I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

Chapter 95



Thud.

Baek Hana collapsed on the grass.
Not far from her, Edyn was lying on the ground.

Beep!

An alert rang on Claire’s wrist.

“Maria.”
“Yes, yes…”

Maria, who was walking towards the collapsed Baek Hana with a tired face, squeezed out her voice with difficulty.

“Treat her, then take her to the bathroom and then to the kitchen.”
“Yes…”

Claire turned around without hesitation and went into the mansion.

Maria sat down in front of Baek Hana, wiping the sweat dripping from her chin with her sleeve. Then she poured the remaining divine power into Baek Hana.

Wriggle.

Baek Hana’s fingers, which had been lying still as if dead, moved, and soon she shook her head and turned it to the side.

“Phew.”

Baek Hana mumbled as she cleared her blocked airway, buried in the grass.

“Every day during the vacation…”
“Hana.”
“…”

Baek Hana glanced at Maria, who was sitting next to her, with her eyes.

“I think I’ll just pray at the temple.”
“I will too.”

Edyn, who was lying a little further away, turned her body and lay down, agreeing with Maria’s thoughts.

Four hours. They just had to endure four hours, no more, no less, and then they could enjoy a pleasant time in a cool and comfortable place. But after today’s experience, they didn’t think they could endure those four hours.

Baek Hana staggered to her feet and shook her head as she looked at her two friends’ faces.

“Sister said to go to the bathroom first.”
“Ugh!”
“This wasn’t in the plan…”

As the three girls lamented in the still-warm sunlight in the yard.

Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap!

The sound of the window opening came from the side. The three of them naturally turned their heads and saw a small, cute fairy standing on the window sill.

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“Professor.”

Claire, wearing an apron as usual, entered the study.

“It seems it will take a little longer for the children to come out.”
“Then sit down for a while.”
“Huh?”

Claire’s eyes widened slightly, as if the suggestion was unexpected. I lightly moved my magic and pulled a chair from the wall, placing it next to me.

“Sit down.”
“Okay…”

Claire carefully approached and sat down on the prepared chair.

“Claire.”
“…”

Claire, who was stiffly looking forward with her hands on her knees as if she had done something wrong, glanced at me. I turned my head and met her blue eyes.

“Your expression doesn’t look good.”
“…”

At my remark, her blue eyes shook from side to side. She then moved her hands from her knees and covered her lips.

“I’m sorry.”
“You’re apologizing again without my permission.”
“Ah…”

I reached out to her as she tried to explain her mistake in a hurry.

“Huh?!”
“Stay like that until the four of them come out.”

I slightly lifted the corners of her lips and then removed my hand. As soon as my hand was gone, her lips began to tremble as if they were about to fall.

“P, Professor…?”
“I’ll extend the time a little each time you stop smiling.”
“Ugh…”
“Look at me.”

Claire, who was trembling and trying to look down, suddenly looked back up so that I could see her face.

‘Strange.’

Now that he was free from the influence of greed, I felt like laughing when I saw her smile. It was similar to the foolish expression that Baek Hana sometimes made.

“Claire.”
“Yes, yes…”

Claire, whose face was gradually turning red.

“If you want, I’ll send the children back now.”
“…”

Her blue eyes, which had been looking down, shook again and carefully looked up at me.

The reason for her gloomy expression.
It was because the fairy who had been with me since morning had found a new connection.

Maria and Edyn.

Claire cherished them, and Baek Hana got along with them, so they could also see the fairy. The three of them, who seemed to have no strength to move, jumped up as soon as they saw the fairy and the mansion became noisy again.

It’s only quiet now because the culprits are in the bathroom.

In conclusion, Claire’s expression was bad because she knew that the fairy would share her time with the two children, and sadness over the situation was reflected in her expression.

“No.”

After thinking for a while, she shook her head.

“I don’t want to bind the child for my own greed…”
“Is that so.”
“Yes.”

Claire’s blue eyes, which had been looking at me, were now looking at me straight. The problem was that her lips were still awkwardly raised and trembling, despite her serious expression.

Is that why?

“…”

In Claire’s eyes, my lips were drawing a faint, small arc.

I placed my hand on top of her head, which had shown a variety of emotional changes in a short time.

“P, Professor…”
“You don’t need to worry too much.”

I stroked her smooth golden hair, which was illuminated by the light coming through the window.

“Your separation is much further away than you think.”

I removed my hand after stroking her soft hair.

“Claire.”
“…”

Claire, whose face was turning red with heat, didn’t respond even when I called her name. When I looked closely, her pupils were slightly dilated.

“I don’t know if you heard me correctly.”

I picked up the pen again, waiting for her to wake up.

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The third day of vacation.

“Nayoung, wake up. It’s time for breakfast.”
“Ugh, uhh…”

Lee Nayoung, who had been sleeping with the blanket over her head, made a sound like an undead exposed to divine power as she poked her head out from under the blanket.

“Ugh…”

However, because of the bright light, she couldn’t even open her eyes properly, so Lee Nayoung made a painful sound and tried to pull her head back under the blanket.

“No.”
“Ugh…”

In the end, Baek Hana took away her blanket.

Baek Hana neatly folded the blanket and placed it next to the bed, then carried Lee Nayoung, who was wriggling like a caterpillar, to the bathroom. Soon, Lee Nayoung, who had become more clean, staggered out of the bathroom.

Whoosh!!

“Haaa”
“Keep your head up”
“Hmm”

Lee Nayoung yawned as Baek Hana dried her hair.

“But why are we having breakfast all of a sudden…?”
“No matter how I think about it, I think something big will happen if I leave you alone.”
“I’m an adult too…”
“I know.”

Lee Nayoung’s hair, which was almost a bob, was quickly styled, and as she changed into casual clothes, someone knocked on the door of the dormitory.

“Here we go again.”
“What, what is it…?”

On the way to the dining hall.

Lee Nayoung wriggled her hands as Edyn pressed down on her eyes. The four of them chatted casually and sat down in the quiet dining hall.

“There’s still 20 minutes left.”
“This must be what it feels like to stand at the boundary between heaven and hell.”

Baek Hana and Edyn sighed softly as they looked at the clock on the dining hall wall.

Last night. The cute and adorable fairy appeared, making them forget their exhaustion, and Edyn, as well as Maria, forgot where they were and went wild. As a result, they made the mistake of spilling the food on their plates during dinner.

To be precise, Baek Woo-jin caught the plate that was about to spill. The two of them had closed their eyes, expecting Claire to scold them, but the chief, who had been acting strangely since lunchtime, continued to look dazed like a person who had lost her mind.

At that moment, Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth.

-9 a.m.

The time when they could enter the mansion was established.

-7 p.m.

The time when they had to leave was established.

Naturally, the three of them were disappointed. However, since no one was to blame for this incident, they could only spend time regretting their own mistakes. Of course, they soon forgot about it because of the fairy.

“Nayoung.”
“Hmm?”

Lee Nayoung, who was eating the ice cream Baek Hana had brought, blinked and looked up.

“Today too?”
“Hmm? Well, I, I guess I’m busy…”

Today, she had scheduled an experiment for lunch, but since no one was forcing her, she could take as much time as she wanted.

“You’re not busy.”
“I’m a little busy.”
“Really?”
“Why?”

Edyn, who was munching on a pretzel stick, answered Lee Nayoung’s question.

“Well, there’s a really cute kid at Hana’s house. I thought seeing her might relieve some of your fatigue.”
“You saw her before me?”
“Wow… You kept your mouth shut after seeing her? You’re really tough. I would have been itching to talk about her.”
“Hehe, hehe…”

Lee Nayoung scratched her cheek and laughed, and Maria, who was sitting next to Edyn, gently patted Edyn’s back and whispered.

“You know not to talk about it, right?”
“I’m not that thoughtless, you know?”

Edyn had no intention of spreading the word about the fairy, as even the executioner, Claire, had personally warned her.

“Um…”

As they waited for 9 a.m. to come quickly, they chatted casually, and Lee Nayoung, who had been fidgeting with her fingers, opened her mouth.

“Um, did you… receive a sparkling bead-like thing from that child?”
“This?”

Edyn put her hand into her cleavage and pulled out the sphere tied with a thin thread.

“Is that your storage space?”
“No, I felt a little uneasy about leaving it in my room. Sometimes seniors come to visit.”

Edyn was about to push the sphere, which was emitting a faint light, back into her cleavage when.

“Th, that…!!!”

Lee Nayoung stood up from her seat, raising her voice.

“Oh, I, I, I’m sorry…”

But as soon as their eyes turned to her, she hunched her shoulders and quickly sat back down.

“No, it’s not something to apologize for. Why?”
“Th, that, she entrust it to you…?”
“What’s wrong? Do you want it?”
“Hmm, th, that…”

Lee Nayoung hesitated to answer, and Edyn’s eyes began to frown. However, knowing that she was naturally timid, she waited patiently for Lee Nayoung to speak.

“Actually…”

And Lee Nayoung’s explanation followed.

“So, that sudden change was because of this?”
“Yes.”

Lee Nayoung, who had always been tired.
One day, she suddenly regained her energy.

At the time, she awkwardly laughed it off, but now she needed to reveal the truth to achieve her goal.

“So.”
“Hmm.”
“You want to make a potion out of it?”
“Hmm.”
“Okay.”
“Hmm?”

Lee Nayoung was so sure she would be rejected that she was surprised when she was asked to explain the potion-making process in an easy-to-understand way.

“What are you doing? Don’t you want it?”
“No, no… I, I, I really… is it, okay…?”

Edyn nodded and held out the sphere tied to the thread in front of Lee Nayoung.

“But. You must never fail.”
“Hmm!! I, I won’t worry! I’ll just dilute it in water and add a flavor component!!”

Lee Nayoung nodded her head like crazy and took the sphere.

“Thank you!! I’ll finish it within two days at the latest!!!”
“Hey, hey?!”

Lee Nayoung was so excited that she left her plate behind and ran out of the dining hall.

“Are you sure it’s okay?”
“What’s the problem?”
“I think it’s better to just eat it directly. But It seems like you’ll only get a few days of energy, but if you make it into a potion and take it when needed, you can play with that cute kid while being trained by the executioner until the end of the vacation!!”
“…”

Maria was genuinely surprised and looked at Edyn with wide eyes. Edyn, satisfied with Maria’s reaction, pushed her chest out a little more.

As Baek Hana watched the two of them, she reached for the ice cream on Lee Nayoung’s plate and thought.

‘I hope it succeeds.’

Otherwise, Edyn wouldn’t leave Lee Nayoung alone.


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