Academy’s Genius Tamer Episode 73
on the day of the festival.
Without realizing it, I opened my mouth and looked around.
I really didn’t want to do this…
“Are you crazy?”
Last time I went to Seinen’s market, I was impressed, but Ardel’s festival had its own charm.
Soap bubbles float in all directions, creating a dreamy feeling.
Pinwheels spinning in the air and cute candy shops everywhere.
It felt quite different from the original, elegant Ardel.
I thought Ardel would play more statically, but I didn’t expect it to be this serious.
doo-doo.
Music could be heard from afar.
Based on the luxurious sound of string instruments, students of the Department of Natural Sciences were pounding colorful percussion instruments.
It is a landscape that makes your shoulders shake just by standing still.
Adela and One said in excited voices.
Next to him was Natalie, who often followed.
“Are you in a good mood today?”
“It was better decorated than last year. Hey, what else is that?”
“I will go too!”
thump.
My shoulder was pushed by Won and I was dragged along.
no why i… .
“Come and experience long endurance on the water! If you eat emergency gum, you can fly!”
“It looks fun.”
It’s not just here.
“It’s a slime shooting range! If you pop a lot of slimes, I’ll give you a doll!”
Looks like a lot to play with.
Strangely, it doesn’t feel like the Korean night market has been patched.
Anyway, leaving behind all those fun things.
We happened to stop in front of a meandering game.
Oh, I can’t stand this.
It was a collection of memories.
“Are there magic students? When a number comes out by pulling it out, I give you carp. would you like to Open fairy tales lightly.”
carp?
Natalie lifted her head and looked up at the giant koi candy.
Even with real carp hanging, the reliable-sized carp candy was hanging on to the string.
Why do candy made by hitting starch syrup even move?
Isn’t it so bizarre?
I frowned and listened to the clerk’s explanation.
tuk.
hang on.
“It moves when you hit it. It tastes good too.”
“Wow… .”
Adela’s eyes twinkled and she pulled the money out of her pocket.
There was a small amount of money that I had received from winning the research group, so I was quite happy. Won also followed Adela and took out her wallet.
It’s a draw that I’ve done a lot.
The problem is that I was young, but I also wanted to try it after a long time.
After thinking for a moment, she nodded at Adela’s words.
“Let’s do it together.”
“That’s right, what?”
Then the clerk explained how to be kind.
“Come on, put the stick here. Just pick the number you want. If you memorize the koi, come out, it will come out a little better.”
“… We are not even theology department.”
“Magic students are surprisingly good at choosing them. The kids like it.”
Ahh!
Natalie’s soft sigh echoed.
The conclusion is crap.
Won smirked with a bluffed expression on his face.
“Natalie, isn’t it hard to pick a bang? just wait I will pick it up.”
“… .”
“Ahh… !”
this one is crap too
Adela was no different.
To the point where I want to know how to pull out only a bunch of people who pick like that.
I picked one of the leftovers with no regrets.
Following the random box, crazy good luck worked here as well.
“Well?”
what is this
Why did you get caught at once when you didn’t catch death?
I closed my eyes and picked up the papers.
The result is winning.
The clerk clapped and clapped.
“It’s a carp! aah! To succeed without memorizing a spell, it seems that the god of fortune is with you!”
“crazy.”
“What is he?”
Adela, who failed after pouring out all the fairy tales, sighed with a liberated face.
I was handed a huge carp candy by accident.
“Oh, thank you.”
hang on.
It made me feel bad about procrastinating, but it’s sweet from the tail, so it’s delicious.
I hope you don’t blink your eyes.
The moment I was about to shove a carp candy into a space bag with the intention of eating during the match.
Natalie looked at me and opened her mouth carefully.
“I have a question for you.”
“Yes?”
Natalie’s curious eyes met me.
“Did you also tame that carp?”
What are you saying, boy?
“Is this the world of tamers… .”
Looking at his face, he seemed sincere.
* * *
The real festival begins in the afternoon.
The schedule for the sports day is tomorrow, so you can relax as much as today.
Natalie and One went back to the dorm first, and I decided to stay with Adela for lunch.
Today’s meal menu is… It’s a dumpling hot pot.
I can’t erase the feeling of a generational difference in my menu selection.
No, it’s delicious, isn’t it?
I drank the broth and shook my head.
yes, this is it
“Ah, that’s good too.”
Adela glanced at me repeatedly to see if she thought that the dumplings in the broth were strangely eaten.
“Is this what you eat like this?”
“Eat the dumplings first.”
“ok.”
“Eat the rice.”
“ok.”
“I’m going to finish with kalguksu. Uh, it’s easy to beat any course meal. Full course, full course.”
Adela took a bite of the dumpling with questionable eyes.
“I ate a lot of baked goods… .”
This is my first time making water dumplings.
hurricane.
Adela’s eyes widened as she shoved hot dumplings into her mouth.
“… !”
“Hey, is it delicious?”
nod nod.
Adela nodded her head with a thrilled expression.
Fortunately, it seems to suit my taste surprisingly.
If you look at them, they seem unfamiliar, but when you buy them, it is clear that eating them is a common food in all countries.
I said stretching out.
“Natalie also enjoyed the soup. Something similar to this.”
well water.
Adela, who was eating as I ordered, raised her head.
“Natalie… Did you come with me?”
“yes.”
“Is Natalie eating well?”
tuk.
The chopping stopped for a while.
“Yeah, they say it’s delicious.”
“ah… Natalie ate very well.”
“yes?”
“No, that would be good.”
mumble mumble.
“I will eat well… I can… .”
fast.
He must be angry about something, but I don’t know why.
Why don’t you go eat soup without yourself?
… Were you serious about rice?
I gently comforted Adela.
“Hey, I’ll buy you at the wall. I will buy you a full course, I.”
“… .”
“Order some soju, some soju.”
There were a lot of times when I was ripped off, so I kept my mouth shut.
“Do you like pajeon?”
“… .”
“Do you prefer makgeolli over soju?”
I can’t get rid of the crooked feeling, so I’m going to add more words.
“that… No, not like that!”
hesitate.
Adela, who seemed to ponder for a moment, spoke out as if she had gathered courage.
“Han Shiha.”
uh?
“Tonight, there are fireworks.”
Adela’s eyes met me.
“Would you like to go see it together?”
* * *
bump
A flame burns from a stick I bought from a nearby shop.
Blue flames exploded in the air like magic.
The full-fledged fireworks display begins a little later, but Adela drew a stretched stick in the air, wondering if it was quite fun with this alone.
Pavabak.
With the sound of burning, a bright flame drenched the darkness.
I smiled and stood behind Adela.
“What, do you like this?”
brutal sailor. Perhaps because of her famous nickname, I never thought Adela would like something like this romantically.
I thought I’d study how to explode warlocks rather than how to explode fireworks in a place like this.
fifteen is fifteen
Suddenly, Adela’s cheeks were blushing.
“… fun.”
I look up at the darkened sky.
As Ardel’s wizards got ready to move, Adela’s eyes were also full of anticipation.
It looks like it’s really starting soon.
I took a deep breath and took a seat in a decent place.
From freshmen who have just entered the academy, to graduating grades that are hectic by now.
All the students of Ardel Academy gathered together in the square.
ur ur.
A square surrounded by crowds.
In the midst of that, Adela shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.
“I just wanted to see you once.”
You may not know it, but at this time last year, Adela must have been training like crazy.
Even if he enjoyed the festival at the most, he would have tried to attend an athletic meet with the honor of each department.
waiting so long
hitting people.
Wasting time for a few minutes was definitely not Adela’s behavior.
“I only train every day, but I think it would be fun to see things like this sometimes.”
“Good idea.”
Adela definitely needed it.
me too
The prelude to the main episode has finally opened.
Probably, I won’t be able to see Ardel’s festival for a while after today. Knowing that this annual festival will be the last for a while, I smiled and nodded.
Adela looked up at the sky and muttered quietly.
“Coming alone requires a little courage.”
“great?”
“Oh, already.”
Adela was afraid to finish speaking.
As if to announce the start of the fireworks festival.
pop.
A loud sound echoed from the other side.
and.
Streaks of light begin to pour down like a clouded sky above.
The eagerly anticipated children added words one by one with excited voices.
“Wow.”
“Start, begin.”
Elasticity erupted from all sides.
red, blue, yellow. Various colors mixed together like paint are drawn, and then they disappear.
The magic of brilliant light drawn using the sky as a drawing paper.
paat.
phut. phut.
Each time the fireworks explode, Adela’s eyes widen.
“pretty… .”
You say you’re seeing this for the first time.
It wasn’t that it wasn’t, but it really showed a sign of surprise.
A laugh just leaked out.
hahaha, kids that age would love to see fireworks in full swing.
It seems to be a rather rare magic that can only be seen at large-scale festivals in Ardel.
Even though the scale is much smaller than what I know, if you consider that all of that is hand-designed magic.
Falling in love is unavoidable.
I put my hands in my pockets and smiled.
“Hey, this is nothing. There are even more awesome ones.”
Yeouido Fireworks Festival
I want to brag about how many times the size of this is… .
It doesn’t mean anything that we won’t see each other again anyway, right?
Thinking so, Adela hit the player.
“Let’s go together later, then.”
I think it’s the first time I’ve seen something so active.
Somehow, it wasn’t bad.
I breathed in the warm night air and smiled.
“Yeah, then.”
* * *
Even after the fireworks festival was over, Adela did not leave for a while.
He looked up at the empty night sky for a long time as if he was trying to capture the scene from before.
My eyes stared at Adela, and Adela smiled and turned her head.
“I feel a little relieved. I haven’t been able to afford it much since I came here.”
I wasn’t much different either.
Because I lived like crazy to survive in the academy, where spectacular things happen every day.
Adela, who has neither money nor background, must have been so fierce that I could not even imagine surviving here.
I don’t know why.
I only know the settings.
Adela tells this story to me for the first time.
The story of Adela, which even me, the reader, could not understand because Lee Han did not do it.
“I thought I had to be strong.”
“Because of the warlocks?”
Adela hates warlocks.
With only that simple proposition stuck in my head, I asked.
However.
Adela shook her head slowly at my words.
“No, that’s an excuse.”
When I heard the story for the first time, I was a little perplexed.
Adela’s lips twitched.
excuse.
Somehow, those words caught my eye, and I turned to Adela.
There is a word that suddenly comes to mind.
‘Even if you were innocent, I would have killed you with my own hands.’
black magic… Wasn’t it because
Then why?
From that moment on, I did not think that he was going to kill me.
That’s why I didn’t want to hear the next word.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been told anywhere… .”
Adela looks at me with the dark night sky in her eyes.
Adela smiled sadly and finally spoke up.
“I have someone to kill.”
Now I wished this time would stop
My heart stopped.