Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 254

254 – 0.1%

What exactly is magical engineering?

To that question, the head of the institution answered as follows.

“You already know the answer.”

“···I know the answer?”

It was something I didn’t expect at all. But judging by his reaction, it seemed like he was really convinced.

“You probably heard most of the explanation from the operator.”

“It’s true that I heard it from that person, but… “I only heard very basic things.”

“No. He told me everything. “You just couldn’t put that information together.”

When I say things like that, am I really missing something?

I frowned and recalled the conversation I had with the operator.

It’s already been a while so I couldn’t remember everything completely, but I was able to remember the general flow.

He briefly explained the principles of magic engineering technology, saying that magic engineering had the risk of destroying the world.

A magic that works through the kinetic energy of the mainspring rather than the magician’s casting.

It is also true that the power of Hayang, or the power of time, was needed to realize the process.

But that was the end of the information about magic engineering. After that, the conversation quickly moved on to the topic of having to kill the girl trapped in the mirror world.

I still didn’t know why White had to die.

Even when I look back on my memories, I still have no idea. In the end, I gave up trying to find the answer on my own and asked him a question in a somewhat dubious tone.

“Are you sure I already know the answer?”

“Okay. “You’ve already put all the puzzle pieces together.”

“···But I can’t figure it out at all. “Can’t you tell me directly?”

The director made direct eye contact with me and smiled.

“Of course it is possible. “I can’t tell you everything.”

“It looks like the director also has some restrictions.”

“Hmm. “Should we call it a limitation or a limitation?”

Limitations? Even before I could understand what that meant, the director’s words continued.

“Anyway, I can’t ignore you since you’re asking so much. “I will answer your questions about what magic engineering is.”

Finally.

I was prepared from the moment I got on the train. Ready to accept any truth.

“The operating principle of magic engineering is to accelerate the time of the mainspring. And that power is the power of God that comes from a time transcendent trapped in the mirror world.”

This is what I already knew from the operator.

“Then what is the price of using the power of time?”

“The price…?”

“Every power comes with a price. Even if it is the power of God, it cannot be an exception if the person using it is a being bound by the laws of Middle Earth. “You are also an apostle of God, so he would know better than anyone else.”

···It’s definitely true.

Just because you were chosen by God does not mean you are invincible. Just as if I were the only one who had to collect gems to use the power of the goddess.

The Count, who seemed so strong, also had limits to his strength, and the same goes for other transcendents.

God may be omnipotent, but his family is not omnipotent.

In a way, it was such an obvious fact that I passed it by without even noticing it.

Hayang’s power also has some limitations.

The fact is that it is impossible to wield the overwhelming power of controlling time without any conditions.

“The price is the destruction of the world. “The more we use magic engineering technology, or in other words, the more we use the power of time, the more likely it is that the causality of the world will be distorted and that we will end up in destruction.”

The ability to accelerate or turn back time. To use such fraudulent power, a huge price had to be paid.

‘The girl we must kill is a transcendental person with the power of time.’

Suddenly, the operator’s calmly reciting voice passed by my ears.

Now, one question has been completely resolved. At the same time, I wonder why the director told me he already knew the answer.

The more magic engineering is used, the sooner the destruction of the world occurs.

The reason is that time acceleration, the source of technology, is powerful enough to distort causality.

Then the way to prevent the destruction of the world was also very simple.

All you have to do is kill the transcendent girl who cooperated with Dr. Franken and shared her power. If White disappears, the power of time acceleration will also disappear.

“······.”

It was a truth so shocking that it was hard to believe.

Actually, I had already heard this from the beginning, but it was only now that I fully realized it.

The fact that White must die in order for the world to not be destroyed.

The most painful thing was that I couldn’t even think of anything to refute this proposition. If things continued like this, there was no other way but to kill Hayang.

Seeing my reaction, the director nodded and said.

“I guess you realize it now. “That is why the child must die.”

“···Is there no other way?”

Even as I asked the question, I was convinced that such a thing could not possibly exist.

The Operator said that the Magic Engineering Society was established not to develop magic engineering technology, but to limit and control it.

Although the general public is not aware of it, the products of magic engineering have already spread all over the world and are being used for various purposes. No matter how hard the society tries to collect and destroy magic engineering inventions, it will definitely be difficult to destroy them all.

If there is even one invention left in this world, the flame of world destruction will continue to burn without being extinguished. The most certain way is to kill Hayang and destroy the source of technology itself.

Even the Operator, who founded the Magic Engineering Society solely to save the world, concluded that there was no other way than to kill the Time Transcendant.

Can I find another solution in this situation?

Can you really protect Hayang until the end as you decided before?

“Well. “Maybe there is.”

At that time, at the unexpected answer I heard from next to me, I stopped all my thoughts and looked at the director.

“Are you saying there is a way…!?”

“I said there might be one. That doesn’t mean there is. Actually, I’ve always thought there wasn’t one. But after you showed up, my thoughts began to change little by little.”

The person at the end of the finger he pointed to was me.

As I was looking at that finger blankly, the director continued.

“The only being not subject to the power of time. A stranger free from the laws of Middle Earth. “If there is anyone who can twist the law of causality, it is only you.”

I was not born in this world. That is why you can be free from the bonds of this world.

This was also the reason why the operator asked me to take care of Hayang. He told me that the power of time wouldn’t work on me.

But soon a memory came to mind.

“I once received help from that child. The power of time also worked.”

Isn’t it thanks to him that he was able to block Sharon’s special three-hit attack?

“Think about it carefully. Was the power of time really cast on you at that time?”

“That’s…”

No. The thing that made time stop was the fatal bullet that was flying at me, and I was able to move normally even while the bullet was stopped.

“You must not be mistaken. “The fact that you can ignore the laws of Middle-earth is strictly speaking a possibility.”

“A story of possibility?”

“Now that you have learned magic and been chosen as an apostle of God, you basically live in this world under the laws, but you have the potential to break all those bonds when necessary.”

It was a bit of a difficult concept to understand, but does that mean that in normal times you are just like an ordinary person, but in special situations there is the possibility of making different choices than others?

“Wait a minute… Then, is it possible to avoid the fate predicted by the prophecy?”

“Of course, if the guy who made that prophecy is under the laws of Middle-earth.”

All beings on this earth except gods must follow the laws of Middle Earth.

The same goes for the witch of prophecy. In other words, I have the possibility that she can avoid her prophecy.

Nothing like the Oedipus prophecy that was worried about in Ireland will happen!

As soon as I realized that fact, I felt a tremendous sense of relief, as if the old dirt accumulated in my heart had been completely washed away.

“As I said, it is only a possibility. And the prophesied fate will almost certainly come true.”

“But that means it can be avoided. Even if it is 0.1%, That possibility alone is enough.”

“···Okay. Having the possibility is so important. So, there is a possibility that you can create a future where you don’t have to kill that child.”

No matter how slim the probability. Even if it is a dream that seems impossible.

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Once I realize that it exists, I will never miss it.

I will definitely grab it and make it come true.

0.1% Of the future.

I will steal it in the name of a phantom thief.