I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 65.2

Even Adrian was impressed by my answer and whispered to me.

“You’re quite knowledgeable about history, but how did you know about that? It’s not even in the book about the academy’s history.”

“. . .I heard it here and there.”

Was this information that wasn’t supposed to be known? I heard it directly from Cheong-il’s lines, but it seemed that the people here wouldn’t know.

The tour continued like that, and in no time, three hours had passed and the scheduled course was coming to an end.

And at that moment, I suddenly received a call from Baek Ji-eun.

Tick.

“What’s wrong?”

『Is this Han Kang-yoon? It seems the situation is not good.』

Since it was Baek Ji-eun saying that the situation was not good, it couldn’t be an exaggeration.

I could feel a sense of unease creeping up on me. Baek Ji-eun clicked her tongue briefly and continued.

『I heard that someone broke Yoo Hye-yeon out while she was being transferred to Yangcheolgung.』

“Do you mean they attacked the transport vehicle?”

『Yes. Everyone involved died on the spot, and Yoo Hye-yeon’s whereabouts are still unknown.』

That was quite strange. The situation had already deviated significantly from the original story’s framework.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚?」

According to what I know, there is a rule that a 1st-grade exorcist must always be on board the Yangcheolgung transport vehicle.

That meant that someone, whoever it was, with the ability to kill a 1st-grade exorcist had helped Yoo Hye-yeon escape.

『I’ve already informed the vice dean, but it will take time to wrap up the festival early. Just in case, be careful.』

As Baek Ji-eun finished speaking, my head started to fill with complicated thoughts.

「𝙔𝙤𝙤 𝙃𝙮𝙚-𝙮𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.」

In the first place, her only reason for living was to get revenge on Yoo Hye-jin.

She wouldn’t give up on that just because things didn’t go according to plan.

After understanding the situation, I hurriedly asked Baek Ji-eun a question.

“What happened to the countermeasures for the black magic that I told you about last time?”

『I’ve disposed of all the related materials. It seems that Yoo Hye-yeon was the only one who could actually handle it. I don’t know if she’ll show up again, but since she’s lost her plans and her allies, she shouldn’t be much of a threat. Anyway, I’ll tell the other students.』

Tock.

The call ended like that. And hearing Baek Ji-eun say that, I was convinced. They failed to retrieve the 「𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘」 that Yoo Hye-yeon had completed last night.

「𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢.」

If that voodoo seed fell into Yoo Hye-yeon’s hands, the situation could become more serious than I thought.

“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden? What’s going on?”

Cheong Haram, who was beside me, seemed to be bothered by my reaction and asked me what was wrong.

I put my hand on Cheong Haram’s shoulder and muttered.

“We need to evacuate the people.”

“W-What are you suddenly talking about? Evacuate?”

I didn’t have time to explain, so I hurriedly looked for Adrian, but at that moment, a strong wave of curses began to engulf the academy grounds.

Whoosh.

Thump, thump, thump.

“. . .What’s this?”

“What’s going on? A terribly ominous aura is pouring out.”

It was too late. I clicked my tongue at the situation that was unfolding as I wished and looked at the center from which the curse was spreading.

「. . . . . . .」

Crimson mist-like things were rising from the ground.

The voodoo seed had taken root in this land.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

𝕒𝙬𝐞𝙗𝙨𝔱𝘰ṙ̇i̇̇𝕖𝕤.𝐜𝘰𝘮

“First, let’s move to the nearest shelter.”

There was no time to hesitate. We hurriedly made our way to the area where the prepared shelter was located, accompanied by the prospective students and their supervising teachers.

“Students, what is going on?”

“The vehicle transporting prisoners to Yangcheolgung was attacked, and it seems that one of the escapees has infiltrated the academy.”

“Yangcheolgung, no way. . . . . . .”

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the middle school teachers cooperated with us without saying a word and guided the students.

「𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙.」

Once the voodoo seed takes root in the ground, it imposes a forced contract on all living things within a certain range.

The targets will gradually become consumed by the urge to kill unless they take separate measures, and eventually they will attack each other and covet that power.

「𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.」

It was literally a voodoo technique from ancient texts.

That was the extent of my knowledge about the curse.

“We’re almost there! Keep running and don’t stop!”

About 100 meters left until the shelter, for some reason, I saw a strange woman staring blankly at the ground in front of me.

Her outfit was completely jet-black and her figure was blurry. And instinctively, I sensed a strong scent of a curse from her.

“Ugh, ah.”

Screech!

Boom!

Adrian, who had blocked the sudden attack head-on, drew his sword from his waist and pointed it at his opponent.

“She’s not human.”

As he said, she wasn’t human. A phantom-like being that seemed to have copied only the appearance of a human.

She was clearly different from the people I had seen in the original story who were suffering from the urge to kill.

「𝘼𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮?」

And from behind the woman, another phantom appeared.

For some reason, it looked exactly like Adrian with his sword drawn.

Seeing that, I was convinced.

「. . . . . . .」

It seemed that this was going to be more troublesome than I thought.

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