Chapter 373 – Mythology Academy
“I wonder how you summoned that child.”
“Hmm…”
Seeing the skeptical expression on the professor’s face, Seong-il senses that he doubts him.
‘…Probably, it’s because of the followers of foreign media.’
All of a sudden, the faculty at the academy are on high alert, probably because he pretended to be Tala’s eyes and messed around in the world of mysology. Therefore, Seong-il tries to explain the shadow wolf to him without misunderstanding.
‘Um… Breaking the oath will get you in trouble, so keep it as brief as possible…’
In order to make an excuse without breaking the contract with Elaine, Seong-il looks at Professor Anahilan and gives a short answer.
“…I accidentally summoned the vision while training. For reference, the vision is under an oath of non-disclosure, so I can’t explain the details.”
“Hmm…”
Professor Anahilan looked at him frowning at those words. Seong-il feels that his eyes are heavier than before.
‘This… If I leave it as it is, it’ll be a headache, won’t it?’
As the situation seems to be getting serious, Seong-il feels his head hurt. Because of this, he looks at Elaine standing next to him.
“…Ah.”
Upon receiving Seongil’s hot gaze, Elaine seemed to understand the situation. She flinched slightly, then she sighed lightly, approaching Professor Ana Helan and whispering softly so that the content around her could not be heard.
“It’s true. It’s a spirit that I accidentally summoned while training my vision. By the way, that vision is also related to me.”
“Hmm…?”
“By the way, Seongil-kun from the front said he made a magic oath with me, so I can’t tell anyone the details.”
“…In that case!! Miss Elaine could explain the situation!!”
For some reason, Professor Anahilan’s tone seemed full of curiosity rather than suspicion. The time when Seong-il, who has sensitive senses, flinched at the subtle change in attitude. Elaine answers him with a light sigh.
“Right now… There are over 30 students in the classroom, isn’t it a bit uncomfortable to discuss the details of the vision?”
“Oh!!”
Professor Anahilan makes a serious face. With a very guilty expression on his face, he slightly bowed his head to his disciple and apologized.
“I’m sorry. The situation is the situation, so I made a mistake out of excitement.”
Having said that, he gestures and orders all the assistant professors around him to come closer to him.
“Now!! Everyone!! It’s a pity, but Professor Bon will only finish today’s class!! The assistant professors next to you will take care of the rest of the summoning process, so please stay in the hall and finish the class!”
Professor Anahilan finishes the class quickly. He takes Seongil and Elaine to his professor’s office.
‘…They look strangely happy, don’t they?’
The strange excitement hidden in Professor Anahilan’s serious expression. Seong-il catches that subtle part through 『Emotion』.
‘I can’t argue with the professor in a suspicious situation…’
Since it is ambiguous to argue with the professor in the absence of evidence, Seong-il holds back his curiosity and quietly follows the professor.
“Hey… It would be all right here, right? Miss Yvesse? Could you continue what I said earlier?”
“Ah… Yes. Of course. Before that…”
“…?”
“Please promise not to leak the story we told the outside world.”
“Umm… I swear by my magic, as long as it doesn’t violate my values, I’ll accept Miss Elaine’s request.”
“Great!”
‘…You believe in that?’
It’s been quite a while since I came here, but the magic oath is still difficult to understand. Seong-il doesn’t understand the two people who answer questions so coolly, but he doesn’t show it as much as he can and quietly listens to their conversation.
“Whoa… Seongil-gun and I have exchanged family visions. Please understand that I cannot tell you about Seongil-gun’s vision…”
Elaine explained the situation as briefly as possible regarding the summoning of the spirits that had occurred the day before. After hearing all the explanations, Professor Anahilan nodded and gave an expression of understanding.
“Ohhh… Is that so? A summoning vision through the power of lineage…”
“Yeah… + I can’t tell you the detailed mechanism, but it’s a vision that uses the magic flowing through bloodlines to find summons that match the soul wavelength. It’s even a dimensional unit.”
“Oh oh…!!”
Professor Anahilan is moved by Elaine’s words. Then he asks Elaine a question with a slightly curious expression.
“…Then, what kind of summoned beast is Yves Brousse?”
“…”
Elaine freezes at Professor Anahilan’s question. She bows her head with a flushed face.
“…I failed to cast the arcane to my shame. Personally, the body’s mana runaway phenomenon was a bit severe…”
“Keuhmm… Kuhhmm…”
The professor looks very sorry for Elaine’s words. For the two of them, Seong-il quickly intervenes and sorts the situation out.
“Ah! So, in order to fix that part, Miss Elaine and I exchanged our family’s vision. Our family’s vision is optimized for stabilizing the body and mana. It was a mutual exchange that complemented each other’s weaknesses. That’s why, please keep today’s conversation a secret. It’s going to get in trouble if you get into the ears of each other’s families.”
“Huh… That was it…”
Professor Anahilan nodded as if he understood Seongil’s explanation. He hesitates slightly, then begins to open his mouth cautiously.
“Yes.”
“In fact… Recently, followers of foreign media, especially Tala’s apostles, have infiltrated the school.”
“Ah… After all, that’s why…”
“Yes. So, at first, I was slightly suspicious when the Shadow Spirit appeared next to Seongil. Well… I knew right away that it wasn’t.”
“I see. You knew right away that it wasn’t… Yeah!?”
Seong-il puts on an absurd expression when the professor says he has figured out that there is no problem with his spirit.
“Ah… Actually, as a spirit lord, I can tell the difference between a pure spirit and a spirit who has become a foreign agent’s subordinate through body odor.”
“…Then why?”
A short question about Seongil, which has a lot of meaning. To that question, Professor Anahilan answers him with a slightly awkward smile.
“Uh… I’m so curious about how you summoned the Shadow Spirit. I thought I’d tell you in detail if I set the mood like this.”
‘A bastard…?’
In fact, when he finds out that he suffered for nothing because of the professor’s black heart, absurdity and irritation begin to flow from Seong-il’s face.
Seeing that expression, the professor quickly continued talking as if to calm him down.
“Ah! Of course!! Even so, cross-validation is necessary! The apostles of foreign media may have played tricks in a way I don’t know, so I asked just in case? Will this go away?”
“Ah yes…”
There was a slight sense of fitting in, but anyway, it’s good that a professor who is a master of animism gives a guarantee for his identity, so Seong-il calms down his emotions and nods calmly.
“Please wait!”
“…?”
Professor Anahilan leaves the two alone and moves to his desk to write something hard. After he finishes writing, he hands Seong-il a piece of parchment that looks like a scroll.
“Take it. If anyone casts a suspicious glance at Seongil’s spirit, show me this scroll.”
“…This?”
“This is my notarization. By the way, there is no one in our academy with higher authority in animology than I do, so with this notary you can be free from suspicion even if you are with the messenger of destruction.”
“Ohh…”
Seong-il’s expression widens at the words of Professor Anahilan, who clears up the uncomfortable points. Seeing his change in attitude, the professor quickly changes his attitude and continues talking to him.
“In that sense…”
“…?”
“How about continuing to take my classes from now on? If I take care of the messenger of destruction together with Seongil-gun, I can dispel any doubts that may remain!!”
“…”
“Not only that, but I can also help the spirit grow!!!!!!”
‘…This was the purpose.’
The opinion of Professor Anahilan, who seems to be full of selfishness. Seong-il glared at him with a slightly ridiculous expression. Stingy, he persuades him with a slightly servile tone.
“Keuheum… Really! I’m not all… But a person who has experience communicating with quite a few spirits! If you train with me, Seongil-kun will be able to grow the spirits really fast!”
“…If I accept the professor’s proposal, I will take the class halfway through, so I will be personally disadvantaged for falling behind in my progress. For example, grades…”
“Don’t worry! We will give you a perfect grade! Not only that, but also… Not slaves… We’ll mark graduate student assistants 1:1 to Seong-il to make up for the lack of progress!”
“Thank you in advance!! Professor Anahilan!!!”
When he said that he would solve the grade problem, Seong-il immediately changed his attitude 180 degrees and grabbed his hand. At his attitude, the professor looks slightly perplexed.
“…”
That for a while. The professor quickly corrects his expression, smiles, and shakes Sungil’s hand.
“I’m asking you to take good care of me!!”
And seeing that, Elaine watches the two of them with a slightly bewildered expression.
“…I’m glad it worked out.”
“I know.”
The two leave the professor’s office with the full support of Professor Anahilan. Seong-il walks with her on campus, grateful that her work has worked out well.
“I wondered, but it’s really a messenger of destruction…”
“Yeah. Got it.”
After asking Seong-il to summon a wolf cub, Elaine walks the campus while petting the wolf in her arms. Seeing the wolf tucked into her chest, Seong-il recalls a conversation he had with Professor Ana Helan a while ago.
『That child is truly an amazing spirit!!』
“…Is that enough?”
Seong-Il gets a rough idea through the book, but when the passionate professor’s words burst out, Seong-il focuses on his words.
“Of course! The messenger of destruction is one of the most powerful spirits of the sound attribute!!』
“Oh…”
『Because it is a spirit that competes for the strongest along with the Shade Lord and the Shadow Dragon who rule the musical scale.』
“…Is that enough?”
“That’s right! In particular, the Herald of Ruin is a spirit that is unmatched in battle.”
Professor Anahilan, who turns on the light in his eyes and speaks passionately with intense emotions.
『Not only can you hide perfectly in the dark at any time, but you can easily withstand quite a few enemy attacks based on your regenerative power that is close to immortality.』
“Oh…”
『Though it is weak against light, it is not weak to be precise. It’s just that you won’t be able to use prominent special skills like stealth, but your fighting power will remain the same.”
“…Incredible.”
“Sure!! However… There is a feeling that the ability is only focused on combat. Like the spirits of earth and water, there is no power to heal…』
Seong-il recalled the conversation with Professor Anahilan, who was so advanced. He looks at the wolf and thinks to himself.
‘Well… I have super regeneration and an elixir anyway, so there’s nothing wrong with not having the ability to recover. Minor injuries can be solved by pouring potions on them.’
Seong-il, who has captured her thoughts like that, looks at her Elaine and tells her.
“Have you checked the compatibility with oil?”
“Huh? Still…?”
“Hmm… Then, why don’t we analyze the ingredients first? If there are useless side effects, it will be a headache.”
“…Does it really have to be like that?”
“Yes. Of course. I’ll check that by today and if there’s nothing wrong, I’ll keep using the potion I’ve prepared. If not, I’ll let you get the potion.”
“Well… Then…”
“In that sense, let’s skip the training today. Just because I have something to prepare for.”
“Haa… I can’t help it.”
Her holy day by doing her pretend for her like that, and skipping the double-handed technique with her Elaine. He breaks up with Elaine and retrieves a piece of her diary from her arms.
‘Now… Ophelia must have acted according to my words?’
Seong-il starts to move to the library with a sinister smile.
