Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 53

The Banquet of Stars! Part-4.
(Random World Lore)

In the legends and myths, it is said that a great King once descended to this world from beyond the stars.

He shined with golden radiance and his benevolent gaze made everyone feel at peace.

That mysterious King only stayed in this world for a few moments but the sensation he caused was immense.

Those who witnessed his overwhelming presence started to worship him as the ‘divine prophet’.

That King bestowed the world with two prophecies.

One was lost to time and was thus forgotten, but the other one remained till now.

{Go home; there is still hope there…}

That prophecy was very mysterious and vague, none of the people alive at that time understood its true meaning.

It’s been nearly a thousand-years since then, generations came and went, Empires rose and fell, and eventually the prophecy became just a topic of stories and myths.

With its purpose lost, it was recorded in history books, but never came into light again in the past millennia.

Maybe it was the vague hint of crisis or a remark on a forgotten past, but no one was able to understand the true meaning of those words.

Till this day, this myth remains a mystery.

…

Jareth closed the book as he finished reading the last line of the book and shook his head.

‘There really are many hidden facts about this world that I don’t know yet…’

Jareth had borrowed this history book from the university’s library, he knew that the ‘lore’ of the game that he played had many loopholes in it.

To figure things out in more details, Jareth decided to read the history books.

In the past month, he has been reading his thick book whenever he has some spare time.

Now that he was traveling in the car, he had enough time to spare so he decided to read the book to pass time.

But who could have thought that his reading speed was so fast that he read through the last few pages in just fifteen minutes of traveling.

‘Sigh, when did I become so smart… I didn’t have such a good brain before; is this also the effect of my talent?…’

While Jareth was contemplating the mystery of this world in his mind, Mark and Risa sat quietly on the back seat of the car.

They were both ordered by Jareth to wear those safety seatbelts, which made them both feel like they were being treated as kids.

Other students may fear Jareth, but Risa who was bold and courageous, didn’t fear anything.

She immediately started a conversation after noticing that Jareth was done with his book.

“Prof. Jareth, I wanted to ask a question…”

Although Jareth’s face remained as cold as ever, he was certainly taken aback by that sudden voice.

Without glancing behind, Jareth nodded his head.

“hmm, ask away…”

After getting Jareth’s approval, a smile appeared on her face and she immediately asked:

“Who’s your most favorite student?”

Seeing how bold Risa was in front of a strict person like Jareth, the driver was taken aback for a moment.

“cough! Cough! Ahem..”

All three of them looked at the driver with strange eyes.

The driver dodged their gaze in embarrassment and said in a quiet voice.

Seeing that the driver was embarrassed enough already, Jareth shook his head and replied to Risa in his usual cold tone.

“In my opinion, only talented ones are worth the praise… there are quite a few talented students among your peers though…”

Jareth thought for a moment and then added,

“Although most of the students in your batch are just straight-up garbage, a few of them are still decent…”

“But of course there are some talented ones too, like the heir of the blaze family, Aiza, that commoner kid, Allen, the younger sister of professor Aria, Airin is also quite talented…”

Then Jareth glanced at the blue sky outside and said, in his usual tone,

“You yourself are talented too, student Risa… but believe it or not, none of you come close to the genius that is Mark Kalashnikov…”

As if the unmoving body had a sudden reaction, a slight smile appeared on Jareth’s face for the first time.

“Any professor will be honored to have him as their student… including me, of course… being able to teach a student like him is the dream of all teachers…”

Jareth’s words carried the truth; there was no falsehoods in them.

Unlike the blessed child of heavens called ‘Protagonists’, people like Mark have real talents that should be praised as much as possible.

People feel envy over others talent and want to somehow tarnish their image, but those who are born talentless like Jareth know the real importance of talent.

As he had memories of the original Jareth, he knew how much struggle a talentless person has to go through in order to earn a place in this world.

This cruel world is full of hungry hyenas; only with overwhelming talent can you rise above others.

Mark have the talent that Jareth never had.

As a person who knows the true worth of talent, Jareth knows the true worth of Mark.

Jareth glanced at the birds flying in the sky and said,

“In simpler words, talent is like ‘wings’; the one with stronger wings flies the highest… and there is nothing wrong with it…”

Jareth’s words struck Mark right in the head, At that moment, Mark achieved a sudden enlightenment and realized the importance of his own self.

With those few words from Jareth, Mark broke through to the peak of grade-5 in an instant.

A look of shock and awe appeared on Mark’s face as he figured out what just happened.

“Thanks professor-”

Before Mark could complete his sentence, Jareth shook his head and replied,

“No need, it’s your own talent that has helped you, don’t place your own achievements on my name…”

Mark nodded his head at Jareth’s words, stopped talking and started to regulate his mana after entering a state of meditation.

Seeing the improvement in Mark, Risa’s eyes shone, and she became even more enthusiastic to ask questions.

“What about me, Professor, Am I not your favorite?”

Seeing the excited look on her face, Jareth nodded his head.

“Well, you are indeed talented too…”

The smile on Risa’s face turned wider and she asked,

“Will I become stronger and taller than Mark one day then?”

“I want big muscles! I want to be 2 meters tall!! hehe~” (She wants to become as strong and tall as a gorilla…)

At her question, Jareth replied in his usual cold tone.

“It depends on the efforts you put in; if you put more efforts than Mark, maybe you will be able to surpass him in the next decade, I guess…”

Jareth was not mocking her; he was really telling the truth, Mark’s speed of improvement is beyond the thinking of everyone else.

Thus, competing with him is only possible for the cheat like existence called the protagonist; others can’t possibly surpass Mark so easily.

Thinking about it, a thought came to Jareth’s mind.

‘Talking about Mark… the Mark in his prime in the game lore was many times stronger than his father… as expected of a genius like him…’

Jareth nodded his head at Mark’s brilliance and thought to himself.

‘I guess I need to train harder; it would be such a weird sight if I ended up becoming weaker than him in the future… better be prepared than sorry…’

While Jareth became busy in his thoughts again, Risa smiled from ear to ear after hearing the praise.

She also knew that she was weaker than Mark, but if there was even the slightest possibility of surpassing Mark, that was already enough for her.

She wanted to stand by his side, so she couldn’t just watch him progress while sitting still.

To stand beside him as an equal, she need to work harder than him.

‘And once I am stronger than you, I will forcefully marry you!! Then we will go and travel all over the world!!’

Risa is still clueless when it comes to adult matters.

As she is a social outcast from her peers, she has no access to knowledge on subjects like Love.

In her opinion, she needs to become stronger than Mark and then make him submit to her. (I don’t know what her logic behind this is either…)

An hour passed by in a flash and the car finally arrived at the front gate of the royal palace.

Two Grade 3 knights that were standing on guard duty hurriedly opened the gate when they noticed Jareth and Mark sitting in the car.

The car entered without any problems but just when it entered the palace, massive pressure appeared and tried to suppress them.

Jareth waved his hand and instantly dissipated the aura, using mana singularity to command the mana in the atmosphere.

The other party withdrew their aura and allowed them to pass, seemingly impressed by Jareth’s move.

Seeing this, Jareth only shook his head and thought.

‘This old trick again? Does he have nothing else in his arsenal?’

Jareth knew that this was Reynald’s doing, as he had faced this same situation in the game.

He has seen it so many times that he is already numb to it.

‘In the game, the player character has to knee in the direction of the throne room to pass this test, but now that I have mana singularity, I don’t need to follow the rules at all…’

Mana singularity is Jareth’s backbone and source of confidence. As long he has that, he will fear nothing.