Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 82

Zenobia, A Forgotten Past…
The reporters went silent in an instant; they all knew what it meant to be caught in a ‘death cage’.

Jareth nodded his head before continuing.

“In other words, the principal has already been given one of the worst punishments possible; moreover, there’s currently no one who can free him out of that death cage, so the people don’t need to worry about him escaping.”

“The sins he committed have brought him this hellish punishment, but the students of the university are innocent…”

“By blocking the university, you are stopping the students from studying and progressing; that’s a huge loss for the nation, and this act makes you no different than the principal who selfishly manipulated his students…”

Jareth’s words made the people who were angry at the university wake up from their intense emotions.

His calm and firm voice pierced through people’s minds and made them realize that what they were doing was not good.

If they really destroy the university, they will be destroying the future of many innocent students with their own hands, which is no different than what the principal did.

If they had done something similar, they would be just as guilty as him.

Even the reporters who came to the press conference felt ashamed after hearing Jareth’s words.

“Also, since so many innocent people died in this incident, we are going to create a memorial for the people in the main garden of our university. All of the people will be allowed to freely visit the memorial…”

“Although we can’t bring the dead back to life, we can still pray for their happiness in the afterlife… I hope that everyone will pray for the sake of those fallen souls…”

Jareth’s solemn voice made people feel guilty for thinking badly about the university, and some even started to cry.

Jareth glanced at Thomas for a moment before speaking.

“Also, we have decided to make Professor Thomas the new principle. I assume you all know that Professor Thomas rose from humble origins, and he can represent the common folk the best!”

“You can place your trust in him; he has been working with the university for a long time, and his talent is known to all!”

All professors have something unique about them that makes them famous.

Jareth is famous for one-shotting powerful monsters; Gazid is famous for inventing effective and efficient methods of dealing with monsters; and Yoseh is famous for her amazing water magic.

Similarly, Thomas is famous for being a commoner who reached the peak with his own talent.

He is famous for being the idol of people who are born into poverty and want to rise to the top of the world.

He was born poor, but he carved out his own path to the top of the world with his own talent, which has made him a role model for the youth.

“I hope that people will not object and will accept him with open arms…”

Jareth continued his speech for a few more minutes and praised Thomas’s achievements to make the people accept him.

After that small speech, Jareth ended the conference and left the same way he came here. He flew away instantly, leaving Thomas, who had a bewildered look on his face, behind.

Until the conference ended, Thomas hadn’t recovered from all that praise; this was the first time someone had praised him so much right in front of his face.

…

(On the internet)

“UGH!! Why was I thinking so badly about the university? Clearly, the principal is the only person who is guilty… Ugh, I feel bad for thinking wrong about the university…”

“Waahhhh! I am crying after hearing that speech! My goat is indeed the most knowledgeable! I knew he would not betray us! I knew he would clear up the misunderstanding!”

“All hail the goat!!”

“But why are they making Thomas the new principal! I want my goat to become the new principal!!”

“Yes, make Jareth the new principal!”

…

In the sky.

‘Ugh, I kept spouting random bulsh*t at the spur of the moment… It feels so weird now that I think about it again…’

Jareth had a complicated look on his face while flying in the sky.

He saw that Thomas was being overwhelmed with questions, and the situation wasn’t good, so he took the situation into his own hands.

But who could have thought that once his mouth started to speak, it didn’t stop at all.

He started to spout random bulsh*t out of nowhere, and even he didn’t know what he was saying.

Thankfully, this body has some automatic filter correction abilities, and his speech turned out to be fine.

‘I just hope that the university keeps on working fine, just like before… I would want the plotline to twist so much that it gets uncontrollable…’

While thinking about that, Jareth glanced at this status panel.

<Status>

[Name: Jareth Blaze]

[HP: 2580/2580] [MP: 1469/1469]

[Titles: Theory Genius, Wyvern Killer, Jareth the goat, Speed-runner]

[STR: 30] [AGI: 21] [SPE:23] [DEF: 35] [INT: 65]

[Talent: Fire Affinity (Grade: 6), Mana Affinity (Grade: X), Mana Singularity (Grade: X)]

[Mana Purity: Grade: 5]

[Skills: Fire-Magic (Grade: 5), Null-Magic/Basic-Magic (Grade:–), Active Healing (Grade: 3)] (Basic magic has no grade because it entirely depends on the user’s ‘INT’ and mana control…)

[Passive Skills: Sharp Mind, External Mana Circuit]

[Personality Traits: Cold, Arrogant, Ruthless, Fearless]

[Shop] [Credit Points: 25,100]

[Evaluation: The source of disturbance in the threads of fate, you have defied your destined Fate…]

‘I got another 4000 CP for destroying the Blaze family; now I have enough to do my very first golden lottery…’

Jareth has yet to use a single golden lottery until now; only now does he have enough points to do one.

Jareth already had 10,100 before going to Artavia, but then he used 4000 to buy an attack card to use on that demon incarnation; thus, after he got 15,000 from that demon incarnation, he only had 21,100 credit points.

However, destroying the Blaze family caused some minor changes in the game’s plot, giving him more CP.

Not only was the Blaze Family supposed to act as a villain group for the protagonist, but it was also supposed to be a way for the protagonist to conquer Aiza’s heart.

In the game, Aiza would have had a fight with her parents, and then the protagonist would help her deal with the pursuit of the Blaze family, thus winning her heart.

Although the plot is quite cliché, that’s what was supposed to happen.

However, Jareth has already decimated the entire Blaze family, and the vassal families are presently squabbling over the money and fleeing frantically, thereby destroying this plot.

Aiza won’t learn about the Blaze family’s demise for several days, by which time the greedy vassal families will have destroyed most of the family’s industries and funds.

Kaiden wanted to give all his money to his other son and didn’t want Jareth to have a single coin, but things turned out completely differently.

Not only the money got looted by the vassal families, but even both of his favorite children didn’t get to enjoy the family wealth.

A fitting end for a corrupted family, right?

‘I should find a secluded place to use this lottery… The university is currently under the watch of too many people. I don’t want to attract too much attention…’

Thinking about a secluded place, Jareth suddenly remembered something important, and he changed his flight direction.

He flew towards the outskirts of the capital city with a solemn look on his face.

…

Capital City Delta, Outskirts.

A dilapidated cemetery.

Jareth landed inside the cemetery with a solemn look on his face.

This place has fallen into disrepair, and no one even comes here anymore. There are no guards to keep watch in this place, and no one comes to clean the area.

This is, in essence, an abandoned place that the government has ignored for years.

However, for Jareth, this place holds some special memories.

He slowly walked towards the corner area and stood in front of the tombstone. The tombstone’s crude markings looked child-made.

[Here lies the best mother, Zenobia Ayad.]

Looking at that tombstone, memories came rushing through his mind and made him feel sad.

A rare look of sadness appeared on Jareth’s face.

‘I had the chance to bury your real body… But in the end, I was too powerless once again… Forgive this useless child, Mother…’

Although he wasn’t the real Jareth and another soul has come to this body, he still has all the emotions that the original Jareth had.

He knows the pain of losing your parents all too well.

His parents died early in his previous life, and in this life, he was not even able to save his mother’s corpse.

Jareth stretched out his hand and used the spells.

[Basic Magic: Clean!]

The whole tombstone became as clean as new.

Actually, it would be wrong to call it a tombstone; it’s just a random slab of stone that the young Jareth bought for a few coins and then carved the letters on it with his own hands.

He had to sneak into this cemetery at night to place this tombstone because he didn’t have the money to pay the cemetery owners properly.

They wouldn’t have allowed him to place this tombstone here without paying fees, so he had to sneak into the cemetery at mid-night to do so.

Surviving without money had taught him a lot about the cruel world, and he matured earlier than other children.

Fortunately, he was able to complete his revenge; otherwise, he couldn’t have come here, as he would have been too ashamed to stand in front of the tombstone knowing that his mother’s killers were still alive.

‘Only that assassination organization is left now… I will send them to hell soon too…’