Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 159

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 159

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 159

The Teacher’s Grace is Easily Forgotten (4)

“Damn it. How can you expect me to stay still after seeing that?!”

“Chairman, please just stay put. We’ve lifted all the barriers blocking the interdimensional space, but the movements of the demons still inside are unknown.”

“That monster coming out is unknown enough!”

The Great Hall was now silent.

It wasn’t because there were fewer people.

Everyone understood the gravity of the situation and knew to keep quiet.

“…….”

Even Ohmi of , who was usually so boisterous, was silent.

“Oh my, it’s the first time I’ve seen Ohmi-nim [term of respect] so quiet.”

“……Honestly, I’d like to speak my mind freely. But the atmosphere is too heavy.”

“Well, yes. After all, the safety of the students is at stake, and furthermore, the descendants and heads of noble families. It’s a matter of the academy’s survival.”

“……Is it really that serious?”

“Of course.”

It was past 12 AM.

There was a good reason why the guild representatives, who usually clamored for on-time departures, were silently staying put.

“Do you know who the students who went in there are?”

“Um… Oh, I know our representative is a teacher and supervisor. Ah! I think I just saw Valkyrie’s granddaughter on the screen.”

“It’s not ‘I think,’ she’s been on there the whole time. Even the young master of the Jecheon Seongga [one of the Nine Heavens Families] and the granddaughter of the Divine Spear are there.”

“They’re all daughters and granddaughters of powerful figures.”

“That’s why it’s a problem that those kids are involved.”

Two members from the influential Gucheon Sega [Nine Heavens Families] are in there right now.

Baek Seung-woo, the head of the Cheonho Baekga [Thousand Lake Baek Family], would have his death used by other elders and siblings even if he died.

But Isabel of the Sirius family is the rightful heir who is loved by everyone.

If something were to happen to her, the Seven Stars Academy would be doomed from that day on.

“……It’s going to be difficult.”

“Furthermore, if the fact that a demon appeared in the video being broadcast in the Great Hall spreads, ordinary reporters and broadcasters will latch onto it. It’s a shame; if we did well, we could have created a weakness for the chairman and shaken him up.”

Well, to prevent that in advance, the chairman confiscated all electronic devices, including cell phones and cameras, from everyone involved.

“Huh? Were we not supposed to tell?”

“……Pardon?”

“When they told me to submit my cell phone earlier, I secretly hid it in my subspace.”

“A-Are you serious……?”

No, even if she managed to hide her cell phone in the face of the chairman’s imposing manner, who threatened to submit cell phones, cameras, and laptops without a word.

Didn’t the ‘Demon King’ examine all the pockets and personal spaces and confiscate electronic devices without exception?

I wonder why only Ohmi’s cell phone wasn’t confiscated.

“That’s great. Then, if you secretly film the video being broadcast in the Great Hall and use it as leverage in negotiations with the chairman later, you’ll definitely get a promotion……!”

“Ah, I already uploaded it.”

“……Pardon?”

What did she just say?

Already uploaded it.

What? Where did she upload it to? For a moment, my mind went blank, but I quickly understood what she meant.

“I secretly filmed the video and uploaded it to SNS [Social Networking Service]. Ah, I secretly checked it 5 minutes ago, and the reaction is amazing. It hasn’t even been an hour, but it’s easily more than 10 times the usual number of comments and likes.”

“…….”

We’re doomed.

Perhaps Ohmi, the ‘Fifth Tail,’ the guild’s star representative, and her secretary, myself, will not be able to avoid reprimands and disciplinary actions from above.

It’s only natural since a guild executive dropped a bomb on their own.

And before that, I might get beaten to a pulp by the chairman.

You can confirm how serious he is about the academy by the budget he invests every year.

Ha, this is driving me crazy.

How can there be such a crazy person in the world?

Besides, I’m so ashamed that he’s my boss.

* * *

A street filled with corpses.

My stomach felt bloated just from looking at it, but I couldn’t throw up.

“……Hyung [older brother/male friend].”

“…….”

Even the children who seemed to have lived in this city for a long time closed their eyes tightly or didn’t shed tears when they saw the corpses.

How could they, who were outsiders from outside the world, do that?

These are even children.

Even the students, including myself, may not be much different from other children to others.

These children are immature kids who look like they’re just transitioning from middle school to elementary school. What can you do in front of such children?

“It’s terrible.”

“……I didn’t know. If I had known the reverse side of the world was like this, I would never have come, even for the sake of my grades.”

“……Yeah, I agree.”

As too terrible a sight continued to unfold, even students with strong stomachs and solid mental strength had no choice but to turn their heads.

“But do you know where those two kids are?”

“What kids? Didn’t we bring them all?”

“The siblings. The kids the teacher saved.”

Ah, if it’s those siblings, they’re definitely following Sung Yeon-hwa… aren’t they?

“What, where did they go? Yeon-hwa, weren’t they following you?!”

“Yes? I was holding these little babies like this?”

“Then where are they? I remember being together when we came out of the underground!”

“……There’s too much magic mixed everywhere, so it’s hard to track them well.”

“How can so many things go wrong all day long?”

The students suddenly became urgent.

It was only after the teacher crashed into a house in the distance and a huge mountain range collapsed for an unknown reason, causing a landslide, that they realized the location of the siblings.

Unnecessary obstacles flew away due to the huge impact, and Noh Yoo-ra, who did not miss the gap, made full use of her tracking skills to realize where the siblings were.

So the students ran there.

They couldn’t think of escaping the reverse side of the world in the gap where the giant monster’s nerves were frayed due to the landslide.

Just the virtues as a player that I had heard so much about at the academy.

All the focus was on saving lives.

Truly heroic actions that are hard to believe for a 17-year-old.

That is why they will be the main characters of this world in the distant future.

The professors and outside figures who shared all the situations with the body cam attached to the students’ uniforms also felt that these children were different.

It wasn’t just that achieving the minimum goal of clearing the reverse side of the world was special.

Of course, that’s great too.

What’s even more amazing is that even in a potentially dangerous situation, they move so selflessly to save a mere NPC [Non-Player Character] who only has the shape of a human.

That fact was the most amazing.

“Hey, I found the kids here. Their legs are completely stiff, not because they’re nervous, but because the author did something to them?”

“How is it? Can you take them and run away?”

“How far are you talking about? You know it’s impossible in the world we lived in. These kids are eventually… tied to this land.”

“I know that too. I just want to do our best within the scope of what we can do as students of the academy.”

“Then it’ll be that village from the first day.”

“I’ve been in this city all along, so I don’t know what the village you guys are talking about is. Noh Yoo-ra, can you play the role of a guide?”

The students tried to run away as much as possible, taking only the surviving children with them.

It was selfishness that originated from the young heart that knew they couldn’t be saved, but hoped they would live even a day or an hour longer.

They chose to sacrifice even though they knew it was meaningless. It was nothing more than a selfish and foolish occurrence.

Cutting them out without a word and running away to a safe place just among ourselves went against the mindset of a prospective player.

However, even such ideas were confronted with repeated variables.

“Hey, the teacher’s here?!”

“What? Why is that guy, no, the teacher, there?!”

“I don’t know. But there’s a lot of blood flowing, and he seems to have fainted?”

“Is he breathing?!”

“Be quiet! You’re too loud, I can’t hear his pulse!!”

“If his pulse is buried in my voice, it means it’s very weak!! Seo Yerin, can I ask you, as the leader, to help him recover?”

“……This level of bleeding…… It’s hard to recover right away, but temporary measures are possible.”

“That’s enough. Then I’ll have to buy time for minimal treatment. I’ll somehow tie up that monster’s feet by myself. I’ll leave the kids and that guy to you guys.”

Isabel, using her position as leader, gave orders to her team members.

Without accepting any objections, she headed straight for the area near the mountain range that had struck Jormungandr.

Meanwhile, I woke up with a faint consciousness.

It was partly because it was too noisy, but my mind was forcibly awakened by the judgment that it was getting dangerous.

‘……My body is getting colder and colder.’

The 「Solar Meridian Blockage」 I’m suffering from is a disease caused by a huge amount of Yang energy.

The fact that my body, which should always be warm or hot, is gradually getting colder was by no means a good sign.

I really overworked my body hard.

But despite my overwork, the giant Jormungandr seemed to be still intact and roared.

Even though his movements were restricted, he seemed capable of destroying a city right away.

‘Yes, that must be your role.’

Sometimes life is like a cogwheel or a movie scenario with a fixed path.

You are bound to be dragged around by a huge will that you cannot resist.

But one shining girl was not still.

……Yes, it’s that girl.

“Isabel.”

A beautiful girl with radiant blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed to contain the blue sky held lightning in both hands.

The intense light emanating from the lightning became Isabel’s weapon.

Without any hesitation.

She wields magic for the sake of the already dead who she doesn’t even know.

‘……She is.’

My teacher.

And the path my teacher has taken.

Isabel was walking proudly on the path that I also wanted to walk, but ended up wandering and forgetting.

There is no confusion or hesitation in her gait or conduct. It’s not because she restrained and burned unnecessary emotions like me.

“If half of your body is cut off, just die already!! You’re going to kill even the few people left in the city because of you!!”

It was because she didn’t care about such things.

She accepted even the NPCs that I defined as not human as people to protect.

I don’t want to argue about differences in perception or morality.

It’s just that I feel quite proud of the way she confidently does what I couldn’t do.

‘She’s strong.’

She’s a really strong girl.

She’s a sparkling person who is not suitable for ‘my’ fiancée in many ways.

Well, that’s why we broke off the engagement.

Isabel fired several large-scale magic spells.

When there was no significant change in the monster’s movements even after firing about ten high-level magic spells, she unleashed the largest and most certain number she could unleash.

Churururuk─!

The light decomposes.

The three primary colors lost their radiance, and what remained in their place was a black sea reminiscent of a sticky tar river.

「Proximity to Black Ink」

Isabel’s signature move that returns everything to black.

‘Has the area become more solid than before?’

Light is a versatile medium in magic.

It can be anything.

It can do anything.

The characteristics and skills to handle such light are extremely rare.

Moreover, there are even fewer magicians who engrave such light in their own minds and develop it into an area.

“……Who’s the teacher and who’s the student.”

My depth of knowledge is higher.

But her realm is more mature than mine.

The black sea drew in the sea dragon.

As if this is where you should be.

The sea dragon, which resisted greatly, could not easily refuse the call of the sea.