Ludger Cherish/Synopsis

## Summary

   At the beginning of the novel, Rudiger assumes a fake identity as an old man. However, because of an attack done by the Liberation Army, his mask is destroyed and his original appearance is revealed. Because the police are sent to interrogate him, he cannot run away and forge a new identity, so he is forced to take on the identity of the original Rudiger, who was killed by one of the suicide bombers during the attack.

Since the original Rudiger's role was a professor, he is forced to also act as a professor in order to avoid suspicion. At first, the protagonist is pleased to hear that the original Rudiger did not have family, but later realizes it is because the identity was made up to be easy to fake. Rudiger later meets Selinda and realizes that the identity of the original Rudiger that he assumed belonged to a secret society called Black Dawn.

At first, Rudiger tries to make himself seem like a harsh professor who will give the students a hard time in passing their classes, and he also opens his class to first years in an attempt to make fewer people to join his course. However, the plan backfires due to the competitive nature of Theorn Academy's students, and Rudiger's class ends up completely full. Rudiger ends up teaching magic that had never been seen before, making him the most popular professor among students. The magic that is taught is based on Rudiger's knowledge from his first life.

While being a professor at Theorn, Rudiger does more behind the scenes than teach. Throughout the series, Rudiger tries to father information on the Black Dawn, while simultaneously trying not to be discovered by both the society and the academy as a fraud. The first First Order he meets is Esmeralda, who he tries to find the identity of and works to dispose of. Additionally, he starts his own business in the city, which is meant to help commoners and change some of the desolate streets of the city.

## Detailed Plot Synopsis

### To the Empire's Capital

Rudiger starts by recounting his past life. He states that when most parents wanted their children to be doctors or lawyers, his mother wanted him to become a shaman. His mother states that all kinds of deities were looking over him, so he had no choice to, but Rudiger was defiant and worked even harder at school instead of listening to his mothers' words. While he was taught theology from his mother, he studied hard to be a doctor instead. Rudiger's mother warned him that becoming a shaman was the only option, or else he'd experience a disaster one day, but he was adamant in ignoring her. Then, just as he was about to take his first steps into society, he died in a disaster—a car crash. Surprisingly, he was reborn again and all the words his mother said to him proved to be true. He then reveals that his job in his second life was to teach at an academy of magic.

In the next scene, Rudiger boards the train while wearing a face camouflage mask, disguised as an old man. He sits in cabin 403, the third cabin in the fourth car. It is revealed that he is going to the capital of the Exileon Empire. In between that journey, there were two other stops, one of which was Leathevelk, the home of the Theorn Magic Academy. Rudiger tells himself that it has nothing to do with him, which is foreshadowing. The train almost departs, and Rudiger wonders if he was going to be in the train car alone, when a second man appears.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Episode 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 1