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The academy students’ slow movements, obstacles that don’t even half function properly, and an empty bow that you shoot with your mouth.

If someone tries to go fast with enthusiasm, the teaching assistants stop them by yelling. The reason was that he could get hurt.

I felt it painfully as I watched them from the control tower. The era of peace is definitely the era of peace. This would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, when the Demon King’s army was active.

The culprit that shook the entire continent has disappeared, and the countries that suffered so much damage from the four years of war are putting aside old feelings and working on post-war recovery ‘for now’.

In a situation like this, and even the principal is obsessed with the principle of putting safety first, there is no way for things to work properly.

“There are wizards here at the academy too, right?”

“There is… Why are you doing this?”

“Call the wizard. From now on, I will directly control this place.”

When I told the wizard who arrived at the training site what I was thinking, the comprehensive combat training professor shouted in surprise.

“That’s not allowed! It’s too dangerous!”

“Do you think you can put it into practice at this level? It’s all a dog’s death.”

“But the principal has already conducted a safety evaluation himself… .”

“Stop. I take full responsibility. Training this way is unacceptable.”

Anyone who sees him may think he is a senior professor full of enthusiasm and a sense of duty, but you are welcome. All I care about is keeping Principal Kirrin in office.

If you send out kids of this caliber like me to actual combat, they will get a lot of criticism. The second princess, who was sharpening her sword, will use that as an excuse to kick Kirrin out and make me sit there. If I can’t do it, Linus will bring me back.

In order for both Linus and I to live comfortably, Kirrin must continue to be the principal, and for Kirrin to continue to be the principal, she must dramatically raise the level of the academy students.

But the problem is that Kirin is extremely depressed right now because she is scared that a safety accident will happen and everything will be blown away. In fact, he didn’t even know that it was really endangering his position.

So, as a senior professor, I have to step forward.

“So, what you’re saying is to shoot attack magic at the back of the academy students just in the nick of time, right?”

After hearing my instructions, the wizard’s eyes lit up and he licked his lips. Given the current atmosphere at the Academy, I have never used magic of this kind before, so it seems like I am very excited for the first time in a while.

When the wizard cast an attack spell and the first explosion exploded, all the academy students who were running were dumbfounded and looked back.

“What are you doing?! If you just stand there, you’ll get roasted!”

When several people fell due to the second explosion, the academy students realized the situation and started running. After that, attack magic rained down non-stop.

I nodded as I watched the training ground explode. Okay, it’s finally starting to take shape. Only at this level can it be called an imperial spy school.

“Hey, you crazy bastard!!!”

At that time, I saw Principal Kirrin screaming and running furiously from the entrance to the training ground.

“Ah, principal. Are you here? ” “What are you doing now?!”

Principal Kirrin, who, like a dark elf, jumped up to the top of the control tower in a single leap, tried to grab me by the collar.

As I slowly twisted my body to avoid it, the principal lunged at me again, and when I also avoided it, the principal eventually gave up on shaking my collar and shouted.

“You decided to kill them!?”

“I’m not trying to kill you, I’m trying to save you.”

“If shooting attack magic isn’t killing, then what is it?!”

“If the kids graduate as is, the principal will be blown away.”

Principal Kirrin’s hand, which had been pulling out a dagger from his sleeve in excitement, stopped.

“What… ? My hair… ?”

“If the kids educated at the academy are a mess, whose fault is it? It’s the principal’s fault, right?”

“Well, that’s… .”

“Of course you know that Hwangseong is only looking for the number of cases to fire you, right?”

“ugh… .”

As if Kirin knew this, she withdrew her sword and took a few steps back. He smiled at the principal and extended his finger.

“In order to avoid liability for accidents, education and training will be drastically reduced. As a result, the quality of academy students falls. Several departments that received such new agents raise objections. 2The princess is happy. The principal returns to the forest.”

“Oh, no… !”

“Actions that try to preserve one’s position ultimately become a noose that tightens one’s neck. Do you understand?”

“I know too… . but… .”

The principal looked at the training ground where magic smoke was exploding with fearful eyes.

A dark elf clan that joined the Demon King’s army and then defected once again. How heavy the burden and responsibility must be as you represent your clan in civilized society. It’s not that I don’t understand.

Anyway, since I have already witnessed the reality of the academy, my latest goal is to make sure that the principal is recognized by the Imperial Castle.

Kirin is good because she can preserve her position, the princess is good because she gets high-quality graduates, Linus is good because she can raise her children with ease, and I am good because I don’t have to be selected as principal, so everything is great.

# # # # #

I walked around the academy all day and assessed the situation.

The curriculum of the Imperial Special Mission Academy here is largely divided into two categories. One is advanced theoretical education with a mixture of various subjects, as is the case at regular academies. That is, the theory department.

And the other one is the combat department that I observed earlier. Infiltration, assassination, kidnapping, terrorism, guerrilla warfare, etc.

Here, in the case of the theoretical department, there does not seem to be any major problems.

There is a senior theory professor in the same position as me, and the professors are all experts in their respective fields, and because it is done indoors, Principal Kirlin is not particularly involved.

The biggest problem is, of course, the one-of-a-kind trainings with zero practical sense, which occurred due to the warden’s self-centeredness. In other words, the education and training of the combat department that I must command.

Most field training is being replaced by theory classes, and even if conducted outdoors, anything that poses even the slightest risk of injury is reduced or excluded. It was almost like a picnic.

I think this is probably the area I should be mainly involved in. I don’t know anything about theoretical education anyway, and the reason Hwangseong and Linus sent me here was with the intention of using practical experience.

So first, let’s fix that strange ‘safety evaluation’ or something. In addition, we compiled various ways to develop the combat department and made it into a report.

When I went to the principal’s office to get the report approved, the administrative director looked at me and shook his head.

“You’d better quit, Senior Combat Professor.”

“What is it?”

“I guess it means that you will study the subjects of the Combat Department in a practical way, right? While I was doing that, my former professor ran away.”

“Oh, is that right?”

The head of the administrative office sighed deeply.

“Since you reject anything the Combat Department wants to do, is there any way it can work out properly? Well, if you really want to go in, I won’t stop you.”

“Thank you for the advice. Then, let’s go in.”

I entered the office and explained the report to Kirrin. While listening to the explanation, Kirin’s facial color changed moment by moment.

“That’s not possible! So what are you going to do if you get really seriously hurt?”

“No problem. Isn’t there a medical station here?”

“There is… .”

“Okay then. Let’s reduce the safety evaluation items by half and have the kids practice it realistically.”

“But it’s really difficult if you get hurt.”

“It’s not difficult. No, wait… .”

When I saw Kirin’s eyes, I had an ominous feeling.

“Are there any academy students who come from noble families or something like that?”

Kirrin nodded silently and I shrugged.

“Still, I’ll keep going. It’s not like I was dragged in or something. If you don’t like it, ask them to leave.”

“You can never say that!”

“It’s okay. They are nobles, they are nobles, and they are the same academy students here. And.”

He looked straight at Kirin, who was still anxious, and said.

“If outsiders criticize me for providing rigorous training, just say I did it all. I won’t get the principal in trouble with this.”

“?”

“I will protect you. So don’t worry.”

“E… ?”

Kirin stared at me for a moment, then suddenly turned dark red and got angry.

“If someone hears it, they won’t misunderstand that I did it passively because I was scared!”

“That’s true, right? Once again, what.”

“Then I will leave it here, so please pay quickly. If you don’t do it, I will become the principal myself and approve it… .”

“Get out! Leave it and go away right now!”

He chuckled and stepped back.

“And please put away some documents. What is all this?”

As Kirin pointed to the pile of things on her desk, she let out a tired sigh.

“What should I do if it keeps happening even if I clean it up? .”

“Haha. Well, then there is nothing we can do about it. Good luck!”

# # # # #

“Such a crazy person!”

Kirin suddenly got angry and threw away the pen she was holding in her hand. A long time had passed since Dian left the office, but Kirrin could not concentrate at all.

It wasn’t because I was bothered by the contents of Dian’s report on combat department improvement. It was because of what Dian said earlier.

‘I will protect you’. “Ugh!!”

“Why are you doing this, Principal?!”

As Kirin held her head and screamed, the door opened and the head of the administrative office rushed in.

“What’s going on?”

“No, it’s nothing. Go and work.”

When the administrative chief left, Kirin jumped up from her seat and opened the window wide. A warm spring breeze blew and blew her black hair.

However, rather than calming Kirin’s heart, the spring breeze made it even more violent.

“Damn, damn, damn.”

In an effort to calm her confused mind, Kirin let out harsh words and pulled out a dagger from her sleeve. As soon as she touched the cool, sharp blade of the dagger, she felt her heart calm down a little.

Kirrin has lived in the dark elf forest her entire life.

Dark elves are colder and more cynical than other races. For those people, things like pushing love or warm skinship are things that shouldn’t happen.

Kirrin was also a dark elf and had never heard a friendly word from anyone before. On the contrary, there was even pressure from his father to raise the clan’s honor every time.

To Kirin, Dian’s words that he would protect her came as a huge shock. It’s like… .

“Come to your senses, you idiot!”

Kirin shouted, holding her dagger.

That statement from earlier was a cliché expression that meant that one was completely selfless and would take responsibility for oneself. Don’t get too excited!

Kirin, who mercilessly slapped her own cheek, returned to her desk in stride. Then he frowned and cupped his cheek.

“Ah… It hurts… .”

Then, he scribbled his signature in the approval section of the report posted by Dian.

It looked like a death penalty consent form, but there was nothing I could do about it. Considering various factors comprehensively, there is something about this person named Dian.

Maybe this person will save me… .