I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 4.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒

A week has already passed since then.

To be exact, it’s been eleven days and two more days have passed, making it January 14th.

Although there’s still plenty of time left until the entrance ceremony on March 4th, I can’t afford to be so carefree.

So what have I been doing all this time?

Regrettably, there’s been no particular progress.

「𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙.」

I couldn’t help it. I finished testing the basic spells in just a few days, and the next level, intermediate spells, were pretty much impossible for me to use with my poor specs.

All I could do was organize what would happen in the future and re-examine plans and directions.

「𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨.」

The articles that are updated daily and the various issues mentioned in online communities.

For me, who lacks experience in this world, they became important nutrients.

「𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩.」

In the original story, the narrative focused solely on the main character, so there were quite a few omitted parts, but the state of the world that I actually experienced was hard to say was good.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙜.」

The great incident that occurred 20 years ago by this world’s standards, commonly known as the 「𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨」 incident.

The aftermath of that disaster was much more severe than what was depicted in the original story.

As someone who knows that the second Night Parade of a Hundred Demons will happen someday, it was a spine-chilling part.

「𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩.」

Even more powerful and fearsome yokai, which were hard to find in the first Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, were going to pour out all at once.

「𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛.」

As it’s an event that runs through the main story of the work, there were still many big and small incidents left before then.

There’s no need to worry about it already.

For now, what I needed to focus on was this.

“Seo Ji-an.”

Thud.

It’s the stuff I asked Seo Ji-an for, which finally arrived today after taking a whole nine days.

All sorts of miscellaneous materials with magical significance and a fist-sized colorless stone.

It might feel sudden, but I’m going to use these to deduce my unidentified trait.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩.」

The colorless stone is a mineral that changes its original color when influenced by the surrounding environment.

That’s why it’s traded at a high price among the wealthy due to its beauty and mysteriousness.

「𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚.」

The colorless stone has a tremendously large energy capacity in terms of magic.

That’s why it exerts a value beyond luxury when used as a medium for barrier spells and various other spells, or as a material for magic tools.

“And although it’s not a universal method, you can use it to figure out someone’s trait, like right now.”

The effect of changing its color due to the influence of the surrounding environment, that was the key point.

Rustle.

I recalled a spell in my head and immediately cast it.

One of the methods I used when analyzing something that couldn’t be clearly identified with emotional functions in the latest virtual reality game. This was the preparation process for that.

“Done.”

The colorless stone, which had been partially stained with colors as it passed through various places during the acquisition process, changed its appearance back to its original transparent white color as I used a spell with some other materials I had gathered.

“And here. . . . . . .”

Rustle.

It’s a basic spell, but it’s a staple spell that can be widely used in various areas depending on the usage method and technique. I cast it, formed a hand sign, and uttered the trigger word.

“Resonance.”

Whooong.

The target of activation was naturally my body and the colorless stone.

In accordance with the trait of the resonance spell, the colorless stone began to react to my body’s spiritual power. A slight light leaked out and the color of the colorless stone changed rapidly.

The reddish color that seemed to bounce from the center, the bluish color that started to mix in slowly around the edges, and even a yellowish light that dug into the spaces between them.

As the spell was completed and the light subsided, the mixed colors of the colorless stone also gradually stabilized.

The color that was completed like that was.

“Black?”

It was the darkness itself where not even the slightest bit of color existed.

“It came out as a creepy black color.”

At least it’s not the typical result I had imagined.

A murky color with a slightly slimy texture, like the night sky.

It wouldn’t be so bad if it were an item with a curse on it, but this kind of color doesn’t usually come out from ordinary people.

「𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩. . . . . . .」

I frowned and pondered. What did black color usually symbolize?

As I was thinking about irrelevant things like hair and eyeballs, one thought pierced through my head.

It was closer than I thought.

Something that’s fundamentally related to the body, symbolizes the color black, and has numerous meanings in terms of magic.

My head turned to the dormitory wall where the shadow was cast.

“. . . . . .Resonance.”

Crack━!

At that moment, the colorless stone in my hand burst violently.

And.

【New trait recognized.】

I was finally able to learn the identity of my unidentified trait.

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