I, too, hope that student death was a fakeout.
I'm already salty from having that pointless cartel arc, with gimmick-power villains. Having an obviously evil professor who thinks like a Chinese character isn't my cup of tea for shit at all.
Once again: Just focus on the MAGIC PART of the MAGIC SCHOOL ARC. What's the point of having a star-child MC, who only chases people with a sword for a couple of arcs now? Fuck.