Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 170

Chapter 170

The 7th Main Tower (1)

‘Princess Hong Bi-yeon has gone missing.’

No matter how much the staff tried to keep it quiet, the disappearance of such an influential cadet was bound to spread, and rumors quietly permeated through Stella.

Students were already scared due to the ghost stories circulating, and now the same situations described in those stories kept happening.

Flame viewed Hong Bi-yeon’s disappearance from a slightly different perspective.

In this episode, ‘disappearance’ meant being taken to the 7th Main Tower. In the original romance fantasy novel, aside from the protagonist Aiselle, no one else was taken.

‘You are not qualified.’

Victims would be found collapsed somewhere in the corridor with that red sentence, but that was all.

However, for some reason, the protagonist Aiselle was taken to the 7th Main Tower, and with the help of Hae Wonryang, who uncovered the mystery, they overcame the ordeal together…

That was the story.

Hong Bi-yeon didn’t even appear in that episode. Back then, she only appeared to torment the protagonist.

But suddenly, Hong Bi-yeon was taken to the 7th Main Tower?

‘Wait a moment. What is this qualification?’

It was something she hadn’t thought about.

When reading the novel, she assumed that ‘qualification’ would be addressed later since it was the protagonist, and she brushed it off.

But looking back, the novel ended without revealing what that qualification was.

If that ‘qualification’ applied not only to Aiselle but also to Hong Bi-yeon? If she was taken due to a different plot development?

‘This is driving me crazy…’

Originally, a major incident was supposed to occur about a week later, but she didn’t expect this to happen so soon.

It felt like the plot had been accelerated, with the story centered on someone other than Maizen Tiren.
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“…This won’t do.”

Flame looked at Aiselle, who was jittery and anxious.

The two girls, Morf and Adolevit, who once had a hostile relationship, had grown through past events and were now worthy rivals.

“Let’s go in and rescue her.”

So, when Flame said that,

“Let’s do it.”

Aiselle could answer without hesitation.

“Wait a minute. Do you even know how to get in? If the professors can’t enter, how are you going to…?”

Anella asked with a shocked expression, but both Aiselle and Flame already knew the way.

The only way to walk in on their own, without being dragged in like Hong Bi-yeon.

‘I tried to be cautious until that guy came back, but…

There’s no choice.

They couldn’t just wait indefinitely for Baek Yu-seol to return. They had to act on their own, even in his absence.

“Let’s go rescue that brat.”

“Yes.”

With firm determination, Flame and Aiselle turned and walked away.

“Ah… Yu-seol told us to stay put…”

Anella, caught in between, was left pouting.

Drip, drip—

“Ugh…”

At the cold sensation on her cheek, Hong Bi-yeon slowly opened her eyes. She tried to move her arms but found them bound.

“What…!”

She urgently looked around but could see nothing in the darkness. Her magic to light up her surroundings was among the top tier of the Ignite series, but she couldn’t create light without her staff.

Biting her lip and curling up, suddenly a flame appeared in the air.

Whoosh!

“Ugh…!”

The sudden brightness made Hong Bi-yeon squint and close her eyes tightly.

“Hahaha! Even blessed by the Flame, the brightness still gets you? Rumor has it you have complete fire resistance…”

Despite the unpleasant tone of the voice, Hong Bi-yeon couldn’t open her eyes right away. Gradually, overcoming the pain, she barely managed to lift her eyelids.

A familiar face was there.

“…Professor Checyrin?”

“Yes! It’s a pity to see our top student princess like this.”

With a bulging belly and greasy skin, always smiling unpleasantly, Professor Checyrin stood there, someone she never particularly liked.

“The magic of your family is quite the art. The purest and noblest flame… Though it’s just a phenomenon of oxygen and mana combustion, why consider purity? Now I get it! It really feels like the Adolevit name.”

At first, she couldn’t understand what he was saying. But seeing the flame on Checyrin’s fingertip, Hong Bi-yeon was horrified.

‘That’s… my flame?’

The purest flame that only the Adolevit pureblood could produce.

It wasn’t much different in power from other flames, but it symbolized the magic of ‘Adolevit,’ one of the twelve disciples of the Progenitor Mage, making it impossible for just anyone to manifest.

But it was now being shown… by a complete outsider.

‘Could he be an Adolevit?’

Impossible.

Pureblood Adolevits always had flaming red eyes.

But Professor Checyrin had deep purple eyes and didn’t even specialize in fire magic.

“…Who are you?”

“Hey. Hong Bi-yeon. What’s with that tone to your professor?”

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“Just answer me.”

“Ugh, all the Progenitor families are so rude…”

Checyrin clicked his tongue but then smiled again as if feeling better.

“The ‘Final Project’ left by the current Dark Mage King.”

“Final Project…?”

“Yes. Why can only the twelve families use the magic left by the Progenitor Mage? The great Dark Mage King, who first questioned this, planned it.”

He walked away with excited steps. Watching him, Hong Bi-yeon naturally looked as well…

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“A mirror?”

There was a large full-length mirror reflecting Hong Bi-yeon.

But something felt off.

The colors in the mirrored world were completely reversed.

The Hong Bi-yeon in the mirror had black hair and blue eyes, and her expression was so gloomy that she didn’t feel like it was her at all.

“The twelve families were chosen by ‘Constellatio.’ Do you know what that means?”

“…I don’t know.”

“Hahaha! That’s funny. Standing closer to the ‘perfect world’ than us Dark Mages, yet not feeling it. If you tasted that infinite world even once… you couldn’t escape.”

“Dark Mage…?”

“Yes! Ah, should I have kept it a secret? Well… hmm. No. It’s fine. Right? Yes, it’s fine. Our leader permitted it.”

“Wait. What are you talking about?”

“Yes, yes. It’s fine. I infiltrated this school solely for the ‘Final Project’ left by the Dark Mage King! When that brat almost took it from me, I was sweating bullets!”

Checyrin began to ramble incoherently, so much so that Hong Bi-yeon couldn’t understand what he was saying.

‘A madman…’

He had completely lost his mind.

But the thought of being at the mercy of such a lunatic filled her with fear.

‘…I need to stay calm.’

She slowly looked around.

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Now she noticed this place was truly bizarre.

The sky outside the wide hall’s windows was red, as if the colors were inverted.

Moreover, the strange mana scent everywhere indicated it was undoubtedly the Other World.

In other words, it was a ‘Persona Gate.’

But something felt off.

Persona Gates were designed worlds, structurally unnatural compared to reality.

But this place was perfect.

Even just looking at the large hall and smelling the flowing mana, she could tell immediately.

Unlike other Persona Gates, there wasn’t even a mystery.

“You’re lucky. Very lucky.”

Checyrin chuckled as he looked at Hong Bi-yeon.

His gaze was so revolting that she wanted to run and gouge his ear with her staff, but being tied up was an eternal regret.
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“Half a century ago, thanks to that man not completing this, it passed to me. Hehe… and with two descendants of the twelve disciples enrolled…”
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Muttering and rambling.

Talking to the air, laughing and fuming by himself, Checyrin.

Then suddenly, he stopped talking and turned his head creepily, looking at Hong Bi-yeon.

His gaze was so eerie, as if lacking any self-awareness, that even the unafraid-of-ghosts Hong Bi-yeon felt a chill.
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“Um? Um… Umm!”

But Checyrin wasn’t actually interested in Hong Bi-yeon. He was hearing another ‘someone’s’ voice.

-…Checyrin.

A harsh, grating voice echoed as if it would scrape out his brain. But Hong Bi-yeon couldn’t hear it.

Only Dark Mages who had offered their souls to the Other World could hear this voice.

“Yes, it’s me! I offered the child blessed by the stars as you asked.”

Offering a descendant of the twelve disciples as a sacrifice grants power.

It was a contract Checyrin made with ‘someone’ in the 7th Main Tower. But the contract wasn’t complete yet.

-Do you think… this is enough?
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“…Pardon?”

What did that mean?

As Checyrin wore a puzzled expression, the voice spoke again.

-Now, another of my servants… is bringing the true star child here…

“The true… star child?”

-You are to offer that child to me as well…

He had never heard of this before.

Another servant?

Wasn’t he the only honored servant?
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‘…Could it be that bastard Laydin?’

He knew it. That shameless guy must be hiding selfish intentions behind his facade, trying to claim credit.

But whatever, it didn’t matter.

Although he didn’t know who the true star child was, offering them would grant more power, right?

‘Hehe, I’m looking forward to it.’

Checyrin was genuinely grateful to the Dark Mage King he had never seen.

Leaving such a grand project nearly complete and then leaving Stella.

All the benefits were his, which was great.

‘Who will it be next…’

With excited steps, he left the place. Alone, Hong Bi-yeon leaned against the wall, shutting her mouth tightly.

“Haa…”

Gradually, mana drained from her heart’s circle, and her mental strength waned.

It felt as if her soul was leaving her body.

She had to endure.

She had to, but couldn’t. She closed her eyes.

‘I’m… sleepy…

Just a nap.

I’ve been running non-stop, so maybe a short rest is okay…

Thinking that, she fell into a deep sleep.

As if she would never wake up again.

End of Chapter.