Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 66
Chapter 66
Ballroom of Temptation (4)
Silence.
Jackie, who had been saying nothing for a while, slowly and awkwardly turned her head.
Then,
“What… what is this? Disgusting! Disgusting! Disgusting!!! Aaaah!! No, no, no, no, no! This isn’t me!!!”
She tore at her hair with both hands and vomited blood, screaming.
But no matter where she looked, her eyes kept catching glimpses of her arms and legs.
“Give me my arms back! Please! This is too disgusting! No! I don’t want to live like this!!”
Screaming, she suddenly turned to Flame. With tears of blood streaming down her face, she crawled towards Flame at a frightening speed.
“Flame… please… save me… I’m begging you…”
But there was no way now.
She was completely turned into a Dark Mage, and there was no turning back.
The cadets stepped back. They didn’t want to, but expressions of disgust were imprinted on their faces.
The noble NPCs and students alike were all moving away from her.
‘This… this isn’t real…’
Jackie trembled as she mumbled. She wanted to cover her face with her hands, but her sharply transformed hands couldn’t even perform such a simple action.
“Please, please… Flame, please. You can… you can do anything.”
Until a while ago, there was a chance for recovery. If she wasn’t completely a Dark Mage yet, purification was possible.
But now it was impossible.
Flame closed her lips tightly and shook her head.
“…I’m sorry. Jackie.”
With that final verdict, Jackie snapped.
“…Ha, haha. Hahaha. Hehehe, he… he… he… hehehe.”
Jackie suddenly realized the true source of all this.
“It’s you.”
If Flame hadn’t been there from the start.
“It’s all because of you.”
“What…?”
“It’s because of you. You, you, you! If only you weren’t there! If only you weren’t there!!”
Screaming like that, she raised her arm, which resembled a blade, and swung it towards Flame.
Whoosh! Crack…!
Blazing flames and icy icebergs shot from either side, piercing through Jackie’s body.
“Gah, urgh…!”
Her power was to control others’ minds. But could she exert that power if her own mind was shaken?
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Already severely wounded and losing most of her power due to the weakened barrier, even such an attack was fatal.
“I don’t want to… why…”
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Whoosh! Boom!!
Hong Bi-yeon, unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward and fired another fireball.
“Wait, it’s dangerous…”
“You stay quiet now. You’ve done your part.”
Pushing aside Flame, who was trying to stop her with a low voice, she stood coldly in front of Jackie.
Hong Bi-yeon looked at Jackie’s face and said with an expression devoid of any emotion.
“Disgusting.”
“You…!”
“More than the outside, it’s the inside.”
To her, the exterior was nothing. Hong Bi-yeon, who had once lived with an appearance as ugly as that, knew better.
“What do you know… Aaaah!!”
Whoosh!! As Jackie tried to say something, Hong Bi-yeon burned her wound with fire without hesitation.
“Don’t you dare speak informally to a princess. You’re no longer a fellow student, so there’s no reason to overlook your informal speech.”
“Wait! She still has her sanity! If we find a way somehow…!”
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“If we find a way?”
“…What?”
At Aiselle’s hurried shout, Hong Bi-yeon turned her head and met her eyes. Unlike when she looked at Jackie, her eyes were filled with indescribable sorrow and regret.
Indeed.
The cold gaze she had when looking at Jackie was an act. Realizing this, Aiselle stopped her steps.
“If we find a way, will a solution come out?”
Once someone is completely consumed by dark magic, there’s no answer. The only solution is to overcome the dark magic on their own before reaching that point.
“That… that’s true. But still…”
“Ha, even your heart is kind. Fine, since your friends want it so much, I’ll give her a chance.”
Hong Bi-yeon spoke as if granting a favor.
“If you confess your wrongdoings and sincerely apologize now, I’ll spare your life. Kneel and kiss my feet.”
-…What!”
It was a very humiliating and degrading act. But neither Flame nor anyone else stopped her. No, they couldn’t stop her.
If the situation went wrong… everyone here might have been killed by Jackie.
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The crime of trying to kill fifteen students was not a small one.
Even so, one could say that Hong Bi-yeon’s leniency in giving a chance to repent was great.
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“Urgh…!”
Jackie gritted her teeth, knelt, and slowly crawled towards Hong Bi-yeon, lowering her head.
However.
No matter how she thought about it.
Just repenting and being forgiven here.
It didn’t seem like she could live a proper life anymore. With such a hideous transformation, how could she live a normal life?
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Jackie’s red eyes gleamed menacingly.
Hong Bi-yeon Adolevit.
A girl born with the status of a princess, possessing unparalleled beauty, and even the talent to be called the Incarnation of Flames.
Her future would shine more brilliantly than any jewel. In contrast, Jackie would live a life akin to repulsive filth.
‘I wanted to live like that too.’
If her life was destined to fall into ruin, wouldn’t it be better to drag someone from the heavens down with her?
If she couldn’t have that life.
‘Then…’
A chance.
A chance to end the life of that perfect girl with her own hands.
Crawling on her knees, Jackie reached Hong Bi-yeon’s feet and bowed deeply, hiding her expression.
Hong Bi-yeon extended her foot without any defense.
‘Foolish girl.’
The opportunity had come.
Pretending to grab her foot, Jackie raised her head.
Red light shone ominously.
“You’re falling into the abyss with me, Adolevit!”
Springing up, she thrust her sharp, spider-like right arm towards Hong Bi-yeon.
It should have been an instant kill.
It should have been.
“Ah…?”
Crunch…!
It didn’t reach.
With her knee frozen, she couldn’t stand up properly.
With her arms bound by vines, she couldn’t swing her arm properly.
Even as the sharp spider blade reached right in front of her, Hong Bi-yeon didn’t waver, speaking in a regretful tone.
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“You’ve squandered your last chance. This is why they say humans can’t be reformed. What a waste.”
“W-wait a minute… I, I was actually…!”
“I hope you repent in death.”
Hong Bi-yeon flicked her fingers without even deeming her excuses worth hearing.
Bang!!
A massive cylindrical flame engulfed Jackie’s body.
Whoosh!!
She died instantly without even a scream.
With that, the situation ended.
“Ah…”
At Hong Bi-yeon’s action, Flame collapsed into a sitting position. Simultaneously, a guideline message was displayed.
[You have conquered the ‘Ballroom of Temptation’!]
[The story of the Duchess of Aiharen, who desired the world’s greatest beauty and popularity, ends here.]
The world began to fold.
The NPCs turned into smoke and scattered, and the objects vanished into dust.
Even amidst this, the cadets didn’t dare to get up.
“Ah…uh…”
Some sat down, and some stared blankly into the air.
The transformation of a classmate into a Dark Mage and the betrayal.
The shock still hadn’t worn off.
In the midst of this, the only person moving was Hong Bi-yeon. She walked towards the entrance with the clock tower’s stairs, but then glanced back and spoke.
“How long do you plan to sit there? Pathetic. There should be rewards behind the stage. Go collect them.”
The students instinctively checked the door at the back of the stage. Since they had completed the final stage, there would be various rewards, including mana stones.
Flame, staring blankly at Hong Bi-yeon’s back, suddenly realized something.
Her legs were trembling as she walked.
‘Surely…’
She finally understood.
She too wanted to collapse in this situation, and she still hadn’t recovered from the shock.
Pretending as if nothing was wrong, acting as if she hadn’t fallen apart, pretending to be strong.
She was forcing herself to act.
Because someone had to be a pillar for others to get up.
Was that it…?
Realizing it belatedly, Flame struggled to get up.
In the end, Hong Bi-yeon was right.
She didn’t expect Jackie to repent in the first place. That’s why she had prepared magic to restrain her limbs in advance, wasn’t it?
Hong Bi-yeon even knew that they wouldn’t trust Jackie and would prepare magic, deliberately showing a gap.
As if to say not to complain about her decision.
A person with a sharp insight into human psychology who knew how to take advantage of it… really, a terribly dirty personality.
But at the same time, she was someone who tried to shoulder everything, a very selfish yet altruistic personality.
Suddenly, such thoughts swirled in Flame’s mind.
Perhaps… had she misunderstood Hong Bi-yeon because she overestimated her knowledge of the ‘original romance fantasy’?
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“A-6 team, the practice has ended, and the students are coming out.”
“Prepare for evacuation.”
“B-3 team’s practice has also ended.”
Several Persona Gates were formed at the Stella Dome, but since they were all fake, professors could intervene at any time, and there was no danger.
Except for one gate.
A 5-Risk Persona Gate that suddenly appeared in the middle of Stella Academy. To prepare for it, the Stella Magic Knights and professors were standing by, fully armed.
While the professors could handle a 5-Risk Persona Gate, if the ‘Persona Synchronization Phenomenon’ occurred, the environment could distort and create dangerous phenomena.
“What’s going on?”
“I don’t know… it seems like an accident.”
Students glanced towards the Persona Gate and followed the assistants’ guidance to evacuate outside the Stella Dome.
Lee Han-wol watched the gate closely with a troubled expression.
So many Stella students had died during practice in the past.
However, no death was easily forgotten. Seeing young students, who entered Stella with dreams of a bright future, wither without blossoming was the saddest and most pitiful thing in the world.
He never showed it, but he remembered every student’s face and name.
Especially, Baek Yu-seol’s name seemed to linger in his memory for a long time.
A peculiar student who entered Stella dreaming of chivalry despite growing up in unfortunate circumstances.
However, he had proven to the world that his dream wasn’t just empty talk with his skills. With a little more effort, he could have achieved the most rewarding results in the world.
But to die meaninglessly in a place like this.
“The waves are shaking! Changes are starting inside!”
“Let’s get ready.”
At the command of the Knight Commander Arain, the magic knights swiftly drew their wands. Arain himself probably didn’t need to step forward. The elite force was so exceptional that dealing with a mere 5-Risk Persona Synchronization was laughable.
Crackle, crackle…!!
The gate shook visibly, and finally, something inside seemed to explode, causing it to contract greatly.
…Flash!
After a while, the gate completely disappeared.
Fifteen students, awkwardly wearing Stella uniforms, were summoned.
“Ah…”
Someone let out a sigh of relief. The tension had been released. Such sounds erupted here and there. Some sighed, some laughed, some quickly made contact, and some turned away.
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“…An ant has defeated a tiger.”
Arain’s expression held rare surprise. Then he turned back, mocking his own earlier joke.
“Retreat.”
“Yes!”
The disciplined knights turned orderly and left without hesitation, while the waiting wizards and staff sighed in relief.
“Did the students really conquer a 5-Risk Persona Gate?”
“I can’t believe it…”
“Well, they are Stella students after all.”
“No, but still, they’re students.”
“Even experienced veterans struggle with a 5-Risk Gate…”
Lee Han-wol gestured to a nearby wizard. The wizard closed his eyes, spun a magic circle, and then said.
“Wave pattern has ended. All clear. Complete success in the conquest.”
Upon confirming that, Lee Han-wol quickly walked towards the students.
But when Baek Yu-seol stepped forward first, Lee Han-wol widened his eyes and stood at attention.
Magic warriors who conquered a Persona Gate were obliged to report to their superior wizards according to the manual.
So, Baek Yu-seol, despite being a student, was adhering to the command structure by making a report even after surviving the dangerous battlefield.
“That kid… must be the ‘leader.’”
“A familiar face.”
“He was famous for his chivalry from the beginning of the semester.”
While the wizards murmured, Baek Yu-seol, wrapped in bandages and looking like death warmed over, held his wand vertically against his chest.
It was a salute of a magic warrior.
When Lee Han-wol accepted the salute, Baek Yu-seol reported.
“I report the completion of the Persona Gate mission. Total number of 16, one deceased. 15 have returned.”
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At his words, Lee Han-wol’s expression turned somber. One student had died after all. While it was a relief that they had returned alive, it wasn’t just a matter to laugh about.
So, he didn’t show any expression, maintaining a stern face and nodding.
“Well done. You’ve all achieved exceptional results as individual magic warriors. I’m proud. You’ll be attended to by medical wizards immediately, so take some rest.”
Regardless, what they had achieved was indeed remarkable.
One casualty? It was certainly unfortunate, but the fact that fifteen students had returned after a successful conquest was almost miraculous.
At the center of this, it was probably Baek Yu-seol. Despite no designated leader, the 114th-ranked Baek Yu-seol stepped forward as the representative, meaning all the other students recognized him as the ‘leader.’
He approached to encourage Baek Yu-seol one last time. But for some reason, he looked like he was about to die, and Lee Han-wol couldn’t figure out why.
‘Hmm, did something major happen inside?’
Thinking he should take better care of him, he was about to say something to Baek Yu-seol.
“Haha, what’s all this about?”
He flinched. Lee Han-wol’s heart dropped.
It was the voice of a teenage boy, but the confidence and weight it carried made it hard even to move his lips.
The 9-class wizard and principal of Stella Academy, Eltemon Eltrine.
He came here in person.
Eltemon Eltrine slowly looked around at the students, then finally fixed his gaze on Baek Yu-seol, squinting his eyes.
“This… something interesting must have happened while I was away?”
End of Chapter
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Senhor foi muita loucura a gente entrou naquele portal pensando que era só uma simulação, não era uma simulação, era um portal real, a gente enfrentou um monte de bicho, tinha umas estátua lá que se mexiam, também a doida da Jack virou um bruxo magro negro e morreu, nós matamos ela, mas mereceu ela era uma invejosa recalcada.