I Became the Crazy Instructor at the Academy

4 – 4. Grounds and Persuasion

“The nobles who did not raise their hands…”

Someone asked me.

Not to Ivan Kherson, but to Kim Jin-tae, the No. 1 Speedrunning gamer before Possession.

‘What on earth do you have to do to clear it like a machine? Even playing a game for the first time.’

I answered.

‘I didn’t say anything, all I can say is choice and concentration.’

Actually, it wasn’t a perfect answer. I left out the most important part.

Selection and concentration. The other one is planning.

I chose to take the main character’s place in order to clear the game.

Focused on walking the tightrope between Scarlett and Chris,

We made a plan to take a peek at Shinchang and Pandora’s box.

Then all that remains is the next plan.

Even if you are confident in your first plan, continuing to cling to it and think about it is, without a doubt, a waste of time.

Based on the belief that tomorrow’s Scarlett and I will succeed in blocking the gate, we must draw a picture one step ahead.

That was the habit and destiny of gamers like me.

You have to waste 1 second to save 1 second.

I raised my head and looked around the main auditorium.

The main auditorium is so wide that you have to turn up to your waist to see everything. I am standing in the center.

Many emotions could be seen in the eyes of the students who filled the seats in the auditorium.

Embarrassment, displeasure, or outright contempt.

Meanwhile, our saintly friend is alone, looking concerned.

What I will do from now on is part of the second plan.

“Please leave.”

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With those words from me, the main auditorium became quiet as if it had frozen.

A polite request to leave only the commoners who raised their hands and the nobles who did not raise their hands to leave the main auditorium.

Actually, I only spoke politely, but it was a ridiculous request.

Students of noble status who could not have felt that rudeness.

Their expressions are distorted with embarrassment.

Some nobles who were not good at controlling their emotions even frowned.

The atmosphere in the auditorium suddenly became ugly.

It was Paula again who broke the silence.

She also holds the position of saint in the church, located just below the head of the church, and of course she was a noblewoman.

“Hey, Instructor Ivan! “What do you mean by that?!”

She got up from her seat and her eyes became bright.

She seemed incredibly sad that she had been excluded from her class just because she was a noble.

I answered.

“We are trying to change our class policy. Until now, I’ve been reading the text written in the textbook like a machine, but if you think about it, there’s no one among you who doesn’t know how to read. “This is a waste of time.”

“Then, if I ask you how you plan to change it-“

“From now on, half of my classes will be made up of commoners and the other half will be made up of nobles. Let me tell you in advance, I have no intention of treating you differently. “It’s just a difference in order.”

Neither Ivan nor I were good at speaking coherently.

At least now I was confident that this conversation would continue smoothly.

This isn’t a sudden ad-lib, it’s something I’ve been longing for while playing this game.

The academy’s policy of putting nobles and commoners in one place and educating them was something that bothered me, a person of old age.

However, my current status is that of an instructor, not a student.

It was like gaining the right to design my own classes as I wanted.

“…Yes. “I’ll wait outside.”

The nobles, led by Paula, who confirmed my determination, got up one by one and began to leave the main hall.

Soon, only commoners remained in the main auditorium.

Now that we were finally ready to start the lecture, I also opened up.

“What is your purpose in coming to Russell?”

It was a basic question.

To the extent that no one answers.

For them, asking why they came to the academy is like asking a mountaineer why he climbs a mountain.

But, I had to be sure.

I pointed to one of the students who caught my eye and asked again.

He was a boy with impressive curly hair.

“Marco. Why did you enter the academy?”

“…To train the body and defeat monsters.”

“Why?”

“Because it is the best way to dedicate myself to the empire and to my family.”

“You are noble.”

I showed my appreciation for the answer by clapping a couple of times, then

“But you are wrong.”

I denied his answer.

“It means that the reason Marco entered the academy and the reason Russell here enrolled Marco do not mesh with each other.”

“Can I ask what you mean?”

“Such noble beliefs mean a luxury to you.”

Looking at Marco’s expression, it would have been better to have been more selective in his words.

That was a situation to consider when there was still an image to be tarnished.

There is no one who can complain that a fool is talking nonsense.

If you are possessed by a crazy person, you have the advantage of not having to pay attention.

“The human image that the Empire and Russell want from commoners like you is by no means a hero or a leader. “It’s more like a discarded cog.”

“How can you be sure?”

“I will give you the evidence. Miss Hers?”

“Yes?”

Perhaps she didn’t know that he would call her by her name, but she was a surprised black-haired female student. She seemed surprised that he knew her name, rather than that she had named herself.

“Miss Hers’s specialty is freezing magic, right?”

“Well, how did you do that-“

How to know, you will know when you see it. Low-level freezing magic.

Seeing as it’s not the lowest level, it looks like you put some effort into it.

But, there was no reason to let these friends know that my eyesight was extraordinary…

“Because I’m an instructor.”

It is indeed a convenient and appropriate excuse,

I slowly walked up the central stairs of the main auditorium.

Of course, without resting your mouth.

“What has Ms. Hers learned from Russell since she entered school?”

“…We have decided to strengthen our specialty, freezing magic.”

“Yes. You’ve further refined the skills you were good at from the start. I think all students probably felt that way. “Whether they are commoners or nobles.”

I eventually reached in front of her.

“Then let me ask you one question.”

“Yes.”

“Suppose I suddenly get distracted, pull a dagger out of her sleeve and attack you. “Can you stop it?”

“……”

No answer came back.

It was safe to take this to mean that it could not be stopped.

This is the problem. This is the worst part of this game, and a chronic flaw.

No matter how much you are still a student,

Those skilled in magic cannot even prevent a sword attack,

The educational policy is to hone in on only one’s strengths to the extreme, where those with special abilities in the field of physical enhancement cannot even deal with basic levels of hallucination magic.

Because of this, whenever a problem arises at the academy, students die in droves.

Adam’s mentality, which I was controlling, was also completely torn apart.

My mentality, which was trying to somehow restore it, was also broken.

Now that there will be more people to care about, I feel even more confident.

If you are in a position to change this vicious cycle, you have an obligation to do so.

That’s how I live.

Establishing that foundation. In other words, it was important to uncover the foundation, which is why I am doing this here now.

“Maximizing your strengths is not a bad thing. “The problem is that you are commoners.”

“What does that have to do with it?”

A sour voice coming from the other side.

When I turned my head to check, Scarlett was looking in this direction with her chin resting.

…The empty seats around her clearly revealed her friendship.

Anyway, the fact that Scarlett was asking questions meant that she was listening to her class.

That also meant that all the students in the main auditorium were listening to my story.

“It means there is no back boat.”

“Say it so I can understand.”

“If I were to go to battle right now, there are so many people who would look after me. The family will use money to hire people to guard me and equip me with expensive and powerful weapons. As a nobleman, all I have to do is use my family as a shield and freely display my abilities.”

“…”

“But you are lonely. No one will take responsibility for your safety, and you will be walking between life and death in a harsh environment. This is the difference between nobles and commoners, and why it is meaningless for commoners to develop strengths like nobles.”

What I conveyed, detail by detail, with examples, is:

The inconvenient and dark truth about the empire.

What the empire wants from commoners on the battlefield is not to return safely,

To demonstrate one more special skill that has been raised to its maximum and then die in battle.

This was a kind of revelation,

It was like a rebellion against the empire.

I didn’t say it overtly. I preached as calmly as possible, with the feeling that I was simply conveying my opinion as an instructor.

If any personal feelings were revealed during the question and answer just a moment ago, that means…

‘I am a potential traitor. ‘Fail the empire.’

It would have been taken to mean

.

However, those who will understand will understand.

What I am saying right now is not nonsense.

In fact, some students began transcribing my words into writing.

Ah, yes. Since she’s ignoring me, I’m going to take her place and nag her.

“Miss Scarlett?”

“…”

“What are Miss Scarlett’s strengths? “I’m curious.”

She seemed to think for a moment, looked at me, opened her palm so that the back of her hand was visible, and then clenched her fist.

“This.”

“I understand. “Is it possible for you to punch from the other side of the window to where I am?”

“I want you to ask a question that makes sense.”

“I can.”

“…”

“To be precise, we can bind Miss Scarlett with magic,”

This is a bluff. Actually, I can’t do it right now.

Let’s not forget. Her strength is A, and her Ivan’s magic power is B.

Her overall stats are running low, so if I have to immerse her, intercepting her would be more effective than restraining her.

But, whatever. Only I know that fact.

Since I was the only one looking at the stats through the status window, only I could bluff.

A bluff that goes undetected is not a bluff.

As if to prove it, her answer came back in the heavy air.

“What do you want to say?”

“Usually, when you are bound by magic by an opponent stronger than you, the method of breaking it is simple. “By manipulating the enchanted magic circuit, we can solve it as quickly as possible.”

“…”

“Now, let me ask you again. “If I were to bind Miss Scarlett with magic right now, what would you do?”

“I’m going to give you a beating.”

“Before that?”

After hearing those words, she looked back and forth between the cube she had carelessly thrown in front of her desk and at me a couple of times…

“…I guess I should solve it.”

I admitted it.

“Excellent.”

I looked at the clock hanging in the center of the auditorium, visible only from my side.

About 25 minutes have passed since I entered here.

If I divided the hour given to me into nobles and commoners, I had about five minutes left.

“For the nobles who will come in after you leave the auditorium, we will conduct classes in the direction of refining the strengths of your assets, just as we have done so far. That’s okay. But you guys, you have to do one assignment by the next day of my class next week.”

So, the attribute training time is based on the whim of the idiot instructor,

“Just do what I did, imagine a hypothetical version of yourself and think of the easiest way to kill him. “That is your biggest weakness and something you must overcome before you finish your first year.”

It ended with giving an assignment that would have nothing to say even if he was called a psychopath.

Just like when I first started lecturing, I turned my head and looked around at the students.

Some students understood their situation, while others dismissed it as the whim of a crazy person.

“That’s it.”

At least I was able to send them off in a good mood.

Because, right after I finished speaking…

Dalkak-

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Dalkak-

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I could hear people nervously trying to turn the cube from the window.

It was because it changed the main heroine’s heart a little.