episode_0030

As I looked at the students who had come forward, they lowered their gazes, trying to avoid eye contact with me.

“Hmm.”

When I even let out a sound, trying to guess why they weren’t looking at me, some students trembled as if frightened.

“Professor-nim, why are they acting like that?”

Curious about the reason, I approached Professor Idra and whispered.

Professor Idra, who heard my whisper, stared at me for a moment, then looked at the students who were slumped on the floor, staring only at the ground.

…!

Professor Idra’s eyes flashed, as if she had suddenly thought of a good idea.

“What? Loki, no matter what, you can’t do that!”

Professor Idra said in a loud voice, as if she wanted other students to hear.

To others, it would seem like Professor Idra was startled by my whisper and was shouting.

But I didn’t understand the situation either.

“Even if the students here mocked Loki, it’s not right to deal with them in that way!”

What way?

Professor Idra didn’t stop talking, regardless of my confusion.

“If you do as Loki said, there might not be any students mocking you in the future, but Loki might be dragged away by the disciplinary committee!”

So what exactly was it?

I don’t know why, but the more Professor Idra talked, the more students in front of me trembled.

The students, with their gazes lowered and trembling, couldn’t see, but I, standing right in front of Professor Idra, could tell.

Professor Idra was halfway enjoying herself right now.

“So, Loki? I’ll make sure no students mock you in the future, so let’s not go through with the plan Loki mentioned. Got it?”

After saying this, Professor Idra nudged my side with her elbow, as if telling me to play along.

I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on, but it was definitely an amusing situation, so I decided to play along with Professor Idra.

“Since my respected Professor Idra has said so, let’s pretend the plan I mentioned never existed.”

“Hmm~? Since when has Loki respected me?”

“How could I not respect Professor Idra, who possesses such a wonderful appearance and excellent magic skills?”

Professor Idra burst into laughter after hearing my words. Her good reactions made me want to keep complimenting her.

“Ahaha hahaha! Loki, surely you don’t go around saying that to all women, do you?”

“Oh, come on~ No way. I only say this to people I consider beautiful.”

“Hehe, I’m happy to be recognized by Loki. Now, we need to start class, so please return to your seat.”

“Yes! Understood.”

As I returned to my seat, I whispered to the students who were still trembling.

“Everyone, let’s be ~close~ friends from now on, shall we?”

The students flinched and trembled upon hearing my words, but I ignored them and walked to Clara’s side.

“Clara, is something wrong?”

Because Clara had a serious expression, I asked her.

…

Clara looked at me without speaking. I realized her gaze was directed at my mouth.

“Ah! You’re not implying it’s because I bit my tongue, are you? I drank the purple liquid Professor Idra gave me, and I’m fine now.”

“No, it’s not.”

Clara said briefly, then turned her head away aloofly.

“Well then, shall we start class again?”

And so, class began again.

And until the class ended, no student spoke about me or mocked me.

“Alright, that’s it for today, see you next time.”

Professor Idra’s class flew by in an instant. Unlike her playful personality, the class proceeded very seriously.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

With greetings, the students rushed out of the classroom. Since it seemed like it would be bothersome to join them now, I decided to leave a little later.

Clara, who was next to me, seemed to have the same thought as me, and remained sitting quietly.

All the students left, and the only students left in the classroom were Clara and I.

Just as I was about to ask Clara to go back together.

“Ex-excuse me.”

Someone spoke to me. At first, I thought it was just one of those ordinary people trying to flatter Clara, but the person who spoke was looking at me.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

The person who spoke to me was a warlock, one of the special class students, just like Clara and I.

Considering his timid personality, it made no sense for him to speak first like this, so I was a little surprised.

“Outside, the seniors from the Arshen Kingdom are waiting, so be c-careful.”

He left the spot as if running away after saying that. Seeing his reddened face, I could tell he had mustered a lot of courage.

“Thank you for telling me!”

When I expressed my thanks, he, who was running, turned around to look at me, then bowed his head deeply before running off again.

“Seniors from the Arshen Kingdom, huh? Why would they be waiting for me?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

Clara said, as if disgusted by my mumbling to myself.

I actually knew. That bug probably ordered it.

He probably instructed the Arshen Kingdom students who were just like him to bother me.

Among the people from the Arshen Kingdom waiting for me now, there might be some who truly dislike me, but there will also be those who are forced to wait for me by the bug’s orders.

“Shall we go out for now?”

“Sigh.”

Clara sighed at my thoughtless words, but came out of the classroom with me.

“Look, they’re huddled together over there.”

As I opened the classroom door and stepped out, I could see people gathered at the end of the hallway.

As if they had spotted me, they all walked towards me.

“It doesn’t look like they’re coming to be friends, does it?”

“Tsk.”

As I continued to utter carefree remarks, Clara clicked her tongue and stood in front of me as if to protect me.

Of course, if Clara protected me, they wouldn’t openly harass me, but a better idea came to me.

“Clara, it’s alright. Leave this to me.”

With this method, I can deal with them, and also prevent any situation where Clara might be harmed.

Of course, they wouldn’t touch Clara unless they were crazy, but there are many crazy people in this world, so there’s no harm in being careful.

“What are you going to do? It doesn’t seem like they’ll just let us go.”

“Hehe, don’t worry. Isn’t there still one more person here that they can’t touch?”

“Don’t tell me?”

Clara’s ‘don’t tell me’ was probably right. I went back inside the classroom.

“Loki, what’s the matter?”

In the classroom, Professor Idra was organizing the materials she had just used for class.

“I have something to tell Professor Idra.”

Professor Idra chuckled playfully after hearing my words.

“Don’t tell me? Is it a confession? I’m sorry, but I’m a professor and Loki is a student.”

After hearing Professor Idra’s words, I also chuckled playfully and said.

“I’m the type to confess romantically. Unfortunately, it’s not a confession.”

“That’s really a shame. If it’s not a confession, then what is it?”

I took out a thread I often used from my subspace. Professor Idra’s eyes widened slightly upon seeing the subspace.

“A subspace artifact, Loki has a lot of strange things.”

“What’s important is this thread. I made this thread myself, what do you think?”

“This is the thread you used at the entrance ceremony, right? Can I touch it?”

“Of course.”

Professor Idra looked at the thread I handed her, touched it, and even pulled on it.

“So this thread is made using Kejad.”

Professor Idra, in one glance, immediately figured out how I made the thread.

“There are many other things here too.”

I took out other things I had made from my subspace. The things I had made poured onto the podium.

Professor Idra, seeing the many magic tools I had taken out, looked at me with astonished eyes.

“Loki made all of these himself?”

Professor Idra carefully examined each of the many magic tools I had taken out.

Actually, making them wasn’t difficult. I had memorized many crafting methods while playing Croaka, and for making, there was the ‘Creator’s Touch,’ one of my abilities.

“It’s amazing that you made all of these at your age. But if there’s something more surprising than Loki making all of these himself…”

“Is it that all the magic tools have stronger performance?”

I finished Professor Idra’s sentence for her. Professor Idra looked at me with a serious expression.

I said the words Professor Idra, who was staring intently at me, was waiting for.

“I have a way to enhance all magic tools.”

“Really!?”

This time, Professor Idra was not just surprised, but excited. After all, a method to enhance all magic tools is something anyone would covet and be curious about.

“Can we talk somewhere quiet?”

“Of course! Let’s go to my lab!”

I followed Professor Idra out of the classroom.

In the hallway, the Arshen Kingdom students who had been waiting for me stared blankly at me, who had come out with Professor Idra.

“Come on, come on, Loki, let’s go quickly.”

Professor Idra, as if she wanted to know the enhancement method as soon as possible, urged me on.

With Professor Idra, I walked past the people who had been waiting for me. They could do nothing but let me go, unable to say a word.

I passed them, raised one hand so they could see, and raised my middle finger.

‘Oh, right. Clara was here too.’

Remembering that Clara was also there, I also raised my index finger, forming a V-sign.