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Chapter 38.
I’m a Professor, but I’ll Cancel Class on My Own (3)
Here’s the problem: my boss is paying way too much attention, and I can’t get any work done.
So what do you do?
“Wait until the boss leaves work?”
“No, just kick the boss out of the company.”
“…….”
That’s why Luin was now at Haven’s clock tower. Because there was something here that could get the hero kicked out of Haven.
“Just being a professor? Your classes are actually well-reviewed.”
He was right.
He had struggled to get hired, and all he did was work hard enough not to get fired—but somehow, that earned him praise.
Other professors even showed interest and came looking, but Luin’s real goal was his severance pay.
“From now on, the direction of my classes will be about finding severance pay and ways to drive the hero out.”
“…Wouldn’t that just make it seem like some bizarre, experimental course?”
“Shut up.”
So Luin tapped the wall of the tower with the back of his hand:
Tap-tarack-tap-tap-tap-tap.
The moment he tapped out Morse code, something astonishing happened.
Kugugugu…
The bricks moved on their own, revealing a hidden room.
Luin peeked through the door crack to check the state of the room. Dust covered everything.
“No signs of anyone having entered.”
The secret room was filled with piles of documents stacked like mountains. They were all secrets Luin had gathered about various government personnel.
Honestly, if he took even a single page and handed it to one of the factions, the entire country would be thrown into chaos.
But that wasn’t why he came here.
Clunk!
Luin pulled a bag out from the corner. It was a wooden rectangular bag containing a small communication device. And this old-fashioned device was the real reason Luin came here.
Lieutenant Insam immediately recognized what it was.
“Oh, this is the thing you can contact your teammates with, right?”
“Exactly.”
Yes. This was the method to get the hero out!
“Use the teammates to lure the hero outside!”
He planned to use Pride agents as decoys. And even just elite Pride agents were enough to make the Union nervous.
“If such people are moving around near Haven, the hero won’t just stay put.”
Because the hero was the model of humanity.
This was the ultimate plan to drive the hero out of Haven.
However…
“It’s been fifty years. Do you think they’ll obey?”
“If a senior orders it, you obey.”
Lieutenant Insam looked at Luin with disgust.
“Poor kids. They’ve been missing for fifty years, and now they’re going to fight humanity’s strongest over a senior’s money……”
If they were unhappy, they could become the senior themselves.
“Kid, some advice. Try to be a good boss like me.”
Excuse me? I had to raid the strongest demon’s treasury just for your snack, sir!
Anyway, yes, he had to call the juniors here…
“Not working.”
“The machine has a sense. It says not to trouble the juniors.”
“No. This is……”
Luin closed his eyes and analyzed Haven’s exposed magic circles.
It wasn’t easy, but he was the ‘King of Shadows.’ Where there were shadows, his power reached.
Soon, all the magical formulas within the shadow domain entered his mind, allowing him to figure it out.
“Tch. A defense magic is blocking communications.”
“Oh, a military base as expected.”
It was magic that prevented contact with the outside unless it was Haven’s code. There was no need to find out who did it.
“Karron Gloster.”
One of the eight great houses with the ‘Defense’ vision—no wonder they were responsible for Haven’s defenses.
Of course, there was a joke that this house had been looted by the Firefly, but realistically, the eight great houses weren’t ordinary. They were the Union’s guardians.
The fact that the Firefly had already raided them was notable, though.
“Breaking it won’t be a problem.”
Just touching Karron would solve it. The issue was that Karron ran away every time he saw him.
Honestly, he hated him like a cockroach, disappearing even from 500 meters away.
“Serves you right. You crushed your pride that much.”
Well, to the Firefly, that was cute.
So Luin was about to go out. Liri worried, “Ah, the director will be here soon!” but Luin said one thing:
“If the director asks, say Professor Karron’s life was in danger and he had to step out. He’ll be back soon.”
“Wha?!”
Life in danger?!
He headed to the Defensive Magic lecture room.
After a short wait, a familiar face appeared: Karron. He held a letter and seemed to be waiting for someone, looking slightly hopeful.
Luin nonchalantly opened the classroom door.
“Professor, did the director call you too?”
“?!”
Karron’s expression when he saw Luin was priceless. Recently, because of Luin, he had been the one being humiliated by the director.
His face read, “Why the hell are you here?” but Luin replied:
“I came because the director called me.”
“The director… called you?”
Lucky for him, Karron didn’t say, “You idiot?”
“Yes. I rushed over as soon as I got the letter.”
At that moment, Karron realized something and his expression soured.
“You sent this?”
He crumpled the letter in his hand. Luin smiled slyly.
“What do you mean?”
“Isn’t this yours?”
“I’m not sure what you mean, but judging by how shyly you came as if receiving a love letter, your secret rendezvous must be important.”
Karron glared at Luin as if he wanted to kill him. On the casually thrown letter was written:
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Let’s go catch the Firefly together! ★♫╰ ^∇^)╯♬※
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2 PM, Defensive Magic classroom. Elaine.
Luin had just recycled the letter the hero had sent him.
“This is impersonation.”
“I only lost the letter I received. Somehow it ended up in your office. Thank you for finding it. Well done.”
“…….”
Is he serious?
Karron took a deep breath and brushed his hair back. He had no one to blame but himself.
As expected, Lieutenant Insam laughed, as if to say Karron deserved disliking him.
“He kept arranging appointments with the director, and the director canceled several times saying you were waiting.”
Well, that’s awkward.
“But why the Defensive Magic classroom?”
“So he’d think it was for the Demon Hunting class and rush here.”
“…A demon?”
Even suspicious people lose reason when faced with what they want most. Karron had been waiting for the hero, thinking that was the case.
So Karron threatened him with fierce eyes:
“Next time it won’t be a letter—it’ll be a summons. I’ll smash Wainka.”
“Oh. Strong reaction. Then how about I give you one more and you keep it in your desk drawer?”
Sparks flew in Karron’s eyes. He thought it wise not to talk to Luin, and tried to leave. But Luin stopped him.
“I called you out because I was worried. You can’t just leave.”
“What are you doing?”
What else? He was about to stick misfortune into him.
“As a healer, I can’t just ignore an emergency patient.”
“Emergency patient?”
“Where did our top-class hero get hurt?”
“!”
Karron slightly hid his hand behind him. His pinky was bandaged.
“Your finger looks inconvenient to use.”
Karron flinched. Indeed, as Luin said, top-class heroes normally don’t even get scratches thanks to luck—but here, the bone was broken.
Luin’s eyes narrowed.
“A curse of misfortune.”
Traces of the goddess of misfortune lingered around the bandage. A black mist only visible to the doomed and to Luin.
He was certain.
“So it was this guy who erased Owen’s ultra-regeneration ability.”
[Extinction of Possibility (Ability Removal)]
Apart from the family vision, this was Karron’s power: a skill to nullify abilities, notorious in Pride.
But Luin cared about something else.
“Misfortune is already applied?”
When Owen’s power was removed by misfortune, did it affect the caster too? That was normally impossible, but the power of ‘misfortune’ seemed stronger now.
“This is a rare stroke of luck.”
Normally, against a top-class hero, you’d have to slowly dismantle the defense wall over ten contacts—but now…
“Let me check your condition, specially.”
This could solve everything in one go.
Luin’s eyes turned cold, and his power of destruction activated in an instant—
Crack!
It sounded as if the goddess of misfortune was laughing. The misfortune was injected through the pinky in an instant.
“!”
Karron, sensing something, grabbed Luin by the collar like he wanted to kill him.
“What are you doing?”
Luin was unusually surprised. Did he sense the misfortune being used?
Karron muttered fiercely:
“This was just a scratch from an experiment. You quack have nothing to heal.”
Ah. He only worried because Luins was a quack.
“The infamous ‘Undertaker’ wouldn’t touch a top-class hero recklessly, would they?”
…Undertaker? What a terrifying title.
Well, it didn’t matter.
“Now I can disable the communication magic.”
The ‘communication interference’ magic circle in the shadow domain faded.
“Better handle this before Karron notices.”
Luin nonchalantly dusted off his suit.
“I called you to apologize for last time, but if that’s the case…”
“!”
Apologize? From Luins Wain?
Karron was flustered. So he said something:
“Just to ask, did you check on Owen?”
“Well? I’ve seen the princess’s silly face plenty, though.”
Karron got annoyed at his cheeky reply. Indeed, that mouth needed to be dealt with here.
At the same time, dangerous mana gathered in Karron’s hand.
[Extinction of Possibility (Ability Removal)]
He decided it was better to remove Luin’s ability.
Just as the dangerous hand was about to touch Luin—Zeeeong!—the wall between them split.
At the same time, a professor jumped down in front of them.
“Wow, are you Professor Luins? You’re way more handsome than the rumors!”
“!”
“Professor Ran.”
Karron frowned.
The one who appeared was a woman with cherry blossom hair and a light, flowing movement. The Assassination Studies professor smiled brightly.
“Professor Luins, can I try cutting your neck?”
What?
At that moment, the wall they were standing by split.
“Not allowed? Professor Luins, your skin is so white and looks incredibly soft.”
Luin was speechless.
…Is she crazy?
But despite that, she was a top-class hero.
“Ha. Union idiots. Let’s ignore them.”
Having achieved his goal, Luin completely ignored her and disappeared.
Karron glared at her, clearly displeased.
“Why appear suddenly and interfere?”
He had a chance to deal with Luins, and she ruined it.
Ran looked confused.
“Huh? Interfere? I was actually saving you, Professor Karron.”
“What?”
The Assassination Studies professor smiled, watching where Luin had left.
“You were just trying to remove Luins’ ability, right?”
“……!”
Karron raised his eyebrows. Ran smiled, relieved.
“If you had actually tried to remove the ability, your life, Professor Karron, would have been in danger.”
What? Life?
“Of course, just a hunch.”
Hunch.
Karron frowned.
Ran, the Assassination Studies professor, had the best intuition in Haven. Thanks to her, demon spies died before they could even plan anything.
“Above all, he pretends to be a gentleman but is actually a savage. Like a beast in a suit. And if it were worse, your teeth—no, your jaws—would be gone.”
What? Teeth?
“My teeth…?”
“Most importantly, he dodged my attack.”
“!”
She dodged the assassination professor’s attack? Didn’t she just aim for the wall?
Karron became serious.
“Did Luins really dodge your attack?”
“Huh? Maybe not. Maybe the attack missed again.”
“…Which is it?”
“Which is it? Well, I still want to cut Professor Luins’ neck. How can I resist such smooth, soft skin! Kyaaa!”
“…….”
This woman… is a pervert?
Still, you can’t underestimate someone with Haven’s best intuition.
“Hey, explain the intuition again. If Luins is top-class but hiding his strength…”
“Kya! Ignoring me makes me even more interested in Professor Luins. What would you like? Corpse heads?”
…No way. That can’t be it.
