My Wife and I Became Sages in Another World
Chapter 196: A Teacher’s Reputation (Part 2)

Chapter 196: A Teacher’s Reputation (Part 2)

After teaching my last class of the day, which was coincidentally Melina’s lesson, she came to me full of questions, which I already expected.

Luca was also part of that class and approached me with curiosity, so I told them that I had a deal with the headmaster that I would teach for one year in exchange for letting Melina skip the last few months of the previous one.

Of course, Melina knew all my qualifications, but Luca still couldn’t comprehend how someone his age had already become a professor.

"C-can I inspect you?" he asked with a hint of frustration in his voice.

"Sure..." I replied, censoring the important details again.

Still, some of my other skills and titles were impressive enough that people didn’t even notice the black lines blocking the words.

For whatever reason, Luca seemed impressed at first but then tried hiding his anger.

"Umm, are you okay?" I asked, noticing the guy grinding his teeth.

"I-I’m fine..." he replied, waving his hand and leaving the classroom.

Melina and I stayed in the room for a bit longer as she kept asking me questions.

"Are you staying at the professors’ tower?"

"Yup."

"What about Vespera and Yoru?"

"Vespera is tending to her webs, but she will probably come here soon. Yoru is right here..." I said, pointing at my shadow where Yoru peeked his head to greet Melina.

"And you are only teaching for a year?"

"Yep."

"But... why?"

I sighed and explained to Melina that it wasn’t a bad deal, considering I would be able to hang out with her and leave the academy at the same time she graduated.

The princess blushed and clenched her dress, turning her sight away from mine for a second.

"So, you took the deal for me?" she asked, almost whispering her words.

"I... yes. I wanted to see you, and this is a good way to do so." I replied with confidence.

*ahem* scoffed Topen from the side of the room, making us turn around awkwardly with flushed faces.

After we left the classroom, I went to Melina’s room to hang out and greeted her two roommates, who were also done with their lessons for the day.

Minutes later, Keiko, the blue-haired student from my class, walked in and looked a bit surprised when she saw me.

"Ah, Keiko! Let me introduce you to Ichiro... He is, umm... my boyfriend..." Melina said, blushing and looking to the side.

’Her boyfriend? Does she see me like that?’ I wondered with a slight smile on my face.

We had kissed a few times already, so it wasn’t farfetched to say that we were in a relationship. Still, I wasn’t expecting her to say it in front of her friends so carefreely.

Don’t get me wrong. I loved the fact that she said that, but that didn’t take the surprise away from her words.

I confirmed that I was her boyfriend but asked everyone in the room not to make a big deal out of it.

It’s not like I wasn’t allowed to date Melina, but if rumors were to spread that a student was dating a professor, then it could potentially become a problem.

Obviously, the people who knew us wouldn’t think it was strange, but someone outside of the academy would undoubtedly do.

After I hung out with the princesses in their dorm, I went back to my room and sent a message to the people of the Dawn’s Defenders, who I had left at the Droman Empire, to make some preparations.

I wanted to send a group to the northern continent and another one to the Guanghua Kingdom.

Nisa and Tony were going to the eastern continent with half of the group, while Lampart and Rio would travel north with the other half, so I had two different voice crystals to communicate with them.

However, they were fresh off the shore, so they still had a few days of sailing before reaching their destinations.

After I confirmed with the Dawn’s Defenders that everything was going smoothly, I sent another message, this time to Reinar at End Forest.

Reinar and Jeniffer had been researching the herbs from the Illusive Forest ever since we returned to Sephyr. I would have helped them, but I also didn’t want to overwork myself.

Besides, those two enjoyed working on that sort of stuff, so it’s not like I was taking advantage of them.

Their reply said they had been making good progress and were expecting to get results in one week, which made me kind of excited to see what kind of new potion they would come up with.

The following morning, a new set of students came to my lesson.

Classes in the academy had a weekly schedule, meaning that every day of the week, I would have a different group of students.

Usually, professors only taught either the freshmen or senior students. However, I was tasked with giving lessons to both groups, so I was a bit busier than other teachers.

Nevertheless, I understood why the headmaster wanted me to teach the first-year students, too, as having a more solid base for magic would make their senior semester much simpler.

There was a third year that wasn’t mandatory for students to take for graduation, but the people who were the most passionate about magic would take those courses.

I was also tasked with giving those people a few lessons, although those took place during the weekends, and the students, who were between 18 and 19 years old, were more mature and calm when listening to my lectures.

A few days later, I was hanging out at the professor’s lounge and noticed that everyone had changed their attitude towards me.

In fact, some of them would come to me and ask for advice on the topics that they themselves were the teachers for.

"Ichiro, how can you merge this math equation into a magical spell?" a professor asked me.

"What?" I replied, solely confused.

"Ichiro, what do you think about my theory on silent casting?" another professor said while handing me a document.

"No, wait. Read my research paper first!" another commented from the back.

’What the hell is happening...?’ I thought, trying to stay calm as the other teachers swarmed me with random questions.