Temporary Professor (2)

1.

The academy is an educational institution for nurturing talent.

Initially, it was established to cultivate knights capable of standing against the Demon Lord Army, but its purpose has faded over time.

For commoners, it’s a stepping stone to success.

For nobles, it’s a basic requirement.

The fundamental framework of education remains the same, but the purpose of education has changed.

As the war entered a truce, the original purpose of establishing the academy became even more diluted.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Doesn’t it mean the world has become more peaceful?

However, it’s time to recall the original purpose.

Because there are signs that the Demon King is about to move.

It could have been a Legion Commander’s independent action.

However, it created a tense atmosphere.

It would be best if this atmosphere quietly disappeared, but conversely, there is also the possibility of it causing a huge typhoon.

So, we must prepare in advance.

Before the typhoon occurs.

As that thought grew stronger, a notice was posted on the Swordsmanship department bulletin board.

[Basic Swordsmanship Student Recruitment, Capacity 30]

It was an absurd notice.

In the first semester, after the midterm exams.

To open a new lecture after more than half of the semester has passed.

Unless it’s a special lecture.

Basic Swordsmanship?

It was a lecture that only raised more questions because General Swordsmanship is taught in the first year.

“All grades?”

Moreover, it recruits students from all grades, from 1st to 4th year, regardless of grade.

Unless it’s a student from another department interested in swordsmanship.

What use would Swordsmanship department students, who already have the basics, have in learning the basics?

“More than that, this name…”

Estel, who was reading the notice, reached out her finger.

The end of it pointed to the name of the professor who would teach the lecture.

Temporary Professor, Elia.

“Isn’t that the Saintess’s name?”

Estel blinked her eyes and looked at Yohan next to her.

“…That’s right.”

Yohan nodded.

He also had a face full of questions.

He met the Saintess last night, but he didn’t hear anything from her.

“Could someone be playing a prank?”

A prank is the most likely possibility.

Considering some rumors circulating about the Saintess recently, I think someone might be playing such a prank.

“What crazy person would play a prank with the Saintess’s name?”

“Someone who doesn’t believe in the Celestial God Church? The Celestial God Church is the state religion of the empire, but not the state religion of other countries.”

Just thinking about the southern kingdom, which is closest to the empire, is enough.

They believe in their ancestors rather than the Celestial God.

The Saintess is a high-ranking person in terms of status, but there are a minority of people who do not think of her as a high-ranking person.

“But I don’t think it’s a prank. Look at this.”

Estel points to another place this time.

The lower right corner of the notice.

There was the academy president’s seal. And next to it is the signature of the dean of the Swordsmanship department.

“If it’s forged, they must be out of their mind.”

To forge the president’s seal.

If there is such a guy, he is out of his mind.

Even if it is the act of a person from another country who is not an imperial citizen, it will be governed by imperial law.

His own life’s ordeal begins.

“If it’s real, will you do it?”

“I have to. There’s no reason not to.”

Yohan answered immediately.

If it’s the Saintess’s class, I’ll take it no matter what.

I’m already getting private lessons, but there’s still a lot to learn from her.

“I have to try even if I become a pushover.”

Yohan wrote his name on the application form attached to one side of the bulletin board.

“What about you?”

“If you do it, I have to do it too.”

Because we’re friends, Estel wrote her name next to Yohan’s.

2.

“What is this?”

Swordsmanship department dean’s office.

Professor Touare stormed in.

-Thump!

Professor Touare roughly placed a piece of paper on the dean’s desk.

It wasn’t the first time this grumpy person had gotten angry over something strange, so the dean responded calmly.

“What is it this time?”

“This, this.”

Thump, thump, he taps the desk.

The dean only lowered his eyes to check the paper.

It was the notice posted on the first floor bulletin board this morning.

“Is there any problem with this?”

“Problem?”

Professor Touare hit his forehead.

A cheerful sound came from his forehead, which had recently begun to widen.

“That means, this is real?”

“The president ordered it directly. It’s not a problem to open a lecture thinking of it as a special lecture.”

The dean took the notice and handed it to Professor Touare.

“Put it back in its original place.”

“What I’m questioning is not opening a new lecture at this time. This! Temporary Professor Elia!”

It was what I was worried about.

Even if it’s temporary, a professor is a professor.

It’s something to be evaluated and decided through a faculty meeting.

This time, all those processes were omitted.

The professor’s authority was granted immediately according to the president’s words.

No matter how much the president ordered, it was not possible, but this time was an exception.

There was no need to evaluate.

No, I couldn’t dare to evaluate.

“Didn’t I say it at the last faculty meeting?”

“What?”

“I reported everything about who defeated the Demon King Army Commander who invaded the academy and saved the academy. The Imperial Knights came and reported.”

“You wanted me to believe that?”

“Would I gather the professors and lie?”

“I can’t believe it. How can I believe that? The Saintess defeated the Legion Commander, not someone else? Alone? If you were going to lie, it would be better to say that the Hero came to support at a good time.”

The dean laughed, “Heh heh.”

I expected this reaction too.

I could fully expect it by looking at the faces of the professors at the end of the last faculty meeting.

Half doubt, half belief.

Some people just took it for granted.

Some people were surprised and amazed.

There were also professors who had faces that they couldn’t believe, like Professor Touare now.

“I don’t believe anything except what I’ve seen with my own two eyes.”

“Then how are you going to explain the Demon King Army Commander incident?”

“In the first place, the intruder was not a Legion Commander, or the Imperial Knights did something about it.”

“Is there any reason for the Imperial Knights to lie?”

“It’s to enhance the Saintess’s reputation. It hasn’t been long since she took office as the Saintess.”

“So why are they doing that in the empire?”

“Because the state religion of the empire is the Celestial God Church.”

Professor Touare is from the southern kingdom.

He has a tendency to despise religions other than the ancestors he believes in.

He is restrained at the academy, where everyone should be equal, but he occasionally speaks as if he is dissatisfied with the Celestial God Church.

“You live a tiring life.”

The dean shook his head.

“If you really can’t believe it, go and check it yourself.”

For reference, the dean had confirmed the Saintess’s abilities when he was called to the president’s office.

I didn’t see all the swordsmanship.

Just by seeing how she uses Magical power and the Sword Aura wrapped around the sword, I could tell that she was a swordsman of a different level.

I even thought it was a waste for her to be the Saintess.

She’s a talent who could become a Sword Saint.

That doesn’t mean she’s not the person to become the Saintess.

Didn’t she prove that she was one of the top three Saintesses in history through the entrance exam?

A Saintess who can become a Sword Saint.

A Sword Saint who can become a Saintess.

The dean thought there was only one word to describe such a person.

Monster.

She is a monster.

“I’m fine with that.”

“Just don’t get hurt for nothing.”

“Huh, would I get hurt by such a delicate girl? Anyway, I allowed it, so don’t say anything later even if something happens.”

The dean waved his hand, saying he understood.

3.

“Saintess, is that true?”

Yohan asked, wiping the sweat flowing down his forehead after sparring.

“I feel like I’ve been hearing similar questions a lot lately. I don’t know what the question is, but it’s all true.”

Recently, everyone I meet asks questions while looking at my face.

The first sentence is always this.

‘Is that really true?’ or ‘Is that true?’

I always answer kindly with a gentle smile, but doing that to Yohan is annoying.

“I applied!”

Yohan said with a bright smile.

“Yes? Applied for what?”

“Basic Swordsmanship class. I applied first.”

“Ah… that’s what it was.”

I misunderstood.

I thought it was a question about the Legion Commander.

I’m talking about the rumors circulating in the academy recently.

“How many people applied?”

There must be hundreds of people, right?

Even if I don’t seem to expect it, I’m expecting it.

If you’re a student in the Swordsmanship department, you’ll definitely want to learn from a skilled swordsman.

Hehe, it’s troublesome.

Do I have to work day and night to select them?

It’s a happy worry.

“I saw it before I came, and 10 people applied.”

“Yes? How many people?”

“Ten people.”

“Why is it only that much?”

Judging from the rumors circulating, I thought everyone would apply.

“Everyone seems to think someone is playing a prank.”

“A prank…”

“It seems that many people don’t know the Saintess’s skills…”

Almost no one knows.

About five students know.

Students don’t stick to unskilled instructors.

Students don’t stick to instructors whose skills they don’t know.

You can apply out of curiosity, but very few people try to take a risk.

And as Yohan said, most people thought it was a prank.

The Saintess teaches swordsmanship?

Regardless of the truth of the rumors, it is unimaginable.

“Oh dear, I was going to step up… I think I need to show my skills once.”

I decided to go to the president’s office tomorrow.

To ask for a place to show my skills to the students.

But there was no need to do that.

“Saintess, Professor Touare of the Swordsmanship department has come to see you.”

A place was prepared.