Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 348

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 348

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 348

Everything Connected (3)

─Do you know him?

“……”

─Who is he that you’ve been making that face since just now?!

“……Ah. Were you talking to me?”

‘He’s completely lost it.’

Tamamo harshly criticized Seungwoo.

Right now, Seungwoo isn’t unable to hear because he’s concentrating, but he’s like this because he can’t concentrate. It’s been like this since he saw Simon’s true face.

Could it be?

─Is he family?

“……No.”

─Then, is he a friend?

“……No.”

Both missed the mark.

Neither family nor friend. But seeing how shocked he is, could he be a lover?

‘Yeah, it doesn’t look like it to anyone.’ Tamamo erased the absurd thought from her mind and considered the next possibility. What came to her mind was the most reasonable.

─Then, is he an enemy?

“…….”

─An enemy. He is an enemy, right?

“…….”

Seungwoo didn’t answer her.

However, as the saying goes, silence is affirmation, Tamamo looked at him not saying anything and believed without a doubt that she had hit the nail on the head.

But unfortunately, her guess was wrong.

Seungwoo opened his mouth.

“Depending on the point of view, you could see him as an enemy. But strictly speaking, he has never directly harmed me.”

─What? Then what is your relationship?

Tamamo’s question only amplified with the ambiguous answer. Just then,

Simon said with a smile.

“The fox lady over there. Strictly speaking, it’s closer to the position of hunter and prey than enemy.”

─……Who the hell are you? How can someone who isn’t wearing the ring see me?

The only person who can see Tamamo is the one who wears the jade ring she wore in her lifetime. Even if you wear the jade ring, not everyone can see her. You needed talent to see her.

A talent that is enough to see ghosts and inherit her magic.

“Haha, it’s simple.”

But Simon didn’t prove his talent.

Before that, he didn’t even wear the jade ring. While Tamamo growled at him and became extremely nervous, Simon stroked the ring on his finger and approached.

Seungwoo’s gaze turned to the ring.

It’s a familiar object.

“The Fisherman’s Ring.”

“Oh, you still remember what I told you a long time ago.”

Drawn on Simon’s golden ring was a fisherman and a net.

A ring that implies catching people. Seungwoo knew exactly where that ring came from. Because he had broken that annoying ability once before. ‘Now I’m starting to get a grasp.’

Seeing the ring and Simon’s face, he understood at once.

Why Simon didn’t die no matter how many times he was cut down.

“It’s an annoying ability no matter when I see it. So I hoped you would die nicely under that apple tree.”

Seungwoo recalled the past.

Between the huge trees with apples hanging all over. A man with a ring and a staff pressured Seungwoo. Seungwoo in his memory was quite different from now.

The color of his hair was white instead of black.

He was much healthier than he is now.

In his early 20s. His body, which had grown to the limit through the hardships he had experienced so far, was no longer envious of monsters the size of apartments, and Seungwoo, armed with outstanding martial arts and a powerful sword, faced Simon under the apple tree.

And.

The day the battle with Simon ended.

Seungwoo had retired.

That day was also the point when the world he lived in was finally saved. In other words, Simon was a kind of end. By killing him, all adversity and hardship came to an end.

But at the end that has now appeared.

Seungwoo began to recall information about Simon.

“Demon.”

Simon, a follower of the Demonic Cult. He who had many connections with demons.

The one who worships the demons with names taken from demons most closely.

At first, I just thought he was that kind of guy. A follower, that is. As long as the target is strong, followers are surprisingly easy to come by.

But the problem was next.

“The Fisherman’s Ring.”

You can worship demons.

But the golden ring that reflected light.

That ring is no ordinary ring. The ring with two patterns, a fisherman and a net, is a relic with really powerful power, and as long as the wearer does not voluntarily take off the ring, they will not die even if they turn into smoke and ashes.

Well, the nuance that he can’t die is much more appropriate than that he doesn’t die.

In fact, ordinary people who wore his ring were swallowed up by the tremendous radiance of the relic and their minds collapsed. He wanted to choose death himself, but in the end, he was not allowed to die until someone took the ring away.

Moreover, the more surprising fact is.

‘The ring’s ability is not just immortality.’

Immortality is just one of the many abilities the ring has.

The ability that is activated by default when you wear the ring is immortality, so it is the most noticeable. In the end, it’s just a basic passive.

But immortality cannot be activated at the same time as other abilities.

In order to use other abilities, the immortality ability inevitably disappears.

That timing is right now.

But.

‘It’s only timing if you can kill him.’

Look at that.

Simon was staring at me with scary eyes.

“Snake eyes.”

The reptile’s unique pupils were staring directly at me.

But he’s smiling, so I feel very bad every time I meet Simon’s face. Drawing out negative emotions.

That was his specialty.

“You still have that talent. Serial number 07.”

“You are still the same too. Your body has weakened, but you still have excellent prayers [dedication/fighting spirit]. Truly the epitome of a great warrior. You are indeed the one who cut off my breath.”

Seungwoo and Simon talked.

Every time they did, Seungwoo’s hand holding the sword trembled.

His arm was shaking because he couldn’t control his grip. Seungwoo was so excited right now that he couldn’t even control this simple strength. Tamamo, who had been by his side all along, knew that.

─Can’t you explain exactly what the relationship between the two of you is?

“……”

“Fox lady? I’ll explain it to you.”

Simon, who stretched his tongue out long like a snake, said with a sly smile.

“The world he was born and raised in is not this place. In fact, it’s not even the world where the fox lady lived. They use the same place names, but they belong to completely different universes.”

─I know that much.

This was something Tamamo already knew.

Just as her reaction was about to become indifferent.

Simon raised both hands and drew Tamamo’s attention.

“The story is not over yet. This is just the beginning.”

─What do you want to say?

“You’re impatient. Well, the point I want to make is simple. The world he was born in was similar to and different from the world you lived in. Typically, there was no magic power or magic. A world without magic power was relatively peaceful.”

─Until the monsters invaded.

It’s obvious, but.

This was also something I already knew.

“Indeed, you already know that much.”

─Are you kidding me right now? Are you stalling for time? Are you perhaps preparing a large-scale magic or an authority that takes a long time to activate……!

As Tamamo’s words grew longer, Simon cut her off.

“─Don’t worry, it’s not like that.”

By the way, you’re really rude.

I’m explaining, but you’re interfering so much.

However, it is my duty to kindly explain to such an audience.

I have no choice but to omit most of the intermediate developments.

Simon, who muttered quickly, looked at Tamamo again.

He gave her a snake-like, malicious smile.

“But you know. Have you ever heard the reason?”

─What reason?

“The reason why monsters invaded a world without magic power.”

─……Ah.

That’s really true.

I know the fact that they invaded.

I also know roughly how many people those monsters killed.

Development, beginning, and end.

She had heard most of the story from Seungwoo, but she had never heard the beginning of the story.

“It’s not a particularly special story. Monsters that tore through space and appeared. Among those monsters, there were seven powerful monsters hiding. They were the cause of everything.”

And they are.

“Seven Calamities.”

─……I’ve heard that name before. But I’ve never heard exactly what monsters are included in that calamity.

“Of course. Of course! That calamity is a terrible memory that humans want to forget from their minds!”

I had heard about the woman who taught Seungwoo the sword.

I heard she was murdered in the middle. I clearly remember that the one who killed her was the calamity.

“The calamity took so much from him. Friends, love, emotions, leisure, etc. He lost so much. But here! He’s about to lose something else to the calamity!”

─……?

The reaction was a little late.

There was a part in Simon’s words that was difficult to understand.

At first, Tamamo didn’t understand what he was trying to say. But after repeating Simon’s words several times, she was able to understand what he had said. So, that snake-eyed guy right now.

─Are you calling yourself a calamity right now?

“Yes, that’s right!”

─……In that state?

She pointed at Simon with her translucent finger.

Right now, his clothes were torn to shreds by the sword, leaving no place intact.

The floor was soaked with Simon’s blood. I can’t think that the word calamity suits him at all.

Tamamo made an unbelievable expression.

Simon laughed at that reaction.

“Puhahaha! That’s the first time I’ve ever received such a reaction. Well, I guess I’m a bit of a mess right now?”

Then I need to change my image a little.

The last words Simon spat out.

It’s not what he said with his mouth.

He didn’t even speak directly to the mind.

It was nature that spoke for Simon.

Flowers and trees became Simon’s mouth.

─……!

Tamamo, surprised, looked around.

Simon’s blood was scattered everywhere.

The land that contained his blood.

On the desolate land that was left with only ashes by the attack of the Red Knight.

The moment Simon’s blood seeped in, the land became a garden full of flowers, grass, and trees. The trees did not grow red because the land contained blood. Rather, the scenery of the area.

It looked much more beautiful than before it was burned.

All directions are like a well-kept garden.

One noticeable thing is.

All the trees became apple trees with apples hanging all over them.

“……I didn’t expect your power to affect the Divine Tree.”

─Divine Tree? Ah, could it be……!

Even the huge Divine Tree, which was different from ordinary trees, became a common apple tree from an unknown species.

Just a little bigger.

Such an apple tree.

─Natural manipulation?

“It’s not such a grand ability. I just decorated the surroundings to match me.”

─You! Where the hell are you talking from? I can’t see you, and I can’t catch you with my senses.

“I’m here. Here. Raise your eyes.”

Tamamo looked up at the sky.

Her gaze was on the Divine Tree. When she looked up at it, Simon came into view.

“Haha, you were a little late in finding me. Fox lady. The gentleman next to you found me a long time ago and was emitting so much murderous intent that it was hard to breathe.”

The Simon that came into her eyes was no longer the figure she knew.

Two pairs of black horns growing on his forehead.

Dozens of pairs of white wings that didn’t match that appearance at all.

An open outfit that was hard to believe was worn by a man who had been wrapped up tightly until just now. It was an outfit that reminded me of Greek philosophers. At first, I thought it was vulgar, but the thought that it was vulgar quickly disappeared at the sight of the body that seemed to have been carved with great care by God.

A white snake was held in his hand like a cane.

In the other hand, there was the same golden ring I saw earlier.

Well, it was a pretty good look, but Tamamo couldn’t understand what Simon’s appearance meant at all. She couldn’t understand why Simon had changed like that.

But there was a meaning to Simon’s appearance right now.

The only one who knows that meaning. And Seungwoo, who knows it painfully.

Swish───!

He neatly cut off the upper part of the Divine Tree he was standing on.

Simon falls onto the bare Divine Tree that only has a stump left.