Headhunting (2)

It seems like I had a long dream.

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Just as a body dropped into the sea is slowly pushed to the shore, my consciousness seemed to be a small boat and float on the beach in a dream.

And, before I knew it, the light knocked on my eyelids.

On the other side of death, the eyes that seemed like they wouldn’t open anymore opened.

“·······.”

Blurry vision as if paint had spread.

Everything filled the gray world with the bright sunlight shining through the window.

It was blinding.

Around the time I blinked my eyes wide open a couple of times, someone’s voice flowed into my ears.

“Are you awake?”

“Ugh…”

He let out a soft moan and lifted himself up.

The senses in the limbs were intact. There was no pain, no dizziness.

After returning to consciousness, the body was in perfect condition.

“I···.”

“Aren’t you dead?”

A voice came from the front.

Looking up, I saw a spacious and antique room with a desk in the middle.

The protagonist of the voice was sitting there, looking at me with his back to the sunlight by the window.

“…Who are you?”

“Don’t worry, you’re not the grim reaper. You’re not dead.”

“Am I alive?”

“Of course. To be precise, I brought it back to life with a new body.”

I couldn’t believe it.

You brought me back to life when I was sure to be dead? With a new body too?

My head was dizzy from the shock.

The sudden outpouring of information was difficult to accept.

“Please take a seat.”

“···Yeah.”

Then I realized that I was lying on the floor.

I sat on a chair in front of the desk and was able to face the person I was talking to.

“·······.”

It was a ghost wearing a robe.

He wore an elegant white robe, and the hood was pressed down deeply. And inside the hood, instead of the face, there was a deep darkness lurking as if it had been pierced.

I could only guess that it was a woman from the curves on the outside, but I couldn’t even guess what it was.

“I bet you have a lot to ask.”

“If I ask, will you answer me?”

“Of course. It’s a place for that.”

She nodded happily.

It looked like the incarnation of questions and riddles, but it was surprisingly generous with the truth.

“First of all, who are you?”

“I am the first star in the world and the one called the most holy sky.”

said the darkness in the hood.

“This is the constellation ‘■■■■■’.”

“·······?”

What? As if there was noise in the voice saying the name, I couldn’t understand it properly.

“Who are you?”

“You probably won’t understand. Because you’re not ready to hear my true name.”

“…I don’t understand a single thing.”

“It’s easy to think of it as ‘God’.”

“·······.”

yes. god.

The day before his death was revived and brought to this unknown space, so I was convinced.

Because that’s something that really can’t be done unless it’s God.

I decided to trust you.

“Yes, self-proclaimed god. Why did you save me?”

“I want to hire you.”

“employ?”

I looked up to see if that was something else, and she held out a piece of paper this way.

Exuding a sense of luxury, it was a contract with a red wax seal.

“A contract of employment?”

“Hunter Yujin Kang. I want to hire you as a professor here.”

“·······.”

Brain freeze came. Words that surpassed my understanding came out one after another, so I couldn’t keep up with my thinking ability.

“Professor… you mean?”

“Come this way.”

Instead of adding an explanation, she showed me outside to lead me to the window.

“What is this…”

The place where I was was on top of a distant old castle.

The expansive scenery below it seemed to resemble a college campus.

Of course, it was a place that I do not remember.

“…Where is this place?”

“The name is ‘Helios Academy’.”

She whispered beside me.

An outstretched black hand was pointing towards the sky.

“A school built at the crossroads of worlds, to nurture Constellations.”

“·······.”

Looking at the sky where the Milky Way sparkles even in broad daylight, I stopped thinking.

*

Pan-dimensional Constellation Academy, Helios.

An educational institution built at the crossroads of the world, teaching “constellation candidates” gathered from all dimensions to help them awaken to the Constellation.

As befits an educational institution that is reborn as a god, there is no limit to the teachings given, and the appointed professors are all ‘apostles’ carefully selected by the Constellations.

There is only one way to enter. The destiny to become a constellation is to be born with the ‘destiny of a star’.

Every year, the school selects children who will become stars, and sends admission letters to where they are.

When the letter arrives through the portal, the selected children receive all the information about the school, and then the leader goes and picks them up.

No world is exempt from this, and there could never be an omission.

And, of course, ‘Earth’ was included among them.

“A school that nurtures gods…”

I thought I’d seen all the bizarre things in the world while fighting the Demon Beast, but this was more than that.

A school that nurtures God, it was so unrealistic that I couldn’t even laugh at it.

“Of course, not all students become Constellations. Rather, there are only a handful of graduates who awaken. Most of them end up as ‘strong people’.”

“They say you’re destined to become a god, aren’t you picking talented students?”

“It is not so.”

She shook her head gently.

“The fate of stars does not represent genius. They are only qualified to rise to the top of the stars, and their talents and abilities are not much different from ordinary people.”

Although there are rare geniuses among them.

She added with a soft laugh.

“·······.”

So, are you saying you were born with qualifications and not with talent?

It seemed like a concept similar to that rich kids aren’t necessarily smart.

“…were there any students on Earth who went here?”

“Sure. Even very close to you.”

“You said you were close to me?”

“Yes. All of your colleagues were graduates here.”

“·······.”

…Somehow inhumanly strong.

The five colleagues suddenly fell from the sky one day, and gathered together as if they had made a promise to each other.

Even before I joined that group, I always got together, so I wondered how such a group was born, but now my curiosity has been answered.

They were all alumni here…

“Please understand them. Helios graduates cannot disclose the knowledge and information they have learned at school.”

As if defending herself, she added, but I hadn’t thought of that in the first place.

I have no intention of questioning or questioning my colleague’s circumstances.

“… that’s good. Let’s say I understand everything. But… why?”

The voice he exhaled was heavy. That’s how I was genuinely curious.

“Because you are special.”

However, she simply dismissed my doubts.

“You were always on the front line during the invasion of the Demon Beast. You were ahead of anyone else and never backed down. You finally pierced the leader’s heart and put an end to the long war.”

And the voice gently calmed my suspicions.

“Noble and lofty mental power. The strength that ended the war. All of that is special. I want to bring you back to life and hire you as a professor here.”

“·······.”

“Did you get an answer?”

There was power in her voice, and she had the magic to convey her intentions even in short sentences.

Is it really God’s speech? It could even be called a spirit.

However, there was no reason why I should accept it.

“I want to rest.”

The war against the Witchbeast is over.

After defeating the chief, they retreated and disappeared.

It is a task that no one else has accomplished with my own hands.

How painful was it during that time?

I lost my family, I lost my lover. The reason I was able to endure was because I had the conviction to exterminate the demons.

And now that the monster is gone, I had no reason to live anymore.

“Is there any reason why I should do that?”

she was speechless

In the silent darkness, I just stared.

After staring at her for a while, she lowered her head slightly.

“If you don’t want to, you don’t have to. I respect your opinion.”

“·······.”

“But, I want you to take care of it.”

“Why?”

“Because the Witchbeast hasn’t disappeared.”

At those words, my eyes widened.

What did I hear now?

“The Witch Beast remains?”

Instead of talking, she snapped her fingers.

Then, a transparent window appeared in front of my eyes, and the images of the monsters I knew were playing.

Familiar-looking monsters that have been killed countless times.

They are nothing new, but there was something else that caught my attention.

It was because the scenery behind the monsters and the background was too unfamiliar.

“This place···.”

“Another world. It’s a world outside the earth.”

“Why are these guys here?”

Obviously I would have killed them all. I would have hit the chief’s head.

“Masu are originally beings who invade many worlds. Earth is just one of the worlds they invaded.”

video has increased.

There were many worlds there.

A peaceful world without demons, a world in battle with demons, and… a world destroyed by demons.

“The real leader of the Witchbeast is not dead. What you defeated is just one of their commanders.”

“It could be…”

Was it that hunting while writhing in so much pain was actually just one of the enemy generals…?

“Eugene. Why do you think this school was created?”

“···I do not know.”

“It’s to stand up to the Witchbeast.”

she said in a heavy voice.

“The invasion of demonic beasts does not cover the world, and if left unchecked, the world will fall one by one before their mighty power. Many people will die.”

The darkness within the hood whispered a heavy conviction.

“I, we want to stop it. We want to develop the strength to fight against the beasts and defeat them. For the survival and well-being of the world. That’s why we founded Helios.”

“·······.”

“So please become a professor here. Give your will and knowledge to the young destinies who will become stars in the future.”

“·······.”

There was no high pitch in her voice, but there was an earnestness that could be felt nonetheless.

It was confusing. All of them were just incomprehensible things. Such confusion filled my head, but there was one emotion that clearly bloomed in it.

that’s hate

Hatred of witches. The most intense will that paved the cornerstone of faith that dreamed of annihilating them.

If there is a Witchbeast, it deserves to be killed.

“…if I accept the contract, what can you give me?”

“Power and Opportunity.”

The darkness inside the hood saw me.

“I will give you the power to kill more monsters and the opportunity to annihilate them.”

“·······.”

She handed out the papers.

The contract had the same brilliance as the first one, and it sprinkled a soft light.

“Would you like to?”

she asked, and I didn’t answer.

Because no more questions and answers were necessary.

I wrote my name in the signature line.

＜contract established＞

In an instant, bright light poured from the papers.

The feeling of a powerful soul-to-soul connection. With a sense beyond instinct, I could feel that I was firmly connected to the existence in front of me.

“like.”

A soft voice tickled my ear.

In the deep darkness of the hood, I felt her smile.

“From now on, I appoint you as an apostle of ‘The Most Holy Heaven’.”

In an instant, the vision reversed and the whole world was dyed black.

The scenery in all directions became far away, and countless stars appeared in the place where only darkness remained.

A sea of stars shining infinitely in the vast darkness.

In front of the gigantic Milky Way sky where they formed together, I witnessed the scene as an existence less than a speck of dust.

It was only after seeing that overwhelming appearance that I could understand.

that I am in the world of the gods.

[My name is ‘Laniakea’. I wish you well in the future. my apostle.]

With the last voice ringing in my ears, I lost consciousness.

*

When I woke up, I was alone in the room.

There was no one in front of the desk, instead there was a stranger next to me.

“Are you awake now?”

He was an elderly man.

With white hair brushed back and neatly dressed in a suit, you can feel the dignity.

I instinctively recognized that he was from this school.

“who are you?”

“I’m late to introduce you. My name is ‘Vincent von Aldebaran.’ He’s the president of this school.”

“I am Yujin Kang.”

I got up from my seat and shook hands.

The hand of the old man who was holding it felt great strength befitting his stocky physique.

There was a vitality that could not be hidden in the gray eyes that shimmered and turned toward me.

“By the way, the president? I thought the person you were talking about earlier was the president.”

“He is the highest member of the Council of Elders who founded this school. He is a person far above the president.”

Is it the difference between an owner and a CEO in terms of a company? I roughly understood.

When I nodded, he immediately escorted me out of the room.

“Then follow me. I will guide you to the office you will use from now on.”

He took me across the school.

Thanks to that, I had the opportunity to see the faculty and staff of this school, and the atmosphere was a bit strange.

They took a bow to Vincent, but when they saw me in the back, they reacted strangely.

It was normal to look at them, and there were times when they were trying to say something.

It wasn’t hostile, but what to say, it felt very awkward.

“I think the way you look at me is a little strange.”

“It’s because of Professor Eugene’s subject.”

“My subject?”

Among the materials I brought, I looked for what was written about my subject.

“‘Great Mathematics’… Is this a problem?”

“There is no problem with the subject itself. If there is a problem… it must be because of your career.”

He continued walking and talking.

“Professors at Helios are usually hired for career positions. No matter how minor the professors are in the subject, those who have a few significant achievements in that field take over.”

“But I don’t have anything, so you’re looking at me strangely?”

“Yes. To be precise, it’s because it’s a face I’ve never seen before. I’m not bragging, but there are people who have heard of the name at least once in Helios.”

is it.

Hagisa It seemed that I would be repulsed if someone I had never heard of said suddenly offered to teach me.

The handling wasn’t very pleasant, but it was understandable.

I can only endure it.

“I understand.”

“thank you.”

After a brief reply, I arrived at the office where I was to write.

It was smaller than the room I first woke up in (probably the president’s office), but it was still spacious and luxurious.

It seemed better than a suite in a 5-star hotel I had stayed at some time.

“You can use this place from now on. I’ll attach a servant, so if you need anything, talk there.”

“thank you.”

I went in and immediately unpacked.

To be honest, when I called it luggage, it was all a bunch of paperwork, so there was nothing to unpack.

“Then, rest in peace. Don’t be late for the opening ceremony.”

“All right.”

“Heh heh. Then I’m done.”

He left the room with a friendly smile until the end.

Do they even guide the way to professors as presidents? also diligent

“A professor…”

He died and came back to life, and now he seems to be doing the job of a teacher who is not even alive.

I don’t know what to do with people, but maybe this is a bit too much.

My colleagues, who believed in me, would absolutely not believe this story.

“What happened?”

What happened already happened. I couldn’t just lament.

I was given the ‘duty of being a teacher’, and in return I was given the ‘opportunity to kill the demon’.

That’s enough.

“First of all… I’ll have to study first.”

I’ve become a teacher, but I don’t know anything about this place yet.

I didn’t even know what subject I was in charge of.

“And training too.”

My physical condition was not what it used to be.

He said that he brought him back to life, and he felt a change in the magic power inside his body.

First, let’s check the condition.

Other things, it’s not too late to think about it later.