Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 215

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – 215

Aftermath (5)

I finished writing the lecture report, and time passed.

The final exam was only two weeks away.

All the professors and teaching assistants had finished creating the exam questions for each subject.

All that was left was to teach the students until then.

[Temporary Professor, Baek Seung-woo]

I, who had been given the ridiculous title of temporary professor, also taught the students. My role was to substitute for Nam Hwa-yeon’s lectures.

I didn’t bother to use other teaching assistants or consult with the professor, and just took care of it myself.

The content I was teaching the students now was in preparation for the final exam, so it didn’t matter.

The problem was what to do after the final exam.

The seven lectures until the summer vacation started.

I still hadn’t received approval for the topic of those lectures.

‘The board of directors didn’t seem to welcome it.’

Most of them, at least.

Actually, all of them thought I didn’t understand the topic at all.

Those guys, who didn’t have an ounce of intelligence, dared to dismiss my lecture topic. They said I was just doing this for personal research.

I was about to burn their faces off right then.

But the chairman stepped in first.

In the end, we decided to have a conversation at today’s board meeting.

Regarding whether I could lecture on the topic I suggested.

‘……Honestly, I’m already annoyed that I have to lecture all of a sudden, but if they piss me off one more time, should I just assassinate them?’

They don’t seem like they’d be helpful to society anyway.

When I secretly investigated, they seemed shady.

I wore my fox mask and seriously considered it.

“……Dad?”

A girl’s voice calling me.

The title of Dad is still awkward, but because it’s awkward, I can immediately tell who’s calling me.

Erzebeth was looking up at me.

“……Is this a little awkward?”

“Not at all, you’re doing great.”

We were in the basement of the mansion in the middle of the day on a weekday.

Today’s commute was replaced by a conversation with the board of directors in an hour.

Thanks to that, I had some time left, so I took Erzebeth to the basement of the mansion.

The basement of the mansion sounds somewhat ominous.

Usually, in movies or dramas, the root of all evil starts in the basement of the mansion.

But what was actually in the basement wasn’t dark structures or objects.

A huge training ground. I often use it, but Erzebeth, who entered the training ground for the first time, couldn’t take her eyes off the spectacle.

‘When she first saw the training ground, she looked like she was asking if this huge land was really hers.’

But that look didn’t last long.

I trained Erzebeth here.

Operating and circulating mana. Helping to control 「Blood Magic」, and as time passed, Erzebeth’s eyes gradually turned red.

Unlike my eyes, which sparkled like red rubies.

Erzebeth’s eyes, which sparkled eerily like solidified blood.

She completely shed her 잡념 [japnyum – distracting thoughts] and looked like a noble beast.

“Amazing.”

I compared her physical abilities and murmured.

As the blood flow accelerated over time, Erzebeth was getting stronger and stronger. It was a significant change that could be seen with the naked eye.

Is this the difference in the growth of a race?

It’s on a different level than humans.

Innate talent and ability, and the instinct as a race, all came together to lead Erzebeth to a higher level.

“Was there really a true successor after all.”

The successor of the vampires.

Erzebeth is the only one with that legitimate bloodline.

She is qualified as the progenitor to revive the extinct race. Of course, she is still just a young girl.

But this won’t last long either.

‘Her skill is higher than the average active player.’

As a result of objectively analyzing Erzebeth’s capabilities.

She is currently at least B-class.

If she distributes her power as a vampire appropriately, she is A-class.

If she can perfectly control and utilize her power, she is on par with an S-class player. But one thing is lacking.

She still lacked skill.

“Do you need swordsmanship?”

“……Swordsmanship?”

“Yes, swordsmanship that will protect your body and subdue and kill enemies.”

Of course, the swordsmanship I would teach was very basic swordsmanship.

Erzebeth, who didn’t know much about swordsmanship, had a vague curiosity and longing for it. It seems that the prince in the fairy tale she read and fell asleep with the day before was described as a master of swordsmanship.

“……Are you good at swordsmanship, Dad?”

“Of course. My major is swordsmanship in the first place.”

“……! Th, then I want to learn. I want to learn the swordsmanship that Dad uses!”

My swordsmanship?

I want to teach her if I have the chance.

I don’t insist on one-person transmission [secretly passing down knowledge to only one person].

However, there was a separate problem.

‘Physical ability and level of development.’

No matter how strong Erzebeth is getting.

Her body was too weak to learn my swordsmanship.

“Then grow your body first.”

“……How much do I have to grow?”

If I express this in specific numbers.

Even if I set it low.

“At least all stats must be over A.”

“……I won’t do it.”

She drew a line at my words.

Erzebeth already knew.

It is very difficult to grow all stats evenly, from strength to magic power. Moreover, she knows how much bone-crushing pain it is to have all stats exceed A grade.

All stats A grade or higher.

There are not even 10,000 players in the world who meet that condition.

Maybe not even 5,000.

Even if I’m generous, it’s between 3,000 and 4,000.

That’s how many active players there are.

How could she become like that?

“……I’ll just do what Dad teaches me. I’ll do that.”

“Yes, you thought well.”

She quickly adapted to reality.

* * *

Time passed and it was the board meeting.

I arrived at a wide round table in a dark room.

‘Whose idea is this?’

I don’t know what kind of intimidation they’re trying to give me.

It just looks dark to me.

I don’t know why the round table even exists.

It’s called a board meeting.

In reality, there is a difference in the power of the individuals belonging to the board of directors.

It was far from a round table that represented an equal position.

“You’ve finally arrived.”

“Oh, is that the person? She’s very beautiful.”

“At best, isn’t that the owner who was bitten by the dog he raised? I don’t know if we need to treat him with respect.”

As soon as I entered, the board members said this and that.

Most of them were not positive about me.

I’m used to those words now, so they don’t bother me, but just in case the conversation goes off on a tangent, I was about to release some intimidation.

“Quiet.”

“…….”

“……Tch.”

“It’s quiet now. I hope you take turns speaking one by one, according to the decorum that you value so much.”

Shutting the board of directors up with one word.

The man who silenced them was the chairman, a very large build.

At that level, he could compete with a pure physique like a gorilla without magic power. He had that kind of muscular body.

His face and hair couldn’t overcome the traces of time.

Wrinkles and white hair were rampant.

But not as much as his body.

He was still close to being an active player.

‘With that body, he’s qualified to learn my swordsmanship?’

The minimum condition for learning the swordsmanship I created.

All stats A grade.

The chairman was one of the few men who met that condition.

He’s in good shape. He looks like he’ll live a long and healthy life.

“Teaching Assistant Baek Seung-woo. We don’t need to introduce ourselves to each other, do we?”

“No, that’s right.”

“Good, very good. I don’t like wasting time either, so let’s finish this quickly.”

Flapping.

The documents placed in front of each person.

The chairman shook the documents and said.

“To put it bluntly, are you planning to make a homunculus [artificially created human] or something?”

“Human transmutation and life creation are not my interests.”

“We’re worried that you’ll give the students unnecessary pipe dreams.”

The chairman took a breath and continued.

“There was a guy like that before. An alchemist who was trying to make a philosopher’s stone [mythical substance that can turn base metals into gold] came as a new teacher and blew a lot of hot air, making several students obsessed with stones. Just stones.”

“I see.”

“I hope you understand our feelings.”

“So.”

I can’t understand what the chairman is saying.

Why did he say something out of the blue?

In the first place, my lecture plan is not as absurd as the philosopher’s stone.

“What does that have to do with me?”

I couldn’t understand at all.

No, can’t those people understand me?

They say that among ignorant people, a genius is treated as a strange person.

‘I always moved with the professor, so I didn’t know. I didn’t expect the board of directors to be so ignorant.’

Homunculus and the philosopher’s stone.

I know why they brought up a story that has nothing to do with me.

It’s because they can’t distinguish the difference between what I want to explain in the lecture and those two at all. How can such a stupid group exist?

‘The professor saw through my lecture before even reading the plan.’

I didn’t expect the board of directors to be so ignorant of magic.

I think I need to ask Nam Hwa-yeon for help to persuade them.

If I have her help, it will be 100% approved.

I was just thinking about going out and bringing Nam Hwa-yeon right then.

Thud─!!

The sound of hitting the desk with a hand.

Along with this, the roar of an old man was heard.

“You! How dare a teaching assistant say anything in front of the chairman!”

The unchanging truth in academy novels.

The first one.

Whenever I try to do something, there is always a crazy person who throws away etiquette, gets angry, and yells. That’s the case even if it’s a group of high-ranking people.

Ah, this may be natural for people.

Originally, if more than five people gather, there is bound to be a moron.

“No, this won’t do. The lecture topic is not important now. Fixing your rotten mentality is the priority……!!”

“You’re crossing the line now.”

“What, what did you say…? Have I ever seen such an impudent guy……!”

An impudent guy.

I knew that word would come out.

Really, how can you not deviate from my expectations?

“You. Do you think I’ll just stand still!!”

“Do you think I’ll stand still? I have no choice. I have no choice but to put you in a nursing home as an example.”

“Both of you stop.”

The chairman mediating between us.

The old man was furious at his words, but the chairman tried to solve it kindly with words without using his huge muscles.

Of course, he slightly expanded his muscles.

Wow, I’ve never seen a suit torn by the movement of muscles in my life.

“Please shut up. I’m saving you right now.”

“What, what did you say……?!”

“If you don’t want to end your life at the hands of assassins on the street, you’d better shut your light mouth. I don’t want to fill one more member of the board of directors while doing annoying political maneuvering.”

The assassins of Cheonhobae [a fictional assassin group].

Unlike the jokes on the Internet, it is a real group.

I’ve fought them once before.

Everyone thinks that there is an assassin group in the 21st century.

In fact, if you have the family’s long tradition and a lot of money, it’s not difficult. People who are deeply involved in the industry, such as the chairman and the board of directors, were fully aware of this.

Of course, they have never witnessed it directly, so they are only aware of it circumstantially.

The board of directors also has vague information about the assassin group.

They only know that I am in conflict with the elders.

They didn’t know that the assassins had already sided with the elders.

Other board members also showed signs of discomfort at the mention of the assassin.

Then they looked at my face and the tail behind me.

Maybe looking at my face was looking at the fox ears on my head.

I instinctively sensed it.

‘If I play my cards right, I can get some profit.’

If I play my tongue well, I might get more than I thought. For example.

A book under the library.

Putting an annoying nobleman in a nursing home.