Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: The Vast Human Empire…
Mark’s Dorm Room.

“Yes, just like that… You are surprisingly good at massaging…”

Mark smirked as he watched TV while sitting on the couch and made Risa massage his shoulders.

She had been messing around with him for a long time now, and today is the day when he will get some payback from her.

“Ugh… If not for that giant maze on the third floor, I would have definitely beaten you this time!”

Risa pouted her cheeks and said it in an annoyed tone.

She wanted to win this time but ended up getting lost in the maze. If only her mana detection ability were stronger, she could have reached the boss area faster.

‘I will go and train my mana detection ability so that something like this never happens again…’

Although Risa was upset over the fact that she lost, she still wanted to make progress, as she’s just as obsessed with training as Mark is with magic.

“No, no, even if you had reached the boss area… you know who the final boss was? It was Vice- Principal Jareth himself! He let me go on purpose, or I would not have won either…”

“But I will have to say, he really is a strong person; even the most casual attack from him is insanely strong…”

Seeing that Risa didn’t want to acknowledge her defeat, Mark told her about the final boss to make her aware of the fact that it was impossible to complete their trail if not for the fact that Jareth had let him go on purpose.

When she heard those words, Risa pouted her cheeks even more and said,

“Wait, doesn’t that mean you didn’t actually win the bet? Y-you tricked me!”

Mark didn’t deny it either; he smiled and said,

“Exactly!”

Just when Risa was about to say something, a notification sound came from both Mark and Risa’s phones.

They both noticed that it was a message from Jareth himself; he was asking them to come to the principal’s office for a moment.

Mark glanced at Risa with a look of confusion and said,

“Did you do something? Don’t tell me you left your torture-related book open in the classroom and someone fainted after reading them…”

Risa frowned a bit and shook her head before saying,

“No, I didn’t do anything; I am innocent!”

“If I wanted to make someone faint why would I use such an inefficient method any way? I can just throw a random poisonous dust on them, and they will faint on the spot!”

Mark frowned at her words and said,

“I seriously don’t know what is so interesting about learning these weird things; you really have weird interests…”

Risa shrugged her shoulders and said,

“Too bad, you’re going to get married to a weird girl, I guess… what? Why are you looking at me like that? I really didn’t make anyone faint, you know!”

Mark shook his head and said,

“Sigh, forget it; let’s just go and see what the issue is…”

The two of them nodded their heads and left the room to go to the principal office.

…

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived outside the principal office, and Mark gulped his saliva in nervousness.

“Ugh… This is the first time I have been summoned to the principal’s office. I wonder what I did to get called here…”

“I certainly don’t want them to contact my parents to complain; my younger sister will laugh at me all the time if she finds out something about me…”

Mark couldn’t help but think of how mischievous his younger sister is; she even stole all his share of pastries and then blamed it all on Risa.

‘I sometimes wonder where she even gets these weird ideas…’

*Knock* *Knock*

Mark knocked on the door and waited until a sound of ‘come in’ came from inside.

With permission to enter, he pushed the door open, and the two of them entered together.

What came into view was Jareth sitting on the chair of the vice principal, and a map of the entire human empire was placed on the table in front of him.

Jareth raised his head and glanced at the two of them before saying, in his usual cold tone,

“Sit down…”

Mark and Risa nodded their heads and sat down on the chairs positioned on the opposite side.

Jareth then brought out some books from his space ring and gave a few to both of them.

“I recently had the chance to find some secret spells that will come in handy for talented people like you… Take them; consider that you owe me a favor…”

Before Mark could ask the origin of these spells, Jareth added,

“The previous principle had a hidden library that had a lot of secret spells. I got these from there. You can study these spells for now, and then you will have to return them to me…”

“Also, you aren’t allowed to tell anyone else about this matter, or I will hang you upside down like a chandelier…”

Hearing the warning from Jareth, the two of them nodded their heads and promised not to tell anyone about this matter.

Mark glanced at one of the books and said,

“But isn’t it illegal to take things without permission from the owner… Like, wouldn’t this cause problems?”

Jareth shook his head and said,

“The owner of these books didn’t think twice before he did illegal things; he has no right to be suing others for doing illegal stuff…”

“Also, the hidden library was located in the university; these spells are now public property, and once you two are done learning them, I will put these spells in the restricted area of the main library…”

“Students who are exceptionally talented and perform well can also learn these in the future…”

Only after hearing the reassuring words from Jareth did Mark finally accept the spell books and put him in his space ring.

And since Mark accepted the offer, Risa didn’t think much either and took the spell books too.

From her point of view, Mark always makes the right decisions, and since he agreed, it was fine if she took the spell books too.

Then Mark asked with a voice of concern,

“Well, that aside, what if he came out and blamed us for stealing though…”

Jareth leaned his back on the chair and said,

“If that guy really managed to come out, I will be dealing with him; you don’t need to worry about things that are supposed to be my business… Just work hard and get stronger…”

“That’s what is expected from an excellent talent like you…”

Mark nodded his head at those words and stopped mentioning Nathan after that.

Seeing that Mark finally stopped talking about Nathan, Jareth continued,

“Ah, another matter; you see this map; this is the map of the entire human empire…”

“The ones that you see on the internet and in books are very inaccurate and don’t have the real details in them…”

“But this one is a very detailed map created by a very skilled professional…”

Jareth glanced at the map and explained,

“To the north is the snow-covered mountain range, filled with hundreds of tribes of frost-type wyverns living there. It’s an area that’s very remote; very few people live there…”

“Then in the west is the port city of Urona and the Vast Sea, which is filled with countless underwater creatures….”

“Actually, Artavia is located in the middle area between the capital city and the port city of Urona…”

“The empty areas have mountain ranges and forests; there are also many hidden military bases in these areas…”

Jareth then placed his finger on the east side of the map and said,

“To the east is the giant forest of illusionary flowers… It’s filled with weird creatures that can send brain wave attacks and create illusions; it’s a dangerous place…”

Jareth didn’t say at the moment that just past this large forest is an even bigger forest area that is the place where the entire Elf Empire is located; the distance to the Elven Empire is more than a thousand kilometers.

Moreover, you have to traverse through this dangerous forest area to reach an even denser forest to finally arrive at the Elven Empire. It’s a difficult journey if you can’t fly or anything.

‘Moreover, this whole planet is likely much bigger than Earth itself; on this one continent, elves and humans are living thousands of kilometers apart, and there are two more continents out there…’

Jareth has visited many areas in the game; he knows the general locations of them, but things might be different in this world, so he isn’t sure.

‘There’s the great dwarf tribe, and there is even an underground area where the beast men are living in hiding…’

Jareth stopped thinking about all this and put his finger on the southern area and said,

“To the south is the massive desert of chaotic thunder, where thunder clouds rampage violently all year long and it never rains there…”

Jareth explained the whole topography of the human empire and then came to Mark and Risa before saying,

“I need you two to follow me on a journey to this desert; I have something to find, and on the other hand, you two can get a lot of real combat experience by fighting monsters there…”

“But let me be clear: it’s going to be a difficult journey; traversing the thunder-torn desert is no child’s play; it’s going to be a massive challenge…”

“Many low-grade mages have died there… But fret not, ordinary people still live there and there are cities located in that place too, so you won’t have much trouble once in the city…”