Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 149

Chapter 149: NPC Stories are important too… Part-2.
Imagine reaching home and seeing a literal nuke sitting on the sofa, ready to blast at any second.

Or imagine a beast so strong that it could wipe out mountains and rivers and change the geography of an entire area with one attack, wandering around your home.

Such a scenario would be so terrifying that you would rather take your family and run away from the calamity.

But the problem is that this beast is sentient, and no matter where you go, you can’t escape its grasp, or rather, the beast won’t even let you leave in the first place.

Just imagining this scenario can give chills to anyone who cares about their family’s safety.

Ensha is the same; the moment she came back to the hidden village, she ignored her exhaustion that was caused by using too much mana and rushed to the village main entrance with a worried look on her face.

Although she didn’t know what disaster had come to her village, she didn’t care about it and walked over to the old man sitting at the gate to ask questions.

“Grandpa! Is everything alright!?”

When Ensha asked a question, the old veteran replied in a panicked tone.

“Oh, Ensha! You are finally back! Some unknown man suddenly came to the village a few hours ago… He said he’s a mage! Just like you! So I sent a distress signal to you…”

“We don’t have anyone in the village who can deal with him; also, I can sense that the other party is very strong; intuition tells me he’s dangerous… You must be cautious…”

Ensha nodded her head at the old man’s words.

“Okay, I will keep that in mind…”

Without waiting any longer, Ensha rushed inside and didn’t even wait to hear the last few words from the old man.

“W-wait, he also told his name! A-are you there?”

The old man tried to tell Ensha more information, but she just left in a hurry, which caused the old man to sigh deeply.

‘Ugh, if only I was not such a useless old bastard…’

Twenty years ago, the old man used to be a veteran in the army, and he himself was a strong warrior that was admired by many. But as time passed, he lost his eyesight and his combat senses due to an accident in the battle.

Then he was forced to retire.

With no kids or family, he had no source of income, and he was driven out of the city that he once used to protect.

He wandered around for a while, but then he found a man who led him to this hidden village.

The man was Ensha’s father.

He was a criminal who found this hidden location by chance, and then he took as many people in as possible.

He worked hard and brought all the people who had been driven out of the city to this hidden village.

In other words, this whole village is made up of the people who were originally driven out of the city for not paying taxes on time.

Eventually, Ensha’s father was caught and punished with the death penalty, as he was involved in many serious crimes that couldn’t be forgiven.

The fact that he had saved many lives did not matter; in the eyes of the law, a crime is a crime, and one cannot avoid punishment.

That man left his children in the old veteran’s and the village chief’s care.

The old man never wanted Ensha to become a criminal too; he wanted a brighter future for her, but things were out of his control.

An old man like him, who has already lost his eyes and even lost a leg while escaping from a monster while traveling outside in the desert, can’t really control much.

Ensha chose her own path; her hands are already smeared with blood, and the law won’t forgive her crimes.

At the very least, she will face fifty years in jail, and in the worst-case scenario, she may even face the death penalty, just like her father.

And the old man can’t do anything to stop this; he can only sit here like a fool and watch it all happen. Such is the sad reality of his life.

‘Ensha, be safe, kid… and forgive me for being useless…’

…

Inside the village.

Ensha entered the village, and the villagers seem to have found their ray of hope.

Several villagers who had previously hid rushed out of their homes to greet her with happy smiles on their faces.

Even the children came over to greet her together.

Ensha glanced at the old woman standing nearby and asked,

“Village chief! Where is my brother?”

The old lady smiled a bit and said,

“Ah, I remember seeing him wandering around the other gate of the village with his friends…”

Ensha frowned at those words and asked,

“And what about that unknown mage who appeared a few hours ago? Where is he? Did he do something suspicious…”

Before the old lady could answer the question, a kid suddenly said,

“A-About that, I remember big bro saying that he would go and catch that stranger!”

Hearing those words, a look of worry appeared on Ensha’s face.

The ‘Big Bro’ the kid mentioned is obviously Ensha’s younger brother; he likely must have wanted to show off in front of his friends and would have gone to trouble the mage.

‘Not good! I need to stop him before things get bad…’

Before Ensha could think about what to do next, a young boy’s voice resounded in the whole area.

“AHAHAHA! See! I told you all! I will capture the stranger!”

Hearing that voice, the village’s people turned their heads backward and then stepped back to clear some space.

They saw a young man with light blue pupils and shiny white hair walking towards the crowd with a proud look on his face.

Just behind him was a tall man with dark purple hair and eyes, wearing a luxury coat.

Although the young man was declaring he had caught the stranger, the unknown man seemed to be walking behind him with an amused look on his face, as if he didn’t even care about those words.

Ensha immediately rushed over and pulled her brother aside to check if he was hurt anywhere.

“Azul! Are you okay!?”

Azul nodded his head and said in a happy tone,

“Yes! I am as good as always! In fact, I feel better than usual!”

At that moment, a deep and cold voice sounded in Ensha’s ears.

“I see… So he is Azul…”

Just when Ensha wanted to ask more questions from her brother, that cold voice brought her back to reality, and her eyes fell on the face of the man who was accompanying Azul.

Only at that moment did she have a proper look at the man’s face, and just by seeing his face, Ensha’s eyes widened in sheer shock.

“J-Jareth Blaze!? ‘The Wyvern Killer’!? H-how could this be!?”

Ensha was so shocked that her loud voice surprised all the villagers and children nearby.

Her body trembled, and she refused to believe the reality.

“W-why… would a grade 1 mage c-come to this abandoned place!? T-this is impossible!”

Ensha retreated a few steps back in panic, dragging Azul behind her in hopes of protecting him.

Even the villagers seemed to have understood the seriousness of the situation. They have never seen Ensha panic like this, so they also decided to step back in a hurry and make distance.

But Jareth didn’t care about these small details at all.

“Oh, your information is lacking, it seems. I am called Jareth Ayad nowadays, and there is no Blaze family in this world anymore.”

“But forget about that; let’s talk about what is more important…”

Jareth glanced at the young man, who was refusing to hide behind his sister, and said,

“Are you Azul Ignis, young man?”

Azul was surprised that Jareth knew his name; he asked in shock,

“Wait, I don’t think I ever told you my name before… How do you-”

Jareth waved his hand and said,

“No need to worry about minor details; I have my means… But your words sure have confirmed that you are indeed Azul Ignis… Then this lady must be Ensha Ignis…”

Ensha frowned deeply at Jareth’s words. She brought out her magic wand and pointed it towards Jareth with a look of worry on her face.

“Y-you, what do you want from us? Were you sent here to capture me by the government… No, why would the government send a grade 1 mage just to capture a small-time thief like me-”

Before Ensha could finish her words, Jareth glared at her with his cold eyes and said,

“First of all, I am talking to Azul, not you… do you mind stepping aside for a moment?”

Ensha’s body trembled, and as if her mana seemed to refuse her will, her hand lost strength, and she backed off with a look of fear on her face.

She could feel it in her bones that if she dared to fire her magic, she would be meeting ‘Death’ the very next moment.

Although Jareth himself is not going to do anything unpleasant, Ensha has been a criminal for a long time, and she can intuitively sense the insane killing intent hidden deep in Jareth’s body.

At that moment, Ensha couldn’t help but question one thing in her mind:

‘How did such an insane beast stumble upon our small village?”