Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 363

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 363

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 363

Why are you guys here? (3)

“Using you as a coordinate, we can jump to the exact timeline.”

Luna is a kind of wedge [a person or thing used to force a particular result or change].

“Is that possible?”

“It’s a little difficult, but not impossible.”

“A little? Is it really just a little?”

She leaned in close to Seungwoo, asking the question.

Seungwoo, watching her, stuttered slightly.

“Um, well, you see. Yes. It might be incredibly difficult for others, but for me, it’s just a little difficult.”

He spoke confidently, but his expression didn’t quite match.

Something felt uneasy. As Luna stared intently at the empty air, a seductive female voice echoed.

─Even for you, it’s more than just a little.

“If I stabilize the coordinates with all my focus, the success rate will be close to 100%.”

─A high success rate doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy.

Let’s say it’s guaranteed to succeed, but it takes 10 years. Is that easy? It’s just a difficult task with a high success rate.

“…….”

And Luna, realizing this, stared intently at Seungwoo.

Seungwoo looked at the spirit behind him and the elf girl in front of him, then sighed. He couldn’t say a word.

“Okay, it’s a damn difficult task.”

“Th-then, what about the success rate? Surely that’s not a lie too?!”

“Since this kind of coordinate movement is a first for me, the success rate might be somewhat lower, but it shouldn’t drop below 90%.”

“Then, what is the approximate success rate that you! No, that Master Soo is thinking of?”

“The success rate I’m thinking of? Even if I calculate it now, it’s just in my head, so the margin of error will be very wide.”

For an accurate calculation, I’d have to focus on it for a week.

“Ah! Never mind that! Just tell me quickly.”

“……Okay.”

I don’t like her raising her voice, but whatever.

This is the only chance to reclaim the lost Alliance. She has a right to be this excited. Seungwoo resolved to be patient like an adult.

“Please tell me quickly!”

“Wait a bit. Even for me, a high-dimensional calculation that crosses worlds can’t be done quickly. Do you know how many variables are involved in this task?”

“Ah! Never mind that! Hurry!”

“…….”

Should I pretend to calculate and give her an absurdly low probability?

Like 10%, for example. It’s definitely not a small probability, but it’s also too small to risk your life on.

Should I tease her by saying something moderate?

I seriously considered it, but.

‘Let’s stop. It’s not fun anyway, and it’s not something to do to a child.’

I heard when I was with the Alliance.

Luna’s age is around 200 years old.

That’s a lot for a human, but for an elf, especially a high elf who is practically royalty, 200 years old is around puberty.

That’s fifteen in human years.

Confucius called it Zhi Xue (志學) [the age of fifteen, when one is expected to focus on learning], the age when one just begins to set their mind on learning. Such a girl was reigning as the leader of hundreds of thousands of lives. In that respect.

‘Her behavior from the beginning until now has been inappropriate for her age.’

I don’t know what a 200-year-old person should look like.

But I know what a 200-year-old high elf should look like.

‘Like my children. Like my students.’

A vision of enjoying playing and hanging out together flashed through Seungwoo’s mind. I don’t know much about the ecology of high elves, but maybe those aspects aren’t that different from humans.

“Wait a little longer.”

Seungwoo actually liked Luna’s changed attitude more.

He looked at Luna with warm eyes.

“In about five minutes, it’ll be almost……”

“Five minutes? Can’t you shorten it? It’s really urgent!”

“……Seriously.”

Have I ever seen such a clueless person?

Swallowing the rest of his words, Seungwoo was about to say ‘25%’, but he shut his mouth tightly, fearing she might actually believe it.

No, even if she’s acting her age.

It’s not just the terrible twos [a difficult period in a child’s development, typically around the age of two].

What’s with the terrible two hundred?

Seungwoo clutched his throbbing head and finally spoke the conclusion he had reached.

“Seriously…… the result is out.”

“I thought something else was coming.”

“Um? The result is out, I said. Are you not going to listen?”

He glossed over it, not wanting to talk to Luna in her current state.

Fortunately, she didn’t press further.

“So, what is the specific probability?”

“It can change greatly depending on the variables, but on average, it has a 92% chance of success. If we proceed in the most likely direction, the formula has about a 93% chance of succeeding.”

“Ooooooh!”

Luna exclaimed at the much higher-than-expected figure.

I thought it would be 91% at best, but to think the average would be 92%. Isn’t that practically saying it’s going to succeed?

“Then, what are the highest and lowest probabilities? What percentage do they come out to respectively?”

“The highest is 99.9%.”

“The highest isn’t 100%?”

“100 doesn’t come out no matter how I calculate it.”

“Then what is the lowest number? Even if the probability is low, if the average is this high, then naturally the lowest case is also……!”

“Why are you asking? It’s obviously 0%.”

“……Huh?”

Luna looked at Seungwoo with a surprised expression.

Seriously, is he kidding me?

“0%, you said? You just said 100% isn’t possible.”

“I clearly said that.”

“Why is 0% possible when 100% isn’t?”

“Don’t you think about the possibility of failure? Don’t you think about the possibility of you and me dying in this world before we return to that world?”

……Ah.

That’s right. I forgot about that possibility.

Luna ran her hand over her face.

She had become uncharacteristically excited about the possibility of returning to the way things were. The thought that she might actually be able to save her people filled her head with excitement and joy, leading to inappropriate actions and judgments.

“……That’s right. I forgot about that.”

“……Okay, good that you know.”

“……Yes.”

Luna belatedly regained her usual tone and pace.

Seungwoo, seeing Luna suddenly become calm, guessed that her impulsive excitement had subsided. It’s better not to talk to her in this situation.

She might be embarrassed.

With the intention of being as considerate as possible, Seungwoo closed his mouth.

However, that consideration came across somewhat differently to Luna.

‘It’s been 2 hours since we last talked. Could it be that I annoyed him?!’

For 2 hours, Seungwoo and Tamamo.

Neither of them opened their mouths and just went their own way.

She wanted to ask something, but she couldn’t because of the atmosphere.

As a result, Luna’s nerves began to fray.

Eventually, she.

“Everyone! There’s a strange person over there!”

She started making up topics of conversation at random.

No better idea came to mind, no matter how much she thought about it.

Just then, she saw people coming out of a house on the street.

Boys and girls in exotic clothes, completely different from the gentleman who was moving with that robot earlier or the people she had passed by. Luna pointed at them and was thinking of the next topic when.

“……?”

─Uh……? How did those kids get here?

“Oh? Judging by your reactions, do you perhaps know them?”

The two’s reaction was as if they had seen someone they knew.

Luna questioned that reaction.

Know them? Of course, I know them.

But you see. I know them too well, which is why I can’t understand it even more.

“No, why are those guys here?”

People who shouldn’t be here were showing up.

Why are you guys here?

* * *

The City Without Electricity.

That was the name the system gave to that otherworld.

Its scale and difficulty were city-level.

Due to the danger of city-level otherworlds, only active players who were considered top-tier were given the qualification to enter, and only a small number of those who entered could survive to the end.

So much so that there were jokes about how the association should restrict entry to at least S-class players.

“The difficulty is really tough.”

“I thought it was good that we didn’t start in the snowy mountains this time. But with the situation like this, it’s worse than the snowy mountains.”

“Still, we managed to get help from the local residents through negotiations.”

“Hey. It took us two days of effort to persuade just about 10 people.”

There were people who entered such a difficult world on their own.

Even though they were prepared, they were struggling with the difficulty that exceeded their imagination.

“If that’s the case, it’s better to keep fighting like in other worlds. Quests that require solving problems tied to the city don’t suit me.”

“Hey. Put down your spear. Is there any reason to fight without a reason? And it’s much better to solve the city’s problems and clear it than to fight for your life.”

The strategy for this world was very simple.

Solve the city’s electricity problem.

Everyone thought it would be an easy journey with such a simple condition, but as expected, an enormous amount of political conflict and profitability were intertwined with the electricity supplied to the city.

This was not a problem that outsiders could solve.

Since they couldn’t just not clear it, the group went around the city day and night.

The result was this mess.

“……Coward. How can the head of a group be so indecisive?”

“Are you done talking? Do you think I’m not fighting because I’m weak right now?”

“Yeah.”

“Otherworlds have levels. Even though it’s already destroyed, the level and class of a world that supports a city-level scale is beyond imagination. It’s not for nothing that S-class players and rankers die from time to time.”

The leader was rather satisfied with the current situation.

It was better that it was difficult because of political interests and profitability.

If the clearing condition required force, a lot of damage would have occurred.

Not only would they be seriously injured, but some of the group might have died. In that sense, this is much better.

However, her teammate seemed to have a slightly different idea.

“I’m stronger than those guys.”

The teammate with the complaint grabbed the spear hanging on her back and swung it around in a big circle.

It wasn’t intentional.

She had been wielding the spear so much.

It was a natural, ingrained movement.

The basics of spear technique were naturally embedded in that movement.

Rannachar. The basics of spear technique itself.

She did not stop training until she could reflexively perform the first teaching she received from her master.

“Hey! Se……!”

“Don’t call my name. I’m not your subordinate.”

“Do you think I think of you as a subordinate? I think of you as a friend!”

The two people whose opinions did not match.

In the end, the group split into two.

Until just a month ago.

The two were very precious friends to each other.

However, the pressure to clear this world separated them.

They had a reason to clear this world.