Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Risa, The Villainess! Part-2.
University, Market Area.

8:30 P.M.

‘This area always becomes so dark and shady during night…’ (Jareth)

As Jareth has played this game a lot, he knew that the market area around the academy has always been quite shady during the night.

It becomes oddly dark in this area when night comes, and even the magic lamps seem unable to extinguish this darkness fully.

Jareth glanced at the eerily quiet area and thought to himself:

“Hmm, as I am on the night patrol duty today, perhaps I might be able to encounter ‘that’ random event…” (Jareth)

In the game, the reason why this area was always so dark was because it was the principal who did this on purpose.

He has cast an illusion-type magic in this place to play tricks on the students.

The market area closes after 8:30 P.M. and no shop is open after this set time.

However, due to the illusion magic, any student who passes by this area after the set time can encounter the illusion at random.

What the illusion does is, it shows a shop that is open even after the closing time, which increases the student’s curiosity and lures them deeper into the illusion.

Those students who enter the shop get stuck with a monster created by illusion and can’t leave unless they defeat the monster or morning comes.

Rarely any students fall for this trap as the illusion is rarely noticed by anyone, thus there is not much information available about it on the student chat groups and community sites.

‘Hmm, in the game you can get some hefty amount of money and an enhancement potion as a reward for defeating that illusion… I wonder if I will be able to encounter that event today though…’ (Jareth)

While walking through the market area without even a little bit of concern, Jareth was looking out for trouble on purpose.

The talent ‘Mana Singularity’ gives him enough confidence to go against this early-game boss without any trouble, thus he wasn’t afraid of encountering it.

In fact, he wanted to encounter it on purpose.

‘Strangely… my body craves for battle the more I get stronger… am I perhaps becoming a battle junkie or something?…’ (Jareth)

Just when Jareth was about to get disappointed and was about to leave the area, he sensed a faint mana fluctuation coming from a hidden alley.

‘Hmm, a student is wandering around here so late?’ (Jareth)

Due to his extreme level of mana-controlling ability, he can now sense mana fluctuations from far away no matter how small they are.

Jareth immediately distinguished the fluctuation and figured out that it was a student who was wandering so late around the area.

He immediately turned back and went directly into the dark alleyway without any fear or hesitation.

‘Ever since I have possessed this body… I seem to have lost the word ‘fear’ from my dictionary…’ (Jareth)

‘If it was the original me, I would have been scared to go in this dark alleyway during night… but this body is too d*mn fearless…’ (Jareth)

Everything around Jareth was eerily silent and dark, but Jareth was unaffected by all this.

[Basic Magic: Glowing Mana ball]

A small magic circle appeared on Jareth’s palm and a glowing ball of mana floated out of it.

Then it started to illuminate the area.

Jareth immediately saw a familiar young girl standing near the wall with a dazed look on her face.

‘Ah, so it was her… she fell for that trap laid out by the principal…’ (Jareth)

‘Sigh…. This girl is really unlucky, she got in trouble right on the first day of the university…’ (Jareth)

Jareth went over towards Risa who was standing with a dazed look on her face.

He stretched out his hand and placed his index finger on her forehead, using his amazing mana control, he immediately ripped apart the illusion that was clouding her mind.

A gigantic magic circle that was originally invisible to the naked eye appeared on the ground and shattered into nothingness.

‘Hmm, it’s a strong spell… you can’t destroy it in-game as it’s not considered a destroyable object by the game files… but now that It’s real life, I can easily break such spells with ‘mana singularity’…’ (Jareth)

[Ding! Got 100 Cp for changing a mini-event!]

‘Ah, come to think of it, I got a lot of CP after killing that Cyclops I totally forgot to use it after I got the talent… it totally slipped out of my mind…’ (Jareth)

While Jareth was busy contemplating in his mind, Risa regained her consciousness and came back to her senses.

A confused look appeared on her face as she looked all around her in shock.

“What just happened… uh!?…” (Risa)

Then she noticed Jareth standing nearby and her eyes widened in surprise even further.

Jareth who was leaning his back against the wall replied to her question in his usual cold tone.

“Well, you fell into an illusion trap cast by the principal to mess up with the students who wander around this area at night…” (Jareth)

“I just dispelled that illusion for you as I am on night patrol duty right now…” (Jareth)

“Why are you here so late, Student Risa?” (Jareth)

Hearing Jareth’s question, Risa suddenly remembered everything.

“Uh, I was a bit hungry and wanted to buy some food but when I entered the shop there was a giant wolf monster inside and I ended up fighting it…” (Risa)

Then an excited look appeared on her face.

“It was actually a strong monster! I was enjoying an amazing death match with it! It even bit off my right hand and then I used the blood spraying out of my arm to blind its eyes and attack it again!” (Risa)

The more she talked the more excited she became, but Jareth felt quite awkward listening to her words.

‘She went toe to toe with a peak grade-4 monster while still being a grade-5 herself? As expected, this little villainess is talented…’ (Jareth)

*Groaaannn~*

Then suddenly Risa’s stomach groaned loudly and due to the surroundings being so quiet the voice of help coming from her tummy rang loudly in Jareth’s ears.

“Ah, I forgot I had to eat!” (Risa)

“You forget about eating?” (Jareth)

Risa scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment and said in a sheepish tone.

“Well, I have a bad habit of forgetting it, hehe…” (Risa)

Just then Jareth remembered the last lines this villainess said when Allen killed her with ‘light’ magic.

‘Sigh… I forgot to eat again…forgive me, mother…’

These were the last words she said during her boss fight, originally it didn’t make much sense plot-wise as there was not anything in the game related to her personal life.

‘But now it makes sense… it seems she does have a bad habit of forgetting her food…’ (Jareth)

Jareth searched through his space ring brought out a calorie bar and handed it over to her.

“Uh.. thanks, professor!” (Risa)

Seeing the happy look on her face, a sudden thought came to his mind.

‘If I had married Shiina, would I have had a daughter like her?’ (Jareth)

A sudden nostalgia hit Jareth all of a sudden and he nodded at the girl before leaving.

“Don’t wander around recklessly during night, the principal likes to play tricks on the students a lot, you might encounter his real pet wolf someday if you wander around in the night too much…” (Jareth)

“The one in the illusion was a weaker version, his real pet wolf is quite strong…” (Jareth)

After saying that Jareth left the place without looking back.

Risa nodded her head at his words and left with the calorie bar happily.

…

While patrolling afterward, a sudden thought came to Jareth’s mind.

‘Will I get extra CP if I alter the story and help out those two pitiful kids get together…’ (Jareth)

Mark was Allen’s rival in the game, but he was bound to be doomed by the protagonist’s halo and died horribly by being ripped to shreds by an endless siege of contaminated monsters during the later stages of the game.

The fate of Risa is even more tragic, she was never able to get Mark to love her as he became too focused on fighting with Allen and she ended up being killed by Allen as she wanted to get rid of him.

Her dying wish was to eat some food but she died hungry on the cold floor and even her dead body was never recovered as it was left behind in a dungeon to rot.

‘I hope things turn out better for those two kids… at least I don’t want people to end up like me… separated from my loved ones forever…’ (Jareth)

At that time, Jareth didn’t know that his decision would change the whole world in a very different way.

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Author’s Notes.

Yo! It’s your beloved author here! His decisions are so random, let’s see where it takes him in the future.

Question of the day.

If given a chance, would you have chosen to save Mark and Risa or not?

1. Yes (Let their ship sail!!)

2. No (I don’t like getting involved in other people’s business…)

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