Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 83
Chapter 83
World Tree Birth Celebration (1)
Stella Academy often conducted outdoor field trips more frequently than one might think.
Each time, they would mobilize airships prominently emblazoned with the Stella logo. Seeing ten large airships, capable of accommodating up to five hundred people each, soaring into the sky simultaneously was quite a spectacle.
“This is my first time on an airship warp hole.”
“Isn’t it basically the same as a regular warp hole?”
“Well, yeah, that’s true.”
It was not common to use a warp hole gate while aboard an airship.
The airship-specific warp hole gate itself was enormous, and its operational efficiency was significantly inefficient.
As a result, there were fewer than twenty places on the continent where airship-specific warp hole gates were installed.
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Prominent examples included the high elf kingdom ‘Cradle of the Heavenly Spirit Tree,’ the dwarf’s ‘Black Iron Empire,’ and the ‘Stella Academy’ in the Arcaneum. Thanks to this, Stella’s students often experienced the airship warp hole during large events.
‘It’s refreshing…’
Aiselle enjoyed the gentle breeze coming in. Although the wind inside the airship was artificial, it still gave a sense of freedom, making her feel good.
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A romantic airship journey above the clouds. Even though it was for a field trip, she thought it wasn’t bad to enjoy this kind of leisure.
And on such an airship.
“Yummm.”
Aiselle was eating ‘extra-large black bean tteokbokki’ with her friends. It wasn’t just any tteokbokki; it was extra-large black bean tteokbokki.
“You pig, eat one at a time.”
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As Claire gave her a disgusted look, Harillen, who was stuffing four pieces of extra-large black bean tteokbokki into her mouth at once, grinned.
With her mouth full of black bean tteokbokki.
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“Mmmh, this is how you eat it.”
“Ew! Swallow before you talk!”
“Ugh, that’s so gross.”
“Hehe.”
The more they called her dirty, the more she seemed to enjoy it. Aiselle blankly watched the girls’ antics.
One would think that the girls of Stella Academy would know how to eat elegantly and gracefully, but the reality was quite different.
Of course, most of these girls were commoners, but even so, this was quite… a somewhat shocking sight.
“Aiselle, why are you looking at us like that?”
“Uh… it’s just, um… you’re eating so wild and tough…”
“Want to try? If you can’t fit more than three pieces at once, you’ll have to spit it out.”
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“Why are you teaching her weird things?”
“Hey, it’s a trend these days! Stuffing your mouth with as many pieces of extra-large black bean tteokbokki as possible.”
“Unlike you, Aiselle is a proper lady, you know?”
“You’re kidding. You can’t judge a person by their appearance.”
“Well, that’s true. Look over there at Flame. She looks like a perfect lady when she keeps her mouth shut, but as soon as she opens it, she turns into an old man.”
Aiselle glanced over at the next table.
“Yummm.”
There, Flame, who looked like she couldn’t even fit a single strawberry into her tiny pink lips, was stuffing five pieces of extra-large black bean tteokbokki into her mouth all at once.
Ruining such a cute face… The surrounding students sighed in pity.
“I wish I had her face.”
“Yeah, I could put it to better use.”
“Right. Even your disgusting whining would be tolerable with that face.”
“What? You crazy girl, you want to die?”
It was an ordinary conversation among the girls. Aiselle was slowly getting used to their patterns.
“Oh right, Aiselle, what do you think?”
As the conversation arrow pointed at her, Aiselle tilted her head.
“About what?”
“You know, Baek Yu-seol, Baek Yu-seol.”
After the recent incident, there was no one in the school who didn’t know his name. Not just in school, perhaps his name had spread throughout the Arcaneum.
He had taken the right to attend the ‘Aslan Seminar,’ a dream for many aspiring mages worldwide, from the son of Duke Atalek.
Moreover, it was revealed that he was a co-developer of Alchemy Magical Engineering, which led to reporters coming to interview him, causing the general public to be restricted from entering for several days.
But right now, the students weren’t interested in that. As Stella students, the fact that he had the right to attend Aslan and was a co-developer of Alchemy Magical Engineering was certainly impressive, but those achievements felt too distant.
They were teenagers, more interested in their school life.
“He’s been getting a lot of crap recently, but now no one messes with him.”
“It’s because it became clear that Senior Edmund was spreading false rumors, right? Some seniors even came to apologize to him.”
“Yeah, I saw that too.”
The reason seniors apologized to him wasn’t that Baek Yu-seol was someone hard to mess with.
Even as a co-developer of Alchemy Magical Engineering, his power was still insignificant compared to real nobles.
However, Baek Yu-seol’s daily conduct had shone through.
He had been respectful to seniors, showing deliberate politeness to improve his image. Most of the seniors who had bullied him did so reluctantly under Edmund Atalek’s orders.
Of course, some seniors were still jealous and disliked him, but because of the impact he had shown during the duel, they couldn’t easily bully him.
“So, Aiselle, could you introduce him to us later?”
“…What?”
“You’re really close to him, right?”
“No, I’m not?”
Close? That word didn’t suit their relationship.
“What? Really? I thought you two were dating.”
“Wh-what?!”
She was so surprised that she even shouted. She almost spilled the juice in her mouth.
“Wh-what are you talking about?”
“Well, he always takes care of you whenever something happens.”
“Yeah, remember during the mock monster battle? You didn’t see it, but Baek Yu-seol was so cool, flying around with a sword just to protect you.”
“Honestly, he looks a bit young and naive, but don’t you think he’ll be quite handsome when he grows up?”
“Right. He’s cute.”
With stories about Baek Yu-seol pouring out like a waterfall, Aiselle felt dizzy.
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“Uh…
“Why are you reacting like that? It’s obvious Baek Yu-seol likes you.”
Is that so?
It kind of seems like it?
She wasn’t sure, but she kind of hoped it was true…
‘What am I thinking?’
But the more she thought about it, the more it seemed like they were right.
He was always where she was, always taking care of her.
And he had said something like this before.
‘I’ve been watching over you.’
If that statement meant what she thought it did…
The heat rising in her face wasn’t subsiding. The topic of romance was truly difficult for Aiselle.
It was so strange.
She had received many confessions from boys before but never felt anything.
But for some reason, now she couldn’t easily shake off these thoughts.
Why was that?
From the beginning, it was like this.
When the Necromancer attacked at Martavis Cemetery, why had he come alone?
During the mock monster battle, when they took down a medium-sized monster, was she really necessary? With his strategies, he could have hunted it with someone else…
Even during the club activities, the Persona Gate, every little thing…
“But since Aiselle keeps pushing him away, it seems like he’s given up lately?”
“Yeah. Lately, he seems closer to Princess Hong Bi-yeon.”
“Oh my, what a playboy. But would a princess really fall for a commoner?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. Do you know how big of a fuss it’s been lately? They say the princess looks at Baek Yu-seol very differently.”
“No way.”
“Isn’t it like a romance novel? Love that transcends status! This is why we attend the academy!”
Romance stories were always a hot topic for the girls. As gossip-sensitive teenagers, they quickly shifted the conversation to Hong Bi-yeon, but every time Aiselle heard it, her heart grew heavy.
‘Really…?’
Had he been expressing his feelings all along, but she had been too slow to notice, and he had given up?
‘Hey, why does it matter?’
Love was a distant story to her. She was already short on time to hone herself for the future, so how could she even think about romance?
Besides, she had no interest in Baek Yu-seol.
…or so she thought.
But why was a sense of unease and loss growing in her heart?
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After finishing her meal, Flame went out to the balcony of the airship to digest her food.
“Buurp, this is nice.”
She let out a big burp, feeling great. Patting her bulging belly, she yawned when someone approached her.
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“Hey, I need a favor.”
It was Baek Yu-seol. He plopped down and started rummaging through his space-expanding backpack, causing Flame to frown in annoyance.
“What is it, mister?”
“Can you pluck a flower for me?”
“Do I look like a flower vending machine?”
He pulled out a pot from his backpack. Flame, picking her teeth with a toothpick, asked.
“For here?”
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“Please, make it a ‘One Wind Flower.’”
“Ugh.”
Flame’s face scrunched up.
“That’s a bit difficult for me…”
Even though she handled the elves’ plant magic, summoning a high-grade flower was tough.
The One Wind Flower was famous for always facing one direction, thanks to its trait [Absolute Direction Sense].
It was useful for finding directions in dungeons or ruins, but its grade was unusually high due to that trait.
“I’ll buy you a meal later.”
“Fine, fine. Let’s see…”
As Baek Yu-seol placed the pot on the ground, Flame squatted down and placed her hands on it.
She closed her eyes, focusing on her breath.
“Inhale!”
Finally, the magic activated! …but nothing happened.
Baek Yu-seol waited.
“Inhale! Exhaaaale!”
“…Are you pooping?”
“Ugh, shut up, will you?”
“What are you doing?”
“I know I need to exert force, but I don’t know where to exert it…”
This was the downside of humans wielding non-human magic. Unlike elves, angels, or dwarves who could naturally use such magic, Flame had to learn the sensation.
It was like trying to move wings or a tail.
Moving a non-existent organ was harder than expected.
But after some effort.
“Oh, it sprouted.”
“Phew, damn, that was tough.”
Finally, Flame wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was difficult, but the result was satisfying.
“But, what are you going to use it for?”
As she asked, she recalled the place where the next episode would take place.
“…Mister, you’re not planning to go down to the ‘Fourth Layer,’ are you?”
“Of course.”
Baek Yu-seol grinned.
“Why else would I have asked for this?”
He planned to handle quite a lot in this episode.
First, he intended to obtain the ‘Heart of the Divine Beast’ for Spirit Leafanel, and secondly, he planned to meet one of the Twelve Divine Moons.
The Soft Red Spring March, sleeping deep within the roots of the Heavenly Spirit Tree.
Of course, making a contract with the Divine Moon immediately was impossible. He didn’t expect to be full from one bite.
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However, there was hope.
The ordinary flower necklace he received as a token of friendship from Leafanel was that hope.
Since Soft Red Spring March was known to be friendly with divine beasts, he thought it might show some favor to someone who befriended a spirit.
Even if it didn’t show favor, he planned to slowly build rapport through conversation.
“Hmmm, the Fourth Layer. What are you planning to do there… Ugh!”
Suddenly, Flame clutched her stomach, causing Baek Yu-seol, who was looking at the pot with satisfaction, to panic.
“What? What’s wrong?”
Was it a side effect from forcing a high-grade magic?
But Flame’s face turned pale as she spoke.
“No… I ate too much earlier… I exerted too much force on my stomach… It’s signaling…”
“Oh, really…
“I-I’m going.”
“Enjoy.”
Leaving Baek Yu-seol, who looked at her with a dumbfounded expression, Flame hurriedly left.
‘Bathroom, bathroom!’
Her stomach’s signal had reached its limit. If anyone blocked her way, she felt capable of knocking them out of the way.
But as soon as she turned the corner, she ran into Hae Wonryang. He was leaning against the wall as if waiting for someone, but as soon as he saw Flame, his stern expression softened, and he spoke.
“Flame, I need to talk to you.”
“Sorry! I’m in a huge rush!”
“Wait…”
“Move, or I’ll wet myself!”
But unfortunately, Flame was already at her limit and dashed past Hae Wonryang towards the cabin, disappearing.
Hae Wonryang slowly lowered the hand he had stretched out to her. Then, he turned around.
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Far away, where Baek Yu-seol and Flame had been squatting together, huddled closely, whispering to each other.
What had they been discussing so closely that Flame had looked so happy?
He was curious, but he suppressed his wicked curiosity.
The pain pressing against his chest seemed to cloud his mind, but he resisted the ‘corrosion,’ repeating his long-held beliefs.
‘This… isn’t my feeling.’
But.
His beliefs were beginning to waver.
End of Chapter
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