I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 90.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟎

𝚊𝘸𝙚𝘣s𝐭𝔬𝚛𝕚𝘦𝐬.𝕔𝐨𝔪

The Azure Dragon that was enshrined in the new temple was guarded by the Cheong family’s private property, but strictly speaking, it was not a place where people were physically managed in a strict manner.

「𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙞𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙯𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙.」

In the first place, the Azure Dragon was not an entity that could be harmed or taken away by someone’s attack.

Whoosh.

Slide.

“It’s amazing. Did the barrier hide me from it?”

“Yes.”

Just like I had done when I summoned Cheong So-ha before, I passed through the family barrier, just in case, while being vigilant of the surroundings, I headed toward the center of the new temple where the Azure Dragon was.

In front of me was a special barrier created by Cheong-il, the former elder of the Cheong family and founder of Cheonghwa Academy.

Among the various methods to enter there, I chose the most direct one.

I took out the family seal I had received from Cheongjong, breathed spiritual power into it, and slowly moved my hand to the entrance of the barrier.

Then, as if welcoming its master, the door of the barrier opened without any resistance.

Whoosh.

“Let’s go.”

“. . . . . . .”

As I passed through the last barrier, what came into my sight was a secluded but quaint detached house. It was almost identical to what was depicted in the original.

However, all around it, there was a thick spiritual power that could not be expressed in just a few lines of text, as if it was squeezing my body.

It must have been the power that was unconsciously emanating from the Azure Dragon, who was asleep.

Cheong Juhwa rubbed her arms as if she had goosebumps and looked around quietly, then opened her mouth.

“Somehow, I feel like I’ve been here before. . . . . . .”

Well, if it was when she was very young, she might have visited here, led by Cheong Sa-woon.

Since I had left Black Bird outside the barrier, it would probably notice if someone came.

I didn’t have the luxury of wasting time, so I decided to call out to the other party by going to the center of the detached house.

“Lord Azure Dragon, are you here?”

Then, for a moment, the empty space distorted and a circular vortex began to bloom.

Whoosh.

Rumble.

『Who are you? You’re something I don’t remember.』

“It’s my first time meeting you. I’m here to ask the Azure Dragon for something urgent.”

『Really, now even insignificant guys are annoying me. Go away. I have no intention of leaving this place.』

Perhaps this is a natural reaction at this point.

In the original story, the Azure Dragon did not lend its power to the descendants of the Cheong family until the end, and eventually, after the division began, it was forcibly subjected to a contract of subordination by Cheong Do-yool, who had become desperate.

Although the protagonist Yoo Ha-on and his party save the Azure Dragon in the story, by then, it had already lost a considerable amount of its original power, and it left the stage without doing anything significant.

「𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚.」

Without hesitation, I used the emotion function toward the hazy vortex unfolding before my eyes.

Ting!

【Azure Dragon】

▶Level 70(54)

▶Ability Scores

【Stamina: S(A+)】

【Vitality: S-(A)】

【Spellcraft: A(B)】

【Mental Strength: A(B+)】

▶Traits(8/10)

【Thundercloud(S)】 【Locked】

【Raging Storm(S-)】

【Dragon Body(A+)】

【Spiritual Power Amplification(B)】

【Frenzy(B)】

【Gigantification(C+)】

【Enhanced Senses(C+)】

【Eagle Eyes(C+)】

As expected of an ancient divine beast, it possessed incredibly powerful strength, but like Geusdae that I had seen on Yeongwol Island before, its power was not complete.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬.」

The contract that the Azure Dragon made with the ancestors of the Cheong family, and what it wanted in return. The reason for its weakening was deeply related to that.

『What are you doing? Hurry up and leave. Even if I thought I’d be lenient because you’re young, it was a really foolish thing to do. Go back to your superiors and tell them not to come here for a while.』

As the Azure Dragon got irritated, fog rose all around and the air in the room grew colder.

Cheong Juhwa, who frowned slightly at that, approached carefully and opened her mouth.

“Do you, by any chance, know my father?”

『I don’t know what you’re talking about. Stop talking nonsense.』

“He’s a middle-aged man with sharp features who always carried a folding fan around his waist. Do you really not remember?”

At those words, the vortex floating in the air changed slightly.

『Oh. What did you say? Are you that guy’s child? I think I saw you a few times when you couldn’t even walk properly.』

“. . .So you did remember.”

As Cheong Juhwa expected, her father, Cheong Sa-woon, seemed to have brought the young Cheong Juhwa here.

Feeling that the Azure Dragon’s momentum had slightly weakened, I quickly took the opportunity to speak up.

“Lord Azure Dragon, do you intend to lend your power to Cheong Do-yool?”

『No. I will never be with anyone again. I liked that kid, but if what I heard is true, he must be dead by now.』

It seemed that the Azure Dragon had a favorable impression of Cheong Sa-woon in its own way.

In that case, things might go better than I thought.

“May I ask why?”

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