Chapter 184 – Dead Poets Society (8)

“With this, the class ends. Does anyone have any questions?”

The teacher’s voice could be heard over the waiting room. The lecture hall was a hall large enough to accommodate hundreds of people. It is said that voice amplification magic is used to transmit voices to people, but perhaps because of that, voices can be heard even in this waiting room, which is far from the lecture room. It seems that the people here at the academy place great importance on listening to one’s voice, but not on soundproofing.

“Yes. Ask students questions.”

I took another look at the lecture material. As for me, this saga shouldn’t lead to the logic that mermaids and beastmen should be equally exterminated, so I was going to be as careful as possible when speaking about this part. If the academy students show a favorable attitude towards mermaids or beastmen, then, as originally planned, they secretly intended to convey the message that ‘conflicts between tribes should not be resolved with extreme violence’.

“A person was being carried away from the faculty room earlier. What happened?”

The student’s question was sharp. There was also a buzz of students asking questions. I couldn’t see the classroom, but I could clearly see the teacher’s embarrassment.

“Oh, actually, Ms. Hamilton, who is in charge of history, is… He fell down the stairs and fell into a critical condition. So, for the time being, I plan to invite an outside historian to lecture instead of Mr. Hamilton.”

Miss Hamilton was fortunate enough to have her life attached to her. She thought she was dead, but she wasn’t. When I heeled over the fallen Hamilton and explained to the teachers the cause of Hamilton’s accident, the teachers nodded her head and immediately understood.

Most of the middle school and high school teachers were commoners. Except for practical subjects such as swordsmanship and magic, which were really important, most of them were like that. The place where the academic research of the academy is conducted is the ‘university department’, and middle school and high school teachers were at the level of graduate students who do both research and teaching in this university department.

Being a graduate student meant that no one would support me even if I broke my head when I said that aristocrats’ wives should be searched for. Wouldn’t it be good for everyone if there was no one to tackle me during the week-long lecturer’s schedule at the sacrifice of one person?

“Who is Hamilton?”

“He is there. A skinny teacher.”

The students showed little emotional agitation in spite of the sudden news. It seemed more strange to them that the history teacher’s name was Hamilton than the news that Hamilton had been smashed. After a long murmur, I heard the teacher’s flustered voice of her.

“I… Everyone. Could you be quiet?

“Then, what was the assignment given by Mr. Hamilton? Well, I was told to investigate by next week.”

“Anyway, we plan to replace it with lectures by inviting external scholars, so it is difficult for us to check the assignments. We will treat all assignments as submitted.”

Cheers ran out. Apparently Miss Hamilton wasn’t the kind of teacher that her students loved very much. It was because she fell down the stairs and was in critical condition, but seeing that she liked it more when she said that she didn’t have to submit an assignment. There was a gloom in her teacher’s tone of her, but she had no one on this campus anyway to understand the researcher’s sadness of her.

“Everyone, today’s math class ends here. A hero who subdued the demons and defeated the demon king in the north after a 10-minute break. There will be an invited lecture by Priest Peta Lucius.

“Are you talking about the sex king priestess?”

“That priest who claims to mate with animals as long as they have holes? I applied for the 1st rank hero, but who called such a person?”

“I heard that the hero refused because his wife is now full-term? I also picked second place.”

“Me too.”

A groaning sound was heard. By the way, sex king is the most blatant, fucking nickname I’ve ever heard in this world. Would you kill them all? My mace wanted blood, but I had to put up with it. The opponents are the golden children of noble families. Regardless of the reason, the moment I killed him, a wind of blood blew throughout the kingdom.

After reviewing the article at the end, I got up from my seat. The 10-minute break ended before I knew it, and the teacher came to call me trembling. I grabbed the papers and patted the teacher on the shoulder. Standing in front of the classroom door, I checked my body once again. There was no blood splatter, and there were no wrinkles on the clothes. When I looked in the mirror, my impression was perfect. I smiled once and opened the classroom door.

As soon as I entered the classroom, the raucous noise stopped and everyone looked at me. I stood at the podium and started unfolding the materials I had prepared. The eyes of the students were full of curiosity and vigilance. I said.

“Hello. Daecheonsingyo Southern Priest. This is Peta Lucius. It is a great pleasure to have such an opportunity to share opinions with the students of the academy, who are proud of the highest level of education in the kingdom.”

I nodded lightly and said hello. The students leaned against the backs of their chairs and flirted with each other, but the reaction was not too bad. As soon as I entered, I thought that a vulgar question like ‘Have you ever had sex with a mermaid, priest?

“Today, I would like to talk about a ‘war story’ in the North.”

I put the materials I had prepared on the mana-powered board. According to the manipulation method given in advance, if you put the data on this board and press the button, something like a screen will appear in the air and show it to the students. When I pressed the button I was informed of, just as he said, a sketch of Ain I drew myself appeared in the air.

“Most of these people have never seen Ain in person and have only heard about them through rumors. Who are Ain? They are menacing beings, armed with steel-hard scales and tainted claws. It was a being that had the same intelligence as humans and lived a tribal life.”

I explained in detail the lives of the demi-humans, the process of their invasion of the north, and the extermination of the demi-humans in the north. Maybe the people around me liked it, but the kids who were doing other things were paying attention to my story before I knew it.

The children admired the part where I took off the skin of the children, cheered at the story of charging with the skin covered, and had a refreshing look at the part where I beat all the children to death. I ended the class by putting the materials back into the bag.

“Yes. That is all. We must not forget the tragedy that took place in the North. We must not forget the death of our children. Tribal conflicts that have reached the extreme are eventually resolved through death.”

After I finished speaking, the children exchanged glances with each other. As I flinched, my hands went up and I started clapping. It wasn’t the applause I received because I was good at lecturing. It seemed that an outside lecturer would come and applaud as a courtesy. When the applause was over, I said hello lightly.

“Do you have any questions?”

It felt like I was digging my own grave, but there had to be time for questions. A spectacled student sitting in the front row raised his hand. After I nominated the student, he adjusted his glasses and looked at his notes.

“You mentioned that the conflict between tribes reached an extreme, so I wonder what your position is on the recent conflict with beastmen or the mermaid attack on the West Coast.”

It was higher than I thought and the question I wanted came out. I glanced at the teacher who was standing next to me as my assistant. The teacher nodded at me with a white face. Once the discipline was set for a night, I couldn’t think of stopping it.

“Disputes with the beastmen are, after all, territorial issues. We are responsible for the dispute with the mermaids. Beastmen are also intelligent creatures, and so are mermaids. I think we should find a way to coexist with each other, just as we don’t solve it by killing the other person when we argue over land issues with others. Are you the same person?”

Another student raised his hand. When I nominated it, the student asked.

“Why do I have to live with prisoners? Is it to be used as a slave?”

What question did I just hear?

“Because they are the same person.”

“Why is Suin a human? Aren’t beastmen just beasts? You killed the demihumans, but why are you saving the beasts?”

“It’s because the demi-humans were vicious enemies who attacked us to kill us, and the beasts are nothing but quarrels with us over the place of their lives. When we interrogated the demi-humans in the north, they said they raided us to sacrifice to a dragon living in the northern dragon mountains. I say that we should treat beastmen and mermaids as human beings because we are responsible for their struggles.”

“It sucks.”

Another voice interrupted the question and answer. My gaze went up. At the far end of the classroom, a student I had seen many times was looking down at me with his legs crossed on the desk. All eyes of the students turned towards it. I asked.

“Lioneal James. Right? I heard that he is a promising talent in the academy.”

Lionel James. He was taking a nap in the academy yard before he knew it and was taking a class in my classroom.

“You just like beastmen and mermaids. I hear you have your wife, mermaids, and beastmen as escorts? How can you trust someone like that to say you should get along? I can’t trust people like that.”

“It has nothing to do with the fact that I have a half-mermaid as a wife. It is just a logic based on the doctrine of the Archangelic Church.”

“People like you don’t know reality. Have you been to the Eastern Plains? It’s a mess because the guys called Saranggyo support prisoners. Coexistence? How are we supposed to coexist with the beasts that eat wild animals alive?”

Lionel James seemed to have a particularly deep hostility toward the beast. The teacher came up to me and spoke in a low voice.

“Mister Lionel James is past graduation age, but he is only attending these guest lectures because of the number of days required for graduation. He is currently taking knightly lessons under his uncle, Count Lionel Ador, in the Eastern Plains, so he is very sensitive to the issue of coexistence with beastmen. Avoid discussing this topic…”

“Is there not enough attendance days?”

“It’s a common occurrence for people from knightly families. Lionel James is that, saint, and the Lionel family is very… He is closely related to the academy, so please refrain from conflict… Do.”

“Okay.”

I looked back at Lionel James. He said disgustingly as I looked at him smiling.

“What! If you have something to say, say it!”

“You’re taking knight lessons in the Eastern Plains?”

“Okay!”

“But it’s a pity that you don’t know the good things about beastmen.”

“What?”

“I promise you. Perhaps, I will have to go to the eastern plains, and then I will tell you what is good about beasts.”

“It’s fun. Where would you like to try it? In the name of our family, if you succeed in persuading me, I will lead the prisoner human rights movement.”

The debate ended there. Now I had to deal with Lionel James again in the Eastern Plains. When I thought of the plan I had conceived in my head, I smiled spontaneously. I’ll make you the best bestial insect in the kingdom.

At the end of this debate there were no further questions. I opened my mouth to close the class.

“Think of the others as well. Why did that Peta Lucius, who had lived an ascetic life all his life, marry a mermaid? Why would he have a prisoner woman as his bodyguard his? There are things you can’t see when you look at slavery. There are emotions that can only be felt by facing them as people. Their passionate love! That passion… !”

“Class is over!”

The teacher shouted with a white face. Disturbing me when I’m in the best of times