Chapter 2: A Saint, A Sword, and A Smoking Ban

“…Thank you for the offer, but…”

Getting paid while watching the original work, what an excellent opportunity, but…

Too much kindness is burdensome.

And there must be a sense of duty that I have to fill the Saintess’s vacant position…

“500 platinum coins per year, accommodation provided by the academy.”

…?

Let’s calculate…

One copper coin is equal to 1 won in the real world.

1000 copper coins are 1 silver coin.

1000 silver coins are 1 gold coin.

100 gold coins are 1 platinum coin…

The annual salary is 500 million won… (approximately $400,000 USD)

St-, still, it feels like I would be a shameless bastard if I did good deeds and didn’t accept this.

“It’s too much after all. Thinking about the people who are competing hard to become teachers at the academy…”

“Are you expecting a normal person to come when all the higher-ups in the academy except me are taking bribes to hire teachers?”

…There wasn’t even this mention in the novel.

So that’s why the teachers were corrupt.

“..Still, since I’m the headmaster, I guess it’s okay to pick one person as I please.”

“..Are you sure?”

There are guys who even attempt assassinations to become the school headmaster.

If you suddenly bring someone, what would happen…

“Do I look like I’m wearing this uniform for show?”

The Duke frowned as if he felt bad and pointed at his uniform.

The novel I possessed is a bizarre work where the ranks of knights in the Middle Ages are divided into S-class, A-class, B-class, C-class, etc.

Of course, there were many knights who aimed to be S-class.

Among those numerous knights, only a very few reach A-class, but the Duke was a knight who proudly received S-class.

Of course, he almost died from the numerical offensive just now, but he is by no means weak.

However, even with such a strong figure, hundreds of thousands of Demon King’s troops are pointing their swords at him to protect the academy.

I’ll be needed…

I finished thinking and raised my hand as if I had lost to the Duke.

“..We have to write a contract.”

The Duke said with a subtle smile.

“What kind of clause would make you come back?”

“It would be enough if you gave me a little power in the clause you just mentioned.”

The Duke nodded.

“Indeed, a high-ranking lady or young master with a high title might look down on you if you are a teacher they have never seen before.”

I didn’t think that far…

I unintentionally became a slightly knowledgeable person.

While I was thinking unnecessary thoughts, the Duke got up, dusted off his body, and then said.

“Let’s talk about it at the academy from now on. I can’t decide such important things in this forest.”

“Let’s do that.”

Then the Duke took out his sword.

“I’ll shoot a flare.”

Using a sword as a flare?

Is he going to launch sword energy and explode it in the sky?

And that was the correct answer.

“…!”

The Duke, who had been closing his eyes, breathed evenly and then opened his eyes and launched sword energy.

Is the color of the sword energy orange?

It’s a bit unique.

Bang!

An orange explosion occurred in the sky.

It was a huge explosion, but somehow it wasn’t scary.

It even looked a little funny…

…What am I thinking?

I shook off the increasingly distracting thoughts and praised the Duke’s sword energy.

“Excellent sword energy.”

“Hehe, compared to your healing power, this is just a minor skill.”

The old gentleman smiled kindly and then put his sword into its scabbard.

Shwing-

In that short time it took to put the sword into its scabbard, the Duke’s skill to see other people’s skills activated.

He said with orange-shining eyes.

“I would like to see your sword skills someday too.”

My mouth, which was about to say, “Me too,” closed as I recalled the name of my swordsmanship.

A swordsmanship that extracts blood.

Am I going to kill such a good person with excessive bleeding?

Did he apply for a duel knowing that it was Bloodletting Swordsmanship..?

Does it mean it’s okay..?

Still, extracting blood should only be used on monsters.

I lowered my head and refused.

“..My skills are insignificant..”

“Ho? So does that mean you have some skill? I’ll look forward to it.”

The knights who came to rescue the Duke opened the door to the carriage,

They looked at me with respectful eyes, as if I were amazing.

I’m screwed.

Pop!

The Duke popped the cork of the wine.

It was a wine contained in a luxurious bottle that was on a different level from the other dozens of wines hanging next to it.

“After all, men’s conversations have to be done with alcohol, right?”

The Duke poured wine into a wine glass himself without ordering a servant, and handed it to me.

The shimmering red wine really reminded me of clear blood…

No, it was really beautiful.

Am I crazy, really?

I received the wine glass with both hands and bowed slightly to express my gratitude.

“..Thank you.”

I slightly turned the wine glass, smelled the aroma, and then took a sip.

The bitter yet luxurious taste made me fear how expensive it was.

“It’s a good wine, because it’s a wine made by aging grapes carefully grown in the imperial palace garden.”

I almost spit out the wine I was drinking after hearing that.

Grapes in the imperial palace?

“Is it okay to grow them in such a place?”

The Duke shrugged as if it were no big deal and sipped the wine.

“The emperor’s face is still vivid when he ordered the neighboring country to be destroyed and steal this grape seed.”

His Majesty’s love for alcohol is amazing.

“Good news must be accompanied by such good wine to achieve perfection, right?”

It hasn’t even been a day since we met, so if you already have good news, did you contact someone when you came to the Duke’s family?

“What’s going on?”

The Duke smiled with a dreamy expression and took out a document from his uniform.

“I flew a letter attached to a spear to His Majesty the Emperor.”

That’s like treason.

It’s too crazy.

No matter how much I frowned, he wouldn’t see it anyway, so the Duke didn’t care and began to unfold and read the document.

“In the name of me, Elliot Latin Julien, Emperor of Hibernia, considering that you were wearing the ‘Angelorum Contre Garsio’ clothes that only nobles above the rank of Count can use in a state of amnesia, and that you saved the life of Duke Regal Inverness, I bestow upon you the title of Marquis ‘Raven’.”

…As expected, it’s a hybrid mixed with romance fantasy.

Even the name of the clothing store is strange.

“..P.S. I hope you will come to the imperial palace someday to receive the title of Marquis in person.”

The Duke, who finished reading the Emperor’s message in the style of, stared at me intently, as if saying that I now have power.

“Sigh… I understand. Let’s go to the academy.”

When I eventually accepted the offer while supporting my forehead , the Duke smiled a little and cleared the wine from the table.

His eyes seemed to shine a little, so he must have used his skill again.

“That’s good, there’s a student you should keep an eye on.”

Knock

knock

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

The Duke quickly cleaned up the cigarettes and alcohol on his desk and straightened his clothes.

“Come in.”

As soon as the permission was given, a blonde young man entered with a sound of opening the door very loudly.

“Arthur, is that you?”

Ah, am I the protagonist?

I wondered why he looked so special.

Arthur said his words, not caring about the Duke’s words.

“Headmaster, there’s a rumor that you’re bringing in a new nurse. Is that true?”

..That’s me.

As I was about to say that I was that person, the Duke gave me a look to be quiet and answered.

“That’s right.”

As soon as Arthur heard the answer, he shouted in an even more excited voice.

“It hasn’t even been a month since you sent the former nurse away! You’re going to bring in some mediocre person who is worse than Saintess!!”

It was said that the Saintess cherished Arthur a lot.

The Saintess was gone, but Arthur had romantic feelings for that reason, and he thought about the Saintess even while dating other heroines.

The readers were really angry, but when the illustration of a pure white silver-haired, blue-eyed, pure white beautiful girl was released, they shut their mouths.

“Who is this suspicious person! Don’t tell me you’re going to say he’s the nurse!!”

The Duke smiled and said.

“That’s exactly what it is.”

“Damn it!”

Arthur seemed angry and kicked the floor, and the floor cracked a little.

..That’s marble, but he’s a commoner and doesn’t have much money…

I spoke to Arthur to tell him that he shouldn’t do that to the teacher.

‘Arthur, I’m a teacher, isn’t that a bit too much?’

“Arthur, I am your teacher before I am a person wearing suspicious clothes. Shouldn’t a hero have some manners towards superiors so that he doesn’t get cursed at wherever he goes?”

Arthur was stunned by my sophisticated and luxurious advice due to filtering.

“Ah…yes…I’m sorry….”

Arthur bowed 90 degrees to me to apologize.

Just as I was about to start talking about how it was okay, the Duke approached Arthur and said with a serious face.

“Arthur, you have tarnished the honor of the academy in front of guests. I am very disappointed in you.”

Arthur had nothing to say.

He just bowed again and apologized.

“..I’m sorry…”

Then the Duke quickly changed his expression to a smiling face and said.

“Then I have a favor to ask, Arthur.”

Arthur slowly raised his head as if nervous and said.

“What…request is it..?”

The Duke smiled the most evil smile I had ever seen and said.

“It’s nothing, just give the new teacher a tour of the school.”

Arthur kneeled on the floor as it was and groaned ‘Ah…’

That’s because the academy was resting from the large-scale attack.

Suddenly, he had to guide someone through the history and recent situation of the academy.

And this academy was set by the author of the original novel to be 43.5 million pyeong (approximately 143 million square meters) in size.

It’s a huge size.

“Follow me…”

Arthur opened the door weakly and gestured to me.

Arthur would be tired even if he was strengthened by the Holy Sword and trained hard…

Still, I approached Arthur, supporting myself with a cane.

I thought this would be closer to a plague doctor.

“..And over there is the gymnasium. The gods have blessed that place so that people don’t get hurt. So we use that place for sparring or sports days.”

Arthur did not neglect his duties as the protagonist.

He introduced me diligently.

“I see, an interesting blessing.”

Arthur said in a slightly suspicious tone after seeing my tone.

“Maybe a mad scientist…?”

“No, you are misunderstanding an innocent person.”

Arthur bowed again and walked a little further to reach the main building.

I thought it was a huge European-style castle, but this is the main building.

“Hah..hah.. And here.. is the main building.

..

Teacher’s..

laboratories and club rooms, and.. the infirmary that the teacher will use.”

Let’s move on from Arthur, who seems to be having a hard time.

I’m not tired because I have Strength S.

‘Magnificent!’

“A Romanesque-style main building, so luxurious.”

It changes the sentences to be smarter.

Shouldn’t this be treated as a buff?

While Arthur was resting and I was admiring the building, an unpleasant, smoky odor came up.

When I went to the side where the smoke was coming from, some sturdy young men were smoking while leaning against the wall of the castle.

They are puffing away without even knowing how harmful cigarettes are…

Arthur frowned, put his hand on the Holy Sword on his waist, endured and unclenched his fist and said.

“…Oh, it’s them again…….”

I asked Arthur because they were kids I was seeing for the first time.

“Are they famous students?”

Arthur said while loosening his body.

“Yes, they are the ones who flirt with pretty people and have bad words and actions.

But if you’re a commoner, you can’t say anything because their father is a Baron.”

Arthur smiled and said.

“But, it’s okay if they hit you first.”

Oh no.

Students fighting is nonsense.

No way, absolutely not.

“..I recommend leaving it to me.”

“Well… it doesn’t seem like it would be refreshing if the teacher handled it….”

When I stared intently at Arthur, Arthur promised to watch from afar as if he understood.

I turned off the Fear skill and slowly walked towards those students.

Okay, let’s have some fun.

Tap…tap..

How scary would a tall figure be, wearing a mask and tapping the ground with a demon’s cane while walking?

When I stopped right in front of them, the student who appeared to be the leader spat on the wall of the main building and said.

“What.”

As expected, they exchanged their parents for etiquette from the beginning.

And spitting dirty spit on such a beautiful building.

“Do you know how harmful cigarettes are?”

“I think I know better than you, you old fogey.”

Kekekeke!!

The students laughed.

But I was figuring it out.

One average physique.

Two sturdy physiques.

One muscular physique with a sword.

“If you come to an expensive academy and smoke cigarettes, I bet your father, who isn’t even a high-ranking aristocrat, would be happy.”

The four students frowned and approached me.

“Unlike you, my father won’t die of old age, so he’ll say something.”

A person with an average physique came closer and spoke.

..Gross, I wish you wouldn’t spit on me.

“Don’t spit your disgusting spit on me and the beautiful building. Why didn’t you live like rats who died of the Black Death?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a fist flew.

And, I lightly grabbed the hand and crushed it.

Crush

“Argh! It hurts! It hurts!!”

He screamed and kept hitting my arm, but I let go of his hand only after turning the crushed hand around once or twice.

“If you smoke this much, the bone density of the human body becomes weak. Isn’t that interesting?”

Fear arose in the eyes of the remaining guys.

Other people who would discipline these guys would think of beating them up moderately, but I can kill them and revive them.

This guy won’t be able to fight because of the panic about his hand being broken.

One down.

Ah, I forgot about the other guys.

I caved in the face of one student who was running by punching him, and then threw his weight down to the ground as it was.

Bang!

With my strength and that guy’s weight.

His skull must have broken.

Two down.

“Y-, you crazy bastard!”

Another one tried to run away, but I dragged him in with the handle of my cane and strongly struck his chest with the cane.

Bang!

His ribs must have broken and damaged his internal organs.

Three down.

Another one surrounded his sword with water magic and swung it at me.

“Your swordsmanship is terrible, but I will acknowledge your courage.”

Grab, break the sword with your hand.

Turn your body in the air and side kick.

Whack Whack Whack!!

Wow.

His body and limbs flew apart.

I give myself 70 points.

The head wasn’t separated.

I didn’t feel Arthur’s gaze and felt the ecstasy of the massacre while smelling the scent of blood.

“Wow..”

I imagined doing that to them when those guys were flirting with Saintess.

You’re really, really cool.

How handsome is he under the mask?

I should ask him to take it off later if it’s not impolite.

..But how do I handle their corpses?