Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 227

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 227

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 227

Summer Vacation (2)

Summer vacation began, and the academy momentarily lost its vitality amidst the scorching summer heat. It would be over a month before the students returned, around the end of summer.

When that time comes, the school trees would be tinged with red, gradually welcoming autumn, and the academy would once again be bustling with the students’ energy.

“Finally, today’s the day. If we leave in an hour, we should have plenty of time to catch our flight.”

─Am I finally leaving this tiresome country today? I want to visit that strangely named city, Paris.

“You’re excited about the strangest things. Did you want to see other countries that badly?”

─Hehe, of course. I’ve been confined to the East in both life and death.

Baekmyeon Geummo [White-Faced Golden Hair]. Said to have a hundred faces, she had over a hundred names to match.

Tamamo, the name I mainly used to call her, was a prime example, along with names like Daji and Hwayang Buin [a legendary Chinese concubine and a Korean royal title, respectively]. Among her names were several that seemed Korean, but most included Chinese characters.

There wasn’t a single name that seemed Western.

From this, I could infer that, for whatever reason, she, who had lived for at least thousands of years, had never set foot on Western soil.

“Can I ask why?”

─You don’t think you’re getting that for free, do you?

“……Never mind, forget it. I’ll just not ask.”

It didn’t seem like an important story, and it wasn’t worth making a deal to hear.

I turned away from her. Tamamo shouted something from behind at my firm reaction, but I completely ignored it.

While letting Tamamo’s words flow through my ears, I packed my luggage and organized my thoughts.

‘The family’s movements and the elders are all heading to the cave. Even if only a week passes, there may be those who turn their eyes away from the cave, so now is the perfect time.’

A rumor was slowly spreading in the industry.

In response, a fearless new guild, trying to confirm the truth, entered the cave and was annihilated. Even though it was a new guild, it wasn’t small in number.

The sudden death of hundreds of players turned South Korea upside down.

After a thorough investigation by the three S-class guilds in the country, it was determined that the inside of the cave was an S-class or higher dungeon that had caused a dungeon break after a long time. No one dares to enter the cave yet, but that will only be for a moment.

The moment rumors and sufficient evidence that there is treasure in the cave swirl around the industry, true chaos will come.

Calculating that there would be enough time until then, I locked my suitcase. I’ve packed everything I need to take to Europe.

I informed my partners, like Mugung and Baek Eunho, that I would be leaving soon.

Now, all that’s left is to depart.

But.

‘Is it okay to leave without saying anything to the students?’

The students who would be left unattended suddenly came to mind. They weren’t pets, and there was no reason to worry about them over every little thing.

In particular, my qualification as a temporary teacher was revoked along with my temporary professorship as summer vacation began.

Now, I have no relationship with those students.

Of course, I could teach them knowledge or skills, but there would be no need to practice together at specific times. However, the students’ circumstances would be different. Their relationship, which had grown stronger during this opportunity, would complement each other and surely guide them to higher levels.

Before the vacation, I sent them reports with training methods tailored to their individual growth levels, which would be good to practice during the summer vacation.

“When I think about it carefully, I’ve done everything I need to do.”

Now, all that’s left is to wait for the fruit to ripen.

The young saplings I put so much effort into.

Hoping that the fruit growing at the ends of their branches would be sweet, I prepared to nurture the next saplings and the moment when the fruit would ripen.

“Erzebet.”

“……Did you call me?”

“Did you pack all your luggage?”

“……Yes, I packed it with Alal.”

Alal?

What is that bizarre name?

“I roughly know what it means, but could it be…….”

“……My younger sibling. Because they were born from an egg, Alal.”

“Oh, I see. It’s intuitive, so it’s a name that sticks in your head as soon as you hear it.”

“……Right?”

I should visit a famous naming center as soon as I get back from Europe.

At this rate, the baby’s name might become Alal.

I need to come back quickly.

“Now, let’s hold hands and walk to the airport together.”

“……Okay!”

Click!

I opened the door and held Erzebet’s hand.

The warmth unique to a small child was felt in my left hand. My body temperature, which had achieved a high level of [Flame Magic], was by no means low, but this warmth was quite special.

‘It’s warm.’

It was a strange sensation.

As a side note, the baby was transported in a stroller.

I could have just carried her, but the baby, who was not even a month old, walked very well. As a remarkable baby born from an egg, her leg muscles were far more developed than her peers.

But her head.

To be exact, her cognitive abilities were similar to those of her peers, so she put everything in her mouth and caused trouble here and there.

‘The problem is not just putting it in her mouth, but crushing it.’

As if proving that she was destined to be born as a dragon.

The baby’s teeth were dense and sharp.

Even her chewing power was so great that she broke and ate everything she put in her mouth. Among them were expensive items, mechanical devices, and jewels.

The digestive abilities of the baby, who should have been born as a dragon, seemed to digest even those things. She excreted them very coolly through her bowel movements.

‘No matter how much her appearance is that of a human baby, how can I see this as a human?’

I’m not criticizing her behavior.

It is a very natural and obvious behavior for a baby to put something in her mouth. However, the ability to easily break machines and excrete them through the digestive system proved over and over again that the baby’s body was not human.

Then, if you ask whose body it is.

“……Dragon.”

Thump, thump─!

The sound of a heart beating violently.

Along with it, a large amount of magic power spreading throughout the baby’s body. The magic power, which even felt overwhelming for a moment, was the heart that only dragons possessed.

The exclusive property of the 「Dragon Heart」.

‘The exterior is human, but the interior, including the internal organs, is all dragon’s, right?’

It wouldn’t have a negative impact on the baby, but it wasn’t very pleasant information from my point of view.

‘It seems that the dragon, who should have been born as a symbol of disaster itself, was born into this world as a Yongsaeng Guja (龍生九子) [one of the nine dragon-like creatures in Chinese mythology, often depicted as having different forms and abilities] in human skin, because it was influenced by the appearance of me and Erzebet, who took care of it around the egg.’

A half-baked dragon.

The legend that dragons master the truth of the world as soon as they are born and naturally use magic as they breathe was shoved into one side of my head as I watched the baby sucking on a pacifier.

What useless knowledge.

‘I have no idea how this baby will grow up.’

A disaster born in human form under the influence of me and Erzebet.

No one could have predicted what kind of butterfly effect it would cause. Even Eve, the original author of the novel, wouldn’t know.

This world was already far from her novels and folklore.

Hoping that this action I am taking now will lead to a bright future, I boarded the plane that was taking off.

* * *

A country in Europe.

Men with considerable bulk and rough faces were huddled together in a dark room, barely relying on a single light.

The atmosphere was quite grim, reminiscent of a prison or interrogation room, but this was not exactly such a place.

“How’s the grand plan going?”

“How do you think, Boss? Their resistance is too strong. Especially in urban warfare, we can’t withstand their attacks. The assistance and support of the citizens living in the area were also difficult to ignore.”

“Then we should have crushed the entire city, even if it meant massacring all the civilians!”

That doesn’t mean that those gathered here are good people who haven’t been to prison or interrogation rooms. They just haven’t been caught by the authorities.

They were definitely trash.

“Wipe them all out right now…… No, never mind. First, recover the 「Heart of Anemone」. My daughter’s life that was captured by them is the next thing to worry about.”

“But Boss, right now, Miss…….”

Bang!

The rough man called Boss slammed the table, and the sturdy table collapsed. At the same time, a loud noise brushed the ears of the people in the room.

“Her life is not important. Recover the heart first. As for my daughter’s life, she has to survive on her own because she was caught while doing something stupid.”

A situation that seemed to be going in many complicated ways.

Right then.

The door opened, and a small, frail boy came into the room and whispered something in the ear of the man called Boss.

A voice that could not be heard no matter how much the hearing was enhanced with magic.

The people, realizing that the Boss had intentionally adjusted the boy’s voice so that it would not leak out, quietly stared at the Boss and the boy.

How much time had passed?

Around the time the boy’s mouth closed.

“Hahaha! That’s very good news. Bin, you can go back now.”

“Yes, I understand…….”

“Now, everyone, don’t worry! To solve this, the 『Nobles of Paradise Lost』 have decided to come directly from across the distant sea.”

There was a murmuring sound at that moment.

Most people looked very confused. The man in the black suit, who regained his senses the fastest, asked the Boss.

“But…… weren’t they buried on a deserted island?”

“That’s why I said ‘distant sea,’ didn’t I?”

Deserted island.

Literally an uninhabited island, it was absurd that a specific island would be left undeveloped in this world where magic and martial arts were developed.

With magic, any remote island can be reclaimed.

If you want to reclaim it while preserving the natural ecosystem, that is also possible with magic. Therefore, the word deserted island does not exist in this world.

Land or islands where no one lives.

Because they no longer exist.

There are no more deserted islands in this world. However, in order for someone to come from a deserted island, they have no choice but to come from a deserted island in another world. The 『Nobles of Paradise Lost』 are such a group.

The island of the dead buried deep in the ground.

And the cemetery where things that are not human in the first place are tied up.

Beings who were sealed in a space called a deserted island isolated from the world and then crossed over to this world.

Their existence disappeared 100 years ago.

But at this moment.

Their existence was mentioned in this group centered around the man called Boss. They instinctively sensed it.

That the world and society would change with them as the starting point.

And the starting point.

It would be a meeting that took place in a city in Germany.