Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 2

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 2

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius Episode 2

Became a delinquent fox (2)

I objectively assessed what I had done.

The junior assistant came to the first research lab on an errand and, without permission, sat in the professor’s chair, scribbling on documents. Not for official work, but for private inspiration.

Well, I deserve to be scolded.

Moreover, it wasn’t even written on A4 paper.

Documents were scattered around the lab. I used those documents without permission.

Of course, some of these could be used as scrap paper, but conversely, there was a high possibility that important documents were among them.

‘I’m screwed…….’

I’m screwed. Definitely screwed.

While I was blaming myself, Professor Nam Hwa-yeon flicked her finger.

A subtle blue light emanated from her finger. Magic was released, organizing the scattered documents and the desk.

Nam Hwa-yeon sat on the cleaned desk and looked at me.

Her mouth was smiling, but the incongruity of her eyes not smiling made me break out in a cold sweat.

“I, I’m…….”

“I know, you’re the new recruit this time. Baek Seung-woo, right?”

“……Yes.”

She already knew me.

Well, the professor picks the assistants, so it’s natural, but in a situation like this, it’s quite burdensome that the other person knows my name.

I wish she didn’t know my name.

Even as I felt burdened by her, Nam Hwa-yeon was looking at me with a very amused expression.

At that very moment, she opened her mouth.

“By the way, I have a question, oof!”

Nam Hwa-yeon, who had been sitting on the desk, came down.

She came to my side and picked up the papers I had just written on.

“What were you thinking when you wrote this?”

It was an unexpected question.

I thought she would rebuke me for entering the professor’s lab without permission or accuse me of using the documents without permission.

Pausing for a moment, I answered her question.

“……I noticed some particularly old documents, so I tried to infer the latter part.”

Lecture scripts filled with unknown symbols, formulas, and drawings.

Reading that made it impossible to ignore the ideas and inspiration that flashed through my mind. It was an instinctive action, but it was clearly wrong.

As I lowered my head and blamed myself, Nam Hwa-yeon lifted my head.

“Hmm? Why are you lowering your head? It’s natural for a magician to record their inspiration when it comes to mind.”

Nam Hwa-yeon patted me on the back as if it wasn’t a big deal.

She affirmed my actions and continued.

“But what do these symbols mean? And what is the shape of the spiral?”

“……Well, it’s the content I wrote while inferring the empty back part of the document.”

“……Huh? What?”

She asked again as if she had misheard something, so I told her once more.

“The last part of the script was ambiguous, so I wrote the latter part according to my inspiration.”

“That can’t be…….”

I showed her the back of the script, to her expression as if she had heard an absurd answer. Then she frowned.

Is something wrong?

“Something’s strange? It’s true that the latter part is missing because I was organizing the script, but originally, I would have written the magic circle’s formula here.”

“Yes……?”

This time, I made an expression that I couldn’t understand.

That’s natural. Based on the part I read earlier, the next part should naturally be the ‘arrangement of mana’ [magical energy or life force].

But the magic circle’s formula.

A situation where our opinions differed.

Nam Hwa-yeon, realizing that something was wrong, pointed to the documents I had written and said.

“The content you wrote here. Can you explain what it means?”

“……Yes, well, I can explain it.”

I spat it out because it was the professor’s request, but honestly, I wasn’t confident.

I didn’t learn magic separately, and I just scribbled down inspiration, so how could I explain it? As if seeing through my mind, Nam Hwa-yeon added.

“If you explain it well, I can turn a blind eye to what you did here today.”

“Yes, I understand.”

An immediate answer came out as soon as the words ended.

What does it matter if I haven’t learned magic? It’s better to reveal my lack of knowledge than to be scolded by my superior, the professor.

I got up and moved to the blackboard hanging on one side of the lab.

With chalk in one hand and the paper I had written in the other, I cleared my throat. Nam Hwa-yeon watched me from the chair I had been sitting in.

It felt like the positions had changed, but that’s not important now.

I copied the document I had written onto the blackboard and said.

“The script is quite long, but it ultimately leads to one conclusion.”

Tak tak─!

I drew points on the blackboard with chalk. Soon, I connected the points and drew several bundles of lines.

The lines represented several constellations.

Sagittarius, Taurus, the Summer Triangle. In addition, I embroidered several other constellations on the blackboard.

The conclusion required in this script is astrology.

“It is now clearly defined, but astrology in the distant past was built up based on personal interpretation. I tried to delve into that part intensively, but there was no core story. So, based on the contents written there, what I inferred as the latter part is this.”

The content of the script was abruptly cut off at the last highlight.

I inferred that what was written in that content was this, and I was convinced. With that in mind, I drew a huge picture on the blackboard.

Nam Hwa-yeon tilted her head and recited as she looked at the picture.

“……DNA?”

Talk of constellations and astrology, and then suddenly DNA came out, but that’s right.

What I drew on the blackboard was the shape of DNA, the double helix.

This is the conclusion I inferred.

“As I read the script, I thought there should be an arrangement of mana at the end in terms of order, but when I thought about it, only this form came out at the end.”

That’s all I can explain.

I can’t do more than this because I have no magical knowledge. In the first place, the contents scribbled on the back of the document are just expressions of inspiration that came to mind in an instant.

There’s no way I can explain this logically. I really worked hard to explain this far.

Fortunately, my efforts seemed to have worked, and she, who had been seriously contemplating, slowly opened her mouth.

“Hmm……. How should I put this.”

Nam Hwa-yeon said in a very bewildered tone.

“This is a completely different approach from mine?”

“Yes?”

Different approach?

What on earth is she talking about?

It’s either right or wrong, but what does it mean that the approach is different?

“As you saw, the introduction to my lecture was connected to the concept of astrology and celestial magic. The same was true for the main subject. Wouldn’t it be unusual for this kind of answer to come out?”

“But, in my head, it wasn’t wrong……!”

“You’re not wrong. That’s why I said the approach is different.”

The inspiration that flashed through my mind was not wrong.

Even if it was difficult to express in words, I could tell that it was right.

Nam Hwa-yeon affirmed my words and clapped her hands.

Clap──!

An intangible wave spread out with the sound of palms colliding.

It erased all the contents written on the blackboard and drew something new on it. A small person and a huge universe.

Above it, the macrocosm and microcosm are written.

“Macrocosm and microcosm. You know what it is, right?”

“Yes.”

Macrocosm and microcosm.

It’s content that I remember reading before.

The microcosm refers to a human being containing the universe, and it is a philosophical concept that the same pattern is repeated up to the macrocosm that encompasses human beings.

But why is a philosophical story suddenly coming out?

As I questioned the sudden appearance of the concept, Nam Hwa-yeon continued.

“Suddenly out of the blue, right? Why the talk about the macrocosm and microcosm.”

“……Yes, that’s right.”

“Me too.”

“Yes?”

“No, honestly, look.”

As she moved her hand, the things written on the blackboard were erased, and it was filled with dense letters.

At first, I wondered what it was, but as familiar contents and symbols appeared, I realized that it was the content written in the old and worn-out script.

Filled with technical terms and unique symbols, it looked like a university thesis.

Nam Hwa-yeon pointed to the blackboard and said.

“The script I wrote is tailored to the level of freshmen. Although I use complex symbols, there are standardized formulas and formulas.”

It looks so complicated, but it’s at the freshman level.

I could feel how lacking my knowledge was.

“On the other hand, your explanation has no standardized formulas or formulas. It’s just a result of personal inspiration and intuition.”

That’s because I couldn’t understand the symbols and formulas written in the script.

I understood it in my own way and inferred the latter part.

Nam Hwa-yeon emphasized that part.

I scratched my head.

I don’t know how to answer.

Even in the midst of that, Nam Hwa-yeon kept talking.

“─This form has many shortcomings, but even considering that, it’s a great discovery. If I remember correctly, this type of mana arrangement method has never existed before.”

So let’s give it a name.

“…….”

The conversation is getting more and more grandiose.

I couldn’t keep up with the conversation and was just standing still.

Even so, she is still talking.

“An arrangement method that combines the concept of the microcosm based on the celestial bodies, 「Celestial Body of the Microcosm」? 「Microcosm in the Multitude of Stars」? Which one is better…….”

It was hard to follow Nam Hwa-yeon’s conversation, but it seemed like she was going to give a name to the content I wrote on the paper.

I thought in my heart as I listened to the names she mentioned.

‘What is it, that title that seems to have been made with sensitivity exploding at night.’

「Celestial Body of the Microcosm」, 「Microcosm in the Multitude of Stars」.

I can’t say I don’t like it, but the name is too grandiose.

Grandiose names are not my taste, and it’s better to make them simple and intuitive.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just call it double helix intuitively?”

At that very moment.

[You have acquired the skill ‘Double Helix’.]

[You have created a new skill that did not exist before!]

[Acquire +5 points.]

The message that appeared on the retina.

This was clearly output from the status window.

But something is a little strange.

‘Was it originally this color? It looks a bit purplish.’

The status window I opened before was translucent.

It was almost achromatic [without color].

If you ask if there was a color, it would be a very faint sky blue. But it was also a very faint sky blue.

「Double Helix」

Grade: C

Description: This is a new mana arrangement method that did not exist before. It is made based on the structure of the genome, and amplifies it by resonating the spiral mana. As a byproduct of shaping the microcosm, it is most effective when circulating mana internally.

*Mana Amplification

The two spirals intersect and resonate mana, amplifying it twice. The amplified mana also affects skills and traits.

Leaving aside the worries about the color of the status window, what is more important now is the 「Double Helix」 I obtained.

After reading the contents, I immediately realized what kind of skill this was.

It is a mana arrangement method that increases the efficiency and firepower of mana manipulation, magic, and skills. But usually, mana arrangement methods existed as skills like this.

I don’t think it was like this before.

While I was moving my eyes and reading the contents.

I captured Nam Hwa-yeon looking at the air and rolling her eyes.

“Did you happen to get a skill?”

“Yes? Ah, yes. I just got it.”

I was answering absentmindedly because I was reading the skill details in detail.

From the professor’s point of view, it’s possible to get angry if the assistant answers like that, but Nam Hwa-yeon was rather looking with interest.

There are three main ways to acquire skills.

A method of learning skills by using items such as skill books. A method of acquiring standardized skills through training. And a method of creating technology through new concepts or methods.

Most people acquire skills through training or skill books, but there are hardly any cases of creating something from nothing. But Baek Seung-woo did it.

Nam Hwa-yeon thought as she looked at the new assistant creating skills in front of her eyes.

‘The contents written on the paper are just childish scribbles without any standardized formulas. But the system recognized it as a skill.’

Judging from the completeness of the paper, it is clearly not a high-grade skill.

However, the important point here is that he created the skill with his own power.

“Can you tell me what kind of skill it is?”

“Yes, it’s a skill called 「Double Helix」, and it’s a type of mana arrangement method that amplifies by resonating spiral mana.”

“It’s a simple and efficient skill.”

Nam Hwa-yeon muttered quietly after hearing the explanation of the skill. I nodded and affirmed.

Because the words simple and efficient skill fit perfectly.

As a C-grade skill, the effect is simple.

However, it is efficient because it is simple.

By the way, I’ll worry about how to use 「Double Helix」 later, and now I had another question for her.

“Excuse me, Professor. Do you know what points mean?”

“Points? Are you talking about grades?”

“No. I read a message that I acquired 2 points while obtaining 「Double Helix」.”

I was so surprised by the fact that I got a skill that I forgot, but at the same time as the status window that I got a skill, a message that I got points was output.

A concept that I can’t remember no matter how much I recall the original work. I wondered if the professor knew, so I asked.

“No? Weren’t you too surprised by the fact that you created a skill and saw it wrong?”

“……I guess so.”

“Yes, don’t just work too hard as a new assistant, and sometimes it’s good to release inspiration like this. Or rather, my exclusive──.”

──Thud!

Cutting off Nam Hwa-yeon’s words, the door opened with a thud.

Beyond it, a man with thick muscles that didn’t match his neat suit appeared. It was the man who grabbed my shoulder and passed on the documents just now.

“Professor, you have a lecture at 3 o’clock. It’s time to get ready.”

A completely different voice from when he was being nervous with me. It’s the tone of a dignified gentleman’s voice.

However, after seeing me standing in front of the blackboard, he returned to the voice I knew again.

“You, why are you here?”

He seemed to have completely forgotten that Nam Hwa-yeon was there, and he spoke to me as if he was scolding me. No, it was closer to hysteria than scolding.

The man with the name ‘Bang Seok-hoon’ written near the name tag of his suit grabbed my collar with a growling tone.

“I told you that you’d die if you acted foolishly, right? But what are you doing in the professor’s lab.”

Bang Seok-hoon, who grabbed my collar, dragged me.

The guy who approached the door opened the door and tried to drag me away.

I don’t know why Bang Seok-hoon is acting so violently, but I couldn’t just stand still.

─Thud!

“…….”

Release the collar and solve it with conversation.

That was my plan.

‘I’m screwed…….’

Why did I push Bang Seok-hoon back?

Bang Seok-hoon, who was pushed back by the unexpected shock, fell over as he was. He was staring blankly at me, as if he couldn’t imagine being assaulted by a new assistant.

Looking at that figure, I instinctively realized.

Trait, 「Empty Boast」.

Like an empty cart making a lot of noise, a trait like a chicken rib [something useless] that only makes a lot of noise or shows off without substance. The fact that it was activated now.

“……Is this crazy.”

Bang Seok-hoon, who quickly came to his senses, got up from his seat. He grabbed the back of my neck so that I couldn’t resist and lifted me up.

Then he whispered in my ear.

“You’re dead today.”

“…….”

Just when I thought something big had happened.

Bang Seok-hoon was already trying to break through the lab door with me lifted up.

At that very moment.

“Stop there.”

Nam Hwa-yeon, who had been watching quietly, intervened between us.

Bang Seok-hoon’s body shook greatly at her words.