I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy Chapter 17

Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

Chapter 17

Should I say it feels like everyone is staring at me when I arrived at the cafeteria?

I felt something similar on my way here too.

I thought something might be stuck on my clothes so I checked in the mirror, but that doesn’t seem to be the case… What could it be?

“Oh? Teacher, hello.”

“Hello.”

It’s Eunsu and Eunseo.

“Good morning to both of you. Hey, kids, is there something strange about me today?”

“Huh? No.”

“You look the same as usual.”

“Right? Then what could it be? Somehow my face feels particularly hot today.”

“Teacher, haven’t you seen the video that was uploaded yesterday?”

“Video? Ah, that interview… I heard about it yesterday but I had a meeting so I couldn’t watch it. Did I make a mistake or something?”

If there had been any strange behavior or comments, Teacher Min would have told me yesterday.

Plus, it would have been caught during the review process.

But Teacher Min never mentioned anything like that to me yesterday.

“No. You came across really cool. The view count is also extremely high.”

“When I checked this morning, it was even on the trending videos.”

“T-trending videos?”

I thought only students’ parents would watch it… Thinking this doesn’t make sense, I immediately accessed the YouTube site on my phone and went to the school channel, and it wasn’t a lie.

Just as Teacher Min said, there were exactly two videos uploaded to the channel.

[Episode 1: Introducing the 1st Hunter School that has been veiled in mystery. Views: 1,134,217]

[Surprise duel arranged by the 1st Hunter School Student Council President’s sudden proposal. Student Council President vs New Teacher Unedited Full Version. Views: 2,121,718]

Wh… Why did this happen?

Wasn’t it really difficult to get a lot of views on YouTube?

What’s more, my duel video has almost twice as many views as the school introduction video which mainly features students.

“Teacher, if we don’t want to be late for class, I think we should eat now…”

“Ah, right. Go ahead and eat.”

“There are a lot of interesting comments too, you should read them.”

Right. I should check the comments.

Then I might understand why there’s such an unbelievable view count.

[Santie: Is this fight level for real? This is truly a battle between the strongest in the universe. Likes: 2.9K Dislikes: 1.1K]

[Whitejellyfish: The comment above seems like it was written by an elementary school kid, but why does it have so many likes? How is this a battle between the strongest in the universe? It’s not a duel between 10-stars or 10-strengths, it’s just a common duel between a prospective hunter and a school teacher at a hunter school. Still, Kim Se-jin seems quite skilled, but the teacher doesn’t even appear to be using magic. The teacher is definitely a teacher indeed. Likes: 1.2K Dislikes: 110]

[Foxeyes: The student council president Kim Se-jin in the video has won the martial arts competition held during the hunter school festival from her first year through her second year, and there’s talk that if she just participates this year, victory is guaranteed—she’s that overpowered. Although she’s still a minor, it’s said that once she graduates, she’ll definitely become a B-rank, and might even challenge the A-rank test and become an A-rank immediately. On the other hand, Kang Shin-hyeok is a name I’ve never heard before. Does anyone have any information about him? Likes: 1.7K Dislikes: 131]

Was the student council president such a promising talent? But why wasn’t her name mentioned in the novel?

Is it because it’s already after her graduation?

Kim Se-jin doesn’t appear even after graduation… Does she change her name perhaps?

[Yoon Min-ji: Everyone’s only talking about skills. Teacher Kang is completely a face genius. When he reached out his hand to help the student council president get up at the end, was I the only one who felt a flutter? Not only is he handsome, but he also has good manners. Why weren’t there teachers like this when I was attending hunter school? If there were, I would have joined the swordsmanship class instead of the magic class. Likes: 974 Dislikes: 31]

Being called a face genius is a bit embarrassing.

[KHJ_Desk: As an active S-rank hunter, I think Kim Se-jin is good for a student, but not at A-rank level. No matter how much innate magic one has, only 2 out of the 10-stars have become A-rank right after graduation. But this teacher Kang Shin-hyeok moving like that without even using magic is truly remarkable. It seems like he trains quite intensively on a regular basis. He’s at least upper A-rank. With a little more refinement, he could probably try for the S-rank test. Likes: 564 Dislikes: 511]

My heart felt a bit lighter seeing that most of the top comments were favorable.

Of course, not all comments were positive.

[Allinder: Hunter school teachers are usually active hunters who take an exam to enter. It’s a bit off for an active hunter to lose to a prospective hunter. Honestly, he doesn’t seem that handsome either, and the kids probably just exaggerated because he’s their teacher. Likes: 56 Dislikes: 97]

[Ha Su-yeol: There are many people above who are fussing about becoming B-rank or A-rank after graduation, but I bet my wrist that those commenters are not hunters. Do they think hunter rank assessment is a joke? I’m an active C-rank hunter, and I have the mindset to never lose to any prospective hunter in a duel. Plus, what’s so handsome about his face? He looks like a gigolo. Likes: 12 Dislikes: 114]

[coldpig: They’re making such a fuss. If a teacher gets beaten by a student, is that even a teacher? They’re unqualified. And it’s a bit off-putting to see a grown adult beating up a female student like that, even if it is a duel. Above all, what’s so handsome about him? I’m a million times better-looking. Likes: 17 Dislikes: 712]

They say negative comments stand out more, and indeed, while there aren’t many of them, they’re what catch my eye.

The other negative comments are one thing, but what’s with the last one claiming to be a million times better-looking? Is he some kind of celebrity?

I’d like to sue him just to see what he actually looks like.

After checking the comments, I ate and went to the faculty office.

The students’ gazes were bothering me, but I couldn’t skip eating because of that.

It was similar after my duel with Teacher Jung last time, but this time seems a bit more intense.

“Oh, who do we have here? YouTube star Teacher Kang, how does it feel to become a star?”

I expected that the usually talkative Teacher Park wouldn’t stay quiet, and sure enough.

“Please stop teasing me. I was so surprised when I checked this morning that I couldn’t even eat properly.”

“It’s good to be famous. Why so shy? You’re secretly happy, right?”

“It’s just… Whatever. It’s not like I get any money or extra allowance just because there are a lot of views.”

If they’d give me a cut of the YouTube ad revenue, it might be different, but the school wouldn’t do that.

“Teacher Kang is too realistic.”

I’d rather it had failed completely. No, actually, if it had failed, people would have teased me about that too.

While dealing with Teacher Park and doing paperwork, the faculty meeting started.

Usually, only the grade leaders and vice principal attend, and the principal doesn’t participate, but today for some reason the principal was also present.

I wondered if it was because of YouTube, and it really was because of YouTube.

Throughout the meeting, there was nothing but praise about how good the response was.

Of course, the student council members and Teacher Min, who was in charge of editing, were also praised, but maybe because of the view count, I received a lot of praise, which was quite burdensome.

The practical subject teachers naturally had rather indifferent expressions.

Honestly, I’m not too pleased either.

Whether the views reach one million or ten million, as long as I don’t receive the ad revenue, there’s nothing that actually benefits me.

Rather than being a YouTube star that doesn’t pay, I’d prefer if the stocks I bought would rise.

After the meeting, I was about to head straight to the swordsmanship training hall when Teacher Min stopped me.

She said that showing some interaction with viewers would help increase subscribers, and asked me to pin a comment under the video.

They don’t share even one won of the ad revenue with me but ask me to do all sorts of things.

It was annoying, but I decided to write something quickly and then check my stocks at the training hall.

[Hello. This is Kang Shin-hyeok, 1st Hunter School teacher who appeared in the above video. Thank you for your positive feedback.]

“Ah, Teacher Kang, isn’t that too short? I think subscribers might find it a bit insincere…”

“I don’t really have much to say. Isn’t this enough communication?”

Teacher Min, I don’t have time to worry about this right now.

“But if it’s too insincere, it might be worse than not commenting at all, so I think it would be better if you wrote a bit more…”

Teacher Min probably doesn’t get incentives for increasing subscribers either, but having edited and uploaded it herself, she seems to have developed an attachment to it.

[Hello. This is Kang Shin-hyeok, 1st Hunter School teacher who appeared in the above video. I was just doing an interview at the student council’s request and had a duel with student Se-jin as we usually do in class, but suddenly receiving so much attention is a bit burdensome. Still, I’m happy to receive so many kind words from all of you. Thank you for your positive feedback. Please look kindly upon our prospective hunter school students and subscribe to the 1st Hunter School channel.]

“Is this enough?”

“The subscription request is a bit blatant, but it’s much better than before. I’ll post it right away and pin it for you.”

Really, I’m doing all sorts of things, I thought as I posted the comment.

After confirming it was pinned, I headed to the swordsmanship training hall, but my phone kept vibrating as replies kept coming in.

It was so noisy that I turned off the notifications and as soon as I arrived at the swordsmanship training hall, I launched the stock app.

The current time is 8:40 AM.

The stock market starts at 9:00 AM, but pre-market trading is already underway, causing prices to fluctuate up and down.

Fortunately, it’s rebounding a bit… No, why did it start to rise and then fall again?!

It already hit the lower limit yesterday…

Humanely speaking, if there’s a time for going down, there should also be a time for going up.

I couldn’t take my eyes off my phone, but at some point, it became a bit noisy outside.

It seems Group A students have arrived, and checking the time, it’s 8:45 AM.

Glancing out the window, it looks like all of Group A has arrived.

Usually, they all arrive around 8:55 AM, but today, for some reason, they’ve come up early.

SIGH, I wanted to keep watching, but it’s not like I have money to invest in water, and I can’t skip class, so I closed the app and went outside.

As soon as I came out, students crowded around me.

Probably because of YouTube, they started by saying they enjoyed the video, some wanting to have a duel with me, some asking if they could take pictures to show their friends, and some even asking for autographs.

In my original world, young people preferred YouTube to TV, and it seems the same here.

“Teacher, please give me ten copies.”

Jinsu, the rascal, handed me A4 paper and a marker pen with a smile.

What nonsense about ten copies.

“I don’t do autographs.”

“What? Then at least write your name for me.”

Kids, your teacher is struggling.

As if the stock situation wasn’t stressful enough, do you really have to do this?

SIGH… Alright. What fault is it of yours?

It’s all my fault.

My fault for treating you all like angels until now.

“Quiet. We’re going to stretch and then jog right away, so prepare for stretching formation with Lee Jin-su as the reference.”

“Teacher, it’s not time yet?”

“When our Jinsu graduates and gets employed at a guild, will he just stand by and watch if monsters escape from a portal and people are in danger during his off-duty hours?”

“Ah, no. I’d have to fight, of course.”

“So even though class time hasn’t started, since all students have arrived at the training hall like this, we can start the class, right?”

“No, something seems off… Teacher, there’s still more than 10 minutes left.”

Right. It’s a BS logic.

But I’m the teacher, and you are students.

“That’s right. Let’s not do that and take a picture together instead.”

“SSSHH, from now on, students who speak without the teacher’s permission will have to run three more laps. Jin-su is the reference!”

“Re-reference!”

“Spread out into stretching formation and individually stretch for 10 minutes.”

Everyone’s expression becomes a bit unpleasant… You kids, you brought this all upon yourselves.

Of course, there might be students who didn’t say anything and feel unjustly treated because class started 10 minutes early, but it can’t be helped.

Group living always involves collective responsibility.