Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 131

Chapter 131

T his w a s co p i e d f ro m k i n g m tl . o rg
Aslan Seminar (4)

“……What?”

Some people were taken aback when even Baek Yu-seol started to criticize Aiselle. Flame and Hong Bi-yeon were no exception.

‘Why would he…?’

Baek Yu-seol, who always cherished and protected Aiselle, was now criticizing her instead of helping.

‘…Or is this the only way he can help her?’

Flame knew the ‘original plot.’

In the original story, Aiselle presented an incomplete thesis and faced a barrage of criticism and objections from everyone.

And then… she was saved by Hae Wonryang.

This was the point in the original story where Hae Wonryang started to gain a fanbase.

However, before Hae Wonryang could showcase his charms, Aiselle was utterly broken due to the numerous harsh attacks.

Their criticism went beyond her magic, attacking her very existence.

Of course, the story had significantly changed. Unlike the original plot, Aiselle now stood on that stage with a completed thesis.

So Flame felt somewhat relieved, thinking the story would take a different turn from the original.

However, the thesis wasn’t the problem.

The problem was this environment itself.

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Everyone hated and criticized Aiselle. They ridiculed her with baseless jeers and mockery, establishing their self-esteem through her humiliation.

They were truly vile and disgusting people. Could they even be called mages?

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“Blind spot… you say?”

When Baek Yu-seol used his critique opportunity, Aiselle looked at him with a blank expression and asked back.

“Yes. A blind spot. Your magic circle has no ‘lines’ connecting the mana circuits. This is just a pattern, not a magic circle. How do you plan to operate the magic?”

Small gasps erupted here and there. His criticism was quite plausible, no, it was a fact that struck the crux of the matter.

‘Your magic circle lacks even the basic qualities of a magic circle.’

Baek Yu-seol’s criticism was valid, and it seemed impossible to respond to it.

But…

That was only the perception of the observers.

He had completed the last part of this thesis with Aiselle and knew where she had struggled deeply.

‘I want to create a completely different kind of magic circle from the existing ones.’

‘If you say so.’

‘I’m serious! I’m just contemplating how to implement it…’

‘I wouldn’t know.’

‘I wasn’t asking for ideas.’

‘Do your best.’

Baek Yu-seol hadn’t offered any help in that regard. He knew Aiselle would figure it out on her own someday.
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And indeed, Aiselle had perfectly resolved it. He still remembered her proudly showing him how she had solved her struggles in just a few days.

That’s why he made this criticism.

‘You, you can do it.’

To others, it seemed like a fact-based attack.
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But for Aiselle, it was the perfect support that finally helped her speak up.

“….I’ll show you directly.”

When Aiselle raised her staff, everyone’s eyes focused on her hand.

The magic circle that appeared on the floor was a hexagonal snowflake pattern, not a conventional round magic circle, and snowflakes began to fall around her.

“Oh…”

“What? How does that work?”

“What’s going on? I don’t understand.”

It was merely a magic that summoned an ice pillar. Anyone could do that. However, those with a deep understanding of ice magic responded differently than ordinary mages.

“No way, that… There’s no freezing point and no lines connecting the mana, so how did the pillar form…?”

“Oh? Now that you mention it, that’s strange.”

Indeed.

Magic circles typically used a large ‘circle’ as a frame, with ‘dots’ to designate attributes and ‘lines’ to implement the form, circulating mana to generate the magic.

But Aiselle’s magic had no circle, no dots.

Looking at the magic circle from every angle, it was impossible to interpret it as an ‘ice pillar summoning magic,’ yet the magic had indeed activated.

“…The reason ice crystals are hexagonal is because they are made of water. The mana molecules that form water are structured with two hydrogen atoms combined, and these mana molecules achieve their most perfect form when arranged in a hexagon.”

The most perfect form for ice, a hexagon.

“The circuits connecting the mana are not necessary. I merely provided ice with its most perfect form, and they responded to my will by becoming ice.”

Until now, humans had forced natural elements into forms that suited them. Magic circles were born for that purpose.

But Aiselle had stepped out of the human-made framework and aligned herself with nature itself.

As a result…

…Swaying gently!

A translucent crystalline flower bloomed at the tip of her staff.

‘Crystal Flower’

A level-4 magic that once required all her focus to use.

But now, it could be activated whenever she desired.

“Wow…”

“Is that… magic?”

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Aiselle’s towering magic was more like art than an attack, leaving everyone in awe.

To show this magic more clearly, she took a step back and looked at Selien.

“Was this sufficient to address your earlier point that ‘hexagonal magic circles are inefficient’?”

Must magic circles always be circular?

Aiselle didn’t bother countering that notion.

She merely demonstrated a perfect magic unseen by any great ice mage.

Logic? Theory?

Mages communicate through magic.

Aiselle then looked at Kaika Dromian, who had criticized her second.

“Inserting eighteen freezing points into your magic circle is indeed impressive, as expected of the Dromian family.”

She then pointed to her beautiful hexagonal snowflake-patterned magic circle drawn at her feet.

“Freezing points consume a lot of mana, so having none is actually more efficient.”

“…”

Kaika gritted his teeth, desperately trying to come up with a counterargument.

“Hexagonal magic circles aren’t suitable for orbit correction. How do you plan on adjusting the ‘trajectory lines’?”

Aiselle responded by directly transforming the magic circle.

“Oh…”

“That’s… unique.”

The hexagonal magic circle, resembling a snowflake, transformed its internal patterns according to Aiselle’s will, something a regular circular magic circle couldn’t do.

Traditional magic circles maintained their drawn lines and merely shifted their positions, whereas the hexagonal magic circle’s size and thickness altered freely.

‘How can that be…?’

No, I can’t accept this.

Kaika Dromian shouted again.

“But this will take too long to freeze anything!”

“Can you designate a target for freezing? Without freezing points, you’ll freeze allies indiscriminately!”

“Hexagons have lower mana circulation rates than circular magic circles!”

Kaika made countless critiques, all seemingly valid and hitting the mark.

Or so it seemed.

“Is that so? Then shall we compare the efficiency with your proud magic?”

But Aiselle proved the efficiency of her magic comprehensively.

Without missing a single point.

Even comparing it directly with Dromian’s magic.

“Ugh…”

“Would you like to come and demonstrate? Since the mage who used a critique opportunity can show their magic directly.”

Aiselle spoke firmly to Kaika.

‘If you’re so upset, why not directly compare Morf and Dromian’s magic?’

But he couldn’t do that.

He couldn’t present a magic superior to hers.

‘This… this can’t be happening…!’

Comparing Dromian’s magic circle with Aiselle’s was a mistake. If he had stayed silent, the eighteen freezing points would have remained a significant achievement, but the comparison revealed…

That Dromian’s magic was inferior to Morf’s magic circle.

And it was all because of him.

“The… that magic circle…”

Kaika tried to say something but couldn’t continue. Aiselle didn’t even look away, staring straight at him.

‘If you have more to say, say it.’

Kaika hesitated for a long time, eventually lowering his head, and Aiselle delivered the final blow.

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“It seems you have nothing more to say.”

That was the end.

Dromian’s magic?

Today’s events would be remembered in history.

They created the greatest ice magic with eighteen freezing points, but in the end, it was proven inferior to Aiselle Morf’s newly defined unique magic circle.

Kaika Dromian collapsed into his seat with a defeated expression, and after his retreat, Aiselle calmly turned to face the mages who had criticized her, meeting their eyes one by one.

Most of them averted their gaze, and even those who continued to question her couldn’t block her responses any longer.

Why could she respond now when she couldn’t before?

Had Aiselle Morf suddenly gotten smarter? Or had she gained mysterious knowledge?

No. That wasn’t it.

She had realized something.

‘Not everyone hates me.’

It was strange.

Aiselle thought she was used to being ostracized in situations like this.

But somehow… since she read the ‘Library of Stars,’ an unusual sense of loneliness had spread within her.

It was a side effect.

Back then, she had faced the black dragon alone…

As a consequence of witnessing that scene, Aiselle had absorbed some of the emotions Baek Yu-seol felt at the time.

That emotion was probably loneliness.

Simply absorbing a bit of loneliness shouldn’t have made her this timid.

However, that feeling overlapped with all the criticism, hatred, and ostracism she had faced, triggering a wave of trauma.

But now it was fine.

Even in this lonely place filled with people who hated and ridiculed her… there were those who supported her.

“Does anyone have any more questions?”

Aiselle calmly refuted the mages’ criticisms one by one.

Around this time.

The young mages attending the Aslan Seminar, as well as the mages in the audience, realized something.

‘All existing ice magic will be overturned.’

‘Not just ice magic, but the definition of magic circles will change.’

From now on, ice magic will be redefined by Aiselle’s magic.

Moreover, due to the ‘non-circular magic circle’ Aiselle introduced, all elemental magic will transform into various forms in the future.
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Today, at this very place, Aiselle had started a revolution in magic history.

“Damn…”

“This is absurd. There must be a flaw somewhere…”

Everyone felt it deeply but couldn’t accept it.

There were many geniuses from prestigious families specializing in ice magic here, and they couldn’t accept that their magic was inferior to that of the ruined Morf family.

‘This is not right.’

‘Magic circles must be circular.’

They desperately tried to find flaws in Aiselle’s magic, but with every attack, her logic only became more beautifully complete.

Attendees sweated profusely, trying to suppress her, but…

When it goes too far, it becomes laughable.

Beep! Beep!

Five minutes after the previous question, buttons signaling the use of critique opportunities went off all around.

However, the host couldn’t pinpoint anyone and looked around.

Princess Hong Bi-yeon of Adolevit.

She had also used a critique opportunity.

With her silver hair flowing, she raised her chin slightly with a haughty expression.

Her expression seemed to say, ‘I’m going to critique, anyone else want to try?’ prompting the mages to withdraw their opportunities.

‘Idiots.’

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Hong Bi-yeon was in a strange mood. She had realized early on that Baek Yu-seol had created this situation and atmosphere.

Once again, Baek Yu-seol had racked his brain for Aiselle, helping her in a surprising way.

During a presentation, a third party couldn’t help, so everything had to be resolved by oneself. Who would have thought he would use a ‘critique opportunity’ to boost Aiselle’s momentum like this?

Because she had a habit of closely observing Baek Yu-seol’s actions and thinking deeply about them, she could understand his actions faster and more accurately than anyone else.

“…Speak.”

With the critique opportunity given to Hong Bi-yeon, Aiselle quietly met her gaze.
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The composed Aiselle, confidently answering every criticism, seemed like a completely different person from the one who couldn’t speak earlier.

Even if the mages continued to attack her, it would only make Aiselle shine brighter.

Hong Bi-yeon didn’t want Aiselle to completely dominate this situation and swallow up the Aslan Seminar.

She had also prepared hard for this seminar.

So, she ended Aiselle’s presentation abruptly with a random question.

“Enough. Just tell us the name of that magic.”

A magic presentation ends with the announcement of the new magic’s name.

In other words, Hong Bi-yeon signaled the end of this tedious debate.

“…This magic is called.”

Recognizing it was time to end, Aiselle quickly accepted Hong Bi-yeon’s question.

“‘Morf Crystal.'”

“Ah…”

“Hmm…”

Some people coughed uncomfortably upon hearing the magic name.

Aiselle didn’t use her own name but included her family name.

It signified that Aiselle Morf wasn’t making a new start as an individual, but rising again as the eldest daughter of the Morf family.

However, the mages couldn’t just let go of Aiselle’s magic… their curiosity and critical thirst wouldn’t allow it.

Many mages would desire that magic imbued with ‘Morf’s’ name, and it might slowly spread through society, just as Aiselle wanted.

It couldn’t be stopped.

It was truly an unprecedented event.

Never before, and never again, would a family labeled as ‘traitors’ in the magic society be revived from the depths of history.

Who would have thought the name of a ‘traitor’ family could be revived? It was literally making the impossible possible, contrary to the definition of magic.

“…Interesting.”

While everyone was left speechless, General Chairman Mage Arumun, with half-closed yet sparkling eyes, gazed at Aiselle.

“I like people who strive for the impossible. Please keep going, Aiselle Morf.”

Bang! Bang!

As if voting wasn’t necessary, General Chairman Mage Arumun personally struck the ‘Hammer of Judgment.’

With that, Aiselle’s new magic was declared approved.

End of Chapter