A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

This is a large lecture hall with a dozen rows of desks arranged in an arch around the central podium and blackboard, as well as a smooth crystal screen embedded in the wall. Other things like crystal light bulbs and magical air conditioning are common in the academy, so I won't go into detail.

The classroom was packed with people in every row, roughly 300 in total. If we consider this year's enrollment figures, that's equivalent to more than a dozen graduating classes—quite a large number. The students varied greatly in age, the youngest being only 6 or 7 years old, while the oldest was even older than Kira.

As Kira observed the students, the students were also observing Kira.

During his seven days of sightseeing in Hams City, the news that "the Dean invited three temporary foreign teachers, one of whom is a genius young mage from the magic guild Fairy Tail" had spread throughout the academy. Students who had been in the academy for several years, or even more than ten years, couldn't help but want to meet this genius from the outside world and, incidentally, have a competition with him.

When they learned that Kira was only 20 years old, the senior students at the academy became even more resentful. They were studying at the most famous and oldest magic academy in the Kingdom of Fiore; how could they be inferior to someone from a magic guild? With this in mind, they went to Kira's classroom.

Red hair, blue eyes, young and handsome, black and gold magic robe, blue and purple short cape—this was the students' first impression of Kira.

A boy sitting in the back row said sourly, "He looks like nothing special except for being a little handsome..."

A female student next to her shyly covered her face with her thin long sleeves and retorted with a grin, "I think being handsome is already amazing. Did he use some kind of charm magic?"

This was obviously a joke; everyone knows the other person couldn't possibly use charm magic. It was just a way of expressing how cool this "Kira-sensei" is.

Elsewhere, a slightly older-looking boy looked at the group around him and said, "I heard that this mage named Kira is only 20 years old, younger than me. Is he really that strong?"

One of the people Kira had rescued from Zudir answered him: "Yes! He's amazing! He saved me at the last moment when the academy was attacked by the enemy! Those monsters couldn't even beat Teacher XX, but they couldn't last three minutes against him!"

After he finished speaking, he spent more than a minute recounting in detail the whole story of Kira's rescue, describing it in vivid detail that shocked everyone around him, causing them to gasp and hiss, and the temperature in the classroom to rise sharply.

"You all felt the earthquake that day, right? It was the aftershock of his battle with the enemy leader!" Someone else recounted Kira's glorious deeds, the narrator beaming with pride, making it seem as if he had fought that battle himself.

A young girl chimed in, "I know that! I met the dean the day before yesterday, and she told me herself that it was because Kira-sensei and the enemy fought near the office building that a huge crater was created, which is why this scenic lake was built!"

Upon hearing this, the people talking turned pale with fright. Some covered the girl's mouth, while others moved in the opposite direction, whispering, "Shh! Keep your voice down! Are you out of your mind?! Who are you calling 'old man'?"

The little girl realized something was wrong and quickly looked around. After finding no one had heard her, she patted her flat chest with lingering fear, sticking out her tongue and acting cute.

Similar scenes occurred in several places in the classroom. Kira could see and hear everything clearly from the podium, but he didn't call for a halt. He really just wanted to know more about the students' opinions of him.

"Attend class!"

"Hello teacher!"

"Kira-sensei...that sounds really good!" Kira stood on the podium, his expression calm, but inwardly he was pleased: "I never thought I'd have this day. Why didn't I feel this way when I was teaching the children at the orphanage?"

"Ahem..." Noticing the gaze directed at him, Kira cleared his throat, then gave the students a natural, handsome smile and said, "I am Kira Hopelight from the Fairy Tail guild. It is an honor to be invited to give a lecture..."

A few days ago, he had already made an agreement with Konas to give one large class every week, lasting 2 hours. As long as the course contained some practical content, he could decide what to teach!

Kira first spent five minutes giving a brief self-introduction, and then spent half a class period detailing his "great achievements," including but not limited to "defeating the Ice Demon," "outwitting the Black Dragon," "defeating the Ten Saints Gerald," "winning first place in the guild competition," "making a name for himself by forging items," and "his famous works spreading far and wide." Of course, he also mentioned the "stopping the attack by the Dark Guild" that had just happened at the academy.

For each item he mentioned, he would produce physical evidence: several magic crystals recording his heroic battles, and a magical newspaper titled "The Most Successful Novelist in the Kingdom of Fiore in the Last Decade."

"Wow, that's amazing! I never knew Kira-sensei was this good!"

"A successful person! This is a truly successful person! We were so ignorant before!"

Kira, basking in the students' adulation, gestured for them to calm down: "Calm down, calm down. These are just basic operations. As the youngest and most promising mage in the Kingdom of Fiore, these are merely my duties and obligations. You should all take me as your role model in the future and strive to become people who contribute to the magical world!"

"Most importantly, I hope you're not praising me because of my looks or strength. I'm just an ordinary mage. What's truly admirable is my indomitable spirit in the face of adversity and my grand vision to benefit society and the country!"

The students were immediately filled with awe, and hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at Kira with shining eyes, turning from blind fans to devoted admirers!

"Everyone must remember our teacher's words, use our own hands to build the Kingdom of Fiore, making it prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious. At the same time, we must uphold freedom, equality, justice, and the rule of law in the magical world, and become patriotic, dedicated, honest, and friendly mages!!"

Just as Kira was feeling smug, he saw Konas coming to inspect the place and immediately changed his tone: "Now we will begin today's lesson, 'Advanced Magic Numbers'."

The topic changed so quickly that the students below were momentarily stunned.

Kira displayed the teaching materials he had prepared via a crystal projection screen on the wall.

"Look at this problem: If an unknown number of Shadow Rabbits and Crimson Chickens are kept together, with a total of 120 heads and 366 feet, how many Shadow Rabbits and Crimson Chickens are there?"

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"Ha! I know this problem. I've studied 'The Fundamentals of Magic Numbers.' It's a classic chicken-and-rabbit problem!" a boy said confidently, and gave the answer a minute later: "63 shadow rabbits and 57 red flame chickens!"

But this answer earned him a sharp rebuke from Kira: "Pfft! Wrong answer!"

The students exclaimed in bewilderment, "Huh?! Why?!"

"I understand!" At this moment, one of the students seemed to have thought of something and said loudly, "I looked at the Warcraft Encyclopedia in the library before. The Darkmoon Rabbit just looks like a rabbit, but it is not actually a rabbit. They only have two legs. On the other hand, the Crimson Flame Chicken is a mutated magical beast unique to a certain mountain range in a neighboring country. This kind of magical beast has four legs!"

"So... the answer to this question should be 57 Shadow Rabbits and 63 Crimson Flame Chickens!"

Kira smiled and nodded, saying, "Correct answer!"

The other students suddenly realized, "Oh, I see! Mr. Kira is trying to tell us that rote learning is useless! We also need to broaden our horizons!"

"No wonder it's called 'Advanced Magic Numbers,' what an amazing problem!"

Konas, standing outside the classroom: "..."

"Now that everyone has learned the basics of Advanced Magic Numbers, let's look at the next question."

Kira flipped through the textbook and continued with the next problem: "How much 70% concentration freezing potion is needed to make a 50% concentration incendiary solution from 1L of explosive solution? This is a variation of a problem from 'Magic Number Fundamentals,' it's very simple..."

The method for calculating solution concentration is relatively simple; you just need to apply the formula. Many students here have studied "Magic Number Basics," so they listened attentively and easily.

15 minutes later……

"Next question: How to draw a magic circle with a diameter of 1 meter using the Rasen runes, so that it simultaneously achieves the effects of 'trapping the enemy' and 'attacking'? This question involves the writing and distribution of magic runes within a fixed area, and we should..."

The questions changed a bit too quickly, and not every student had taken "Magic Theory," so some students struggled to understand and others started to lose focus.

Another 15 minutes later...

"As shown in the figure, how will the magical particles in space change when the ideal magical pressure changes from state A to state B?"

This time, the students were completely bewildered, and many began whispering and passing notes among themselves.

"Carefully examine the following 20 magic cards. How many different decks can be formed from these cards?"

“ZZZ…”

Kira lectured very diligently, but perhaps because the content was too profound, few of the students could understand it. At first, they listened attentively, but later, fewer and fewer people listened, and some even blatantly slept.

Reluctantly, Kira had to stop and comfort everyone: "Don't be discouraged, everyone. It's okay if you don't understand. At least your attitude towards learning is commendable!"

ding dong ding dong...

'It's finally over!'

The ringing of the bell interrupted Kira's lesson. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to the students, "That's all for today. get out of class dismissed!"

"Yay!" The student who was sleeping on the desk instantly woke up, regained his energy, and ran out of the classroom.

On the desks, the few remaining students who had been attentively listening to the lecture finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in unison: "It's finally over. Is this 'Advanced Magic Numbers'? It felt even more terrifying than the academy's teaching!"

……

"Kira, could you come to my office?"

After class, Kira was about to go back to his residence to rest when a familiar voice called out to him. He turned around and saw that it was indeed Konas.

Kira asked, "Dean, is there something you need?"

Konas smiled mysteriously and said, "There's something I need to talk to you about!"

The dean's office underwent a major renovation in the postwar period, which Konas greatly expanded. As for its exact size, Kira thought it could be renamed "Dean's Office Building" from now on!

The first thing you see when you enter the office building is a miniature model of the Valley Plus Academy that is enclosed. The model is located in the very center of the office building, and light shines down through the glass skylight at the top, just on the model.

At first glance, Kira was captivated by the layout and exclaimed, "The lighting here is excellent; it has the style of a great mage!"

Looking up in the light, Kira discovered that the office building was divided into four floors, with the middle floor open. The walls of each floor were inlaid with ancient and heavy mahogany bookshelves, which held thousands of magical books. Different colored magic crystals were scattered between the bookshelves, creating a magical atmosphere.

"With books as walls, no one would doubt that this is a library!"

Kira lowered his head and focused his gaze back on the first floor. The floor was made of wooden planks from the giant trees in the valley, coated with special magical potions, making it excellent at preventing moisture, slipping, and insects.

Behind the model is a wide, long, and grand wooden staircase. Going up the staircase to the second floor, you can see that there are four rooms on this floor. On the right is the staircase leading to the third floor. The third floor also has four rooms, and the staircase leading to the fourth floor is on the left.

"This dean's office building is simply the ideal residence. I want to build a house like this in the future!"

"Hehe, didn't I do a good job with the renovation?" Hearing Kira's words, Konas turned around, proudly puffing out her chest. "It cost me quite a bit of money!"

Upon hearing that it would cost a lot of money, Kira instantly sobered up and asked seriously, "Dean, is there anything you can tell me now?"

Konas smiled and patted Kira on the shoulder: "Come into the room with me. This is no small matter. Let's sit down and talk it over!"

Kira's heart skipped a beat. Could this strange atmosphere be the legendary "high-white development"?

With this thought in mind, he boldly followed Conas to her office, only to find that Hayberian and Grandoma had been waiting there for quite some time.

Looks like I'm overthinking it!

"Huh?! Speaker, senior, you two are here too?"

Instead of preparing lesson plans for the next couple of days, you two are here drinking tea and chatting? What kind of teaching attitude is this?! Are all teachers these days so irresponsible?

The two nodded and greeted Kira familiarly, "Mr. Kira, you've arrived too? Come and have a seat!"

Their attitude made it seem as if they had known each other for ten years, not just ten days.

Sensing that their attitude was a bit off, Kira felt a chill run down her spine. She pulled up a chair and sat down on the other side, then looked at Konas: "What happened?"

The words had barely left his mouth when Kira suddenly had a strong sense of déjà vu, thinking to himself, 'Why do I always seem to be the last one to arrive when something happens? It can't be my fault! They're always the last to notify me!'

"Now that everyone is here, let me explain the situation."

The first to speak was Grandorma, the newly appointed head of the council, who frowned and said to the three of them, "You all know about the Oración Seis, right?"

Kira: "..."

Hyberion nodded and said, "Like [Heart of the Devil], it is one of the Balam Alliance!"

Konas walked over and handed Kira a cup of black tea, then added, "Although it's a dark guild, they only have six mages if you don't count their subordinate forces, which is a very small number."

Even though she rarely leaves the valley, as the dean of the academy, she has established intelligence channels and is therefore quite familiar with matters concerning the magical world.

“I know this guild. They’ve been quite active this year. Not long ago, several legitimate guilds within the kingdom formed an alliance to attack them, and Fairy Tail was one of them.” Kira took a sip of his black tea and asked, “What happened to them?”

Gulandoma said solemnly, "Information from the Council indicates that they are currently lingering around the White Tree Sea, aiming for the ancient magic 'Nirvana'! The Council has records of this magic; it is a powerful magic that has been sealed away for hundreds of years. It can transform light and darkness into each other. If they succeed in obtaining it, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Kira's eyes flickered: So that's what it was all about!