Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 184

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 184

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 184

The Theory of Evil Nature (4)

Early morning the next day.

Four people entered an empty factory a little away from the academy.

Each with different characteristics, including age and gender, they slowly looked at each other. It was then that I stepped forward.

“Everyone, you’re here 30 minutes earlier than the scheduled time.”

“Disciple, did you call these people?”

“Yes, they are among the best doctors and artisans I know.”

The blueprint Nam Hwa-yeon sent me the day before.

Beneath the long, difficult sentences and drawings were the minimum requirements to digest this process.

Skilled master craftsmen and doctors knowledgeable about the human body.

Guya Ja and Chaehwa teacher were the people who met those conditions.

“By the way, who are you all?”

“How did you get here, Elder?”

“Me? That rascal is paying me with money, so I had no choice but to come. If it weren’t for my circumstances, I would have quit right away.”

“Ahahaha…….”

Chaehwa scratched her head at Guya Ja’s words.

She was a nice person, but after exchanging a few words with Guya Ja, she realized he had a tiring personality.

“It’s the first time the four of us have gathered like this.”

“Not only four, but I don’t think there have ever been three or more people in this place.”

“I guess so. Everyone is not close.”

Guya Ja is an acquaintance only I know.

There was no way Nam Hwa-yeon and Chaehwa would know.

However, what was really unexpected was that Nam Hwa-yeon and Chaehwa were friends with each other.

Come to think of it, they both work at the academy.

“By the way, it’s amazing that you two are friends. It’s a strange combination.”

“That’s right. Neither of us has many friends. Rather, we might have become friends because of that commonality.”

“I see. Well, now that the atmosphere has eased, shall we start with introductions?”

The introduction started with me.

I put my right hand on my chest, took a serious attitude, and bowed slightly. A very simple etiquette.

However, there was an undeniable beauty in that movement.

It felt like watching a graceful dance performed by a skilled dancer.

Feeling that everyone’s attention was focused on me, I opened my mouth.

“Hello. I am Baek Seung-woo, the head of the Cheonho Baekga family, teaching assistant, and temporary teacher at Chilseong Academy. It’s an honor to meet you all.”

As if my greeting had opened the floodgates.

Nam Hwa-yeon looked at everyone and said.

“My name is Nam Hwa-yeon. Everyone gathered here after seeing my blueprint, so there’s no need to use honorifics, right?”

“…… The .”

Nam Hwa-yeon’s self-introduction was confident.

Guya Ja stared at her intently.

He was already familiar with her alias and achievements.

In particular, the enchantment of imbuing magic into weapons. The magic in that field suddenly reached its heyday when Nam Hwa-yeon advanced the history of magic by 100 years.

Now that so many different magics can be imbued into weapons.

The relationship between blacksmiths and wizards may seem unrelated.

But it has become an inseparable relationship.

“Yes, I don’t care about casual or rude language. I can’t receive honorifics from a magician who has achieved feats that make her age pale in comparison.”

“Oh, then can I speak informally too?”

“Why you again?!”

“I’m getting paid, aren’t I?”

“Hey, can you be compared to that young lady? If you have a lot of money, just shut up.”

“……You got a lot of money, but you make the gifts you give as a bonus much better than what I commissioned with money.”

“What did you say?!”

While I and Guya Ja were arguing, Chaehwa gave a light self-introduction.

She introduced herself as currently working as a health teacher at Chilseong Academy and previously worked as a doctor at Cheonho University Hospital.

Not very long, but considerable careers if you look at them one by one.

Especially from my point of view, the A-class player license was bothering me.

Even though she was in a non-combat position, her grade was higher than I thought.

“Teacher Chaehwa has already introduced herself. Then the only person left to introduce themselves is…….”

“It’s just me.”

Only Guya Ja’s self-introduction remained.

The two people except me didn’t know who the old man was at all.

They just knew that he was an artisan I had invited.

“My name is… Guya Ja. Guya Ja is enough. There’s no need to say more to explain me anyway.”

“!!!”

When he introduced himself, the expressions of the two changed slightly.

Nam Hwa-yeon showed deep interest, and Chaehwa looked like she was wondering how he was still alive.

“The only production-type ranker at the present time. I can’t help but be interested.”

“No, uh, how did you survive? The disaster that happened at that time was clearly an environment where people couldn’t survive… I’m sorry.”

Thump, thump.

Nam Hwa-yeon tapped Chaehwa, who was very excited.

Then, realizing her mistake, she bowed her head and apologized. Guya Ja waved his hand as if it was okay and told her to get up.

“Um, but looking at your hands and muscles, Elder, it seems like you haven’t held a hammer for quite some time. Can you make it?”

“Making it is not difficult.”

“Then how long will it take to make?”

Um… well.

Guya Ja scratched his chin and gave a rough estimate.

“You’ll have to spend at least a day or two on one finger.”

“……Two days for one? You know you can’t just make it roughly, right?”

“Oh my, what does this young lady think of me? Two days is a generous estimate. A week to make five fingers. It will take about a week to make the wrist joint and other parts.”

It would take longer if I took it easy.

The conclusion was two weeks assuming I worked overtime.

Everyone thought of a month after looking at the blueprint, but Nam Hwa-yeon looked at him suspiciously because he shouted half of that alone.

But don’t forget.

He is a legendary blacksmith.

Guya Ja and are clearly different.

Guya Ja as a person is just a grumpy old man.

But the blacksmith is a legendary master.

“Don’t doubt me. I can make it on time. But who is going to manage the money? Looking at the blueprint, the unit prices of the materials are ridiculously expensive.”

“My disciple will pay for it.”

“I have about 17 billion in my account right now. If possible, please solve it within this money. I have to wait until next month to earn more money.”

“That money is enough to make two, so put it away. What’s important in this job is not the budget, but the people.”

As Guya Ja said, high-quality manpower was more important than the budget to make an artificial arm according to this blueprint.

The technology to make the desired object without an inch of error.

Knowledge and magical skills that can allow modern people to handle objects from mythology.

Medical skills to connect the artificial arm created by the collaboration of the two very precisely to the nerves.

There was nothing I could do among these three.

At least I was confident that I could quickly learn magic with the power of 「Magic Conductivity」, but as long as Nam Hwa-yeon was involved in the artificial arm production process.

There is no need to show off in front of a master.

In that sense, what I can do is.

[The concept of 「Five Elements(五行)」 is applied to the tail.]

To maximize the level of the body.

It was to make it able to withstand an artificial arm that humans should not dare to covet. When I formed three tails and gave the concept of 「Trinity」 to achieve a higher level.

Now I was thinking of giving the concept of 「Five Elements」 to each tail.

This kind of method is not originally intended for people, but for large castles or defense facilities.

‘Originally, I was planning to gradually give the concept of 「Element Theory(元素說)」 after becoming a Samihoyeon.’

I skipped the level of Samihoyeon and became an Omihoyeon after fainting for several days, so there was a setback in the plan.

Samihoyeon’s 「Element Theory」.

Omihoyeon’s 「Five Elements」.

There was knowledge common to these two types of concepts that I had previously planned to achieve.

It was an idea.

Elements play a key role in the composition of the world.

However, their ideas went in different directions after the development process.

「Element Theory」 tried to discuss the creation of all things in the universe with four elements, and 「Five Elements」 explained the changes of all things in the universe with five energies.

That’s the only difference.

They are not much different in the point of discussing the universe, but if there is something special about 「Five Elements」, it is definitely ‘mutual generation and mutual destruction’.

「Five Elements」 uses five energies to help or promote the creation of other energies, and to interfere with and suppress them.

It is also possible to destroy other energies.

It is also possible to adjust the energies in a conflicting relationship so that the opponent cannot properly suppress them.

Free change and use of energy.

‘If the 「Trinity」 I engraved on my tail when I was a Samihoyeon was purely for raising the level, 「Five Elements」 is a means to become stronger.’

I will definitely engrave the principle of 「Five Elements」 on my tail.

Even if the process of engraving that great principle involves experiencing more than just the pain of branding and pressing down on the tail, which is weak to stimulation.

I would do anything if it could make me stronger.

[The principle of water(水) is engraved on the ‘first tail’ !]

[Water flows from high to low, from the top of the mountain to the stream. In the process, it wets all things and quenches our thirst.]

[Water just flows.]

The leftmost tail is shaking.

I feel a pain that tightens all around as if enduring the water pressure of the deep sea.

There is no time to take a deep breath.

I quickly engraved the next principle.

[The principle of fire(火) is engraved on the ‘second tail’ !]

[Fire just burns fiercely. Its momentum and smoke spread above the sky and gradually increase in size.]

[Fire just burns.]

I feel a terrible burning pain that makes me shiver.

Even though I have experience with severe burns on my body, this level of pain is not something I can easily endure.

Now I want to scream.

The pain is beyond imagination, so I can’t open my mouth properly.

[The principle of wood(木) is engraved on the ‘third tail’ !]

[Trees just grow straight. Their vitality that rises from bottom to top is extremely vibrant.]

[Trees just grow.]

Now, even groaning and suffering from pain becomes distant.

I gathered my remaining spirit and engraved the next principle.

[The principle of metal(金) is engraved on the ‘fourth tail’ !]

[Metal is a symbol of development and progress. Their properties are fickle and give us a brilliant civilization as much as their shining luster.]

[Metal is as fickle as its value.]

…….

[The principle of earth(土) is engraved on the ‘fifth tail’ !]

[Earth is the beginning and the end. We are born from the earth, live on the earth, and are buried in the earth.]

[Earth means the cycle of nature.]

The five tails feel heavy.

This is the weight of 「Five Elements」.

In order to freely manipulate the changes in the energy that exists in nature, you must endure their properties and power yourself.

Although I have poor durability and weak stamina.

I had enough mental strength to endure this.

How much had I tasted the pain that blurred my vision?

When the five energies harmonized in harmony, they suppressed each other and killed their power.

[「Five Elements」 are in mutual destruction(相剋) with each other.]

[The energies that have taken their place in each tail gradually shrink.]

[Congratulations! You have embraced the energy that participates in the changes of all things in the universe with a mortal body.]

I scanned the message with blurry eyes.

‘……It’s done.’

I succeeded.

With this, my body embraced five energies.

Whether I can properly utilize this is a problem that I have to study slowly later, but with this, it will be nothing to transplant an artificial arm into my body.

After that, I soothed my body exhausted from pain.

The rest of the people made an artificial arm tailored to my body.

In that way, two weeks had passed.

Time really flies.