Chapter 21
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 21
Chapter Title: The Self-Purifying Effect of Lake Water
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[Title: Did Kim Muggle go do it?]
Author: Anon
Kim Muggle's been totally silent, so it looks like he really went off to do it.
I hope he doesn't die in the process. Even if some memories got erased, wouldn't it have been better to just tell him ourselves?
Nah, on second thought, no. The truth doesn't get passed on like that.
Sigh, still, it's obviously way too tough a job for Muggle to pull off, so I'm a bit worried.
That guy... I thought he was just your average nobody Muggle, so how did he worm his way so deep into my heart...?
Why's the end feel so bittersweet?
No matter how tough, you gotta erase the traces of taboo magic.
You have to restore his memories. Whether he pulls it off is on Kim Muggle. Even if we told him, he might not believe us. And thinking ahead, it's safer if he knows the truth. We can't help him anyway—he needs to feel the drive to get stronger himself so he can weather whatever comes.
Yeah, that's right. Unless he realizes it himself, it means nothing.
[Title: Is this really the right call?]
Author: Environmentalist
Is this really the right call? Purifying taboo magic is something even most mages can't handle.
It's not just the difficulty of the purification spell—the subject usually can't endure the process.
And when the caster and subject are the same person, they have to endure that agony while casting the spell themselves.
Plus, Kim Muggle has to repeat it multiple times.
No choice. Gotta handle it ASAP or the memories won't come back.
Even so, that spell might be slower but won't cause major damage. If it's too hard, Muggle will quit on his own.
Honestly, no one thinks he'll actually do it—he's doing it because he has to.
Can't just leave taboo magic be after seeing it. And down the line, having those memories vs. not will make a huge difference. More shit's bound to hit the fan—Muggle needs to recognize the danger and prep himself. Separately, taboo magic must never be tolerated. Gotta crush taboo mages, right?
When Kim Muggle gets back, hand him a sword first thing.
Mages who need to one-man-army have to learn combat techniques too.
Look at two of the Three Hopeless Bros popping out right on cue lol.
You absolutely have to attempt purifying the taboo. The sooner the better to preserve as many memories as possible—it was the unavoidable choice. Pulling it off is on Kim Muggle; if not, plan for the next step. This is the best option right now.
[Title: Hasn't it been a while? He's holding out pretty long, no?]
Author: Wandering Battle Mage
Feels like an hour's passed and no update yet.
No way this guy's actually gonna pull it off? Shit, that'd be great, but hope he didn't pass out or something.
Probably failed the first try and passed out lol.
This much is easy. He's probably doing fine right now^^
Sigh, that chancellor hag is total legend.
No way anyone suspected the academy chancellor was a taboo mage.
This is legit legend status. When Muggle gets back, gotta warn him to watch his step. They might tail him to check if memories are wiped.
Yeah. But that's for when memories return. If it fails, explaining comes next.
Hawawa... Nothing we can do but hope it works.
Fr, if I was there I'd grab his balls and purify him myself.
One thing tho—keep feeding us those heart-pounding academy tales, Kim Muggle!! Come back quick and spill the harem stories!!
I'm cumming...!
Lmao can't hold back on this—what happened with BigTits after all?
3 hours and still no sign. He okay? (Con sadly sheathing his sword)
Even passed out, 3 hours is plausible.
Right? For a first-time Muggle, it's massive agony—3 hours out isn't much.
Why you guys giving up already? Who knows if Muggle's pulling it off rn.
The key is an unbreakable spirit... MidBreakMa...!
"Kuaaaaaaaaagh—! F-fuuuuck!!!"
It felt like my cells were breaking down from electric shocks.
The circuit where entropy met the magic—[Lake Water's Self-Purifying Effect]—hurt like it was tearing apart.
The pain was so immense it made my whole body resonate.
In that horrific agony, my body twisted involuntarily.
"Kuhuuuugh— guuuugh...!"
What the fuck is this bullshit hell?
Is this the kind of insane pain you're supposed to feel?
Is that why the gallery archmages told me to endure to the end?
That was their reason?
As the excruciating pain mounted, my mind grew hazy.
My focus crumbled, and my sense of natural mana and magic power faded.
No, fuck no—that can't happen.
They said maintain focus to the end and never let go of the entropy flow.
It hurts like dying.
But the gallery archmages have never steered me wrong or given pointless tasks.
Even if the method's tough, they always deliver what works toward the goal.
Why they like me so much... probably entertaining from their side. Fuck if I know exactly.
But one thing's sure: this is the right way.
This entropy shit definitely needs removing.
Something's wrong with my memories. Need to recover them.
So this horrific pain is the archmages' best judgment.
Shaaaa—
As proof, the entropy meeting [Lake Water's Self-Purifying Effect] was slowly vanishing.
Like lake water gently washing away impurities, bit by bit.
The entropy was visibly getting scrubbed away.
"Fuck... you bastards... when I get back, tactical nuke barrage, you shits...!"
I got the effect, but the pain was still unreal.
Honestly wanted to quit right then.
But clinging to that shred of reason, I knew I couldn't stop here.
I'd seen and felt the entropy purifying, even if just a little.
This ominous power had to go from my body somehow.
Computing [Lake Water's Self-Purifying Effect] was doable, honestly.
The issue was enduring the pain of the process.
Fuck. Answer's obvious. Hurts like hell, but body's not actually ripping. Archmages said no one dies from it.
So endure. That's the rational choice.
I gritted my teeth like I was gonna shatter the pain itself and seized my mind again.
My molars ground with a crunch. But somehow, it felt bearable now.
Focus sharpened; I sensed the natural mana filling the air.
The sensation of [Lake Water's Self-Purifying Effect] washing entropy grew vivid.
Very slow, but there was faint pleasure in the entropy ebbing away.
Locking onto that, I took deep breaths.
Inhale natural mana, focus solely on purification.
A tiny area purified; recompute [Lake Water's Self-Purifying Effect] once more.
In that hellish pain, I repeated the process over and over.
As entropy shrank, so did the pain's intensity.
And the process repeated, and repeated again.
The temperature around me was rising.
Sun coming up? Body recovering? No clue.
All I could do now was endure this damned agony.
Saaaah—
"Huk... kuhuk... kuheuk... hu, hu, hu."
I collapsed onto the dorm room floor with a splat.
The floor was soaked with my sweat, spit, piss, and god knows what.
Didn't care about the filth.
Just total exhaustion—not a finger could twitch.
Grateful to be alive. All entropy purified.
Lucky no blood flowed, I guess.
"Huu... hu..."
I breathed slowly and heavily.
Every cell trembled like I'd swum hundreds of kilometers; utter depletion.
Brutal, near-death ordeal, but the archmages were right.
With entropy gone, erased—or rather, being erased—memories returned.
Chancellor tried wiping my memory of fighting a 5th-grade beast, where a cadet died.
Memories back, for sure.
But felt like gaps in there somewhere.
Probably some irrecoverably lost since I didn't purify immediately.
Didn't seem like much lost—ask the gallery.
Forcing my trembling eyelids open, I pulled up the gallery window.
Couldn't even form sentences. Survival notice was all I could manage.
[Title: FFSIB4S]
Author: Kim Muggle
Fckfbckgdbsrvd
Whoa fuck, this dude actually succeeded?
Translation: Fucking bastards, I survived? Something like that?
You fully purified it? For real?
Uooooooooh!
Haaaaawawawawawawa!
Didn't believe it til now—how'd you do it!!!!!??
GodMuggle Kim? GodMuggle Kim? GodMuggle Kim? GodMuggle Kim?
Did you really succeed? Meditate first if you did. Entropy's gone but you gotta recover the damaged body and circuits.
Yeah. Like the expansion training before—cycle natural mana in and out as much as possible. Better recovery than sleeping. Do that first, no questions.
I started circulating as Meditation King and ExtremeEfficiencyFanatic advised.
No strength to stand, so spread out flat on the floor.
On that floor soaked in my fluids, I refocused on the world.
Felt natural mana saturating the air, flailing in the mana sea.
Like gulping and spitting water.
Repeated drawing in and expelling natural mana fully.
With each cycle, strength trickled back.
"Huu... feeling alive now."
After circulating, I could move.
Only then noticed I'd been wallowing in filth.
Must've spewed every bodily fluid during purification agony.
Grabbed every towel the dorm provided, mopped the floor, tossed them in the hamper.
Strip and shower next. Gallery later, relaxed.
But at the door, an unidentified box.
"Oh yeah, the chancellor said something about memories and a reward—spinal fluid or whatever."
Guess the 'generous' reward arrived after wiping my memories.
Made me pissed again. Chancellor wiped memories then played benefactor to shut me up.
Whatever. Can't beat her now anyway.
Probably play dumb with erased memories til I'm strong enough.
No way a newbie pulled off this insane purification.
Gallery archmages would say lay low too.
Shower quick, check gallery.
Ask about this spinal fluid crap too.
Heading to the shower, I posted.