Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 179

Chapter 179: To The Snowy North… Part-3.
Looking at the snow-covered streets of the city and the children playing in the snow, Jareth couldn’t help but nod his head.

‘It’s been a while since I last went to a place where it snows this much…’

The last time he went to such a place was years ago in his previous life. The location where he used to live and work was closer to the equator, so it never snowed there.

To see the snow, he would have needed to go to the northern areas of the country, but that wasn’t possible in the recent years as he was too busy with work.

‘Who could have thought I would end up seeing snow in a different world altogether…’

Jareth has more or less already considered the possibility that he can never go back to his original world.

And even if he went back, there’s no guarantee he would be able to return to the same timeline.

Maybe time moves faster in his previous world compared to here, and by the time he returns, hundreds of years might have passed away.

There will be nothing left for him to call home by that time.

‘Forget it, it’s better this way; at least Shiina will be able to find someone better for herself and live a happy life now… I should also move on…’

Walking on the streets, Jareth left footprints on the snow and kept enjoying the beauty of this amazing scenery.

After all, it’s not every day that you get to enjoy such amazing sights.

‘Maybe I should click a photo or two; I will show them to Mark and Risa later… Ah, there’s Azul too now; I nearly forgot about him…’

Without knowing himself, Jareth has already started to care for Mark and Risa.

Azul, on the other hand is even more special.

He has dual affinities; he can use space magic and fire magic, which means he’s a perfect candidate to inherit Jareth’s legacy.

Jareth can teach him all his fire spell knowledge.

Mark and Risa are children from powerful families; after all, Jareth can’t really turn them into his faithful pawns as they will always be more inclined to their own families.

But Azul has no one else to rely on, and he can definitely become a qualified pawn that can be very helpful in the future.

‘Although I assume that there’s not really enough time left for these pawns to grow up and be useful to me… It’s always better to make preparation for all circumstances…’

While Jareth was busy thinking about various things, Jui glanced at him before saying,

“This is Keim, the city of everlasting snow… It is said that it snows for six months continuously in this place, and thousands of tourists come here every year…”

“This place is referred to as ‘Heaven on Earth’ as the scenery here is indeed very beautiful…”

“The snow crystals that Frost type mages use mostly come from the mines located in the mountain range nearby…”

“This place is extremely important to the nation, not only because it produces a lot of money; it also has a lot of resources hidden beneath the snow…”

Jareth was quite surprised that the description that Jui gave of Keim was exactly the same as the guide who led him here in the game had provided him.

‘Hmm, it’s as if I am being considered a player even now… What an odd feeling…’

Jareth didn’t dwell on that matter much, and he nodded his head at Jui.

“Well, I can see why they would dare to give this place an arrogant title like ‘Heaven on Earth.’ This place is one of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen before…”

Not only are they putting a lot of efforts into maintaining the natural look of this place by controlling human intervention, they are also putting a lot of money into cleaning.

Whenever tourists come to a place, they spread tons of garbage, and the tourist spot gets ruined completely by the overflowing flow of people.

The reason why this place is still so good-looking despite the massive tourist flow all year long is because the government has not only made strict rules to restrict people from throwing garbage at random places.

They also have hired a lot of cleaning workers who work tirelessly to keep this place clean and beautiful all year long.

“By the way, the islands we are looking for are located on the other side of the mountain range…”

“That’s actually a no man’s land; it’s extremely close to the border of the country, and no one lives there… The military likely wants to establish an air base in those floating islands…”

“Otherwise they wouldn’t have wanted to deal with those islands…”

Jareth was surprised at Jui bluntness; she spilled all the beans without even asking.

“Are you sure you should be saying these controversial things out loud?”

Jui crossed her hands and said in a proud tone,

“I am a proud knight; I don’t lie or work in shady business; thus, I am telling you the whole truth as it is, and I don’t fear the government either…”

“When I became a knight, I took the oath that I would never betray myself and those whom I cared for… So, I am telling you about the truth because I don’t want to be a part of this lie…”

“The government doesn’t give a single Sh*t about the citizens; they want to turn those islands into military bases…”

“Thus they said that the dungeon in the central island can cause problems for people, despite knowing that this dungeon has never caused harm to the people of Keim in the past hundreds of years…”

“If it was really harmful, the people here wouldn’t have been living in peace and happiness for so long… I hate to work with them despite how much of a hypocrite those politicians are…”

Jui gritted her teeth’s and kept cursing on the politicians endlessly.

“You seem to have some really deep resentment with the politicians?”

At Jareth’s questioning tone, Jui directly admitted her reason without even hesitating.

“It’s because they were the reason why my master had to go and marry that rude guy… tch!”

Mark’s mother was an excellent sword user, but she was also the adopted child of a politician.

They made her marry Reynald so as to include a grade 1 mage in their own plans and get his favor.

Too bad for them that Reynald and Mark’s mother both fell for each other quite soon and ended up separating themselves from the government’s clutches altogether.

But Jui doesn’t like Reynald, as she thinks of him as a rude guy, and thus she doesn’t like the politicians who threw her friend into that rude guy’s arms.

In her opinion, her friend and master were treated as a sacrifice and suffered a lot of injustice.

…

Jareth shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

‘It has nothing to do with me, lady. Why are you telling me about your boring ideas and everything… sigh, If only Shiina was here… She would have glared at her and made her shut up…’

‘Dealing with women is not really something I am good at…’

Ignoring Jui speech on righteousness, Jareth glanced towards the north, where the mountain range was located, and asked in a calm voice.

“By the way, do you have any skills that can help you fly?”

Jui shook her head and replied in a stern voice.

“No, as a knight, I prefer traveling on foot; I don’t trust the shady techniques of the mages-”

Jareth didn’t even bother listening anymore; he just cast his telekinesis and grabbed her with it, then he used float magic to fly in the direction of the islands.

Jui was shocked when she found herself floating all of a sudden.

“C-chantless magic!?”

Jareth nodded his head at those words,

“Yeah… is this your first time seeing it?”

Jui’s face turned pale when she saw herself floating so high above in the sky.

It turns out she has a fear of heights; she clenched her sword tightly and kept trying her best to not look down.

‘How did she become a grade-2 knight if she has fear for height? Don’t they say that a knight fears nothing?’

In Jareth’s opinion, a grade-2 knight won’t die even if you throw them down from several kilometers up in the sky.

They can use their mana to disperse the impact of the landing. Moreover, all knights have quite high physical damage resistance, so she would likely be fine even if she fell down from here.

‘I guess it must have something to do with her backstory, then…’

Each character who shows a unique trait in the game definitely has some kind of intriguing backstory behind it.

If Jareth was still a player, he would have liked to ask her more details about how she ended up having the fear of heights.

That might have triggered some unexpected hidden quests, but right now, he’s not interested at all.