Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 65

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 65

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 65

Rank Test (5)

The direction of magic is incredibly diverse.

Some, like Professor Nam Hwa-yeon, dedicate themselves to magical studies (魔道) [a deep and often esoteric pursuit of magic], while others focus on mastering magic specialized for combat and conflict.

Seungwoo clearly belonged to the latter.

Isabel, who had learned magic from her great-grandmother since childhood, wouldn’t have misjudged him.

In fact, even someone unfamiliar with magic would have come to the same conclusion after witnessing what he did.

That’s how combat-oriented Seungwoo’s magic was.

“How can he generate that much power at an intermediate level?”

The magic her former fiancé wielded was all at the intermediate level.

His exceptional talent in handling magic far surpassed the intermediate level, but the spells themselves remained there.

Seeing this, Isabel felt a strange sensation, like a veteran in skill but with an immature body.

“Of course, it’s not impossible to generate the power of advanced magic with intermediate magic, but…”

What she had just witnessed was, in terms of power and efficiency alone, beyond advanced magic.

If its lethality were further enhanced, it might reach the level of great magic or even massive destruction magic, treated as large-scale destructive magic, solely for the purpose of ‘destruction’.

Well, unless you were Professor Nam Hwa-yeon or her grandmother, even getting close to that level would be absurd.

Could he possibly…?

She couldn’t help but wonder.

As a magician, she couldn’t help but have such thoughts after witnessing the recent series of battles.

‘Still, he’s just an A-rank, after all.’

Isabel stared at the license in his grasp.

A rectangular card with his face and the grade A clearly marked.

The rank was a bit disappointing, but it was still a guaranteed path to S-rank. Or maybe not, since personality tests are an important evaluation factor for higher ranks, it might not be easy.

In that sense, her former fiancé might become a Ranker faster than becoming an S-rank player.

“Assistant, are we leaving now?”

“Yeah, we had dinner, and Lee Ji left early for her part-time job, so let’s go.”

While Isabel was deep in thought,

Noh Yoora and Baek Seungwoo were talking.

She suddenly looked at him.

In the process of reaching into his jacket pocket to pay after dinner, she smelled a familiar scent.

It suddenly came to her.

Her former fiancé heading to a secret underground building outside the academy yesterday.

And the smell of grass that vibrated from that underground place was coming from his pocket. Her pupils dilated.

“Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something you want to say to me?”

“Ah, no… it’s nothing.”

Isabel hesitated to speak.

If he had obtained an illegal substance, a nationally banned herb, from what appeared to be an illegal establishment…

What could she say to him?

There was no need to think about it for long.

Catastrophe (破綻) [complete ruin or failure].

It would be a complete catastrophe.

His position as an assistant and temporary teacher, and even his position as the head of the family.

Everything would be ruined.

In her mind, there was no thought that the forbidden herb might be a poisonous plant.

After all, who would buy a poisonous plant from such a place? She didn’t even consider such an absurd assumption.

In fact, whether it was a drug or a poisonous plant didn’t matter.

What mattered was not the truth, but her rationalization.

He was everything to the girl. So, she secretly thought it would be fair if Seungwoo lost everything as well.

However, Isabel had received a promise from him.

That he would soon tell her the flaws in the magic he had inherited from her grandmother.

It was an absurd promise, but she didn’t want to ruin even that.

Because it was such a promise.

It was the first promise she had made with him in a long time.

Although the biggest promise, their engagement, had been broken, she hoped that even these small promises wouldn’t be broken.

In one corner of her heart, she hoped that Seungwoo would never discover the flaws.

A very foolish thought.

Yes, it was foolish.

She knew she was quite foolish herself, but what could she do?

That’s how people’s hearts are.

“Then shall we go now?”

Of course, Seungwoo, who couldn’t know her feelings, caught a taxi and left for their destination.

Since they were moving together on the weekend, while the other students were chatting in the taxi like on a picnic, Isabel’s gaze was only directed at Seungwoo.

It couldn’t be.

No, it wouldn’t be.

The girl who still believed in love.

Was just praying.

Hoping that he wouldn’t be so corrupted as to resort to drugs.

Her heart, wishing so, was still in the flower garden of her childhood.

Only, she had grown thorns on the flowers to avoid getting hurt herself.

Nothing had changed.

* * *

The day was setting.

To purchase the Killer Stone at the auction house scheduled to open at night, located in Jongno, I took a taxi.

“Alright, buddy. This is as far as you can go by car. It looks like it’s a 3-minute walk to the place you mentioned.”

At the taxi driver’s words, I paid in cash and got up.

“Is the underground auction house right below here? Judging by the lack of streetlights around, it seems like a shady place more suited for human trafficking than an auction house.”

“That’s just the taste of the rich. They like things shady and dark.”

“You’re a rich young lady too.”

The location Gu Yaja gave me was just a large tree and a forest. I couldn’t feel the glamorous atmosphere that would suit the gambling of the rich anywhere.

Well, if you think about it the other way around, it seems to fit well with the illegal nature of the underground auction house.

I and the students walked into the shady forest.

As we headed deeper into the forest, there was an artificial structure.

[Welcome to the Jongno Underground Auction House!]

The language engraved on the sign was being translated into various languages in real-time.

Looking at the sign being translated into Korean, Chinese, Russian, and other languages, which were the native languages of the people here, I thought.

Indeed, it’s just for show, but they certainly splurged on the rich.

The sign being translated in real-time isn’t that rare, but.

It’s not easy to search and translate the native language based on the magic emanating from us, even without setting it separately.

It’s not an impossible technology, but they must have invested hundreds of millions of won.

The maintenance costs won’t be cheap either.

“Please show your invitation.”

As I approached the auction house sign, attendants came up from the passage next to the sign.

It was clear that they came from the underground auction house.

Seeing that each of them had a tray with a letter envelope and a knife to cut the wax of the letter, it seemed that only invited people were allowed to enter.

“No, I don’t have an invitation.”

“Then entry is not allowed…”

“But isn’t my face the invitation itself?”

I brought my face closer to them.

As my face got closer, the fox ears above my head and the fluffy fox tail also came into their view.

The moment our eyes met, my pupils flashed with a deep purple fox eye (狐眼) [kitsune-me, a fox-like eye associated with mythical foxes], proving my identity.

Purple eyes and fox pupils. And even the fox tail wagging as if enjoying the situation.

Only then did the attendants recognize my identity and hurriedly start talking into the walkie-talkie.

The attendants looked uneasy, staring at the tail moving from side to side. Their eyes also moved from side to side, following the tail moving like a metronome.

Because they couldn’t take their eyes off it.

After waiting for about 3 minutes, they must have realized they couldn’t keep me standing outside any longer, so they opened their arms and escorted me underground.

“You can stay here, Clan Leader Baek.”

“……Hmm.”

It was a seat separated from other people, but it didn’t feel like a luxurious seat.

“We didn’t know you would be attending today since we didn’t receive any notice. We would like to escort you to the VVIP seat if we could, but all of those seats are already reserved. We are sorry, but we have to seat you in the VIP seat.”

“Well, I came without an invitation, so it can’t be helped.”

“Yes? Ah, yes, Clan Leader Baek. Thank you for understanding.”

As I waved my hand and nodded, the servants bowed and set out to greet other guests in an orderly manner.

There was still time before the auction.

I reached for the glass and the liquor on the table to wet my throat.

Just as I was about to take a sip of the moderately cold liquor and feel the temperature of the glass, there was a hand that stopped me.

It was Isabel, whose brilliant golden blonde hair was always attractive.

“Are you crazy? Don’t you know why there’s liquor in the auction house VIP seats?”

Of course, her eloquence isn’t that attractive.

I roughly replied to her words.

“Yeah, there’s nothing more foolish than getting drunk in a place where you spend money, because getting drunk dulls your cognitive abilities and sense of economics.”

“So? What are you pouring into the glass with your right hand right now?”

“However, in my case, I’m quite resistant to alcohol. A glass of whiskey should be fine, right?”

It’s not about constitution and mental strength.

Players can get rid of simple hangovers by circulating magic throughout their bodies and filtering out impurities.

I went one step further and had immunity to poison.

Skill 「Weak Poison Resistance」 integrated with 「Hundred Poison Resistance」.

A constitution that has resistance to a hundred kinds of poison and generates antibodies and resistance to poisons of a similar level. Some may say that a hundred poisons are too few, but.

‘This is more than enough.’

I was satisfied in my own way.

How many poisons do we encounter in our lives that we need more than a hundred resistances?

Of course, there are exceptions among villains who use poisons that even the Thousand Poison Resistance can’t handle. That’s a really exceptional guy.

In most situations, 「Hundred Poison Resistance」 is enough.

Even at this moment, my body was building resistance to alcohol.

Alcohol poisoning is also a type of poison.

If so, I’ll never really get drunk, so this is just to lift my spirits.

Of course, Isabel, who couldn’t know about my abilities, grabbed her head and sat next to me.

Then she snatched the bottle of liquor. It was quite a familiar movement.

You can tell she’s snatched her dad’s liquor bottles a lot at home.

“This is confiscated.”

“……I think it would be better to talk about something more realistic than alcohol right now.”

“Yerin is right. Assistant, you may be used to this situation because you have a lot of money, but we don’t.”

“That’s right. Isn’t it dangerous here in the first place? Everyone looks strong……”

“Don’t worry. It will be a good opportunity for you.”

It’s a rare opportunity to observe a gathering of real wealthy people, not just nouveau riche [newly rich], at a glance. In my case, I’ve seen and participated in these auctions before, so I don’t have any particular feelings.

But these kids are different.

The blatant displays of the rich’s physiology and life.

The opportunity to witness it up close is precious.

There may not be many scenes that are good for the children’s emotions, but at least it will be a valuable fertilizer for them to grow as human beings.

And I’ll take care of the Killer Stone.

The students will learn, and I, as an educator, will get what I want, so where else would there be such an opportunity?

This was my own curriculum that other temporary teachers couldn’t follow.

“…….”

“Teacher, is there something bothering you? Shall I freeze it for you?”

“……No.”

Icys asked, looking at my expression.

I glared at the masked man passing by and replied.

“It’s just that there’s a nasty stench.”

A stench of rotten blood and flesh that made my nose want to twist.

And even more disgusting than that, I felt a smell of magic (魔) [demonic or dark energy] that I couldn’t describe.