It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 192

Chapter 192: The thesis that Instigates Fire/Disaster (5)

The next day, Monday.

Fortunately, there was no major damage to the magic university.

All the professors and students, being from Fael University after all, used defensive magic, so no one was seriously injured.

Also, since the buildings were not ordinary structures, there was no severe damage, and they could be quickly restored under the professors’ excellent guidance.

However, there was one person who suffered significant damage.

” Sh|t! Because of those crazy b@stards in the Scroll Department……!!”

It was none other than Zot Kalisberg, the representative of the Magic Tool Department.

The Magic Tool Department was scheduled to decorate the last talent show after the Scroll Department.

However, the magic tools they had painstakingly prepared for the festival burned down along with the fireworks launched by the Scroll Department.

Even if that hadn’t happened, their performance was going to be buried anyway because the Scroll Department’s talent show was so amazing.

But what mattered more than being buried was the fact that the magic tools they had worked so hard to create had burned down without ever being used.

” What? You’re saying it’s my fault for poor management? Everyone else used defensive magic to block it, so why couldn’t you block it properly?!”

Bang!

Zot slammed his foot against a nearby trash can.

” Are you kidding me right now……! Those b@stards didn’t even show their faces!!”

The students of the Magic Tool Department have a great affection for the magic tools they make.

They had agreed that the magic tools made for the festival this time would be disassembled after the talent show and the parts would be returned to their respective creators.

But since they were all burned to ashes, it didn’t matter if they were returned or not.

In the end, the Magic Tool Department students held Zot, their representative, responsible.

They argued that all sorts of things happen during the festival, and in the old days, people even died from magic duels, so how could he, as the representative, not even protect the things they worked so hard to make?

” What? As a Magic Tool Department student, shouldn’t you protect your magic tools more than your own body? Don’t be ridiculous! If that’s the case, you shouldn’t be the representative! Damn it, damn it, damn it!!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Zot continued to kick the trash can.

Passersby frowned and muttered, looking at him like he was a strange person.

” Z, Zot! Stop it! You’re going to hurt your foot!”

Finally, Keron, who couldn’t bear to watch any longer, stepped in to stop him.

When he grabbed Zot by both arms and struggled to calm him down, Zot finally caught his breath.

” Whew…… It’s all because of the Scroll Department…… No, it’s all because of that otherworlder, Kyung-joon…… If it weren’t for him…… If it weren’t for him……!”

But just because he had calmed down didn’t mean that the anger and frustration he had accumulated had disappeared.

” My life is like this, but that guy gets scouted as a master’s, doctoral student, and even a professor…… I can’t accept it…… I can’t accept it, I can’t accept it, I can’t accept it…… “

Zot began to mutter incessantly, his eyes flashing dangerously.

Sensing the same strange feeling he had felt backstage at the talent show yesterday, Keron flinched and quickly tried to calm Zot down again.

” L, Let’s just go and enjoy the festival! Okay? We couldn’t even enjoy the first week properly because of our booth, right? Let’s relieve some stress!”

Keron, who had somehow managed to appease Zot, began to stroll around the campus with him.

But contrary to Keron’s expectations, even the campus was not a safe zone.

” Wasn’t the Scroll Department amazing yesterday?”

” Yeah. They were really crazy. I can’t believe they were going to set the entire magic university on fire…… “

” Those crazy b@stards. The Scroll Department kids are really something else. This is definitely going down as a festival legend. “

All ten out of ten students passing by were talking about yesterday’s talent show.

They called it crazy, but they were all laughing like they had fun.

That’s how impressive the Scroll Department’s stunt had been.

Therefore, the first week of this year’s festival could be said to be the best opening ceremony ever.

And they were right in the middle of it all.

Thanks to that, they had a story to tell over drinks later.

The story wasn’t just about how great yesterday’s talent show was.

” I think I’ll try learning scroll programming this time. I heard they’re opening a class?”

” You too? But I heard it’s only open to the Scroll Department as a pilot program. That’s why I’m considering transferring or double majoring. “

” Oh. That’s a good idea. Should I do that too? I can ask my advisor, that new professor Kyung-joon. “

” Wait, is he really coming as a professor? Isn’t it undecided yet?”

” I don’t know. That’s what the Scroll Department representative said?”

After yesterday’s incident, most of the students had come to know Kyung-joon, and their image of him was positive.

He was the one who invented scroll programming, a revolutionary research.

Some had already thought so since the news of the 10 billion liyan scout offer, but after yesterday’s incident, all the students came to think so after seeing it with their own eyes.

” Damn it…… That Kyung-joon b@stard, who does he think he is, a human becoming a professor? Ugh…… “

Of course, Zot was the only one who didn’t think so at all.

He started to get caught up in negative emotions again.

” H, Haha! W-Why don’t we go over there? There’s something over there too!”

Keron, wary of Zot again, started dragging him to a different place altogether.

As they wandered here and there on campus.

” Questions about the otherworlder, Kyung-joon! Is this even possible? Is it really possible?”

They discovered a group of people making strange noises.

It was Zot, rather than Keron, who reacted first.

” Hmm?”

Zot went first.

Feeling a deep sense of kinship, he approached the group.

A small number of students were standing in front of a shabby desk, each holding a picket sign.

It read:

『Even with extraordinary talent, can a human really do this……?』

『Kyung-joon, the creator of scroll programming! Something’s fishy!』

『Unveiling the mysteries of the world! The conspiracy theory club, Illuminati!』

They were conspiracy theorists who doubted Kyung-joon.

Zot had dismissed them as fools who were up to no good.

But this time it was different.

” ……Keron.”

Zot called out to Keron next to him in a completely different tone than before.

It was the voice of someone who had made up his mind.

When Keron asked, “Huh? What is it?”,

” Go to the Scroll Department administration team right now and check if Kyung-joon’s name is on the master’s graduation list.”

” What? Why?”

” Hurry. That’s an order from your representative. I’ll talk to those people over there in the meantime. “

Keron ran to the Scroll Department administration team without a word.

And before long.

Keron came back.

” Huff…… Huff……!”

His breath was ragged from running.

” How was it?”

Zot had just finished talking to the Illuminati members.

” He’s there! The name Kyung-joon was written there, with a seal too!”

Keron immediately told him what he had learned.

” I knew it. “

Zot smirked and quickly started to move.

” W, Where are you going? The dorm?”

” No. “

Zot shook his head at Keron’s question as he followed behind him.

And with a smirk similar to the one he had just given,

” We’re going to V.O.FE. right now. “

Later that night.

Crash!

<V.O.FE. Club Member>

▼Photo Liner (NPC)

” W, Who is it……!”

Zot barged into the Fael University newspaper club, which conveys the voices of students.

” I have a huge scoop that I must tell everyone at Fael University. It’s something that must be known to uphold justice in the magic university. “

” A, A scoop? Justice? What in the world…… “

” What it is…… “

And the very next day.

『Breaking News! Otherworlder Kyung-joon! Graduated with a master’s degree without even being a formal student, and now he’s a professor?! The Scroll Department needs to explain this parachute appointment!』

The magic university was in an uproar.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

『From the Magic University~ Fael Newspaper!』

Fael Newspaper is a student newspaper distributed and read within the Fairy-Elven Magic Academy.

Most of the students at the magic university read this newspaper.

Even students who stay in their dorms all day long have no choice but to see the front page of the newspaper plastered on the wall when they come out to use the bathroom or shower room.

On that very front page, the following article was printed in large letters.

『Breaking News! Otherworlder Kyung-joon! Graduated with a master’s degree without even being a formal student?! The Scroll Department needs to explain!』

As expected, the first group to react to the article was the Scroll Department.

Among them, Edict of the Hooli family, who almost worships Kyung-joon, reacted the most vehemently.

” What?! Explain? Explain what! “

Bang!

Edict slammed his fist on the desk.

Underneath his fist lay today’s copy of the Fael Newspaper.

” They should be bringing Kyung-joon-nim as a professor right now, what’s there to explain! “

It was Teclyn of the Uo family, who is more level-headed, who answered Edict’s angry question.

” After reading the article, it’s not like there’s no problem at all. “

” What? What is it! “

Teclyn explained in a serious tone.

” According to the regulations of the magic university, you need to have graduated from the undergraduate program to be recognized as a master’s graduate of Fairy-Elven Magic Academy. Otherwise, you need to have at least a diploma from another university and an admission permit for Fael University’s graduate school. But for an otherworlder, even if they’ve been in this world for a long time, it wouldn’t be even two years, so it’s physically impossible. “

” No way! He just co-authored the thesis after doing joint research! It’s not like he ghostwrote the thesis, he actually participated in the joint research, so what’s the problem? In the first place, Kyung-joon-nim co-wrote the master’s thesis, not co-graduated with a master’s degree…… “

” ……He did. “

Teclyn frowned and clicked her tongue.

It was a reaction Teclyn often showed when faced with a very unfavorable situation.

Sensing something serious from her reaction, Edict immediately calmed down his angry expression.

Instead, his face was filled with doubt.

” What……? He really did? Graduated with a master’s degree?”

” Yeah. After seeing the article, I went to the department administration team and checked the master’s graduation list, and…… “

When Teclyn trailed off, Edict finished her sentence for her.

” ……His name was there? With a seal and all?”

All official documents of Fairy-Elven Magic Academy (including graduation lists and diplomas) are stamped with a seal.

Only then will it take effect and be officially recognized.

The seals that are usually stamped are the professor’s personal seal, the department head’s seal, and the president’s seal, and the scope of recognition is divided accordingly.

Naturally, the order of recognition and honor is 『Professor<Department Head<President』.

” ……Yes. There was a seal. But it was a seal I had never seen before. “

” What? It wasn’t the professor’s seal, the department head’s seal, or the president’s seal?”

” It wasn’t any of those three. “

” Then what was it?”

” It was…… “

Teclyn hesitated for a moment before finally spitting out what she had seen.

” ……The 『King’s Seal』. “

” W, What……?”

The King’s Seal.

If this was true, then the one who recognized Kyung-joon was not a professor, department head, or even the president.

It would be the Fairy King.

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