The S-Rank Warden Devours the Academy - Chapter 27

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Episode 27

Hae Seong stood before the President’s Office.
He knocked carefully on the door.
The moment an answer came from within.
“Why knock?”
Sa Hyeon, who had followed behind him, simply twisted the handle and opened the door.
The President, seated at his desk, looked up.
“You’ve arrived. Please, sit down—”
His words died on his lips as he rose from his chair, his expression studiously grave.
It was because Sa Hyeon had already settled onto the elongated sofa as if he were in his own living room.
“—have arrived. Yes.”
If only he weren’t connected to the Association chairman….
The President’s insides boiled, but he sat down in the seat of honor with feigned composure.
“Won’t you sit as well, Advisor Hae Seong?”
“Of course, then….”
Hae Seong took a seat beside Sa Hyeon.
The President watched Sa Hyeon press his thumb hard against the bridge of his nose, then let out a thin sigh.
“I’ve heard the report.”
Why did his mouth always go dry in front of this man?
The President moistened his lips and continued.
“You conducted that recklessly dangerous class, imposing a Penalty on the students, didn’t you?”
Sa Hyeon crossed his legs and readily acknowledged it.
“However.”
An Awakener was already precious enough in himself, and this one was A-Class. A-Class, no less.
‘And on top of that, it had to be the Vice Director’s cherished grandson who suffered this misfortune.’
He wondered if the President’s Office itself would come under fire.
Just thinking about it gave him a headache.
“Today’s incident is not something to overlook lightly. Consider what kind of backlash we might face from parents and students.”
At the President’s words, Sa Hyeon’s brow furrowed for a moment.
Soon a cold smirk leaked between his lips.
…He laughed? Before the President could even react.
“Is this a joke? I didn’t send the children away to camp.”
The President’s voice rose indignantly.
“You’re overstepping! No matter that it’s a practical exercise, is paralyzing parts of students’ bodies normal education?”
“You want me to teach Hunters who’ll be sent straight into live combat, yet you talk of normal education?”
Sa Hyeon rested his chin in his hand, his eyes dull and downcast.
“I don’t know how you expect me to teach if I have to be considerate of such things.”
“At the very least, observe basic morality. If something were to happen to the students’ safety—”
“You’re so concerned about their safety, yet you write reports like that?”
Sa Hyeon cut off the President’s words.
‘Report?’
While the President’s mind spun.
At a glance from Sa Hyeon, Hae Seong extended the tablet toward the President.

[D-383 Gate Safety Report]

A document title filling the tablet’s screen.
It was the inspection report the President had written before Sa Hyeon and the Class A students entered the Gate.
“……!”
It was a document he himself had written.
“Expected monster measurements done haphazardly, Gate Penalty investigation done haphazardly.”
Sa Hyeon tapped the sofa’s armrest with his index finger in a steady rhythm.
That regular sound, mysteriously, transformed into a mounting pressure that slowly constricted the President’s heart.
“And most importantly….”
Sa Hyeon straightened his upper body and gently scrolled the tablet screen upward.
The document scrolled past.
The screen had reached the very end of the document.
The last line written there.

[This inspection employed a Mana-Tech Gate Detection Device (A-01), and the detection error margin of said equipment is…]

“A-01?”
Sa Hyeon tilted his head, his gaze fixed intently on the President.
“Isn’t that an early-model gate detector? I had no idea you people were still running discontinued junk….”
“……!”
The President’s mouth snapped shut.
‘That auxiliary items are essential for Gate Flow Detection skills—that’s classified information…!’
The Gate Flow Detection skill.
It allowed one to read comprehensive information about a Gate—the types of monsters that would appear, clearing conditions, and so forth.
With the aid of specially manufactured equipment, one could even predict contingencies like Penalties or anomalies.
“I thought maybe you were pocketing the Association’s funding and just swapping in Mana Stones as a quick fix.”
“……!!”
How could he possibly know that?!
At Sa Hyeon’s next words, the President’s breath caught.
Catching the flicker of expression, Sa Hyeon’s lips curved in a faint smile.
“Looks like I hit the mark.”
Since Gate inspections were directly linked to Hunter safety, the Hunter Association allocated a budget for new models every year.
The sum came to several billion won.
The equipment research team naturally claimed that newer models had better prediction rates, but….
Having to replace expensive equipment every time a new model came out was waste in its purest form.
So he’d been using the A-01, simply replacing the Mana Stone as needed.
The President began hurriedly offering excuses.
“That—that couldn’t possibly be the case. Due to equipment malfunction, this one time was unavoidable! We’re only using the older model!”
“Is that so?”
Sa Hyeon raised an eyebrow with an expression devoid of interest.
His eyes betrayed complete disbelief.
“And this mess came from that one unavoidable mistake?”
Facing those indifferent gray eyes, the President’s breathing quickened without his realizing it.
The President managed to look away, then shook his head sharply.
“……I apologize. I have no excuse.”
Sa Hyeon leaned forward and met the President’s gaze directly.
“Get your act together. Unless you want to learn everything from scratch again with me.”
“…….”
The President’s eyelids trembled, his lips pressed firm.
How had things come to this?
He had only meant to say a word about today’s class.
Instead, it was he who couldn’t lift his head.
Sa Hyeon clicked his tongue and rose from his seat.
“Don’t waste energy on useless things. Get blackout curtains hung in the room.”
“Yes, yes?”
Whether the President stammered in bewilderment or not, Sa Hyeon left the President’s Office without hesitation.
“…My apologies!”
Hae Seong followed, hesitating, and soon disappeared as well.
The President’s Office fell silent, empty save for its sole occupant.
“…Sigh.”
He pressed his hand to his forehead, exhaling a short breath.
How had the situation unfolded like this?
Reflecting on it, Sa Hyeon had spoken to him informally the entire time.
And worse—why was he accepting this casual insolence so naturally?
The President, left with nothing but questions, turned over Sa Hyeon’s words in his mind.
Then suddenly a question struck him.

—Get your act together. Unless you want to learn everything from scratch again with me.

“Learn…again?”
Had he ever learned anything from this man before?

* * *

Meanwhile, in the Training Hall, the sewer-themed scenario had vanished.
“Ugh! Finally the last Rat! Done!!”
Ryu A hurled the final Rat to the ground, then flopped onto her side beside it.
Piled around her like a mountain—more Rats.
“Man, that was brutal.”
Mu Geon was drenched in sweat as well.
He tugged at his combat vest and exhaled a long breath.
“Oh come on~ We’re not done yet! We still have to cage all of these!”
Just then, a cheerful voice called out from across the hall.
“Oi! You two aren’t going to help?!”
Ryu A pointed an accusing finger toward one corner of the Training Hall.
Eun O and Gyeol sat watching from the floor.
Gyeol lounged on a bench with legs crossed, and merely shrugged at Ryu A’s complaint.
“The instructor told us to keep watch.”
“Would you… like some help?”
Jae Yoon offered hesitantly.
Both Eun O and Gyeol had succeeded in their hunts before being reassigned to observation.
Ryu A and Mu Geon, by contrast, had failed their hunts entirely.
The remaining training had forced them to capture the Rats that had been released into the Training Hall.
The Paralysis Penalty had worn off after class, but subduing seven Rats using nothing but Chains was no trivial task.
“Never mind. At least we tried.”
Ryu A snorted dismissively, but her eyes soon filled with suspicion.
“How did you two pull it off, anyway?”
With the Penalty afflicting their bodies, hunting should have been impossible—even standing properly was a struggle.
She’d naturally expected A-Class to fail across the board.
“It’s simple.”
Gyeol spoke casually.
“We worked together. Covered each other’s weak points.”
“Wow, I guess that would work…! We were completely solo out there!”
Ryu A smacked her lips and stretched out regretfully.
“But Se Yong… did he really get carried away?”
When Jae Yoon murmured softly, Gyeol nodded.
“The screams we heard earlier suggest he did, and it seems likely.”
Ryu A’s eyes narrowed.
“Even so, he’s not the type to fall to Rats. Right, Mu Geon?”
“…I suppose.”
Mu Geon, idly fingering the Chain bound around the Rats, merely shrugged indifferently.
“Anyway… I don’t care about classmates.”
Ryu A sighed heavily at his dismissal.
Eun O, who had crept closer to poke at the Rats, spoke up.
“Oh! So maybe the instructor beat him up instead? He was acting so cocky earlier, saying he could win!”
“Come on, that doesn’t make sense.”
Ryu A waved her hand and laughed—but.
“Wait… surely not…!”
“It’s… not entirely impossible?”
Jae Yoon and Gyeol reacted differently than she expected.
“Why are you two accepting this?”
Ryu A couldn’t hide her bewilderment.
‘Is it really true…?’
Her confusion deepened as she spoke.
“What in the world is that professor? For him to apply such an absurd skill to an A-Class Awakener simultaneously…! How have we never heard of someone with this level of power before?!”
“It’s insane! And the hunting technique—it’s genuinely one for the record books!”
“…Why are you bragging?”
Gyeol shot Eun O a lukewarm glance.
“He certainly seems… extraordinary.”
Jae Yoon nodded quietly in agreement from his place.
“Right!”
Ryu A suddenly sat upright.
And he spoke with a grave face, as though recounting something momentous.
“Don’t tell me you’re some kind of crime boss or something? You’ve got that exact vibe.”
…….
…….
In the end, Jae Yoon simply stared back at him in silence.
He was thinking the same thing, after all.
“I knew it! Just the look in his eyes alone—it’s different, you know? Like he’s the type who could snap a person without blinking, just like that—”
Ryu A, now convinced, was about to launch into a full theory when the moment shattered.
Creak—Bang!
The Training Hall door swung open.
“Well, well—slacking off?”
Sa Hyeon appeared in the doorway without warning.
?!
!!
Aah!
The students jumped at Sa Hyeon’s unexpected arrival.
Ryu A was the quickest to her feet, hand already raised.
“Slacking? No, sir! Only Mu Geon!”
“That’s ridiculous….”
Mu Geon blinked, bewildered.
The two of them quickly finished tidying up the Rats without another word.
Once Sa Hyeon confirmed everything was in order, he gave Hae Seong a subtle signal.
“Put those back where they belong.”
“Y-yes, sir….”
That heavy thing again….
Hae Seong squeezed his eyes shut, then open, steadying his wavering consciousness. Without complaint, he dragged the cart bearing the monster cage toward the Individual Management Building.
Sa Hyeon barely glanced at Hae Seong, who was grappling with the cart, and simply scanned the students lightly.
‘No serious injuries, it seems.’
He was thinking it was about time to wrap up.
Hum—Huuuum—
A vibration emanated from his pocket, accompanied by a warmth.
Sa Hyeon recognized the source immediately.
“Fast.”
He pulled something from his pocket.
“That’s….”
Mu Geon’s eyes widened in surprise at what Sa Hyeon held in his hand.
“What is it?”
Ryu A lowered her voice, her curiosity evident.
“A Communication Stone….”
Mu Geon murmured softly.
A small, luminous blue Mana Stone the size of a thumbnail—there was no mistaking it.
“Clean up’s done. Dismissed.”
Sa Hyeon held the Mana Stone in his palm as he announced the dismissal to the students.

Sa Hyeon left the Training Hall, leaving the students’ bows behind him.
He opened his palm and tapped the Communication Stone, its blue light rippling, gently with his finger.

-Hello, can you hear me?

A clear voice came through at once.
It was A018.
“Speak.”
Sa Hyeon replied tersely.

-The preparations you ordered are ready. I’ll have everything set for the scheduled time. Additionally….

At the voice that followed, his lips curved into a sharp smile.

-We’ve confirmed the Summoner’s location.

S-Class Instructor Devours the Academy Episode 27

Author
Baek Ruga
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yun Tae-ri
Cover
Thorp

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