The Genius Professor Wants An Easy Life - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75
Truth be told.
It wasn’t the wisest decision.
If anything went wrong, even slightly, I’d bear the weight of it all.
No—if I tried to save five people and ended up sacrificing dozens instead?
How could I possibly shoulder that responsibility?
But then.
‘I can do this. I will do this.’
I stared at the message that materialized before my eyes.
<Probability of saving everyone against the Demon’s Scheme>
– 0%
However.
-If you create an impossible miracle
: 23.7%
It seemed I was gradually growing accustomed to this cursed world.
The fact that I could look at a 23.7% probability and think this way proved it.
‘That’s good enough.’
I focused on the word “miracle.”
I had an inkling of what kind of miracle it might be.
“Class 2, I need all of you to listen carefully to what I’m about to say.”
-Your voice carries the Black Flame Dragon’s charisma! Everyone focuses intently on your words!
Thanks to that, I managed to command their attention even amid the chaos.
“We of Class 2 will now begin the performance we’ve prepared.”
“P-professor?”
They all stared at me in bewilderment.
It was like a ghost rapping on the window in the dead of night.
But I was sincere.
“Did I not tell you? That I would make you perform a miracle? This is that moment, right now.”
Yes.
What I needed this time wasn’t a miracle of my own making.
It was a miracle that the students themselves would create.
“Follow my instructions. With my guidance, miracles are entirely within reach.”
Still, the students only looked troubled.
Of course they’d be bewildered—suddenly demanding obedience in a situation like this was naturally confusing.
‘If the students don’t trust and follow me completely, my plan falls apart.’
I was desperately dredging up memories from my days as the Sales King to somehow inspire trust when a helpful voice reached my ears.
“I… I will follow what the professor says.”
“I’ll follow too. Much as I hate to admit it, Professor Ban has proven ability at least. So everyone else, stop your prattling and do as the professor says!”
Unfortunately, Libel and Katrine’s support proved utterly worthless.
As the top-tier True Protagonists with no friends to speak of, they wielded zero influence among the students.
No matter what they said, no one paid them any mind—until something unexpected occurred.
“Haha. Professor Ban, you’re quite entertaining. Do you always go to such lengths for your students?”
It was Yodo, the Third Prince, who’d been keeping a low profile lately!
“I’ll trust you and follow your lead. Let’s see you dazzle us again this time.”
His influence was vastly different from that of friendless outcasts like Libel and Katrine.
The moment a prince of the royal blood made such a declaration, the students visibly stirred.
It wasn’t just Yodo.
“I too will follow what the professor says.”
Julia flashed me a brilliant smile.
“Professor Ban is the person I respect most after my teacher.”
“And, well, I’m not? Ah, of course! I, Wilhelm, will also follow Professor Ban! Hurrah, hurrah!”
When Julia, disciple of the Dragon King and the Knight Faculty’s most celebrated figure, and Wilhelm, whose status yielded to no one, made their declarations, the students grew even more agitated.
And then, decisively,
“Everyone should do as Professor Ban says. His personality is disagreeable, but his abilities are beyond question.”
It was Balas, remarkably enough!
As he voiced his support with that expression he’d made his trademark—a look of someone chewing something bitter—the students began nodding one by one.
“M-maybe I should try following what Professor Ban says too.”
“You’re really going to do what that hack tells you to?”
“Ah, who cares! If the Third Prince, Lady Julia, and Professor Balas all believe in him, there must be something to it!”
As the saying goes, the best sales pitch is a recommendation from a trusted acquaintance—the effect was immediate.
“Then Class Two will form your formation as you’ve practiced. Class One students will position yourselves in the spaces between Class Two’s ranks.”
The students of Class Two scattered to their designated positions, and everyone watching felt their confusion deepen.
“Surely not…?”
“Professor Ban?”
Former Rector Randolph and Bernstein, who had been containing the demon’s power, spoke in astonished voices, and I nodded silently in response.
“Now you will cast magic. By becoming part of the Magic Circle yourselves.”
That was it.
This was the miracle I had prepared.
‘Even those without talent as mages can manifest magic once they become part of the Magic Circle.’
Of course, anyone with even basic knowledge of magic would dismiss this as nonsense.
No one had ever formed the points and lines of a Magic Circle with human bodies before.
Especially not with those who knew nothing of magic.
But—
“Do you think it’s impossible for you to use magic? I’m a defective product, and I use magic fine. So why couldn’t you?”
“!!”
“At the very least, your talent for handling mana surpasses mine.”
Ban suffered from Mana Insensitivity and was treated as worthless.
That meant ordinary people simply lacked the sensitivity to become mages, but most still possessed some degree of mana resonance.
According to the records, Ban’s mana resonance was one-tenth that of a commoner and one-hundredth that of a true mage—which meant these students possessed ten times the mana sensitivity of Ban.
“Everyone recall the Linear Theory I’ve taught you and follow the practice. Students from the Magic Faculty will be the power points, and students from other faculties will form the conducting lines.”
Whoosh!
The Magic Circle was drawn in response to my command.
It was a very basic Star Rank formation, but the scale was tremendous.
Two hundred students were participating.
“Does he think they can maintain a Magic Circle of that size?! We need to stop this immediately and evacuate the students!”
Other professors from the Magic Faculty reacted with alarm.
It was only natural.
Similar ideas had existed before, but none had ever succeeded because maintaining perfect balance was impossible.
Especially with ordinary people, freshmen no less, who no matter how many days they’d practiced could never properly fulfill their roles—
“It’s all right if you’re not perfect. It’s the professor’s job to fill in what the students lack. I’m here for you. Just follow my instructions.”
I stood at the center of the Magic Circle, at the core of the star formation.
Like a conductor standing before an orchestra, a maestro.
Of course, one might say conducting was pointless if the orchestra’s level was too poor, but if the conductor stood at the pinnacle of the world, things changed.
Even a mediocre orchestra could create art under such direction.
‘And besides, I have sub-conductors.’
“Come now! Get your heads in the game, will you? This is the glorious moment of participating in Young Master Ban’s great achievement!”
“Everyone do your best, yeah? I’m your senior, so if you mess this up, I’m drafting you as a graduate assistant. Got it?”
“…How did I end up like this? This is the last time, I swear.”
Teaching assistants Hans and Linden.
Even Balas, whose expression held a hint of resignation.
Each of them, stationed around the core of the Magic Circle, kept the students from wavering.
‘Balas goes without saying—Hans is an accomplished mage with deep knowledge of such formations, and Linden is a genius with the potential to become one of the Ten Mages.’
The combination of all these elements produced the following result.
A miracle occurred.
Brilliant light burst forth!
Light extended outward, enveloping the entire Great Hall.
It was 1st Rank Shield Magic.
‘It worked! Success!’
I clenched my fist.
Though only 1st Rank, its power was not lacking compared to advanced magic of higher caliber.
Most importantly, all the students fell within the shield’s protection.
‘At this rate, everyone will get through without injury.’
But then, that moment came.
‘Something’s wrong. This was too easy?’
The success rate of 23.7% flashed through my mind.
Earlier I had thought it reasonable to attempt, but the probability of failure was far higher.
‘Could it be—?’
An ominous feeling surged up in that instant.
“Aaahhh! What are you doing?!”
“Demonic energy!”
A student from Class 1 who had been sheltering inside the Magic Circle suddenly began attacking their surroundings.
There was another victim of the Demon’s Scheme!
‘No. Not now, of all times!’
Roooaaarrr!!
The demonic aura that Randolph and the other former headmasters had been suppressing surged violently.
It had reached its limit and was about to rupture.
-Master! I shall eliminate that student!
Amanda, who had been standing ready for this emergency, sent an urgent message.
I could hear the demon’s seductive whisper as well.
-You’ve already saved this many students, which is admirable. Surely sacrificing one more isn’t too great a price? A true hero must understand that sometimes the few must be given up for the many.
It was the demon’s way—determined to force me to create a victim one way or another.
I clenched my teeth.
‘No. Sorry, but I’m not a hero. I’m just an extra.’
I stepped toward the student causing the disturbance.
Even in the chaos, the Black Flame Dragon radiated such noble majesty that all eyes were drawn to it.
-What are you trying to do? Surely you don’t intend to save that student? It’s futile. You lack the power to maintain such a vast Magic Circle while also saving that student.
The demon was right.
I was already pouring every ounce of my strength into maintaining the Magic Circle—I had no reserves whatsoever.
However,
-there is a way.
-…What?
-The Self-Sacrifice Spell.
-!!
It was an idea I’d come up with after witnessing Aiden’s self-destruction.
-…What? You’d sacrifice yourself for some student you don’t even know?
-No, I won’t sacrifice myself.
-…What nonsense are you spouting?
Using the Self-Sacrifice Spell while not sacrificing yourself?
It was the kind of statement like “I drank the alcohol, but I’m not driving drunk”—except it was true.
-You’re a petty, filthy demon. Have you really underestimated me that much?
-…What?
-It only takes a few days’ worth of fatigue to dismantle such a crude scheme as this. That is the measure of my greatness.
-!!
After all, the students currently under the demon’s control weren’t truly bound at all.
No matter how ancient the demon, without a contract, it couldn’t simply impose schemes on anyone.
It was simply that the current situation left me no spare capacity to intervene, but given any breathing room, I could unravel it effortlessly.
Moreover, control contests like this were precisely where my Grand Master Ability excelled, so sacrificing a few days of suffering was more than sufficient.
‘That’s the end of it!’
But there was one thing I hadn’t calculated.
It was the Black Flame Dragon’s indiscriminate devotion, regardless of the situation.
“What is your name?”
“R-Rud, sir. P-please save me….”
“Yes, Rud. Do not fear. I, Ban Ecclesia, shall protect you and everyone else, whatever ‘sacrifice’ I must make. Even if it costs me my very life.”
Flash!
The Self-Sacrifice Spell had its own distinctive flourish, inherent to spells of its Star Rank.
With the sublime light and the Black Flame Dragon’s exaggerated declaration, everyone fell into this misunderstanding.
“Professor Ban is sacrificing himself for the students!”
“And they say he used the Self-Sacrifice Spell to defeat Puppet the last time for his class as well?!”
…That wasn’t what was happening at all, but the atmosphere began to grow strange.
And then something occurred that made the misunderstanding even worse.
“Watch out!!”
Craaaaaash!!

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