I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

Hwaaaak~~!!
Warm light spread from Lee Yesol’s hands and seeped into Edyn’s forehead, which was red and swollen.
“Ouch, my head feels like it’s going to split…”
“You’re exaggerating.”
“Is it really?”
Edyn frowned at her superior’s playful smile.
She had been hit on the head many times during training with her seniors, whether by a shield or a gauntlet-clad fist, but without a doubt, the ball that hit her forehead today was incomparable to those experiences.
If the former was like a kitten’s pat, the latter was like a full-grown tiger’s kick. It was a literal terror that only those who had experienced it could understand.
“This time, even I can’t deny Edyn’s words…”
Maria, who was taking care of Nayoung, who was still not fully conscious, shivered as if she felt a chill.
“It really hurt…”
“Yes.”
Baek Hana and Nam Seo-hee, sitting next to her, also nodded heavily, rubbing their foreheads even though they were fine now.
Lee Yesol silently laughed at their actions and withdrew her divine power. Then, she lightly slapped Edyn’s forehead and stood up.
“The fireworks will start soon, so let’s get up from your seats, shall we?”
“Can’t we just watch from here?”
Edyn rubbed her forehead, which had been slapped by Yesol, and asked with a sullen expression.
Her forehead had been soothed by her superior’s consideration, but her whole body was aching from running and rolling on the sandy beach with all her might.
Although it was a bit embarrassing for a paladin candidate to say, today’s running was the most desperate and desperate she had ever experienced. She was also very nervous.
“Huhu, if you want to stand up the executioner, then do so.”
“I’ll go… I’ll go. I’ll go.”
Edyn groaned and stood up at her superior’s not-so-subtle threat.
“Seo-hee, take care of Nayoung.”
“Yes.”
Nam Seo-hee, who stood up with Baek Hana, approached Maria and carried Nayoung, who was swaying, on her back.
“Is the fairy okay?”
“Yes. She’s just tired and taking a nap.”
In response to Maria’s question, Baek Hana carefully opened the pocket of her shirt.
-Pii, pii, pii…
Inside was a little girl, breathing heavily and curled up.
“Is she okay?”
“Just a moment.”
Maria, in response to Baek Hana’s worried question, placed her hands together and extended them towards the pocket.
Swaaaah~
Divine power flowed from Maria’s hands and seeped into the pocket, emitting a faint light.
-Pii… eyes, ppyu…
The fairy, who had poked her head out, frowned and retreated back into the pocket.
-Pii, piiii…
She had consumed half of her divine power. Despite this, the fairy’s breathing remained unstable. No, it had calmed down a little, but as soon as the divine power was withdrawn, it became unstable again.
“Let’s go.”
The fairy’s condition did not improve even with the healing light.
Additionally, Lee Yesol was one of the people who knew how the fairies had disappeared from this world.
Feeling more anxious than the children, she stiffened her face and spoke.
“I think we need to meet with the professor and the executioner. Hana, please contact the professor.”
“Yes.”

Baek Hana followed Yesol, who was walking ahead, and took out her smartphone to contact Baek Woo-jin.
-The power is off…
Unfortunately, it ended in failure as soon as she tried.
‘No, please…’
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Sudden situation.
Disconnection from the person she relied on.
These two things combined to send Baek Hana into a panic, and she frantically tapped the screen of her smartphone.
-Pii!
“Ah…”
Baek Hana’s gaze fell on her left shoulder as she kept tapping Baek Woo-jin’s name. The little girl, who had been breathing heavily in the pocket, was now sitting on her shoulder.
-Play…!!
The little girl’s palm touched her cheek.
“You…”
Baek Hana’s eyes widened at the coldness that traveled through her cheek from the little hand.
-It’s fine…!!
What could possibly be fine?
In that short time, her breathing had become more labored, and her body had grown colder. What could possibly be fine?
Baek Hana felt a great sense of unease at the sight of the fairy sitting on her shoulder with a bright smile.
“The fairy, let’s just… let’s go inside for a moment.”
-Yes!!
The fairy didn’t resist Baek Hana’s hand covering it and climbed onto her hand, then went back into the pocket. Baek Hana carefully held the opening of the pocket.
“Yesol, I think we need to hurry.”
“I understand.”
Yesol, who was walking ahead and didn’t know what had happened, instinctively felt that the fairy’s condition had worsened as she heard Baek Hana’s anxious voice.
Yesol’s steps naturally quickened, and the group followed behind, carefully holding their umbrellas with magic so they wouldn’t break.
‘It seemed fine yesterday, or at least until we were playing with the ball in the crack…’
Baek Hana’s forehead wrinkled.
‘…It wasn’t fine.’
Since the start of the festival, the fairy had occasionally shown signs of labored breathing, but each time, Claire had given her the black jelly, and she had quickly recovered. So Baek Hana had thought it was nothing serious, just that the fairy was having fun, hungry, or a little tired. But that wasn’t the case.
It was just that she, and they, had thought so on their own.
But thanks to this, her anxiety lessened a little.
‘If Yesol knew, then Woo-jin would definitely know too.’
If they had that black jelly right now, the fairy’s condition would be better than it is now.
And if they waited a little longer, the person they could rely on the most would return and heal this child. Just like the day he saved her.
“Sister!”
Baek Hana ran towards Claire, who was standing alone on the street with a black umbrella.
“Oh, sister. The fairy…”
Baek Hana had definitely gathered her thoughts.
But as soon as she saw Claire’s face turning away, she felt anxious again.
“Sister…?”
“Hana.”
Claire, with a cold and calm expression, called Baek Hana’s name, and Baek Hana unconsciously took a step back. However, Claire held onto her shoulders, preventing her from leaving.
“The fireworks will start soon.”
“That’s not important… The fairy…”
“No. It is important. So, let go of that hand.”
Claire’s gaze shifted to Baek Hana’s hand, which was holding the pocket.
“Executioner?”
“Be quiet.”
Edyn, who had arrived late, tried to approach them, but Maria quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Yesol also remained silent, watching the two.
“Hana.”
“…”
Claire called Baek Hana’s name again, but she didn’t respond.
“Hana-”
“Black jelly.”
Just as Claire was about to call her name again, Baek Hana interrupted with those words.
“Black jelly. Give it to me first.”
“I don’t have it.”
Baek Hana’s eyes shook at the dry answer, devoid of any emotion or displeasure.
“Where is Woo-jin…?”
“He’s away on business.”
“Liar-”
“Hana.”
This time, Claire interrupted Baek Hana’s words.
“There’s not much time left for this child.”
In the midst of the softly falling rain, Claire’s cold voice reached the ears of everyone on the street.
“So, let go of the child. If you don’t want to send her off in that small space.”
Claire didn’t wait for Baek Hana’s answer or action.
She used the hand that was holding Baek Hana’s shoulder to remove the hand that was covering the pocket.
-Pii…?
As the pocket opened, the fairy inside poked her head out.
The fairy, sensing that something was different with her two friends, flapped her small wings and flew out of the pocket. Her flight was so precarious that she looked like she might fall at any moment.
Claire stretched out her hand to support the fairy’s feet.
-Let’s play… Ah!!
The fairy, gasping for breath, alternated her gaze between Claire and Baek Hana and shouted. Her voice was so small, yet strangely clear.
“Yes.”
-Pii, pii…
Claire carefully stroked the fairy’s head, which was gasping for breath in her hand.
“You too, come closer.”
“Yes.”
The children and Yesol, who had been standing apart, approached the two.
“Sister…”
“Yes. Hana.”
Baek Hana looked at the fairy, who was tired but still had sparkling eyes, in Claire’s hand, and asked,
“…Is there really no way?”
“Yes. There is none.”
It was a very cold and firm answer.
“Why…?”
“Do you remember the sphere that this child gave you before?”
“Yes. I still have it.”
“That was made using this child’s lifespan.”
“What…?”
Not only Baek Hana but everyone who heard this answer widened their eyes in disbelief.
“So, Hana.”
Claire smiled faintly at the anxious fairy and continued.
“Please help this child have only happy memories until the end.”