## Chapter 868 – Kim Kat, the Instigator of Murder

“Professor!!! Please, tell us the story of your fight against the great demon Andromalius!!!”
“Tell us your heroic tale, please!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaah!!”
“We’re begging you!!”

The students shouted as they looked at me. Their eyes were all sparkling. To think they wanted me this much…!!

Professor Kim Kat was moved!!

But I told them the story of catching Andromalius yesterday.

“Now, now. My students, calm down a bit. I already told that story yesterday.”

As I said that, the students began to wail.

“We didn’t hear it!! So please, have mercy!”
“We’re begging you!!”
“It’s our wishhhhhh!!”
“Please!!! We’re begging you!!!!”

Ah, right. Actually, the story of catching a great demon probably isn’t that common. Are we the only ones in this era? No, considering the Berial case, there’s a chance someone else caught one sealed in some ancient dungeon.

Anyway, it seemed the rumor had spread that a paladin had told the story of catching a great demon. It seemed they swarmed here like bees to hear it. It’s definitely a story anyone would want to hear.

I feel bad for the students who heard it yesterday, but I’ll have to do a simple rehash.

“Alright!!! Then for all the students who came to my lecture today, I’ll tell it again!!”

—Waaaaaaaah!!!!!

Cheers erupted, and I immediately opened my mouth.

The content was similar to yesterday. Starting from receiving the Saintess’s orders and going to find the Demon Gate with the holy knight, to the encounter with the lesser demons. And then the story of fighting Andromalius really hard. Especially that fighting part, I exaggerated it mythically.

“N-No wayaaaaaaat!!!!”
“A great demon! A great demon!! A great demonaaah!!! A great demon!!!”
“Uooooooooh!! Oaaaaaaah!!”
“Andromalius!!!”

As the story ended, hundreds of students were twisting their bodies to accept this reality, each making their own novel fuss.

For now, this great demon-catching story is a really good story, so it’ll work wherever I go. Maybe I could even get meals from nobles just by going abroad and spinning a yarn. Who would dislike this kind of story?

“Demons tempt people!!! And drive them to ruin!! Because they’re the kind of guys who feed on the destruction of humans!!!”

I didn’t miss the chance to re-educate the students about the threat of demons while they were still in shock.

I warned them about the danger and told them stories using the examples of the guys I had personally dealt with. It was a real situation with unfiltered facts, so it boasted an inhuman sense of realism.

“Kuhk…! To think such a thing happened!!! Demons ate children!!!”
“Demons were infiltrating the kingdom!”
“Is this really reality!!”
“When I return to my territory, I’ll tell my father too!!”

That’s how hatred for demons began to fill the students’ hearts. People wouldn’t be able to just let it go after hearing about the demons’ atrocities.

“So we!!! We must defeat those demons!!!”

As I shouted maniacally like that.

“Keuheueueueuk…!”

The students shed tears in streams.

First, I need to build up hatred for demons to guide the students to the Brass Celestial Order. Stay calm, Kim Kat. You can do it! You’ve already pushed the kids into a crucible of emotion!

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time left.

I shouted at the moved students as if brainwashing them.

“Good! Then now you students know about the threat of demons! Then what should we do to those evil demons!!”
“We have to kill them all!!! Kill them all!!”
“Execution for all of them!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaah!! We have to kill them all!!!!”
“We must kill the demons for justice!!”

A truly satisfying reaction.

“Good! A very good reaction! Our students’ correct consciousness and righteous hearts will make our world and this Karga Kingdom even more prosperous!!!”
“Uooooooooh!!”
“Waaaaah!!”

After faith, I’ll raise patriotism…!
Because there’s nothing better than nationalistic fervor!

Since it’s a royal school, I had to add flattery to the kingdom while telling these stories for it to work even better.

“Ah! Karga Kingdom!!!!”
“Long live the Karga Kingdom!!”
“Long live King Karga!!”
“Long live Verde!!”
“Oh, God Verde!!”

The students shed tears in streams and shouted maniacally.

“And! I’ll tell you one more important story!”

This time it’s a different story.

“Do the students know the false god Ezath, who is classified as an evil god!!”

As I asked that, the students reacted convulsively.

“Ah, I know him!! I investigated him yesterday!! He’s a group of heretics that appeared in the outskirts!!”
“I’ve heard of him!! An evil god who grants evil power in exchange for terrible sacrifices!”
“An evil and wicked group!!”

This one was a bit old and a famous story, so it seemed the students knew about it too.

“I, the paladin!! Participated in the subjugation to defeat those evil heretics who worship the false god Ezath!!!”

—Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Unable to bear that heroic declaration, one female student jumped up like a spring and rotated three times in the air like an inhuman carousel. And that wasn’t all. Starting with the first bizarre act, other students also showed similar reactions, hitting their heads.

“The paladin is a herooooooo!!!!!!”
“Knight of God! Knight of God!”
“Take me!! Take me! Please take me!!!”

Where could there be a better atmosphere than this!!!

“The heretics who worship the evil god Ezath massacred innocent citizens, regardless of gender or age, and extracted their ribs and vertebrae! And their brains, hearts, and livers to create an altar made of human bones and organs!!!”

—The most terrible story!!

“Those citizens were good farmers and merchants who faithfully paid taxes to the local lord!! Those guys killed those farmers and made an altar with their bones and flesh to offer to the evil god and gain evil power!!”

I didn’t forget to add that they faithfully paid taxes to the lord to draw sympathy from the nobles’ children. People are sensitive about their property.

“Keureureureureuk!!!!”
“N-No wayaaaaaaat!!”
“Damn it!!! To think such an evil thing was happening!!”
“We have to kill all the heretics!!”

Anger erupted.

“Students!! Do you know now!!! Heretics and demons are absolute evil!! They are evil beings who oppose justice and harm the prosperity of the Karga Kingdom!!”

In that crucible of frenzy, I spewed out words like crazy. If fire could burst from my mouth, this is what it would feel like. Every time I said a word, the students tore at their hair, and every time I spewed out another word, even more intense hatred and anger erupted.

Because these students idolized me, it was even easier to elicit a more intense reaction than from the holy knight trainees.

Isn’t that right?

Even if a pretty idol singer just comes to a military unit for a consolation performance, the kids tear out all the hair they don’t even have, scream as if they’re going to vomit their esophagus, twist their whole bodies, spew out foam, and jump like crazy.

That’s the nature of people.

Not to mention the situation where I, the dancing paladin, am giving a speech in person.

This kind of reaction was truly natural.

“What should we do to the heretics who eat away at the kingdom!!! And eat away at justice!!!”

I asked the enthusiastic students!

“Annihilation!!!”
“We have to kill them all!!!”
“We must judge them so that they don’t even think they can live after doing such things!!!”

Infected anger seized the students’ minds. There’s nothing easier to incite anger than stories about people who died unfairly and demons and heretics who boast absolute evil.

With this level of preaching and incitement, I could probably even form an army.

As expected, if you spin a yarn with a reputation, it’s bound to work.

“For the kingdom! For justice! And for our honor!!! Ah, God Verde!! Give us the courage and strength to defeat the evil beings!!”

I prayed to the sky.

“Ooh! God Verde!!”
“I’m going to join the Brass Celestial Order from today!!”
“Me too!!”
“God Verde!!”

Then the students also took similar poses to me and prayed.

—Ding ding ding ding ding.
—Dae-aeng.

In the end, the first class ended like this, and the next class also flowed in a similar way. I frantically unraveled all the things I had experienced so far. What storyteller could surpass me?

I, Kim Kat, was a Heavenly Demon and a competent bard at the same time.

Because I was a competent bard, I only chose stories that would make the students burst with anger and sang them destructively.

Of course, the result was successful.

* * *

That’s how a week passed.

“Professor Kim Kat!!! Please look at the flag we made!!!”
“Look at ours too!!”
“Please look at ours too!!!”

Now I was used to going to the academy. I had a good weekend, and as I crossed the main gate early in the morning of the new week, a group of students rushed at me as if they had been waiting.

But they weren’t just students.
They were holding some kind of flag, so for a moment I thought they were soldiers.

“Flag?”

—Flutter!

The student at the front unfurled the flag.

—Heretic Extermination Circle.

Those words were revealed.
No, what’s with this Heretic Extermination Circle?

“Hahaha!!”

It seemed the students had made such a circle and flag during the weekend!

“What admirable guys!!!”
“The professor praised us!!”
“Please look at ours too!!”

—Flutter!
—Flutter!

The students surrounding me held up their respective flags.

—Inquisition Circle.
—Justice Pursuit Circle.
—Demon Hunter Circle.

Just hearing the names gave off a chilling atmosphere reminiscent of professional serial killers.

Students with similar minds gathered together to form circles and proudly informed me of that fact. Where in the world could there be a happier thing than this!!!

“We will investigate suspicious organizations whenever we have time!”
“We will find and report signs of demons!!”
“We will educate other students about the right mind!!”

The students spoke about how they would do their circle activities like baby birds crying for food, and most of them were all wholesome. They said they would report if they suspected heretics or demons, so it was very good from a public interest perspective.

This is the positive function.

“We library members will research ancient documents to uncover the secrets of demons!!”

They even said they would do academic research, and it seemed they would be searching and researching demon-related books after school. Library members? Certainly, students who are close to books would be able to do it.

This is good.

“If you send those materials to the Order!! The Saintess will also be pleased! Maybe you can even meet her in person!! Very good! There are no more righteous students than you in this world!”

The students grabbed the back of their necks at the mention of the Saintess’s name.

“H-Huhuk!!! That Saintess!!”
“Aah!!”
“The Saintess!!”

“The Saintess…!”

—Clatter.

Right then, armed students approached. What, did a commotion break out and they came to arrest me? As I was thinking that, the muscular student at the front unfurled a scroll.

—Power of Justice.

The words Power of Justice were written on that scroll.

“Paladin Professor!!! We lowerclassmen of the Knight Department swear to build strength to kill demons and use that strength for justice!!!”

These bastards!!!!!!!

Even the students of the Knight Department had formed a circle!!

“Good!!!! The Knight Department has also formed a circle! Your will and righteous heart!! I accept it well!!!”

Then I had to respond!!

“Then today is an outdoor class!!”
“O-Outdoor class?”
“An outdoor class…!”

The students fell into confusion.

—Swish!

I immediately drew Vugal and shouted!

“I, who have defeated demons and heretics!! Will teach you the combat skills to strike down the wicked!!!”

At those words, the students of the Knight Department jumped up.

“N-No way!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Are you saying the paladin who uses Sword Aura will give a swordsmanship lecture!!!”
“S-Such an opportunity!!!!! I can’t believe it!!!!”
“Quickly, call the seniors!!!!! Hurry!!!!!”
“It’s the paladin’s swordsmanship lectureaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Uaaaaaaah!!!!!”

—Pa pa pa pa pat!!

The excited students of the Knight Department rampaged like rhinos on cheap drugs accompanied by violent overreactions, and I headed straight to the parade ground.

“Uooooooooh!!”

Behind me, the righteous students holding up flags followed.

This is happening in just one week.
As expected, I was born to be a professor.