Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 169

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 169

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 169

A Small Postscript (4)

Immediately after returning from the Otherworld to the original world.

The Seven Stars Academy was a mess.

Not a mess in the physical sense.

No, in some ways, the physical sense might also be valid.

“Damn it!! Where are the Mago [a type of powerful sorcerer or being] and their kind? The Otherworld is completely closed, but why aren’t they coming out?!”

Otherworld completion rate: 100%.

The honor bestowed upon those who changed the great destiny determined at the end of facing the destruction of a world and rewrote the ending was by no means insignificant.

This was why people dispatched from each guild were silently guarding their positions even though it was long past the time for the midterm exams to end.

But the Chairman was different.

The safety of the students?

Of course, that’s important.

However, just as there are those who do not hesitate to sacrifice the few for the sake of the many, the Chairman was concerned about the safety of all students and staff, but secretly intended to tear all the puppets who had infiltrated the Otherworld to death.

The Otherworld was cleared, and the connection between dimensions pushed everyone inside to the exit, spitting out students and instructors covered in blood, and then disappeared leisurely.

The space was closed forever.

This means only one thing.

“Did all the outsiders who went inside come out? Don’t be ridiculous, don’t be ridiculous! I know everything about the two people who secretly went in!!”

It means that all those who entered the Otherworld came out.

In other words, it means that the Mago and the wanted criminal caught on the video transmitted by the cameras attached to the students’ clothes slipped out unnoticed.

“Everyone who allowed their intrusion must be killed!”

“C, Chairman, please calm down. We are currently searching all CCTV and magic detection devices inside the site. It is a delicate device that can detect even the slightest magic wave, so we will be able to track the location soon.”

“Yes… Haa… Haa, I seem to be too excited. But what about the condition of the students and instructors?”

There is a way to track those slippery bastards.

At those words, the Chairman barely suppressed his burning anger.

The Seven Stars Academy, which had allowed the intrusion of the Mago about two months ago, suffered significant damage in terms of financial aspects and external image.

He didn’t want his reputation to be tarnished any further.

“All the students have suffered major injuries. It seems that they have been suffering from dehydration and other miscellaneous symptoms for a long time, but they will all be able to recover quickly if they recover in the infirmary for three or four days.”

“That’s a relief. That’s really a relief. By the way, I never thought I would see students clearing the Otherworld at the age of 17 in my sixty years of life in the world. As an old man in the education field, I have a new feeling.”

“Moreover, it is not just a village-level Otherworld, but is estimated to be a city-level. After carefully examining the videos sent from the students’ body cams, it seems that it was a double dungeon.”

“City level? Wow, that’s an unexpected harvest.”

The notation classified on the documents was only at the village level, but somehow the houses seen around seemed to be too wide.

The Chairman suspected that this was also the work of the red-haired Mago, the wanted criminal wearing a robe, and Simon.

Whether that’s true or not, only the people involved will know.

“If I catch the Mago later, I’ll have to tear them limb from limb and then ask them. What the hell did you do to the Otherworld? There are so many things I want to ask.”

“Then, how about asking the students first? More than half of the students have fainted from exhaustion, but there are still students who are not asleep. It would be a good idea to encourage them and ask about the situation.”

“Well, I’m against it.”

The large Chairman shook his head.

His face is always scary, so he is often misunderstood, but the Chairman’s serious expression like now was more rigid and scary than usual.

It was like watching a movie actor who would be remembered in a crime movie.

I know he’s not a bad person, but my body reacts.

“They are children who have suffered unnecessary damage due to our shortcomings and lack of virtue. Fortunately, everyone seems to have overcome the trials well, but they must have suffered all sorts of hardships because the difficulty was increased by the Mago’s schemes.”

“I see, I understand. Then, I will exclude all those who want to interview the students under the pretext of focusing on recovery.”

“Yes, let them heal all the wounds they suffered in the Otherworld. If possible, it would be even better if they were more energetic than before entering the Otherworld.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

“Ah, but what happened to the instructor who went in with the students? He was in charge of the supervisor’s role, and wasn’t he the most injured at the point when the variable occurred?”

In fact, the instructor was not the Chairman’s concern.

He is not a student who will widely promote the Seven Stars Academy, nor is he a professor who is the most important asset. Human resources that can be replaced as much as you want.

That was what the instructor was to the Chairman.

“B, Baek Seung-woo instructor, was it? He was from a special family and a disciple of Chief Professor Nam Hwa-yeon. Thanks to that, I barely remember his name and face.”

“Chairman, you usually don’t know the instructors well, do you? Even if you do, there would be many cases where you only know their names.”

“If his face was one that could be forgotten after seeing it once, that would have been the case.”

“Ah, I admit that.”

The appearance that makes anyone fall in love, regardless of gender or age, could not be forgotten.

Even the secretary who was taking care of the Chairman did not answer the Chairman’s words and just stared at his face when he first saw Baek Seung-woo’s face.

“Anyway, what is his situation now? I want to commend him for managing to bring all the students safely even in such a dangerous situation.”

“…That’s…”

“Tell me quickly without hesitation. Secretary Jang, you know I don’t like that, right?”

“He collapsed.”

“Huh…?”

What collapsed?

If it was due to fainting or fatigue, he would have explained it.

I’m worried because he only said he collapsed.

“Why… did he collapse.”

“T, that’s…”

“Tell me quickly.”

“He is unconscious. Excessive bleeding and fatigue that is estimated to have accumulated for several days are hindering treatment. The infirmary could not handle the level of treatment, so the infirmary teacher is directly transporting him to the university hospital for treatment.”

Things got annoying.

Even if Baek Seung-woo is the head of the Cheonho Baekga family [a powerful and influential family], everyone in the industry knows that he is in an unwelcome position.

However, the status of the Cheonho Baekga family is still strong among the citizens.

The position of the head of such a group is very high.

If the fact that the head of the family is in a coma is known, several problems will arise.

“…How is the situation a little?”

“Currently, his breathing is stable, but his immunity is… because the affected area was cauterized with fire to force it to heal!”

“Forget about that brat, what about the teacher in charge of the infirmary? Is there any legal problem if she, an outsider, treats the patient at the university hospital at will?”

“…”

From the beginning, that university hospital was owned by the Cheonho Baekga family, so there was no problem.

Seeing the Chairman sighing in relief at this, the secretary narrowed his brows.

I don’t know what the person I serve is thinking.

“…Prepare.”

“Shall I get you some coffee?”

“No, I meant prepare for the aftermath. I think… it’s ruined.”

“What do you mean…?”

“You’ll know if you wait a little longer.”

The secretary questioned the Chairman’s words.

However, he knows better than anyone else in the world that his intuition is frighteningly sharp because he has been watching it from the closest distance.

Surprisingly, the identity of the aftermath he mentioned could be known in just 5 minutes.

Knock, a guard who knocked on the door and entered.

The story he heard from him was shocking.

“…Wait a minute. What are you talking about.”

“Yes, Secretary Jang, I will tell you again. Currently, we cannot even estimate their location with all the CCTV and magic detection in the site.”

“Oh my god… We invested hundreds of millions in that facility, and you can’t even estimate it?”

“Damn it, it’s just as I expected.”

There was no other way to track them.

In the end, the Seven Stars Academy will be pointed out as a moron who allowed the intrusion of outsiders and failed to protect the safety of the students.

At least in the previous situation, they killed the mastermind.

This time, they couldn’t even do that.

The repercussions that would arise from this were impossible to predict.

I can’t help it. The Chairman, who sent the guard out, said.

“…We will create a hero today.”

“Yes, yes? What do you mean…?”

“I don’t know what kind of repercussions the created hero will bring. At least, since he was a famous thug, the repercussions will be enormous.”

Whether positive or negative.

To bury the story that the academy allowed the intrusion of outsiders, they put in a bigger firewood that people can be enthusiastic about.

The transformation of the thug head of the family who controls domestic and foreign capital.

Surely everyone will be enthusiastic.

The bigger the spark and the more delicious the bait, the more naturally the story related to the academy will be pushed to the back.

* * *

After the reunion with an old friend.

My consciousness was buried deep inside.

Not a metaphor or a joke, I really fell asleep deeply.

A depth that cannot be explained by simply falling asleep.

The reason for this was later found out to be due to sleeping pills after waking up.

Anyway, as if buried in the deep sea.

What woke me up from my deep sleep.

Ding!

It was the same mechanical sound as always.

As soon as I heard it, the sleeping pill energy and drowsiness disappeared at once.

[A large number of messages have been piled up without being output.]

[The target is currently in a state of “mental and physical weakness.” Reading it now is not recommended.]

[Would you still like to read it?]

…What was it, I’m not reading it now, you guys.

‘What am I supposed to read with blurry eyes?’

Perhaps because of the accumulation of several wounds, my eyes were quite dim.

Of course, there was no huge difference compared to before.

It was only that my vision had dropped a few levels compared to before.

I didn’t suffer blindness or damage equivalent to it.

“Just in case. It would be good to have glasses ready to wear when reading books.”

You can read messages slowly when you have time later.

I just want to rest now.

Without doing anything.

I want to lie down comfortably with my body stained with fatigue and pain.

Just like now.

But.

“This is not what I wanted…”

I have a strong desire to lie down and rest comfortably, but that doesn’t mean I want to rest forcibly with my arms and legs tied up.

Something is smeared all over my body.

The moment I checked ‘that’ which was dark red and stained with white in the middle, my eyes drew a crescent moon [expression of shock or disbelief].

No, what is this.

“…Damn it.”

I couldn’t help but swear.

Honestly, it wasn’t a situation where I couldn’t swear.

Don’t tell me all of this covering my body is a bandage?

Even with that, my arms and legs were tied up so I couldn’t move?

Oh my god.

‘I understand enough…’

Looking at the white color in the middle, it’s not a special bandage either.

Just a plain white bandage.

But that bandage was stained dark red.

At the end of the hospital room, the bandages presumed to have been used before, a tomb of cloth full of hardened blood, came into view.

The amount was so large that I wondered if the flesh that had not died from excessive bleeding long ago.

No, bandages and stuff are all good, but.

“Are you doing corpse embalming?”

Even the mummies of Egypt wouldn’t have wrapped bandages this hard.

Really.