Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 135
Chapter 135
Somehow More Difficult than Usual (2)
Beep!
A clear alarm bell rang, and Baek Yu-seol turned his head. Someone had finally used the first ‘critique opportunity.’ As he was presenting, he had silently hoped that no one would bother him, so his face showed a hint of annoyance.
Mage Arumun tilted his head slightly to see who had used the critique opportunity.
It was Selien from Stella Academy.
‘Hmm, is that young lady only attacking her school fellows?’
It was a bit puzzling, but there was no reason to nullify the critique opportunity, so he nodded.
When the microphone turned on, Selien stood up and spoke.
T his was c op ie d f ro m k in g m t l.o rg
“Student Baek Yu-seol, I have a question for you.”
“Yes.”
“In your thesis, on page 13, section 13, you use both the ‘Bytess Rune Verification’ and ‘Bytess’s Law’ in a single formula. How did you reconcile this?”
The mages all nodded simultaneously at her question. It was a doubt everyone had.
Long ago, Bytess had created the verification method and the law and said,
Th i s was copie d f r o m k i n g mt l. o r g
‘My law cannot be verified by my verification method.’
However, Baek Yu-seol ignored Bytess’s words and included both in a single formula.
He had attempted what Bytess himself deemed impossible.
‘…What is that about?’
But Baek Yu-seol didn’t even know what that was, nor what was wrong. He just wrote as the Bulbul Glasses instructed.
‘Damn, I should have submitted the original.’
This thesis was based on the answer sheet he had submitted during the second exam.
However, since he was attending the Aslan Seminar, he thought it might be a bit too plain to submit as-is, so he borrowed the knowledge of the Bulbul Glasses to modify and assemble it. That seemed to be the problem.
He never expected it to be nitpicked this much.
“I would like to use the Magic Screen.”
The Magic Screen was a tool where drawing a magic circle on it with a magic pen allowed the magic to run. Though the magic didn’t manifest, it was often used by magic scholars who couldn’t hold mana to prove ‘this formula is correct.’
Magic Warriors also often used it to prove detailed magic circles they couldn’t manifest at their level, so it wasn’t strange for him to use a Magic Screen here.
Appearing to be contemplating something, Baek Yu-seol hesitated in front of the Magic Screen. Selien smiled at his hesitation.
If he couldn’t answer, she planned to immediately bring up the premise that ‘Bytess’s Law cannot be verified’ and poke at the facts.
However, after a moment of contemplation, Baek Yu-seol wrote something without hesitation.
First, ‘Bytess’s Law,’ then ‘Bytess Rune Verification’…
No.
Something was different.
“Huh?”
“What is that?”
“A verification method I’ve never seen before?”
Around that time, Flame, who had been watching Baek Yu-seol’s presentation, realized something was wrong.
‘Wait, isn’t that… a future split verification method…?’
She recalled that Baek Yu-seol had once asked her if his thesis was okay.
At that time, she was busy preparing her thesis and had only glanced at it before saying, ‘It’s fine, go ahead.’
But now she remembered his true intention in asking.
Maybe, he was asking this:
‘Is this thesis appropriate to present in this era?’
Exactly. His knowledge was a jumbled mix of the future and the past. She had rarely seen Baek Yu-seol studying, so he was probably surviving on future magic knowledge alone.
T h is w a s c o p i ed f r o m k i n g m t l . o r g
After writing the thesis, he had asked her if it was okay to present it.
But not knowing that, she had casually glanced at it and thought it looked plausible, so she had approved. The result…
“That… that’s…”
“An entirely new verification method?”
“A verification method that disassembles and recombines each rune?”
“How…”
Had led to this bizarre situation.
After writing down the entire verification method, Baek Yu-seol put a period and looked at Selien. His expression seemed to ask, ‘Is there a problem?’
‘What is that…?’
Even Selien, who had the knowledge of a professor, was seeing this verification method for the first time. Though she was greatly flustered, she asked calmly.
“Where did you learn that verification method?”
“Huh? Where did I learn it, well…”
Just about to say he learned it at school, Baek Yu-seol realized the atmosphere was serious and hurriedly made an excuse.
“Uh, since the existing verification method wasn’t working well, I made one while writing the thesis…”
“Ha.”
“Indeed…”
Many wanted to say that it was nonsense. But what could they do if it was true?
His excuse seemed to work reasonably well; the mages expressed admiration but didn’t nitpick further.
Selien, whose initial question had been blocked, had nothing more to say.
“…Next question.”
But the holes in his thesis weren’t over. Although this formula was resolved through a new verification method, would that be the case next time?
“Student Baek Yu-seol, could you list the words meaning ‘intellect’ from Rune T3?”
“Seol, Pa, Dok, Oh, Lin, Chen, Ku.”
“Then could you arrange the periodicity of the overlapping attributes of Protect Mana?”
“CE, CO, SI, DE, BA, RI.”
“…You have quite a memory.”
She hadn’t expected him to memorize such details, so Selien was slightly surprised, but it changed nothing.
“So, do you know what’s wrong?”
No.
Baek Yu-seol almost answered honestly but barely kept his mouth shut.
“Your formula has an error. It violates the ‘Rune Binarization Law.'”
“Rune Binarization Law?”
Genuinely not knowing, Baek Yu-seol asked, but Selien, thinking he was just reconfirming, answered smoothly.
“Yes. The law states that ‘runes of different word counts cannot be binarized.'”
Simply put, runes must always be combined in pairs.
In Korean, it’s like combining ‘ㅇ’ and ‘ㅏ’ to form the word ‘아.’
However, runes had a complex law where a one-character rune like ‘Seol’ couldn’t combine with a two-character rune like ‘CE’ or ‘CO.’
Th i s wa s cop ie d fro m kingm t l . or g
But Baek Yu-seol had ignored this basic law in his formula.
T h i s w a s c o p i e d fr o m ki n g m t l . o r g
How could such a formula work properly?
It was sheer nonsense.
‘…So that was it?’
Baek Yu-seol stared at the formula through the Bulbul Glasses. He still didn’t understand.
‘This says it works, though?’
After hesitating momentarily, Selien spoke.
“Now do you see how flawed your formula is?”
“Uh, yes, but…”
After pondering for a moment, Baek Yu-seol drew some lines over the formula on the Magic Screen.
“Wouldn’t this work?”
What he did wasn’t much.
He drew mana separation lines to cut each character and then combined them using a binarization formula.
So to combine ‘Seol’ and ‘CE’ runes, he thoroughly disassembled them into ‘ㅇ,’ ‘ㅓ,’ ‘ㄹ,’ ‘C,’ ‘E’ before recombining.
“It seems plausible, but…”
“But the mana connections wouldn’t work properly…”
T h i s wa s c op i ed fr o m k i n g m tl. o r g
“No, look again. The verification method above disassembles each rune character to connect them, so it should work without issues.”
“Ha, it’s true!”
‘That works…?’
Selien was at a loss for words.
She hadn’t expected this to work.
At this point, she began to question the point of criticizing him, but once started, she couldn’t stop.
Crucially.
The most important hole was still left.
“…Impressive. The new verification method and your way of binarizing runes are truly remarkable.”
Maintaining her composure, Selien continued to speak.
“Student Baek Yu-seol, you are familiar with the ‘Mana Array Law,’ correct?”
“Uh… Yes, probably.”
At her words, mages who had been marveling at new laws nodded.
The previous issues could be considered minor. Creating a new verification method and applying the rune binarization were impressive and genius ideas for a seventeen-year-old mage, but…
The fundamental construction of the formula was the problem.
‘Mana must always be arranged in series.’
This law hadn’t changed since magic first appeared in the world.
Th is w a s c op ie d f r om k i n g mt l . o r g
‘Water flows from high to low.’
‘One plus one equals two.’
Such fundamental laws.
However, Baek Yu-seol’s formula uniquely arranged mana in parallel. No, calling it unique might be an understatement.
It couldn’t even be called a magic circle. It was more like an illustration imitating a magic circle.
“So, I’ll ask. Do you believe parallel mana arrangement is possible, Student Baek Yu-seol?”
“Yes? Yes.”
Selien inwardly scoffed.
‘What nonsense…’
Even Baek Yu-seol couldn’t do this. If parallel mana arrangement were possible, it would mean casting multiple spells with a single magic circle…
Which was a dream state in the magic world, researched for centuries but never proven.
In other words, it was impossible.
“Alright. Then can you show us?”
Pfft.
T hi s w a s c opi e d from k i n g m tl . o rg
Someone who recognized Selien’s intent chuckled softly.
That person quickly managed their expression, but Baek Yu-seol’s keen ears caught it.
‘What’s their problem now?’
T hi s w a s c o p i e d f rom ki ng m tl . o r g
The atmosphere grew increasingly serious. He had no idea what was wrong, which gave him a headache.
Regardless, having said he would show it, he couldn’t back out, so Baek Yu-seol reluctantly picked up the magic pen.
The mages watched him, shaking their heads in disbelief.
‘What nonsense…’
‘You should at least push plausible ideas…’
‘Tsk, his ideas are brilliant, but he’s consumed by arrogance.’
‘How unfortunate.’
As the atmosphere grew heavier.
Flame, drenched in a cold sweat, clutched her forehead.
‘That idiot regressor…’
He had no idea what he was revealing. His knowledge and memories were jumbled, and he was just randomly presenting formulas and laws.
The revealed verification method alone was set to come out in 2-3 years, and the rune binarization law at the same time.
And critically…
‘Parallel mana arrangement is due in 5 years!’
To be honest, the verification method and rune law could be revealed early without much issue.
They wouldn’t drastically impact the magic world; they just made formula construction slightly easier.
But parallel mana arrangement was a serious problem.
A simple yet genius idea of embedding multiple spells in one magic circle.
This law was set to be unveiled at the world’s greatest magic tower, the ‘Tower of the Full Moon,’ causing an upheaval in the magic world.
But since she couldn’t stop Baek Yu-seol, who was drawing a magic circle on the Magic Screen, Flame silently screamed, clutching her face.
In the end, Baek Yu-seol unknowingly completed the formula based on parallel mana arrangement.
“…Huh?”
“Wait, what is that…”
“Is this a joke…?”
A magic circle on the Magic Screen began to glow.
Though the magic didn’t manifest, the circulating mana proved that ‘this magic circle is correct.’
Thud, thud…!
A loud noise echoed in the hall. Selien had dropped her microphone. Baek Yu-seol, covering his ears, realized something was wrong.
‘What’s going on.’
Nobody spoke.
Everyone was dazed.
They stared, mouths agape…
Entranced by the formula on the Magic Screen.
Baek Yu-seol finally realized he had made a mistake far more significant than before.
‘Was I not supposed to reveal this…?’
T hi s wa s c o p i e d fr o m k i n g m t l . or g
Somehow, it felt more complicated and difficult than usual…
End of Chapter
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