Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 219

Human Body Magic (4)

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 219

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius 219

Human Body Magic (4)

How have the temporary lectures at the academy been so far?

If you asked the students, most would say they were terrible, or that they were just for building connections with the teaching assistants, so the content didn’t really matter.

That’s how it’s been perceived, and that’s how it actually is.

But what about Baek Seung-woo’s lecture?

“Crazy… Is this the quality of a mere teaching assistant’s lecture? He could easily take on the role of a homeroom professor for the 2nd and 3rd graders right now.”

“Maybe. Teaching Assistant Baek Seung-woo—no, Temporary Professor Baek Seung-woo’s mentor is Professor Nam Hwa-yeon, after all. Maybe he got some tips on lecturing from her.”

“Hey, don’t you guys remember that professor’s personality? We’re 3rd graders now, so entrance exams are more important than academics, but how many times did we get bombarded with assignments from Professor Nam Hwa-yeon in our 1st and 2nd years? She’s full of pride in herself.”

“Just admit it. It’s not just the content, but the level of the lecture itself is different from other professors.”

In the grand auditorium, large enough to accommodate an entire grade of 2,000 students, the 3rd graders who were pushed far back due to lack of space were talking.

However, their eyes followed Baek Seung-woo’s face and the blackboard behind him, and their ears were wide open, focusing not only on the conversations between friends but also on the lecture.

Their hands were focused on manipulating the notes and pens created with magic.

With all their senses focused on the lecture.

Some 3rd graders, who were relatively good at multitasking, whispered.

“I thought his face was everything, but the sexiest thing about him is his brain.”

“Really? I like that luscious tail the most. Look at that. He has five tails.”

“And he’s even young, isn’t he?”

“21 years old.”

Another female student answered one female student’s question.

“Wow, he’s only two years older than us. And yet he can plan and lecture on a class like this… By the way, how did you know his age?”

“I’m a fan of Baek Seung-woo, the head of the family. I love his sharp eyes and tone. I like his face, I like his tail, and his fiery fire magic is the best. Ah, I should have used money and connections with high-ranking people I know to snatch a seat in the front row for the 1st graders. Watching from here is too frustrating. I wanted to smell his cologne up close.”

“You crazy bitch. But honestly, I kind of want to bury myself in that tail once. I’m sure it has a different charm than my dog.”

“It’s on a different level than a dog. He’s even rich, so he probably manages his tail with super expensive fragrant oil. Look at that glossy shine. How beautiful.”

The students were chatting, spouting nonsense.

For the record, the 1st and 2nd graders, except for the 3rd graders, had no time to talk. They were too busy taking notes on what Baek Seung-woo was saying and what he was filling the large blackboard with using “telekinesis.”

Even among the 3rd graders, not everyone had the leeway to talk.

Only promising students or those on par with them could scribble notes at a crazy speed while talking. Without that level of skill, they felt like they would miss the notes.

And if they missed the notes even once, it would be difficult to keep up with the insane amount of lecture material.

Even for the 3rd graders who had experienced all sorts of hardships at Seven Stars Academy, it was best for only a few students to talk. This lecture was worth recording everything without missing a single detail.

So much so that a student famous among the 3rd graders for his shield and large physique was on the verge of acquiring skills related to enlightenment and regeneration.

But the unfortunate thing was…

“—So the range of motion of the legs changes greatly just by stimulating the inner muscles with magic power. The related data is… Ah, it’s already time for the lecture to end. That’s it for today’s lecture. We’ll continue next time.”

The lecture was over.

Two hours had already passed. None of the 3,000 students present realized that time had passed so quickly.

They were just frantically taking notes until their arms ached. Before they knew it, the end of the lecture had arrived.

Of course, the end of the lecture did not mean the end of the students’ ambition and curiosity.

“I don’t take questions. I research and come in for every lecture, so you guys should explore on your own.”

Seung-woo took measures in advance to prepare for any possible questions.

However, the students were not in a rational state to not ask questions with just one word. Glimmers of enlightenment and inspiration were right in front of them.

Some of the students who couldn’t forget that thrill tried to climb onto the podium, ignoring the school rules, but Seung-woo was much faster at grabbing them by the scruff of their necks and returning them to their original seats.

A lecture with such an explosive reaction.

The results were positive, and the board of directors was in deep thought. It was the birth of a new star professor who was attracting attention from everyone from the 1st to 3rd grade.

In reality, he had no interest in being a professor at all.

* * *

The birth of a new star professor. Baek Seung-woo, an academy star following in the footsteps of Namgung Seong-jin or Nam Hwa-yeon.

His lectures were so excellent and complete that it is said that students who already handled their bodies at a high level awakened new abilities immediately after understanding some of his lectures.

There was even a rumor circulating around the school that one student who did not attend the lecture at the time became stronger after reading a few pages of notes taken by someone else.

The school was full of rumors that could not be confirmed.

“What the hell are you all talking about.”

The lectures and the students’ reactions were not my concern.

Of course, if my lectures could raise the level of the students by one level, there would be nothing better than that. But right now, there was a precious thing that made those things seem insignificant.

“The board of directors. Especially the reaction of the old man who was still healthy even though he was hospitalized was the most interesting.”

I still can’t forget the old man’s expression of suppressing his anger.

Normally, I might have savored his expression a little more, but right now, there was something more important than that, so the old man’s expression was quickly forgotten.

‘To think I’d get the key to the Forbidden Library after just one day of lecturing.’

The Forbidden Library.

It is an area located in the basement of the academy’s main library, where all kinds of forbidden books are kept. Scriptures containing the teachings of ancient cults, letters that bring disaster just by mentioning them, notebooks that distort the surrounding space when opened, etc. The Forbidden Library is full of distorted knowledge.

But.

“…What is this?”

When I actually went inside, it wasn’t as big of a space as I had imagined.

Whatever I imagined, the Forbidden Library was much smaller than I expected.

‘To think that one small bookshelf was the Forbidden Library.’

One small bookshelf.

The books stuck in it here and there. This was the Forbidden Library.

I was momentarily taken aback because it was so different from what I had imagined.

But the important thing is not the size of the Forbidden Library. Among the dozens of books, there is only one grimoire [a textbook of magic, typically including instructions for making charms and spells].

That is the most important thing.

‘Bat. Where is the book with the bat pattern?’

While examining books of all shapes, such as bones and leather, I recalled my conversation with Eve. Two fangs, a book made of black leather, and the shape of a bat.

Fragmented sentences came to mind.

A perfect sentence did not come to mind. In fact, this was also a memory that I desperately squeezed out of my head.

“A book with a bat pattern. Found it.”

It wasn’t particularly hidden, so I could find it without difficulty.

An old book made of unknown black leather.

It looked like it would break if you touched it wrong, but it had a small bat engraving and a clear trace of fangs.

In particular, the fangs looked like they would stab you if you touched them.

I took the book and went home.

The preliminary work to obtain the contents of this book was completed in the basement of my house.

“…Dad. What are you doing?”

“It’s dangerous. Step back for a moment.”

Erzebeht looked at me with a strange look as I moved busily.

I told her to step back for a moment and took out an old rag-like object.

This was something I stole from Choi Jin-cheol’s mansion before.

It was a ‘shedding’ [discarded skin or shell].

‘Since the methods of obtaining both abilities are similar, I’ll proceed with them at the same time.’

Shedding and book.

The method of acquiring the abilities embedded in the two objects was very simple. The shedding contained the authority of the ‘werewolf’, and the book contained the authority of the ‘vampire’.

The authority of someone whose race is completely different from mine. In order to have that ability, I need a way to prove who I am.

And the best way to prove it is with blood.

Freshly squeezed blood.

Swoosh─!!

I made wounds all over my body with blades of wind and covered them with the shedding.

More precisely, I put on the skin of the Wolf King with my blood-filled body, and the skin absorbed the blood and turned red.

The more it turned red, the more the skin adjusted to a size similar to my build.

It was receiving information about me in real time.

And when it became a size that could be worn just on the upper body.

Ding!

A familiar mechanical sound was heard.

I skipped all the flowery language and skimmed through only the most important content.

「Wolf King’s Shedding」

Grade: B

Description: Wolf King or Wolf King. It is the skin of Robo, the last king of the werewolves. He engraved his own karma on the skin for the sake of his descendants.

Eventually, the skin became a shedding that could inherit the king’s power, but over the course of time, it is no longer possible to find the characteristics of the skin.

The reason why the skin is still maintaining its shape is because of the power of Robo, who engraved his karma on it.

*Wolf Step(狼步) [Wolf Gait]

The Wolf King’s gait is swift and noble. The gait that does not put a burden on the legs for hunting, and at the same time, does not hide his dignity but rather expresses it strongly, is truly a gait befitting a king. In particular, the gait becomes much freer on nights when the moon is clear and clear.

*Incarnation of the Wolf King(現身) [Manifestation]

The shedding contains the power of the king. You can summon that power into your body.

A power that is infinitely close to a beast rather than a human.

I no longer prefer beast-like wild battles, but when I heard the hidden conditions of the 「Wolf King’s Shedding」 from Baek Eun-ho, I thought I had no choice but to use this shedding.

‘The hidden hidden piece of the werewolf.’

The successor to the vampire has not been decided, but the werewolf clearly left a successor, the Sirius family of Europe. Isabel’s family.

Therefore, this power could be of much greater help to her, but I also desperately needed this ability.

“I’m sorry.”

I muttered an apology to someone I didn’t know.

After that, I brought my left arm to the bat shape on the book I had brought.

Two sharp teeth. I shoved teeth, which I didn’t know whether they were made of iron or silver, into my wrist.

Thump!

The flesh and muscles were pierced.

Eventually, when the teeth reached the blood vessels, they turned red and began to suck my blood. A mere bat shape on an old book was sucking human blood, a sight that could not be understood from the perspective of an ordinary person.

I was not surprised or in pain, but rather shoved the teeth deeper.

───!!

At that moment, the black cover of the book rippled.

The black color, rippling like mist or smoke, soon flowed into my blood vessels through the teeth.

As time passed, the book disappeared without a trace.

Only the bat shape that was sucking my blood remained. This shape is still sucking my blood.

Since I no longer needed my blood, I took the bat shape off my wrist and threw it on the floor. At the same time, the black energy reached the heart that was spewing blood.

Thump──!!

Along with a heavy sensation that resonated in my chest, an alert that a new ability had been updated popped up. Was it because of the shock just now?

The reaction was a little slow.

I pressed the air with my left hand, which was stopping the bleeding with my other hand.

「Murciélago」 [Spanish for “Bat”]

Grade: S

Description: A distant ancient time. It is the legacy of a vampire who kept his loyalty to the end, when there were still those who followed the night and the moon.

You can cover the area with shadows, and if you are skilled, you can freely manipulate all kinds of shadows.

*Blood-sucking Demon(吸血魔) [Vampiric Imp]

Summons bat-shaped shadows. It can fly freely at night, and during the day it moves as a shadow on the floor and walls, inflicting damage on the target.

It steals health and magic power from those who are bleeding. If there is no suitable target, it devours the magic power of the night sky.

*Shadow World

Builds a huge world in the shadows. ‘Shadow World’ can think and judge for itself, and can move autonomously for the safety of the owner according to learning. All laws in the shadow world operate according to the will of the owner.

*Shadow Erosion

Erodes the real space into the shadow. It is an ability linked to ‘Shadow World’, and the eroded world is redesigned based on the laws you have created, not the laws of reality.

This is it. This is the ability I’ve been wanting so much.

Detailed abilities divided into three categories.

Now, if I can use this properly…!

“Then I have to proceed with the test several times…”

Thud!

I lost my balance without realizing it and fell to the floor.

My head was dizzy and the world was spinning. I made wounds all over my body to fully soak the shedding with blood, and I lost too much blood to the shape of the bat’s teeth. I don’t have enough blood.

Fortunately, there was no need to worry about dying.

I have 「Super Regeneration」. There was no reason why the ability to regenerate bones and muscles could not regenerate blood.

The problem is that I’m not in my right mind during the recovery time.

“…Are you okay?! Uh, where does it hurt?!”

“I’m… Ah, I’m fi…”

Dad is okay, so don’t worry about it.

I wanted to say that, but I couldn’t move my mouth. I could guess that my mind was slowly becoming blurred and I was about to faint.

This is not the time.

I have to hug Erzebeht as soon as possible. I have to stabilize her so that she doesn’t feel anxious, but I had no strength in my body.

I was trying to move even my mouth with the remaining strength, but to make matters worse, it was now difficult to speak incoherently.

And then came the blackout.

My vision went out, and in turn, my sense of touch, smell, taste, and hearing went out, and I fainted.

Time passed, and the next day, I woke up on the bed with a start.

The moment I saw the scene in front of me in a daze, I doubted my own eyes.

What am I looking at as soon as I wake up?

Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]

Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]

아카데미 구미호는 마법천재
Status: Completed Author: Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Baek Seung-woo, the swordsman who once saved a ruined world, finds himself inexplicably thrust into a novel penned by a former comrade. But this isn't the heroic tale he remembers. He's been cast as a tormentor, destined for a miserable end. But fate, it seems, has a twisted sense of humor. Why is he now an assistant? And what's with the tail? Trapped in a world where reality blurs with fiction, Seung-woo discovers his sword has been replaced by magic. With no clear goal and an unknown ending, survival becomes his only objective. Dive into a world of mystery, magic, and unexpected twists, where a hero must adapt or be consumed.

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