I Became a Professor at the Academy

120 – Commitment

『Thursday, August 24, 2030.

A month after revealing his relationship with Claire.

Baekhana changed after that day.

He no longer played childishly at me, and his behavior became more cautious. To be exact, the feeling of trying to consciously keep a distance from me.

I care. I’m worried and I’m worried again.

But there is nothing I can do.

Just watching quietly so that he can quickly organize his mind about me.

It will be the best I can do now.

Beyond that, growth… … .』

ugh-

The small vibration in your arms wrinkles your forehead.

I put the pen in my hand and took out my smartphone.

[President: Class starts next week… … .]

It was an email with no clear purpose.

It was an email I didn’t even have to think about.

“Tsk.”

Know how to recover.

I sent a reply to the guy.

An email telling me to convene a full meeting the day after tomorrow.

The reply came right away.

[Chairman: If you repair the barriers, I will summon you right away, even tomorrow.]

the bastard’s barrier.

A little over a month would have been enough time to come up with a way to replace it.

I didn’t hide the displeasure that came up, and I turned off my smartphone after replying that it would be repaired tomorrow.

“… … after.”

I tried to hold the pen again, but I let out a short breath and turned the chair back.

Night sky full of stars and moonlight.

It was definitely beautiful, but it didn’t give me any inspiration. Is it because I am alone?

The absence of the guy who was always by my side whenever I looked up at the night sky.

In the first place, if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have been watching it leisurely.

I turned away, calming my emotions, which had become as unmanageable as my damn body. Then I opened the drawer and took out the notebook I had put in the case and opened it.

The first chapter is full of things that I don’t know whether it’s letters or pictures.

After turning over a few pages, the letters that were at least readable came out.

Letters barely formed.

【Kim Woo-jin】

I skimmed through the names that filled the notebook.

Compared to the night sky I just looked at, it’s really insignificant.

But looking at this insignificant thing makes me laugh.

-Kimujiin… … .

I clearly recall the figure of the guy standing on his lap, holding a pencil with a strange grip and writing letters as if drawing a crooked picture.

Laughter comes out of nowhere.

Unaffected by the fairy, the emotions that had only reacted to him slowly filled my body.

when they fill my body.

… … aaa

I dyed the magic around me with my will.

The gradually deteriorating magic spread one after another throughout the academy.

It soon took the form of a huge curtain and covered the academy.

‘I don’t see anyone getting caught right away.’

Did the guys on the outside protect it well, or did they still have no idea. You’ll find out in two days.

“after… … .”

Maybe it’s because I took a part out of my consciousness before I could get the balance right. A slight headache got on my nerves.

Slowly dulling my senses, I closed the opened notebook and put it back in the glass case. A painting of a fairy sits on top of it. What an insignificant combination.

Headaches naturally diminished with numbness.

I briefly pushed the pen aside.

If I continue writing the journal where I stopped, this feeling will be broken.

Instead, I turned the pages of the journal and slowly descended into the past.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve never read it again.’

Well, since I remember everything about him without skipping anything, there was no need to read it. Nevertheless, I opened the first page and read the journal page by page.

The day I got from the underground auction house.

The guy who got on the boat whenever he had a chance.

Because of his bad sleeping habits and even drool, he was bitten by a blackmail pacifier for a while.

So, one by one, I flipped through the journal.

And when I returned to the bitter page, I was relieved.

‘Not yet… … I remember it.’

departed soul.

A part of the memory that will be contained in it.

At least alone, I will never ever realize what the missing memories are. But, fortunately, it seems that the memories that fell away did not include the days spent with him.

Perhaps, before entering this body, the memories ‘Baek Woo-jin’ had had fallen off.

‘Even if that’s the case, it’ll just be a bit late.’

I grabbed the pen that had been pushed aside.

The guy tries to keep his distance from me.

never mind.

Wasn’t that what I wished for?

‘Do not forget the purpose.’

A roof that provides temporary shelter from the raging storm.

That’s enough.

And when the fierce storm passes and the light returns to the dark cloud-filled sky… … .

“I will find a proper home and start walking again.”

succulent-

I must have blocked all my senses, but a weak heat came from my back.

“… yes.”

Maybe I’m laughing now.

The guy who gets out of the roof and walks back won’t be alone.

That’s enough.

So I

‘Clean up all the things that get in the way.’

First of all, from the obnoxious people who get in the way.

I moved the stopped pen again.

**

One hundred and one rooms.

“It starts next week… .”

“Come to think of it, Hana and Seohee. Did you both finish your homework?”

The children, who had gradually become accustomed to training, did not sleep and chattered even late at night.

“I’m the senior, so it’s okay if I don’t do homework.”

“Ah, it was.”

“I’m really fucking envious.”

Maria, who was lying next to Edni’s sincerity, opened her eyes and turned around to cling to her friend.

“It’s the same that we don’t have assignments, so what are you envious of?”

“What is the task… … Other than that, you can get a lot of elixirs and stuff like that. Not even during curfew.”

“Aren’t we receiving a lot of elixirs too? And if you are free from curfew, what are you envious of?”

“Well… … .”

Idni did not give an easy answer to Maria’s question.

At that, Maria let out a short sigh and pressed Idni’s cheek tightly.

“Look. I feel envious for nothing even though I have nothing to do. Maybe I like you.”

“If I do anything more here, my back will not be left, so look at me.”

“Ugh.”

Maria let out a slightly exaggerated sigh and turned to lie down. Then, with a pillow under her chest, she sat at her desk and looked at Baek Ha-na, who was writing in her diary.

‘… I can’t tell if it’s okay or not.’

A small change that happened to Hana Baek.

It was a small change that could easily go unnoticed, but Maria eventually noticed it.

The time spent in and out of the study every morning became shorter.

The location of the dining table has changed slightly.

After taking a shower, I started tying my hair, which I always untied.

And… … .

‘I don’t chat with the professor.’

To be precise, I wasn’t fooling around like I used to be.

If I needed a light conversation or something, I would ask for it without anything different than usual, but that was all.

‘It seems to be fine, but… … .’

Maria hoped that the change in her friend would be positive.

To be honest, isn’t the relationship between Baek Ha-na and Baek Woo-jin close to that of parents and children?

No, one person must think so.

It’s not that I don’t support my friend’s love.

I just didn’t want the friend I love and cherish to get hurt.

“Is it one?”

“… … ?”

Hana Baek, who was writing in her diary, turned her head away with her eyes wide open.

Maria smiled as softly as she could and opened her mouth.

“Did you finish your assignment?”

“… assignment?”

The lovely friend’s reaction gave Maria a hunch.

‘I didn’t do it.’

It wasn’t that I didn’t do it, it was that I forgot that it was a task at all.

“As far as I know, I remember the assignments given in the Basic Transformation Lecture, the Mana Control Lecture, and the Monster Dismantling Lecture, right?”

“How do you remember when you don’t even listen to lectures?”

Idni asked with a curious face, but Maria neatly ignored it.

“… I didn’t do anything.”

“yes. It seemed so.”

Outwardly, she let out a sigh, but Maria was slightly relieved that Baekhana hadn’t done her homework.

“Well, don’t worry too much because if the power here gets stuck, everything will be resolved right away.”

“Why do I help with that-”

Slap——!!

“Aww?!”

Idni, who had been hit on the lips by Maria’s palm, thumped and rolled on the floor. But surprisingly, even Lee Na-young, the weakest of hearts, didn’t pay any attention to Idni. It was because I was so used to it.

“Yes, one. I will help you.”

“Yes. I’ll help too!! I know about monsters well!!”

Unlike Idni, who rolls on the floor, Nam Seo-hee and Lee Na-young actively came forward to help.

“… thanks.”

Hana Baek scratched her cheek and thanked her friends.

Looking at the white one, Maria continued.

“By the way, I know that the monster dismantling lecture is a task where you have to enter the rift yourself.”

“… Sir, in that case, can’t we ask the professor?”

Idni said that while rubbing her slightly red lips.

“There is a thorough distinction between public and private life. Don’t you know something like that?”

“… If Baek Ha-na asked for it, I think he would just listen.”

To be honest, even Maria couldn’t completely deny it.

However, it was not possible to cheer up a friend.

“Is it one?”

“… Even if I ask you, you won’t listen.”

A mischievous smile somewhere.

Maria opened her eyes wide and spoke quickly.

“So. As well as doing homework, let’s go out and shop, watch a movie, and come back.”

Due to the disappearance of the barrier, I couldn’t go out, and all the amenities of the academy were also suspended, so I was almost confined to the mansion for over a month.

“Five… … !! outing!! agree!!”

“Me too.”

“If one is okay.”

Starting with Idni, the children nodded and looked at Baek Ha-na.

“Is it one?”

“I like it too. I will live that day.”

“Aja~!!”

Idney liked it too much, saying that the money was solid.

Maria thought as she looked at the 100 smiles that didn’t look as bright as before.

‘But the professor will only let us out… … ?’

Maria couldn’t sleep that day as well, thinking that she had done something useless.