Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 188

188 – Transcendence

The world is about to end.

It was to the point where I was confused for a moment as to whether the other person was making a vicious joke at the scale that suddenly grew bigger.

But the expression on the operator’s face was so serious that I had no choice but to admit that what he just said was the truth.

If you continue to use magical engineering technology, the world will perish.

Looking back on it, it was a very absurd and absurd story.

“If that’s the case, you shouldn’t be using it in the first place…?”

“You are right. Because the society exists for that.”

The more I hear about it, the more I feel like I’m falling into a labyrinth.

The reason for the society’s existence is to avoid using magical engineering technology? Then what train did I just get on?

“I understand that it is difficult to accept. I will explain slowly.”

That’s how the explanation of magic engineering began.

“What do you think is the source of magic engineering technology?”

“The source…? Isn’t that a combination of magic and science?”

“You are not wrong. But we need to dig deeper into the principles. Magic engineering uses the machine’s power unit to activate magic by omitting the caster’s casting. In other words, it is a magic that manifests itself without the involvement of a wizard.”

I didn’t know that. It was the first time I knew that such a method was possible in the first place.

Magic is an unreasonable power, but it is not an unreal power.

Even if you want to play with words, it means that the power of magic is not something that can be used without any cost.

In order for magic to activate, there are basic essential elements.

Mana and Casting.

If you dig into it in more detail, there is no end to the limit, so this is the standard when it is simplified and divided as much as possible.

In the end, how well you use these two elements to cast magic was also a criterion for determining the level of a wizard.

In that sense, magic that was activated by oneself without a wizard was unrealistic beyond nonsense.

It means that it is a normal method even if it is impossible to judge only by the contents of the lessons learned at the academy.

“Is that possible?”

“No. Impossible. As a wizard, you know that best.”

Now I’m sick of that way of speaking. After deliberately spitting out confusing conclusions, he added further explanations, which made it more difficult to understand and made my head hurt.

“You can’t cast a spell with just the power of a spring. It is impossible with current scientific technology. Maybe it will be difficult even after a few hundred years.”

“But you succeeded.”

“That’s why Dr. Franken is called the genius of the century. But the secret to his success was one more factor than his talent.”

Since it sounded like a story that was far out of the range of what I could predict, I decided to wait patiently for what he was telling me without making my head hurt.

The operator put something on the table.

It was a small clockwork.

“In order to activate the magic, the mainspring had to be turned faster and more often. Which method would you use?”

“···Install more springs or develop better performance?”

“Rather than slowly developing his technology, Dr. Cho took the faster and riskier path. It’s like stepping into forbidden territory.”

While saying that, I pressed the device’s switch firmly, and the clockwork device started to turn slowly.

Then it suddenly sped up at an abnormal speed, and mana was clearly engraved from the spring.

The moment I saw it in front of my eyes, I noticed a strong sense of incongruity.

How that works is beyond my understanding.

“The acceleration of time.”

“… Huh?”

“It was not the performance of the mainspring that touched the time. It’s only one second for us, but this spring is more than a day.”

Am I supposed to take this seriously?

I pondered for a long time on how to respond before asking with sincerity.

“Is Dr. Franken a god?”

“No. He was an ordinary human being. However, he did get help from beings like him. But the power to control time is dangerous. That’s why magic engineering technology can destroy the world if used incorrectly.”

How far is the scale going to grow? I want to pretend I didn’t hear everything and go home. But there’s no way to go back. hahahaha.

“Who the hell helped me, so I’m just wasting my time?”

“That’s the answer to your question. The girl we have to kill is the transcendental one who has the power of time.”

“·······.”

Let’s recap here. Otherwise, I don’t think I’ll ever understand.

Dr. Franken used the ability to control time with the help of a transcendental person to complete magic engineering technology.

However, the technology carries the risk of destroying the world, so the Society tries to eliminate the danger by killing the transcendent.

Summarizing is more absurd. Did I tell you to really believe this?

“Although they are called transcendental beings, strictly speaking, girls are no different from dolls without personality. It is the same existence as the mechanical doll that guided you to this point.”

“Then you can just kill it.”

“Impossible. She harbors enmity against anyone who threatens her, for she can dominate the time of every mortal born in this world.”

···It’s an open fraud. So how do you win?

Until I came here, I only worried about the issue of killing a girl with conscience and moral issues.

“Then how do you kill them?”

“By all possible means. And you are the most important key among them.”

“…Me?”

Is it a hidden camera?

The key to killing the transcendent, who seems to be the strongest in the world, with me, who has almost no fighting power?

“As I said, she can control the time of every mortal born into this world. But you are an exception.”

“Ah… Uh?”

It was hard to see that I was born in this world. I read the original and possessed an extra character in the play, so it’s safe to say that I’m from another world.

But how do you know that?

I got goosebumps, so I pulled my body back slightly and looked at it.

“No need to be too surprised. Originally, transcendentalists can roughly guess your existence.”

“…So that means you’re also a transcendental person?”

“Yes. Incidentally, transcendental beings are not the same as gods. Rather, it is more of a spirit-like feeling.”

Even so, the surprising thing doesn’t change.

In the first place, if you are a spirit-like being, you should be buried in nature like a woman in the lake. Why are you running such a sophisticated society?

Then, a guess came to mind naturally.

“Perhaps the chief engineer…”

“Yes. You have a keen sense.”

I thought it was suspicious. Well, there’s no way an ordinary human could fool my senses.

So, when I mentioned my true self during our first meeting, did you actually see through my possession and not a disguise?

Ugh. Creepy

“You will be free before the girl’s power. You can kill them anytime you want.”

“…Does it really have to be killed?”

“That way the world will be safe. Of course, right now we are controlling the magic engineering technology, so the world won’t be destroyed right away, but there’s no need to leave such a risk.”

From noble mtl dot com.

I heard that the girl was nothing more than a robot with no personality, but I couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

Still, it seemed like the explanation was almost finished, so it was time to draw a conclusion.

First of all, we decided to ask all the questions that have not yet been resolved.

“If you kill that girl, you won’t be able to use magic engineering, right?”

“It was the wrong power from the beginning, so it’s a natural result.”

“The purpose of the society was not to develop magic engineering, but to eliminate it?”

“Exactly.”

I understand, but I felt somewhat regretful.

Because my original purpose itself was to use magic engineering.

“So, where is the Transcendentalist now?”

“Here you are.”

An operator holding out something while saying that.

I accepted it because I thought it was a map, but it turned out to be an odd item.

“A hand mirror?”

“Now the girl is in it.”

“What is that…. Wait for a sec.”

The contents of the original work suddenly come to mind.

“I guess you know. About the mirror world.”

Of course I know. Because it is the background that appears at the very end of the original work.

To put it simply, the mirror world is very similar to the original world, but it feels like a parallel world that is slightly different.

I never dreamed that the world of mirrors would pop out from here.

In the original work, it was set up that a passage connecting each other was created due to Drakan’s conspiracy to summon a dragon through the mirror world. Looking at it this way, the Drakan guys are the source of all evil.

“I can go to the mirror world with this. How is that possible?”

“Because that is my power.”

“Wow…”

It’s a transcendent scammer. Doesn’t it control time at will, doesn’t it create a door to another world?

“A request must be reciprocated. You said you were looking for a way to reduce space constraints. Anything I can do will help.”

“…Eh?”

I think I’ve found a much better way to do this.