The Academy’s Undercover Professor – 57



◈ Episode 57: Hiring a teaching assistant (2)

In response to Teacher Selina’s question I quietly put down the silverware I was holding on the table and said

“I haven’t felt the need yet.”

It’s a lie.

Actually I didn’t even know there were teaching assistants.

‘When I think about it I don’t think I’ve ever seen other teachers walking alone.’

Most teachers had people around them.

At that time I didn’t even know it was a teaching assistant and I thought it was just a student following the teacher to ask him personal questions.

Or a worker who does chores.

That was a teaching assistant.

So is it really true that everyone except me has been selecting and manipulating assistants? Am I the only one who didn’t know that?

Teacher Selina was quite surprised by my answer.

“yes? Then until now things like organizing assignments student lists and class preparation materials…”

“I did it all with my own hands.”

“Oh aren’t you having a hard time?”

Are you having a hard time?

Oh it was definitely a bit tiresome to individually instruct nearly 80 students organize materials and prepare class content all by myself.

In particular the most difficult thing in this regard is probably checking the list of submitted assignments one by one.

Still I shook my head because I didn’t feel tired.

“It’s not that difficult.”

“That’s right. “How many students did Mr. Ludger have in his classroom?”

“80 people. “The capacity has been reached.”

At those words a gasping sound was heard from the other teachers who were eating together.

“So you’ve been taking care of all 80 students by yourself since the start of the semester?”

“Isn’t it usually like this?”

“That’s not usually the case.”

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“Isn’t that right?”

“yes.”

I see.

Since I haven’t looked into other teachers in depth I should be able to figure out what I did wrong.

“So Miss Selena did you also select a teaching assistant?”

“yes. “I still didn’t need a lot of hands so I only hired three people.”

They said they didn’t really need it so they picked 3 people?

Why do other people take 10 people with them?

As I glanced around I suddenly spotted the figure of a teacher passing by outside the cafeteria.

It was Chris Benimore a teacher who looked nervous and hysterical.

Since he lost the last bet there were eight restless students following him who had always been low-pressure.

…There are a lot.

“It’s good that Teacher Ludger is also chosen for this opportunity. I heard there are even 80 students taking the lecture? “You’ll need at least 5 people to do that.”

“I think so too.”

Teacher Merilda also joined the conversation.

“It may be okay now but as time goes by it will become increasingly difficult for you right?”

“Do you need it right now?”

“There is no need to pull it out all at once and it doesn’t matter if you increase it little by little.”

“okay.”

hmm. When you recommend something like that my ears perk up.

Moreover looking at the reactions of those around me it seems like if I don’t have a teaching assistant at all I might end up drawing too much attention from other people.

First of all it seemed necessary to select the right person in the near future.

“All right. “Then I will try to hire an assistant as quickly as possible.”

“Mr. Ludger is very popular so if you post an official letter there will be many students who will apply to do the job.”

“Thank you for the compliment even if it’s just empty words.”

“These are not empty words….”

“Well I’ve finished eating so I’ll just get up.”

I got up said hello and left the restaurant.

* * *

“hmm.”

After returning to the teacher’s office I stroked my chin while reading a booklet on recruiting teaching assistants.

‘Even new teachers can hire teaching assistants and usually there are at least six. It means you have to pull it out.’

Well even among magicians there are teachers and students so wouldn’t it be nice to have a magic academy?

In the Magic Tower alone each school has a teacher and dozens of disciples.

Of course he is closer to a slave who works as a laborer under the pretext of being a disciple but in name only.

It became a kind of tradition and Seorn who teaches magic could not escape this influence.

And surprisingly Seorn also had an academy student system.

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Instead of giving up on graduating after Seorn’s last 5th year he studied magic under his advisor and produced a thesis…

Yes to put it bluntly they were graduate students of the 21st century.

This is a truly innovative academy.

In both a good and bad sense.

Anyway leaving that part aside.

‘I don’t feel the need to hire a teaching assistant right now because I don’t have any work to do but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have at least one person to take care of the chores.’

Anyway this wasn’t a real magic tower and it was an academy so I didn’t have to worry about security issues that would lead to my vision magic data being stolen.

All you have to do is organize the materials related to the class.

‘When you become a teaching assistant all you basically get is more credits or the ability to receive more personal instruction from the teacher.’

There is no obligation to teach arcane magic.

If there had been such a treaty in the first place teachers would have opposed it.

After reading through the provisions I crossed my legs and clasped my hands.

‘If you must choose someone it would be better to choose someone capable.’

The simplest way to hire teaching assistants is to post a notice.

When I say that I will recruit a few teaching assistants under my name there will be applicants and I will select them from among them.

Basically it is said that many people who are about to graduate work as teaching assistants but there is no specific age limit.

Rather he said that new teachers are mainly selected from the first and second graders taking their classes.

‘Should I choose to be a student in my class?’

If a teaching assistant is selected from among the students taking the class he or she will be given the role of class president only for my class.

In that case you need someone who can lead and guide the students well.

There are a few people that come to mind.

Representative examples include Flora Lumos and Erendir von Exilion.

First of all the two are high-ranking nobles and royals and have natural charisma so they are good at controlling the atmosphere.

‘It’s just that these two won’t be my assistants or anything like that.’

First of all to be honest I don’t feel like picking Flora Lumos because I’ve pointed out a lot of things to her but in the case of Princess Erendir I’m even more uncomfortable.

You’re asking the princess to teach you.

No matter how much Seorn advocates equality of status this is going too far.

Even if she raised her arms and said she would do it I had to refuse.

‘In the end is the choice on hold? I know that if I post a proper official document they will flock on their own but it still takes a while. ‘It’s unacceptable to choose an unproven guy.’

If I had to choose one who is easy to control would be much better.

Even if I think about it right now I won’t get the right answer so I decided to go back to my dorm for now.

After putting on my coat and leaving the teacher’s office I was walking down the hallway when I suddenly felt a familiar presence and stopped.

“Sedina.”

“Yes yes!”

At my call Sedina Roshen who was hiding in the corner of the hallway came out in surprise.

She was still looking at me in awe and it seemed like she had been secretly waiting for me.

Doesn’t he have any work?

“Do you have anything to do?”

“Oh no. “It’s not like that…”

She seemed anxious that she might get scolded by me.

I was about to tell her to go back but I thought about her position for a moment and opened my mouth.

“I see. “It just worked out well.”

“yes yes?”

“You become my assistant.”

“yes. “Oh yes.”

Sedina nodded reflexively.

And after 5 seconds.

“…yes?!”

Sedina shouted in surprise.

I only said one thing but the reactions were so varied.

“You don’t like it? “If you don’t want to do it I won’t force you to do it.”

“Oh no! “Sigh!”

Sedina hurriedly tried to say no to what I said but ended up biting her tongue.

The sight of him covering his mouth with both hands made me feel like a real squirrel.

“So you’re saying you’ll agree?”

Nod.

Sedina shook her head up and down violently unable to open her mouth.

“I’m glad you decided to do it. There is still time left so please fill out the teaching assistant application form and come to my office.”

“Are you sure? Is it really okay for me to be your teaching assistant?”

“There’s no reason not to. Or is there any reason for me to lie?”

“Oh no!”

“The period is 2 days. “Remember.”

I left the place and left something to say to Sedina.

As a member of the Black Dawn Society she specializes in gathering information judging from what she has shown so far.

If you keep her by your side you will have more opportunities to find out about the Black Dawn.

If you decide on a place and time to make contact it will be much easier to make contact if you work as a teacher or teaching assistant.

Above all it will be able to erase the suspicious eyes of third parties.

Choosing her wasn’t a bad choice.

‘For now one person Sedina is confirmed. The rest can be increased slowly in the future.’

I gained a faithful slave faster than expected.

* * *

A few days after the public sparring between Aidan and Jevan Pelio.

The story of that day’s sparring still lingered among the students but as usual they would rather find new things to gossip about than burnt-out firewood.

And what the students were talking about this time was enough to get everyone talking.

“Oh. “Is something making more noise than usual?”

Line comfortably asked the third princess Erendir who was sitting next to her.

Although the difference in class between the princess and the commoner was distant they were able to become friends faster than anyone else because they did not have close friends.

We also have the personality of not caring about such small things.

“Ah Lee’s junior is here. “It seems like there’s a strange rumor going around among classmates these days.”

“A strange rumor?”

“uh. “It means that Professor Ludger is recruiting teaching assistants.”

“and. “That’s a bit tempting.”

The fact that Ludger Chelsea has not yet selected an assistant has been a well-known issue among students.

Considering that most teachers always hire teaching assistants it was quite unusual for a new teacher to not hire a single assistant.

As a joke it was even said that Ludger may not have known that he had to have a teaching assistant.

‘Of course there’s no way Mr. Ludger would do that.’

I didn’t think that such a thorough man would have any weaknesses in that regard.

Students also say this as a joke.

If Ludger were to choose a teaching assistant the area in front of Ludger’s teacher’s office would probably be crowded with students shouting for them to be elected.

Ludger who seems to hate being noisy and bothersome may not have hired an assistant because he didn’t like it.

“But the hottest rumor is probably something else.”

“Anything else? “What else is there?”

“huh. “Have you ever heard of the seven great legends of Rine?”

“The Seven Legends? no. “I haven’t heard of it…”

Line was unable to answer properly because she was illiterate in that regard.

“ah. “You don’t know either.”

“Uh yes. “I don’t know much about that…”

“Well that’s natural. “In the first place the seven legends and all are just rumors.”

However it was a topic that students were more passionate about.

Seven great legends.

The most representative one among them is that the dungeon of Seorn’s founder and first president is hidden somewhere in this school.

This is the so-called room of the first generation.

Another famous legend is that there is a beautiful flower tree that will make your confession come true if you confess it.

“That’s probably the thing that’s making the most noise right now.”

“What is it?”

“An all-powerful stone that makes wishes come true.”

At Erendir’s words Linne thought for a moment that she had heard something wrong.

Is there a stone that makes wishes come true?

“The rumor is that it’s somewhere in Seorn.”

“yes? “Really?”

Liné was puzzled by those words.

Is there a stone in the world that can grant wishes?

Erendir seeing Linne’s reaction lifted the beggar and shook it from side to side.

“You junior Lee don’t know much.”

“Uh… what is it?”

“There are so many unknown mysteries in the world that have not yet been revealed. Monsters and demons that existed in ancient times and cryptids that are still scattered throughout the world. “Secret ruins and unknown gods.”

As Erendir said that his eyes were burning with curiosity toward the unknown.

“In such a world there is no way that mysterious stone does not exist in Seorn which is the center of all magic! Of course it may not be possible to say that it is all-powerful or that it can grant any wish but it is definitely an artifact with corresponding power!”

“Uh yes.”

Liné was inwardly taken aback by Erendir’s unusual appearance.

I would have thought that Erendir who maintained her dignity as a princess and always behaved noblely would have this hobby.

Moreover once you fall into it you may not be paying attention to the reactions of those around you so it may be quite serious.

“Senior… do you know him well?”

“oh. sorry. I’m quite interested in these things. “It was a bit like that wasn’t it?”

“Oh no! “It actually looks better.”

Linne found this side of Erendir refreshing.

Outside of Seorn wasn’t she a being so high up that you couldn’t even make eye contact with her?

The princess who was always noble and confident and had to show off her charisma in front of everyone was actually a person with personal hobbies like everyone else.

There was absolutely no reason to view it as a bad thing.

“Anyway Seorn itself has become noisy now because of the Almighty Stone.”

“Oh so that’s why.”

Aside from Linne and Erendir all the students were talking about the Almighty Stone.

‘joy. It’s an all-powerful stone. ‘I can’t listen to you because it’s childish.’

Flora Lumos snorted inwardly as she overheard the students’ words.

‘If there was such an all-powerful stone in the world adults would have already taken possession of it before it reached the students’ ears.’

If such an item existed in the first place wouldn’t it be something that the government would step up to do?

In the end the idea of ​​an all-powerful stone is just a rumor that was created spontaneously as people gathered together.

I can’t believe you sincerely believe in such a legend. Are you still trying to become a wizard?

When I saw the students talking about finding them after school later I felt embarrassed that they were students of Seorn.

‘Well I just do my job and that’s it.’

Rather what Flora cared about was the news about Ludger that occasionally came out.

‘You’re hiring a teaching assistant? Mr. Ludger?’

I can’t believe that such a thorough superhuman man chose an assistant teacher.

No of course you can select a teaching assistant since you are a teacher but when they said they would actually select one I became curious about who they would select.

‘Normally in the case of teaching assistants they represent the image of the teacher so a poor person would not do it.’

If you are a teacher of Ludger’s level your teaching assistant should also have the skills to match his level.

If I had to say it it would be like myself.

‘Oh my. ‘I wonder what I’m thinking too.’

Flora shook her head.

He said he would volunteer to become Ludger’s assistant. That went too far.

What if Ludger himself asked her if she would like to become a teaching assistant?

‘Well if you do that there’s nothing I can’t worry about.’

I just said I’d pick something but I don’t think I’ll pick it right away so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take some time.

As I was thinking that the front door of the classroom opened and a female student came in.

‘what.’

Everyone’s eyes were focused on her.

A small body and short brown hair that gives a sense of volume. She didn’t care about the gazes of other students and placed the materials she was holding in her arms on the podium.

“The teacher will be arriving soon so I hope everyone will be quiet.”

Flora’s face became blank as she heard that bold and delicate voice.

‘You’ve already chosen a teaching assistant?’