Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 211

Chapter 211: The Military Camp… Part-1.
The train traveled through the underground tunnels, and after a while it came to surface in a mountainous region.

Jareth glanced outside the window and noticed that the train passed through the middle of a military base.

“This is the outermost military base located in the eastern direction, right at the edge… After this mountain range is the great forest of illusionary flowers…”

“Let’s go; this is the last train station… We have to travel by ourselves after this…”

The train passed by several hidden underground stations along the way in the past four hours, and Jareth told the three a few points about each and every one of those locations whenever they passed by.

Moreover, Jareth answered their questions on magic and various other phenomena along the way from time to time.

Thus, the group never got bored during the whole journey.

Although Jareth seems like a cold and strict teacher from the outside, he shows remarkable patience when teaching others.

His voice is deep and calm, which makes it difficult to ignore his words and adds the charm of being knowledgeable and believable to them.

The exceptional teaching abilities of the original Jareth allowed him to survive for three years despite his weakness and teach others about magic theories and other topics without anyone noticing.

He speaks with great confidence, and his voice carries a deep sense of authority in itself, as if he really were a powerful mage who was guiding weak people faithfully.

Now, Jareth is taking advantage of this deep voice too and is able to keep up with the questioning speed of these curious students without too much delay.

Although Jareth had never worked as a teacher in his previous life, the memories from the original Jareth alone were enough for him.

After all, when it comes to adapting to various new situations, he’s quite good at it by now.

As he had worked in shady situations and had to adapt accordingly, his mentality has been trained by those difficult times.

“Will they let us enter the military base though?”

Looking at the military camp through the window and noticing that the train was about to stop, Azul felt a bit intimidated.

He has lived his whole life hiding in an underground village from the police and the military personnel.

Seeing that he’s about to enter a camp filled with thousands of military personnel, he was quite intimidated and had serious doubts in his mind.

Jareth got up from his seat and headed towards the exit along with the three,

“There’s no need to get intimidated by these small matters… Although those military people have power weapons, guns, artillery, and stuff…”

“Don’t forget, you have a literal walking nuclear missile standing right beside you…”

Jareth placed his hand on the kiddo’s head, and Azul calmed down after hearing those words, which declared he was safe.

Even Mark and Risa felt a bit envious when they saw Jareth petting Azul’s head like that.

Jareth shook his head and moved forward while the three followed behind him.

He seemed like a confident father guiding his children and supporting them, making them learn about the ways of the world and helping them when they are panicked and intimidated.

(At this rate, he can never beat those allegations of being considered the illegitimate father it seems…)

…

Seeing Jareth get down from the train, a group of military officers came forward to greet him personally.

They saluted him respectfully showing their proper military etiquette and welcomed Jareth with smiles.

An old man standing in the forefront stretched out his arm to greet. Jareth shook the other party’s hand and nodded his head.

“It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Jareth. I am General Edwin. I am the one in charge of this place. It’s the blessing of the soldiers in our camp that we were fortunate enough to one day meet you in person…”

Jareth smiled at those words,

“Haha, General Edwin is flattering me; I am but a humble teacher at the academy; there’s no need to be so reserved, haha…”

Although Jareth said that, the general and even the other officers dared not to be rude in front of him.

They all knew that the person standing in front of them is a Grade 1 mage who’s one of the few people strongest people in the entire world.

Getting on the bad side of this person is not a good thing at all.

Moreover, Jareth is the person who went toe to toe against a world-destroying level calamity like Konda and eventually succeeded in defeating it without facing a single injury!

People literally worship Jareth as the ‘God of Divine Flames’ as he commanded the skies and made the dark clouds and thunder surrounding the city of Bastille disappear by just waving his hands.

Although Jareth is introducing himself as a mere humble professor at the university, he is the farthest person from the word ‘humble’.

Millions of people look up to him in awe nowadays, after all.

“Please, Mr. Jareth, this way, I have already asked the staff to make arrangements; if you would like to, you can take a rest here in the camp for tonight…”

“I heard that Mr. Jareth likes exotic and unique tea flavors; I have made sure to arrange some unique ones just for you. I am sure you will not be disappointed by our hospitality…”

Jareth nodded his head at those words.

“Hoh, it seems you have made great efforts in preparing for our welcome; I will trouble the general then; after all, while I am here, I will give a few tips to the soldiers if I have time…”

The general personally led Jareth with him towards the central bunker.

Mark and the three were left completely speechless when they saw that the general and the person in charge of such a massive military camp were being so respectful of Jareth.

In fact, it seemed like the other party was trying his best to flatter Jareth as much as possible!

Jareth also followed along the lines and went with the flow so as not to seem rude.

He wasn’t swayed by those unique tea flavors, for sure; he’s just being mindful… perhaps.

Mark and the other two were led by the other officer to another bunker for rest, and after seeing so many sweets and unique desserts, they also forgot about their worries.

…

Inside the central bunker.

“You have put a lot of efforts into this map… I feel bad taking your efforts for free…”

Hearing Jareth’s words, the general waved his hands immediately,

“No problem at all! The moment you had informed us that you were planning on going towards the east through our camp, I had prepared a copy of the military grade map of the easter area for you…”

“This map has all the details and important locations we have discovered over the years in a three-hundred-kilometer radius around the camp…”

“Most of the area around here is just mountain ranges and untouched natural forests that are far away from human activities… And after the 290-kilometer mark is the where the forest of illusory flowers start…”

“We don’t venture into that dangerous forest, and we have only mapped out only ten kilometers of area of that forest, but I am sure this map will help you in getting a head start at least…”

Aside from tasting the unique flavors of tea, Jareth’s main purpose to come here was that he wanted a copy of the military grade map in the hands of the general who’s in charge of this place.

Jareth was ready to give money or something precious in return for this, but he was surprised that the general offered it all by himself, and he didn’t even have to ask for it personally.

‘I guess this is the benefit of having a great reputation and strength that’s recognized all over the empire…’

The general sighed and continued speaking.

“Actually, my son is a businessman; when you cleared the dark clouds and thunders above Bastille, he was one of the few businessmen who profited from that a lot…”

“I just want to thank you for all that you have done for the empire and for my children too…”

“I am glad there is such a great and kind person as you in our empire and is protecting us all from great calamities…”

Jareth patted the old general on the shoulder and spoke in a calm tone.

“General, you are praising me too much. I just did what seemed right to me; saving the people and helping out according to my capabilities is what I think was the right thing to do…”

“Even if someone was in my shoes, they would have done the same thing…”

Jareth is good at acting when it comes to these kinds of situations; he immediately assumed the role and used words as weapons.

The old general was easily swayed by his devilish acting and didn’t even notice that Jareth was being a fraud the whole time!

“Ah, you are such a humble person, Mr. Jareth; if only that bastard Nathan was as kind and good as you… Our nation would have been blessed with three grade 1 mages…”

The common people don’t know the circumstances of Nathan, but they have heard many bad rumors about him, so all of them hate Nathan nowadays.

Seeing that Jareth is the complete opposite of Nathan despite being so strong and using his powers in the correct ways, the old general was moved beyond words.

He kept praising Jareth and his benevolent self for a long time that day and even went as far as to give a lot of secret military details to him for free.