Did the villainous professor survive today?

Krenk held up his textbook and waved it.

The same textbooks were also placed on the desks of the other students:

"Everyone pick up your textbooks. This semester, I will be responsible for teaching you the entire contents of the book 'The Principles of Magic'."

"Professor Krenk, may I ask if you mean all the magic recorded in the book?"

Suddenly, a student sitting in the first row raised his hand and spoke.

He had deep red, agate-like eyes and bronze skin. Near his hairline, tiny, dark scales, about the size of rice grains, emerged beneath his skin, making him look like a human, but not entirely human.

【Agurah Mlasia】

[Death Threat: D]

It seems this is the dragon-descended demi-human the principal mentioned.

Kroenke thought to himself, showing no mercy:

"I've already said, you can't speak without my permission, Agurah, I'm deducting five points from your score."

The moment those words were spoken, the entire classroom fell silent, as if it were a library where a funeral was being held.

When Agura heard Krenk's words, he choked up. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he immediately stopped himself to avoid losing points again.

Kroenke's gaze swept past Agura and across the rest of the room. He noticed that several girls were looking at him with flushed faces, clearly captivated by Kroenke's "domineering CEO" aura.

Being too handsome is a mistake...

Kroenke inwardly groaned, cleared his throat, and said seriously:

"Now, turn to the first page of the book, the section on the four basic elements."

He raised his hand, and four elemental magics condensed in his palm.

Red fire, blue water, black earth, and white wind.

【Magic Power: 1741/1800】

"As you can see, what I am showing you now are the original four elements—"

"Earth, Water, Fire, Wind".

"Thousands of years ago, humankind used the theory of four elements to analyze and understand the world."

"Seventeen hundred years ago, the great sage Odysseus Gustav separated the fifth substance from the element of wind, ether, which is now commonly known as the soul."

"After that, people discovered more and more elemental magic. To date, there are dozens of types of elemental magic, such as lightning, nature, gravity, star positions, blood, soul..."

"So, the question is, what has caused the types of magic to expand at such a rapid pace?"

"I will give bonus points to students who answer correctly."

After he finished speaking, the students in the audience raised their hands one after another, especially the girls, who were particularly enthusiastic and eager to show off in front of Kroenke and attract his attention.

"It's a necessity for survival! To cope with hunger, disease, natural disasters, monsters, and the threat of natural calamities from the Sea of ​​Dreams!"

"Wrong answer! Before the discovery of the aether, humanity had already established prosperous cities and kingdoms, and resolved those external threats." Krenk immediately rejected the idea.

"Next!"

"Curiosity about the unknown, the curiosity to look up at the stars, gave birth to stellar magic; curiosity about why apples fall downwards instead of upwards gave birth to gravity magic. This spirit of exploration is often the source of new magical discoveries."

"Wrong! If that were true, then the cat-like demi-humans would be the most talented archmages. Next!"

"Driven by self-interest! People always..."

"Wrong! My father was the best businessman, but he wasn't a Grand Magus. Next!"

"..."

As Krenk denied the past one by one, the atmosphere in the classroom changed from initial excitement to a somewhat somber mood.

Kroenke's gaze swept over all the students:

"Does anyone else have other answers?"

"For killing and war."

A deep, resonant voice suddenly came from the first row. Krenk looked in the direction of the voice and saw Agura raising his hand.

"The birth of new magic is often accompanied by war and violence; the vast majority of magic is developed during wartime."

"Correct answer." Krenk nodded. "Agura, right? Your points have been added back."

Yagula revealed a smug expression.

Kroenke returned to the podium.

"Burn them with fire, drown them with water, bury them with earth, strike them with lightning, crush them into mincemeat with gravity magic..."

"The fundamental driving force behind the development of magic is to find ways to kill one's enemies."

"But is the sole purpose of magic to kill?"

"Obviously, the answer is no."

"Fire drove away the darkness, water brought life, rock and earth built houses, and wind gave mankind the power to fly into the sky. Magic is not just a synonym for violence; different ways of using magic give it different meanings."

"This is what I want to tell everyone in the first class—"

"Return to your original aspiration."

"At the beginning of class, Agura asked a question: Does what I teach cover the entire content of this book?"

"My answer is yes."

"I can teach you everything in this book, even the most troublesome astral magic and chaos magic that have troubled countless scholars."

"But!" Krenk drawled out.

"Everyone, before you learn magic, you must think clearly about why you want to learn magic."

"Is it simply endless slaughter? Satisfying the deep-seated craving for blood and violence in our genes? Or is it using magic to create a better world? To fight for a better tomorrow?"

"Now, I'm giving all of you ten minutes to think it through and figure out why you want to learn magic."

After Krenk finished speaking, he took out his pocket watch to keep track of time.

He sat in his chair, legs crossed, silently watching everyone as they fell into thought.

About five minutes later.

"Professor Krenk! I've figured it out. I read your 'Theory of Elemental Affinity' a long time ago and fell deeply in love with its mysteries, but I've been unable to realize them due to my limited abilities. So, I finally chose to apply to St. Auster Magic Academy, wanting to see for myself how you do it!"

Kroenke glanced sideways.

The question was asked by a woman with flamboyant fiery red hair and emerald green eyes. She wore the academy's uniform, which had no family crest on her chest, and she raised her hand high:

"Teacher! This is why I want to learn magic!"

Kroenke's eyes instantly turned cold:

"I think I've already said that no one is allowed to speak without my permission, disrupt the class, or interfere with other people's thinking."

He walked up to the female student and looked down at her:

"What's your name?"

After saying that, Kroenke was stunned.

This was the first time he had seen blood-red subtitles on the system panel:

[Meiwen Castel]

[Death Threat: S]