Academy’s Undercover Professor Chapter 637

Episode 637: Unforgotten Grudge (2)

Flora Lumos was staying in Ceorn’s dormitory…

While the world situation was greatly shaken, Seorn also could not be completely free from it.

Thanks to this, all classes stopped and most students had to go home or stay in their dormitories.

However, in Flora’s case, the situation was different…

She was half-tied up in the dormitory.

Even at the entrance to her dormitory, a person sent by the family was watching her in the name of escort.

Clever Flora realized that things were going strangely…

In particular, the movements of her family, the Lumos family, were unusual…

‘Where on earth is your father taking the family’s troops?’

After the Demon Incident, the Lumos family showed a completely different movement than the Empire.

Contrary to their name as the Empire’s 3rd ducal family, they did not follow the Empire’s will but rather joined hands with the Holy Kingdom of Bretus.

I know that Kayden Lumos is an extreme believer in the Lumensis religion, but even so, it wasn’t to the point where he couldn’t distinguish between public and private.

‘Father is trying to do something… Could it be that he is trying to rebel against the empire?’

I couldn’t just stay like this…

However, there was a problem, and it was the watchful eye from outside.

‘People sent by my father…’

Originally, Seorn should have prevented it in advance, but after the Demon incident, Seorn’s administrative ability was virtually paralyzed.

I couldn’t ask for outside help…

Flora immediately escaped through the dormitory window.

Her magic skills reached an even greater level than before, making it impossible for the guards beyond the door to detect her escape at all.

Flora tried to hide herself as best as she could and quietly escape under the cover of darkness.

‘this·’

However, Flora, who was trying to move secretly through the grass, had no choice but to stop.

There were people nearby

It was a location that clearly showed traces of being intentionally placed rather than passing by by chance.

Anyone who saw him glancing around the dormitory could not help but see that he had intentions.

‘I was watching from outside…’

Flora felt a shiver run down her spine as she realized that the family’s hand had extended all the way to Seorn.

‘I haven’t been caught yet, but there’s no way to get out of here like this… What should I do?’

Flying with flying magic?

Even though it was night, it was impossible to avoid looking at the flying magic now that the moon was full.

Should I surprise them with magic?

However, if you attack people with magic from within Seorn, things will get worse…

I couldn’t make a hasty judgment in a situation where I didn’t know how many other watchers there were besides them.

Even though I thought about it, I couldn’t find an answer as to what to do.

But why?

Suddenly the smell of that day comes to mind…

There was an incident in which several people went missing in the Seorn Forest.

At that time, Flora was walking down the street in the middle of the night and smelled a peculiar smell in the empty air.

When I headed somewhere, drawn by that smell, the person I encountered was Ludger Chelisi.

‘That smell at that time… it was definitely magic…’

Flora closed her eyes and concentrated.

I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know the principles, the process, or the results.

I could only recall the smell of that day in my head and vaguely imagine it.

Even though she knew that realistically it was impossible to copy the other person’s magic, Flora strangely had a feeling that she could do it well.

‘I remember… the magic that Teacher Ludger showed me…’

and·

Implementing it

When Flora opened her closed eyes…

A black shadow covered her body like a haze.

The colors I could see and the scent I could feel at the tip of my nose were definitely the same as back then…

‘I succeeded!’

Flora clenched her fists at the realization that she had embodied the magic she encountered that day.

I vaguely thought it would work, but after actually succeeding, Flora realized that the clues to the next level, which had been vague until now, had become clear.

This was truly amazing…

It was not thorough reason and calculation that Flora embodied magic, but sense.

The eyes to see magical colors and the sense of smell to smell magical scents.

Through this, the magical senses were identified through the senses of smell and sight and were similarly implemented.

Truly unbelievable talent…

Originally, a flower bud that would never have bloomed has bloomed thanks to Ludger’s teachings.

‘This is possible…’

Flora realized that the guards around her couldn’t spot her, so she confidently walked past them.

“hmm? what?”

“Did something just pass by?”

“Stop talking nonsense and keep an eye on me. Why are you saying this when no one is there?”

Flora, who passed the guards, was able to disarm the spell only after moving far away to a deserted place.

As soon as I lifted the spell, I felt a great sense of helplessness.

‘Oh my god, the consumption of magic power is so extreme…’

Even though it wasn’t maintained for that long, this amount of consumption…

How on earth was Ludger able to use magic like this so often?

But it was still okay, so Flora took a moment to collect herself and then secretly moved in the darkness of the night.

Now all you have to do is get out of Seorn and return to Leather Velk.

Flora, who was thinking that way, ended up encountering a truly unexpected person…

This is because Cheryl Wagner was standing in front as if she had been waiting.

“Flora·”

“Cheryl you…”

The moment Flora saw Cheryl’s eyes filled with sadness, she realized that her anxious imagination had become reality.

“Are you planning on stopping me?”

Cheryl knew…

He knew that he was going to escape today… and even what route he would take if he secretly left…

Because the two have been friends for a long time…

“An order has come from the Lumos family… to continue detaining you as is…”

“Why me?”

“The elders did not tell you the details… but they said you were infected with the power of the devil…”

“····”

Flora chewed her lips…

Infected with the power of the devil·

It was nonsense, but it wasn’t wrong either.

In fact, Flora Lumos had her body temporarily taken away by the demon Basara…

Perhaps thanks to that, after Basara disappeared, his body became even more optimized for magic, and his originally excellent magic skills became even more advanced.

It was from then on that the hair color, which was navy blue, became closer to black…

‘But how do you do that?’

When Flora was taken away, she was covered in a black storm.

Therefore, no one knew who the owner of the storm was.

Since he didn’t show up, I thought he wouldn’t have been found out. Ludger told him to keep it a secret, and even after that, he didn’t have anything to say.

But it was a mistake…

Even if the priests of the Lumensis Church did not know, they knew about other outstanding high-ranking priests who came to Lederbelk.

The faint demonic power remaining in Flora’s body…

It wasn’t hers, and it was slowly disappearing over time, but it was just a few embers left among the ashes…

A person as big as a cardinal could easily see through even that.

Even without meeting in person, I just encountered that energy from a distance…

‘I was complacent…’

This news reached the ears of the family. Flora seemed to know why the family wanted to detain her.

I don’t mean to protect you…

Rather, considering Kayden Lumos’ personality, the purpose of surveillance is the opposite…

‘Father, you want to punish me yourself…’

Until then, even if it was an illegitimate child, they had let it go because they were related by blood, but now it was different.

They had a clear justification for expelling this group…

Flora stared at Cheryl with a stern face.

“So are you planning on kidnapping me?”

“The elders of the family will have already found out that you ran away from the dormitory… Flora, please don’t make a big deal of it for no reason…”

As if what Cheryl said was true, a shout was heard from afar…

“If it had been Seorn before, he would have protected you… But the current Seorn can’t… The impact of this demon incident was too great… Besides…”

There is no teacher Ludger…

Cheryl swallowed her words…

“Flora, so please don’t blame me too much…”

Flora’s eyebrows fluttered…

That’s when I decided that I couldn’t avoid the fight with Cheryl…

“If you keep going like this, a carriage will be waiting for you…”

“···Sheryl?”

“Take that ride. If I don’t come, you can leave first.”

“What are you doing right now…”

“That’s what it means…”

Cheryl playfully smiled with her teeth at Flora.

“I guess I prefer being Flora’s friend rather than someone from the Wagner family.”

“····”

“So, go ahead, I’ll do anything to buy time for the people coming from behind.”

“···thank you·”

Flora left, and Cheryl stared at her pursuers from afar with a determined look on her face.

“I guess we can take some time…”

* * *

When we arrived at the place Cheryl said, there was indeed a carriage.

Flora immediately boarded the carriage.

I waited to see if Cheryl would follow, but in the end, she didn’t come.

I wanted to go back and help her right away, but doing so would end up dishonoring Cheryl’s sacrifice.

“Uncle coachman…”

Flora tried to ask the coachman to start…

That is, until the coachman’s new model suddenly falls sideways…

“···!”

The coachman was already dead…

Surprised, Flora immediately pulled out her wand and went into alert mode.

Considering his age as a student, his reaction speed is excellent.

But the opponent was an even more veteran.

People hiding in the darkness around the carriage appeared one by one…

Before we knew it, they had surrounded the carriage and were wearing pure white clothes.

‘Church of Lumensis!’

People from the Lumensis Church sneaking into Seorn in the middle of the night like this?

What was even more surprising was their secretiveness.

‘These are not ordinary priests or paladins!’

Flora had a hunch…

They are the ones handling the dark affairs of the church…

“Flora Lumos, where are you going at this time of night? “That’s not where you need to go.”

A cool-looking man wearing white clothes said…

He already knew that Flora was trying to run away.

Flora looked at that and was worried…

Now, when things were probably going well, the other person took the next action as if he would not leave Flora any room to think.

“You had a foolish friend…”

As the man spoke and gestured, the priests dragged Cheryl, who had been subdued.

Flora, who saw that scene inside the carriage, widened her eyes.

‘Cheryl!’

I had no idea that Cheryl was subdued in such a short period of time…

“If you don’t want your friend’s life to be in vain, get out of the carriage right away and disarm… Still, since you are Lumos’s blood, this is the only chance he will give you… If not…”

The man pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and pointed it at Cheryl’s neck.

“I will execute you summarily here and now with my authority.”

“····”

“Don’t let things end with you alone. This is the last mercy I can give you.”

Flora opened the carriage door and came out.

The man who saw this sneered…

“Heh, but I’m not that stupid. Yeah, I wish it had been like this from the beginning.”

“Let go of Cheryl…”

“Are you worried about your friend? “That’s great, but…”

It was then that the man’s eyes showed life…

“Traitors must be nipped in the bud…”

“no!”

Flora, realizing what the man was trying to do, shouted, but the sword had already been swung towards Cheryl’s neck.

At that time when Flora was shocked…

Ding!

The pure white blade was cut in half and flew out…

Cheryl was fine, but the man from the Lumensis Church who was swinging a sword opened his eyes wide.

His eyes were focused on Flora.

“Who are you?”

To be exact, right next to Flora.

Flora also turned her head to see that gaze and was startled…

“Mr. Ludger?”

Ludger Chelsea·

When he appeared, he was standing next to Flora.

“Did you say mercy?”

Ludger said to the man…

“I guess priests these days call it mercy when they swing a knife to the neck of a child who can’t resist.”

“Who the hell are you?”

“Who are you? “Aren’t you the ones who know me better than anyone else? Or should I at least introduce you?”

Ludger, who was hard to see because it was dark, deliberately revealed himself proudly under the moonlight.

The man who recognized him widened his eyes…

“What on earth are you doing! “It shouldn’t be here!”

“That’s not what’s important…”

Ludger shook his head and glared coldly at the priests surrounding him.

A special unit of the religious order that wears the guise of a priest but is in charge of killing people.

Ludger declared to them,

“How dare you mess with my students in Seorn? That’s a lot of guts. I’ll give you back what you said.”

“What are they doing! Hit them at the same time!”

“I will have mercy on you…”

Magical power swirled around Ludger’s body like a storm…