episode_0555

A new day has dawned.

Although it was only a short rest for one night, Lee Ho-yeon’s body completely regained its condition.

“Why are you using a smartwatch if you’re not going to be contacted?”

Hoyeon Lee grunted and pressed the elevator button.

Ji-e-ing-

On the way to Lim Sol’s lab early in the morning.

The elevator in the now familiar lobby of the Magic Hall comes down.

“You probably aren’t sleeping yet anyway.”

There is only one situation where Imsol does not reply to the message.

It’s time to focus on magic research.

Since he hasn’t responded since yesterday, it means he’s been engrossed in magic research.

A researcher’s days and nights are originally a mess.

By now, he must be in a half-asleep state, unable to fall asleep and doing more research.

‘If you’re sleeping… It’s a pity, but I’ll go to Baek Ayoung and then come back.’

If you leave a note on the desk, he will reply to your message.

[It is on the second floor.]

Hoyeon Lee got into the elevator and got off on the familiar second floor.

And a face he hadn’t seen in a long time welcomed him.

“Huh? Hoenn Cadet. It’s been a while.”

“Ah, hello. Assistant.”

Lee Ho-yeon lowered her head as she looked at Lim Sol’s assistant, who was suddenly guarding the lab.

I originally knew that Im Sol had an assistant, but when she was concentrating on magic research, she left the lab unattended, so there were actually more days when she didn’t come to work.

However, after being rescued by Baek Ah-young after studying magic without eating or drinking for a week, the method changed to having a teaching assistant come to work when contact was lost due to magic research for more than 10 hours.

In other words, her presence means that Imsol is conducting magic research.

Hoyeon Lee looked at the lights in the training room and spoke to the teaching assistant.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I guess the professor is in the training room?”

“Yes. Ah, but you said no one is allowed in right now.”

“me too?”

“Well, you didn’t say anything in particular…”

Hoyeon Lee nodded, looking at the teaching assistant who had an expression of not knowing what to do.

In fact, even if Lee Ho-yeon storms in without a word, I don’t think Lim Sol will hear anything… I don’t think that’s the assistant’s position.

‘What can I do? Let’s not make it uncomfortable and just wait for a while.’

Since I came early in the morning, I have plenty of time.

Should I at least watch Professor Lim Sol’s training for a moment?

Ho-yeon Lee naturally sat down next to the teaching assistant and watched Lim Sol’s training.

[Execute Imsol’s special curriculum number 3]

“What is Imsol’s special curriculum? Hehe.”

It seems to have been created by Professor Imsol himself, as it is straightforward and anyone can tell that it is for Imsol use only.

‘Because you are the best, you have to create your own training system.’

I feel like being in the best position is a bit bittersweet.

But let those useless thoughts stop for a moment.

Lee Ho-yeon quickly fell in love with Im Sol’s movements.

“Over there and like that…oh, right. Oh. Wow. That’s a crazy person.”

If there’s any popcorn, I’d like to eat it.

Lee Ho-yeon focused on Im Sol’s magical movements and exhaled admiration.

Anyone who sees it will think that Im Sol is the main character. Why are you so ignorantly strong?

“I’m not sure, even though I watched you train. The Hoenn cadets look like they’re having fun.”

“Haha… no, huh? But why did you stop?”

He was feeling burdened by the assistant’s curious gaze, when Imsol suddenly stopped training and began to think deeply about something.

“Well… there are too many things I don’t understand to pay attention to every single thing the professor does.”

Since they didn’t know the situation inside, Ho-yeon Lee and the teaching assistant watched Lim Sol’s worries in a daze.

How long has it been?

Imsol stopped worrying and sent a signal to the outside.

[chocolate.]

“…What is this?”

“The professor asks me to bring him chocolate every time he breaks. The professor rarely has accidents, so this is usually what I do.”

“What is it.”

“But I don’t know how comfortable it is since I don’t have any other work to do.”

I’m jealous that you have such a great part-time job.

“It looks like it’s time for a break. Shall the Hoenn cadets join us?”

“I like it.”

I was able to meet Lim Sol faster than I expected.

Hoyeon Lee entered the training room holding in her hand the chocolate given to her by her teaching assistant.

*

“Run training.”

[All right. We are re-running Imsol’s special curriculum number 3.]

A magic training room that is strangely large to be used alone.

The silver-haired wizard tucks his hair behind his ear and adjusts the training system as if he is familiar with it.

[14 hours have passed since training began. Be careful, as excessive training can ruin your body balance… .]

I pushed the familiar warning window aside.

For Lim Sol, training for 14 hours is like a warm-up.

I asked the Academy several times to remove this phrase, but it still felt unfair that it was ignored.

“If only I hadn’t collapsed at that time… Tsk.”

It must be because of Ayoung’s report. From that day on, teaching assistants were also forced to come to work.

This is why I wanted to keep it a secret.

I can’t believe my body started to suffer after only starving for a week. It is clear that humans are poorly designed.

Crackling-!

Dozens of magic circles appeared before Im Sol’s eyes.

‘Imsol-specific curriculum’ created by myself. It is a training of excruciating difficulty in which random combinations emerge from thousands of magic circles.

“… Hmm. Why did you do that?”

Imsol continued to worry as he fought off the magic that was flooding in with terrifying force one by one.

The worry that has filled her mind since the battle with Lucifer ended.

“The magic power that Lucifer used…Why didn’t you investigate it? Imsol.”

After sparring with Lee Ho-yeon, I realized the feeling of disparity that I had been feeling since the battle with Lucifer.

It was Imsol’s doubts about himself.

Im Sol lived his whole life looking only at magic.

Up until now, he thought his magical views were all perfect. No, it was actually perfect.

Imsol’s magic was never wrong.

Always the best, praised, and ahead of everyone else.

… Of course, this was before Hoyeon Lee appeared, but that is not important now.

Imsol never doubted the results of his magic research, and whenever he had a question, he immediately answered it.

Everything about her research was perfect, from topic selection to results.

But that Imsol.

Why did I miss the advent of new magical powers?

“A mistake? No. I lost my new magic power?…Me? There’s no way I could make that mistake.”

Imsol shook his head as if he didn’t understand.

It’s a ridiculous assumption, but it made my head hurt that it actually happened.

“Did you say it was the magic power of hell?”

Imsol slowly recalled his memories.

The start is a sparring match with Lee Ho-yeon.

His student shamelessly unleashed a new magical power.

The ‘magic power of hell’ exploded at the last moment

The magic power that makes up this world. And magic using that magic power.

These are things that Lim Sol is very familiar with. And, that’s why I couldn’t deal with the new magical power.

That ominous magical power denied the magic system that Imsol had built up until now.

A destructive magical power that seems to be devouring one’s own magical power.

Since there was no information, it was not possible to calculate it back, and it was impossible to respond further by injecting magical power.

[Do you want to execute the next step (Imsol-specific curriculum number 4)?]

The magic that had been pouring in suddenly stopped, but Imsol cleared the notification window and continued to worry.

“No, it wasn’t the first time.”

When you meet an incubus.

Although it was a vague, unpleasant memory, Imsol slowly recalled the events that happened that day.

The low-level, unpleasant magic power that that strange creature used.

And the destructive magic power used by Lee Ho-yeon and Lucifer.

The two were ultimately the same magical power.

‘Why didn’t I deal with it even after going through it?’

If I had prepared faster, I could have been of much greater help in the battle with Lucifer.

There was enough time to do it, so why couldn’t he do it? Imsol went up the memory a little further.

When black pillars appeared all over the world.

As a professor at Imsoldo Academy, he conducted a formal, yet investigation.

“I felt it then too. Yes, definitely.”

It was a mild feeling of dizziness, but it was clearly the same as the hellish magic used by Lucifer.

Of course, the black pillar has an excuse.

When the black pillar first appeared, it was a national incident, but after research showed that there was nothing wrong with it except for a slight sense of dizziness if you were around it, it was simply treated as an eyesore that ruined the scenery.

‘… It’s strange from that point on. Lim Sol. Wake.’

I shake my head and erase useless thoughts.

Imsol knows himself very well.

When an incident related to magic occurs, Imsol clings to it until it is resolved.

If her condition had been normal, she would never have let a new magical power appear that was worthy of research.

However, Im Sol ignored Lee Ho-yeon’s magical power until he experienced it.

Not once, but several times.

There is clearly a problem with this.

“Imsol. Why did you do that? Why didn’t you investigate? Was the topic being studied important at the time? No, that’s not important.”

No matter how important the topic you are researching is, you do not miss out on new discoveries.

Imsol racked his brain once again, but of course no answer came out.

Because you can’t go to your past self and ask questions.

“After filling up the party, will I think about it?”

I can’t even focus on training in my current state. Anyway, you need to recharge your brain to keep it running.

After finishing the training in the training room, Imsol signaled the assistant waiting outside to bring chocolate.

Once you fill up your sugar intake and replenish your body’s fatigue with sleep, you’ll think of something.

“But I want to settle this and sleep. Uhm….”

I feel like I’m on the verge of finding the clue to the worries that have been filling my head.

little. I feel like if I had just a little bit of catalyst, I could come up with it right away… .

“Professor Lim Sol. A disciple of Bulcho has arrived.”

At that time, a large catalyst entered the training room.

Im Sol, who saw his student bringing chocolate with a smile, responded with the same smile and approached Lee Ho-yeon.

widely-

“huh?”

He quickly approaches and snatches the chocolate from Hoyeon Lee’s hand and puts it in his mouth.

The chocolate, so sweet that it gave me a headache, cleared Imsol’s mind.

“Are you angry? Why chocolate….”

“I’m here just in time. Come spar with me.”

“Huh? No, Professor, wait a minute. That’s not what I came for….”

Imsol adjusted the training room, ignoring Lee Ho-yeon’s answer.

It was almost time to sleep, but my body was hot from training just a moment ago, so my condition wasn’t bad.

When I took a quick look at Ho-yeon Lee, he seemed to be in good physical condition.

“Sparring mode. Safety is paramount. Pain is possible.”

“Wait a minute. Just a minute! Professor Lim Sol. No, Sol!”

Only after seeing the teaching assistant, who was watching, bow his head and go outside, did Ho-yeon Lee grab Im-sol’s shoulder and shake him violently.

Why is this person like this all of a sudden?

If you fight as soon as you see his face, did he lose his mind while studying magic?

“what’s the matter?”

“I’m the one who wants to say that. Why are you doing that?”

“I have something on my mind.”

“We need to tell them what it is and fight for it.”

“The hellish magic that Lucifer used. That bothers me. I have to remember why I wasn’t prepared for it. I feel like I’m missing something.”

“….”

Hoyeon Lee frowned as soon as she heard Lim Sol’s words.

okay. The feeling that something was out of place that I had been feeling since the black pillar and the dungeon explosion.

Although I couldn’t sum it up and say it out loud, I was feeling something similar to Im Sol.

“I also have a guess.”

“I think I can catch it in one spar. Are you in good condition?”

“I’m okay, but the fight with Lucifer was just yesterday, are you okay?

“huh.”

Lee Ho-yeon is not the only one who received the blessing of Mana.

In terms of magical power, Imsol’s talent was also enormous, and of course, his recovery speed was also fast.

There is some physical fatigue left, but that can be overcome with spirit.

“Ha. Okay. Lighten up instead. Okay?”

Hoyeon Lee gave up persuasion.

My eyes went back.

I think it would be better to get along with each other appropriately and then have a conversation.

I’m so tired I’m dying.

Hoyeon Lee sighed and raised his magic power.