Chapter 198: Back to the Magic Academy (2)
After finishing the conversation with TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant, which he had left halfway through.
Kyung-joon was finally ready to go to the Magic Academy.
“Let’s go, Teemo.”
<ᕕ ( ᐛ )ᕗ>
As they were about to leave the territory, they heard the scream of a bird.
“Kkuu, kkueee……!”
(L, Let me go……!)
A blue bird tied up with a 『Bouncy Fishing Line』 that even an ogopogo couldn’t easily break.
Kyung-joon and Teemo were wondering what to do with this blue bird.
Of course, if they thought about it normally, it would be right to let it go since it had delivered the letter……
“Hmm.”
< ( -᷅_-᷄)>
……The problem is that Kyung-joon and Teemo are not normal.
“Come to think of it, there’s no gift this time.”
When they sent the letter through Brave Fang before, there was a gift called 『Improved Wings of the Sylph』.
But this time, there’s nothing like that.
It didn’t make sense.
<I have a reasonable suspicion that the blue, cold, and precious bird written in the letter might be the gift.>
“Yeah. Kingly suspicion. It’s obvious.”
“Kkueee! Kkueeee!!”
(Are you guys crazy! How can that be a gift?!)
The blue bird shouted with all its might, but Kyung-joon, who hadn’t learned bird language, couldn’t understand what it was saying.
No, even so, thanks to his experience learning monster language, he could roughly interpret it.
<If I were to interpret it, it would be something like 『I love it so much! How did you know?!』.>
“As expected. Elder Larev knows something. How did he know I’m raising monsters these days, to give me something like this as a gift.”
A bird whose body temperature is maintained below zero instead of 36.5 degrees.
It’s a good thing this is a game. If it were reality, he would have received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine without delay.
“I’m studying biology these days anyway. I want to dissect it and see.”
“Kku, kkue?!”
(H, Hiii?!)
Kyung-joon smiled with satisfaction at the precious gift (?) from the Fairy-Elven Alliance.
He was already overflowing with the desire to work hard for the Magic Academy.
This is the power of gifts.
There’s a reason why people in society bring red ginseng sets or Vita700 when they ask for a favor or go to a business meeting.
“Kku, kkueee! Kkueee!”
(No, you crazy b@stards! Untie this before you go!)
The blue bird, who had heard Kyung-joon and Teemo’s conversation, began to flutter even more.
Every time it did, the blue bird’s feathers continued to scatter around.
Kyung-joon, who felt something strange, tilted his head.
“Hmm…… It’s too intense? Does it hate being here?”
At Kyung-joon’s words, a look of hope appeared on the blue bird’s face.
Yes! That’s right!
So untie me quickly!
……Before the blue bird could shout ‘kkueee!’ again, Teemo’s following words shattered the bird’s hope.
<No. The blue bird just said this. 『No! Are you crazy?! Don’t go and stay with me! Or why did you tie this up?!』.>
“Ah…… It’s been less than an hour since we met, and it already feels this way about me……!”
Kyung-joon was touched by the blue bird’s passionate love (?) and hugged the blue bird tightly.
The blue bird struggled even more at Kyung-joon’s sudden hug.
But Kyung-joon only interpreted it as the sorrow of parting.
“Kkueeeeee!!”
(You crazy dumb b@stard!!)
If he were completely mute, the blue bird would have immediately realized that he didn’t like it, but the fact that he could vaguely understand what he was saying led to this tragedy.
Anyway.
“Okay.”
Love is something to be given and received.
Kyung-joon decided to reciprocate the blue bird’s passionate love.
“From now on, you’re mine.”
“Kku, kkueee……?!”
The blue bird was devastated by the incomprehensible development.
Anyway, Kyung-joon and Teemo’s conversation continued.
<Master. As the owner, you should give it a name. Like how I’m Teemo, Bangwool is Bangwool, and Mod is Mod.>
“You’re right. That makes sense.”
Kyung-joon rested his chin on his hand and began to think about what name to give it.
There was only one condition for the name to be given: it had to be intuitive.
That’s the easiest and most efficient way.
“Right, it’s a cold bird with a body temperature below zero, so…… Hmm…… Icebird, Cold Bird, Cold Brew, Ice Stone, IceIce, Ice Bird, Ice God…… Right, I’ll choose one from the Ice series.”
“Kkueee……!”
With the blue bird’s scream, which sounded like it was going to die from happiness, as BGM, the two were busy thinking of a name.
Then, Teemo pointed out the crux of the problem.
<Master. They’re all intuitive and good names that you can roughly tell what they are just by hearing them, but maybe it’s time to put a little more thought into naming them? This time, I mean something cool.>
“Like?”
<Aren’t there a lot of cool words in science and math? How about borrowing from there?>
“Oh! That’s a good idea.”
Schrödingers, Heisenberg, Apoptosis, Singularity, Axiom…… and so on.
As Teemo said, there were many names in science and math that sounded cool for some reason.
“A science or math name related to something cold…… Absolute zero…… Entropy…… Absolute Temperature…… “
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<How about simply 『Absolute』?>
“Oh. That’s cool and nice. Okay. From now on, you’re 『Absolute』. Your full name is 『Absolute Temperature』.”
<Hmm…… But Master, it’s more natural to say Absolute Zero in English. So how about 『Absolute Zero』?>
“Oh, that’s good? Then we can just call it Zero instead of Absolute.”
“Kkue…… Kkueeee…… “
(Yeah…… Do whatever you want……)
The blue bird, too tired to say anything more.
In the end, he accepted his forced renaming.
[The Ice Bird, 『Zero』 accepts the name you gave me.]
[You have learned the unique skill 『Mysterious Taming』 on your own.]
“Huh? Mysterious Taming? Ice Bird?”
Kyung-joon was quite intrigued by the new status window.
Just then.
“Whoa……? Could this bird be an ice bird?”
A voice that seemed to know something came from behind.
“Ah, it brings back old memories. Back in my day, I was, you see, in my prime at the Fairy-Elven Alliance…… “
Kyung-joon recognized the familiar voice that always appeared at times like this.
The owner of that voice was none other than……
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“Kingyear?”
The owner of the voice was none other than Kingyear, who always had the words ‘back in my day’ on the tip of his tongue.
“What brings you here this time?”
Of course, he came to tell an old story.
Before Kyung-joon could even ask if he was here to tell another old story, Kingyear had already begun his tale.
“Back in my day, I was in my prime at the Fairy-Elven Alliance. I was wandering through a forest owned by the Fairy King at the time. I didn’t know it then, but I was surprised to find out later that it was the royal forest! Anyway, in that forest, there was a young fairy princess who ran away from the royal palace, tired of the constant cycle of study, etiquette, and socializing…… “
Kingyear began to tell an old story with a nostalgic look on his face as he looked at the ice bird.
The information he learned from the story was that the ice bird is one of the ancient creatures called Mysteries.
He said that it is a very rare species even among Mysteries.
“I heard it from the princess at the time, but the ice bird is actually the child of a Phoenix. Unlike the existing Phoenix, which is a bird of flame and immortality, it has the attributes of ice and mortality. That’s why they usually melt and die in their mother’s flames as soon as they are born, or even before they are born.”
“Huh? But this one didn’t die?”
Kyung-joon pointed to Zero, who had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.
According to Kingyear, this ice bird should have died in the flames of its Phoenix mother before it was even born.
But seeing it fly here to deliver the letter means that it survived the womb of its Phoenix mother.
“That’s an amazing mutation.”
“Yes, a mutation. You can tell a tree by its sprout, and from the moment they are eggs, they are different from other ordinary fire eggs. In the records, the egg that gives birth to such an ice bird is called the Misfire Egg. Since the Phoenix’s egg is called the Fire Egg, it’s called the Misfire Egg. It’s a kind of pun.”
Originally, it should lay a proper Fire Egg, but it misfired and produced an ice-attribute egg.
That’s why it’s called the Misfire Egg.
“That makes sense.”
Kyung-joon chuckled at Kingyear’s silly joke.
Kingyear also laughed along.
Then, he suddenly asked with sharp eyes.
“But there’s something funny about this, do you know what it is?”
“What is it? Don’t tell me the misfire rate is unexpectedly high?”
“Haha! As expected of the lord! You remind me of my quick-witted self back in the day!”
After calming his laughter, Kingyear continued, pointing to Zero, who was sleeping soundly on the grass.
“As you said, it’s strange to call this guy a rare mutation because, strangely enough, it’s said that Phoenixes lay Misfire Eggs instead of Fire Eggs quite often. That’s why there were a lot of black, burnt Misfire Eggs scattered around the Phoenix’s nest. At first, I thought they were just black pebbles, but when I found out they were eggs, I was so surprised! Don’t you think it’s strange? Even though they have opposite attributes. Ah, right, what was it that the 7th Princess said back then…… “
Listening to Kingyear’s story, Kyung-joon closed his ears for a moment and fell into thought.
He recalled the genetic mana studies he had done.
‘It’s not strange at all.’
According to the results of genetic mana studies, it was not strange at all for a Phoenix to lay a Misfire Egg.
Intuitively, common sense-wise, it’s definitely strange.
But 『genetic mana theory』 wasn’t strange at all.
According to genetic mana studies, the attributes of fire and ice were surprisingly close.
The ice attribute, which deals with ‘temperature’, unlike simple water.
It shared more than expected with the fire attribute, which also deals with temperature.
As he had already explained to Ceram, when the attribute match rate between 『ice ↔ water』 was 70%, 『ice ↔ fire』 was about 80%.
“So, the ice bird that Kyung-joon-nim caught looks a bit like the 7th Princess’s baby ice bird that I saw back then…… “
“Kingyear.”
Kyung-joon, who didn’t have time to explain everything he had explained to Ceram to Kingyear again.
Kyung-joon interrupted Kingyear and quickly asked him to get to the point.
“I have to go to the Magic Academy now. I’ll listen to the ice bird story when I get back.”
“Oh, I apologize for holding you back.”
Kingyear bowed his head like a dignified knight and apologized.
“So you’re going back to the Magic Academy? You’ll be away for a few days then.”
“Yes. It might take longer than that. Until then, please take good care of the equipment for the Whale Forest monsters. Communicate well with Ceram.”
Ceram was in charge of managing the Whale Forest, and Kingyear was in charge of the equipment they would wear, so communication between the two was very important.
“Of course.”
Kingyear replied confidently.
Since the midterm exams, the two had been doing well without any conflicts, so even if there were any problems, it wouldn’t be because of their communication.
Kyung-joon’s brief caution was just out of concern.
Kyung-joon was satisfied with Kingyear’s answer.
“Then I’ll be on my way.”
As he was about to grab the Bouncy Slime string tied to Zero and hurry on his way.
“Oh, before you go, may I say one more thing? It’s about the ice bird.”
Knowing that Kyung-joon had to leave soon, Kingyear added.
Since Kingyear didn’t usually stand in Kyung-joon’s way, Kyung-joon nodded his head.
“But please make it short.”
He prevented the story from getting longer.
Then, Kingyear, who really only spoke the essentials without mentioning ‘back in my day’ this time, said.
“If you have an ice bird, you can create cold-infused weapons like the Ice Demon Claw. So, how about leaving the ice bird in the territory?”
“Oh, really?”
Kyung-joon finally understood why Kingyear had talked about the ice bird.
Currently, the Ice Demon Claw is like a symbol of Kyung-joon’s five-monster party.
It wouldn’t hurt to have more.
“But you’re not going to kill it, are you?”
It seemed like a waste to kill a precious bird he received as a gift just to make some good weapons.
Fortunately, Kingyear shook his index finger from side to side, saying no.
Then, he pointed to Zero’s feathers, who was sleeping soundly on the floor from exhaustion, and replied.
“No. We just shave off a few feathers periodically and use them. Like shearing sheep’s wool.”
“Okay. Then I’ll leave Zero in your care while I’m gone, Kingyear.”
Kyung-joon handed the leash tied to Zero to Kingyear.
“Please take good care of our Zero. Make sure he doesn’t fly away.”
“Yes. When you return, all the weapons in the territory will be covered in frost.”
“I’m looking forward to it.”
And so, Kyung-joon really left for the Magic Academy this time.
Leaving behind the 7th Princess’s ice bird, which he had turned into a gift and even named as his own……
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