Chapter 478 – Mythology Academy
Seong-il’s eyes widen in surprise when he is told that this imprinting is indeed a technique that leads to transcendentalism, just in case.
“…How on earth was that even possible!?”
Perhaps Seong-il’s surprised reaction was fun, but Professor Fluwick kindly continued his explanation with a smile.
“Haha!! The principle itself is surprisingly simple. But! Before I explain, let me ask you a question. Why can’t magic and psychic powers coexist? Answer this. If you study hard, you’ll understand.”
‘This is what I learned in the basic lecture.’
Professor Fluwick asks Seong-il a question as if giving a test. Seong-il answered him without hesitation because he studied the theory diligently for the past hour.
“Isn’t it because the method of accumulating and expressing mana in the body is polar opposite?”
“Ho~”
“Psychic people draw power from the inner microcosm, accumulate it in their bodies, and project it to the outside, whereas magicians draw power from the cosmic universe and accumulate it in a specific part of the body or use it to project it. It’s a well-established theory that if you try to handle the other two powers at the same time, serious side effects will occur.”
“I know it well. That’s the correct answer!”
“Haha…”
Professor Fluwick replies with a smile as if he is proud of Seong-il for answering without hesitation.
“It’s just as you said. Since our methods are completely opposite to each other, if we forcefully try to use both powers at the same time, there will be a great shock and serious side effects will occur. A representative example is the heart, where a lot of mana accumulates. It was a rupture.”
“Yes. I know that. But what does that have to do with imprints being able to learn magic?”
“It’s not yet accurate, but I’m guessing that the imprints on the body act as a kind of artificial organ and remove the body’s overload…”
“Like…”
Seong-il looks intrigued at Professor Fluwick’s theory that the imprint seems to take over the body’s overload instead of the original one.
‘…But why didn’t I feel that?’
Seong-il frowns and looks like he doesn’t understand. Fluwick smiles and asks if he realized his troubles.
“You’re wondering why your engraving doesn’t have that effect?”
“Yes? Yes…”
Seong-il flinched at his sharp words and answered.
“It’s simple. It’s because your imprint is extremely focused only on convenience. The proof is that you don’t need the user’s magical power at all.”
“Ah…”
A flu week explanation that you can understand at once. Yuna’s goal was to develop esoteric techniques so that even people with no talent for magic could use magic, but the academy’s imprint was entirely aimed at enabling ‘psychic’ to use powerful magic.
Therefore, if the former had no effect on the user’s body at all, the latter had a significant difference in that it had a significant effect such as magic attribute consumption instead of clearly strong performance.
“Whoa. Looking at the expression, I guess you understand? That’s right. Unlike the original engraving, which pursued a thoroughly independent function, the engraving we improved is designed to harmonize with the user’s body.”
“Harmony…”
“Well… To put it badly, it could overload the user’s body… But what!! Shouldn’t we be willing to endure that much to learn and use magic?”
“That’s right. No way, did you aim for this from the beginning and improve the engraving?!”
Seong-il looks at Professor Fluwick with an expression of admiration and asks. Seeing that, the professor flinched, looked away, and hesitated before replying.
“Uh… Um… That… It’s not. To be honest, we didn’t know that this effect would happen either. I was just trying to make it available…”
“…”
“That… Somehow, it seems that the body reacts little by little to the mysteries of magic through the medium of the modified imprint and makes people understand the magic.”
‘Fuck… You’ve been talking about all the poo poms you’ve been talking about, so you’re saying it was luck in the end, right?’
Seong-il stares at Professor Fluwick blankly, dumbfounded. Then, Professor Plewyck, embarrassed, coughs and spits out a mocking remark.
“Originally! Aren’t there many cases where great discoveries started by chance? Even though they were discovered by chance in unexpected circumstances, anyway! Great discoveries are discoveries.”
“Oh, well… That’s right.”
“And discovering coincidences and using them for technological progress is impossible without skill!! I can say that. It is the world’s rule that if you don’t have the skills and are not prepared, you won’t be able to eat it even if you give it away.”
“You are right.”
Professor Fluwick proudly beats his chest. Perhaps to ask about his shame from earlier, he starts spouting secrets that he shouldn’t have told in the first place.
‘Wow… That’s possible?’
Seong-il looks really surprised when he hears Fluwick saying that if you use the imprint without changing it for a long time, you can use magic by consuming your body’s mana as a condition of reciting the casting without needing to recharge using meditation.
‘This is really going to appear sooner or later…? But why did Gamyeong warn me about imprinting? What’s the problem?’
No matter how you look at it, the pure function of the magic imprint that only looks positive. Substitute sensitivity wonders what kind of negative causal rate related to this technology he read to leave a warning to himself.
“…Because of that, there is a high possibility that your body will be overworked. Do you really want to take it?”
“Hmm? Ah, yes, I definitely want to.”
While in thought for a while, Professor Fluwick was eagerly explaining to Seongil about the side effects of the imprinting procedure.
Fortunately, Seong-il sighed and said with an expression that he could not help it, perhaps not realizing that Seong-il had lost his mind.
“Haa… They say you’re brave when you’re young… I see!! Not anyone else. You’re the first provider, so let’s do it. It’s not that you lack ability.”
“Thank you!!!!”
“However! During the procedure, if your body can’t stand it or your magical energy runs out of control, if even the slightest safety issue arises, the procedure will be stopped immediately, okay?”
“Sure!!”
Seong-il, who has heard all the explanations, moves to the treatment lab with Professor Fluwick.
‘Ho… Interesting…?’
A huge circular magic circle with countless intricate patterns and a stone bed in the middle.
‘Are you activating the magic circle with the mana stone placed around it…’
Having lived with Yuna for quite some time, I naturally learned a little bit about magic circles. Seong-il takes a close look at the interior scene with interest.
‘I have to record everything and show it to Yuna.’
Pretending to be amazed, Seong-il constantly spies on Yuna for information inside her.
“You just have to take off your top and lie down on that bed.”
“Yes.”
Seong-il undresses on a desk in the corner under the guidance of two wizards, presumably Professor Fluwick’s assistants. As he takes off his clothes, he secretly records the inside with a mechanical device brought from reality.
‘… It’s not a magical item, so it’s okay, right? It’s hard to get caught…’
Characters in the fantasy world who did not show a sensitive reaction to mechanical devices that did not use magical power.
Originally, for risk management, the recording device should not be used recklessly, but it was important to film in the third person, so Seong-il takes a gamble for Yuna.
“Because of magic, your body will be very hot and in pain!! But you must never open your mouth! Got it?”
“Yes. How long will the procedure take…?”
“About an hour or so? Anyhow!! Let’s get started!”
At Professor Fluwick’s words, the assistants busily prepare something while moving to their respective positions. Soon after, the mana stones on the outside of the magic circle shine brightly and emit thick magic power towards the center of the magic circle.
‘It’s so hot… It’s hot…’
An intense feeling of pure magic power digging into one’s back. Seong-il closes his eyes while enduring the pain of digging into his skin as he warms up and then cools down.
***
“It’s done! You’ve worked hard.”
“No. The professor did the hard work.”
“Mmm ha ha!! That’s right!!!”
“…”
Professor Fluwick immediately lifted his head and smiled excitedly at his words out of courtesy. As proud of his own magic as he was, he seemed to be easily pleased with the praises of others.
“As you requested, I have engraved four magics: ‘short-distance teleport’, ‘blink’, ‘water walking’, and ‘air flight’!”
“Oh…!! Are there any precautions?”
“Yes. Your engraving is a bit peculiar.”
“…Yes? Wasn’t it possible to use it twice a day for 10 minutes?”
“Yes. It’s a little different from the previous two.”
“…”
When Professor Fluwick says that the conditions are different now, Seong-il looks at him with an absurd look. Then, Flew Weeks continues his words as if making a quick excuse.
“Kuhmm…!! Short-range teleport can be used once a day. The maximum distance is about 10km. If possible, it is recommended to use it on a plain. If the destination is a rock or wall, after teleporting, return to the original location to protect the caster. I’ll bounce it off. Then it’ll be a joke, won’t it?”
“I guess so.”
“Also, you can recharge it with meditation…But don’t use it more than 3 times because it overloads your body. This is originally a side effect of magic, so don’t be too sad because it’s an area that can’t be improved.”
“Ah, that’s how it is…”
Perhaps there was a defensive mechanism for the safety of the caster, and there were also side effects.
“Instead, blinking is, well, the same. Water walking and flying last about 30 minutes. If you use it twice, it’ll be an hour.”
“Oh… This is long to be maintained?”
Seong-il exchanged miscellaneous questions about imprinting with Fluwick. He leaves the lab looking very satisfied.
‘Yuna must really like it.’
“Are you done with the procedure?”
“…?”
As soon as he left the door after the procedure, a familiar, thick voice hit Seong-il’s ears. When Seong-il looked around, a short, tough-looking man, Professor Togrim, appeared in front of Seong-il.
“Ah! Professor.”
“Yeah. Did you really hold out? It’s amazing?”
“Haha…”
As Thorgrim pokes Seongil’s body with his fingers, Seongil smiles awkwardly.
“Are you able to hold on because you’re a person with physical enhancement abilities…? Anyway!! This isn’t the important thing.”
“…No way?”
“Yeah! The ‘World Tree’ approach I talked about before. It’s finalized. You just have to give it your time.”
“Oh!”
Seongil asked Thorgrim for advice on how to access the World Tree. In fact, after consultation, Thorgrim tried to carry out Seongil’s request by mobilizing all his personal connections for 15 days.
“…Three months ago, it was so hard to convince the elves for 15 days.”
“Yes. I remember.”
“Yeah. I’m glad they did. They… Care so much about security. They say they’re creating a new one somewhere else instead of the one I use. Huh…”
“Haha…”
“It’s vacation next week, so how about going then?”
“Ah! That’s good.”
Seongil, together with Professor Thorgrim, devised a plan to access the World Tree. He feels his heart pounding at the reward for clearing the quest.
***
“Come in slowly. The defense magic is all over the place, so don’t get away from me.”
“Yes.”
Professor Thorgrim’s tower, located in the Outer Harbor, far from Mythology Academy. Upon entering, several mud and rock golems, presumably guards, were roaming the interior.
“…Do you know how to make golems?”
“Yeah. My specialties are alchemy and enchantment magic. It’s probably the best school to make a guy like a golem.”
“Aha.”
The top of the tower was reached naturally after chatting with Thorgrim. There was a fairly large mirror hanging there.
“Oh…Is this the portal…?”
“This? No. It’s the middle passage to the place where the elves live. It’s a portal that takes you to the coordinates the friends left this time.”
“…It’s very thorough.”
“I mean! No matter how much it is to protect the World Tree… It has to be done in moderation…”
With a grunt, Thorgrim picks up a staff and a hefty orb of power and begins to cast an incantation.
Ugh!!!
Then the mirror started to shine. Light began to spread from the center of it, and a lighthouse appeared along with the sea.
“Ah! These guys… Why did they ask me to get a job here. Did they have an idea like this?”
Thorgrim mumbles something. He crosses the portal quite naturally and walks to the lighthouse.
“Let’s go together!!”
Seong-il quickly follows him, quietly opens the inventory in his bosom, and takes out a branch of the world tree prepared in advance.
