Academy’s Undercover Professor-Novel - Chapter 95

ACADEMY’S UNDERCOVER PROFESSOR

[Translator – Alice]

[Proofreader – ilafy]

Chapter 95 – Old Magic Tower

When Ludger flatly refused in a firm tone, saying that he would never go to the Magic Tower, Altego could not say anything.

It was the same for the five wizards who followed him.

His five direct disciples, including Chairman Altego.

When and where would they hear such blasphemy to their faces?

The Old Magic Tower had declined considerably compared to the prime days of the Old Magic Tower, which had wielded absolute power in the past.

Even so, the Old Magic Tower was still a place where countless wizards went to embrace their dreams and aspirations.

Altego was a man who was a part of the Twelve Councils in the Old Magic Tower, where only the chosen ones could enter.

No matter what kind of wizard they were, the reality was that they couldn’t boast about themselves recklessly in front of him.

‘But what?’

What the hell did that greenhorn say in front of him just then?

Even if he gave that kid the senate seat in the Old Magic Tower, he would never enter the Old Magic Tower?

It was the first time Altego realized that he couldn’t say anything when he was so angry.

“You bastard! What are you daring to prattle recklessly in front of me without thinking?”

The first one who read the situation was one of the five disciples that Altego had brought.

“The chairman speaks a little kindly to you, a mere professor of Sören, yet you are so big-headed! Master, the right thing to do is to just ignore him.”

He looked like he didn’t want to be there for even a second longer, as he was puffing and huffing when they couldn’t persuade Ludgeer.

It wasn’t Ludger’s answer that was heard the moment he was about to ask them to leave quickly, but the sound of Elis’s laughter.

“Ahahahahaha!”

It wasn’t her usual insincere laughter, she burst into laughter with a 100% honesty.

Even Altego, who thought that he knew about her enough, was taken aback by her burst of laughter. It was the same for the five disciples.

Elisa laughed for a long time, and she laughed so much that she had to wipe away the tears with her fingertips.

“Aah. Really. It’s so funny. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve laughed like this.”

Having said that, she returned to the figure of the principal, showing a mysterious smile with unknown intent just like the usual.

“It turns out like that, huh? Chairman? Professor Ludger says he doesn’t want to go, so what can you do? You walked all the way here in vain~”

If it wasn’t for that moment, when else would she see the old man’s face that she didn’t want to see so much turn dirty grim before her eyes?

Since he’d told her that he wouldn’t go to a person much younger than him, his pride must have been hurt.

Elisa was all smiles and continued to annoy Altego.

“That’s why I told you~ You’re going to be rejected anyway, why do you have to bother coming to the Academy? Do you think that the Old Magic Tower is still the Magic Tower that it used to be?”

“You! Can’t you watch your mouth?!”

One of Altego’s five disciples was enraged and stepped forward.

The expression on Elisa’s face disappeared in an instant.

“What if I don’t want to?”

“What?”

“If I don’t want to do that… I’m asking you what you would do.”

As soon as Altego’s disciple was flustered, a horrifying mana emanated from Elisa and began to constrict his body.

“Cough!”

He couldn’t even breathe properly.

He stared at Elisa with widened eyes, as he could not believe it.

Elisa Willow…

He heard that she was a genius wizard who’d achieved the sixth rank at a young age.

She’d suddenly left the New Magic Tower after being active there and even held an important title as Sören’s principal.

The world respected her as a genius, he was discontented with that fact.

If she was really a genius, she would have stayed in the Old Magic Tower and become famous. Why had she left for a mere principal position in Sören?

Of course, they were bound to think that she had run away.

He’d thought that she had gone to the Academy to run a child’s playhouse since she was anxious that she wouldn’t be good enough.

He’d thought that the rumors about her were too exaggerated and nothing more than gossip that people liked to talk about.

He’d thought that, if he met her, he could prove that he was superior to her.

—That was what he’d thought.

‘She’s on a completely different level.’

He couldn’t even move his fingertips properly. It was rather hard to even breathe, let alone use mana.

He felt like he’d fallen into a deep place filled with endless darkness.

However, what made him even more distressed was the fact that he could breath because Elisa had given him the least amount of consideration.

‘The opponent is too much to handle.’

She was the youngest wizard who’d reached the sixth rank.

She had the power of [Lexure] rank, the third-highest rank of the existing eight ranks.

“Enough.”

It was Altego who cut off the overflowing tension.

Elisa clicked her tongue inwardly and withdrew her mana.

Altego’s ability was also not a joke, even with his personality.

He was a sixth-rank wizard like her, so if they collided there uselessly, it was only her who would be bothered.

Altego discouraged his disciples with a voice which was a tone lower.

“You should stop it as well.”

“B-but, Master…”

Altego looked back at his disciples without saying a word.

The disciples, who were trying to refute, looked at Altego’s expressionless face and immediately became pale and shut their mouths.

“Let’s go.”

Before leaving, Altego glared at Elisa for the last time, then at Ludger, who stared at him with an expressionless face over her shoulder.

“You guys will definitely pay for this later.”

No matter how haughty he was, he didn’t have a rude enough personality kick up a fuss in that place, so he just stepped down.

Altego vowed that he would never forget the disgrace, and he made a pledge to himself several times in the depths of his heart.

Usually, if that was the case, the other person would also have a nervous or perplexed reaction.

But Ludger wasn’t like that.

There was only one simple action he showed:

He slightly nodded his head.

It was as if he was provoking Altego, saying, ’Do it if you can.’

Grit.

Altego bit his molars and pushed his disciples away before leaving the banquet hall.

The five disciples, not knowing what to do, hastily followed chairman Altego from his back.

“Phew.”

When Altego disappeared completely, Elisa relaxed her shoulders.

Then, contrary to usual, she smiled at Ludger with a slightly tired expression.

“I’m sorry, Professor Ludger. I should have been more thorough.”

“No. Rather, I was helped by Your Honor. ”

“You don’t have to say that because it was the sly old man who intervened in the middle anyway. ”

Elisha suddenly asked a question,

“Do you hate the Old Magic Tower as well, Professor Ludger?”

Did he hate the Old Magic Tower?

If he had to answer, it was definitely more of a disgusted feeling.

It was the same for Elisa.

“I was actually a wizard from the Old Magic Tower, too.”

“I know that.”

“In fact, it’s harder to find a wizard who’s not from the Old Magic Tower on this continent, but anyway, I heard that I was a genius there… Ah, if I say that, it seems like I’m boasting about myself.”

“It’s alright.”

“I worked a little hard there. The Old Magic Tower is a bit old-fashioned. These days, science and magic engineering are all advanced, but the old people who are falling behind have a long way to go to accept that fact. I fought a lot of fights with them.”

This is where the Old Magic Tower and the New Magic Tower were divided.

The Old Magic Tower was a place where those who imitated the authoritarian nature of the wizard gathered.

Magic was dominated by such narrow-minded people who thought that it had to be grand, that no one could use it unintentionally, and that only the chosen ones must lead it.

‘On the contrary, the New Magic Tower threw off the authoritarian mask of magic and tried to merge it with modern science.’

Human society had made significant progress in the last 200 years.

Instead of wagons, cars had come out, and the world was dominated by weapons that used gunpowder instead of simple swords.

Nevertheless, the presence of wizards and knights was still the axis of the world, but they also could not completely refuse the change.

The wizards were especially like that.

Magic and science…

The two seemed the same, yet different, and different, yet the same.

The Old Magic Tower wizards insisted on rejecting science, but the wizards of the New Magic Tower thought that science should be merged with magic.

These wizards of the New Magic Tower, their claims were not only by words, but they also brought them to actions.

And it was this combination of magic and science that gave birth to magic engineering.

The Birth of Magic Engineering…

It made the world develop faster.

Steam Boats, Magic Engineering Trains, Steam Golems, Air Ships that flew in the air…

All sorts of things were founded, and new things were still emerging.

In this rapidly changing world, the Magic Towers were torn to such a great extent that the two forces became irreparable.

‘The confrontation between Altego and Principal Elisa, in a big picture, shows the relationship between the old generation and the new generation of wizards.’

And if Ludger himself was asked which one he would choose, he would say that he was more of a new generation wizard.

No, to be more precise…

‘My mind is more like that of a new generation wizard, but the main magic I use is more of an old generation magic.’

The ‘Real Magic‘ that he did not perform well in front of the others was rather more like old generation magic than new generation magic.

However, he didn’t have to brag about it, so Ludger nodded his head while responding to Elisa’s words.

“I talked too much, didn’t I? Still, it’s a banquet held for a celebration after a long time, so Professor Ludger must be tired. ”

“No.”

“I’ll leave you alone because I have many people to meet as well. You should enjoy it as much as you can today. However, only drink a little alcohol! You got it, right?”

“Of course.”

Elisa disappeared from his sight, scattering the hem of her black dress just as she’d done when she first appeared.

Was it finally over?

Following the dispute with Ivan Luke, the wizards of the Old Magic Tower had even come and bothered him.

It was quite mentally exhausting, but Ludger immediately fixed his thoughts.

Because he’d gone to that banquet hall with a purpose.

“Ah! Professor Ludger!”

When Ludger approached her, Selena, who was with the other people, welcomed him.

“Professor Selena. Are you alright?”

“Pardon? Yes. I’m all right. The chairman of the Luke Company also came and apologized in person. I’m fine.”

“I see. That’s a relief.”

No matter how he had a lacking son, it was unexpected for the chairman to apologize in person.

He had a hidden intention, but still he was definitely a decent human being when compared to his son.

Ludger glanced around slightly and looked at the faces of the people who were with Selena.

“So you were having a conversation with the others.”

Selena was only able to have friendly conversations with the people in that banquet hall.

Besides Merilda, who often hung around with her, there was someone else who was also close to Selena…

“Oh, my. Nice to meet you.”

“You’re the one from the rumors, that…”

There were three women and a man who opened their eyes in surprise when looking at Ludger.

There were some people he was meeting for the first time, but some faces that he recognized while passing by were also there.

—They were the professors in charge of Spiritology.

There were four of them in total, each occupying a position from the second to the senior fifth year.

Ludger showed his courtesy towards them.

“My name is Ludger Chelysie, who is in charge of spellcasting class for the sophomores.”

“I’ve heard of you. You’re the new professor who’s said to be in charge of the second-year class. Ah, I’m Sethluna, a sophomore Spiritology professor.”

Sethluna was a woman with red bobbed hair.

At that moment, Ludger wondered if she was Esmeralda, the First Order.

‘No. I can’t judge rashly yet.’

Ludger also shared introductions with the rest of the professors.

“My name is Partoña, and I’m in charge of the third-year students.”

Partoña, who taught the third-year students, was an old lady with a great impression.

“I’m Vierano Dentis, and I’m in charge of the fourth-year students.”

The fourth-year professor was the only man among the Spiritology professors, but he looked quite timid due to his dwarfism.

And to Ludger’s surprise, he was an elf with sharp ears.

‘Is he an Elf?’

It was not unusual for several demi-humans to be in Sören. Among them, elves with a high affinity for nature would not be strange if they were in charge of Spiritology.

“My name is Angela Anderson.”

Finally, the fifth-year professor who was in charge of the senior students was a woman with a sharp impression who was wearing glasses.

Should he say that she was strict? She had a quite beautiful face, but she had an image that was hard to approach.

‘If I narrow it down, she would be one of these three except for the Elf, Vierano.’

To state the problem, which one of the three could the First Order be?

Esmeralda knew about Ludger’s identity.

Then it was only right that Esmeralda should show some reaction from the moment they formally had a light handshake.

But none of the three people showed him a special response.

‘Does it mean that none of these three are her?’

Ludger tried to calculate the number of cases.

If Esmeralda was someone with a great, imperturbable mind to the point that she would not be bothered by him in even that situation…

However, her personality when they’d discreetly spoken was like a fire and was somewhat fussy.

There was also a part of her that got annoyed if things didn’t work out for her.

‘If I have any suspicions, she’s Sethluna, the sophomore professor.’

For the moment, the position of neomg in charge of third-year students and higher was only possible for professors with many years of experience.

However, until the sophomore year, professors with shorter teaching experience usually took the position, so planting people in the Black Dawn Society was more likely through this way.

‘First, I need to ask Hans to investigate the name Sethluna.’

He felt a little thirsty as his worries deepened.

Ludger tried to call someone who was serving drinks with the thought that he should drink anything since anything was okay.

However, he had no choice but to pause for a moment at a familiar face.

“…Lynne?”

She was a student in his class and the owner of a non-property magic.

Lynne, whom he had been paying a lot of attention to, was in that place.

She also wore a waitress’s uniform that was balanced with black and white color while holding a silver tray in one hand.

Lynne’s face also froze when she saw Ludger.