How to Survive as the Academy’s Villain

Chapter 105

“What, evidence?”

“Yes. We can’t be sure if these guys got hurt while playing around or if they got hurt fighting, as the professor claims.”

Kyle’s nonchalant and unhesitant manner left the mouths of me and the Monster Trio hanging open.

“……”

And the person who heard it directly, Beroen Clarence, was no different.

“Hah.”

He let out a chuckle, looking dumbfounded, and then asked coldly.

“What’s your name?”

“Oh, I apologize for the late introduction. I’m Kyle Perrion.”

Seeing Kyle introduce himself with a bright smile, seemingly oblivious to the situation, I instinctively rubbed my forehead with my hand.

‘This crazy bastard. Is he sane?’

However, hearing Kyle’s name caused a peculiar change in Professor Beroen’s expression.

His lips twisted slightly, as if he had found an opportunity.

“Are you related to Abellan Welber by any chance?”

“Oh? Professor, do you know our master?”

Kyle asked innocently, and Professor Beroen chuckled and nodded.

“Know him? Oh, I know him very well.”

Then he glared at Kyle with a deeper, more intense gaze than ever before.

“Who wouldn’t know that stupid, pathetic guy whom I’d never want to associate with?”

Without any preamble, Professor Beroen insulted Kyle’s master and continued speaking.

“Like that ignorant fool who only knows how to swing a sword without understanding how the world works, his disciple dares to speak such nonsense in front of me. Truly, like master, like disciple.”

Kyle, momentarily flustered by Professor Beroen’s sharp tone as he insulted his master, stammered.

“Uh, I think you might be mistaken.”

“Shut up.”

“No, this needs to be clarified.”

‘Hey, you crazy idiot! Why do you keep provoking Beroen? Just shut up…… Huh?’

Suddenly, a memory I had momentarily forgotten flashed through my mind.

‘Wait, this is…’

It’s similar to the original plot.

At the beginning of the novel, there is an episode where the protagonist Kyle clashes with the early antagonist boss, Beroen Clarence.

‘Even the part where Kyle gets entangled because of insults towards his master is the same.’

The situation was so eerily similar to what I remembered from the story that I couldn’t help but be slightly flustered.

‘What’s going on? Why is this happening so soon?’

However, the problem was that this early episode from the novel happened after the first semester of the second year at the earliest.

In other words, it had been brought forward by at least one semester.

Could this be another butterfly effect caused by my existence?

While I was momentarily lost in thought due to the unexpected situation, the conversation between Professor Beroen and Kyle had already reached a tense climax.

“No evidence, no punishment?”

“If we can’t tell if they’re telling the truth or not, shouldn’t we, as professors, believe them for the time being?”

Kyle, still smiling, but with a glint of something burning in his eyes, was openly challenging Professor Beroen.

‘That bastard is doing it on purpose.’

It seemed that Kyle was furious at Professor Beroen’s one-sided derogation of his master, Abellan.

‘Damn it, I can’t let this go on.’

If Kyle and Professor Beroen established a connection and set off a flag this early, it would be dangerous.

In the original work, after growing and becoming stronger over the vacation and the beginning of the second semester, the protagonist Kyle completely overcame Professor Beroen’s evil schemes with his own strength.

But if the two clashed like this now…

‘Kyle might get expelled from the academy.’

Their final fight was a ‘duel of honor,’ fought under the condition that Kyle stayed at Flance Imperial Academy.

So,

“Professor Beroen, this guy doesn’t know any better, so……”

“Shh!”

Professor Beroen, cutting off my words, looked at Kyle and spoke.

“Fine, you have a point. No evidence, no punishment.”

Smiling slyly, he continued in a low tone.

“But the act of challenging a professor’s authority and causing a disturbance is grounds for the highest level of disciplinary action.”

‘This is seriously fucked.’

Hearing Professor Beroen’s words, which mirrored the final episode of the beginning of the original story, I couldn’t help but close my eyes tightly.

‘I need to stop this. I absolutely have to stop this.’

“Professor Beroen, wait a minute. I’m sorry to interrupt, but this guy……”

“Enough, Kamon. I have nothing more to say. We’ll talk later.”

Cutting off my words with a firm tone, Professor Beroen smirked again.

“Look forward to it, Abellan’s disciple, Kyle.”

And with that, he walked past us, leaving me with a feeling of utter helplessness.

‘Damn it, damn it!’

I would rather just have things go awry or be wrongly accused myself.

But how am I supposed to deal with the original story progressing ahead of schedule?!

“Haa.”

Seeing me hang my head and sigh deeply, Kyle asked from beside me.

“Hey, Kamon. Are you okay?”

“Are you okay? Seriously, what the hell were you thinking, pulling a crazy stunt like that?”

Naturally, my anger turned toward Kyle, the one who had caused this entire situation. He scratched the back of his head, looking somewhat aggrieved, and replied.

“Well, it just really pissed me off when he suddenly insulted my master.”

“So why did you… Ah, forget it.”

There was no point in arguing further; nothing would change. If my guess was correct, Professor Beroen would convene a committee to discipline Kyle, and there, Kyle’s master, Professor Abellan, would propose a ‘duel of honor’ to protect his disciple.

Thus, the duel between the two would be arranged, and on the day of the event…

‘Kyle will knock Abellan unconscious and personally step in to win the duel.’

Naturally, Professor Beroen Clarence, humiliated by losing to a mere student, would leave the academy in shame, concluding the episode.

But now…

‘With Kyle not yet fully grown, the chances of him beating Professor Beroen are slim. And if Professor Abellan steps in, it might cause another massive butterfly effect.’

The more I thought about it, the more dire the situation seemed, and I couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

Damn it, shit!

Why do these shitty things keep happening…?

‘Sigh, calm down.’

Getting worked up would only exhaust me. I needed to think positively.

‘At least I know what’s happening, which means I can intervene.’

If I could somehow manage the current situation and create some variables, I might be able to align things closer to the original story or even prevent the conflict altogether.

While I was racking my brain…

“Hey, run!”

Tatata!

The Monster Trio, now free from restraint, were suddenly seen sprinting off in one direction.

‘Hah, those idiots…’

I really just wanted to kill them all.

Taking a deep breath and gathering my thoughts, I muttered to Kyle and started walking away.

“I’m leaving too.”

Stomp, stomp.

“Huh? Kamon, where are you going? Let’s go together!”

Ignoring Kyle’s urgent shouts behind me, I quickened my pace without looking back.

“Kamon!”

“For fuck’s sake, stop following me!”

* * *

Shortly after, a rumor began to spread within the academy.

“Did you hear?”

“Is there another interesting story?”

“Well, I heard Kyle challenged Professor Beroen. And they’re processing his disciplinary action because of it?”

“What? Attacked a professor?”

“Not attacked, just argued. It was more of a confrontation.”

“Oh, I thought it was a fistfight or something.”

“Anyway, it’s not confirmed yet, but I heard a disciplinary request for Kyle Perrion was filed with the administration office the other day. And it was submitted by none other than Professor Beroen Clarence himself.”

“Wow, seriously? So the rumor is true?”

“Amazing.”

As the rumors among the students suggested, Professor Beroen indeed started the disciplinary procedure against Kyle right after their confrontation. He officially submitted a detailed report on Kyle’s violations with his name signed on it.

“What? The disciplinary request has actually been filed?”

“Yes. I checked it myself. It’s true, Professor.”

Hearing the urgent report from his assistant, the middle-aged man’s mustache trembled.

“Beroen Clarence, that crazy bastard, is he really out of his mind? Mutiny?”

Muttering in disbelief, the middle-aged man was none other than Abellan Welber, the advanced swordsmanship professor and Kyle’s master.

“Should I summon Kyle immediately?”

“No, it’s fine. He must be feeling terrible right now, so there’s no need to call him. Besides, he didn’t really do anything wrong, did he?”

Professor Abellan had already investigated the circumstances surrounding Kyle’s clash with Professor Beroen. While he found Kyle’s behavior somewhat rude, he determined it was unreasonable to treat it as mutiny or a challenge to the professor’s authority.

In fact…

“If he’s my disciple, that’s exactly how he should have acted. And the boy didn’t say anything wrong! Beroen has always been like that…”

Defending his disciple, Professor Abellan recalled his relationship with Kyle. He had watched Kyle practice swordsmanship alone in the training hall until late at night for several days, and out of curiosity, he had offered him some guidance. Astonishingly, Kyle absorbed his teachings at an incredible pace, improving rapidly.

From then on, Abellan wanted to mentor Kyle personally. To avoid the restriction against private tutoring as an advanced swordsmanship professor, he even obtained permission from the dean and the board, dedicating himself to teaching Kyle earnestly.

Not only in swordsmanship but also in life lessons.

‘In that sense, Beroen’s comment about Kyle resembling me is not an insult but rather a compliment.’

“I will set this right.”

Resolute in his decision, Professor Abellan made a determined expression and declared.

“I’m going to see Professor Everett right now. Prepare yourself.”

“Yes, Professor!”

Professor Abellan Welber headed to see Everett Littrich, the senior advisor for swordsmanship studies at Flance Imperial Academy and a leading candidate for the next dean.

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