Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 82

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – Episode 82

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius Episode 82

The Originator’s Sorcery (2)

“…….”

I bit my lip tightly and focused my consciousness on my fingertips.

Blue magic flickered there.

Woooong!

The magic suddenly turned black, twisting like a Chinese character scribbled with a brush, and soon formed a single spell.

It was a type of sorcery, a curse. The curse called “Addiction” arose from my fingertips, circled around me, and scattered.

—The world has gone mad. Crazy. To perfectly embody a curse in less than half a day, even a beginner curse.

A materialization speed that even Tamamo couldn’t help but admire.

I mastered “Addiction,” which is no different from the starting point of poison-type curses, in less than two hours. No, the expression ‘master’ was a misnomer.

I had already added an antibody for the poison created by “Baekdokjiche” [Hundred-Poison Body] to “Addiction,” reaching the level of creating my own potent poison.

Of course, it was only a variation of ‘Godok’ [Extreme Poison] and ‘Killing Stone’.

I started the class this morning, and it was only lunchtime now.

What kind of growth rate is this?

—Even the poison doesn’t seem to have any adverse effects on the caster’s body. Is he resistant to poison? But even considering that, the fact that there are no effects at all is proof that the level of skill is beyond comprehension, even before resistance.

Originally, curses are harmful and useless.

It originated from the magic of suicide, where both the caster and others are only hurt.

Thanks to its danger, curses were the best in terms of power among various types of magic. But to perfectly master one in just a few hours, even if it’s a beginner curse.

This has crossed the line way too much.

—Genius talent and an all-encompassing understanding. If there is a god, they should die of conscience for the unfairness of creating such an absurd genius. Hehe, personally, I hope your training doesn’t mature too much.

Tantrum and mischief formed on her jealous lips.

She sincerely blamed the unfairness of the world and hoped that my training would fall behind.

I turned around at her words.

Yes, ‘training’. That word again.

The system also repeatedly used the word ‘training’ in the process of the tail growing. Even if I wanted to know about it, there were no specific details in the materials and private writings left in the family.

Training is just training.

That was the definition of training that all the family’s ancient documents referred to.

It’s not like I’m washing ghosts or anything.

‘I have one question.’

—Hmm~ Do you want to be taught again? Okay. I will answer to the best of my ability within my vast knowledge as the originator of sorcery. Of course, this time I will explain it as difficultly as possible.

‘Is there a separate way to grow a tail? The system keeps mentioning training, but I don’t know if it means mental cultivation or physical growth.’

—Aha… This is a question I didn’t even think about.

Tamamo grabbed my shoulder and said in a tone that seemed genuinely impressed.

There was no playful mischief in her tone.

Rather, she looked proud.

Was this such a meaningful question?

What is this ‘training’ that the system is talking about that even she has that look?

—Actually, training is not a difficult concept. Anything can be training as long as you can test yourself. For example, there might be things like unifying your spirit through mental cultivation or molting or transforming through physical growth. Of course, there is also an easy way: lazing around for a hundred years… no, enduring a century to grow tails one by one through maturity.

“It doesn’t sound like an answer from vast knowledge.”

—Listen to the end. That’s what ears are for, right?

“That’s right.”

—Then I’ll ask a question here. What do you think is the common point of these three training methods?

Well.

Unifying the spirit is something that many people fail to achieve even in their lifetime, molting through physical growth alone requires training every day for decades, and a hundred years is a time that makes me doubt whether I can live that long.

Um, so. The common point of these is.

“It takes a lot of time?”

—That’s not wrong. If you finish training in a short period of time, you can’t call it training. But that’s not the point.

“Then what is it?”

—The point is simple.

For the Gumiho [Nine-tailed Fox], as well as the entire fox clan, the tail is not just a part of the body.

A very important and symbolic part directly connected to the soul and status.

—The tail is the status of our soul. The more there are, the higher the status, so it is natural to become stronger.

And it is natural that training becomes more difficult as the tail grows.

At first, training would end at the level of filling a basket with water, but as you go on, you will have to fill a lake with a basket, and eventually suffer the hardship of filling the sea.

That is the way of the realm.

—But don’t worry too much. I will help you personally.

Tamamo felt it.

His tail and ring were spiritually connected.

Perhaps, as the number of tails increases, she, who is tied to the ring, will gradually regain her past glory.

She can’t even touch objects properly now, but if he becomes a Samihos [Three-Tailed Fox], it won’t be difficult to directly interfere with objects.

So, she said as if doing a favor for the sake of her contractor and herself, a symbiotic relationship.

—I’ll point out the itinerary for your training so that you can finish it in a short time, whether you take souls with shikigami [familiar spirits] or just raise the status of your soul.

Training, the word is good, but in the end, it is a penance that can be solved by simply raising the status.

And Tamamo knew several ways to get over that penance through experience.

—What is this after teaching for two hours… What am I even looking at?

Of course, everything in the world does not flow as desired.

Sometimes it’s in a bad direction, and sometimes it’s in a good direction.

Sometimes it can be in a completely unexpected direction.

—Just telling him how to expand the Baek (魄) [corporeal soul] in the solar plexus with the lotus position is like this. Haha… At this rate, he’ll do well on his own.

A growth rate that seems to be able to quickly aim for Samihos, as well as Omihos [Five-Tailed Fox], if the opportunity is clear.

From Yukmihos [Six-Tailed Fox], the growth rate will definitely slow down because it is a multiple of three that forms the trinity with heaven, earth, and man, but it is still fast considering that.

At this rate, I’m going to lose everything.

I was relieved at her words.

“Then that’s good, I needed to get stronger quickly because the midterm exams are about to start.”

Midterm exam.

In a normal school, it would only be students sitting at their desks taking exams for three or four days, but the central background of this novel world is the academy.

Wouldn’t you have to swing a sword or two in the exam?

‘It would be nice if they only swung swords, but the problem is that students die or become disabled by blind swords.’

If the first main scenario of ‘Academy Loser Genius’ was to repel Yuren [ghost spirits] and the monsters who attacked Chilseong.

The second scenario takes place through demons and criminals who secretly operate during the midterm exams. They secretly infiltrate the exam and download all the programs to prevent accidents during the midterm exams.

As a result, students will fight each other for grades, but because all the safety programs have been downloaded, they have become criminals who killed their friends.

Thus, the core of this scenario is that the future sprouts become mentally exhausted and trust in Chilseong gradually decreases.

—Midterm exam? What is that again?

“It’s a type of exam that students take. The results of the exam become a label for the students and become a benchmark for evaluating individuals.”

—That’s amazing. Not status, but grades become the standard of evaluation.

“Now, individual abilities are more important than status. Everyone values fairness. However, it cannot be said that blood ties and status have completely disappeared, but they are not above skills.”

—Really. So much has changed in a thousand years.

Tamamo closed her eyes as if recalling old memories in the gap of a thousand years of evaluating people.

Midterm exams seem to be quite an amazing system for her.

Maybe she feels something about the world where children are better to live in. Of course, it’s just a personal guess.

Tamamo is not such a kind woman.

Students are mostly exhausted during the performance evaluation period before the midterm exams, so they are not in a position to think about fairness or status.

So, what she proposed was a way to train in the mind without the concept of time.

—Any way of calling it is fine: mental world, inner world, projection of the mind, realization of memory. They are all correct, and it is a concept of magic that is difficult to specify.

I finally realized what she wanted to say.

So, what Tamamo is trying to do is…

“…Are you going to go directly into my mind?”

—Yeah? Why, is there something you don’t want to be caught doing?

Of course, there are things I don’t want to be caught doing.

Who in the world would want to reveal their inner thoughts to others?

Sometimes, even the person himself is reluctant to dig into his own mind.

However, that alone is not a reason to reject her proposal.

If training in the mind is as effective as she says, I must do it.

But.

“…I have one question.”

—I’m listening.

“Will past afterimages or memories also be realized in the mind?”

—Of course, it’s possible. What built up the personality of ‘you’ is your natural disposition and past experiences. Hehe… Rather, it would be strange if they didn’t appear in the mind.

My head became complicated at her answer.

And soon came to a conclusion.

‘If the afterimages and memories of the past are realized, there’s no reason to refuse.’

As soon as I reached the conclusion, my face became comfortable.

“Are you sure that training method is effective?”

—Of course. Hehe, have you only lived being deceived? Of course, if you try it more than twice, the efficiency will be halved, but the first time you try it, the efficiency is definitely certain.

“Then let’s start quickly.”

I urged Tamamo to start quickly.

I felt sincerity in her words, which at first felt like a medicine peddler’s words.

Tamamo tilted her head at the sudden change of attitude.

“…Will it work out?”

My mind.

I felt like I knew what it looked like.

Perhaps, if it was composed of my memories and experiences, there would definitely be nothing but a void abyss.

I wondered if training would work well even in such a place.

I had doubts, but I didn’t bother to tell Tamamo.

Originally, you don’t want to reveal your heart to others.

If the training doesn’t work, Tamamo will teach me other magic.

I just thought comfortably.

* * *

—…….

“Why haven’t you said anything since a while ago?”

—…Ha, is it right to ask why I haven’t said anything now? Do you really say that even after looking at the same scenery as me?

“Well, since you and I are looking in the same direction, it’s right to look at the same scenery. Well, wherever you look, it’s all the same in all directions, so there’s no difference in scenery.”

I entered the mental world.

Tamamo’s expectations of exploring the deep unknown world inside a person’s heart were short-lived.

I couldn’t help but be greatly surprised by the scenery in front of me.

—It’s so empty. There’s no sky or land in the mind; is this really a person’s heart?

“Hey, I think you’re subtly dissing me?”

—Oh my, did you know now? I said you’re not like a person.

Even she, who had used magic, had very little experience stepping into the mental world of others. Therefore, she could not say for sure what a normal mind was like.

Such a desolate world was not in anyone’s heart.

Even the mind of a serial killer had traces of small memories and warm memories.

But what is this place that is worse than that?

‘Maybe the mind is too wide, and I fell to the very end of the inside? Then, in order to peek into his heart, I have no choice but to fall far away.’

Tamamo thought secretly.

In the mind without physical restrictions.

Wouldn’t she be stronger than her still immature contractor?

She was once an empress who ruled over vast continents and islands as a Gumiho. Also, this place is in the heart, so both of them have no bodies.

Tamamo was confident that she would not lose to anyone if the conditions were the same as her opponent.

So, she seriously considered subjugating the contractor by force and spying on Seungwoo’s secret memories before escaping this world.

There was a calculation that she could gain an advantage in her relationship with him, as well as gain a funny card that she could tease him for the rest of her life.

But, what is this in front of me?

“…….”

It’s huge.

Something huge is in front of her.

Although not visible to the eye.

Something huge and palpable was now in front of Tamamo.

Something huge, Baek Seungwoo opened his mouth.

“Stop.”

Seungwoo right next to me.

It hasn’t gotten bigger, and it hasn’t changed its appearance.

But, why is it so trembling?

“Tamamo, stop there. I can roughly see what you’re thinking. So stop when I tell you nicely.”

This was not in the calculation.

What the hell is it?

‘Was this the reason why he calmly accepted my proposal?’

If there was such a hidden number, it was understandable that he readily accepted Tamamo’s proposal. Baek Seungwoo is smart.

He was a rational man who could objectively grasp the profit and loss that would come back to him.

Perhaps he knew that there was such a self in his mind and accepted Tamamo’s proposal.

—I can’t believe it… Even I in my prime couldn’t achieve this much status.

Is this the status of someone who has just begun to realize heaven, earth, and man and has reached Samihos?

It was so high that it was incomprehensible, and so noble that it could not be expressed in words.

Is this a person’s status?

—I’d rather think that I came into the mind of a monk like a god or Buddha. Their inner thoughts, which have castrated greed, would be so empty.

“Let’s cut the small talk and get to the point.”

Her contractor, Baek Seungwoo, murmured.

The same status as before was not felt in his voice.

It was as if she was mistaken that what she had felt just before was like a mirage.

As much as that, the atmosphere sank at once.

Tamamo looked at Seungwoo with eyes that looked at an incomprehensible creature.

To receive so much shock from one person in just two days.

It seems that there will be no boring days with him, and the smile and interest do not disappear from his mouth.