The Genius Professor Wants An Easy Life - Chapter 31.1
Pooof!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Joanna unleashed her offensive magic.
And not just any magic, but the most powerful spell she could cast at this moment—the Vision Spell of the prestigious Magic Guild.
‘Whoa! Pay attention!’
I hurriedly countered the spell.
Joanna’s current achievement is at the level of an Advanced 2nd Rank.
It wasn’t something to take lightly.
Especially the Vision spell from the Magic Guild she’s using is even more potent.
‘Damn it, what’s going on? Why is there no communication at all?’
At that moment, my complexion turned pale.
It wasn’t just that there was no news.
Communication through the external communication device had been cut off.
‘No way? Is this a trap?’
Instead, from the communication device directly connected to the supporting troops, alarming news came through.
Master Van! There is a big problem! The entrance to the Mirage has been sealed!
Artificial dungeon was closed!
For the first time in 100 years since the establishment of the Ruby Academy, such a thing had never happened!
‘This dungeon bears the traces of the Great Ones, making it impossible for anyone to manipulate it artificially, so why?’
I swallowed hard.
Come to think of it, there were those who could cause such incidents.
The only ones in this world.
‘…If it’s those bastards from Ouroboros, it’s possible. They’re the ones closest to the ‘truth’ of this world.’
But it was hard to understand.
‘Ouroboros bastards didn’t start making real moves until the protagonists became second-years.’
Especially meddling with this Mirage dungeon was an episode that occurred after the third year.
‘They shouldn’t be ready to move yet, so why such a reckless act? Is it because of Catherine and Libel?’
I clenched my fist at the sudden speculation that came to mind.
Even in the original storyline, the Ouroboros bastards aimed to eliminate Catherine and Libel.
However, because of the risk of exposing themselves, they couldn’t recklessly intervene and instead just lightly meddled, helping Catherine and Libel grow inadvertently. They acted more as helpers, but suddenly causing such a major incident?
Master Van, there’s something strange about the state of the monsters! They’re getting more aggressive?!
Stop them!
The communication came urgently.
I clenched my teeth at this.
‘It’s not the time to be distracted. I need to stay focused.’
I first contacted the other professors who were assisting me with the exam.
Fortunately, communication within the Mirage was not blocked.
This is Van. We need to cancel the exam immediately. The safety of the students comes first.
B-But? Shouldn’t we wait for instructions from the student supervisor, Professor Alif?
Do you think this is a situation where we can afford to wait for instructions? Escort the students with the security forces to the nearest rest area.
I spoke with a firm voice.
Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t have easily followed my orders, but it was such an urgent situation that they didn’t waste time with unnecessary chatter.
However, a desperate voice came through.
Master V-Van, it’s a big problem!
It was Hans and Lindon, who were tasked with bullying the applicants.
Catherine and Libel students are missing! I tried to keep them as close as possible as instructed by Gongja-nim, but Linden, this idiot, made a mistake! Ugh, I’m sorry!
I felt dizzy.
‘I have to go save them!’
But then.
“Why are you staring at me like that? Do I look ridiculous to you?”
Crash!
Joanna blocked my path.
“The exam is canceled. Haven’t you felt something is amiss right now?”
But I was reminded once again why Joanna was called the ‘Queen of Provocation.’
“Am I scared and making excuses? Anyway, the Guards are already stationed below. If there’s a problem, they’ll take care of it.”
She showed no sign of backing down at all!
She probably didn’t realize the severity of the situation, but it was incredibly frustrating.
“That’s not the situation. Hurry, you need to go to a safe place too…”
“Shut up. If I’m scared, I’ll kneel and say that I’m scared.”
“Ha…”
I became more anxious than angry.
I couldn’t know what danger Catherine and Libel were facing.
There was no time to hesitate anymore.
“Fine. Do as you please. But remember this.”
I drew up my mana.
Still feeble.
Compared to Joanna in front of me, it was pitifully low.
The moment a smirk appeared on Joanna’s face.
I proclaimed,
“You’re in for a significant deduction. Aim for the chance of an entrance exam retake.”
Simultaneously,
Joanna’s body collapsed.
Ironically enough, she fell into the kneeling posture she just mentioned.
* * *
Libel, remember this. ‘Outside’ is a scary place. You shouldn’t trust anyone out there.
Libel recalled the countless stories he had heard since childhood.
As they said, the ‘outside’ world was indeed a frightening place.
It wasn’t just dangerous.
What was truly perilous was that the ‘home’ Libel originally belonged to was far worse.
The reason ‘outside’ was frightening was because of the ‘people’.
‘No one can be trusted.’
Thanks to his innate intuition, Libel could instinctively sense the true intentions of those around him.
The people Libel met ‘outside’ were all one of two types:
Those who wanted to use him.
Or those who wanted to harm him.
After overcoming several horrific crises and fleeing as if by instinct, Libel arrived at this place, the Ruby Academy.
And there, he met him.
Someone entirely different from anyone he had encountered before.
It was a mistake. If this weren’t the academy, losing a foot might have been the consequence. You should be more careful from now on.
Professor Van.
His attitude was utterly cold.
However, Libel could instinctively sense.
That he wasn’t to be disliked.
Rather, hidden within the coldness was genuine kindness towards him.
It’s strange.
