How to Steal the Protagonist's Women

Chapter 29: How to Steal the Mage's Woman [13]

"Y-you little bug... brat!?"

"?"

The assistant professor's face turned bright red as he glared at me with murderous intent.

He had reacted extremely sensitively to my words.

'Why is he acting like this? Does he have a bug phobia?'

[I think he took your words as a metaphor.]

'Huh? A metaphor?'

[He seems to have mistaken your mention of bugs as a reference to himself.]

'Ah, I see!'

Five seconds after my moment of enlightenment, I realized the situation.

'Oh no, I'm screwed....'

[...]

Judging by the professor's expression, any explanation would be useless.

In fact, the more I tried to explain, the worse it would probably get.

But I couldn't just stay silent either.

"So, I was talking about fly larvae..."

"F-f-fly!?"

Okay, now he's definitely taken it as a personal insult.

They say silence is golden, but my mouth is the problem here.

'...CEO, what should I do?'

[It's a bad habit to only look for your superiors in times like these.]

'...I hate you.'

Even Armonia had given up.

As the professor glared at me, looking like he was about to hit me, the voices of the female students around us started to rise.

-"Wow, what a mess."-

-"Yeah, he should've known when to stop..."-

-"I heard from a club senior to never get close to that professor."-

-"Why?"-

-"Well, apparently he secretly takes girls away and forces them to..."-

The professor silenced the commotion with a loud shout.

"Who's making noise during class!?"

""....""

All the students fell silent.

But they were all looking at the professor with disdainful eyes.

Instead of respect, they were looking at him like he was a bug.

"Ugh..."

The professor seemed to realize the situation and stomped loudly toward the podium.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The classroom shook with each step, matching his large frame.

Once he reached the podium, he turned to me and spoke.

"You! What's your name!?"

"...It's Seong Suho."

"For causing a disturbance, you lose 10 points!"

"..."

After I lost 10 points, the class resumed. @@@@

Fortunately, the rest of the lecture proceeded quietly, without any more antics from the assistant professor.

***

"...Well, let's end today's class here."

""....""

No one responded.

Everyone just looked at the assistant professor with the same bug-like disdain.

"Tch..."

Thud! Thud! Thud! Slam!

The assistant professor stormed out of the classroom, causing a mini-earthquake with his heavy footsteps and slamming the door behind him.

The students began to murmur among themselves.

I stared blankly into the air and lamented to Armonia.

'That damn bug brat....'

[Which one are you referring to?]

'...Both.'

Both bugs are annoying...

As my mind was filled with thoughts of bugs, Luna approached me from the side.

"Hey... I really... thank y—"

But before Luna could finish, a crowd of students swarmed around me.

"Wow, that was amazing!"

"That was so satisfying."

"Your name's Seong Suho, right?"

"Ah, yes."

Everyone was excited about what had just happened and started talking to me.

Luna cut off mid-sentence, watched me intently.

"..."

Taking advantage of the commotion around me, Louis approached Luna and started talking to her.

"Luna, are you okay?"

"...Yeah, I'm fine."

"I was really about to give that professor a piece of my mind..."

It was like watching someone mutter the bus number after missing it.

"It's fine. Don't worry about it."

"..."

Luna responded like that but kept her gaze on me.

Louis stared at Luna for a moment, then left the classroom with a complicated expression.

Luna kept looking at me during the break as if she wanted to say something, but the crowd around me prevented her from approaching.

When the break ended, Sonya entered the classroom.

This time, it was Sonya's Basic Attribute class.

She greeted the students and, before starting the lecture, glanced at me.

Wink!

She smiled at me and then began the class.

I made up my mind and told Sonya.

Sonya tried to persuade me, but she couldn't change my mind.

There was no reason to switch when I could have that freedom.

"...Alright. If it ever gets too hard, let me know. I'll find a way to change it for you."

"Haha, I'll work hard so that doesn't happen."

I reported my primary and secondary attributes to the teaching assistant and headed to the clubroom with Sonya.

***

When Sonya and I arrived at the clubroom, Louis was the only one there.

Sonya looked around and asked Louis.

"Oh? Did Luna step out for a moment?"

"Well..."

Louis explained what had happened earlier.

He said that as soon as Luna left the classroom, she ran straight back to her dorm.

After hearing Louis' explanation, Sonya frowned and apologized to me and Louis.

"I'm sorry. As a fellow professor, this is embarrassing."

"No, Professor Sonya, it's not your fault..."

"Exactly. It's the bug's fault, the bug."

"Haha..."

Sonya covered her mouth and laughed at my bug comment.

But she quickly composed herself and gave a bitter smile.

"Sigh... That assistant professor... has always had that kind of issue..."

"Well, it was obvious from the first class."

"Suho..."

"Yes?"

Sonya suddenly took my right hand in both of hers and looked at me with moist eyes.

"If anything happens, make sure to tell me, okay?"

"Haha... If I couldn't handle something like that, I wouldn't have come to Stura."

"Don't say that. That assistant professor... is truly a vile person."

Even Sonya hesitated to add the honorific "-nim" to his title.

Meanwhile, Louis was looking at me with clear displeasure.

'What's his problem now...?'

[I don't have enough information to figure it out.]

Sonya continued holding my hand and spoke.

"Sigh... The atmosphere is like this today, so let's take a break from club activities."

"...Okay."

Louis spoke up, looking at Sonya.

"Um... Professor."

"Yes?"

"Can I talk to you privately?"

I took that as his way of telling me to get lost.

Louis was smiling at Sonya.

I was completely out of his mind.

'I can't figure this guy out....'

[It doesn't seem like they're close enough to have a conversation that requires excluding you.]

I'd never seen Louis talk to Sonya privately before.

They only ever exchanged necessary words during class or club activities.

Sonya looked puzzled and asked again.

"Is it something important?"

"Yes, it's important."

"...Will it take long?"

"Yes, probably."

Sonya, still holding my hand, looked at me anxiously.

But there was nothing I could do.

If I intervened, it would only cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Even so, I could see the annoyance on Louis' face.

'Is that guy up to something weird?'

[Even if the other party is an adjunct professor, she's still a professor. I don't think he'd dare do anything reckless.]

'Sigh... I was so excited to be with Sonya....'

Sonya reluctantly let go of my hand and forced a smile as she agreed.

"Alright. Suho, you can go ahead and rest." "...Okay."

We exchanged passionate looks as if we were sharing a kiss through our eyes.

After the eye contact, I left the clubroom.

***

With the club activities awkwardly concluded, I sat on a chair on the terrace, waiting for Luna.

"...Is she not coming today?"

[That seems unlikely.]

The sun had already set, and night had fallen.

Normally, she would've arrived an hour after club activities ended.

"Did she get hurt because of that bug professor?"

[Luna Stadtfeld doesn't seem like the type, but it's possible her traits have changed.]

"Sigh..."

The thought of not being able to be with Sonya or meet Luna was starting to annoy me.

"Should I just catch that bug professor and kill him...?"

"...Please don't."

"Huh?"

Luna's voice came from behind me.

I turned around to see Luna smiling at me.

She was smiling brightly, a look I hadn't seen from her before.

"Please don't do something like that because of me..."

***

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