I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 64.2

As the situation became like this, Arietta, who was next to me, quietly invoked her spiritual power while swallowing the taiyaki she was eating.

“. . .What are you doing?”

“Now that we’ve identified them, we have to catch them.”

Arietta spoke to Shin So-ra, who had a look of disbelief on her face, with a serious expression.

“I can capture all of them without letting any of them escape.”

It’s probably not a lie. Arietta Morgan is capable of doing that.

However, for me, who knows the whole story, that was not a good choice.

“It’s not good to act right away. Let’s report it first.”

“What if we lose them?”

“They won’t be the only ones anyway.”

Of course, Arietta’s judgment is not wrong. We should first secure the people in front of us, and then find out information from them by any means necessary and pursue the mastermind.

If I were in Arietta’s position, I would have definitely taken the same action.

However, if Yoo Hye-yeon and the rest of the remnants went into hiding, it was obvious that they would reappear and try to do the same thing again.

We need to put an end to this now, when we know the enemy’s information and plans.

“Since we’ve been holding this kind of external event for so many years, there must have been similar incidents. I’m sure the upper management will be able to handle it much more skillfully.”

At those reasonable words, Arietta and Shin So-ra also nodded reluctantly.

After searching a little more, we went to the person in charge, teacher Baek Ji-eun, and told her everything.

“. . .It’s definitely suspicious. I understand what you’re trying to say.”

As the person in charge of Class A, 2nd year, Baek Ji-eun was also somewhat aware of Shin So-ra’s Discernment trait.

Of course, that alone is not enough.

Even if Baek Ji-eun reported it to the upper management, it would not be easy for them to accept it as it is.

So, from here on, it was my turn to step in, as I knew the whole story.

“Can you arrange for me to meet the vice-dean?”

“Do you want to talk to her in person? I can’t give you a definite answer since she’s very busy.”

“If you tell her that I have something to say about her real sister, she’ll probably make time for me.”

As expected, some time later, I received a message from Yoo Hye-jin through Baek Ji-eun.

『Come to my office. No companions, alone.』

At that ominous message, I gathered my thoughts and headed to where she was.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

̇ȧ̇𝐰ė̇𝘣s𝐭𝔬𝚛𝕚𝘦𝐬.𝕔𝐨𝔪

「𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙚’𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚?」

Honestly speaking, Yoo Hye-jin is quite far from being an absolute good person.

However, on the other hand, Yoo Hye-jin was the one whose thought process and principles of action most closely resembled mine as a player.

Surely, she would try to wrap up the incident during this opportunity, no matter what. That’s why I came to see her.

Knock.

Knock.

“Are you there?”

“Yes. Come in.”

Click.

Creak.

As I opened the door to the office, I saw a graceful young woman with long silver hair in the stylish interior.

“You’re Student Han Kang-yoon, right? I think this might be the first time we’ve met face to face.”

At the young age of twenty-eight, she is now a young achiever who is about to become the dean of the Academy.

Her eyes held both curiosity and wariness.

“I have a lot of questions, but let’s hear the most urgent one first. Apparently, there are hostile forces eyeing the festival as an opportunity.”

“Yes, that’s right. I’ll omit the details since I think you’ve already heard them from teacher Baek Ji-eun.”

The appearance of hostile forces just before her inauguration ceremony as the dean, and the name Yoo Hye-yeon that I mentioned.

Perhaps she was able to guess the general outline of the incident from that alone. So there was no need to beat around the bush.

“I believe that the target is the remnants of the Yoo family, and that they are targeting you, the vice-dean.”

“Why do you think that?”

“I think you know that better than I do.”

Returning a question with a plausible question.

When you want to hush up an inconvenient part, this was the most effective method.

Staring at me, Yoo Hye-jin pondered for a moment before continuing.

“I guess so. I was convinced as soon as I heard it. But how did you figure out their identities?”

“One of them was someone I knew in the past. With Student Shin So-ra’s power, it wasn’t difficult to guess the connection.”

“It wouldn’t be polite to ask any further. Yes. In that case, it doesn’t matter.”

In fact, there was no way there could be an acquaintance like that, but if I put it this way, Yoo Hye-jin has no way to confirm it.

Since Han Kang-yoon was from an orphanage, it was an invincible argument that could be carried out.

Yoo Hye-jin caressed her flowing hair and muttered with a bitter expression.

“What a foolish thing to do. I thought she was finally accepting the past and moving on, but in the end, she’s dragging herself to ruin.”

She pretended to look sad, but the Yoo Hye-jin that I know is not the kind of person who gets swayed by personal feelings.

“I understand. I’ll take appropriate action on my end. It’s going to be a very busy night today.”

After receiving a definite answer, I left Yoo Hye-jin’s office and returned to the dormitory.

And that evening, I received a message from the person in charge, teacher Baek Ji-eun.

She said that they had captured all of Yoo Hye-yeon’s remnants, including Yoo Hye-yeon herself, and had secured evidence and were waiting for punishment.

「𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚?」

Honestly, I had a hard time believing it. I didn’t think it would be possible to handle the incident so quickly.

「𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚. . . . . . .」

No matter how great her abilities are, it doesn’t make sense. Perhaps, Yoo Hye-jin didn’t have any certainty, but she might have had some kind of gut feeling beforehand.

「𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚?」

Only then did I understand the meaning of her final monologue in the original story.

『Surely, this would have been the right ending for both of us.』

She didn’t stop it in advance, even though she had somewhat predicted this situation in the original story.

I couldn’t be sure, but for some reason, I had that feeling.

「. . . . . . .」

Honestly, I had mixed feelings.

There was a sense of bewilderment at the fact that she had turned a blind eye to the situation and put many people in danger, even though she knew everything, but on the other hand, I felt sad that she still had such attachment to her family that she harbored such thoughts.

「. . .𝙄 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙.」

It wasn’t something I could say anything about, but maybe this is a better ending.

I collapsed on the bed, hiding my complicated feelings.

Boom.

However, at the same time, I also had this thought.

Is this really the end of the incident?

「𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮?」

I still have my doubts, but there’s nothing I can do about it right now. I closed my eyes slowly, surrendering myself to the approaching sleep.

However, deep in my heart, I felt an ominous feeling that wouldn’t go away.

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