I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 111



111. Became a professor at the academy (1)

“… It’s already time. Then, today’s lesson will end here.”

As soon as the professor finished speaking, the students rose from their seats. Yujin passed the students who stood up impatiently and sat there blankly, then got up and packed her things. Each of the freshmen glanced at the second place in the rankings.

A monster that has already reached the level of the 4th circle. A talent that could possibly look to the Fifth Circle before graduating from an academy course. When most freshmen have to think about whether or not they will be able to reach the 4th circle by the time they graduate from the academy, Eugene Grayson’s goal is already very different.

“Shall we talk? He doesn’t have many friends yet, does he?”

“Arthur. You’re already listening to the class with such concentration, would you want to mix things up with us? That guy is already running far ahead. The kids I usually hang out with are the ones who placed 3rd, 1st, and 4th on the placement test. I wonder if we will be noticed.”

“Well, it’s because he looks pretty and handsome. You must want to have a girl next to you.”

Fools. I hear everything.

Eugene listened to those talking about him in his absence. Most of the time, it wasn’t even a laugh. When all the flirtatious freshmen had left, Eugene sighed and slowly put on her bag and came out of the forest of desks and chairs.

“I was just talking about you.”

at the back of the classroom. Cora was standing against the wall, waiting for Eugene. It seemed that he was a little angry at the bad reviews and non-swear words that were poured out on his ill-wishers. Eugene laughed cheerfully as Cora chased the freshmen’s heads with sharp eyes.

“That’s their vessel. It’s nice that there are fewer people you don’t have to worry about.”

Responding is just exhausting. If left alone, they will be weeded out on their own. Guys who never even tried to die. A common talent, about one in a hundred.

“I knew, but the academy classes are definitely different. It would be rude to even compare it to the education of a decent aristocratic family.”

Eugene subtly changed the subject. I didn’t want to spend time and thought on the poor. Cora sighed, probably not liking Eugene’s response.

“yes. What is your next lecture? Is it mild steel?”

“The one I am going to take now must be that famous class. You applied too.”

Cora’s expression brightened at Eugene’s words. The class took place at three o’clock on Monday and Wednesday. It was a class that attracted the attention of not only freshmen but all students at the academy.

“’Basic understanding and exploration of monster combat’”

professor. Hero Illroy. There was excitement in Cora’s eyes as she said that. Eugene was pretending to be calm, but it was true that he was looking forward to it. I couldn’t help but be curious. What kind of class did the warrior, who seemed far from academic, prepare for? No, even if the class is trash, the path the hero has walked. Just hearing about that experience will help immensely.

“Honestly, class names aren’t that important, are they?”

Cora nodded in disapproval. Korra, a fan of the Hero, also acknowledged it. Classes weren’t that important.

“Well, even so, what I’m curious about is true. What classes did the substitute warrior prepare for? Even if it’s a monster class, I don’t know how helpful it will be to us.”

Even if you say it’s a monster anyway, wouldn’t it be the end if you just become strong. They were not the ones to deal with, but the opponents to hunt. It didn’t seem like there was a special law of relativity. It wouldn’t be that the hero had some kind of opponent law right away and slaughtered so many monsters and disasters.

“I’ll figure that out soon.”

Yujin murmured and pulled the door of the half-open classroom.

“… Oh.”

Then, when he saw the crowded crowd, he marveled as if he were fed up. Only freshmen would be listening to the class, but there were already a lot of people sitting there, reminiscent of an entrance ceremony. It was as if all the freshmen in this academy were brought together. No, if you look closely, it’s not just freshmen. Did he cross the river here and there, or did he buy a course ticket with money? There were also those who did not appear to be freshmen.

“In front of fame, is it a body or something?”

Eugene murmured, and Cora shook her head.

“It’s strange to think of it as a matter of fame. How long are you going to pretend like that?”

“no. Rather than that, let’s find that guy first. You have Natalie. Do you remember that time?”

Cora nodded cautiously. He was a child who reacted particularly sensitively to the word warrior. I remembered the hostility that hit the nape of my neck so ferociously that it gave me goosebumps. Is it somehow related to the hero? Cora called out to Eugene, who looked around with a nonchalant expression.

“Is Natalie really okay?”

“There’s no way there won’t be any problems. If it’s enough to react so sharply to such words. My concern is that Natalie might not want to take this class.”

Shiny black hair came into Eugene’s eyes as he turned his head so hard. Eugene’s face lit up with a welcome look, and Cora, with Eugene’s wrists in her hands, was dragged along as she approached the empty seat next to Natalie. Eugene motioned for a seat on her right, and he crept up to Natalie’s left.

“Even if you don’t surround yourself like that, you won’t run away.”

As Eugene sat down to Natalie’s left, Natalie turned her head to look at Eugene, bewildered. Eugene brushed off Natalie’s words with a smile that pretended to be embarrassing.

“No, I thought you were avoiding us again.”

“Don’t secretly associate me with you by saying ‘we’. After all, I am also a victim of being swayed by you.”

Cora grimaced and bruised her face, but Eugene ignored Cora and focused on Natalie. Natalie shook her head and looked ahead. It wasn’t that I wanted to have a conversation. In order to open Natalie’s mouth, Eugene carefully brought up a story.

“I thought you hated warriors.”

Unlike back then, Natalie didn’t show any reaction. At that time, I seemed to think that it was a mistake to show my emotions for a while. Natalie didn’t respond and took a notebook and pen from her bag. Have you been completely ignored? Eugene shyly scratched the back of his head.

“Why do you hate warriors?”

A sudden question. Natalie looked at Eugene with the expression of a child who said she didn’t know anything. Eugene was embarrassed by his attitude, which had changed in an instant, and kept his mouth shut.

“no… . Think you can hate it. Even if it’s a god, there can be people who hate it, right? Not everyone will love a hero just because he is a hero. Some people may hate it.”

Eugene looked around like that. Natalie rolled her eyes, not showing much interest, then opened her mouth again.

“I don’t hate warriors. There is no reason for me to hate the hero.”

Eugene looked at Natalie’s swollen lips. Natalie’s expression looked really unconcerned, so Eugene couldn’t help but frown a little. I couldn’t decide if it would be good to tell her more about the hero, or if it would just provoke her and end up causing her dislike.

“Then what was the reaction you showed then?”

It was Cora who saved Eugene. Eugene turned her twinkling eyes towards Cora as if she had met a savior, but Cora ignored Eugene as if she wanted revenge. Natalie turned to Cora.

“The reaction you showed then?”

“The hostility you showed when you mentioned the hero. Who was it against?”

“Rather than hostility.”

Natalie’s voice became light as smoke. Eugene and Cora watched Natalie’s thoughtful face. She seemed really deep in thought.

“Jealousy.”

Natalie defined the feeling as jealousy. After saying that, she nodded, seemingly trying to justify her feelings. Natalie turned her head toward the podium with a dreamy look on her face.

“huh. Yeah, I think it’s close to jealousy.”

Jealousy. Yujin frowned even more. Originally, feeling jealous of the hero would have been dismissed as nonsense. It was as if he was jealous of the queen, or jealous of the heroes of the distant past. But, if it’s that talent.

“Be jealous. Is it worth it?”

Natalie’s talent can be said to be overwhelming. The practicality that makes you wonder if it is necessary to go through a growing period at the academy. Even the world he was looking at, who was only in the 4th circle, was different from the talkers, even more so he couldn’t even guess where Natalie, who surpassed him, was looking.

“What kind of jealousy are you? That you should have been there?”

Natalie looked at Eugene with cold eyes as if she would not answer any further. Eugene flinched inwardly, but withdrew, saying that he would no longer go against her heart. I’ve already gathered enough information to identify her. When you win someone, you have to step back.

“okay okay. Thanks for telling me.”

“Why are you asking me that?”

At Natalie’s question, Eugene held out his hand with a shy smile. Natalie frowned and looked at Eugene’s outstretched hand.

“Because I want to be friends with you. It’s only natural that I want to know more about you, right?”

Natalie snorted and turned her head away. Of course, Eugene didn’t care at all about being rejected. The important thing is that you don’t try to push yourself away. It might just be because of his insensitive personality, but Eugene decided to hang on to the end. This person is worth hanging on to. Eugene took out a note from his bag while being so sure.

“Don’t you think that guy is bothering you?”

Cora asked softly from the side. Eugene sent a silent signal to Cora, who was talking nonsense, but Cora ignored Eugene’s signal as if she was stumped.

“very.”

However, Natalie’s answer was unexpected. And Eugene didn’t think that answer was positive. He was pushing it hard enough to even think about it. If someone had pushed Eugene in this way, he would have tried to kick him out because he couldn’t ignore it.

“You mean? Aren’t you tired of pushing me that far?”

Natalie responded with a slow blink. It didn’t mean it wasn’t something to worry about in the first place. I guess you could say that it’s not something that would make you think it’s a nuisance. Yujin clicked her tongue inwardly, wondering if she was trying to say that indirectly. Eugene could feel Cora’s gaze at him as if he was pathetic.

“… ! come.”

By the time Eugene, who had been creating a noisy atmosphere, became quiet, the atmosphere in the lecture room changed. Cora quickly opened the note, eyes twinkling, and Eugene rested his chin in disappointment. And, Natalie, who had escaped their attention, heard footsteps walking with cold eyes.

“Nice to meet you.”

It was a calm, low voice. The eyes of the hero who approached under the spotlight on the platform were shining blue-green, darker than jade. Seeing that, some female students let out small cheers. The warrior didn’t laugh. There was no feeling of something warm and kind. Eyes that were sharper than I had imagined and colder than I had imagined were scrutinizing the freshmen.

“This semester, it is said that it is because I am entrusted with ‘Basic understanding and exploration of monster battles’.”

The warrior did not call himself a warrior. Eugene’s eyes trembled. A huge energy contained by a hero seen up close. Eugene wasn’t even allowed to look through it.

“A lot more people than I thought applied for my lectures. Well, the academy said it was okay to hold lectures without limiting the number of people, so we will proceed as is.”

The warrior’s words were no different from any other professor. However, all the students were holding their breath and listening to the hero.

“Let’s talk about one thing before we start the lecture.”

The hero approached the blackboard and picked up a piece of chalk. The hero’s gaze, looking back, was exactly where Eugene, Cora, and Natalie were sitting.

“Everyone, right now, doesn’t know how to fight monsters at all. You must have felt it during the placement test. If I put you back into the battlefield now, I wonder if ten of them will come out alive.”

At those words, the new students held their breath. Someone’s face was distorted by the hero’s words.

“But, isn’t it that we don’t have that many fights against monsters? It’s something you can’t really fight. Is there a need to prepare so tightly?”

Words thrown like that. The warrior shrugged. Cora lit twin wicks in her eyes and glared at the question. Thanks to someone, we don’t have to fight monsters right now-!! Eugene had to reach out and struggle to calm Cora’s teeth.

“yes. We need to be prepared.”

However, the hero answered the rude question casually.

“There will be one before the year is out.”

The hero’s eyes seriously pressed the crowd. The weight of those words was enough to make all the freshmen shut up.

“And the first goal of this lecture is to ensure that you, who are about to face that time, do not risk your life in vain.”