The Author's POV

"Here you go, you are all patched up now."

Raising my hand which was now bandaged, I thanked the nurse.

"Thank you."

Thankfully I was able to coat my hand with some mana, otherwise, the extent of my injury would've been worse.

'...If only I was an orc.' I thought.

Unfortunately, because all of my mana was focused on my sword and feet, and given that everything happened in split second, by the time I touched the sword, my bare hand came into contact with the sword, hence the injury.

Had my skin been as tough as that of an orc, I may have been able to come off unscathed. Sadly it wasn't.

Unlike orcs, a human's body was not as though. Although it does become stronger with each rank, a real difference would only appear if someone practiced a body-based art, which was something I didn't have.

An example of this would be Han Yufei's art. An art that specialized in hardening the body, and making it tougher.

This incident right here hardened my resolve to get that art.

"It was no big deal."

The nurse smiled.

She had short brown hair, with a few wrinkles by the side of her eyes. Even though she was in the later stages of her life, she was still fairly beautiful in her own right.

Taking my hand, the bandaged one, and turning it around, the nurse reminded me.

"Your injury is nothing serious. It's just a small cut that should heal in about a day with the ointments I gave you. You can take a potion to heal it in an instant, but that would be a waste."

"Sure."

Taking my hand away from the nurse, I turned to look at the kid on the nearby bed.

He was the same kid that was responsible for this incident.

"How's his situation?" I asked.

"Hmmm."

The nurse's brows creased.

Standing up from her seat, she slowly walked up next to him and placed her hand on his forehead.

After a while, she responded.

"He doesn't seem to be injured on anything, but the mana inside of his body is still unstable. He should have no problem making a full recovery in a couple of days."

"I see."

This was a piece of good news.

However, despite that, I was not happy in the least. That was simply because I found the situation quite odd.

'Ricardo Mainz, seventeen years old, and ranked 1113. He is amongst the weakest in the class, and has a talent limit of D, which should now be C.'

That was the information I had on the student before me.

The more I looked through his information, the more I was sure that there was something fishy going on about the situation.

He just looked like the perfect target.

Given his low rank and talent, by simply exploiting his insecurities, I could see how the incident could've been deliberate.

"Where is the professor?"

Just then, raising my head and staring at the area around me, I suddenly realized that Professor Thomas was missing.

Turning my head, I questioningly looked at the nurse.

"Have you seen him somewhere? I swear he was just here a minute ago."

"Don't worry about him."

Taking her hand away from the student's forehead, the nurse went back to her seat.

"He's currently at the faculty center. He is going there to explain the situation to the higher-ups. He said that he will come back soon."

"Ah, okay."

This made sense.

Since he was the professor in charge and something happened during his watch, he naturally had to go and explain to the elders what happened.

Still, I was not too pleased with him.

Had it not been for my intervention, something bad would've happened. Just what in the world was he doing?

'I think I need to talk to Donna about him.'

Perhaps I may be overthinking and he was innocent, but I didn't want to take any risks.

The best course of action right now would be for me to talk to Donna and convince her to have him fired, which shouldn't be too hard considering that he wasn't really that good of a teacher.

also time for me to

my seat, I glanced at

he was okay, I

help,

"Have a good day."

"Mhm."

***

Section B, Donna's office.

To Tok—!

"Come in."

office room, and hearing her voice, I opened the door and

papers in her hand

"What's going on Ren?"

need to talk about

I proceeded to leisurely sit down on

this, but before she

needs to be

"Hm?"

my words, Donna's hands came to a pause.

you find evidence about his involvement with the

"No."

I shook my head.

of yet. However, he needs to be fired for the simple reason

"..."

eyes deeply stared into mine. I looked back without blinking my eyes. This persisted for a bit before Donna eventually let

"Haaa..."

her chair, Donna took out her

have proof of his involvement in the Monolith, I can't really

"What? Why?"

and opening her drawer, she took out a contract and placed it on the table. She then pointed toward

at the wrongful discharge clause in the contract. We cannot terminate his contract unless we

have a reason

and pulled it my way. After taking a closer look, I put it back

very good teacher be a good enough reason to fire

were going to

tablet down, a series of holographic images sprung in the air. On them was a series

"What's this?"

my eyes darted

"Hold on."

chart in front of her. Checking it for a bit, swiping her

"Have a look."

the chart stopped in front

"This..."

the numbers on the chart,

had a wry smile on my face, I blinked my eyes and once

'How is this possible?'

graph depicted was the score the students got for the course [Psyons adaptability in combat and control], and most shockingly was the

"H...how?"

managed to mutter after

my head and staring at

his class to get such scores? I was there when

"I also don't know."

helpless about the situation as she turned off

you, I've been to his lessons, and I can fully understand where you are coming from. However, the

"Shit..."

mouth with my hand, I leaned my body on

chart, I noticed that there was a large disparity between the lower-ranked students in the

me that the only reason why the median was so high was because of the

hand on the armrest, I softly

"If it's lik—"

sentence, cutting me off was the sound of someone knocking on

To Tok—!

I looked at Donna. Turning

"Come in."

Clank—!

voice, opening the door, a familiar figure entered the room. He was none other than Kevin. Once my eyes paused

"Oh god."

"Oy."

frown emerged on

"What are you doing—!"

"Don't talk to me."

Kevin off before he could finish his sentence. I then looked

I have never heard of you, and you have never heard of me. We are total strangers,

thinking about his post still sent shivers down my

between Kevin and me, Donna leaned her head

is up

my head

to know

"Wait, Ren..."

body to the side and taking my phone out from my pocket, I unlocked my screen and searched

I found it, I smacked my phone on the

"Donna, have a look."

"Sure."

the phone, Donna looked at the