I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 6.2

Chapter 6.2

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Time passed quickly.

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During that time, I went back and forth between the dormitory and Seo Ji-an’s house several times.

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“That’s not how you do it.”

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“. . .It’s hard to explain.”

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Whenever I ran out of materials, I asked Seo Ji-an for supplies, and in return, I continued to help Seo Ji-an with her training. Days like that repeated themselves.

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“That’s not how you do it?”

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“. . .I appreciate your enthusiasm, but don’t you think you’re progressing too quickly?”

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About 50 days passed like that.

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The shikigami lined up in front of me right now were the products of that time.

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Creak.

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Squeak. Squeak.

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Click. Screech.

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A wolf and a bear made of bones.

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A rat and a mole covered in wriggling letters.

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Even a pitch-black eagle that seemed to be made of shadows.

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「𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨.」

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Originally, it would be impossible to create shikigami at such a fast pace. At least, it would be impossible for anyone who wasn’t a first-class shikigami summoner.

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「𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙧𝙖.」

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Rather, it was a pity that there were many things I couldn’t put into practice at the moment, even though I had the knowledge.

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“By the way, it’s been quite a while.”

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Since I used shadows as a medium, my spiritual power consumption was definitely less than others. It was thanks to the Shadow Assimilation trait.

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However, that didn’t mean that the shikigami could last forever.

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So, I was now conducting a final test before the start of the new semester.

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It was about how long I could last in my current state, with all the shikigami I had at my disposal.

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「𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮.」

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To be honest, even if I only took out the Skeleton Series, it was too much for my current level. The fact that I could summon such a large number of shikigami was entirely due to the Shadow Assimilation trait.

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“Even so, I’m not getting tired at all.”

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Originally, I had set two hours as my limit, but this was completely unexpected.

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In fact, an ordinary shikigami summoner with my specs would have collapsed in less than five minutes with this amount of consumption.

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「𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚.」

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However, even after three hours, even after four hours, my limit didn’t come.

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After eight hours, the form of the shikigami finally began to destabilize for the first time.

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「. . . . . .𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖.」

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Only then did I realize it. That there was something I had been missing.

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「𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.」

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Even I had something that surpassed Shadowless.

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「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮.」

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In other words, it meant that my shadow had been accumulating strength and nutrients for a long time.

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“Does that mean that the quality of my shadow is superior?”

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I hadn’t even completed my trait yet.

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What if I fully developed the Shadow Assimilation trait?

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And if I acquired other traits related to shikigami summoners that could support it?

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「𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨.」

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It might be possible to complete a one-man army that was impossible for an ordinary shikigami summoner to dream of.

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I turned my gaze away, trying hard to hide my rising excitement.

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The calendar that had been hanging on the wall when I first arrived here now pointed to March instead of January.

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Today’s date was March 3rd. And the next day, March 4th, was circled in red.

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「𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮.」

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The day that would mark the beginning of the real story.

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The start of the new semester was finally approaching.

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