Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 187

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 187

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 187

Substitute Lecture (2)

It had been a long time since I’d been to work.

I didn’t feel particularly excited or have any new feelings, but I felt like I was finally back to my main job.

“How is it? Any discomfort?”

“None at all.”

“Good, you installed it well. When I heard you barely installed it this morning, I thought the assembly was wrong.”

“Don’t worry. If that’s the case, I’ll charge you later.”

Just before going to work.

Gu Yaja, looking like he had just woken up with his hair all messed up, came to the workshop with a hammer.

As soon as he arrived, he examined my prosthetic arm.

He gave me a thumbs up, saying it was perfect, and smiled, revealing his white teeth.

It was the first time I had seen such a refreshing smile from him while working with Gu Yaja.

“That rude bastard is talking nonsense. Do you know how much your prosthetic arm costs?! The material costs alone are in the billions, and the labor costs are a hundred times that!”

“Haha, do you think I would really charge you?”

“I’m scared because I think you might actually do it.”

Of course, if Gu Yaja’s skills were below my expectations, I might have considered it, but as his skills continue to improve, there is no way I would charge him.

He is still far from the artisans I know.

But that will naturally improve as he makes more diverse and elaborate items. Right now, I would rather commission additional work.

“And if it’s okay, could you take on additional commissions?”

“……What are you trying to commission this time?”

Gu Yaja’s gaze towards me was sharp.

It was the look of someone looking at a person who was about to ask for something strange.

Ignoring Gu Yaja’s gaze, I opened my mouth.

“Please make some chains.”

“Chains……? What are they for? What material and length?”

“Black iron is enough for the material. Make it very long and sturdy. And it would be nice to have about a hundred swords with only long blades and no handles.”

“……I don’t know what a crazy bastard like you is going to use those for, but fine. I’ll make them for now.”

The chains have a separate purpose, and the reason I asked for swords without handles was because I no longer intended to wield a sword.

‘There’s no hope for combat using weapons with this body anyway. Then it’s right to completely give up weapons and focus only on magic.’

I will completely reduce my dependence on weapons with this opportunity.

To this end, I took out a katana from the space in my ring.

It was a cursed demon sword.

“I’ll entrust this sword to you along with the chains and armor.”

“This is……. Something I can’t handle with my skills?”

The demon sword, “Heavenly Cloud Sword,” had not said a word to me since that day.

It was as if it couldn’t communicate with me because I had lost my qualifications as a swordsman.

Of course, that’s just my opinion.

A demon sword with most of its abilities sealed.

The only people who could fully use the power of this sword were Sung Yeon-hwa in the distant future or the current master of the Martial Arts Alliance.

‘I couldn’t perfectly handle it through the power of traits.’

Now the demon sword has lost its value as a sword.

At least to me.

Unless it is transferred to someone else, other uses must be considered. Choosing the latter, I handed the sword to Gu Yaja to use it for other purposes.

“Please attach magic amplification materials, including magic stones.”

“You…… Don’t tell me you’re going to use this perfect sword as a wand or staff?”

That’s right.

Although the sealed detailed abilities cannot be used, it is a high-grade weapon, so the magic conductivity is among the best.

If you add materials that are easy to amplify magic, such as magic stones, to the sword blade, it will surely become a powerful staff.

Gu Yaja was furious at those words.

But he nodded in agreement after hearing my continued explanation.

Goodbye, demon sword.

Let’s meet again as a magic staff next time.

“Ah, that’s right. I’ve been busy for the past two weeks and couldn’t tell you, but I’ve almost finished making the weapons you commissioned. Everything is expected to be completed in a week.”

“It’s already done?”

“Yes, originally, I should have told you in advance because the progress was faster than expected. I didn’t have time to talk because of the prosthetic arm work.”

It doesn’t matter that he told me late.

Compared to some artisans who tell you immediately after completion or long after completion,

Gu Yaja is honest and kind.

‘And I can’t say I don’t understand.’

The process of making the prosthetic arm was so complicated and difficult.

In particular, Gu Yaja’s fatigue from hammering every day goes without saying.

In addition, the news that the long-awaited weapon was almost complete could have shaken my concentration.

This was not something Gu Yaja had to apologize for.

I accepted it as his warm kindness.

“I’ll send it by mail soon.”

“You’re kind.”

“Kindness my ass. Don’t be ridiculous.”

Contrary to his kindness, his words are harsh.

But I have to put up with that much.

How can a person be perfect?

I also entrusted the clothes I had received before.

Inside was a piece of paper.

It contained a simplified formula.

When clothes are made of special materials, if there is that formula, the clothes will automatically be repaired even if they are torn or burned.

To a perfect level like new clothes.

“And that fabric I told you about will cost hundreds of millions per bolt. Please send me the bill later.”

“What, what did you say……? Hundreds of millions? You, is your sense of economics twisted?! Do you even know how much you spent on this project alone?”

“Well. The tools and dyes for engraving magic were more expensive than I thought, so there were unexpected expenses. It’s almost 10 billion won, isn’t it?”

“……Is it okay to spend that much money? Even if you’re from a rich family, money isn’t unlimited.”

10 billion won [approximately $7.5 million USD].

It’s definitely a lot of money.

If that was my money, I would have been careful even using a penny.

I know the end of a lavish person.

I once realized the virtue of saving.

In those young days.

How painful it was to starve because I didn’t have a piece of hard bread.

The bloody tears I shed watching those who died clutching their stomachs, not falling on the battlefield.

I will never forget it.

That’s why I spend money lavishly.

I let money flow into as many different fields as possible so that the family cannot accumulate huge assets. In addition, I will use this money to make weapons, save people, and forge daggers towards the elders.

Well, to put it simply.

10 billion won is just the beginning.

I intend to use money with the mindset of emptying the family’s vault from now on.

* * *

It was also three weeks ago that the late midterms ended.

In the meantime, there was a week of rest.

Time passed steadily.

It’s June now.

Spring is passing, and summer is approaching, and the outline of the final exam is slowly emerging. This final exam starts in early July.

There’s only a month left.

“Do I have to prepare for the next exam already? It’s annoying. I might have to postpone the research I was working on because of this work.”

“Come to think of it, Professor, you are conducting lectures for all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. You must be having a hard time preparing three times as many exams as others.”

Professors were slowly starting to prepare for the final exams.

There was a month left for the students, but the professors had to prepare for the exams in advance to ensure stability and completeness.

They didn’t even have two weeks left.

“Yes, the assistants take care of the simple paperwork on their own. But there are quite a few documents that I have to handle myself, so I have a lot of headaches. By the way, has your tone and atmosphere changed a lot?”

“Is that so? I think I’m the same as usual.”

“Yeah, not at all. It feels artificial.”

Seungwoo walked the academy grounds with Nam Hwa-yeon.

Chaehwa had already left for the infirmary.

Her direction was different.

Having no choice but to walk with his teacher, no, professor, Seungwoo had various conversations.

There was no clear topic in the conversation.

If we were talking about the final exam and tone just a moment ago,

This time, she asked about his magic major.

“[Flame Magic], the origin of elemental magic, [Telekinesis], [Lingualism], [Sorcery], and [Ogam Characters] [Five Senses Characters – a system using the five senses in magic] that I learned in a simplified form this time. If there is a field I want to study in the future, I would like to research the relationship between physical regeneration and magic.”

Seungwoo’s major is flame magic.

The rest are things he learns to become stronger.

“My main focus will always be [Flame Magic], but for a higher level, I need to study other schools of learning.”

“How many schools do you know now?”

“The number of schools I have learned as knowledge through literature and books is…… 427 types. Among them, only a few are magic that I have directly learned.”

I read a lot of books, staying up all night every night.

Thanks to that, I was memorizing the magic of various schools, but this was not for Seungwoo to handle the magic of that school.

Only for the depth of knowledge.

And I learned it only to subdue or kill more easily if the magician who mainly handles the magic I know is the opponent.

‘I will be a fire magician no matter what I learn.’

Pryokineticist, Seungwoo’s identity as a magician.

His main major will always be [Flame Magic].

There was nothing as compatible as that.

“You know more than I thought.”

“Knowledge is the only thing that can give me strength, who is hated by my family.”

“That’s right. Knowledge doesn’t betray you in any situation. But if you share knowledge carelessly, you will be betrayed at any time.”

“That’s why I need to read more kinds of literature and books. I can no longer be separated from me and the letters.”

Because I will die from the day I fall.

Unless he physically does something to himself, he will desperately collect information.

“But Professor.”

“Why?”

“Don’t I have a textbook this time either? I’m going in as an assistant?”

“You didn’t receive it last time either.”

“That’s right.”

“Then there isn’t one.”

Well, why would an assistant need handouts or textbooks?

I just need to work hard.

Still, taking notes on Nam Hwa-yeon’s lectures or listening with textbooks is definitely a different kind of stimulus than before. It seems like it could be a different kind of realization.

It’s a bit disappointing.

“Looking for a textbook, you work hard. But in my opinion, you should pay attention to something else than that?”

“What do you mean…….”

“Look around.”

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the lecture hall.

I didn’t know until I arrived.

So many people were looking at us, or more accurately, Seungwoo.

“You are the hottest potato [most talked about person] in the academy right now.”

“Hot potato…….”

I think I’ve heard that before.

Or not.

“It’s time, so I’ll start the lecture right away. I’ll call you later, so sit in the assistant’s designated seat in the front row.”

Seungwoo and Nam Hwa-yeon parted ways in front of the platform.

From here, the difference between professor and assistant was revealed.

Ah, Nam Hwa-yeon, who cleared her throat, said.

“It’s me. And.”

Her eyes were under the platform.

It was directed at Seungwoo, who was sitting in the most noticeable seat.

“Assistant Baek Seung-woo will be in charge of lecture assistance from today. Let’s all greet him with a greeting.”

……What?

From today?

Students were greatly embarrassed by those words.

This is because there has never been a case where a new assistant becomes a professor’s assistant.

Surprisingly unconventional personnel.

The third-party students were so surprised, but how surprised would he be?

But he was surprisingly calm.

It was the first time he had heard it today, but as if he already knew.

He got up from his seat with the impression that everything had been discussed in advance.

“Assistant Baek Seung-woo, greet the students.”

He was confident as he stood up from his seat.

Also, his gait was noble and, on the other hand, arrogant.

Every movement was full of aristocracy that was hard to see in the 21st century, and the atmosphere that overwhelmed the audience was like an emperor.

That’s why he was arrogant.

[Trait, “Fatal Beauty” gathers the attention of the audience.]

[Skill, “Charm” exudes an irresistible charm.]

[The ability to captivate the opponent’s mind and heart is being activated in a complex way. Handle with care!]

Now that everything has been activated.

No one dared to turn their eyes away from Seungwoo.

He smiled slightly.