Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 151

Chapter 151: Jareth, a disaster? Part-1.
Jareth offered too much.

Due to the amazing conditions, Azul had no other choice but to agree.

Not only did Jareth promise the safety of his sister and the villagers, he even offered Azul a bright future.

If Azul enrolls in a renowned university, he will undoubtedly acquire a wealth of knowledge and enhance his strengths with greater ease. He will have access to so many training resources that others can only dream about.

In fact, his own sister, Ensha, had to go out of her way to steal so much money just to buy the lowest-level spells from shady places.

Becoming a mage is a very difficult task.

Being born talented is just the first step; even the most talented people can’t go far if they don’t have the resources to turn that talent into actual power.

If you are born talented but come from a poor family, then you will have to struggle your way up.

To learn more about magic, you would need to show your excellence and get sponsorship, or you would have to get into prestigious universities or magic academies.

Surely you can buy low-level spells and basic magic-related books on the market, but they are always overpriced when, in fact, you can learn these things for free if you get access to the library of the university.

This is the reason why most parents in this world hope that their children can awaken their talent for magic and go to some prestigious school or university.

Putting the low-level spells aside, you only learn the higher-grade spells from the academies or universities; they aren’t available on the market.

There are only a few ways to learn high-grade magic: either you need to find a master who can teach them to you personally, or you will have to learn them while at the university.

Usually, the mages who have already graduated from university and are already high-ranking mages can go and choose to join the mage guild.

High-ranking mages founded the mage guild solely for their own benefit.

Only individuals in grades 3 or above can join this organization, and it is the best choice for mages who want to sell or buy spells and other artifacts.

Jareth himself never joined it as he was too weak for it, and after becoming strong, he didn’t have the time for it.

…

“I-I agree. I want to help my sister and village, so I will accept your offer.”

“But aside from basic reading and writing, I don’t really know much; I haven’t gone to school before either…”

Jareth waved his hand at Azul’s words and said,

“No problem… A magical talent like you is too precious to be buried just because he isn’t good at other things…”

Jareth was already planning on asking Mark to help Azul with things like this.

Mark, being a genius who has already revised his whole year’s worth of syllabus three times over, can definitely help Azul learn things easily.

‘If he can make a carefree girl like Risa pass such difficult exams just with a few group study sessions, then he can surely help Azul too…’

No matter how hard they tried to hide it, Jareth already knew that Risa often sneaked into Mark’s room to ask him to help her with her studies.

This was true in the game, and it is still true even now.

Nothing can be hidden from his insane mana detection ability, so it was impossible for them to hide this.

But Jareth didn’t care about the fact that they were breaking the rules.

The two of them are already engaged, and 18 years is the legal age. Both of them are adults, so they have the freedom to decide their life choices.

Jareth used to make excuses to hang out with Shiina too when he was young; thus, he never thought about stopping them from meeting.

Jareth got up from his seat and waved his hand to undo the ‘silence’ spell on Ensha.

Without waiting for the other party to say anything, he just walked towards the entrance and ignored everything else.

“You have two hours; get your things ready and say goodbye to whomever you want to say goodbye; we will leave after that… Also, you have already agreed to my words, so don’t try running or doing anything else… it’s useless…”

With that said, Jareth left in the direction of the broken lift that brought him here in the first place.

…

Looking at Jareth’s fading back, Ensha wanted to just rush up and attack him, but her body refused to move.

‘I was too powerless…’

That day, Ensha realized that it didn’t matter how proud she was of her own strength; she was simply powerless in front of a being as strong as Jareth.

‘Fortunately, he seems to have no ill intentions… at least on the surface…’

Ensha couldn’t understand why Jareth was doing all this just for the sake of the random kid he suddenly encountered.

“Big sis.. uh, who is that man actually? Do you know anything about him?”

Just when Ensha was staring at Jareth’s back with a look of worry and sadness, Azul’s questioning voice came into her ears.

All the villagers also looked over curiously, as they also wanted to hear more about it.

Seeing the curious look on everyone’s face, Ensha sighed loudly and said,

“That man is a grade 1 mage; his name is Jareth… He was in grade 2 just a few months ago, but he recently ascended to the grade 1 realm…”

“Even as a grade-2 mage, he was already strong enough to kill an adult Wyvern with a single attack… The attack he used to kill a peak grade-2 cyclops created an underground tunnel that is dozens of kilometers long…”

“People use that tunnel nowadays like a normal tunnel to travel… Also, he took part in the battle that was fought in Artavia…”

“He has too many titles to his name by now… ‘Wyvern Killer’, ‘Divine Flame’, ‘Artavia’s War Hero’… these are just a few of them…”

Out of them all, ‘Jareth the goat’ is the most famous title, but Ensha didn’t say that as it was more of a meme.

Ensha sighed again before continuing.

“That man is so strong that he can blast this whole mine and wipe out the whole Bastille city along with half of the desert of chaotic thunder in just one attack…”

“Thinking of going against is just pure insanity; only a madman will think of opposing his words… For someone like him, we are just ants crawling on the ground…”

“It won’t be wrong to say that he’s a walking nuclear bomb…”

Hearing Ensha’s words, the villagers couldn’t help but get shocked.

They thought that Jareth was someone strong, but who could have thought that he was someone so strong that his power was simply incomprehensible.

Azul himself was the most surprised.

If Ensha’s words are right that Jareth is an outstanding person, then it would mean that Azul is really very talented.

After all, even someone like Jareth praised Azul so highly; that simply shows how talented Azul is.

“Doesn’t that mean he has no reason to lie to us?”

At Azul’s question, Ensha sighed deeply and nodded her head with a sad expression on her face.

“Yeah… Now that I have calmed down, I can think more clearly… For such a strong person like him, there’s no need to lie to us mere ants…”

“We have nothing that is worth attracting his attention; if someone like him has said that you have talent, then it is indeed likely true… I don’t think he will get anything from lying to you about something like this…”

All Ensha wanted was a bright future for her brother, and now that Jareth is offering it to Azul, Ensha can’t stop this.

She walked over to Azul’s side and patted his head.

“You should go… Follow him and become a strong mage; your place is not in this dilapidated village; you are meant to achieve great things; don’t waste your life here…”

“Go and follow the bright path… I have already wasted my own life, but I want that at least you can be happy…”

“Also, that offer of going to jail isn’t that bad either… I will go and repent for all the sins I have committed… I admit I am not innocent; I killed many innocent people. I don’t deserve a bright future anymore…”

“So, just go; by the time I get out of jail, make sure you have already surpassed me at least.”

Hearing Ensha’s words, which were filled with deep sadness, Azul’s eyes became moist, and tears started to flow.

“I-I will miss you a lot… I-I…”

Just like that, the brother and sister spent a few minutes trying to console each other’s sadness-filled hearts.

Even the villagers couldn’t help but weep over this cruel fate of separation.

Some of the adult villagers were even motivated by this incident, promising that they would stop being useless and would try to find some work in the city to earn money.

With Ensha gone, they will need to find alternative means of providing for their families.

First of all, the fact that the entire village relied on a single individual for survival was already problematic.

But at least now they will all wake up and try to work hard for themselves.