Disguised As A Teacher In Magic Academy

Chapter 56 - Risk (2)

The atmosphere that had settled flowed strangely after the appearance of Chris Benimore.

The response of the aristocratic students was very excited, and the reason was simple:

Chris Benimore is a descendant of nobility and a professor who pushes other noble students from behind.

Ludger looked at him and opened his mouth.

"Professor Chris Benimore, I don't understand what you're saying."

"That's not a difficult sentence to understand because it has a literal meaning."

“Arti literal?”

"No matter how we become professors, we cannot control all of our students' behavior. Even from what I heard, it seems like the two students are trying to fight alone, but isn't that too much? a violation of their freedom for a professor to step up and stop them?"

Ludger slightly furrowed his brows as he listened to Chris's sneaky words, but that too for a very short time.

Ludger sneaked a look at the atmosphere of the other students.

As he saw their reactions, he saw some students nodding at Chris' words.

Some even say that it is an abuse of the authority of a professor to intervene in a fair fight with each other, even if that professor is Ludger.

'I have a sharp answer, so.'

Chris Benimore is a professor who favors aristocratic students.

His appearance boosted the spirit of the students significantly.

Ludger decided to withdraw.

"Although, it could be a problem for students to engage in arbitrary magic duels without the professor's permission. If this student was seriously injured, it would be a loss, even for Soren."

“Of course, that's true. But what about this...?"

"What about what?"

"We'll both be watching"

The students buzzed at Chris' words.

"Professors Ludger and Professor Chris will be watching?"

"Do we need to do a magic duel in front of two professors?"

Just imagining it makes them feel overwhelmed and frustrated.

Some students were confused, but noble students were different.

Their eyes were filled with a certain luster.

Since the professors said that they would come forward and observe it themselves, they would not be able to prevent a duel under dangerous pretexts.

"Or are you going to stop me by saying it's dangerous, Professor Ludger Chelysie?"

Chris deliberately gave a cynical smile to provoke Ludger.

"I didn't know you cared so much about them that you wanted to be too protective of them."

"It's not that I'm overprotective, I'm just considering the possible dangers."

"But if we both advance, such risks will not exist. Whaddya think? The two students wanted to fight each other."

Ludger could roughly guess the situation from Chris' words which seemed to have clear intentions towards him.

Chris Benimore did not think of Ludger Chelyise well even before that.

Unlike Ludger, who was said to be the new professor at Soren from a fallen aristocratic family, Chris was still an active aristocrat.

For Chris who has strong aristocratic leanings, Ludger's own existence has long irked him.

'Ludger Chelysie... I haven't liked it since I first saw it.'

Other professors of commoners still acted according to commoners— their behavior was full of carelessness; there were no nobles or restraints at all.

But Ludger is different.

He shines more than anyone in his place. He was much more aristocratic than the aristocracy itself.

He did not lose his luster, even when he was just a fallen noble. Chris did not like it.

'What good is a fall that makes him stand stiff with his neck stiffened?'

Is he not even ashamed of that?

It was the same when he met Ludger for the first time. Chris thought there was something churning in his stomach when he saw the behavior of Ludger, who simply nodded his head without showing any surprise at all when he saw Chris.

'I also don't like it when Professor Hugo wants to ask him to join our faction.'

Ludger even stated in front of Hugo that he would not enter such a place.

He felt relieved, but somehow, he also felt disgusted.

'A place like that? What did he mean by a place like that?'

What did he believe until he acted like that? Chris had heard that Ludger had created a great spell called Source Code, but that was it.

Chris did not understand. The more time passed, his dark feelings towards Ludger deepened.

And at that point, Chris got the chance to deliver a proper blow to Ludger.

“What do you think, Professor Ludger? Isn't that enough?"

"I'll hear the opinions of the students."

Ludger said so and looked back at Aidan.

It was a gaze that seemed to ask Aidan if he really wanted to do a magic duel with Jevan.

"…Yes. Very." Very."

Aidan nodded with a strong determination.

At first, Aidan thought he wanted to settle the case with sweet words without having to fight, but Jevan had already crossed the line too far.

How could Jevan say such a cruel thing to his friend?

Aidan could not forgive Jevan because of that.

Ludger looked back at Chris with a deep sigh at Aidan's persistence.

“Because Aidan said he would do it, I will allow him to do it under our supervision as Professor Chris.” said

"Oh, that's a relief."

"Then…"

"Oh. Professor Ludger. Just a minute."

"What else?"

Chris had no intention of letting go of that hard-earned opportunity.

"Why don't we bet too?"

"betted? That's a sudden offer.”

"In my view, you seem to care a lot about that ordinary kid."

“He's not an ordinary person, he's Aidan. I hope you're careful of discriminatory comments."

“Ah, Aidan, so. I don't know because he didn't take my classes. Anyway, I consider Jevan Felio a pretty talented witch."

It was obviously flattery, but Jevan already looked pleased as if he accepted the compliment sincerely.

Ludger replied in his usual cold voice.

"So, what exactly do you want us to do?"

"To decide who will win the duel. Of course, I bet Jevan Felio is here to win the duel."

"It's funny that a professor says something about betting in front of the students."

Chris was annoyed with such words, but he managed to hold it in and maintain his smile.

"So what do you think? Well, if you don't want to, then there's nothing I can do. Indeed, if I were Professor Ludger, I wouldn't bet on the losing side either."

The students spoke noisily at his words.

Since Ludger was subtly concerned for Aidan, Ludger and Aidan naturally became rivals to Jevan and Chris.

Is true…

Ludger found Chris' behavior funny.

He could end it by rejecting the offer efficiently and leaving.

However, even if he did that, he would not be able to erase his regret afterwards.

It was Chris who pushed for a duel that could be stopped from the start, and Chris was also the one who subtly annoyed him even at that moment.

He could not just ignore it and pass by, there were too many eyes looking at them, and Ludger was annoyed.

'Why should I back off?'

So far, he has paid little attention to Chris— who has shown his hostility towards Ludger— simply because he felt no need to do so.

Because he didn't need to occupy his mind by thinking about the people who didn't like him from the start.

But…

If those people immediately upset Ludger, then the story would be different.

'Yes. I'll play with you for a minute.'

He already wanted to properly check out Aidan's true skills with the duel.

Ludger nodded.

"Oh. That's unsurprising. I don't think Professor Ludger will accept this offer. So, which student do you think will win?"

"Aidan, of course."

Aidan widened his eyes hearing Ludger's unshakable voice. Aidan never thought Ludger would pick him there.

The same goes for other students.

On the other hand, Chris seemed to know that was going to happen.

Well, he nodded in satisfaction as if he had been waiting for that to happen.

"Good."

"What will be the outcome of the bet?"

"the results? Hm. Well, even though we're professors at Soren, we're still witches. We are professors who also teach the same mantra-pronunciation lessons."

“Selling, you say?” Ludger asked back, as he was a little surprised by the remark.

“…”

Ludger asked because he really didn't know.

But Chris's face flushed red because he thought of Ludger's words as something that fooled him.

'This damned noble!'

The fact that such a shout did not come out of his mouth was no different than showing great patience for Chris.

That's one of the reasons Chris hates Ludger.

Chris Benimore goes to Soren to teach a spell-talking class with confidence. He was proud of that fact.

However, he suddenly learns that a fallen noble named Ludger Chelysie is in charge of the same spell-shipping class as him.

Additionally, Ludger was responsible for the second year, and Chris himself was responsible for the first year, lower than Ludger's year.

It is only natural that a more competent person is responsible for the higher years. In other words, Chris Benimore is basically already one level below Ludger Chelyise.

Ludger had even committed the cruelty of stealing a large number of talented students from his class by allowing the first and second years to attend his classes.

He had every reason not to like Ludger.

'How dare you think that you would be safe after humiliating me that much?'

In fact, Ludger did not know what he had done.

He didn't even know that Chris Benimore was a professor in charge of casting spells like him.

That fact has trampled Chris Benimore's self-esteem even worse.

Ludger barely understood Chris' behavior.

'No wonder .. I wonder why he is strangely hostile towards me. So he was in charge of the same spell-shipping class.'

No wonder Chris was angry. He would also be very angry when compared to a professor who taught the same lesson as him.

In addition, he also teaches Source Code and elemental magic visualization through senses—tips that are usually never taught in class.

Chris barely calmed his anger and fixed his glasses.

“Ahem. In any case, let each of them provide a part of the magic and theoretical field that we have researched in the world of spell-shredding. Oh, of course, that shouldn't be an important part of our research data, but shouldn't we do that much to bet?"

"Don't you also have to determine how high the level of theory we need to give?"

"We'll leave it to our own discretion."

“Our own wisdom”. Nothing is more difficult to understand than those words.

That's like saying to include the appropriate amount of ingredients when compared to things like food.

If he were to provide such useless information, he would reveal that his level was only that.

But if he gave too good information, it might cause enormous damage.

In the end, the term 'right' among magicians meant being right in the middle line that would not damage their reputation and would not make them suffer too much from the damage.

Ludger did not care much, so he decided to accept it.

"Alright, but it's too much for them to duel now, so let's take some time before starting the duel."

"How long do you want to wait, then?"

"Three days will be fine. Then we'll have an open duel."

"Hm. Three days, yeah. Well, that's enough.”

If they waited longer, there was an opportunity for the opponent to take action to fight the student they were fighting against, so three days was the limit.

Even geniuses could not learn the new magic taught to them within three days.

It was really about analyzing the opponent for the rest of the three-day period or maintaining the best body condition.

"Then let's gather here again in three days."

"Of course."

It was an open match with the approval of two professors.

It was enough to scatter a huge wave throughout the Soeren in an instant.

***

As everyone dispersed to spread rumors about the encounter, Aidan was puzzled to see Ludger still in his place.

Thinking that Ludger might have been carried away by the incident just because of him, he opened his mouth while determined to at least apologize because he felt guilty.

“Eh, Professor Ludger. Im sorry. Just because I—”

"That's it."

Ludger cut Aidan coldly.

"I'm sorry? But-"

"That's already happened, Aidan. What you need to pay attention to now is not how to regret what has happened, but how to win the duel against Jevan Felio."

“Oh, hm. That's right."

Ludger's words were true because it was too late to regret the past.

But Aidan wasn't confident about anything.

He didn't realize it when his anger surged, but when he thought about it rationally, it wasn't clear if he could win against Jevan or not.

He was only a beginner in learning magic, but Jevan was not a beginner.

"What do you think so much of?"

Ludger glared at Aidan and cornered him firmly.

"Are you going to say you can't do it now?"

“I-it..”.

“Aidan, you said you'd do it yourself. Then was your answer at that time just a lie because you got carried away and had no choice but to say it?"

"... It's not that."

"Yes. Of course not. I accept it because I know you're sincere."

"But the real fight is..."

"Different. Jevan came from an aristocratic family and must have had a personal education even before he entered Soen. You two are different from the starting point, so you know it well too.”

Aidan could not dispute that statement.

—Because everything Ludger said is true.

“However, it is too early to conclude that we will definitely lose. Aidan, what do you think is important in the fight?"

“Oh, hmm. I'm not sure. Is it a skill?”

Ludger shook his head.

“No matter how great a person is, it is common for them to die at the hands of people weaker than themselves. The world does not just run because of power. The result of the fight can be canceled in a split second."

"Then what exactly is that?"

"You already have it."

Aidan shut his mouth to hear Ludger's words.

Ludger must be talking about the Unusual Magic he has.

"You only need to use it at key moments."

There is only one reason why Ludger easily accepted Chris' bet:

Because he was sure Aidan would win the fight.

“But I... I want to win purely with my skill!”

But Aidan is different.

Aidan must be grateful for the miracle that made him enter Soren, but he did not feel like winning the fight with him.

“Professor Ludger! Please teach me a lesson!"

Aidan looked at Ludger with an unwavering look.

Ludger inwardly felt perplexed as he looked at Aidan with a cold gaze.

'Why is he like this?'