I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 94.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝟒

𝕒𝐰ᴇ𝚋ṡ̇ṫ̇ᴏ𝕣𝘪𝙚𝔰.𝙘𝕠𝕞

“. . .Is there something that you regret?”

I said that, but I could guess the reason more or less. In fact, Sophia had already passed the level where she could receive someone’s teaching.

As expected, Sophia’s thoughts were on a similar line.

“Actually, the exams aren’t that hard, and if you put your mind to it, you can use all sorts of magic. I guess I’m just not motivated enough~”

Of course, Sophia still had many steps to climb, but those were heights that she could reach naturally someday, even without the academy.

It meant that she didn’t need to break her neck studying.

「𝙄𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨.」

Once she started talking, Sophia began to spit out the words she had kept to herself.

“Honestly, it’s no fun only fighting battles where you see the results. Sometimes it feels like I’m deceiving people, like what I’ve heard. I can’t help but think that whoever I meet will soon give up and hit rock bottom.”

“. . . . . . .”

“It’s not a lie, but it doesn’t feel good when they praise me for improving my skills after a fight like that. The person listening probably wouldn’t feel so good either, right?”

I ended up doing something unintentionally hurtful. In the battle where Sophia had felt joy, even for a moment, I had betrayed her expectations twice.

Sophia remained silent for a moment, then spoke to me as she swirled the bottom of her empty coffee cup with a teaspoon.

“This might sound like a bad thing, but honestly, I don’t really make an effort.”

“. . .Really?”

“Yeah. Because I feel like I’m getting stronger little by little, even if I just sit still.”

That certainly wasn’t wrong.

Her spiritual power was ranked S+, and she had high-level traits that brought about a synergy that was more than the sum of its parts.

They had a compounding effect, inflating Sophia’s spiritual power even as we spoke.

“Mm. Do I deserve to praise someone, or be praised, when I’m like this? To be honest, I don’t really know.”

It was a problem that came from having an overwhelmingly great talent. It seemed that this was quite a serious concern for Sophia.

“. . .Should I just quit?”

I quietly answered Sophia, who threw the question at me blankly.

“That’s up to you.”

“Oh my. It seems like it’s a bit disappointing that you’re not stopping me. . . . . . .”

“Still, I think it’s better to stay a little longer.”

At my words, Sophia opened her mouth with a slightly hopeful expression.

“Why?”

“Well, it’s not like the academy is only a place to get first place.”

In fact, there were many interesting things to do if you went there in person, aside from studying.

Sophia probably wouldn’t be feeling completely bored either.

“Just take the exams as they come. If you just focus on something else, that will have its own meaning. You’ll be spending the rest of your life working once you graduate anyway, so is there really a need to experience it a year early?”

“. . .Why are you suddenly talking about something so realistic?”

Sophia burst into a small laugh, as though my answer was completely unexpected.

“Kang Yoon-woo is surprisingly cynical.”

“It’s the experience of an adult.”

“Mm. But in Korean age, I’m a year older than you.”

“. . . . . . .”

If we were going to be technical about it, I was already in my thirties. Sophia spoke to me as I made a sullen face.

“. . .Yeah. I feel a bit stupid now. I guess I’ll keep going.”

“That’s good thinking.”

I decided to make a special promise for Sophia as I poured the rest of my coffee into my mouth.

“In the next exam, if we end up fighting, I won’t do anything strange.”

“No holding back?”

“Uh. No holding back.”

“. . .Are you really promising?”

Sophia held out her pinky finger like a pure child and beckoned me.

I took her finger in mine for the first time in a long while, making a pinky promise.

Snap.

Slurp.

Gulp.

“Then I’ll look forward to the next exam.”

And so, Sophia returned to her original self that I knew.

Although things had gone a bit differently than my original goal, it had been a great help in understanding the real Sophia Charlotte, not the character from the original work.

「𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚.」

It was exactly as Grace had said.

Her overwhelming strength, which made it seem like she could never lose to anyone, and the mentality of being relaxed in any situation.

In fact, it was a bit different from the human Sophia Charlotte.

As I was returning to the academy after leaving the residence, I was approached by a familiar face. It was Grace.

“How did it go?”

“I got kicked out. Because I peeked at her sleeping.”

“W-Wait, really?”

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