Disguised As A Teacher In Magic Academy

Chapter 15 - First Lesson (1)

When I received the first offer to eat with—

'Has spring finally come to me?' it's the only thing I can think of.

Since he was a new professor like me, wouldn't it be natural for him to dine with me to make a friendship? Only in the midst of a burning youth did the heart illusion palpitate just because such a thing was fitting.

Though, there were three more people besides me when I followed Selena.

Two men and one woman.

They all looked unique, as if each one was shouting, 'I am a witch'.

"Ho ho ho. Hello."

The first person to contact me and ask for a handshake was a man who looked very friendly.

He was plump, and his overall impression was round. I think he's old enough, and he looks like a friendly guy in the neighborhood when he laughs like that.

I shook hands with him lightly.

"I'm Ludger Chelyise. I'm in charge of casting magic."

"I'm Brino. I'm in charge of the golems in the summoning class."

The next person who spoke to me was a beautiful woman with a seductive impression and lavender hair that grew long enough to cover one of her eyes.

"Geez, you're so handsome. I'm glad to see you. I'm Merilda, and I'm in charge of captivity and hallucinations in connection with curses and disappearances."

"Yes, nice to meet you."

And the latter had a slightly different impression from the previous two.

He was a man with dark blue hair and frameless glasses on his face, but he looked quite strict from his appearance.

He frowned all the time and didn't seem too happy with the fact that he was there with all of us.

When I saw him, he also looked at me and immediately looked away. He expressed his willingness not to introduce himself.

'Who is this guy?'

As I was wondering, Merilda explained in a small voice while laughing.

"He is Professor Chris Benimore. As you can see, he is a noble who is different from us commoners."

'Oh, so that's why.'

I've heard of the Benimore family. They were a family of Counts in the Empire that had a long history.

Chris did not want to be close to ordinary people, even though they were also professors at the same Academy as him.

In my case, I was a fallen noble, so it was natural for him, who was a noble, to underestimate me.

"I hope Mr. Ludger doesn't look down on us because we're ordinary people."

"No problem to me."

"No way" replied Ms. Merilda, opened her eyes wide and smiled gently while stepping back.

'Well, so there are five new professors, including me.'

One nobleman, one fallen nobleman, and three commoners.

But since everyone had become professors at the Soeren Academy, they were talented people who could go anywhere without feeling inferior in the field of teaching.

"Well, I can't stay here much longer. I wonder what kind of new professors there are besides me; it turns out that they are ordinary people and fallen nobles."

Chris' cold voice rang out even before the others could start talking about eating together.

Hearing those words, Brino smiled awkwardly, Selina gasped in embarrassment, and only Merilda glanced at Chris with an unfriendly look.

Me? I just didn't think much of it.

I showed an attitude of saying, 'If you're going, go yourself, ' when Chris looks at me sharply.

"Take care of yourself."

And then he turned around and left.

But why would he do that to me and not anyone else?

Did he know Ludger before? I don't think so.

'I wish I could hang out with other professors, but I don't think I can get close to him.'

I ignored Chris, who had already disappeared, and looked at the other three.

You could say they were just fellow professors who were appointed together with me, but I couldn't relax just because of that.

There might be spies planted by secret societies among them.

'Is there a First Order among the three?'

'There are currently nearly 40 members of the secret association hiding inside the Soeren Academy.'

Of course, considering the entire population of the Soeren Academy in that vast land, 40 was nothing, but that did not mean there was not a single chance to meet each other on the road.

'Except Third Order, some Second Order may have infiltrated as students.'

In the case of the First Order, in particular, the professors could not escape the target of suspicion.

'Because Ludger occupies the professorship as the First Order, there is nothing that forbids other First Orders from becoming professors either.'

The question is who is it?

If I were told that they had just joined that semester like me, I would definitely be able to narrow down the scope of my speculation.

The thing is, the phrase 'come first' that the agent says can be interpreted in many ways.

Was the 'first entry' period long before my arrival, or around the same time as mine, but a little earlier?

Obviously, I had no choice but to suspect those who asked me to eat with them while saying that they arrived in the same semester as me.

'Didn't they invite me to observe me secretly?'

I really can't let my guard down in the slightest.

I followed my fellow professors to the cafeteria while trying to keep my poker face.

I don't think it's too bad because I'm not alone.

Selena, new professor for Spirit Studies.

Not long ago, he was appointed to the Soeren Academy and became a professor for the summoning spirit class.

He came with pride, but at the same time, he was quite nervous.

The Soren Academy was famous not only in the empire but also in other kingdoms. The incoming students are the geniuses who will be responsible for the future, and they are qualified to be treated warmly anywhere with just the only fact that they attend school in San Francisco.

Teaching such a student himself became a huge burden for him.

'What if I make a mistake? What if I can't teach them? After all, there were many noble students here!'

The difference between commoners and nobles is huge.

Thanks to the development of magic techniques, the world gradually changed, and commoners also became members of the House of Representatives and entered politics, but the status wall was still high.

He heard that the reason why there were five professor positions at that time was because the professor in charge of the class the previous year had retired.

The reason why they stopped was unknown, but he still had some assumptions, because he knew how to use his brain.