Chapter 52: Echoes of the [Redacted], a Date, and an Exam (1)

My plan, tragically, had been thwarted.

Now, the reality was that the New Professor's fame was gradually spreading among the Empire's populace, not just within the Academy, but even outside it.

This might be a bit of an overreaction, but...

Perhaps the world might go completely mad. The Shareholders and Reporters were at the Press Conference Venue.

If those guys kept spreading fabricated heroic tales, and if I kept making mistakes that gave them an excuse to praise me, things would spiral out of control.

The Empire underwent abnormalization. There was an explosive increase in Fanatics. The Empire would turn into another Imperial Academy.

Given what I'd seen so far, it was only natural for me to worry and rack my brain over such concerns, but...

My mental state recovered much faster than I expected. It wasn't because my mental fortitude was particularly strong; it was simply because people are inherently fickle.

It was like how, even if my gacha results were bad, seeing someone who'd spent hundreds of thousands of gold coins and still failed to get what they wanted, despite their immense investment, would make me think, “Well, at least it”s not the absolute worst.'

Because it's human nature to feel a sense of solemnity and relief when you see someone who's failed even more spectacularly than you, even when you're depressed about your own failures...