Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 134

Chapter 134: A peculiar experiment… (Skippable)
“Okay, I get it that you guys are going there and all, but why the f*ck do I need to go there too!?”

Shin, who just got the letter from Thomas yesterday that he had to accompany Jareth, Mark, and Risa on the trip to the Desert of Chaotic Thunder along with Aria, couldn’t help but complain endlessly.

“You know that I am an ‘Ice type’ mage, right? My magic will be the least effective in a desert!!”

Hearing Shin’s complaint, Jareth just shook his head and said,

“You and Aria are in the team as ‘Emotional support’, I guess…”

Shin gave me a strange expression and said,

“Since when did you figure out the need for ‘Emotional Support’… O almighty sorcerer?”

Jareth sighed at those words and said,

“Not for me… You are the emotional support for the students; when they see you two struggling to cross the desert, they will feel less conflicted in their heart…”

Shin looked at Jareth with a look of annoyance and said,

“Man, you are pure evil!! You are planning on me making ice for the kids when they get tired, right!? And then you will make Aria use her potions and healing magic for them!?”

“You are a devil!! A schemer to the core!”

Jareth frowned a bit at Shin’s loud voice and said,

“Shut up, don’t you want to make amends with your wife for utterly destroying her lipstick? That famous company is located there in the central city of the desert; you can try your luck there…”

Only when Shin heard those words did he finally calm down and stop complaining.

“Er… T-that…”

A look of determination appeared in his eyes as he said,

“Waifu is laifu!! Anything for the waifu!! Let’s go to the desert!!”

Shin immediately changed his mind after hearing Jareth’s words and got ready to go in an instant.

Jareth smirked a bit and said,

“Then are you ready to work as the ‘Ice Producting Machine’ for the students now?”

Shin immediately gave Jareth a salute and said,

“Yes!! I will produce so much ice! I will f*cking turn that desert into the North Pole!!”

Aria, on the other hand, wanted to opt out of this trip, but she had no courage to say that in front of Jareth.

‘Ahhh!! My ancestors!! Bless me with the strength to survive this ordeal!! I can’t say ‘No’ or he will blast me off the face of Earth!!’

‘I promise I will donate three.. no! Five boxes filled with sweets at the shrine as an offering to you all!!’

Aria was holding onto Risa as a shield to protect herself from Jareth’s intimidating gaze; if not for Risa, she would have fainted from Jareth’s aura by now.

On the other hand, Risa herself was confused at why Aria was hiding behind her, as if she were being targeted by some predator or something.

Ignoring Jareth, who was waiting near the ‘Helipad’ for the ‘Helicopter’ to come, Shin came over to Aria’s side and said,

“Hey, Aria, my dear comrade… Don’t you dare say that you have an ‘Idea’ okay!?”

“Last time you said that and took the students to have a training at the ocean, a massive tsunami nearly drowned them all!! Don’t you dare jinx us now…”

Although that tsunami was produced by Jareth, who was firing massive mana beams at the regenerating tree at the bottom of the sea, people still blamed Aria for jinxing it all.

It was her ‘Idea’ after all.

Just when Shin was about to go back and grab some other important things for the trip, Aria said,

“Uh, I actually had an Ide-”

Shin quickly placed a hand over her mouth and spoke.

“Don’t say it, idiot! You are gonna get us killed!!”

Just when Aria was about to stop talking, Thomas arrived at the scene and said,

“Come on, don’t blame her like that… It was not her fault that things happened like that… Her ideas are not that bad, actually. Professor Aria, please tell us what is on your mind?”

Aria smiled happily and nodded her head,

“Actually, there are quite a few ‘one-way teleportation scrolls’ in the university’s inventory; we can just use that to go to the central city of the desert by just using its coordinates…”

Thomas nodded his head at those words and said,

“Oh, that’s actually quite a good idea; if this works, we won’t need to walk through that dangerous desert on our own… In the past, people didn’t seem to have tried it, right?”

Shin shook his head and said,

“No, the technology of making ‘one-way teleportation scrolls’ is relatively new; people likely didn’t try it in the past, and even if they have tried it in recent times, there is no information floating about it on the internet either…”

“Which is quite strange, actually…”

Hearing those words, Aria said them in an excited tone.

“Doesn’t that mean we can create history if we succeed in it!? Let’s give it a try!!”

Aria immediately ran to the storeroom of the university and brought back a ‘one-way teleportation scroll’ with her.

“Planes and other vehicles can’t go to that place because, for some reason, they get targeted by thunder, but if we teleport, then there will be no problems, I think…”

With an excited look on her face, Aria put the scroll on the ground and embedded her mana in it.

Jareth, who was standing far away, didn’t stop the experiment, but he used his telekinesis to secretly grab Mark and Risa and bring them to his side.

A few seconds passed, the scroll started to shine brightly with mana, and a magic circle started to appear on the ground.

Just when the three of them were about to laugh from happiness, a massive explosion happened, and then the teleportation scroll burst apart like a bomb.

Mark and Risa, who were still confused as to why Jareth had forcefully dragged them back with telekinesis, looked at that scene in shock.

“T-this!? The teleportation scroll exploded!?”

Seeing the shocked look on Mark’s face, Jareth shook his head and said,

“This is what happens when you try to mess with the power of the manifestation of a ‘Law’…”

“The ‘Law of Thunder’ has itself manifested in that desert area; it prohibits any ‘shortcuts’… You are forced to go there by your own capabilities…”

“It’s like a test placed by the world itself; if you can pass it, you will find your abilities improved… But if you try to cheat, then this will happen…”

When the dust finally settled, the scene inside the explosion became visible.

The three of them were now covered in dust, and expressions of disbelief were fixed on their faces.

Fortunately, the three of them deployed their mana barriers on time; otherwise, they would have gotten injured by this explosion.

Jareth walked over to their side and wanted to say some words of motivation as the three of them seemed quite down, but his harsh mouth couldn’t say kind words at all.

“Tch! Pathetic…”

Actually, Jareth himself wanted to know what would be the result of this experiment, and he was ready to see them fail, but even he didn’t expect that they would fail so miserably.

“Ahem… I remember I still have some work to do. I shall leave now…”

Thomas scrathed the back of his neck in embarrassment and left in a hurry to take a shower.

On the other hand, Shin glared at Aria, saying,

“I knew it! You truly have a cursed tongue! You jinxed it again!! D*mn! Why did I believe you!? I am such an idiot!”

Jareth nodded his head at that moment and said,

“Glad you have some self-knowledge…”

Shin just sighed at those words and hurriedly left with a look of annoyance as he wanted to take a quick shower to clean up the dirt and change clothes.

Aria, whose legs had already gone soft from the explosion, had slumped on the ground.

Jareth glanced at her and said,

“Well, although the experiment failed, it is still quite commendable that you have the courage to do such a dangerous experiment. You have my respects, Professor Aria…”

Jareth was certainly praising her, but from Aria’s perspective, it all sounded different.

“You really have the nerve to do such dangerous experiments!! You are so bold, Professor Aria!!”

That’s what she actually heard. Fortunately, Risa helped her get up and supported her on the way back to her room; otherwise, she would have fainted right there.

Just when everyone had left, the awaited helicopter arrived, and the pilot looked at Jareth with a look of confusion and said,

“Uh, sir, I was told that there would be five people… Where are the rest?”

Jareth scoffed at those words and said,

“Three of them just exploded in a bomb explosion… Their ashes are flying in that crater right there…”

The pilot was taken aback for a second, and he couldn’t help but gulp his saliva.

He’s aware of Jareth’s reputation, he thought.

‘Could it be that the people were not pleasing to the eye, so he blasted them off with his fire magic, and only ashes are left now… h-how scary…’

The pilot obediently shut off the helicopter and said, in a respectful tone,

“Uh… I-I will wait till you are ready to go, sir. Tell me anytime…”

‘F*ck me! I shouldn’t have taken this job!!’