I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

19 – Karma

It was expected to some extent, but the manpower shortage of the special tower was serious.

Only 4 students. There are only 4 people including Geolena, but there are fewer than 3 faculty members. At least one person is not feeling well and cannot go to work.

“It’s really messed up. This mage tower… ”

I thought it was a huge waste of space for less than 10 people to monopolize a mage tower that could easily accommodate a thousand people.

“Lily Windsor. Mischa Greenwood. Serena… And, Elsa.”

I looked up the name of a student I didn’t know in the school register.

Elsara… Isn’t it noble to not have a last name?

Or, like Serena, she could be a fallen aristocrat who was robbed of her title for some reason.

In the school register, detailed information was not written except for name, age, and family relationship.

Elsa was a child who didn’t show anything special except that she seemed unsociable.

Although Lily is still inexperienced, she is basically a smart child, and Misha is an idiot, but has tremendous magic and skills accumulated over a thousand years. Although Serena has a trashy personality, she did not miss the top spot while completing the academy for two years and gained practical experience after that.

I don’t know Elsa’s skills yet… Well. It’s not bad. This composition isn’t bad.

Even though the number of people is at least, these four people might boast better efficiency than dozens of idiots.

I liked the composition of our class, except that one person made the rag smell vibrate.

“The problem is the faculty… ”

Even if the resource is good, if there is no equipment to mine it, it is a piece of cake.

A good professor who will teach gifted students… It seems that it is not in my magic tower.

Except for me, there is only one professor.

Even so, they are on indefinite leave due to some kind of injury, and except for one assistant who has been working at the Mage Tower since graduating from the academy, everyone seems to have applied for a job at another Mage Tower.

In other words, the faculty is actually me, and there is only one teaching assistant, not a professor.

It seems like a joke that the two of us should be responsible for students’ school life, but I decided that it was necessary to build a bond between the only two faculty members, so I called Petra Brooklyn, a teaching assistant for ten years, into the office.

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“Hey. Seriously, Petra? Are you going to work in a special tower? Are you insane?”

“… … Yes. I have already made my decision.”

A woman with short curly short hair, giving off the feeling of a newcomer to society, was standing with her hands behind her back with an uncomfortable expression.

A bald old man sitting arrogantly in a chair turned over papers with saliva on his thumb and clicked his tongue in a pitiful way.

“Crazy? It’s a place where only the losers go. In other words, a group of losers. The quarantine facility was built on the grounds that it would be difficult to kick out customers who don’t have talent, but their parents are powerful, or that it would be a loss to just kick out customers who pay for tuition anyway. That is the true nature of the special tower. You can’t even get a job right there. Have you ever seen a professor with a special talent tower recognized at a society? In fact, you should be well aware that more than 80% of prominent scholars are from our Magi Tower, right?”

“… … … … … .”

“Hey Petra. It’s a good word, so take it in. Faust is just a swindler. He was just summoned from another world, but he’s a bastard with nothing special about him. can’t believe my eyes I, the discerning eye of the archmage Giotto Geobert? Who is your advisor, Petra?”

“Yes. This is Professor Giobert.”

“yes. Why is my friend who worked well under me for 10 years suddenly calling me a special tower? The professors who worked there are now clamoring to let me into the Magi Tower. It is said that too many requests are coming in and it is in trouble. But you said you would transfer to a special tower. ha ha ha. Isn’t it like moving from a hotel to a street? You have a more unusual sense of humor than I thought. ha ha ha. I’m assuming you didn’t hear about this. You are a wonderful disciple who has worked with me for 10 years. You can’t be taken away by a special tower. Stop thinking nonsense and go back to the assistant classroom and take care of the work you were entrusted with the other day.”

“… You’ve been working for ten years.”

“… what?”

said Petra Brookeullin, struggling to look up at the ceiling with an expression of almost desperation. I couldn’t possibly muster up the courage to meet Giotto’s eyes.

“Sir, I’ve been working for 10 years, but I’m still an assistant. I thought that if I stayed under a professor, I wouldn’t be able to become a professor forever… !”

“Look!”

“Hee!!”

Petra shuddered as Giotto hit the desk.

Like a mouse in front of a cat.

“You are still too young. Even if you don’t know the world, you don’t know too much. Do you know how high the position of a professor at the academy is? Even the nobles are stumped by us. Even a mage from a commoner’s academy professor’s business card will come first and say hello to politicians. Do you know how much power and success this is? Do you know that such an honorable position is given as if it were natural for you to have worked for only 10 years? Is the world that easy?!”

“Yeah, but… !!”

Normally, he would have immediately bowed his head and backed off, but this time, Petra was also determined to attack.

“I, publishing the thesis I wrote as if it were the work of the professor… ! What is the reason why my research results are submitted to academic conferences under the name of the professor? The professor’s reputation only increases, and I… I’m stepping in place! How can I become a professor when no one recognizes my achievements? Even after 20 or 30 years, not 10 years, I… Professor’s… You can’t get out of the trap.”

“Hey Brooklyn!!!”

“Ugh… !!”

Giotto, dressed in the uniform of a military officer, walked with dignity, hands behind his back.

Height over 190.

Completely bald hair without a single strand of hair.

A uniform with lots of fancy decorations attached to it.

Giotto, who adorned himself with all sorts of authority, began to stroke Petra’s head and press her as if she were a child in her late twenties.

“Didn’t I tell you that it’s all about studying the world? Since you are my teaching assistant, it is natural for you to dedicate yourself to the professor, and if you gain experience under me like that, one day you will publish a paper under your name. Isn’t it too hasty? otherwise! To me, the head of Duke Giobert’s family, the lieutenant general of the Imperial Army, the owner of the Magi Tower, and the honorary president of the Society! Are you even going to pay for half a year!!!!”

“… … … … .”

Petra, frightened like a puppy, only trembled her lips and made no answer.

Giotto Giovert’s expression became friendly, and the hand that had been caressing the top of his head came down to his ear lobe.

Petra couldn’t resist, like a pet that could be touched by its owner.

“yes. You just have to be so calm… you are still young Learn a little about the world under me. Faust He can’t. I saw him at the banquet hall. that’s something The male child is born like a parasitic old man… It doesn’t suit you. I will find your spouse. You can leave that to an adult like me.”

“… That!”

Petra summoned desperate courage and spoke.

“Well, like that… me… Because of the way she speaks as a woman… It is difficult to work under Professor The.”

“… what? What does that mean? ha ha ha. Did I even say that I like you? I am like a daughter.”

“but… The other day at a drinking party, on my thigh… Raise your hand… Ask if you have a boyfriend, ask about a boyfriend with a big age gap, ask if you’ve ever imagined dating a married man… Since it’s late, the professor urged me to sleep at his house… That’s… Because it is too burdensome.”

“What nonsense. Why are you so petty to keep in mind what your boss said in passing? Can I have a social life with that?”

“… ugh… .”

Petra was so emotional that she was on the verge of bursting into tears. Even at this moment, I wanted to shake off Giotto’s hand that was lightly on my shoulder, but my body stiffened and I couldn’t move. Still, if I didn’t get out of this demonic beast right now, I was determined that something really serious would happen.

have to say

If you don’t tell me, you’ll always be a slave.

“Uh, last time… ! The coffee you gave me to drink… You took sleeping pills… I saw them all.”

“… … … … … … … what?”

“When I refused because I didn’t like coffee, he even got angry at me and told me to drink it all in front of him. What were you going to do after putting me to bed?”

“… … … … … … … … … … … … … I never did. Do you have some kind of paranoia?”

I thought it would come out like this. Petra pulled out the plastic-enclosed pills from her pocket and showed them.

“This, I secretly extracted it from the coffee cup and kept it. If the professor’s fingerprints come out here, it will prove that the professor tried to give me sleeping pills. how… Would you like to?”

“… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ”

Silence oppresses the whole body.

Eyes devoid of any humanity were staring at Petra silently.

Finally Giotto spoke in a snake-like voice.

“I will re-examine your dissertation on the promotion of a high-level mage. There are many opinions that your personality and skills do not meet the standard of a high-ranking mage.”

“… Yeah? I-I became a high-level wizard more than five years ago.”

“So what? I will present your disciplinary proceedings to the Commission. If the promotion to advanced mage is revoked, the academy’s professorship will be gone. Do you know?”

The minimum standard for being appointed as a professor at the academy was an advanced wizard. Up to the intermediate level, only the role of an assistant is possible, such as a teaching assistant.

“This, this is an obvious retaliatory greeting! Even though you were the professor who sexually harassed me!”

“When did I say I was sexually harassing you? i don’t even like you What is self-consciousness? How funny. It’s not very cute, but it’s really ridiculous. It’s so unpleasant. Aren’t you suffering from princess disease? Schizophrenia is suspected, which will be clarified by the committee. Did you say you wanted to go to the special tower? feel free to go It’s said that only idiots and eccentrics gather there, but it’s perfect for a psychopath like you who confuses reality with delusions. I really regret having a crazy bitch like you as my teaching assistant.”

“… Me, me! I’m going to die for the time I wasted under the professor!”

“Turn it off right now. However, leave the pill you faked.”

“I absolutely hate it!!!”

At the end of the scuffle, Petra, who managed to keep evidence that would be useful in one case, ran out of the professor’s office.

Petra, who went against Giotto, the owner of the Magi Tower, suddenly became a public enemy and was surrounded by vicious rumors.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get hired as a professor, so he tried to seduce the owner of the mage tower with his body and failed, so he was expelled as a special tower… He became the protagonist of an infamous rumor.

—In this way, Petra Brooklyn was transferred to a special tower.

It was not long after that that he received Faust’s call.