I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 72.2

After sharing all the stories, Arietta and I left Unyeon’s residence on Myungrim Mountain and returned to the academy.

「𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚?」

Of course, I have the 2nd phase of the Shadow Assimilation trait. However, Unyeon’s choice of words, 「𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝」, is quite meaningful.

「𝙄𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.」

I also asked her who exactly that person was, but Unyeon said she didn’t know that either. It was bound to be a matter of great concern.

“In the first place, someone you love.”

That’s what I’m really worried about. To be honest, I don’t have a single person who I genuinely have romantic feelings for right now.

「𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙤𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝?」

Of course, there are many attractive people around me.

Each of them has their own abilities, and they are people that anyone would have a favorable impression of, regardless of their gender.

No wonder they were the ones who brought the popularity of the exorcism series, which was originally unknown, to the ceiling.

However, it’s still a bit different for me.

I actually participated in the production of the sequel, and as I said, I had the opportunity to work on the side story and other plans through the spin-off story, so I worked with the characters from the first game.

「𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨.」

It was hard to imagine that I would fall in love with someone here.

「𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮.」

Maybe there’s a hidden meaning rather than a direct expression. It’s not good to be too worried about it from the start.

I tried to put it behind me and face the new week.

“Well, there are only two days left before the exam. Is everyone prepared?”

According to the instructions given, it seemed that this time all the exams would be conducted within the academy because of the consecutive incidents such as the Yeongwol Island incident and Yoo Hye-yeon’s attack.

Of course, the content was unknown, and it was likely that they would be announced again on the day of the exam.

Anyway, since the exam was practically just around the corner in two days, the students were all busy preparing.

“I guess I’ll have to reduce the number of times we meet starting this week.”

I nodded at Adrian’s words.

I can’t ask him to help me with my personal history studies during the exam period, no matter what.

After parting ways with Adrian, I headed to Seo Ji-an’s house near the academy.

“Welcome.”

“Are you studying well for the exam?”

“Honestly, I haven’t been able to focus much. There are so many things that need to be sorted out.”

I heard that Seo Ji-an is currently very busy managing the forces of the eldest daughter’s side that she absorbed in the last confrontation.

Of course, the academy exam is important to her, but it’s probably not as important as her company’s work.

“Is there no movement from the second son’s side?”

“Nope. Seeing what happened to her older sister, she probably won’t be able to act rashly. Even if she decides to attack, it will only be at the last moment. Considering my alliance with my older brother, it’s the same as 2 vs. 1.”

“. . .Is there any chance that your older brother might betray you?”

At my words, Seo Ji-an replied with confidence.

“He won’t do that. Older brother knows too. That the person we’re after is not someone who can be taken down alone.”

The person here refers to Seo Ji-an’s father, the owner of Dae-jin Industries, Seo Tae-hu.

Even though I knew that it was a somewhat sensitive topic that sparked curiosity, I couldn’t help but ask Seo Ji-an again.

“Is he that great?”

“I really hate him as a person, but I can’t deny the size of his bowl. And, maybe it’s just my gut feeling, but I think he’s still hiding something big.”

The fact that Seo Ji-an, who has a good eye for people, gave such an evaluation proved that Seo Tae-hu was not an ordinary person.

However, that’s why it was even more questionable to me.

「𝙎𝙚𝙤 𝙏𝙖𝙚-𝙝𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡.」

He’s not even mentioned in the sequel series, let alone the first game.

I remember that there was a story set in Dae-jin Industries in Series 2, but Seo Tae-hu was no longer in Dae-jin Industries at that time.

「𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚?」

Just like how Arietta, who was originally an enemy of Yoo Ha-on and her party in the original story, is currently enrolled in the academy, there might be a separate story that doesn’t appear on the surface of the story.

I made a note of the name Seo Tae-hu, the representative of Dae-jin Industries, on my mental checklist.

“Do you need anything new?”

“Well, I probably won’t need anything for a while.”

Shikigami are useful, but there’s no need to take care of them too much.

Even I, who has a transcendent shikigami maintenance ability with the Shadow Assimilation trait, was quite exhausted when I had to deal with several powerful individuals such as Ggong-sam-yi and Sori-soe.

Even if I have more, it will be difficult to use them to my heart’s content.

“Feel free to tell me if you need anything.”

“I will.”

“Then, while you’re here, do you want to have dinner?”

I tilted my head in wonder at those words. Could Seo Ji-an, who was no different from a rich young lady, also cook?

As if she could tell what I was thinking, Seo Ji-an looked at Yoo Ah-in, who was looking at the documents behind her, and continued.

“Yoo Ah-in will make it.”

“. . .Yes? Miss? Me?”

“There’s only one more person. It’s almost dinner time anyway.”

“. . . . . .”

And so, I spent a peaceful time with Seo Ji-an, eating Yoo Ah-in’s cooking.

By the way, the food was surprisingly delicious.

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