I Became the Heavenly Demon of the Academy

proposal

“A special professorship?”

I didn’t expect that the proposal to make after visiting the Imperial Mage Tower would be something like this. Of course, my level was higher than that of the academy professors and even the dean Amelia, but there must be a school management policy.

“yes. The result of the Academy Council’s discussion was that a person of the level of Prince Charles was not suitable to stay as a student. In particular, His Highness Prince Siegfried insisted strongly. Prince Charles is staying at the academy because of his students, right?”

“Actually, it is closer to that side. Of course, it’s not that the academy isn’t helpful, but it was quite useful in terms of knowledge.”

Even the library at Schultz Academy was quite a bit of fun. Libraries of that size were not common anywhere on the continent.

“Well, on the intellectual side. Actually, that’s because you don’t have to be a student.”

Dean Amelia smiled rather bitterly.

“That is true.”

“First of all, the procedure will be carried out in the order of early graduation this year, when Prince Charles accepts, and appointment to a special professorship next year. You don’t have to worry too much about the word special. There’s no way that Prince Karl would be satisfied with just an academy professorship, so I’d like you to treat him as if he’s being appointed temporarily. The contract period is until the students graduate.”

It was not a bad suggestion for me. Even now, the Secret Intelligence Service activities are the same anyway, and even taking classes properly was a difficult situation.

Of course, if I accepted the professorship, I would have other duties, but it was clear that I would at least have more freedom than I did as a student.

“Can I decide my major or class content?”

“Yes, of course. Although it is unprecedented to be appointed to a professorship so quickly, we will guarantee a wide range of autonomy. If you ever need research, we will support that too. Apparently, our academy lost face a bit due to the two raids. There will be massive investments led by the imperial family.”

Well, that’s probably why this offer suddenly came to me. I don’t intend to paint my face, but from the Great Northern War to the raid on Diabolus Pretum.

Because my stock price was soaring without knowing the sky. It is said that I do not care much, but the value of the name Bernstein was not something to be taken lightly.

“There are conditions.”

I thought about it for a while and came to a conclusion. If only a few parts were met, there was no reason to refuse.

“Eh, tell me.”

“Classes will be held in the form of special lectures. As you know, there are activities of the Secret Intelligence Service, and it seems difficult to have regular classes.”

“of course. There are quite a few classes like that already.”

And most importantly.

“One more thing. I plan to open my classes to the outside world as well.”

“If it’s outside…?”

Dean Amelia asked with a puzzled expression.

“I plan to receive support from not only academy students, but also from all people regardless of social status, gender, or age. Would that be possible?”

“…You’re asking for something difficult.”

“Something like that happened.”

After thinking for a while, Dean Amelia sighed and opened her mouth.

“All right. Considering the prestige of Prince Charles these days, it must be extremely crowded.”

“please.”

“Now that this has happened, I will try my best. What should be the selection criteria?”

I’ve been thinking about this since I received the professorship offer, but this part was the most challenging. The destruction of the world may come, so we are recruiting people to prepare for it.

If I said this, it would be perfect for me to be treated as a pseudo-apocalyptic or insane person. However, it was not in my mood to teach anyone.

“Before that, I have something to tell you.”

“yes?”

“I plan to create a group of unmanned people following me.”

“Aside from the disciples?”

Dean Amelia tilted her head.

“yes. I need some kind of knights who will move like my limbs.”

“There must be a lot of vigilantes. I thought Prince Carol wasn’t interested in such things. What is your purpose?”

“I’m trying to prevent the end of the world.”

“yes?”

Opening her eyes wide, Dean Amelia asked in response. That must be a difficult thing to accept. In fact, I didn’t completely believe Arcadia’s words either. only if that’s true.

If I didn’t prepare in advance, I could leave a big regret, so I’m just acting like this. What if Arcadia’s words were lies and there was no such thing as destruction? If so, even better.

“You can just think of it as protecting humanity.”

“It’s a vague goal.”

“I think so too. Now that this has happened, I plan to receive support from students in my class in the future.”

“Is this the group that Prince Karl will create?”

“Yes, so I would like to select some students who have a sense of duty to some extent.”

hard.

Dean Amelia pounded lightly on the table and struggled.

“I understand what you mean. We will try to select them according to the standard as much as possible.”

Dean Amelia, who had been frowning for a while, finally accepted.

“And may I call some of the knights of the Bernstein estate into the academy?”

“Is that for class too?”

“yes. I know that shouldn’t be the case.”

Even the imperial family reduced their guards as much as possible. Originally, knights from noble families were not allowed to stay inside the academy.

“…Since this incident itself is already a special case. I will take care of it as it is necessary for class.”

“thank you.”

smart.

After talking with Dean Amelia to some extent, the Dean’s assistant, Johanna, brought Selina into the room from outside.

“I… hello.”

Seeing that I and Dean Amelia were having a casual conversation, Selina came over and sat next to me with a strangely awkward posture.

“welcome. Selina student.”

“What happened…?”

“Princess Carol here will explain that. Actually, I don’t know.”

Both eyes turned in this direction.

“First of all, I want to make a magic blast furnace.”

“yes…?”

I handed over the documents I had prepared in advance to Dean Amelia.

“This….”

“We have finished talking with the Thyssen Workshop in Schultz. Like a dwarf, I’m already using a pretty good blast furnace, so I’m thinking of making it a little bigger. It also makes the production process more efficient.”

“The scale… isn’t it a bit?”

Dean Amelia’s eyes widened as she slowly flipped through the paper.

The Morgen Mountains, adjacent to the Bernstein estate, were famous for their numerous mines, befitting their reputation.

Of course, there were quite a few places that produced good quality iron.

There was already a village where refiners stayed near such a mine.

“That’s a start. We will gradually increase it.”

If all goes according to plan, a few small mining towns will grow to almost the size of cities.

The level of civilization in this world was basically a firm feudal system, perhaps because of the existence of superhumans.

The overall feeling was rather similar to that just before the Industrial Revolution, such as the active use of coke in the steelmaking process.

Of course, the direction of development was biased towards superhuman or magic assistance.

There was a sense that the development was a bit slow because the Imperial Mage Tower did not actively step forward, but it felt that the speed was somewhat faster than in the past with the creation of a large university and research institute such as the Shultz Academy.

Right now, Dean Amelia’s magical powers were invented recently.

“That’s why you need my magic furnace. understand.”

“yes. I will pay you enough royalties.”

“That’s not very difficult since there is already a part in collaboration with the Flanders-Bernstein Merchant Merchant, but even if you build a blast furnace this large and smelt minerals, it will be difficult to transport them, right?”

….

I thought that the memories of my first life had faded, like a ghostly dream that had now disappeared. Both Moorim and this world. Because of the different densities of the experiences, I thought that even the realization that I was a modern person had faded.

However, as soon as he saw Dean Amelia’s magical furnace, memories of the past naturally came to mind, and all sorts of ideas ran through his head. I wanted to live as an unmanned person, so I didn’t care too much.

I thought I would have forgotten everything anyway, as the years have passed. I thought that was the case, but when I sat down and held up my pen, miraculously, everything I had researched and studied in the past came to mind.

In fact, mass production of steel was only a process. What was important was the following.

“With Dean Amelia’s magical power, it’s a waste to use it for a carriage.”

“I am worried about that too. But it’s not like I can’t speed it up just like that…”

“Actually… this was the main point.”

I handed over the rest of the paperwork to Dean Amelia.

“railroad?”

Dean Amelia, who read the document title with a puzzled expression, tilted her head.

“yes. It was the first reason for wanting to produce steel in large quantities. I plan to build it starting from the north. While consuming a large amount of steel, the burden of transportation can be solved at once.”

According to my calculations, the output in mana was sufficient. The possibility that something similar could be made within a few years, or decades at the most, was quite high.

Because people’s thoughts aren’t that different.

So I tried not to get involved, but the time left until the destruction that Arcadia said was unknown. Decades of time could be too late. There will definitely be trial and error in the middle.

“To be honest, I couldn’t believe it even after seeing it myself. So specific…”

In the document I handed over, not only the concept of the railroad, but also the rails, sleepers, roadbeds, roadbed materials and specifications were all written down.

Depending on the width of the wagon in this world, the gauge of the rail (interval between the tracks) is determined, and so on. While meeting everything in this world standard, it contained only enough content that could be achieved with current technology.

It was much simpler because it was a mana that did not require electrical facilities and, due to its nature, only had to be concerned with trains and tracks.

“It was conceived from the first time I saw Dean Amelia’s magic furnace.”

I said calmly to Dean Amelia, who was handing over the papers with an almost astonished expression.

“The blockage method? disjunction? Did you come up with all of this in such a short time?”

“yes. It would be possible with the current technology.”

And the fact that a large-scale railroad was laid also meant that a more ‘efficient army’ could be operated. The invention of the railroad was nothing short of a basic requirement for total war.

I don’t know about other territories, but at least it’s like that in Bernstein. Even Bernstein alone was meaningful because it was close to one country.

“It is a revolution. No, there will be a revolution. What should we call this? industrial revolution? magic revolution? That’s why you sent so many magic stones.”

“I will leave everything to Dean Amelia. You are free to use it.”

Looking at Dean Amelia, who opened her mouth in admiration, she nodded slightly.

“Princess Carol, is there a reason you called me…?”

Selina, who had been quietly listening to Dean Amelia’s story from the side, asked cautiously.

“okay. We will delegate all of this process to the Flanders-Bernstein upper house.”

“Can I see the papers too?”

“Yes, of course.”

Anyway, these were all secondary issues. I was doing this because my level was still insufficient to handle the entire continent.

If everything went according to plan, I would be sitting on a huge level of money, but rather than that, in the end, my priority was to become stronger.

“I… no, can my family afford this?”

“can do. There is also the power of the Bernstein family. I will tell the family in advance.”

I believed that if I left it to Selina, it would take care of itself even if I didn’t get too involved. Because there are things that have been done before.

“All right. I will try.”

Selina nodded with a determined expression.

The details of the contract were discussed eagerly between Dean Amelia and Selina.

The two have already collaborated, so things went like water.

While checking the contents of the contract and signing the magic contract, something suddenly came to mind.

“Do you know where these coordinates are?”

Selina and Amelia dean looked at the paper I handed them at the same time. A note from Arcadia.

“Are those magic coordinates? wait a minute….”

“Isn’t it the West?”

Selina, who was pondering next to her, asked.

“Right. here is….”

Dean Amelia waved her hand lightly, realizing a continental inversion composed of glowing lines.

“…Isn’t that where the war is still going on over there?”

Seeing the red dot representing the magic coordinates, Selina narrowed her eyes.

“Yes, that’s right. The war in the West is not over yet.”

The coordinates Arcadia handed over were in the middle of the western part of the continent, where the war was still in full swing.