Chapter 663 – Mythology Academy
“That’s what I’m going to say. What are you?”
Seong-il hears Professor Aron’s answer and feels his mind go blank.
‘Did you get caught!?’
An answer that cannot be answered otherwise. Seong-il somehow realizes that she has been caught or that her identity has been questioned.
“You’re so unique. The level of talent you have is so outstanding that it makes no sense. A genius who has appeared in 30 years? That’s funny. You’re more amazing than I am.”
“…”
“Actually, I started to question it little by little from there.”
Professor Aron calmly explains to Seong-il what he has been feeling since the first semester he met Seong-il until now. Like a confession.
“Your magical power is too great to be called a freshman who doesn’t know anything. At first, I thought it was just great potential, but…”
“…”
“When I saw him fighting the Lord of the Abyss, I had my first doubts. ‘Is that really the amount of magic a freshman can show?
‘Yeop… That was the time as expected.’
The battle with the great devil that she felt uncomfortable even thinking about. At that time, he had no choice but to reveal almost all of his resources, so Seong-il also sometimes worried about his aftermath.
‘How could it have gone well…’
At the time when Seong-il was laughing bitterly when the situation went badly, Professor Aron continued what he had been saying in a calm tone.
“It was from then on. Quite a few of most of the professors, including myself, started to pay attention to you.”
“…Then you can just say it then. Why bother coming here now? Even with only three people?”
If you have doubts anyway, you can openly call and check, but Seong-il doesn’t understand why he’s twisting things like this, so he looks at Professor Aaron and asks.
“It’s because of political issues. If we persecute the supernova that has appeared in 30 years without evidence, just with suspicion, how will the situation proceed? There is a high possibility that the confrontation between the two schools, which are still slowly cracking, will come to the surface, right?”
Professor Wiline answers calmly instead of Professor Aaron. She explains that, regardless of Seong-il’s true skill or identity, quite a few psychics tried to crush the suspicious parts of the case as much as possible, wanting to promote him as a new symbol.
“…Actually I did too.”
After hearing Professor Wirain’s words, Professor Aaron closed his eyes with a heartbreaking expression and shouted.
“For that reason, at first, I didn’t try to find out about the so-called ‘reclusive’ archmage who was said to have empowered you behind the scenes.”
“But now why are you doing that?”
Seong-il asks him in a slightly sarcastic tone, as if he is getting annoyed at the faculty members who repeatedly stir-fry each other.
“About a month ago, a great mage I had never seen in my dreams broke into it.”
“…”
“He calls himself Ruchel and says he developed a vision that allows a psychic to awaken magic. Based on the secret technique you and your companions developed.
At first, I was just amazed and admired his creative and ingenious knowledge. However, when the excitement subsided, there were too many puzzled parts.
How long has it been since the alternate vision was revealed and it’s already been improved? Is that also combined with your own original knowledge so quickly that there are no side effects?
After thinking about it, I came up with this idea. No matter how genius he is, it makes no sense to improve his skills so quickly. Unless you’ve researched ‘prior’.”
Having said that, Professor Aron realizes his fantasy through telekinesis and then shows Seong-il a familiar artifact.
“That…”
“In the midst of such doubt, I discovered. The feeling that I saw the situation that the ‘Ruchel’ said and the mechanism of the unfolding memories somewhere.”
When Professor Aron shows him the memory beads he lent in the past, his Seong-il realizes why he suddenly made a sudden move.
“While I was chewing on my memories while trying to figure out the authenticity of the secret technique for about 15 days, I realized that the structure, tone, and environment of the memories that the magician named Ruchel showed are similar to when I saw the memories in the beads you gave me.”
‘Haa… Fuck. I edited my memories to try my best, but this is how it turned out?’
Seong-il feels that his stress index is rapidly rising due to his resentment. Even, he foresaw and dealt with whether or not it would be a problem with fortune-telling, but when this problem broke out, he felt even more angry.
『If you rely too much on fortune-telling, you can seriously injure your nose. No matter how good a fortuneteller is, there are times when they get eaten by fortune telling. You know? You have to be careful.”
And Ruchel’s advice that naturally goes through his head. Seong-il now realizes why he gave him such advice.
“But, it could be a coincidence, right? That’s not a direct proof of anything…”
As he repeatedly ventured into many worlds and got caught up in all kinds of incidents, Seong-il was very good at putting an iron plate on his face.
Hearing Seongil’s shameless reply, Professor Aron nodded his head and continued as if he half agreed with his words.
“That’s right. That’s why I tried my best not to suspect you. Then, this time, I really happened to see your special trait. Based on that, I was finally able to convince you that you were suspicious.”
“Time traits? Why is that?”
When Professor Aron said that he suddenly started doubting himself because of nothing else but time traits, Seong-il put on a puzzled expression because he couldn’t even think of it.
“Why? It’s simple. Because the power of time is his main power, which is mainly used by the foreign goddess Tala. It also interferes with the time axis of the past or future and hides the seeds of chaos that shakes the world. That’s why I am the power of time. He suspects that you, who have awakened, are his apostles.”
‘Fuck. Was it like that?!”
Surprisingly, Seong-il is frightened when he hears that the power of time is the power mainly used by Tala, the god of deceit and deceit.
‘I’ve never seen anything like that in the settings… But in the game, it was just an evil god who used all sorts of vicious and sinister means to squeeze into the weaknesses of mortals…’
After thinking about the setting for a while, a question popped up in Seong-il’s head, and he, feeling unfair, asked Professor Aron as if he were arguing.
“If that’s the case, what about the dean?! Didn’t he say that he also deals with the power of time?”
At Sungil’s question, the three professors turn their heads and look into each other’s eyes. At first glance, it seemed like he was stung by logic, but Seong-il, who has an excellent ability to read emotions, feels that those eyes are different from that.
‘…That’s far from embarrassing, isn’t it? It’s more like, ‘Can I say this?’
For this reason, Seong-il strongly and resolutely demands an explanation from the professors.
“…How about you tell me?”
“That…”
“I think Seongil-gun deserves to know that since he has come to this situation.”
Seong-il was able to feel that there was a secret that he did not know about in this situation.
“…Dean Gerhard Steiner had the experience of living as a puppet of Tala in the past, falling for Tala’s schemes.
It was an unfortunate past, but ironically, in the process, he was able to come into contact with the secret of time. Thanks to that, he has some control over the power of time. By the way, many of the time psychics identified are Tala’s servants.”
‘…No wonder.’
It seems that there was such a secret that he suddenly awakened his time form and doubted himself. Seong-il realizes that he has been playing in the hands of Aaron and other professors without realizing it.
“By the way, don’t try to say nonsense that you have normal powers. For the past 15 days, we have analyzed your true magical power and the power of the artifact you are wearing through the specially created magic circle here.”
‘…He did that?!’
Seong-il feels dejected when the professors say that he has completed all the meticulous investigations to figure out his identity.
“I sensed an evil force from the ring. It was more like a mighty relic of some kind? How could we not suspect you?
He always hides his power, possesses countless powerful artifacts, and isn’t that lacking in talent?”
The analysis of the sharp professors. Seong-il feels that he is at a loss for words at the sight of the intellectuals of this world, and then he manages to gather his strength to open his mouth and ask.
“Okay. Let’s say it’s true. Then why do you keep telling me about it? You can just subdue and interrogate me?”
“There’s just one thing I just don’t understand. That’s why.”
“…What is that?”
Sensing the truth in Professor Aron’s words, Seong-il realizes that he still has room to convince him and asks him.
“It’s simple. The imprinted knowledge you sprinkled on us is all true and helpful knowledge.
What is your purpose anyway? If it’s Tala’s intention, then why is he trying to accelerate the birth of the Transcendental Society he’s been trying so hard to prevent?”
“Hmm…”
“Wasn’t it Tarla’s purpose to prevent the unification of the two factions and accelerate their division? This is the only fact that prevents us from persecuting you. So try to convince us with an excuse. Then we will show you mercy.”
Seong-il heard Professor Aron’s passionate speech and felt his sincerity. So he sighs lightly, takes out a gold coin from his bosom, and tries to read his fortune.
‘Oh… I can’t because my body is restrained.’
However, Seong-il feels that his head hurts as he cannot easily do even small gestures because of the magic circle.
‘What…?’
In the meantime, a strange sensation felt in his head. Seong-il feels that someone is quickly coming here to help him.
‘Let’s take some time for now.’
Seong-il, who senses that unknown reinforcements are coming to help him, decides to pass the time by pretending to ask questions to buy him time.
“Before that. May I ask you a few questions?”
“Of course.”
Perhaps because the charges have not yet been confirmed, Professor Aron responds to Seong-il as politely as possible.
“…Why the hell did a professor with psychic powers try to investigate Professor Wirain, Professor Ahindel and me? Leaving the same psychic powers aside. Even, Professor Ahindel wasn’t your rival?”
“That…”
Professor Aron, as well as Professors Ahindel and Wirain, listen to Seongil’s words and shrug their shoulders and think about something.
“…Tell me.”
“Hmm? Isn’t that a bit like that?”
“He deserves to be heard. We have to sort things out on ‘our ship’ anyway.”
‘…There’s definitely something there.’
Hearing a short conversation between the professors, Seong-il feels that there is some kind of secret between them.
“…I’ll tell you briefly. Bondi, Professor Ahindel and I are on good terms. The same goes for Professor Wirain. I’m ‘directing’ it so that it can be seen.”
‘…That’s it?!’
Surprisingly, Seong-il opens his mouth in surprise when Professor Aron tells him that he is putting on a play for everyone in the academy.
“I’m here!”
“…!!”
But that’s for a while. Seong-il feels someone familiar talking to her own head.
『Looking at the situation, it looks like he was arrested? Is it hard to get out?”
‘…It’s a matter of course.’
Because the situation is a situation, Seong-il feels annoyed by the calm doll’s question.
‘What is it… Even if the doll uses all of its strength and uses the same strength as me, it would be difficult for the three professors…’
That’s why he was thinking about how to get out of this situation. The doll tries to make a suggestion to him.
“Just get out! That’s it.”
‘Hey! Is this like a normal magic circle!? If I try it clumsily, the professors will die in a pincer attack?’
In his head, Seong-il gets annoyed at the doll’s nonsense. However, for some reason, the doll laughs at him instead of feeling sorry when he hears Seongil’s words.
“Isn’t it? You still have a ‘fate change’ left, you idiot.』
‘What is the turn of fate? Ah…’
Seong-il feels a flash of consciousness at the doll’s words. At the same time, when he thinks he wants to use the technique, he feels that a strange ‘fate’ surrounds him and makes him defy all the laws of the world.
“…Have you been freed?”
Surprisingly, he realizes that all restraints on his body have disappeared. In addition, he realizes that he is on the ceiling of the professor’s training room.
