Minor Changes

The aura of silence radiated strongly inside Professor Geissler's room. Even the ticking of the wall clock sounded loud. Perhaps she was slightly surprised by my explanation, which added some small details that the professor didn't mention in class.

I remained silent, waiting for a response from the professor. And after two minutes of staring at me, Professor Geissler opened her mouth and smiled.

"Hmmm. You're quite knowledgeable, Edward Kazan Vallois."

I bowed slightly and looked at her face.

"My knowledge is still far from yours, Professor Geissler. And please, you can call me Edward."

Professor Geissler shifted her crossed legs. She nodded.

"Yes, I'll call you that. Aish, why do high-ranking nobles have such long names?"

Her tone was a bit more relaxed this time. Maybe because I presented her teaching material quite well today.

"Ahaha." I chuckled awkwardly.

"Okay. You're free from deduction points for today. But next time, at least pay attention to my teachings, not my body." She looked at me sharply while smiling mischievously.

She's really straightforward in speaking. I decided to use my skill. After all, she started it.

"No denying that your physique is indeed impressive. But, I didn't notice your body; it's just that..." I glanced away for a moment and paused.

"Just that?" Professor prompted me to continue, raising one of her eyebrows.

"Just that, your teaching style is very graceful. I feel your beauty aura enhances just by that, so, I couldn't help but focus on you." I looked at her with a gentle smile.

Professor Geissler remained silent, just staring at me. She didn't respond immediately.

'This is so awkward. Did I make a mistake by addressing it?'

The gaze lasted for a minute. For that minute, there was only silence. Then suddenly, Professor Geissler swiftly approached me. She climbed onto the coffee table in a 'dangerous' position and brought her face close to mine.

Her face was very close. And I could see the inside of her cleavage when my focus wandered. My little brother twitched.

'Shit, this freaking teenage body!'

Once again, I suppressed my body's natural reaction with Arkium. I quickly regained composure and looked into Professor Geissler's eyes firmly.

'Why do women here like approaching so suddenly?'

"Ahem, is there something, Professor?" I asked casually.

Professor remained silent and observed my face seriously. Then after a moment, she moved her face away and sat back on the sofa. I sighed inwardly.

"I thought you would be as rude as your reputation and the rumors suggest, but, somehow I feel sincerity in your praise." Professor responded while fixing her hair.

I was slightly surprised by her response. Then I smiled faintly.

"I won't shy away from my past wrongdoings because that's the reality. I can only change it from very rotten to slightly rotten or odorless."

Professor Geissler nodded twice and relaxed her body.

"I thought you would change for the better?" Professor Geissler said, raising one of her eyebrows.

I just replied to Professor Geissler's statement with a smile.

'I'm a mercenary, not a good person.' I thought.

Professor Geissler sighed.

"Well, I don't care as long as you show good performance in my class. But if you decide to change to avoid causing trouble, it's good for you. It also relieves me as your teacher and new class guardian, annoying problems will disappear if you become better." She said.

I must say, Professor's response is quite positive. And there's something odd about her words. Something new I've heard.

"Wait, class guardian? You?" I asked in surprise.

Because our class guardian is Instructor Hamzed Lavrenti. Based on the game, it should be so for another semester.

"Yes. Didn't I mention it during the lesson?"

Professor's face also showed surprise. I just sighed.

...

As I returned home from the academy, the time showed half past six in the evening. I spent quite some time in Professor Brigitte's room.

By the way, she asked me to call her by her first name after discussing monsters and her situation as the class guardian of the Hero Department, even though she is a Professor of Monstrology.

The situation seemed quite normal to me. There is a new professor who replaced Professor Brigitte as the main instructor in the Department of Monstrology. She said the new professor is a skilled colleague. Actually, Professor Brigitte applied to become the class guardian of the Hero Department after hearing about her colleague becoming a lecturer at the academy.

When I doubted her to become the class guardian of the Hero Department, seemingly knowing my thoughts, Professor Brigitte told me about her field experience, often fighting monsters since her time at the academy. Surprisingly, her skills are strong enough if she's active in the Heroes Guild. However, she is obsessed with monsters and chose Monstrology as her focus of study. Of course, while defeating monsters she wants to study.

Honestly, there is a Monstrologist who goes into the field and beats up monsters. But, only a few types are like Professor Brigitte.

Because of this change in the class guardian, the story in the game is slightly deviating. Not to mention, Edward changing his attitude and behavior is already deviating from the story.

As I sat on the tram heading to my dormitory region, I just contemplated.

'Assuming a slightly deviating minor story, my profit percentage knowing future information has decreased. I don't know how much, but small effects in the timeline can sometimes cause significant butterfly effects.'

My concern increased slightly because of this. Right now, I'm still weaker compared to when I was the Dark Saber. And in this world, monsters, demons, crazy cults, overpowering villains are scattered everywhere.

My heartbeat increased thinking about the dangers that could come to me at any time. I'm not ready to face all those dangers yet.

Realizing that my calmness was starting to fade, I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. I didn't need to use Arkium for something like this, just needed to clear my mind.

'Calm down. My soul's presence here alone has become a pebble that might roll into a giant snowball. I just need to do it as usual, like when I was the Dark Saber. The first thing I need to be wary of is the parties involved in my suicide. I need to ask Alfred who I've met recently.'

...

Right now, I'm walking in the dormitory hallway on the third floor. During the journey home, I didn't encounter any unexpected meetings or events. Everything was normal. I also didn't feel like someone was following me. Or maybe, someone was following me but hiding their presence.

My detection skill is enough to detect people who have high-level stealth skills. However, it only applies to Arkium users and normal people. This means if someone uses mana to hide, I can't detect them. And to avoid being detected by my detection skill, which can detect small movements, surely the person tailing me has stealth skills and high abilities.

I might just be too worried. It's possible that indeed no one is following me. But I have to be cautious about this.

Upon reaching my dorm room, I was greeted by Mia. She helped me take off my long black coat and blazer.

"Where's Alfred?" I asked Mia.

Mia, who was folding my clothes with simplicity and hanging them in her hands, answered calmly.

"Mr. Alfred is buying groceries at the store, Young Master," she said.

"Hmmm, at the store? The one on Silver Boulevard?" I asked, resting my fingers on my chin.

"Yes, Young Master," she replied, bowing her head slightly.

I remained silent for a moment. Yolina mentioned that I didn't receive my monthly allowance for this month. Whether it was a joke or not, I think it's time for me to save some money.

"Next time, just tell him to buy at the general market instead. The quality of the ingredients there doesn't seem much different," I said, glancing at Mia.

Mia then looked at me with a slightly surprised expression. I observed her.

The general market is a middle-class area. As the name suggests, it's mostly inhabited by the common folk, but there are also some nobles who open businesses or build villas there. So, it's still a prosperous region.

The general market is larger than the upper region where many wealthy people reside, including the luxurious dormitories owned by the academy.

As a player of this game, I've certainly bought goods here and there. But as Edward, I rarely set foot in the general region. Therefore, I shouldn't know the prices and quality of goods there. So, I understand Mia's reaction.

"U-Understood, Young Master!"

Mia snapped out of her surprise-induced silence. Because of that, she became flustered.

"Oh, and tell Alfred to come to my room after he returns. There's something important I need to discuss," I said, walking towards my room.

"Understood, Young Master!"

...

In my room, I went straight to the desk. I put down my bag and picked up my small notebook.

The book was supposed to contain my daily notes. I had just written about the events after my suicide and soul transfer.

And now it's time to fill it in because it seems the situation requires me to become strong immediately. I tried to recall rare items, characters, places, and important events scattered around the city of Sciendufer and its surroundings.

"Hmmm, I need lightweight armor. Instead of armor, maybe I'll just take the Aegis Sentinel ring. But before that, do I need a weapon?" I mumbled to myself.

I looked to the corner of the room while tapping the pen on my cheek. There, I saw a longsword with a black scabbard.

I stood up and walked over to inspect the sword. When viewed up close, I could see simple deer carvings on its scabbard. Then, I pulled out the black hilt of the sword and examined its blade. On the blade, there were intricate patterns. I tapped on the sword blade and felt its edge.

'Made of Titanite Steel? But it seems better. Anetta, can you detect the material of this sword?'

(Based on your game memories and the strength and sharpness gained from your sword usage data in the past, this sword is made of Mythrilforge Titansteel. A balanced mix of Mythril and Titanite Steel.)

'Ooohh! If that's the case, I don't need to look for a good weapon or a hidden weapon first.'

Then I sheathed the sword, placed it back, and stood up. I smiled faintly.

'Well, no need to worry about weapons for now. Besides the sword, I also have that skill.'