episode_0028
by fnovelpia“······.”
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After Revan separated from El, Faust had kept his mouth shut.
‘Why are you doing this?’
Revan couldn’t even guess how angry Faust was feeling.
Even as they walked side by side, the two moved forward without talking. Jump and jump. Only the sound of Revan and Faust’s footsteps echoed through the hallway.
As I walked in silence, I soon arrived in front of an antique door. It was in front of the president’s office.
Revan asked Faust as he slowly approached the door.
“Should I wait in front?”
“Why not? Just come in too.”
Squeak. Faust opened the door straight away without giving him time to answer.
“···Do you want me to come in too?”
“uh.”
“Is that okay?”
“What else can’t be done?”
Faust, who opened the door halfway, reached back, grabbed Revan’s sleeve, and dragged him.
Revan, led by Faust’s calloused hand, looked around the room.
Antique decorations and bookshelves filling one wall. And a middle-aged man sitting with his back to the window.
“Welcome. I sincerely welcome you to Xeorp.”
On the front of the desk was a stylish nameplate carved from obsidian. Pedro Mahatov. He was the president of Geoff Academy.
***
President of Geoff Academy. Pedro Mahatov tried to keep his expression as solemn as possible with Revan and Faust in front of him.
This is because he thought that his authority as the president of Geoff Academy should not be seen to be collapsing right away.
The reason Pedro has been obsessed with these external factors recently was simple. It was a decline in the quality of the academy.
‘···The status did increase after the nobles were brought in first.’
In Pedro’s opinion, the students’ standard has clearly fallen. If you look at the absolute value of all records right now, they may not be any better than when you were in school, but all areas have declined.
Of course, it is not Pedro’s sole responsibility that the quality of academy students has fallen. Broadly speaking, the beginning of the establishment of academies excluding Geoff was the trigger, and the appearance of Sophia was the final blow.
However, the moment it was revealed that Geoff’s level had fallen, it was Pedro who lost his temper.
Even though the so-called prestigious academies of the empire offered Geoff several exchanges, Pedro desperately refused, making various excuses.
Pedro had an eye for judging the current situation more accurately than the various aristocratic idiots who influenced the Academy.
Refusing any more exchanges was also a limitation. Recently, there has been an increasing number of outsiders looking at Geoff’s level with suspicion.
If we accept the exchange match in the current situation and Geoff loses…
‘I can’t handle it.’
It was a situation where the saying, “a castle built on sand,” is truly appropriate.
The moment Geoff was defeated, it was obvious that everything that had been built so far would collapse. They will lose their founding ideology of equal education and be treated as simpletons who follow aristocrats.
Pedro desperately searched for a breakthrough. He was also directly involved in evaluating students.
In particular, when he saw that they were trying to reject the daughter of someone who had previously worked in the search party directly under the imperial royal family because she was a commoner, Pedro almost got caught in the back of his head. Although he put it on with his own authority.
The falling level was not limited to students. The capabilities of professors have also declined compared to the past.
The reputation and achievements of outstanding faculty became the strength and face of the academy.
However, most of the existing outstanding professors were already standing on the podiums of other academies. It was because he rebelled against the blatant preferential treatment of nobles and was swept away by the former president’s merciless sword.
‘···That pig.’
Every time he thought of the former president’s orc-like face, Pedro muttered vulgar words inappropriate to his age. To be really honest, there was just no answer.
In an attempt to grasp at straws, Pedro even risked his own money to ask prominent figures in the empire to stand on Geoff’s platform.
However, these were people who had never held a professorship at any academy to begin with. Pedro knew very well that there was no way he would come and stand on Geoff’s podium now.
As expected, famous people, including the Sword Saint and the Blue Knight, did not accept Pedro’s offer. Except for just one person.
‘···I never thought Faust would accept the offer.’
Faust’s fame was such that there was no stranger among scholars. A radical research topic and an ingenious way of thinking to match it. Even the results that are sure to be achieved.
In fact, he was the one most suited to the position of professor. Faust accepted Pedro’s offer.
But Faust did not come across bare-mouthed. One price was charged.
-This is my assistant. Please help me with Geoff. For gold.
An unidentified transfer student. I thought this was something that had never happened to Geoff before and that it should not have happened.
But Pedro thought. Rather than losing everything in the proving ground that will unfold in the near future, it is better for something unprecedented to happen.
Pedro accepted Faust’s offer but asked cautiously. Why are you trying to incorporate a man named Revan into Xeorp?
Faust answered that question with a letter containing just one line.
-Because we have to create a hero.
***
“It would have been a few months before I came to Geoff, but I’m really grateful that you came quickly.”
“Well, I have a reason too. You don’t have to be that grateful.”
The atmosphere in the president’s office… what should I say, was different from a typical conversation between a professor and the president.
“When can I stand on the podium? I hope to start teaching as soon as possible…”
“I have no intention of having fun. If I had planned to rest, I wouldn’t have stayed up all night and worked overtime.”
Faust spoke calmly to Pedro, who was Geoff’s rector and was likely three times his age, without any formality, as if he were the superior.
Faust looked into the eyes of Pedro, who seemed to have a lot to say, and clapped his hands together.
“However, from what I heard, Geoff’s discipline is very unreasonable these days.”
“······.”
Pedro was unable to respond to Faust’s sharp words, which attracted his attention by clapping his hands.
Because Faust’s words were clearly true. In particular, the student council played a significant role in creating an atmosphere among students that left behind the desire for upward mobility.
“Well, in the eyes of the President, I may just be a child… but isn’t it quicker for young people to show something than to say something?”
“···What do you want to say?”
When Pedro said that he would listen to the proposal, Faust raised his hand and placed his hand on Revan’s shoulder.
“It’s simple. They have to show what they are fighting against. I also want to show you my masterpiece…”
Something students will have to fight for in the future. Pedro, who heard those words, asked in a rough voice.
“Are you saying you’re going to bring the demon beast yourself?!”
He brings the demonic beast directly. Also at the academy. It was unprecedented.
“As far as I know, there is a large amphitheater in Xeorp.”
“That’s true, but it’s too dangerous to bring the demon beast directly-”
“I already have experience airlifting a sick beast from the Rono Arena. Using the recently developed anesthetic, airlifting a captured demon is not that difficult.”
Pedro quietly played with the abacus in his head.
Faust, the most notable scholar in the empire, accepts a professorship. In addition, he shows the students how he personally airlifts and kills a demonic beast…
It was clear that it would become a hot topic. It was natural that many outsiders other than those related to Geoff would attend.
If successful, it was a trick that could shake off all the doubts that have been mounting about Geoff at once.
But, what if…
“I’m just saying this just in case, there is no need to assume that you will lose.”
Faust declared with confidence. It was a voice without even the slightest doubt.
“At least there is no one on this continent who is better than Revan at catching demonic beasts.”
***
“···Didn’t you say it too strongly?”
“That’s true, but what?”
Faust, who seemed to have lost his temper at some point, put his hands behind his head and walked away whistling.
Pedro eventually accepted Faust’s offer. Revan and Demon Beast were scheduled to fight in Xeorp’s arena in the near future.
A duel with a demonic beast. Revan recalled the past time as he thought about what was about to happen.
Catch approximately one fish per week, up to 100 fish. I was at the Lono Arena for about two years.
It was something I always did. I never thought I would come here and do it.
Faust opened his mouth, perhaps knowing what was going on in Revan’s mind as he was filled with mixed emotions.
“By the way, let’s go to the mansion now.”
“Mansion?”
“Yes. I told you, right? He said he bought a mansion 10 minutes away on foot.”
Faust didn’t ask anything and walked toward the front door, leaving Revan behind as if it was natural.
“Why me?”
However, Revan had no intention of moving his residence to Faust’s mansion. Although there were only a few, it was a hassle to carry my luggage, and I liked the single room in the dormitory.
Tuk. Faust, who was walking forward, stopped. Faust, who stood still, turned his head back and looked into Revan’s eyes through the lens of the gas mask.
“Why do you think you have so many thoughts? Not like you.”
“What?”
“Is it because of that woman?”
Faust’s voice as he looked into Revan’s eyes contained many deep emotions that could not be hidden.
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