Chapter 66: Magic Thesis Research

Lucy. Do you like... Hoyeon?

Rumi's voice made Lucy freeze for a moment.

"Eh, eh??? W-what, wh-what, what are you talking about! Why are you asking something like that suddenly?"

Lucy stammered and tried to dodge the question.

But Rumi refused to let it slide.

"Lucy. Listen carefully."

Lucy was taken aback by her little sister's unusually serious expression, but she was overwhelmed and fell silent.

"If it's now."

In Rumi's mind, Lee Hoyeon lingered. Fun memories and secret relationships flashed through her thoughts.

A faint blush colored Rumi's cheeks.

"Rumi...?"

Lucy noticed Rumi's hand on her shoulder trembling faintly.

"If it's now... I can let you have it."

"Rumi?! What are you suddenly...!"

"But I can't be sure tomorrow... and after this week passes, it's too late."

"What the hell are you saying!"

"Really... you don't have any interest in Hoyeon?"

Lucy was thoroughly confused.

Her sudden serious demeanor and the complicated feelings she harbored for Hoyeon made everything difficult.

Honestly, Lucy did have a crush on Hoyeon.

The things he had done for her, cheering her on, and promising to stand by her side made him a truly grateful and precious friend.

But if asked whether that counted as love... Lucy couldn't give a clear answer.

In Lucy's life, the words "man" and "love" had never existed.

She had lived through men who approached her targeting her body, adults demanding sponsorships, and peers who tried to peek at her chest.

The emotion of loving a man hadn't reached her yet.

'Is this love? I like Rumi. I like Hoyeon too. So does that mean I'm loving Rumi and Hoyeon?'

Lucy pondered endlessly but found no answer.

In the end, she had no choice but to respond based on her own experiences.

"...Yeah. Hoyeon is a really good friend. I don't think anything more than that."

Rumi ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠smiled brightly and pulled Lucy into a hug.

"I see. Lucy. I like you the most."

Pat pat.

"Yeah. I like Rumi the most too."

Lucy hugged Rumi's shoulders tightly.

But even while embracing her, Lucy tried to ignore the lingering pain in one corner of her chest.

"Hoyeon-ah, sorry."

Mun Su-rin suddenly apologized to me.

"Why? Su-rin noona."

"You must already be tired, and because of the rivalry directed at me, you ended up hurt. There won't be such incidents in the future."

"..."

I could guarantee that the rivalry wasn't just toward Mun Su-rin but also included me.

Shin Dong-min's hostile gaze couldn't be explained by rivalry toward Su-rin alone.

"Anyway, really sorry. Go rest. I have to rest too because I'm tired."

Mun Su-rin turned toward the student council room after saying that.

Seeing her back made me feel a bit sorry.

"Su-rin noona."

"Eh? Why, do you have something to say?"

She was worrying about me being tired, but actually dark circles were long under her eyes too.

The eyes visible behind her glasses were deeply sunken due to high fatigue.

"I am on Su-rin's side. I don't feel bad about this, and it's not troublesome, so don't worry."

"Huu. Thank you."

Mun Su-rin sent a weak smile as if my unexpected support was amusing.

"I said it? I'm a capable man. Noona saw it too. If there's something difficult, you must tell me. Got it?"

"Foot. Okay okay. How many times do I have to say that. Thanks for the support."

It needed to be repeated many times so it wouldn't sink deep in the brain.

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Mun Su-rin ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠entered the student council room with a slightly more relaxed expression than before.

With this, her favorability might have increased a bit? Solid. Solid.

Now that there was nothing left to do in the student council, I turned to take the elevator.

"Bye."

"..."

Elise came out from behind the corner and had been listening to Mun Su-rin's conversation.

Surprise. Why not going and eavesdropping on someone else's talk. Eh?

"You seem to be quite close to the president."

"Eh? Yeah. That's right. What."

"Huu."

Elise slowly nodded and got on the elevator.

And until the door closed completely, she looked at me and disappeared.

"Eh... this can't be done."

The tail was caught.

"Please help me a bit."

The first words I heard after finishing the meeting at the student council and visiting Professor Im Sol's research lab.

"How difficult is it that the professor is saying to help?"

It seemed like I hadn't visited Professor Im Sol in a while, but actually it's not that long.

The award ceremony was on Wednesday, so only two days. There were many things in between.

"I was writing a thesis to present at the Magic Association, so help me with the writing."

"The thesis?"

I'm really not confident about such things. Just hearing the word makes it look difficult. Thesis.

"Yeah. I was trying to research it alone, but finding the core of the magic circle is too hard. It's pure hard work. If I try to find and organize one by one, it never ends."

As she said this, Professor Im Sol handed me the materials where she had organized the magic circles.

"Help me with just this task. There's only you who knows the concept of 'core technique' besides me, so the only person I can ask for help is you... Please."

Wearing a tight pink knit that clung to her body and subtly pressing her body against me is a hard-to-refuse request method. This person is definitely using her own body. Even though it's not intentional, bending at such a lewd angle doesn't make sense.

"I understand. Thanks to the professor, I got an award too, but this is nothing. But the amount is only ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠this much?"

"Yeah? Ah, I only gave the amount for today. It's too much to extract all at once."

"No, this amount would be finished in 30 minutes."

"...?"

Professor Im Sol frowned and looked at me. Expression saying what nonsense are you saying.

"Even if I try to use each magic circle and pour mana to find the core technique, no matter how fast, it takes at least 5 minutes per one?"

"...?"

"...?"

The two of us stared at each other with confusion.

"Ah."

I finally realized that there was a big difference in our perspectives.

Actually, since I haven't experienced mage life without Mana Sensitivity, I should know how others see it.

"Look carefully."

I pointed at the magic circle at the very top with my finger.

"Explosion is a explosion magic, right?"

"That's right? High-level magic, so the magic circle is also complex."

"Anyway, the important thing in Explosion is the explosion. So, to reinforce the magic by embedding will into the magic circle, you need to reinforce the stroke responsible for the explosion. That place becomes the core technique, and it's exactly here."

I pointed to the stroke drawn slightly to the right of the center of the magic circle.

"Eh...?"

As expected, Professor Im Sol, being a genius mage, seemed to catch on a bit when I gave the hint.

"I'll show you one more. The location of the core technique is also important what attribute it is. For example, fire attribute magic is here. The technique to ignite is the core technique."

I don't know the theory well, but I can 'understand' the technique structure of the magic circle.

Even if I don't know the principle why it's like this, I can read the visible things.

That was enough. If I just hand over the result with my finger, Professor Im Sol can derive the cause as well.

"Uhm... huet... huu? Aha... I see!"

Professor Im Sol looked at the magic circles I pointed to, then scanned the print in her hand, and even unfolded the magic circle in her hand, inserting weird interjections.

Then, while pressing my cheeks with her hand, she said.

"Why didn't you tell me about such a good thing earlier!!"

"Ahbup... ahit, let go."

I thought she was my lover.

Professor Im Sol ignored my reaction and bit into the piece cake on the table.

"Wow~! Thanks to you, my time will be much reduced. Why couldn't I think of such a basic concept?"

"Genius people tend to overlook basic things like this. And it's only been a few days. Maybe if a week has passed, the professor would have figured it out alone?"

This is really true.

The core technique is just a new concept, not a difficult one, so while doing hard work on many magic circles, Professor Im Sol would have found commonalities alone.

"Maybe. But saving a week thanks to you is correct."

Professor Im Sol added "Uhm~" interjection and had a happy expression. I wonder if that happy expression is because of me or the chocolate cake.

"By the way, do you know about a person named Shin Dong-min?"

"Shin Dong-min? Who is that?"

"The student council vice president."

"Ah~ that half-baked guy?"

"... Yeah."

He's a bit strangely looking. Um. There's a reason why Mun Su-rin dislikes him.

"But why that ugly guy? Since you're in the same student council, you should know better."

"Actually, I was going to have a duel with Shin Dong-min. But I don't know how strong he is."

"How do I know how strong that guy is. He's an annoying guy whose name I don't remember well. Ah, I remember he's a mage."

"Yeah, right?"

I asked without much expectation, so no big deal, but it's unavoidable that some unease remains.

"Anyway, since you'll win, what's the point."

"What?"

Professor Im Sol sipped her mix coffee while talking.

"Among disciples, is there a mage stronger than you. Except for Su-rin, you can beat all third-years?"

"Really?"

"Isn't that obvious? Cutting two ogres in half alone and saying weird things? A single disciple be a match for you?"

"I didn't cut them in half... anyway, thank you."

What? I was worried for nothing. I was super strong?

Haa. Then, shall we?

"What?"

"You won't? Thanks to you, I earned a lot of time, so I should reward you too."

Professor Im Sol opened her mouth and slightly stuck out her tongue, and her curled hand moved back and forth in front of her mouth.

Um, actually, thanks to Professor Im Sol, I got a magic book and an artifact, so I was going to pass this time... but with such lewd gestures, I can't hold back.

"Please."

Professor Im Sol knelt in front of the sofa where I was sitting, and I lowered my pants and took out my penis.

"Chuk. Churup..."

The scarlet tongue climbed the pillar and stimulated the glans little by little. Professor Im Sol swallowed my glans with lewd sounds and stroked the remaining pillar with her hand.

"Kueup..."

I barely held back the moan trying to come out. How has my skill increased day by day.

"Uum... you know."

"What?"

Suddenly Professor Im Sol pulled her mouth from my penis. It was good but a pity.

"Actually, last time I thought it was a misunderstanding... why did you... that place became swollen...?"

"... ? Ah."

It seemed because of the sweet body reward I got from seducing Rumi.

After that, Liliana said her body smelled sweet, and Rumi said the taste of semen is good, so Professor Im Sol seemed to feel it too.

"Indeed there's something! It wasn't my misunderstanding! Once I thought my sense of taste was ruined because of chocolate and reduced the chocolate, but even here there's a sweet taste! What weird thing did you do!"

"Aak! No, skill. I got a skill."

Professor Im Sol grabbed my precious thing tightly and shook it back and forth. Even though it hurt, the friction with the soft hand made me feel good, which I hated.

"Skill?"

"Yeah... I got an unusual magic book from the black market and used it, and after that, my body became hot."

"... Then it's not like anything weird."

Buying and selling something in the black market is a common thing in this world.

Professor Im Sol stuck out her tongue again and licked the precum from my glans.

"Tasty..."

Churup.

Professor Im Sol's eyes looking at my penis were the same as those looking at the chocolate cake.