Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 407

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 407

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 407

Conclusion (2)

I deployed spatial magic.

I was already squeezing out every last drop of mana and mental strength to create the Mind Sword, and now trying to deploy spatial magic on top of that was killing me.

This requires quite a bit of magic power.

─Are, are you okay……?

“Why? Do I look like I’m not okay?”

─Yeah.

“Actually, I feel like I’m about to die.”

Even fighting Adam wasn’t this painful.

All I did was prevent the fragments of my organs, shattered by the shockwave, from coming out of my mouth.

When I forcibly deployed the Sanctuary to block his authority, it was agonizing, as if my own organs were being cooked along with it.

‘……Huh?’

Now that I think about it, wasn’t I in danger even before creating the portal?

Luna, who was watching me in my less-than-ideal condition, burst into laughter.

“Puhahaha! You’re pushing yourself too hard to make this portal, aren’t you?”

“And who do you think I’m making this for that you’re laughing like that?”

“For you, of course.”

Luna poked my chest with her finger.

“The person who would be happiest if I used the Mind Sword to obliterate the weakened guy, so you never have to meet Adam again, is you, right? Isn’t that so?”

“Tch. And here I was, trying to leave you with a debt of gratitude.”

She’s become too perceptive because she’s been through so much at the Magic Tower.

She wasn’t like this before. She’s really grown a lot at the Magic Tower.

Both in terms of ability and mentally. It felt like I raised another student in the past month.

“Benefactor.”

“……Teacher.”

“Yes……?”

“‘Benefactor’ is too stiff. Call me ‘Teacher.’ If you don’t like that─”

After a moment of consideration, I managed to force the words out.

“Call me ‘Master’.”

Master.

It was a title deeply stained with my old wounds.

“Master? Did you just say ‘Master’?”

Luna was taken aback.

No, what’s so surprising about this conversation?

I looked at her with a strange look, and Luna shook her head.

“You always hated it when I jokingly called you ‘Master’ at the Magic Tower!”

“Oh…….”

Did I? I don’t remember at all.

While I was at the Magic Tower, I was so obsessed with research that I don’t remember what I said.

But it’s probably likely that I did.

Because I hate the expression ‘Master’ so much.

I wouldn’t have wanted to hear it even as a joke.

“Then just think of it as me allowing it this once. We won’t be meeting again anyway.”

There were two ways to go to her world.

The first was to move to the coordinates stored in the Orchard Key.

However, the Orchard Key breaks after one use, so that’s impossible.

The second was to open space using Luna, a resident of that world, as an ‘axis,’ but that also becomes an impossible option once she leaves.

In other words, this is the last time I’ll ever be able to see Luna.

“Thank you for your hard work, and you really suffered a lot.”

Thanks to Luna’s assistance, I was able to carry out numerous studies smoothly.

Being able to open this portal was also thanks to Luna’s rapid progress in spatial research. I held out my hand to her.

It was an offer to shake hands.

“……Actually, it was really tough, but still, thank you.”

She grabbed the hand I offered and shook it up and down.

Various emotions flashed across her face.

My hand tightened at the fact that a young elf of her age was feeling such emotions. How hard must it have been for her with these small hands?

That’s what I thought.

─It’s nice to end things on a heartwarming note, but.

Tamamo pointed behind me with a sulky expression.

─Those guys over there. I think they heard what you just said?

Tamamo was pointing to where the students were huddled together.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Also, holding Odin’s severed head.

Hey, the blood’s dripping from the severed part.

“…….”

“……Teacher.”

“…….”

“……Ha, I knew it. Really.”

“……You told us we couldn’t.”

Luna and I silently stared at the students.

When Tamamo opened her mouth, both of our gazes turned to her.

─Remember? When they called you ‘Master,’ you refused?

Tamamo nagged at me, saying it was a nuisance.

Our gazes split.

My gaze was directed at the ground, and Luna’s gaze was directed at me.

“……Heh.”

Luna muttered as if she understood.

“You were always strict about the expression ‘Master,’ weren’t you, Master.”

“……!”

Isabel’s reaction was intense when she put strength into the last ‘Master.’ Instantly, thunder and lightning struck from the sky.

‘You’re not lightning. You’re light attribute.’

Regardless, another bolt of lightning came down from the clear sky.

Luna smiled faintly at the sight.

The expression that made me feel sorry for her naturally disappeared.

“It’s time for me to go.”

Luna walked towards the portal.

She looked around and touched the portal, marveling at it.

Luna, who was gently touching the entrance, muttered.

“Master.”

“……Why?”

“Do you know what?”

Luna was looking at the portal, so I couldn’t see her face.

“Actually, the name ‘Soo’ that Master used is a pseudonym that my father used when I was young.”

Hero of the Canyon, Soo.

It was the local name I used when I faced the coalition led by Luna.

I heard that the person in question hadn’t appeared in a long time, so I used it.

“My father hated being a boring king, so he made up a pseudonym and often went out.”

Luna turned to me.

“At first, I was suspicious, but now I think it’s fortunate that Master is using that name.”

The smile on her lips was as bright as could be.

“Do you know what?”

We use a special honorific when we praise our benefactor.

Like how people elevate a name by adding ‘Sir’ after it.

Since we are the children of the Mother Tree, we mean that the benefactor is the root of the great mother that has descended to the earth and been shaped into human form.

“Root.”

That’s how we add it after the name.

“Sooroot.”

It’s a name that reminds me of something.

It’s even more so because I handle fire.

I actually burned the World Tree, too.

“Just saying.”

It wasn’t anything special.

But Luna had conveyed everything she wanted to say with that.

With a face that looked very relieved, she entered the portal.

* * *

Chirp chirp!

A bird chirps.

It was a sound I hadn’t heard while living in the ‘city.’

The sunlight shining through the green leaves struck my eyes.

“Haaah…….”

Luna, who had been lying on the soft lawn, stretched and got up groggily.

“…….”

Luna rubbed her eyes like someone who had just taken a deep nap.

She silently looked around.

Green vegetation and frolicking animals.

“……!”

Luna’s eyes widened at the sight.

The Sacred Tree absorbed all the nutrients from the land, causing countless plants to wither and animals to die. Even when forming a coalition and desperately protecting the natural environment, it was difficult to see such a peaceful sight.

Right then, Seungwoo’s words flashed through Luna’s mind.

─If I use you as an axis and move back to before the disasters invaded.

You can save the coalition from the disasters.

Luna, who remembered those words, naturally thought she would return to a month ago. But what on earth is this unnecessarily peaceful sight?

“……Could it be.”

If, after research, Seungwoo’s skill in handling spatial magic had improved.

Instead of moving together, what if Luna returned to this world alone?

“…….”

Wouldn’t it be possible to go back a little further than expected?

Just as Luna was lost in thought.

“……Nahi!

A voice was heard from beyond the forest.

A voice that was clearly different from the howling of wild animals, the voice of an intelligent life form.

Even that was somehow a familiar voice.

Dada dada!

Hearing that voice, Luna unknowingly shed tears and ran across the forest. She ran as fast as she could, as if she had never run so fast in her life.

And where she arrived.

“I told you I wouldn’t do it!

“Hey, what are you doing! Don’t you know it’s the princess’s birthday today? Speak a little quieter!

“You’re the loudest!

“What did you say?! Want to try me?”

Four handsome and beautiful elves with long ears were talking noisily.

They were working hard to make something. Luna sat down on a high tree branch, looking at the scene.

“……Nahi, Jin, Miru, Ruhan.”

My, my precious retainers.

Elves who grew up with Luna like siblings.

And that day 10 years ago. My family, who had turned to ashes along with the burned-down Elven kingdom. They are there, they are there. They are alive.

“Oh, I was going to throw a surprise birthday party, but I got caught.”

“Fath, Fath, Fath…… Ugh!

Luna, who was sobbing so hard she was about to suffocate, reflexively turned her head at the voice and presence behind her.

A middle-aged man standing behind Luna covered her mouth.

“Luna. Let’s pretend we don’t know and be quiet.”

He said he would make sure your birthday this year was a surprise, and he’s been like this for a week. Wouldn’t it be okay to turn a blind eye to this much?

Because our daughter is kind.

“……Ah ah.”

Our daughter.

I don’t know how many years it’s been since I heard these words.

‘Father.’

My father.

My father, who closed his eyes along with the kingdom.

‘This, this can’t be a dream, right?’

Luna rubbed her eyes with her hand.

At that moment, the dagger in her hand caught her eye.

The dagger she was holding in her hand even when she got up and rubbed her eyes.

‘Master’s Mind Sword.’

Yes, it’s real.

As long as this sword is here, this moment is real.

“Okay. I’ll pretend I don’t know. I’m going for a walk for a while.”

“Okay, go ahead.”

“……Yes.”

I’ll be by your side this time, Father.

Luna rubbed her eyes and ran along the tree branch.

“It’s not…… a dream.”

Luna recalled the past moments.

The past month was a series of days that were so impressive that they could be counted among the most memorable in her long life as a High Elf. I will never forget it.

Until the day I die.

‘Nahi, Jin, Miru, Ruhan.’

As long as this sword is in my hand, I won’t be surprised no matter what surprise you pull. I’ve already received the most amazing gift.

Luna focused her mind on the Mind Sword and ran above the trees.

The Mind Sword was telling her the location. That location is.

“The Sacred Tree.”

Our Mother Tree.

It was under it.

“There was a small spring here?”

The Mind Sword sent a signal.

It’s here. There’s something here.

Luna, who received the signal, immediately searched the vicinity of the spring.

And.

Srrr.

She found a black snake crawling on the ground.

The existence of the black snake had significant implications.

Luna instinctively raised her dagger.

Stab!

She stabbed it on the head of the black snake.

The snake did not resist. As if it was already prepared for death.

It closed its eyes silently.

The Mind Sword, convinced that the snake was dead, naturally melted away.

“……Is it over?”

Is this the end?

Really?

“…….”

Luna, who was staring blankly at the snake, saw the blood and poison flowing from the snake’s body melting the ground and grass. It wasn’t just melting.

It was melting as if it were withering.

That blood is about to flow into the spring.

If that blood enters the spring, the spring will be contaminated, and soon the Mother Tree will absorb that defiled water.

Whoosh!

Luna created a flame with her fingers without the power of the spirits.

She had created flames by Master’s side and watched how to handle them. She burned the snake’s corpse and blood without a trace. She burned the corpse with a fire that could burn even its soul, so that not even ashes remained.

“……It’s over.”

Now. I was sure that everything was over.

Thud!

Luna sat down on the floor.

Soon, mentally exhausted, she looked at the sky and lay down on the floor.

If my father saw me, he would nag me, saying, ‘What kind of princess lies on the floor?’

“I’m not just a princess.”

I am Master’s disciple.

Also, the first disciple to be allowed to call him ‘Master.’

I wasn’t just a simple princess.

“Now that it’s all over. Can I enjoy it now?”

I’m not even a junior researcher anymore.

Right, Master?

Luna looked up at the sky.

Clouds floating in the air.

She let her emotions flow over those clouds.

“Goodbye.”

My Master.