Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 369

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – 369

Clue (4)

The process of a new researcher becoming a powerhouse in the Magic Tower wasn’t particularly difficult.

Overwhelming performance and knowledge. Add a little bit of sociability to that, and you can become a powerhouse in the Magic Tower in just two weeks, ignoring seniority.

“Researcher Su. Could you do this for me?”

“I don’t want to.”

“……Pardon?”

“I said I don’t want to.”

Of course, since I lack sociability, I compensated for it with even more overwhelming performance and knowledge.

Most of the papers I wrote were conducted in a way that created them for the first time in this world, and I occasionally reproduced and presented Nam Hwa-yeon’s papers as well.

As a result of creating thirty papers in just two weeks.

“Are you the madman who’s been causing a stir in the Magic Tower these days?”

I met the owner of the Magic Tower, the Tower Lord, without much difficulty.

“Yes, I’ve heard the news. You’ve written thirty papers in less than a month, when it usually takes a year to write just one.”

“It’s two weeks. Isn’t ‘less than a month’ too broad of an expression?”

“……Ah.”

The Tower Lord leaned back in his chair at my reaction.

The Tower Lord is the owner of the Magic Tower, and the Magic Tower is the center of this city. In other words, the Tower Lord is like the ruler who governs this city.

But seeing me so confidently saying such things in front of the Tower Lord, it seems like they brought someone in wrong.

Is the expression ‘madman’ not just figurative, but is this guy really crazy?

It was an intense first impression from the new recruit.

“Ahem, yes. A confident new recruit. Accurate calculations too, I see. In many ways, you’re clearly a talent suited for our Magic Tower.”

“Thank you for the compliment, Tower Lord.”

“However, that accurate calculation ability isn’t the driving force behind those thirty papers, is it?”

Logically, thirty papers don’t make sense, right?

The Tower Lord was suspicious of Seungwoo.

He was convinced that the contents of the papers were absurd, or that he had stolen someone else’s papers, or imitated already completed papers.

“Yes, that’s right.”

See, look at that!

He’s proudly admitting it himself…… Ah?

“……What?”

Eh? Why is he admitting it himself?

‘Shouldn’t you deny it to the end in this kind of situation?’

That’s what all the paper plagiarizers have done so far.

Something was strange, but the Tower Lord, who somehow moved on, cleared his throat and said.

“Anyway, if you admit it like that, there’s nothing I can do. I wouldn’t know if you denied it to the end. In the end, I’ll conclude your punishment from expulsion to resignation.”

“My calculation ability is not the driving force behind being able to write so many papers.”

“……That’s what you meant.”

The Tower Lord, who finally understood, nodded his head.

“But I couldn’t help it. My brain is so extraordinary that I couldn’t possibly produce papers at the same level as ordinary people.”

“That’s a bit harsh.”

“What can I do? It’s just that my abilities are outstanding.”

I said with an attitude as if it were obvious.

In fact, it wasn’t necessary to act like this, but in order to achieve results in a short period of time like now, it’s easier to establish a clear character.

A genius who is capable but arrogant.

That’s the image I chose for now.

Perhaps impressed by my image, the Tower Lord’s forehead was full of veins.

“……That arrogant attitude, it doesn’t even meet the minimum standard of attitude that a researcher and scholar should have. I can’t even understand how someone like you was selected through special recruitment.”

“You can’t understand? Then didn’t you even look at the problems I solved when I joined the company?”

“Why would I look at the problems a new researcher solved when they joined the company?”

“Then what about the papers? You must have looked at the papers at least.”

“Papers? I don’t have time to waste on plagiarized papers.”

Ah, I caught something.

With an expression as if it was going well, I sat diagonally on the chair, rested my elbow, and propped up my chin. The very epitome of arrogance.

With this posture combined with an arrogant expression.

A scene was created that even I would want to punch in the face.

Of course, the Tower Lord, who is watching this head-on, will feel even more so.

His hands must be itching so much that they’re almost tingling.

“Y, you dare to take such a posture in front of me……!”

The veins that popped out on his forehead spread throughout his body.

Just as his reason was fading, I casually spoke to him.

“Are you unhappy with my posture? Do you want me to fix it?”

“This is my space, and this tower is my domain. If a guest in your house showed such an arrogant attitude in front of you, would you be able to stand still?”

“In my house?”

It was a truly subtle question.

If someone else acted like me in my house, well.

It was difficult to answer the question.

Because I have to have guests come to my house to answer.

I don’t have many friends, and even most of them are dead, so there are no guests to come to my house.

“……I don’t know.”

I really don’t know.

Faced with a difficult question, I finally decided to return the words I had received.

It’s not because the Tower Lord’s question reminded me that there are few friends who will come to my house in my life.

“Since I don’t have anyone to come to my house, I don’t really know. Now, Tower Lord, since you asked me a question, I’ll ask you a question then.”

“W, wait a minute, you don’t have anyone to come to your house? Then does that mean you don’t even have one friend? Even in this dying city, there’s no one without a friend.”

“I have one friend, so leave that question at that.”

Now it was my turn to ask a question.

“You keep nitpicking about my papers. Are you saying that after reading them?”

“No, why would I read plagiarized papers……?”

“You’re saying you called my papers plagiarism and fraud without even reading them? That’s too much. You could at least read them once, couldn’t you?”

The Tower Lord retorted to that.

“No, logically speaking, where would I have the time to read thirty papers, each over 1,000 pages long…….”

“So you’re saying that you disparaged me without reading any of my papers! This is really too much. If you don’t feel a sense of guilt for pressuring me like this without even looking at such circumstances, then this is not even the basics of a scholar, let alone the Tower Lord,” I spat out.

It was the Tower Lord who eventually gave in to that vast verbal abuse.

Ding-dong!

The Tower Lord rang the bell in the room and ordered the person waiting outside to bring my papers.

“Yes, I’ll just read them! If I just read them!”

“Why are you so excited about just reading some papers.”

“Anyone who heard what you just said would be excited. Damn it.”

He really talks a lot.

The Tower Lord grabbed his head silently as if his head was ringing.

During the brief interruption of the conversation.

Knock knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

Judging from the sound of the footsteps, it was clear that it was the person who had just received the Tower Lord’s order.

It seems they’ve already brought the papers.

“Come in.”

“S, should I really go in?”

Hmm, something’s strange.

The person who brought the papers was the man who had been the Tower Lord’s butler for 10 years. As they had spent 10 years together and knew each other well, the Tower Lord had never heard him say such a thing.

“Then I’ll open the door.”

“W, wait a minute……!”

The Tower Lord’s cry was only for a moment.

Crash!

Not only the butler and the Tower Lord, but even I lost words at the spectacle of the bundles of paper falling to the floor.

“What is this?”

“It’s the papers.”

“Butler, I didn’t ask you.”

“It’s the papers.”

“No, how can you write so many papers that they pile up on the floor!”

The floor, decorated with luxurious carpets, was covered with white and black documents. It was even piled up like snow, not just covered.

By the way, even I, the author, think this amount is a bit much, could it be.

“Did you bring all the papers I wrote?”

“Yes. The order was to bring your papers, not a specific paper.”

“You’re such an inflexible person.”

It wasn’t my place to say, but anyway, that’s it.

“Now, you can read these papers.”

“Are you telling me to stay up for days and nights now?”

“No. You don’t have to go that far.”

Anyway, even if you read one or two.

No, even if you read half of them, someone like you wouldn’t be able to understand them.

I still acted with an arrogant expression and recommended the papers to him.

The Tower Lord, who came into contact with the papers in that way, finally shouted surrender after 30 minutes.

“Really in 2 weeks?”

“I wrote 30 of those.”

“Ah, no, why is this?”

If it’s 30, it’s more than the papers I’ve written in my life so far?

The Tower Lord was embarrassed, but as he was also a person who explored magic, he had no choice but to admit it. That his talent and ability were not even half as good as the arrogant guy in front of him.

“……Oh well, I don’t know. You just do everything.”

It is said that the Tower Lord, who was so frustrated, went down from the roof of the tower to the basement on his own.

It was said that no one had seen him on the upper floors of the tower since that day.

* * *

Now my own world has opened.

The title is clearly a new researcher, but my influence sways the entire tower─

“I heard that the research on the 77th floor has been stalled for 10 years. Is there anything I can help you with…….”

“I’ve heard the rumors about you, but our research is such a small-scale research. Please use your genius brain for other big research.”

─I couldn’t.

The door of the 77th floor of the Magic Tower, which Woojin had knocked on, closed.

“This isn’t it?”

I thought it would be my own world if there was no Tower Lord, but Seungwoo was slightly embarrassed by the reality that it wasn’t at all.

Just in case, I asked a little more seriously this time.

“Can I go to the 77th floor? If I join the research, efficient research will be possible. According to the 17th paper I made, the efficiency of magic power and the gradual amplification effect are not limited to theory, and it proves the stability enough to be used in practice right away. I have created various other papers and theories besides this. I think it would be a great help for me to participate in your research.”

Of course, it was rejected this time too.

‘Hmm, what should I do?’

Is it because the character of the arrogant genius is so strongly established that everyone is avoiding me?

But if it wasn’t for this kind of character, I wouldn’t have been able to write 30 papers, get the support of other scholars, and push the Tower Lord head-on.

I don’t regret choosing this character.

‘It’s a little difficult like this.’

The structure Seungwoo wanted was not like this.

It was something where people gathered a little more to the arrogant personality and the amazing genius that supported it.

Should I change the character a little?

At that time, seriously considering.

“Excuse me! Is it possible to visit the Magic Tower?”

A lifeline came down from the sky.

Seungwoo’s students who can be recognized just by listening to their voices.

Seungwoo slightly changed his face with magic and opened the front door of the Magic Tower wide to greet the students.

“Welcome. Are you the ones who are trying to visit the Magic Tower?”

Students with familiar faces.