Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 88

To the Port City, Urona! Part-1.
A few days passed by in a flash. The university finally opened its doors to all of the students, and Thomas seized the position of principal and worked hard to get all the government employees approval.

Jareth may have become a Grade 1 in the eyes of the world, but he doesn’t want to do extra work, so he didn’t bother with taking the position of the principal.

Instead, he became the vice principal so that he could make more money and wouldn’t have to do extra work.

The other professors, too, had no choice but to agree with him, as they had misunderstood that he had really become a Grade 1 mage.

But Jareth didn’t bother clearing up the misunderstanding, as it was more beneficial to him.

…

Meeting Room.

“Phew~ finally, I am done with all the work that was piling up in the last month. I had to pull all-nighters for so long…ugh…”

While sitting on the chair, Thomas slumped his head on the table to relax.

The other professors tried to cheer him up a bit, but Jareth merely rolled his eyes, knowing that this was precisely the reason he didn’t accept the position of principal.

Shin glanced at Jareth and said, with a complicated expression on his face,

“ugh… I never expected that you would reach grade 1 before me…”

At Shin’s words, Jareth replied in his usual cold tone,

“Well, if you keep being lazy, you will obviously be left in dust by others…”

Shin has been enjoying his married life these few years, so his progress in magic has stagnated a bit. He was already a grade-3 mage when he graduated, and now he has yet to reach the peak of grade 2.

When compared to other professors, his improvement speed is already very fast, but it’s still slower when compared to a fraud like Jareth.

Thus, Shin couldn’t help but get motivated to train a bit.

Just as he was about to create a new training schedule for himself in his mind, Thomas brought out a piece of news that immediately shattered his thoughts about training.

“By the way, I have convinced the government employees to fund the vacation trip. King Reynald also held a conference yesterday to tell about our great battle in Artavia…”

“So, we got the approval of the employees, as they had no choice but to agree to this reward…”

Hearing that amazing news, all five of them felt a bit happy.

They went through all that trouble dealing with that demon incarnation just so they could go on this free trip, and it’s obvious that they have been waiting for it with enormous excitement.

Just when Shin was about to say something, Aria said it in a quiet voice.

“Uh, I have an idea!”

When she spoke, all of the professors looked at her with a complicated expression.

Shin couldn’t resist the urge to rub his forehead before speaking.

“ugh.. It’s over; she jinxed it again!”

Ignoring Shin’s mournful voice, Thomas nodded his head and inquired in a calm tone.

“Hmm, what is the idea? Tell us…”

Happy that her idea was being considered, Aria began her explanation right away.

“Uh, you said the government will fund this vacation, but we have yet to tell them how many people will be brought on the vacation…”

“How about we bring all the students to the sea as a training spot for them? We can even take all professors to enhance the training schedule!”

“We will use Professor Yoseh’s water magic to create a small water bubble for them, and then we will put them underwater…”

“They will then need to support the water bubble with their own mana and train their mana control!”

“The one who will be able to support the water bubble properly to come back to the surface will be the winner of this training!”

“Isn’t this idea amazing!”

Yoseh and Thomas both nodded their heads when they heard Aria’s idea. Although Aria’s ideas are usually quite weird, they are effective at least.

Last time they held a potion-making tournament, Abella interrupted it. However, the tournament did motivate the students to work harder and learn about potions.

(Obviously not Mark’s group; everyone else in their group was just carried by Mark alone…)

While Yoseh and Thomas felt that Aria’s water bubble training idea was feasible, Shin didn’t agree with it at all.

“The h*ck are you even saying!? We five went to that horrible place to fight for this trip. How can we bring you all along for free? You guys were doing nothing!”

“Also, those students aren’t so strong; they will obviously not be able to control the water bubble, and this is no different than forcing them to drown!”

“Sometimes I wonder what even goes on in your head that you always come up with these weird ideas…”

At Shin’s strong disapproval, Aria said,

“Then I have another idea! Instead of a water magic bubble, we can just ask them to cover themselves with telekinesis and jump in the sea!”

“The one who can stop water from touching them for the longest time using telekinesis will be the winner!”

Telekinesis is a basic type of magic, so all students can use it; thus, it will be feasible to use that method to increase their magic control.

Jareth, who has the most mastery over basic magic, nodded his head and said in his usual cold tone,

“Yes, this idea is feasible; we can indeed use it to train the student’s mana control ability…”

Seeing that even Jareth was agreeing to this idea, Shin had no choice but to agree, but he added one more thing.

“You guys didn’t fight for this, so you all will compensate. We five have fought for this opportunity; we will receive your four months’ salary in return!”

Although the professors were quite saddened by that huge loss of salary, they still agreed to these terms.

Jareth and others had to fight a demon incarnation after all, so this four-month salary is not a bad deal.

(But seriously… can this free trip still be considered a free trip if you have to pay four months’ worth of salary to go on it…. How odd…)

…

The meeting ended with everyone dispersing one by one, but before leaving, each one of them didn’t forget to congratulate Jareth for his ascension to grade 1.

This was the first meeting they held after Jareth’s ascension, so today was the perfect opportunity to congratulate Jareth for his feats.

If Jareth was still a grade-2 mage, they wouldn’t have bothered to go out of their way to greet him, but now that he holds more power than them, they obviously have to respect him.

This is the way of the world.

Weak respect the strong, and strong exploit the weak as much as possible; this is the natural course of order.

If you want to overcome it, then become strong yourself, and then you can also exploit the people below.

Power corrupts people’s minds and makes them feel that they are supreme and can do anything without worrying about the consequences.

That’s exactly what happened in Nathan’s case.

He was already a highly powerful Grade 1, so few things in the world could harm him.

Moreover, he has spatial magic, which means he can easily deflect any attack that may come his way. Due to that, he hasn’t even suffered a single injury in the past hundred years.

Even while fighting Abella, he was not worried about getting injured.

Once you know that you are invincible and unstoppable, the rules of society stop working on you.

Nathan stopped caring about the rules of society, and he manipulated many people to do his bidding.

Abella and Rahnan are only two of the many victims he manipulated in his life.

Thinking about all this, Jareth shook his head and started walking back to his dorm room.

‘Maybe if I were originally a person of this world, I might also have had the same thinking process as the people of this world…’

In the original game’s story, Jareth was reduced to a laughing stock, and everyone cursed at him whenever his name was mentioned.

Even the players felt irritated after hearing his name.

And obviously, his fellow professors were also mocking his name, as everyone had found out about how weak he actually was.

But now, things are totally different.

They are careful not to speak too rudely to him and are maintaining their manners in front of him, as if they don’t want to offend him even slightly.

‘This difference in treatment of the weak and strong might be the reason why the people of this world want to grow strong…’

‘They are not growing strong for the sake of strength, but for the sake of status and respect…’

While playing the game, Jareth didn’t notice how cruel of a place this world was, but now that he is experiencing everything with his own eyes, he finally knows why the more enthusiastic players were hating on this game so much.

They had delved too deeply into the lore of this world.

In his previous world, having a wealth of knowledge was considered beneficial, but in this cursed world, possessing excessive knowledge about certain topics can lead to disaster.

{If placed in mud, even the shiniest gold gets smeared with filth; human nature is the same… living too long with evil, you will also get smeared with that evil nature…} (Source: Trust me bro…)

…

While walking, Jareth looked at the university’s main building and thought to himself.

‘I am not sure if I really should go to that hidden library or not… I certainly don’t want to discover something so unpleasant that it fries my mind… ugh…’

With the principal gone, Jareth can easily access the hidden library; he has already done so in the game, but the gameplay doesn’t provide much detail.

You go there, grab a quest item, and then leave.

But this is the real world now; there’s no knowing what he might find in there, so he is hesitating.