Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 77

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 77

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 77

Housemate (2)

─This mansion is truly vast and beautiful. The elegance of the architectural style is familiar, though it’s called Western. Its unique grandeur evokes nothing but admiration. Contractor, you reside in a truly wonderful place.

“……I’m trying to read, so please be a little quieter. And this isn’t my house.”

─Oh? I distinctly remember hearing you being referred to as the head of the household in a conversation with a woman presumed to be your kin. Doesn’t head of the household mean the same as the head of the family?

Head of the household and head of the family are essentially the same, meaning the owner of the family.

The reason Tamamo asked that was because in Japan, where she died, the term ‘head of the family’ was used more often than ‘head of the household.’

“That’s true, but I don’t have any real power here.”

─Hmm, judging by the subtle inflections in your voice, that doesn’t seem to be the only reason. Fine, I’ll let it pass.

Tamamo ended the conversation without further argument.

Her consideration, which had been perplexing me until just now, was incredibly touching.

If she hadn’t followed it up with, ‘Because I’m a kind and gentle fox,’ the feeling would have lasted a little longer.

‘……I made an unnecessary slip of the tongue.’

Even if I am a powerless, prodigal head of the household, this place was ‘Baek Seung-woo’s’ home.

He was born in this house, and he grew up in this house.

That fact will never change.

Therefore, it is natural to think of this place as home, regardless of his power. But not for me.

This is only my second time in this house, and it’s the first time I’ve spent so long in ‘Baek Seung-woo’s’ room. It was also the first time I had laid down on the wide bed that Baek Seung-woo had shared for half his life.

This won’t do.

I am Baek Seung-woo.

According to the setting, this mansion is my home, and I know in my head that it will eventually be in my grasp, but my heart isn’t quite there yet.

Honestly, it’s not easy to consider a house I’ve never seen before as my own. Unless it was a house I contracted with my own money.

How can I recognize a mansion where a clear stranger lives as my home? Is that why, even though my body is aching and tired, I can’t fall asleep?

I spent time flipping through a ridiculous book called [The Biographies of the Elders of the Main Family] that I had taken from the family library.

A book recording all the elders of the family.

This one book is why I came all the way here.

‘By the way, there’s no mention of Tamamo in the book. Fox clans like the Sammiho [three-tailed fox] or Gumiho [nine-tailed fox] would have their names on the family register, whether they were direct or collateral relatives, but her name isn’t there. Hmm, perhaps she lived before the Cheonho Baekga family was even formed.’

“Hey, Tamamo. Have you ever heard of a family called Cheonho Baekga?”

…….

What, why aren’t you answering?

Just a moment ago, she would have responded to my thoughts.

There was no response.

Is she asleep, perhaps?

Even after a considerable amount of time had passed, there was no response.

I even began to wonder if I was experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations from the pain of my broken bones.

‘It’s the first time I’ve heard of a ghost sleeping, but if she is, that’s good for me.’

Even though I, a human, can’t sleep, I was annoyed that a spirit attached to a ring, following me around, was sleeping so peacefully. But well, she’s already dead.

I generously overlooked that part.

“Now then, since I’m finally alone, shall we receive the long-awaited settlement?”

As I flicked my fingers, the status window appeared.

From the utterly transparent color, I pressed the part labeled [Quest], and the window was dyed a light purple, with all sorts of information pouring out like a flood.

[Main Quest ‘Killing Stone’ : Cleared]

─Rewards─

[1. ‘Point Shop’ Opened]

[2. ‘??? Trait Selection Ticket’ X 1]

[3. Author’s Reply]

The three rewards I received.

I checked them in order, starting with the top one.

Ding!

A message popped up.

[The ‘Point Shop’ will now be permanently open.]

[The ‘Point Shop’ is a privilege exclusively for you.]

[Everything in the shop can be purchased with ‘Points (P)’ earned by clearing quests.]

【Point Shop】

1. [Stat Enhancement]

2. [Trait List]

3. [Skill List]

4. [Equipment List]

The ‘Point Shop’ consisted of four lists.

I pressed each list in turn to view the detailed items.

[Stat Enhancement]

1. 「Stamina Stage 1 Enhancement」─30P

2. 「Strength Stage 1 Enhancement」─25P

3. 「Endurance Stage 1 Enhancement」─10P

4. 「Agility Stage 1 Enhancement」─25P

5. 「Mana Stage 1 Enhancement」─100P

6. 「Sense Stage 1 Enhancement」─100P

* The price of each stat increases by 5P for each stage.

[Trait List]

* Cannot be purchased through normal methods.

[Skill List]

1. 「Magic Piercing Star Sword」─2,000P

2. 「Star Cluster Wave」─2,500P

3. 「Return to Origin」─885P

4. 「Immovable Heart」─1,000P

5. 「Abyss in the Heart」─730P

6. 「Daera Flame Extreme Sword Style」─477P

……

……

113. 「Law of the Sword」─7P

114. 「Self-Healing」─6P

[Equipment List]

1. 「Holy Sword Illuminating Starlight」─5,000P

2. 「Rosario of Holy Radiance」─750P

3. 「Sacred Armor of the White Knight」─825P

4. 「Star Cloud Sword of the Red Knight」─370P

5. 「Mantle of King Yeomra [King of the Underworld]」─237P

6. 「Geo Gyeol」─1,755P

……

……

69. 「Dawn Spear」─12P

70. 「Ring of Commanding Life」─7P

71. 「Old Handkerchief Embroidered with Sun」─1P

What are these?

Why are all my things here?

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment.

Because all the items in the shop were my possessions from before the possession. How do I feel right now?

It’s like a son who lives far away for college, being caught putting up items he used to use at home for secondhand 거래 [transactions/deals].

It was like discovering that very important and precious items were being sold at a bargain price.

It’s hard to describe, but it was a very dirty feeling.

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

How much did you loot from my vault?

At this point, even if you shake it, not a single speck of dust will come out.

……Or maybe not.

Maybe it’s so empty that more dust will accumulate?

“……I’m really going to kill you when I get back.”

If you want to live, you better research resurrection magic while I’m still in this world. Since Eve created all the magic that existed in reality, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

I resolved to study how to 미리 명복을 빌어주는 법 [pray for someone’s soul in advance], and opened the next reward.

Since the first reward was in this state, I actually expected this.

[Checking ‘??? Trait Selection Ticket’.]

[Listing all traits recorded inside as a catalog.]

[Acquire one of the 11 recorded traits at random.]

【??? Trait Catalog】

1. 「Sword Saint」

2. 「War God」

3. 「Sword God」

4. 「Sword Lord」

5. 「Sword Master」

6. 「Sword Immortal」

7. 「Savior」

8. 「Mental Strength」

9. 「Schemer」

10. 「Path of the Mind Sword」

11. 「Heavenly Martial Body」

Ha, I knew it.

“It’s all my titles, aliases, or characteristics.”

My shadows that were pushed by the media, military, and governments of each country.

The totality of my past years was embodied in the name of traits.

But strangely, titles that were ambiguous to compare with other traits, such as 「Sword Dragon」, were not included.

This was truly a collection of everything that symbolized me in my prime, bound together by the concept of ‘traits.’

Especially 「Sword Saint」, 「Sword God」, 「Sword Lord」, 「Sword Master」, 「Sword Immortal」, 「Path of the Mind Sword」. These six were like that.

The best traits in the field of swordsmanship that all swordsmen in this world crave.

These proved what kind of life I had lived.

The traits written here were truly the life itself of a swordsman named Baek Seung-woo.

“Well, I can’t use any of the sword-related traits anyway.”

Traits with plausible names, one and all.

They may actually be plausible, but they only exert their effects when holding a ‘sword.’

I, who have become half-crippled due to 「Solar Meridian Severance」, cannot dare to handle traits of that concept. Maybe Sung Yeon-hwa could.

To me now, those six traits were 계륵 [a useless but tempting thing] itself.

“It won’t be easy to get anything useful. Rather than traits I can’t use, maybe War God or Heavenly Martial Body would be better.”

That didn’t mean the other five were good.

The trait, 「War God」, symbolizes my achievements when I was appointed as the chief commander at a young age because all the chief commanders and other commanders were either dead or too old.

Considering that track record, the ability of 「War God」 is a trait that grants additional effects of tactics and strategy, including tactics and command.

Unless I’m planning to start a war right now.

If I don’t have that intention, it won’t have much effect.

The situation was the same for the remaining traits.

The trait, 「Savior」, is the common label for heroes who sacrificed themselves to save humanity.

「Mental Strength」 is the achievement of a Yaksha [a fierce, demigod warrior] who didn’t sit down and frantically swung his sword even though all his comrades died before his eyes.

「Schemer」, which is the opposite of 「War God」, is the atrocity of a commander without blood or tears.

It wouldn’t be bad to have, but I don’t know what good it would do.

The best trait right now would be.

“Maybe Heavenly Martial Body.”

The trait, 「Heavenly Martial Body」.

A body born with the talent of martial arts bestowed by heaven.

A physique of a status that is no different from legends or myths among martial artists.

That was mine.

Although I’ve become crippled now, I was once the one with the strongest body.

“Maybe if it’s Heavenly Martial Body, it might be possible to suppress Solar Meridian Severance, even if it’s impossible to offset it.”

A body bestowed by heaven and an incurable disease cursed by heaven.

If the two exist in my body at the same time, the expectation that it might suppress the pain and adverse effects is not in vain.

But the 2nd reward is a 뽑기권 [gacha ticket], not a selection ticket.

The probability of me 뽑다 [pulling/drawing] 「Heavenly Martial Body」 is 1/11.

Damn low.

“…….”

The moment I thought about the probability, my face instantly hardened.

Because I didn’t know what expression to make in this situation.

If I had to choose between good and bad, it’s on the good side. But the probability is quite terrible.

Unlike a game, I can’t put in more money to 뽑다 [pull/draw] additionally.

─Hmm, can I ask what the 심검지로 [Path of the Mind Sword] written here means?

“심검지로 [Path of the Mind Sword], it means the path to the mind sword. Surpassing the limits of 념(念) [thought/intention] and 검을 [sword]…… What, why are you here?!”

─Why are you so surprised all of a sudden? Like you’ve seen a ghost. Oh, is it because of me?

“Yes, why are you here now……!”

I was startled by Tamamo, who suddenly appeared, floating next to me and spying on my status window.

I didn’t sense any presence, nor did I detect any signs of her waking up.

It was a very ridiculous sight for someone with a ‘S+’ grade sense, even though I borrowed the power of a tool.

No, how did you spy on my status window in the first place?

The status window is absolutely inviolable personal information that cannot be viewed by others unless voluntarily shared.

Could it be that the system is treating her as a kind of familiar due to the contract with Tamamo? Where is there a familiar who acts so arbitrarily in the world?

─Hey, Contractor?

“…….”

─I hear the 뽑기 [gacha] is going around……. Do you know what this means?

“What?”

─So, to read it accurately, you have used the 뽑기권 [gacha ticket]…… randomly one…….

“Stop.”

I didn’t ask you!

I wanted to shout, but the sound sank deep into my heart.

[You have used the ‘??? Trait 뽑기권’ [gacha ticket].]

[One of the 11 traits will be randomly granted.]

[The roulette is spinning!]

A roulette with eleven traits written on it began to spin before my eyes.

The moment I wondered why the 뽑기권 [gacha ticket] was used even though I didn’t press it. I realized that the little finger of my left hand had subtly pressed the status window.

Tamamo’s movement that even a high sense could not recognize.

Surprised by this, I inadvertently stretched out my left hand.

Drrr, the roulette spun, gradually increasing my tension. Tamamo, who was curious about the roulette she was seeing for the first time, was staring blankly at my pupils.

I wonder if my retina is visible like that.

We stared intently at the roulette like that.

[The roulette has stopped.]

[Congratulations! You have acquired the trait, 「Schemer」 through the ‘??? Trait 뽑기권’ [gacha ticket]!]

It’s not the worst, but the second worst result came out.

Damn it. It would have been nice if it was the best in the first place.

No, I shouldn’t have 뽑다 [pulled/drawn] now in the first place, but I should have used some means to get an item or spell that would increase my luck before spinning it.

It’s all because someone pretended to sleep and surprised me.

─Oh my, Schemer. What a wonderful nickname. It was worth holding my breath while pretending to sleep for over an hour. By the way, can you explain what a trait is?

Tamamo, for all that, didn’t seem to know what she had done.

……Should I just perform 제령(除靈) [exorcism] on her?