your level is only this.

However if you give away something that is too good you will suffer a huge loss.

In the end it was said that ‘moderately’ among wizards was the perfect middle ground that would not damage one’s reputation while also not causing any damage.

Ludger didn’t really care what it was so he decided to accept it.

“great. However it would be difficult to spar right now so let’s wait some time.”

“How much time?”

“Three days would be appropriate. “We will have a public sparring session then.”

“hmm. 3 days. “Well that’s appropriate.”

He didn’t know if the other person might take some action against the student he was pushing but three days was too short a time to do that.

When it comes to teaching new magic even a genius can’t learn it within 3 days.

All you have to do is analyze your opponent or maintain your best condition for the remaining period.

“In that case we will do it again here in three days.”

“great.”

A public sparring conducted with the consent of both teachers.

It was enough to spread throughout Seorne in an instant.

* * *

As everyone dispersed to spread the word about this meeting Aidan was at a loss as he looked at Ludger who was still there.

I felt guilty thinking that Ludger had gotten caught up in this incident for no reason so I opened my mouth determined to at least apologize.

“Hey Mr. Ludger. sorry. “It’s because of me…”

“That’s it.”

Ludger coldly cut off Aidan’s words.

“yes? but….”

“It already happened. Aidan. “What you need to worry about now is not how to apologize for what happened but how to win the sparring against Jevan Palio.”

“Uh um. “That is correct.”

Ludger’s words were correct. It’s too late to regret things that have already happened.

Still Aidan wasn’t sure about something.

I didn’t know it when my head was hot but when I thought about it rationally it wasn’t clear whether I could win against Jeban.

He was just a beginner learning magic but everyone else wasn’t like that.

“What are you so worried about?”

Ludger glared at Aidan and pushed him hard.

“Are you going to say you can’t do it now?”

“That…”

“Aidan. You told me you would do it yourself. “So was the answer you gave at that time just a lie that you had no choice but to say because you were swept away by the atmosphere?”

“…That’s not it.”

“okay. Probably not. “I accepted it because I knew it was sincere.”

“But in practice….”

“It’s different. Jevan came from an aristocratic family and must have received private training before joining Seorn. I am already different from you from the starting point. “You know it well.”

Aidan couldn’t argue with that.

Because everything Ludger said was right.

“However it is too early to jump to the conclusion that we will definitely lose. Aidan. “What do you think is important in fighting?”

“Uh um. well. “Is it really a skill?”

Ludger shook his head.

“No matter how great a person is it is not uncommon for him to be killed by someone weaker than him. The world does not simply follow the principles of power. “In a fight the outcome of the battle is overturned in a split second.”

“And what is that?”

“You already have it.”

Aidan kept his mouth shut at Ludger’s point.

This is probably referring to the [Special] type of magic that he possesses.

“You only need to use it when it matters.”

There is only one reason why Ludger easily accepted Chris’ bet.

Because he was sure Aidan would win this fight.

“But I… I want to win only with my pure skills!”

But Aidan was different.

Although he was certainly grateful for the magic that allowed him to enter Seorn he was reluctant to win with it.

“Mr Ludger! Please teach me!”

Aidan stares at Ludger with an unwavering gaze.

Ludger who was looking down at Aidan with a cold gaze was inwardly embarrassed.

‘What’s wrong with this guy?’