On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 128
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 128
They’re All Crazy (3)
Professor Titus made his decision after much internal conflict.
‘Put him to sleep and get out of here.’
I never thought I’d be caught this quickly.
Who would have thought there’d be dirt on my shoes.
No, more than that, this guy who recognizes traces and watches me closely is just…
‘Isn’t this guy a first year? How the hell does he know this stuff?’
Ziel really is crazy.
What the hell is he teaching instead of swordsmanship?
Anyway, it’ll be troublesome if I get caught.
If I just put him to sleep and slip away, nothing will happen.
‘I’ll do the spying later…’
That’s when it happened.
“Professor Titus.”
“Hueeeek!”
Titus hurriedly turned his head at the sound from behind.
Ziel was standing there.
Yurio was just as surprised.
“Hueek! T-Teacher Ziel? Who, who are you?”
One was Teacher Ziel.
One was a stranger.
‘Professor Titus?’
Where have I heard that name before?
“What brings you to the Sword School 1st Year Exclusive Auditorium?”
Titus tried hard to calm his startled heart.
The pounding of his heart was loud enough to hear in his ears.
“You seem surprised. Your heart rate is elevated.”
“Th-that’s…”
“You appeared from behind student Yurio Harmatan – did you use magic?”
Magic?
Yurio was surprised.
‘Then was it invisibility magic or something like that?’
Then why was he hiding with invisibility magic?
And why did he cancel the magic?
“Ahem, hmm. Th-that is…”
“You seem very surprised.”
Of course I am.
You appeared without any presence and called my name!
“Th-th-ahem. I came here because I had some business, but I was worried about being misunderstood, so I hid myself… but then I saw a student and was wondering what to do when my concentration slipped…”
Titus rambled incoherently.
Ziel watched him and then spoke.
“You’re lying.”
“L-lying!”
“You have a habit, Professor. The habit of rubbing your index finger and thumb together when you lie.”
“…!”
How did he know?
It’s a habit that comes out often.
“Hmm, ahem. That’s…”
“What business brought you here?”
“…”
I can’t exactly say I came to spy.
That was actually the case.
He would directly observe how magic dolls were used in class, then have Emeric or himself directly manipulate the magic dolls to create a situation where a student gets seriously injured.
Then if he could pin it on Teacher Ziel…
‘Damn, it’s all ruined.’
Titus hid his hands behind his back and quickly made an excuse.
“I came to check on the magic dolls. Ahem. They’re Arcane School property, after all.”
“Then you should have come directly to examine them instead of hiding.”
A dilemma where he could neither advance nor retreat.
That’s when it happened.
“Professor Titus?”
Emeric appeared.
‘That, that traitor bastard…!’
Titus glared with his eyes.
Professor Emeric, who was in charge of the First Years.
That guy had been acting different lately.
Didn’t he act indifferent when told to tinker with the magic dolls?
The guy who used to visit the research laboratory three times a week had recently reduced it to just once.
“What brings you to the Sword School auditorium… Ah, did you perhaps come to see the magic dolls?”
“Y-yes. That’s right. I was wondering how well they were being used…”
An unexpected savior had appeared.
But looking again, that wasn’t the case.
“Perfect timing, Professor! Then please watch with me. I actually received a request today to change the settings while doing an inspection.”
“Huh? Huh?”
“Didn’t you also learn magic dolls as a minor subject before, Professor? Please show off your skills!”
“Uh, uhh?”
Professor Titus being dragged away by Emeric’s hand.
At first, he thought he was being helped.
But to manage the magic dolls?
‘I’ve forgotten everything though?’
Ziel watched the back of Titus being dragged away.
‘Did he really come to manage the magic dolls?’
Actually, as soon as he entered the auditorium, he immediately noticed that someone was using magic inside.
There was also a familiar scent.
The smell of stiff fabric, cosmetics, and precious metals that don’t usually come from ordinary men.
It was the scent that came from Titus, who had the secret hobby of ‘doll play.’
“Are you alright, Student Yurio Harmatan?”
“Ah, yes. I was taking a break on the second floor when I saw something strange, so I came down and found these traces…”
What Yurio pointed to was the ground covered with dirt.
“If you hadn’t known, something might have happened to you.”
“Yes… I was able to notice because Teacher told me.”
“Well done. You applied what you learned well.”
“Hehe. It’s thanks to what you taught me.”
“Next time, I’ll teach you how to detect presence.”
“Is that possible? Just now there really wasn’t any sound at all…”
“Just now, you could tell by detecting mana or sensing the opponent’s breathing through air currents, or their scent.”
“What?”
“It’s easy.”
“…”
Even hearing it, he couldn’t imagine how to do it.
‘How do you do that?’
“By the way, that Professor… he didn’t really come to see the magic dolls, did he?”
“No.”
“Then perhaps, to interfere with our class…”
“That’s not it either.”
“What?”
“If that were the case, he would have used a better method. Arcane School professors aren’t stupid. I heard they’re actually quite smart.”
“Ah.”
Yurio nodded in understanding.
“No way. He wouldn’t be that stupid, right?”
“Right.”
Just invisibility magic.
Of course, it was magic that only a 3rd-tier mage could barely use, but Professor Titus was 5th-tier.
Of course, even within the 5th tier, there were different levels.
Some mages spend their entire lives at the beginning of the 5th tier.
Titus was a typical case.
On the contrary, Remal was evaluated to have reached the peak of the 5th tier.
The difference in their levels was said to be several times over.
But considering that the status of being a mage itself was tremendously high…
“All Arcane School professors are intelligent people. I see this as having other intentions.”
“As expected… Then not the magic dolls…”
“Right.”
Ziel looked at Titus being dragged away by Emeric.
“T-this, you want me to set this up?”
“Yes! Please show us your abilities, Professor!”
“Hey, it’s been so long since I forgot my minor subject…”
“Come on, don’t you remember just by looking at it? I heard you were flying around during your Junior School days!”
“Ahem. I was pretty good at that.”
“Exactly!”
Arcane School.
A beginning 5th-tier professor in charge of Third Years couldn’t be that stupid.
Ziel firmly believed this.
Because he knew the definition of ‘mage’ from books.
‘They study for at least 15 years, and only the most talented among those applicants are selected.’
Such a person tried to deceive someone with just invisibility magic?
That couldn’t be!
There must be some intention behind it!
‘I should be on guard.’
Ziel’s misunderstanding was deepening beyond control.
Yurio getting caught up in the misunderstanding was a bonus!
‘What kind of conspiracy is Arcane School plotting? We’ve always been helping them, but why are they always….’
Meanwhile.
‘What am I doing!’
“Professor, please hold this for me.”
“Oh, y-yes.”
Titus was touching a magic doll that wasn’t in his fate, or rather, shouldn’t be in his fate anymore.
“How is it? Does it bring back old memories?”
“What old memories.”
Though it did seem somewhat fun now that he was doing it.
Click, click.
Touching the complex device inside really brought back old memories.
He had boldly abandoned it after realizing it wouldn’t help with advancement, and certainly wouldn’t make money.
“Honestly Professor, I was a bit surprised to hear you were here.”
“….”
“You know what I mean. You were famous everywhere since you were young.”
“…Where in this field is there anyone who wasn’t called a prodigy as a child?”
“Come on, you were different, Professor. Weren’t you said to be the best among them all?”
“….”
Click.
Titus, who had removed the circuit, sighed.
“Enough with the useless talk. There, give me the tools.”
“Ah, yes. Professor.”
Titus’s hands moved skillfully.
Emeric was also a bit surprised.
‘I was just thinking of teasing him a bit… but he’s better than I expected?’
All mages grow up being called geniuses and prodigies.
Among them, Titus was called the best even among such people and achieved outstanding grades at Junior School.
It was unknown how he ended up being ‘demoted’ to the Academy.
Why would he come to such a place when there were so-called ‘advancement opportunities’ like the Magic Tower and Imperial Magic Academy.
At the very least, he could have worked for the Siren Family.
Clunk.
Titus finally finished the setup.
“You’re faster than me?”
“Would you forget how to write just because some time has passed?”
Professor Titus cleared his throat and suddenly asked.
“…But this setup, you did it exactly as I told you.”
“Pardon?”
“You did very well to avoid suspicion. I thought you had ignored what I said.”
Emeric didn’t understand what Titus was talking about.
‘Don’t tell me he personally touched it while setting up?’
Just when he had that suspicion.
“Setting the output this high actually avoids suspicion. Did you convince that teacher?”
“Ah….”
“Output level 9… At this level, it wouldn’t be strange to suffer fatal injuries during sparring.”
That’s right.
There had been something Titus instructed.
To cause problems by slightly tampering with the magic doll settings.
‘So output 9 looks like that….’
“Well done, Professor Emeric.”
“Well….”
“Yes, this is how it should be done. This is how you advance too. Right? You little rascal, if you were going to do this well, why did you pretend you couldn’t….”
He seemed a bit different just now, and sure enough.
“An accident will definitely happen within a month, hehehe. Output level 9… They say the students that crazy guy teaches, but they’re still not Grand Knight level. Right?”
“That’s probably right. Haha.”
“Good. Nothing to worry about then.”
Titus grinned as if nothing had happened.
‘I can report to the Young Master like this.’
No matter how excellent the First Years’ skills are, facing Grand Knight-level magical puppets?
‘From what I can see, it looks like each person handles one… there’s no way trouble won’t happen.’
No wait.
Let me be cautious just in case.
“Professor Emeric.”
“Yes, Professor Titus.”
“Set up ‘variables’ here.”
“Pardon? Variables?”
“That’s right. I think it would be a great help for the students’ training.”
“….”
“No wait, I’ll do it myself.”
Before Emeric could stop him, Titus approached the central control device for the 50 magical puppets.
While fine adjustments to the circuits had to be done individually, commands could be input collectively through this central control device.
‘This is trouble. Variable commands are dangerous.’
Variable commands!
“Professor, that’s still dangerous….”
“It’s output level 9, what’s so dangerous about some variables? I’m just going to add some moderately irregular attacks.”
The movements of magical puppets are linear.
If you face them long enough, you can read their patterns to some degree.
But if you tamper with the circuits to increase variable frequency, those linear movements become unpredictable.
‘There’s nothing I can do. I’ll have to fix it later. I haven’t done much variable setting myself….’
“Professor Titus, you’re helping with the settings.”
And around the time the variable setting was completed, Ziel arrived.
“Ah, yes. Haha. Teacher Ziel. The magical puppets are quite good, aren’t they?”
“Yes. Their performance seems excellent.”
“Since they’re Arcane School equipment, we’d be grateful if you could handle them with care.”
For some reason, Professor Titus smiled favorably.
“And if you need anything, just let us know. We’ll provide you with anything!”
He was being strangely cooperative!
Gilbert, who was standing nearby, furrowed his brow.
‘There’s definitely some scheme hidden here.’
But Ziel’s reaction was somewhat different.
“Is that so. Then please provide additional support with different types of magical tools.”
It was Ziel’s nature not to refuse when offered something.
There was no modesty or ceremonial refusal.
“Ma, magical tools. Ha, haha. As much as you want!”
Titus, who hadn’t expected him to accept right away, was slightly flustered but quickly responded.
“Just tell our Professor Emeric here! We’ll provide you with anything.”
“Anything. Understood.”
Ziel’s nod seemed meaningful.
‘Surely he won’t ask for something even more expensive than Retilo.’
If a person has any conscience, they absolutely couldn’t do that.
Anyway.
“Well then, I’ll be going now. See you again next time, Teacher Ziel.”
Titus turned around with the corners of his mouth raised.
‘Next time we’ll meet at the Siren family, you foolish bastard.’
And as soon as Titus left, Emeric spoke urgently.
“Teacher Ziel, I’ll readjust the settings first. It might take some time. Perhaps today’s class might….”
“Wasn’t the adjustment already finished?”
“It was, but Professor Titus suddenly added variable logic….”
“What is that exactly?”
Emeric’s explanation continued with a sigh.
“…So, to summarize that long story I just told you, this is it. It’s dangerous. There’s a high possibility the students won’t be able to handle it. Even at output level 9, students are already collapsing left and right….”
“I didn’t know such a function existed.”
“Yes. So let me disable the setting first….”
“No. I want to see it once before that.”
“Pardon?”
Ziel picked up a practice sword and activated one of the magical puppets.
Whirr.
The magical puppet’s movements had definitely changed.
The linear movements were the same as before, but intermittent attacks that even Gilbert couldn’t predict burst forth.
‘Crazy, its arm bends and comes in from there?’
The human body consciously restrains excessive movements.
Because it puts strain on the body.
But magical puppets are different.
If they break, you just repair them and that’s it.
So they have much more daring movements, and the frequency felt several times higher than before!
‘Isn’t this too dangerous?’
Of course, Ziel was dodging everything.
Even Emeric, who had been restless with worry about the danger, was momentarily mesmerized watching him.
‘Are those the movements of a human?’
Swish, swoosh!
If the opponent had been a person instead of a magic doll, they probably would have gotten frustrated and shouted several times by now.
That’s how easily and lightly Ziel was dodging everything.
“That’s enough now.”
Finally stopping the magic doll, Ziel returned.
“Teacher Ziel, I think it would be better to eliminate the variables after all…”
“No. This is actually good.”
“Pardon?”
“We’ll continue like this. The students are starting to adapt. This is perfect.”
“…”
“Variable Response Ability is important. It will be of great help to the students’ development.”
What followed was quite a sight to behold.
“Professor Titus truly cares for our students. I misunderstood.”
Was he being sincere?
Or was it sarcasm?
Either way—
‘He really is a crazy teacher.’
Emeric found himself trembling without realizing it.
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