I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

“Hmm…”

Baek Hana opened her eyes, her voice sounding like a zombie.

The first thing that came into her blurry blue eyes was the plain white ceiling of her dorm room.

“…”

Baek Hana blinked, looking dazed as she stared at the familiar ceiling.

She was supposed to be in the study, so why was she lying in her bed in the dorm?

‘Woo-jin agreed to train me…’

She closed her eyes.

She spread her magic power to sense her surroundings.

The moment she felt the small lump of magic power gathering in his large hand.

-Paaak!

A dull sound echoed through the study, followed by a loud explosion.

“Kkeuung…”

Baek Hana stretched and got up from the bed, realizing what had happened.

She casually pushed her hair behind her ears and looked at the opposite bed.

“It’s empty.”

The bed where Nayoung should have been was unusually flat.

Baek Hana’s gaze naturally turned to the clock on the table.

AM 09:13

‘He said to come by 10 a.m.’

Baek Hana recalled what Jayden had said before dismissing them yesterday and headed to the bathroom after getting out of bed.

“Huaa!”

After a quick shower, Baek Hana stood in front of the bathroom mirror, pushing aside her damp bangs to reveal her smooth, white forehead.

Despite the dizzying impact she had received, her forehead, which had been hit by the lump of magic power, was perfectly fine. It wasn’t red or swollen, and there was no lingering pain or throbbing.

However.

“Chee…”

She couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

‘But it was too much from the start… You idiot.’

Of course, she didn’t ask for personal guidance to satisfy her ulterior motives.

She sincerely asked for training to become stronger.

‘Well, not entirely… There is a bit of that.’

With personal guidance, she would be able to spend more time with him.

That was enough for now.

“I should eat something.”

What she wanted was guidance in a place like the training room, not the mansion.

‘It’ll be tough, right?’

Considering yesterday’s events and her dislike for crowded places and people, it seemed unlikely that her wish would be fulfilled.

“Hoo.”

Baek Hana cleared her mind and took out some instant food from the freezer, putting it in the microwave.

Tick. Tick. Tick.

Baek Hana stared blankly at the quietly running microwave, then took off the towel around her neck and headed towards the entrance.

“You’re awake.”

“I just woke up.”

Nam Seo-hee entered, and Baek Hana took the pasta out of the microwave and placed it on the table.

“Did you eat?”

“Yes.”

Baek Hana sat down at the table with only a fork.

“Did you bring me here yesterday, Seo-hee?”

“Nayeong couldn’t carry you, could she?”

“That’s true.”

Baek Hana chuckled, imagining Nayoung struggling to carry her.

“Hmm, but why are you all gathered here?”

“I heard that the professors will be there to watch over us.”

“Hmm.”

Baek Hana swallowed a mouthful of pasta that she had rolled around her fork several times without chewing.

“So, do we have these matches every week?”

“For a month and a half, we’ll have personal training, and then we’ll continue to fight according to our skills, Maria said.”

“According to our skills…”

A small crease formed between Baek Hana’s eyebrows.

She was reminded of Yoon Iseul, who had been on stage with her yesterday.

‘Never mind, don’t worry about it.’

She had received a new pair of gloves, and although the person herself was a bit annoying, she didn’t seem like a bad person.

“Don’t worry. I’ll beat that gloomy girl and become your opponent.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard. It’s true that she’s strong…”

The last shadow spear that flew towards her was threatening enough to trigger her instincts to warn her of danger.

In fact, she had used most of her magic power to block that one attack.

Fortunately, the shadow spear didn’t penetrate the magic barrier and disappeared, but the impact of the collision between magic and magic was enough to cause internal wounds.

‘If I hadn’t been beaten up by my sister every day, that woman would have won…’

As if reading her thoughts, Nam Seo-hee said,

“It’s okay. I have something in mind.”

Nam Seo-hee stroked the sword sheathed at her waist and narrowed her eyes slightly.

“If you need someone to test it out, let me know.”

“I will.”

Baek Hana chatted for a while longer, then stuffed the remaining pasta into her mouth and left the dorm with Nam Seo-hee.

“Seo-hee, this way.”

“Yes.”

Baek Hana, who was surprisingly bad with directions, held Nam Seo-hee’s hand and headed towards the upperclassmen’s training room.

‘It’s huge.’

Baek Hana was impressed by the size of the building, which was as big as the dome-shaped arena she had seen yesterday. She entered through the open door, just like yesterday.

“Hey…”

‘…’

Baek Hana blinked as she saw Kang Hanna approaching as if she had been waiting for them.

“These kids… Even though I told them to come by 10 a.m., they actually came exactly at 10!”

Kang Hanna was clearly angry.

However, for some reason, she was holding back her voice.

As if she was being watched by someone.

“You came at this time yesterday, didn’t you?”

“Kkeuung… Never mind, cutie, just go inside quickly.”

Kang Hanna pointed to the corner, where the entrance to the training room was located.

Unlike the open training room for freshmen, the upperclassmen’s training room was divided into individual spaces, and no one could see inside without the consent of the user.

“Can I go in there?”

“Yes! Go in quickly!”

Kang Hanna gently pushed Baek Hana, who scratched her head and stood in front of the training room door, as indicated by the professor in charge.

‘Who is it?’

A red light above the door indicated that someone was using the room.

‘But how do I use it…?’

Baek Hana was stumped by the unfamiliar buttons.

Pssshh!

The door opened with a deflating sound.

“A jungle?”

Baek Hana’s eyes widened at the interior, which resembled a tropical rainforest.

Pssshh!

As soon as she stepped inside, the door closed with the same sound as before.

“It’s not real…”

Although there were huge trees and bushes, they lacked any vitality. The only thing she could sense was magic power, well-refined magic power.

‘This is amazing.’

Although it wasn’t real, the leaves she touched felt just like the real thing.

“But this magic power feels familiar…”

It was a magical wave that she had experienced not once, but several times.

The problem was that she couldn’t remember the person associated with it.

Baek Hana’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as she struggled to recall the memory.

At that moment.

Whoosh!

A plant stem shot up from the ground and tried to wrap around her.

“Kkeut…?!”

Baek Hana, who realized this a beat late due to the slight vibration and sound from the ground, quickly rolled on the ground to avoid being bound by the stem.

But.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Before she could get up, dozens of stems shot up from the ground where her knees had touched.

Ssss.

Just before the dark green stems touched Baek Hana’s body, a white tail slid down from beneath her buttocks.

Whoosh!

Baek Hana quickly stomped on the ground and spun her body. The white tail moved like a living whip, tearing apart the stems that had shot up.

Thud!

Baek Hana, now in the form of a beast, charged into the interior before the third attack could begin.

‘It’s hard to predict.’

The ground beneath her feet, the small leaves, and the giant tropical trees were all made of magic power.

Even the hot, humid breeze brushing against her cheeks was part of this massive magic power.

The entire space was like a huge lump of magic power.

‘And the amount of magic power contained in each is the same…’

It was like being surrounded by a school of sharks in a vast ocean, making it even more challenging.

Paaat!

Countless branches shot out from the densely grown trees, aiming to pierce Baek Hana.

“Heuk…!”

Baek Hana’s thighs slightly swelled.

Pababak!

Baek Hana abruptly stopped, and dozens of branches pierced the ground in front of her.

Baek Hana immediately turned and ran into the bushes.

The plant stems and branches continued to attack without giving her a moment’s rest, but Baek Hana avoided collisions as much as possible, only using her strength to break through when it was truly unavoidable.

“Haaak, haaak…”

Baek Hana laughed as she continued to run, despite the relentless attacks and her heavy breathing.

Kwajijjik!

Baek Hana tore apart the thick tree roots that had risen in front of her with her fingernails and increased her speed.

‘Faster, even faster…’

She was searching for Baek Woo-jin, who was somewhere in this space.

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Pssshh!

“…”

Kang Hanna, who had been staring blankly after losing her assigned student to an upperclassman, snapped out of her daze.

“…”

As soon as she realized who had come out of the training room, she stood up from her seat.

Black pants, a black shirt, a red tie, and a black long coat.

“Go to the freshman meeting.”

“Yes? Ah, yes! Then should I go in and check on them for a while?”

Kang Hanna cautiously asked her superior, who had approached her.

“No, there’s someone else watching them instead of me, so you don’t need to worry.”

“…”

Who else went in?

No, that’s impossible, right?

Kang Hanna swallowed the question that had risen to the tip of her tongue and nodded.

Click, click.

The pleasant sound of the superior’s shoes gradually faded away.

Kang Hanna, now alone again, leaned back in the stiff chair and muttered softly.

“…Salaryman life is the best.”