Heaven's Greatest Professor

Chapter 53  Academic Criteria

"A guild, huh?" June raised an eyebrow, a smile playing on her lips. "Who would have guessed that? So, which one are you planning on joining?"

"Silent Stalker," Warden answered for him. "Or was it Silent Watcher? Well, makes no difference to me."

Jason looked down in shame. "I planned to create one myself."

"Without your father\'s help?" June asked, curious. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"That\'s the plan," Jason said. "Though I\'m having a hard time getting people to join. Oh right, I met Warden just some time ago and was discussing my guild with him."

"Which you apparently don\'t have," Warden laughed, "yet."

"Well, that might not be a bad idea," June said, narrowing her eyes. "But I fear your guild won\'t last long if you two troublemakers work together."

"So, how are you doing, Jason?" Warden asked. "From the academy, I presume?"

"Yes, Jason was one of the few who stood up," June said. "He graduated two years ago, which was also the year I joined."

"I seem to have some interest in the academy," Warden said. "What are the odds, do you think, that I can get in as a professor?"

June looked at him suspiciously. "A professor needs to have mastery over at least one art," she said slowly. "What are you a master of?"

"What about that Walt fellow?" Warden asked. "He was terrible when he challenged me."

"Professor Torin Walt is a master swordsman," June said with an even tone.

"Like hell he is," Warden snorted. "I defeated him in a sword fight, and I\'m far from being a master of the sword."

June narrowed her eyes at him, unsure how to reply.

"It\'s common knowledge Torin Walt got the job through his family," Jason added, shrugging his shoulders. "Though there have been rumors that he was a true Swordmaster."

"Didn\'t feel like one," Warden said. "Anyway, I\'m better with a spear. Might even be a master in it."

Both of them gave him weird gazes, as if they couldn\'t believe him.

"Don\'t look at me like that; it\'s your student who said that," Warden said.

"Kiara?" June asked.

"Liam," Warden corrected. "Good lad. Have they reached the academy yet?"

"Probably," June said, unsure. "Regardless of whether you\'re a spear master or not, what are you going to teach the students with your condition being... you know?"

She didn\'t mention his amnesia in front of Jason, as Warden had requested earlier.

"You\'re also an early Iron rank," June said. "You need at least the strength of a Silver ranker, with three attributes awakened, one of them being Spirit."

"What about the Walt fellow?"

"Walt had backing," June said. "But you don\'t."

"Okay," Warden said. "What about the recruitment that has been going on currently?"

"You mean the yearly recruitment for combat instructors and healers?" June raised an eyebrow. "Well, I can see you more as a Combat Instructor than as a professor, to be honest. Why are you interested?"

"I heard great things about these academies from Jason\'s friend," Warden said. "Of course, I wanted to see it for myself."

"The job of a combat instructor is quite demanding, though," June said. "Not just your strength, you need to have command over the students, which is quite difficult as half of them come from noble houses."

"I can always beat them up if they misbehave," Warden said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Receiving the same look from them again, he asked, "What, aren\'t they adults? I mean, your two students were."

June shook her head in disapproval.