Chapter 117: The New Teacher's Employment Assessment

When he woke up, it was already afternoon.

You Xuan got up, yawned, and spent a good while brewing on the bed before jumping down.

Looking back, he saw the Silent Magician floating in mid-air to the side, still buried in her book, studying intently. On the other side, the Chaos Soldier stood in a corner of the room with his eyes closed, looking somewhat like a personal bodyguard with a blade.

At first, You Xuan was a bit uncomfortable finding people surrounding him when he woke up, but he was used to it now.

"Morning."

He greeted them casually and jumped off the bed to wash up. The Chaos Soldier remained with his eyes closed, unresponsive, but the Silent Magician looked up from her magic tome and glanced at him.

It was as if she were silently conveying a message: "It's already afternoon, the sun is about to set, and you're still calling it morning?"

His stomach was already starting to feel a bit hungry. You Xuan got up to rinse his mouth, then, on a whim, curiously leaned behind the Silent Magician to see what she was reading.

Hmm, as expected, he still couldn't understand it.

It seemed that it really wasn't practical for a duelist to try to self-study as a mage; he should just obediently stick to playing cards.

The Silent Magician was stared at from behind for a good while; she drifted to the side, feeling a bit uncomfortable, put down her book, and tilted her head to look at him.

It was as if she were asking, "What are you doing?"

You Xuan shrugged, indicating it was nothing, just looking around.

He then turned around to go wash his face.

Having slept for most of the day, his stomach was quite hungry. You Xuan went to the Yellow Dormitory cafeteria and ordered a portion of Royal Chicken Curry, a bowl of Curry Pumpkin Soup, and a Curry Vegetable Platter.

The variety of curry in the Yellow Dormitory cafeteria was truly vast, and the taste was indeed quite good. The dormitory head was known as the "Curry Demon," and his fanaticism for curry even extended into his card games, where he had truly unique insights into developing various uses for curry.

Actually, based on the original work, You Xuan had assumed that the Academy's Academic Affairs Department would come knocking aggressively today to hold him accountable. Because in the anime, after Judai and the others broke into the abandoned dormitory at night, the Academic Affairs Department came knocking the very next morning to drag them in for questioning.

Afterward, at Professor Chronos's suggestion, a tag-team duel was arranged, with expulsion as the penalty for losing.

However, now that most of the day had passed, there seemed to be no movement. You Xuan didn't know if they had only sought out Judai and the others and hadn't bothered him—which wasn't impossible. Or perhaps because of the change in the world line, their trip to the Fairy Realm had made the severity of the matter higher than in the anime, so the Academic Affairs Department hadn't decided how to handle it yet.

But You Xuan didn't care; expulsion wouldn't fall on him anyway. In any case, he ate his meal while habitually pulling out his student terminal to check for any new cards in stock.

Then, he received a new message on his terminal from Professor Chronos.

"There's a duel, Student You Xuan, are you free?"

You Xuan raised an eyebrow.

That was a truly simple and direct question.

To simplify it, it was basically saying, "Have cards, come quickly."

Chronos's office.

"Long Ya is truly impressive."

Chronos had his fingers interlaced, supporting his chin, smiling as he looked at the tall young man in front of him wearing the "Obelisk Blue" uniform, whose name was Long Ya.

"Consistently placing in various tournaments, three championship trophies, and the excellent record left behind when you were a student at the Duel Academy..."

Chronos flipped through the resume in his hand.

"You were a member of the student council before, right?"

"Yes, I did quite a few things in the student council." Long Ya smiled politely.

"I see. That is indeed a very beautiful resume; so far, your performance in the employment assessment has also been impeccable."

Chronos said appreciatively.

"You flatter me, Professor Chronos."

Long Ya pushed up the bridge of his glasses and bowed respectfully.

"In that case, as long as I pass the final practical assessment, my final assessment will be passed, and I will be a teacher at the Duel Academy next year, right?"

"That is the case, none. As an academy teacher, one cannot be anything less than the best, none."

Chronos leaned back into his chair and said with a smile.

"It is precisely the rule established to screen for the elite among the elite; the final duel must be completed. Next year, you can become a formal teacher."

"Yes, Professor. I will certainly not live up to your expectations."

Long Ya nodded again, but inwardly he was sneering.

Yes, I won't live up to your expectations, Professor... temporarily.

Returning to his alma mater to teach, entering the Duel Academy to become a teacher—this was merely the first step in his future plan.

His goal was to enter the academy and then, one day, trample Chronos, who was currently the person in charge of the highest practical combat, under his feet.

The Duel Academy was the premier institution today, and those who graduated from here were all top-tier elites. Therefore, Long Ya believed that as long as he could obtain a high-level position in this school, he would be able to obtain a large amount of resources and possess considerable speaking power outside in the future.

If operated properly, he might even have the opportunity to cultivate capable assistants among the students he educated, and in the future, entering various industries might allow him to manipulate things according to his own ideas.

The more Long Ya thought about it, the more smug he became, as if in his own imagination he had already transformed into a superior, looking down on Chronos from a high position.

Hmph, your days of being high and mighty end here. Being humble to you is merely until I step into the upper echelons of this academy.

His goal had been very clear from the beginning.

He wanted to squeeze out this greedy professor and then sit in the position the other party currently held.

"Then may I ask, Professor, who is my opponent for the final battle?"

Long Ya calculated in his heart, but on the surface, he still appeared sufficiently humble, bowing and asking.

"A teacher from the academy? Or... would you like to personally provide guidance, Professor?"

"No, no, no, none."

Chronos smiled.

"I have specially applied for an assessment opponent for you; your employment assessment will be chosen from the students currently enrolled in the academy, none."

Long Ya was stunned: "Students?"

"Yes, first-year students who just enrolled this year, none. After all, as a teacher at the Duel Academy, one must ultimately face the students. At the very least, one must prove in a duel that one is superior to the elites among the current students to be considered qualified in practical combat, none."

Chronos leaned back in his chair and said with a chuckle.

However, when he said this, he seemed to have completely forgotten the fact that he had also been beaten up by a certain jellyfish-haired underachiever during his own entrance assessment.

"I see, that makes sense. If I can let the students get to know me first through a duel, it will surely be beneficial for my work after I'm hired."

Long Ya tried hard to suppress the laughter that kept wanting to well up from the bottom of his heart, doing his best to maintain his usual humble and calm appearance.

Heh, heaven really is helping me.

To actually choose a student as an assessment opponent, and a first-year at that.

Isn't that basically a freebie?

He could basically pop the champagne now; he could open the champagne early tonight.

"Then may I ask, Professor, who is my opponent?"

Professor Chronos smiled mysteriously.

"His name is Fujiki You Xuan."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====