Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 176
Chapter 176
The 7th Main Tower (7)
…The darkness that extended from the full-body mirror engulfed Flame and dragged her inside.
It happened so suddenly and swiftly that no one present could react properly.
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“Huh, huh…?”
Aiselle stared at the full-body mirror with a dazed expression. Professor Checyrin, also stunned, couldn’t even think of using magic, and Anella just collapsed to the ground.
“What is this…?”
It made no sense.
Flame, who had always been confident and bold, who had overcome numerous incidents and adversities perfectly.
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Once again, she thought…
She believed they would succeed.
Just like before, even if a powerful and threatening Dark Mage appeared, she thought they could face it bravely and win.
But to go out like this, so meaninglessly.
“Ah…”
Thud!
Aiselle slumped to the ground, dropping her staff.
She was too young to experience the loss of someone she fought alongside with her life on the line, and she couldn’t fully grasp the situation.
‘What went wrong?’
Trying to recall what might have been a mistake, she couldn’t think of anything.
And unfortunately,
The girls hadn’t done anything wrong. If they had fought according to plan, they surely would have won.
There was just one problem.
…Flame was the ‘Child of the Stars.’
“Haha, ha!”
Finally, Checyrin burst into laughter.
He thought it was a life-or-death crisis when the full-body mirror was attacked, but to think that the one inside it would directly devour the opponent!
“Truly, you startled me.”
It seems she truly bore the name of Stella. Despite being a mere first-year, she managed to momentarily startle him, a Dark Mage and a magic professor, and that alone was commendable.
“But in the end, this is what happened, right?”
Whoosh!!
A dark red flame rose. Like his flowing anger, the red wave ominously spread out, beginning to engulf the entire area.
“Now that the most troublesome one is gone, let’s wrap this up.”
The stronger the resistance, the harder it is to suppress without killing. But now, with Flame, the major force, gone, it would be effortless.
Professor Checyrin spread his hands, ready to unleash the most splendid and beautiful flames.
The magic prepared for the final act was none other than the crimson flame of the Adolevit royal family.
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“…Hmm?”
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Something felt off.
Unlike other flames, the Adolevit flame was characterized by its calm beauty, not burning passionately or threateningly.
But the flame Checyrin produced now was just an ordinary red, lacking any distinct features.
‘Wait, this isn’t right…!’
The moment he realized,
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Swoosh-!!
“Ugh…?!”
A crimson blade flew from behind, piercing his heart.
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“Ugh…!”
Spitting black blood from his mouth, he tried to grasp the blade that had pierced his chest, but it wasn’t physically tangible.
An intangible blade.
It was… a true flame.
Brighter red than anything, yet more passionate and beautiful.
The true flame of Adolevit.
Checyrin slowly turned his head. There, Princess Hong Bi-yeon stood, barely supporting herself against the wall, dripping with cold sweat.
‘How…?’
He had undoubtedly taken over her consciousness. He had perfectly seized her magic as well. Her soul was supposed to be forever trapped in the full-body mirror, destined to wander and vanish.
He thought the body left behind was just an empty shell.
But thinking back,
He hadn’t ‘directly’ retrieved her soul. To be more precise… the one inside the full-body mirror had absorbed her soul directly.
‘Could it be?’
Thud!
Forcibly pulling out the crimson blade, Checyrin looked at the full-body mirror.
“Is that what ‘Child of the Stars’ means?”
The power of the one within the full-body mirror was still weak. It was difficult to fully absorb even one flame of the Adolevit family.
Moreover, with Flame, called the Child of the Stars, being absorbed, it was impossible to maintain the power properly.
“…I don’t know what’s going on, but from now on, be prepared.”
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Hong Bi-yeon painstakingly enunciated each word. She wanted to collapse and faint right there due to exhaustion, but if she lost consciousness now, everything would end.
However,
“Ha, haha… hahaha.”
Checyrin, seemingly having lost all will to fight, slowly backed away, holding his face with both hands and shaking his head.
“Damn it… You can’t even withstand this much? And you lied to me? You deceived me? Damn, damn it!”
“What…?”
Hong Bi-yeon, who had been ready to summon flames, was taken aback by Checyrin’s incoherent swearing at the air. His anger dissipated into the void, but one thing was clear.
Checyrin had completely given up.
This was strange.
A high-level Dark Mage doesn’t die just from getting their heart pierced. Even though Hong Bi-yeon had struck a vital spot, it should still be easy for him to kill the students.
Yet, he did nothing and just sat down.
“…Everything is meaningless now.”
The higher the goals and aspirations, the harder it is to withstand the moment they all crumble.
Checyrin fiercely gripped his face with both hands, emitting sobbing sounds, then slowly lifted his head to look at the girls.
First, Hong Bi-yeon and Aiselle, whom he had absorbed magic from, and lastly, Anella.
“…You’re quite unfortunate too.”
“What…what do you mean by that!”
Anella, triggered by fear, yelled at him in defense.
However, Aiselle, catching onto the reality, slowly uttered each word.
“…What happens to Flame?”
“Answer us!”
“Why ask when you know?”
Checyrin gestured with his chin towards the full-body mirror.
“That place is a fragment, completely separated from reality. An ordinary human soul cannot return once it enters. That’s why I absorbed your souls.”
The one inside the full-body mirror couldn’t act alone, relying on Checyrin as an intermediary.
But if it was this weak…
If he had known that it was too weak to even properly absorb the soul of just Flame, he wouldn’t have started this dangerous endeavor.
Checyrin closed his eyes.
When Flame and the one inside the full-body mirror mixed and perished, his own soul, tied to that place, would also vanish.
“Wait… You can’t just leave it like that!”
Snap!
Hong Bi-yeon, who had approached Checyrin, gritted her pale lips and aimed her staff at his neck.
“Tell me.”
“Tell me how to bring her back.”
“Ha, impossible. That world is like a shattered mirror. Looking right shows left, and looking left shows behind. What do you plan to do in such a mixed-up world? If you’re desperate, jump in. It’ll be a spectacle for the final journey, seeing two die together.”
Gritting her teeth, Hong Bi-yeon looked around at Aiselle and Anella. Then, she uttered the question she never wanted to ask.
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“Did you come here to rescue me?”
Her voice, hesitant as if she didn’t want to ask, left Anella speechless, and Aiselle, after a brief hesitation, nodded.
“…Yes. Flame assembled this team to rescue you.”
“I see…”
No longer hesitating, Hong Bi-yeon turned her steps.
Not towards the exit,
But towards the full-body mirror.
“W-Wait! Stop!”
Realizing what she was about to do, Aiselle ran and grabbed Hong Bi-yeon’s arm.
Only for Hong Bi-yeon to jerk her arm free and glare fiercely.
“Don’t interfere!”
For a moment, Aiselle was so intimidated that she almost shrank back, seeing the fiery determination in Hong Bi-yeon’s eyes.
What was she so angry about?
What had driven her emotions to such heights?
Aiselle couldn’t understand a bit of Hong Bi-yeon’s feelings.
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“I have to go… I must go…”
With her eyes glazed over, heading towards the mirror, Hong Bi-yeon looked indeed dangerous. Entering in that state, without being in her right mind and with most of her mana exhausted, she would surely die in vain.
“I can’t let you.”
Aiselle gripped Hong Bi-yeon’s hand tightly from behind.
“Flame sacrificed herself to save you. Yet you want that sacrifice to be in vain. I won’t let you.”
“…Let go.”
“Fine, if you insist on going, burn me first. Isn’t that what you always say?”
But Hong Bi-yeon merely glared back, having no intention of using magic to threaten her.
As expected.
She never forgets a favor. No, it goes deeper than that.
Princess Hong Bi-yeon is profoundly generous to those who do something for her without expecting anything in return.
It’s like something was deeply embedded in her head, heart, and soul.
So how could Hong Bi-yeon let Flame’s death, after sacrificing herself to save her, slide?
“I have to go…”
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Aiselle widened her blue eyes in surprise.
It was the first time.
Seeing Princess Hong Bi-yeon of Adolevit show such a weak side.
She looked as if she would cry, forcibly biting her lips and lowering her head. Aiselle could feel her disappointment and anger at her helplessness.
Now, she just hated everything.
As Hong Bi-yeon finally collapsed to the ground, Aiselle supported her.
It was all over now.
Maybe rescuing Hong Bi-yeon was enough.
…Just as she thought that,
“Damn it. Am I too late?”
A voice rang out.
All three girls turned their gaze simultaneously to that place.
There stood Baek Yu-seol, wiping sweat off his cheek and tidying his disheveled hair, as if he had rushed over.
“Ah…”
For a moment, she thought.
The situation was utterly despairing, impossible, and blocked by an insurmountable wall.
And yet, the arrival of just one boy suddenly turned this hopeless situation into one filled with hope…
Why was that?
Baek Yu-seol glanced around the room with a dissatisfied expression, then stared intently at the full-body mirror.
“Sigh. My life is a mess.”
Baek Yu-seol walked over and patted Aiselle and Hong Bi-yeon on their shoulders as if to comfort them for their efforts.
With just that single act… all worries and anxieties were washed away like water.
“I’ll be right back.”
His steps were casual, as if he were taking a walk in the neighborhood, but more reliable and trustworthy than anything.
Swoosh! Crash-!
He stepped into the full-body mirror and disappeared completely.
But there was no worry.
Rather, there was reassurance.
“Ah…”
“Princess Hong Bi-yeon? Wake up!”
Finally, she let go of all her worries and fell into a deep sleep.
By the time she woke up… everything would be resolved.
End of Chapter.
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