I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

“Hello.”
“Hello…?”

Baek Hana, taken by surprise, greeted Jane Moore and glanced at Yoon Iseul and Jayden, who were sitting a short distance away.

Baek Hana wanted to ask why this person was here and why she was wearing handcuffs.

It was also strange that she was wearing a clean school uniform, as there were no other events scheduled for today besides the loser’s revival round.

At that moment, Yoon Iseul approached to answer Baek Hana’s unspoken question.

However, Baek Hana couldn’t help but ask Yoon Iseul, who had come closer.

“When did you arrive, Senior?”

The loser’s revival round was a match only for the representatives of each academy, and to prevent chaos, the other students were supposed to wait at their respective hotels.

In fact, this morning, Baek Hana and Jayden had ridden the bus together to enter the Royal Academy.

Yoon Iseul, feeling awkward, scratched her cheek and responded to Baek Hana’s question.

“It’s because of Jane over there…”
“…”
“Well, it’s not that complicated. Let me explain what happened while you were on stage.”

Yoon Iseul summarized the events that took place while Baek Hana was maintaining her position on stage.

This morning, she received a phone call from Professor Sem Willis of the First Academy.

He informed her that Jane Moore would rush onto the stage to apologize for what happened at the party, just as the stage event was about to conclude.

After the call, Yoon Iseul quickly contacted Jane Moore.

The reason was simple.

She knew from experience that Jane Moore was capable of doing such a thing.

Fortunately, she was able to reach her, and Yoon Iseul lured her by offering to help with the apology. She then put the magical power suppression handcuffs, obtained from Jayden, who had made prior arrangements with the operations team, on Jane Moore’s wrists.

This was a necessary measure to prevent any sudden movements, as Jane Moore’s abilities could allow her to disappear from sight in an instant.

“So, I convinced her and got her to sit down.”
“Thank you…”

Baek Hana sincerely appreciated Yoon Iseul’s efforts.

If Jane Moore had rushed onto the stage to apologize after the match, in front of the audience and hundreds of cameras…

Baek Hana shuddered, rubbing her arms as goosebumps formed.

All she wanted was the recognition of one person, not the attention of billions of strangers.

“Didn’t I say that you didn’t need to apologize?”

Baek Hana, realizing that she would have been in a difficult situation if not for Yoon Iseul, frowned slightly and approached Jane Moore, who was sitting quietly with handcuffs on.

She knew that Jane Moore didn’t have malicious intentions, but the degree of her actions was extreme. Shouldn’t she have asked at least one more time?

“I’m sorry. I…”

“Hana?”

Yoon Iseul approached, interrupting Jane Moore’s words.

She whispered softly into Baek Hana’s ear.

“Actually…”

Shhh…

Yoon Iseul honestly confessed that she had misled Jane Moore, and she knew that Jane Moore would likely reveal this fact because of her straightforward nature.

“So, she thought you were just being polite when you refused.”
“Ugh…”

Baek Hana ran her fingers through her bangs, crinkling her forehead.

“Wow…”

At that moment, Jane Moore, who had been staring at Baek Hana, forgot her own situation and stared blankly, her eyes sparkling as she opened her mouth.

“Haa, I can’t be mad at you for that reason.”

Baek Hana’s face returned to its usual expressionless state as she let out a short sigh.

“Professor. Please remove the handcuffs.”

Jayden, who had been quietly observing, as it was not a gentleman’s manner to interrupt the women’s conversation, approached and removed the handcuffs from Jane Moore’s wrists.

Now free to use her abilities, Jane Moore remained seated, staring intently at Baek Hana.

“I want to apologize.”
“I accept your apology.”
“I’m also sorry for trying to make a big scene. I apologize for insulting Ms. Baek at the party.”
“…”

A slight pause.

Baek Hana, who had been silent, nodded her head.

“Okay…”

Her stiff tone softened slightly.

Jane Moore, noticing this change, smiled brightly and stood up from her seat.

“I’m truly sorry for insulting you without knowing the full story and judging you based on appearances.”

Jane Moore bowed sincerely, expressing her apology.

‘…’

Baek Hana tilted her head, as Jane Moore’s bow went beyond a right angle and continued downward.

“I’m sorry!”
“No…”

Jane Moore bowed her head.

Baek Hana tried to quickly lift her up, but Jane Moore was faster in standing up on her own.

“I’m sorry!”

The problem was that she bowed her head once more.

Moreover, she made a strange hand gesture, raising her hand that was on the floor to her ear.

“Hoo.”

Jane Moore, after two bows, took a deep breath and stood up.

“Jane. In Korea, you only bow twice for the dead.” ”
What?!”

Yoon Iseul’s words shocked Jane Moore.

“Oh, I, I’m sorry!”

And she bowed once more.

“That’s enough. Stop now.”
“Oh, I…”

Baek Hana, seeing this, approached Jane Moore.

Jane Moore quietly stood up from her seat and sat back down, her eyes sparkling as if emitting light. She looked up at Baek Hana and asked,

“I know I shouldn’t ask this, but… Have you forgiven me?”

Baek Hana sighed, pushing down the bangs she had swept up.

“I said on stage that I wasn’t really angry. So, there’s nothing to forgive.”
“Um, my Korean isn’t very good…”

Baek Hana and Jane Moore both turned to look at Yoon Iseul.

Yoon Iseul, understanding their predicament, translated Baek Hana’s words into English for Jane Moore.

“Ah!”

With Yoon Iseul’s help, Jane Moore finally understood Baek Hana’s words and stood up from her seat. She approached Baek Hana and took her hand, her touch soft and warm, and said,

“Ms. Baek, you’re so generous!”
“Hmm…”

Baek Hana wanted to say that she wasn’t like that at all, but she nodded slightly, not wanting to get into a lengthy conversation.

“Then…”
“Please, stop calling me ‘Miss Baek.’ It’s really embarrassing.”

Jane Moore formed a cute ’embarrassing’ gesture with her small hands, mimicking a mole and poking her side.

“Pff…”

Baek Hana covered her mouth with her hand and turned her head, but everyone in the room noticed the brief moment when she burst out laughing.

“Embarrassing!! Shh! Shh!”

Jane Moore’s eyes sparkled as she walked around Baek Hana, mimicking a mole and waving her hands.

Yoon Iseul, trying to hold back her laughter, added a piece of information about Baek Hana.

‘Hana likes slapstick comedy…’

Yoon Iseul’s assessment was surprisingly accurate.

Perhaps due to her time spent with Claire, Baek Hana often found humor in peculiar situations.

Jayden, who had been observing the entire situation from behind, quietly typed an email to Baek Woo-jin, thinking,

‘Wherever they go, they’re all beautiful, but they’re all eccentrics…’

Baek Hana, with her cold and unreadable expression, had a taste for slapstick comedy.

Yoon Iseul, with her dark hair and mysterious aura, was a beauty with a pure and innocent appearance, but her personality was quite the opposite.

And Jane Moore, with her radiant beauty, was a typical beauty, but she was unpredictable and stubborn, always ready to fight for justice.

‘Compared to them, Hana is quite normal.’

In fact, Baek Hana also had a huge flaw, but it was rarely revealed, so Jayden, unaware of this fact, concluded his assessment of the three girls.

“Stop, stop…”
“Hehe, I’ll stop.”

Baek Hana, with a slightly flushed face, reached out her hand, and Jane Moore finally stopped her strange mole imitation.

“Haa… Just call me Hana. I’ll call you Jane, okay?”
“Yes! Hana!! So, are we friends now?”
“Yes. Friends. We’re friends.”

Baek Hana nodded, thinking that Jane Moore seemed like a tiring person, but not a bad one.

“Great!! I’ve been forgiven, and we’re friends, so I can become stronger now!”
“…”
“…”

Baek Hana and Yoon Iseul tilted their heads, not understanding the context of Jane Moore’s endless rambling.

Bap-bap-bap-bap!!

Just as Yoon Iseul was about to ask Jane Moore about the meaning of her words, a lively trumpet sound came from her pocket.

“Oh, it’s Sem.”

Jane Moore took out her smartphone, from which the trumpet sound was coming, and held it to her ear.

“Sem!”

“I’m in the Arena Academy’s waiting room!! Accident? What accident?”

“More importantly, I’m friends with Hana!”

“Oh, outside? Yes, I’ll come out now.”

Jane Moore quickly moved her lips and bowed her head to the three of them as she put her smartphone in her pocket.

“Sem is here to pick me up, so I’ll have to go now. Let’s exchange contacts at the closing ceremony!”

Jane Moore, having said what she wanted to say, left the waiting room without hesitation.

“I, I’m sorry…”
“It’s okay…”

Baek Hana, who would usually respond with ‘What’s there to be sorry about?’, couldn’t bring herself to say it this time. This was because Jane Moore was impressive in various ways.

Ring.

The two girls turned their heads at the short alarm sound.

Jayden, feeling their gaze, tapped on his smartphone and said,

“Let’s head back. The bracket is out.”

He showed them the smartphone screen.

[Arena Academy vs. Royal Academy]

Baek Hana’s eyes turned cold.

Royal Academy.

The place where the prince, who had tried to touch her without permission at the airport, belonged.