Magic Academy's Genius Blinker - Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Unexpected Event (2)

“Disappointed…?”

“Yes…”

Even as his throat was being choked, Ma Yuseong said those words, causing Hae Wonryang’s pupils to shake violently.

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Ma Yuseong and Hae Wonryang.

Their first encounter was rather unique.

“Let’s duel.”

In the spring of their first year in middle school.

Their relationship began with Hae Wonryang’s challenge.

“Huh? Why?”
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“I can’t accept that you’re considered my equal. It’s annoying. I need to correct what people think about you.”

Since he learned to read and speak, Hae Wonryang had been studying magic. He could use magic that adults would struggle to learn with ease as a kindergartner, and by elementary school, he could easily defeat his older middle school peers.

The genius that the world was watching, Hae Wonryang.

But suddenly, a new genius appeared out of nowhere, a comet named Ma Yuseong threatening his place.

So, Hae Wonryang observed Ma Yuseong for a while.

To see what kind of person he was, how he trained, and what he studied.

The results were extremely disappointing.

Ma Yuseong didn’t put in any effort, always looking for something fun to do and reading strange books unrelated to any subject during class.

He couldn’t accept it.

His pride was hurt.

To be considered on the same level as that guy.

He thought he needed to establish a clear hierarchy to feel better.

But then.

“…I won? A magic duel, huh. This is my first time, but it’s really fun!”

He lost. To a complete novice who had never even participated in a magic duel before. Hae Wonryang was dumbfounded.

Why did he lose? He couldn’t understand.

“To someone who doesn’t even try or study, why…!”

The conclusion was simple.

“I lacked training.”

From then on, he trained to death. He trained and trained and trained again. He studied, understood, and analyzed all of Ma Yuseong’s magic, determined not to lose next time.

But despite all that.

“I won again! It was even more fun this time. How do you know my magic so well?”

Hae Wonryang lost again.

Ma Yuseong won again.

From that point on, Ma Yuseong probably only saw Hae Wonryang as an amusing playmate.

Ma Yuseong knew his talent was extraordinary. So, he naturally assumed he would win, regardless of how hard Hae Wonryang struggled.

It had always been that way.

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But after entering Stella, things changed.

During the dungeon practice.

Ma Yuseong almost lost to Hae Wonryang.

He was completely cornered by someone he had only thought of as a plaything.

For the first time, Ma Yuseong doubted his perfect talent and felt an intense sense of defeat.

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He realized for the first time that he had a competitive spirit.

Even though it was just a close call, it felt like his entire worldview was collapsing.

That day, Ma Yuseong turned his back and ran from an opponent he considered weaker than himself.

After that, Ma Yuseong included a bit of ‘training’ in his daily routine.

He was so engrossed in getting stronger that he even visited his ‘home,’ a place he never wanted to return to.

As a result, he found himself noticeably stronger.

He felt proud. It was an emotion he had never felt before. When what he had taken for granted was no longer so, it gained value.

“This time, I can definitely win.”

Ma Yuseong finally found value in his rivalry with Hae Wonryang.

Striving to defeat him.

He discovered the joy in that pursuit.

“I worked hard to compete with you… But you relied on something as cheap as Dark Mana…?”
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“No, no…”

“You always competed with me on equal footing. You were the only one who made me feel tense.”

“I never beat you! That’s why, that’s why I…!”

At some point.

Hae Wonryang could speak properly.

“…You touched Dark Mana just to defeat me easily?”

Ma Yuseong spread his arms. His expression showed that the choking pain was no longer hurtful.

“Then kill me. Pierce my heart with that easily gained power.”

Hae Wonryang’s arm instinctively trembled, but he couldn’t bring himself to move closer to Ma Yuseong’s heart.

“I felt a competitive spirit for the first time because of you, and I worked hard to get stronger. But you…”

Stop.

Please stop.

Hae Wonryang unconsciously released Ma Yuseong’s neck and stepped back.

With this immense power, he felt like he had nothing to fear in the world. He thought he could defeat Ma Yuseong and any other being in the world.

But there was still one thing he feared.

That was… someone he had considered a lifelong rival being disappointed in him.

“If you want to defeat me so easily… then take your victory as you wish.”

“Ugh, I, I…”

Hae Wonryang’s right hand sharpened, but due to the confusion in his mind, he couldn’t move.

“I’m not afraid of dying.”

Ma Yuseong brought Hae Wonryang’s sharp hand to his chest.

“But… I would really regret not being able to duel with you again.”

Would a victory gained this way be sweet? Really?

No. It couldn’t be.

It would be hollow. If Ma Yuseong died, the fact that he never beat him with his own strength would be a permanent result.

Hae Wonryang had to keep him alive to break this losing streak and achieve a true victory.

He couldn’t remain an eternal loser.

He had to keep him alive to cleanse this shame with his own strength.

Hae Wonryang gritted his teeth and said.

“I won’t kill you.”

Because I haven’t beaten you yet.

Around that time, Flame’s spell was completed. Although she initially intended to resolve things through conversation, it seemed Ma Yuseong had used that method instead and achieved a fairly successful result.

‘I don’t know what he did, but now’s my chance!’

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With Hae Wonryang’s emotions almost back to human, using the purification spell could return him to his original state.

Flash!

Finally, her spell was completed, and as the chains of light were about to bind Hae Wonryang.

…Boom!!

Suddenly.

“Ugh!”

“Gah…!”

An immense pressure began to crush everything around them.

The spell hovered at the tip of her staff, unable to be cast, and the three students fell to their knees.

Step.

In the midst of it, a rainbow-colored woman gently landed.
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“Oh my, someone else?”

A strange voice. Flame raised her head to confirm the face and widened her eyes in shock.

The dazzling mage dress and that colorful hair. She knew it well from its frequent descriptions in the original romance fantasy.

‘The vice-captain of the 13th Extermination Squad, Hyeijin Macaron…’

Hyeijin spun her rainbow-colored staff playfully, circling around Hae Wonryang.

Ma Yuseong and Hae Wonryang, unable to withstand the pressure, were also crouched on the ground, and Flame quickly identified the spell.

‘Hyeijin’s specialty, illusion magic.’

Hyeijin likely cast an illusion of ‘weight’ on everyone present, forcing them to kneel.

Even realizing it was an illusion, nothing would change. To dispel it, one needed an equal level of interpretive ability, and currently, Hyeijin was at least a 6th-class mage.

Step…

Behind Hyeijin, a man approached. It wasn’t hard to guess who he was.

‘The captain, Kaen…’

Kaen glared coldly at the fallen Hae Wonryang. Unconscious due to Hyeijin’s magic, dark mana was seeping from Hae Wonryang’s body.

Hyeijin spoke playfully to Kaen, mocking him.

“Heh, it wasn’t Maizen Tiren after all? The prophecy was wrong again~”

Regardless, Kaen silently cast the special dark mana detection spell of the Tower of the New Moon on Hae Wonryang.

“The wavelength is faint. It’s surprising he could exert this much power.”

“Really~?”

Kaen nodded.

“Let’s proceed with a summary execution.”

“Oh my. You’re going to kill him right away? He might still be purifiable?”

The faint dark mana wave meant there was still a chance to revert him.

But Captain Kaen was resolute.

“If he can exert this much power with just this, it would be a disaster if he rampaged later. It’s right to kill him now.”

Those who were tainted by dark mana once were easily tainted a second or third time.

Even if they were reverted, those emotions wouldn’t disappear, so if they were influenced by dark mana again later, they would rampage immediately.

Thus, mages tainted by dark mana either left the industry or often returned as dark mages.

“What a waste~ He’s handsome. I do like such cold-hearted handsome guys~”

Once a decision was made, it was executed immediately. As Kaen pointed his wand at Hae Wonryang, veins popped on Flame’s forehead. She wanted to scream for him to stop, but her body wouldn’t move.

‘Please, please…! Just a little more, and I can purify him…!’

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Tears welled up in her eyes, but Hyeijin just clicked her tongue, watching her with pity.

“Sorry for killing your friend. But we have no choice. You understand, right?”

“Huh…”

“Oh?”
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As Ma Yuseong struggled to raise his upper body, Hyeijin looked genuinely surprised.

“A first-year academy student withstanding this? Impressive… Ah, you’re Ma Yuseong? I’ve heard of you. You’re just as handsome as they said!”

But.

“Even so, lie down for a bit. You’re interrupting my work.”

“Ugh!”

Despite managing to raise his upper body, Hyeijin snapped her fingers, and Ma Yuseong collapsed again. The groan escaping his lips was not ordinary.

‘No…’

If Ma Yuseong rampaged and revealed his dark mana here, he would surely be killed by them. No matter how powerful he would become in the future, he was currently just a seventeen-year-old. He couldn’t defeat the elite mages of the Tower of the New Moon.

‘Please…’

As Flame’s concern was about to become reality, Ma Yuseong’s mana exploded from his body. He used all his blue mana to prepare to release dark mana.

“You’re trying hard~”

“Hngh…”

Flame gritted her teeth, trying to stand, but the pain felt like her bones were breaking, making it impossible.

She couldn’t do anything.

Thinking she might lose two boys destined for greatness in the future, guilt surged within her.

‘Is this all because of me…?’

This didn’t happen in the original story. So, the events that weren’t in the original were probably happening because of her irregular presence.

Just as Kaen aimed his wand at Hae Wonryang’s head, she was about to lower her head, thinking it was over.

“Wait, hold on.”

…A familiar voice echoed through the space.

Kaen’s wand hesitated, and Flame’s heart skipped a beat.

‘Baek Yu-seol…?’

She didn’t have the strength to turn her head, but she could tell from the direction of the voice. He stood firm, unaffected by Hyeijin Macaron’s illusion.

“Oh, how did you break free of the illusion~?”

Hyeijin tilted her head but aimed her staff at him.

A dazzling magic circle spun, attempting to captivate Baek Yu-seol’s gaze.

“Conjure a dinosaur! Ta-da~!”

However.

Baek Yu-seol didn’t budge.

‘Huh?’

The special illusion she created was powerful enough to cause direct harm to the target despite being an illusion.

But he didn’t react at all.

Hyeijin wiped her sweat and poured more mana into the magic circle, but soon realized.

…No illusion magic worked on Baek Yu-seol.

It was like trying to perform a joint lock on a slime.

She tried all sorts of techniques to twist his bones and muscles, but he didn’t have any joints to lock, making her feel like she was flailing at thin air.

“Ca-Captain? The illusion isn’t working?”

“Stop joking around and do it properly, Hyeijin.”

“No! I’m doing it seriously!”

Illusion magic fundamentally disrupted the opponent’s mana, but for some reason, it felt like Baek Yu-seol had no mana at all.

Since every living being in this world had mana, it meant Baek Yu-seol had created a protective shield against illusions…

‘Crazy. Did he perfectly defend against my illusion magic?’
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No matter how powerful, he resisted a minimum 5th-class illusion magic without even trying to dispel it.

Feeling a chill down her spine, Hyeijin gulped and spoke nervously.

“…Captain, I think you need to handle this one yourself.”

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