Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 191

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 191

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 191

The Slave Market (1)

If there’s one place in Chilseong that’s truly quiet,

It would be the infirmary.

Unless it’s a fierce struggle during midterms, finals, or performance evaluations, students with superhuman recovery abilities rarely visit the infirmary.

“You again. What is it this time, can’t see out of your eyes?”

“Even if my body is weak, I don’t periodically become crippled and come back.”

Because of that, the school nurse, Chaehwa, remembered most of the faces of those who came to the infirmary. It’s easy to memorize since there aren’t many people.

It’s usually just the same people coming anyway.

As the regular customer arrived, Chaehwa took out various items.

Most of them were equipment used for surgery.

The reason why such equipment is in the academy is…

Because sometimes people who need such equipment appear.

For a student or teaching assistant to be seriously injured and come to the infirmary means they have suffered an injury that superhuman recovery can’t handle. In other words, surgery is usually necessary.

And this year, only I was like that.

“When you come to the infirmary, the infirmary enters at least a quasi-emergency state. If you have the mental capacity or energy to contact me, please call before coming to the infirmary. That way, I can prepare in advance.”

“If it’s really a big deal, there’s no way I can contact you, and if there’s nothing wrong, isn’t it a nuisance to contact you?”

“That’s true. But if I prepare in advance when you come, I feel more at ease. Do you know how hard it is for me to prepare in a hurry every time you come?”

“…….”

A look that said it was really hard.

That was genuine, without a hint of falsehood.

I felt a strong urge to contact her in advance, even if it was just out of guilt.

“So, what’s the matter today? If it’s not a broken right arm or shattered organs, then what…”

Do I have a terminal illness?

Haha, at the sound of her loud laughter, my shoulders tensed up without me realizing it.

Well, she probably knows about my physical condition.

I felt a strange sense of gratitude that she asked in such a roundabout way instead of asking directly.

“It’s nothing like that. I was just wondering if you might be interested in a side job.”

“A side job? I’m already getting paid just for lazing around in the infirmary. I don’t have any intention of doing anything more here.”

“Ten billion per dungeon.”

“Too little.”

“……Excuse me?”

How did she know what I was going to ask for and say it’s too little?

What I need from Chaehwa isn’t that difficult or complicated.

“I just need you to heal during dungeon raids.”

“It should be at least 2 billion per dungeon. Don’t you know my old worth… Are you planning on entering a dangerous dungeon?”

“Well, it won’t be completely safe.”

Chaehwa, realizing something was wrong, suddenly asked a question.

A dungeon with that body?

I know your physical condition?

“……Do you want to die?”

“I don’t particularly have any attachment to life, but I don’t plan on dying yet. I have to live as much as I can.”

“Good. Include me.”

When I tried to ask Chaehwa about the amount, she waved her hand.

“I don’t need the money.”

“Excuse me?”

She said 1 billion per dungeon was too little.

Now she’s saying she won’t take any at all.

But she’s saying it meaningfully.

“You don’t need the money?”

“I don’t feel right taking money from emergency patients. I’ll volunteer for free.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t intend to hire you for a one-time thing. I want to ask you to accompany me on a dungeon at least once a month.”

“Okay, then just think of it as volunteering regularly once a month.”

Free volunteer work.

It sounds good.

Even if you have a lot of money, it’s good to save if you can.

But I shouldn’t. I knew how to distinguish between situations where I could save money and situations where I couldn’t.

Now was definitely not a situation where I should save money.

“Thank you for your words. But I am now proposing recruitment to you as the leader of a group. I appreciate your willingness to volunteer without pay, but if that happens, I will not be able to trust you.”

“The point?”

“I will send 2 billion won to your account every time we enter a dungeon.”

“If you want, let’s do that. My goal isn’t money anyway.”

Thump.

She pushed my chest with her finger.

Clearly, the strength Chaehwa put into her finger was very weak by player standards, but I couldn’t resist and was pushed back.

“Light. You don’t even have the stamina to withstand my finger.”

“That’s mostly the case with those who have become crippled due to accidents. What do you want from me?”

“For you to live a long life.”

“……That’s a difficult request for me.”

“That’s why I said I’d follow you. If there’s no one to support you by your side, I feel like you’ll collapse helplessly someday. As a former doctor, I can’t just stand by and watch a patient go down a path to death.”

At least if the patient doesn’t come out of the path to death.

I have no choice but to accompany them.

“How altruistic.”

“Not really? I’m doing it because I like it. Instead of altruistic, wouldn’t you call it ethical?”

“If that’s ethics, then all the morals in the world are dead.”

“Well, I guess so. Then let’s just say I’m an altruistic person.”

We laughed and talked.

It felt good to laugh comfortably for the first time in a while.

After all, people like her are not a common sight.

Personally, she was the type of person I felt a great liking for. I had a feeling that I would be with this person for a long time, in a different sense than with Mugung.

“So, when is the first subjugation [dungeon raid]?”

“This weekend.”

“What?”

Usually, when a guild forms a team, they set up a team of at least five to twenty people. Then, they select one team leader to manage them.

After that, they determine the amount of supplies to be provided, search for and bid on the dungeon to enter, and receive the documents that must be officially sent to the association stating that they will attack.

Because of that, when attacking a dungeon as a team, not as an individual.

It takes at least 1 to 2 weeks.

But I’m okay.

[「Ninetail」 Special Task Force Team Leader, Baek Seungwoo.]

The business card in my hand symbolizes the team leader of the largest and best guild in the country.

I don’t care about troublesome processes.

They’ll take care of it, I guess.

* * *

I’ve recruited two people with this.

One is a master of healing with excellent skills, and the other is a forced loyal dog who can’t betray me, even if his skills are a little lacking.

Now there are two spots left.

One spot could be secured without difficulty.

“I need you to do some work.”

“If it is the order of the Lord, I will gladly comply.”

Baek Eunho saluted me and spoke stiffly.

His actions are too proper.

It’s been a long time since he was discharged from the military, but he still hasn’t lost his military habits.

“Then, if we fill just one more person with this. There’s no suitable talent.”

“Considering that you expect the elders to check you, you have to recruit someone who will never betray you.”

“Should I take Yerin?”

“Are you referring to student Seo Yerin?”

Shin Chang, Seo Yerin.

She’s a kid I’m particularly concerned about among the students I teach.

Isabel is a special relationship because she’s my ex-fiancée, and Leeji is concerned because her growth is slower than expected.

Is it because Yerin is a reflection of my childhood?

I just wanted to treat her well.

In fact, I’m working hard to raise her as my knight, and I was planning to teach her all the swordsmanship I learned soon.

“If I’m going to raise her strongly, it might not be bad for me to coach her from the beginning.”

“Well, I have a slightly different opinion.”

“What’s different? Speak comfortably.”

In fact, I had a lot of concerns about using Yerin.

In that case, I wanted to hear Baek Eunho’s opinion.

“If she learns everything from swordsmanship to actual combat, will she be able to skillfully overcome sudden situations?”

“……Hmm.”

“And she is a bud that will bloom brilliantly in the future. If she participates in a place like this, she may be frowned upon by the elders of the main family and the guild. That would hinder the student’s growth.”

“That’s true too. That’s a valid answer.”

Those were the disadvantages I had thought of.

Baek Eunho pointed it out again, so it seems difficult to bring the students to my team.

I had to create a separate team to operate outside.

Then who would be a suitable talent?

At that moment when I was seriously thinking.

Baek Eunho raised his hand.

“Then, Lord, why don’t you raise talent instead?”

“Raise? Like the students?”

“You can see that it is quite different from the children you are watching over now. Do you think you can put the students you have raised so far into the front lines?”

“No, never.”

If I put them in, they won’t last a week and die.

It’s obvious without looking.

“If that’s the case, it’s better to deal with criminals or death row inmates who can be used recklessly. They don’t have to worry about death.”

“What if I teach children who can return alive even if they are sent to the battlefield from the beginning?”

“……Is there such a talent?”

“Of course. Their talent doesn’t match the main or supporting roles in the academy, but their survival skills will please you.”

If there is such a person.

Please.

“I want to have them under my command.”

“Do you have funds that you have laundered in advance?”

“Well, I’ve set it up so that there’s enough money left even if I make impulsive purchases.”

“Very good! As expected, you are thorough. It seems like a good idea to go to the market together, which opens for a week starting today.”

Market?

I don’t know what you suddenly want to say.

I had no idea why I needed the laundered funds, or why it would be good to go to the market that opens for a week.

“Is that related to the talents you mentioned?”

“Yes, of course.”

“Then let’s go to the market.”

“I will take you there immediately.”

I got into the car that Baek Eunho was driving.

He doesn’t drive the car as smoothly as a chauffeur, but he drives quite fast.

However, despite driving quite fast, I frowned at the long-distance driving that lasted more than 4 hours.

‘Where are you going?’

It seems like we’re going to recruit someone who works at the market.

It seemed to be in a deep rural area.

After reading two books in the car for another 2 hours, I was able to step on the ground.

“……Did we arrive?”

“Yes, Lord. We have arrived. I will take you inside.”

“No, I don’t want an escort, I just didn’t know that a ‘market’ was a place like this.”

“Didn’t you know?”

“Who in the world would think of a black market when they hear the word market?”

We are now in the black market.

In the slang of this place, it’s called the ‘slave market.’

An excessively explicit expression.

……Does this have any value as slang?