Chapter 471 – 471. Savior Of The Academy.
471. Savior of the Academy.
“Yujin! If anything happens, call Mom right away, okay? If you press number 1 on the phone I gave you, Mom will come running! Got it!?”
“Yeah.”
Sung Yujin replied, sounding annoyed by Sung Hari’s fuss. Sung Hangu, who had been watching this for over five minutes, couldn’t stand it any longer and intervened.
“Don’t worry about Yujin. Yujin is your son, but he’s also my grandson. I guarantee that nothing will happen to Yujin’s safety.”
“Ha. Easy for you to say. I’m warning you in advance, if Yujin gets even a scratch… I’ll turn the main family upside down.”
“That’s a pretty gruesome joke.”
“It’s not a joke.”
“……”
Sung Hangu took Sung Yujin and entered the main family residence. The main residence of the Jinryeong Sung family was almost the size of a small village. The building was a traditional Korean house, but it was so large that it could easily be called a palace.
Sung Hari looked at the main residence with a bitter expression. She could feel the barrier of the main residence. Her skin tingled. The spirits in the main residence were wary and rejecting her.
The moment Sung Hari entered the main residence, those spirits would materialize and attack her. In the main residence, spirits could materialize even without a spirit master, as long as the conditions were met.
“…Haa. This is for Yujin’s future.”
If it was about combat, Sung Hari could teach him herself. But Sung Hari had no way to nurture the spirit master talent that Sung Yujin possessed.
***
Holding Sung Hangu’s hand, I entered the Jinryeong Sung family’s main residence.
The atmosphere changed.
I could clearly feel the increase in mana density.
‘I had guessed there was a barrier, but I didn’t expect it to be this strong.’
I rolled my eyes around, looking at my surroundings. Spirits were gathered in the main residence. There were earth monkeys, fire cats, wind bugs, steel lumps, and many other spirits. Most of them were low-level, but there were also mid-level and high-level ones.
It didn’t feel like they were being forcibly held in this space. Mocha, the thunder owl in spirit form beside me, also seemed strangely happy. It seemed that the spirits liked this space itself.
“Kireureureureu.”
“You smell good.”
“What? What? What?”
Among the spirits, there were some who actively spoke to me. I was about to answer, but I stopped myself.
“Yujin, it seems you can see the spirits?”
“Ah… yeah.”
“There’s no need to think it’s strange. Yujin has a high affinity for spirits, so it’s only natural.”
Come to think of it, I wasn’t using Spirit Vision right now. Nevertheless, I could clearly see the spirits in spirit form here.
Among them, there were a few spirits that caught my eye.
Spirits with the sleek bodies of women. But when you looked closely, they were disappointing.
‘Their bodies are great, with full breasts and slender waists, but why don’t they have vaginas or nipples?’
The reason was obvious, of course, they weren’t living beings. According to the original setting, spirits weren’t born from sex, but were born when natural energy gathered and formed in the natural world.
‘A woman without nipples and a vagina, how uninteresting.’
Following Sung Hangu’s guidance, I crossed the garden and arrived at the largest building.
“Father, it’s me. I’ve come with Yujin.”
“Come in.”
The door opened, and we went inside.
In the center of the room sat an old man.
He looked short, about 160cm, and his hair was completely white. He also had a long white beard on his chin. He was wearing a sky-blue hanbok, and from his appearance alone, he looked like a Taoist immortal.
Sung Myeongsaeng.
The head of the Jinryeong Sung family.
Despite his age, he stared at me intently with eyes that held a more intense power than any young person. I also stared back without averting my gaze.
“You’re Yujin… my great-grandson. Yes, yes. You’re as outstanding as I’ve heard. Heaven has clearly not abandoned the Jinryeong Sung family.”
A smile appeared on Sung Myeongsaeng’s lips. It was natural for me, with the Spirit Vision (S) trait, to have a high affinity for spirits. Sung Myeongsaeng’s satisfaction with me must be due to other factors.
‘This is obvious. I didn’t tremble in front of him. Or, I wasn’t intimidated at all, even though I was surrounded by so many spirits. He must have liked me for the same reasons.’
I pretended to be a child.
“Hello, Great-Grandfather.”
“Yes, it’s good to see you like this. Come and sit down. Hey! Is anyone there? Bring some refreshments!”
A little later, a woman in a hanbok brought refreshments. She didn’t seem to be family, but rather someone who worked in the mansion. Her face and body weren’t my type, so I wasn’t interested.
I picked up a traditional Korean sweet with my small hand. Whether it was homemade or bought, it was quite delicious. The taste and appearance were both luxurious.
And I perked up my ears, focusing on the conversation between Sung Myeongsaeng and Sung Hangu.
“First, we need to find out about Yujin’s aptitude.”
“…Father. Yujin is only four years old. He doesn’t know anything about spirit masters. Isn’t it right to teach him step by step from the basics? What if an accident happens while trying to determine his aptitude? Yujin is the only hope of our family.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? You need to know his aptitude to know the basics and train him. Does Yujin look like an ordinary child to you?”
I was startled. Could it be that Sung Myeongsaeng had seen through my act?
Sung Myeongsaeng continued.
“Yujin is a genius. You can’t think of him as ordinary!”
“But Father… even so, Yujin is four years old. Originally, aptitude tests are done at a minimum of six years old.”
“That’s because you and Yujin are different. It reminds me of the old days. Do you know how you reacted when you saw spirits at the age of four?”
“……What are you talking about? There’s no way I would remember that.”
“Unlike Yujin, you didn’t even contract with a spirit, you cried so loud that the world seemed to be falling apart. You cried and screamed that the spirits were scary. But look at Yujin. He’s completely ignoring the spirits that are showing interest in him. And didn’t you say that he perfectly controls the thunder owl he contracted with?”
“……”
Sung Hangu looked at me with a renewed gaze. I sucked on the straw of the orange juice that was full in the cup.
“I can tell. Yujin is a genius beyond comparison with you and me, the greatest genius in our family’s history. It is our mission and duty to confirm, nurture, and bring Yujin’s talent to full bloom.”
“……Father. If we’re talking about the greatest genius in our family’s history, isn’t that Hari? And if something happens to Yujin… Hari will try to destroy our family.”
“Tsk. Speak properly. Hari. Her talent wasn’t the talent of a spirit master. Her talent as a spirit master was the worst in history.”
“……”
“Stop talking nonsense and prepare for the aptitude test. Nothing will happen to Yujin. You and I are here, aren’t we?”
“……I understand.”
Aptitude test.
In the original story, the Jinryeong Sung family and spirit masters didn’t have much importance, so I didn’t know what it was.
‘Ah. I’m not confident about that.’
I was a guy without talent. The reason I was able to become this strong was thanks to the Game Life app. In terms of pure talent, I was nothing.
But having come this far, I couldn’t just say I didn’t want to do it.
Led by Sung Myeongsaeng and Sung Hangu, I went to the back of the building. Unlike the garden, it was an open space.
And there was something drawn on the floor. It looked like it had been drawn with black ink a few hours ago, but I had no idea what it meant. They were strange drawings that were completely different from magic circles. They seemed somewhat similar to hieroglyphs.
“Yujin, do you see that circle?”
Sung Myeongsaeng pointed to the center of the drawing.
“Yeah… uh, no. Yes.”
“You don’t have to be formal. Go stand on that circle for a moment. It will be over soon, so don’t move and stay still.”
“Okay.”
“If it’s hard, shout. This grandpa will come running right away.”
Sung Hangu looked at me with worried eyes. Could it be that the aptitude test was so dangerous that it was life-threatening?
‘Isn’t aptitude supposed to refer to spirit affinity?’
Sung Hangu’s reaction made me nervous.
It was when I stood in the center of the drawing. The surrounding air rippled. I reflexively activated Spirit Vision. My eyes turned golden.
I could see mana.
‘The mana density is… about 70%, I guess. It’s quite high.’
Most of that mana resonated with the ink drawings on the ground. The spirits near me were startled and retreated out of the drawing.
Kwaaaang!
Lightning struck down in front of me. It was literally lightning from a clear sky.
Immediately after the lightning struck, it became a door.
A translucent door. A door over 2 meters in size. I knew what it was.
‘It’s a door connected to the spirit realm.’
And then I heard voices of admiration from behind.
“I expected it, but Yujin’s first aptitude is lightning. And for lightning to strike like that…”
“Isn’t he Hari’s son? It’s natural for him to have the lightning aptitude. And it’s not over yet. The second aptitude is…”
I roughly understood. The aptitude they were talking about seemed to refer to the attributes that suited me well.
‘I have the lightning attribute thanks to the Game Life app, so I can understand the lightning. What’s next…?’
Immediately after, doors appeared around me. They didn’t appear as spectacularly as the lightning, but 11 additional doors appeared.
“There are a total of 12 spirit doors. But this is…”
“Except for lightning, there are no particularly outstanding aptitudes. But… there are many. It means he can handle other attributes equally. Is it the power of Spirit Vision…?”
“…The doors aren’t opening. If there are spirits interested in Yujin, the doors should open and they should appear… It’s strange that Yujin, who has Spirit Vision, isn’t being chosen by the spirits… At the very least, the lightning door should open.”
“……Tsk. There’s only one reason. Yujin is our grandson, but he’s also Hari’s son.”
“Ugh. Is it the Spirit King? The Spirit King’s anger is directed at Yujin as well. Oh, wait a minute!”
“Yujin!!”
Sung Hangu and Sung Myeongsaeng shouted in horror. It was because I had reached out towards the lightning door. Before they could rush to me, my hand opened the spirit door.
Pajijijik.
I instinctively generated lightning.
‘This is in the form of a door, but it’s still lightning. Maybe it’s because my lightning level trait has increased, but I understand it right away. I… might be able to open it.’
I fully opened the lightning door. At that moment, a huge energy burst out and spread in all directions. Sung Hangu and Sung Myeongsaeng couldn’t recklessly approach and gritted their teeth.
But strangely, that energy had no effect on me.
‘Let’s see. What’s in the spirit realm?’
I grabbed the edge of the door, half-hanging my body, and stuck my head into the spirit realm.
It was the sky.
Above, there were white clouds, and below, there was wriggling land, water pillars soaring into the sky, flames that constantly changed shape, trees made of light, and other dreamlike things that dazzled my eyes.
‘……They’re all spirits.’
Kureureureung.
The sound of thunder rumbled. The sound came from the ground, not the sky. When I looked down, a tiger made of lightning was looking at me.
“What are you looking at? You wanna die!”
I tried to threaten it, but it didn’t work. The tiger continued to look at me.
I was the one who turned my gaze away first. There were many things to see, and I didn’t have time to have a staring contest with a tiger.
Thump. Thump.
The spirit realm vibrated. Something was moving. I narrowed my eyes and tried to look as far as possible.
It was a giant that looked like a huge tree. It was so big that I could only see a part of its body. But the face that looked like a tree was clearly visible. The giant’s rainbow-colored eyes turned towards me.
-Offspring of the traitor. This world is not a place for you to come. Go back.
“Who said I was going there? I’m just looking around.”
-……Strange. Why does it seem like you’re making eye contact with me?
“If I’m making eye contact, it’s because I’m making eye contact. Are you stupid?”
-You’re looking at me directly? Could it be that you can see me properly? No matter how much you have the eyes of a spirit… it’s impossible for a human to see my true form! Are you a human… are you a human? Or are you something wearing a human mask?
“Ah. I see. You’re the Spirit King, right? I’ll say it nicely, release the curse on Mama.”
-…There’s no reason to grant that request. Go back.
The Spirit King’s eyes glowed. They were so bright that I couldn’t open my eyes properly.
-You are very arrogant, but I commend your spirit for not wavering even after seeing my true form.
“You bas… Kugh!”
My body, which was half-hanging in the door, was thrown backward.
