ACADEMYS UNDERCOVER PROFESSOR
There was nothing surprising inside Ludgers suitcase.
Just so clothes and books.
Other than that, there were also so docunts and miscellaneous items.
I thought there would be sothing greater.
I put the textbooks, magic books, and theses together as one, then put them aside, and I sorted away the clothes appropriately.
In addition to magic books, there were many other bookssuch as popular novels and essays by famous scientists.
He really read all sorts of things.
Other items were so letters, identification cards, and personal belongings.
Even though they were his belongings, there was only a small pipe to be used as a portable pocket watch or magic dium and a wallet containing money.
I checked his identification card and docunts one by one.
Ludger Chelysie. A man from a fallen aristocracy of the Northern continents small kingdom of Queoden. He doesnt have any siblings, and his parents are both dead.
Its not bad.
Although he was a fallen aristocrat, he would not be greatly insulted anywhere because he had a nominally aristocratic title, and there was no one to recognize him because he had no family.
Lets see its an extrely fancy record. He submitted 12 theses to the magic tower, and he was the youngest wizard who climbed to 4th rank? He even served as a military officer?
As expected of a Sren teacher.
I didnt expect that he would have such a record at a young age.
Is he teaching magic casting and its following as a specialized subject? So the main subject is mana release and elental attributes.
Given that magic casting was a specialized subject, there was a high probability of teaching actual combat in the subject.
I opened the letter and looked at its contents.
If there were any conversations with his acquaintances, I had to catch his small habits and learn them.
Theres not much in the letter.
Letters that were believed to have been exchanged with his acquaintance only consisted of formal conversations such as his soon-to-be appointnt at the academy, book recomndations, or what happened sowhere.
I dont think there was anyone he was close to when he was serving in the military.
Did he have the style of a nerd student?
Given that there was little personal content, he didnt seem to be that close to the person he exchanged letters with.
Whats left now is
To go over the fundantal contents of the subject to teach to the students after the sester started and the information about how Sren Academy was and how it worked.
For the mont, it was necessary to travel around the land and learn the topography of Sren.
Gurgle gurgle.
As I was about to go outside right away, I had no choice but to pause at the loud sound from my stomach.
Co to think of it I havent eaten anything since I got off the train today.
Lets start tomorrow.
Im ntally exhausted because so many things happened today.
Lets eat first and rest well today.
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Two weeks passed after that.
In the anti, I had been walking around every corner of Sren Academy to understand the geography of the place.
As I expected when I first saw it, the enormous land of Sren Academy was simply beyond my imagination.
People didnt think highly of Sren for no reason.
I sat on an outdoor bench in a quiet cafe and enjoyed the peaceful scenery.
I had finished checking the rough picture of it, so I was only thinking about the upcoming classes.
Is it because its almost ti for the school to start? I see students more often.
Students in Sren Academys uniform were seen walking around. The uniform design looked cool for boys and pretty for girls.
It was said to be a uniform made by a prestigious designer in the Empire.
Perhaps because it was an academy that taught magic, so of the students flew on brooms or moved on strange chanical dolls.
I thought it was a good ti to see young people laughing and talking to each other.
Every day had been a fierce war since I ca to this world, and such children live their blessed lives thanks to their natural talents and environnt.
Hmm.
Two female students who passed by peeked at and began to whisper among themselves.
Well, if I spotted soone I hadnt seen before school started, Id be suspicious as well.
I took a sip of coffee while being unnecessarily self-conscious of my surroundings.
I should go back to the accommodation after drinking it all and prepare for the orientation in a week.
As soon as I was about to get up after drinking all the coffee that was left while thinking about it, a woman walked up to the table next to and sat down naturally.
The mont I thought she was just a new custor, she spoke to in a small voice that only I could hear.
Im glad youre safe. Why didnt you contact us for two weeks?
?
My instinctive intuition stopped as my head was about to turn around unconsciously.
Tap.
I naturally put the empty cup on the table.
Is she talking to ?
I looked around.
If I responded when she didnt even talk to but to soone else, what could be more embarrassing than that?
But no matter how much I looked around, there were no other people in my surroundingsthere was no sense of presence either.
The only people sitting at the outdoor table were the woman sitting next to and .
It ans she is talking to . Or would it be more accurate to say that she talked to ?
She continued speaking as I remained silent.
I was worried that you encountered so troubles. The other mbers are also wondering what happened to Mr. First Order.
mbers
First Order
Soone who was worried about at the first eting
I couldnt know the details of the situation by that alone, but I could only be sure of one thing:
Im in a lot of trouble now.
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What?
I fiddled with the handle of the coffee cup in my hand.
I had just been drinking coffee while enjoying the atmosphere at the outdoor table of the cafe, but suddenly a strange woman had co up to and talked to .
Everything she said to was unusual.
She spoke to about mbers of sothing in a polite tone that regarded highly.
A ntally ill person? No. She was being honest.
Then did she find the wrong person? No, she found the right one.
She was there to see a man nad Ludger Chelysie, not .
As soon as I understood the situation, my mouth moved naturally, as if it was a well-polished gear.
I had so things to check for a while.
Do you an sothing in connection with the terrorist incident? It was just an accident. No one knew that the rebel forces would attack the train where Mr. First Order was in.
The other things as well. I need to find out the overall information about Sren.
Didnt you receive any information in advance?
Thats not enough. Theres a big difference between what I only hear and what I actually see.
I I see.
The woman nodded her head as she was seemingly convinced.
Whatever.
I let my mouth run its course.
Then did you take care of your duty well?
Yes, of course. Ive completed all the assassinations of the Academys key figures before I ca in hereeven though most of them were employees.
What, assassinate the Academys key figures?
I almost jerked for a mont, but I managed to hold it in.
And in the anti, a traitor was found in the organization, so I took care of it.
What? Traitor? Taken care of?
I swallowed without realizing it when she told about a traitor.
Disposal, huh. How did you do it? I asked without showing my confusion.
They pulled out their limbs and cramd them into their mouths. The rest of their torso was fed to wild dogs. I didnt see it myself, but I heard it from other mbers. We can say that its the appropriate death for a traitor.
They were crazier than I thought.
However, my mind beca calr in that kind of situation.
As the surrounding air sank heavier, I could feel the woman sitting next to shivering.
I Im sorry. I should have seen it myself and reported it!
Forget it. Why did you suddenly co to find ?
Th-that. They said Mr. First Order ca here, and we havent heard from you in the last 15 days
So you moved on your own at this important mont?
I was analyzing the situation while I was talking.
She called First Order, not Ludger.
Given that First was in front of the na, it was highly likely for him to hold a quite high position within the organization.
I trusted that and tried to bluff a little, and I guess that was the right answer.
Hee, heek! Im sorry!
Be quiet. Do you want the people around us to be suspicious? I replied in a cold voice to the woman who was about to bow her head to .
Hmp. So, sorry
Dont even say sorry.
Yeah, its already ti to check it out anyway. How many mbers are gathered now?
Pa-pardon?
How many of our mbers are here?
Ah!
She looked around as much as she could and spoke with a low voice.
Currently, 31 mbers of Third-Orders and seven mbers of Second-Orders have been successful in hiding here, and the other First Order ca in first as planned and is already settled down.
Hmm, thats enough.
While nodding curtly, I sifted through the information I had gathered as much as I could.
I have noticed that there is one more person nad First Order besides and that there are almost 40 of them.
Although they are not large in number, their ability must have been extraordinary, as they were able to plant this many people in Sren.
Fortunately, this woman in front of doesnt even question my identity.
Rather, she showed fear and respect as well as the sight of amazent in the anti.
As expected, Mr. First Order! It seed obvious that she was thinking so.
Looking at her like that, at least I could use sothing in order to gain sothing else.
I see. Im done checking, so Ill get up now.
Oh! You can co to the designated place for our secret eting later on.
A eting place? There was a place like that too?
But theres no way I could ask a question like, Where is it? right then.
While I was thinking about what to do with it, a good idea ca to .
Co? Did soone like you just talk to about coming or not?
I deliberately lowered my voice and gave her a cold look, and I could see her face turning pale.
That bluff might have worked properly, as she shook her body like a baby squirrel and desperately made excuses.
That thats not it. I Im just
I dont want to hear excuses. If you need a secret eting in the future, I will be the one to decide. The sa goes for the place and ti. Do you understand?
U-understood.
If theres anything you really need to tell , Ill only allow it if I was called for by a First Order like or higher than that.
If if its higher, then is it from the Zero Order?
So theres a Zero Order.
I had said it just in case, but I was right.
Yeah, dont bother with trivial things other than what that person said. Do you understand? This is a warning.
In other words: Im telling you to behave well.
I said so and got up from my seat.
I was about to leave without looking back, but she called from behind.
I stopped in my spot and turned my head slightly to stare at her.
What?
That, that How are you going to call us?
The mont I heard it, I realized sothing.
Co to think of it I didnt explain anything to her properly.
But I cant tell her sothing that I also dont know right away.
Do I have to say it myself?
Heek! N-no! I made a slip of the tongue.
Ill let it slide this ti.
At the end of my sentence, I walked out of there in quick steps.
***
Thump thump thump!
Upon returning ho, I hurried up to the bedroom on the second floor and took out the suitcase I had put in the closet.
After scattering the letters in Ludgers suitcase on the bed one by one, I realized that my anxious imagination eventually beca a reality.
Hah, damn it.
The strange sense I felt while reading the letters
Why did they have to exchange letters in such formal words to an acquaintance who had no family?
Why did a man with such a splendid record withdraw himself from his own private life to the point where it was close to mysophobia?
All those questions were finally answered.
These werent normal letters in the first place.
I scanned special sentences of so specific words that were written inside the letters. The strange sense that I felt instinctively was that there was a certain pattern to those sentences.
Right
It was a cipher.
Their own cipher that they used to keep themselves from getting caught by the others.
Throwing away the letters, I reread his identification papers.
Hes a fallen aristocrat? He doesnt have a family? Andwhats morehes from a small foreign country thats very far from the empire?
The whole thing was fake.
Even the fancy records of his past were all lies.
The existence of Ludger Chelysie was an identity created by soone who spent a lot of their ti on it.
Why didnt I know? Why didnt I doubt it?
Why did I naturally accept such an overly ideal identity?
Then, the Ludger I t on the train
He was a mber of the secret society that hid in Sren Academy.
He was even an executive who had the title of First Order.
And now, Im wearing his mask.
As I lost the strength of my legs, I flopped onto the bed.
Crazy.
The identity of Ludger Chelysie that I thought was ideal for starting a new life was actually a dangerous nuclear bomb more dangerous than any other ones.
Im totally screwed.
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