I Became A Flashing Genius At The Magic Academy chapter 60

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17. Masquerade (3)

With her full frame behind her, which was standing still in embarrassment, Jeki stood in front of one of the four aisles.

“Even this situation was intentional by the professors, so we just have to deal with it without panicking. right, guys?”

“Uh, uh… …

“So, I’ll go first.”

After saying that, Jeki stepped into the aisle without hesitation. When she disappeared in an instant, the other students were agitated.

If this situation is really a performance evaluation, all the time hesitating will be applied as a deduction factor.

“I, I will come in too.”

“Khom, I’ve always been prepared for this kind of situation.”

As the students rushed into the aisle, Hong Bi-yeon sighed.

‘There is no one who moves systematically.’

Did they just choose anywhere without knowing what the passageway in front of them really meant or where they were headed?

Besides, if you consider what the previous NPC said, there must be monsters inside. Points are earned individually, but why don’t you realize that it is more advantageous to earn points by forming a group with the minimum number of people?

She squinted at Baek Yu-seol

it was

The person who is most adept at interpretation and strategy at this point can be called Baek Yu-seol.

Even in the crisis situation the Necromancer attacked, he calmly arranged the situation, and in the monster simulation, he had a record of dealing with five medium-sized monsters with his unique fine hair and excellent strategy.

If you are chasing after someone, it would be right to follow Baek Yu-seol.

“Where are you going?”

Students who think like Hong Bi-yeon

When Eisel asked Baek Yu-seol as if there were several of them, they all pricked up their ears and overheard.

‘Wherever you go, it’s the same road, so what should I do…

In fact, Baek Yu-seol had no idea. This is because the moment they pass through that passageway, everyone randomly scatters. So he roughly decided.

“Just go this way.”

As he stood in the leftmost passage, Azel followed him.

“Then I’ll go this way too.”

“Because you think something is correct.”

“Nope. you go over there.”

“I do not like it.”

“Huh.”

He was staring at Eisel as if it was ridiculous, and suddenly he felt a lot of popularity behind him, so he looked back.

“Hmm.”

“Kuhm.”

Most of the other students also chose the same path as Baek Yuseol. center

Even Hong Bi-yeon glanced at her and stuck to her.

‘These little ones only learn fine hair.

am..’

Some students, who had seen the atmosphere, secretly moved to this place.

“Khom, then I… …

“Hmm.”

As a result, with the exception of Jeki, who had started first, fifteen people moved together.

It was absurd, but he didn’t say anything because it didn’t make any sense in this or that way.

Baek Yu-seol was the first to step into the aisle.

Soo! With the feeling of being sucked in, the concentration of the air became heavier and a damp and dark hallway appeared.

“Uh, huh? what. Where have they gone?”

“It’s gone… …

The students who arrived late made a sound of bewilderment. They must have all come together, but most of the students had disappeared.

‘Hmm, I didn’t know that I would get caught in the same passage as Hong Bi-yeon… …

A total of 16 students are placed 4 each in 4 aisles. Perhaps Azel and Full Frame were a pair.

“I don’t think it’s possible to move around all at once. Let’s go first.”

The atmosphere in the hallway was quite eerie. Outside the half-broken window there is only a wall. I don’t know why there are windows. Most of the lights were broken, and the few remaining lights barely flickered.

“There’s something like a stone statue in the hallway.”

“… … Can you see that?”

It was also due to the fact that his physical abilities were so superior thanks to the influence of the magic leakage delay, but the ‘infrared’ function of the straight glasses was newly developed, so there was no problem in darkness like this.

But not the other students.

“Light a fire.”

At his words, some students floated spheres of light in the air. Even if it didn’t have the brilliance attribute, light emission belonged to basic magic.

Even so, the field of vision was still narrow, and I couldn’t even see the stone statue that Yuseol Baek was talking about.

it was After that, after walking a little more, the statue he was talking about came into the sight of the other students.

“Did you see it in this street?”

“Wow, how’s your eyesight?”

The students screamed in surprise. Even Hong Bi-yeon didn’t say anything, but she was a little surprised.

“But that… … Is it a stone statue?”

There was not one stone statue, but they were all standing still in a dancing posture, wearing the same dress.

It’s so real, it’s like it’s alive

The students trembled as they passed by with a sense of excitement.

And at the end of the hallway, there was a door. The door is locked when you hit something.

“I have mastered unlocking magic, but will it work?”

“Well. We can’t do it at the level we can’t even interpret the gates.”

Hong Bi-yeon looked around with her mouth firmly shut.

‘This incongruity… …

Something artificial and awkward.

Intuition came.

A certain mystery lurks in the dancing stone statue.

Now that I cannot interpret the Persona Gate, I will have no choice but to solve the riddle by maximizing my insight.

“Hey, commoner. Did you interpret this gate?”

When Hong Bi-yeon asked a question, Baek Yu-seol blinked and answered.

“no.”

The answer was a bit disappointing.

“But I have a rough idea of how to get through here.”

“… okay? You said you didn’t understand?”

“There are parts that you can understand without having to interpret them.”

Then, Baek Yu-seol pointed to the stone statue.

“If you look closely, all the statues have different movements, but they are doing the same kind of dance.”

The number of stone statues alone was almost tens of verses, but they were expressing the movements of a certain dance in detail. Hong Bi-yeon shook her head and said.

“’Requiem of the Dead Serena’. It is a dance that Serena, who could not bear her own tragedy, performed just before she died.”

“right. I know.”

“Dance is the basis of culture.”

“Then, do you remember the movements well?”

“That’s right…ah.”

Hong Bi-yeon, who finally understood the intention from Baek Yu-seol’s words with a smile, hardened her expression.

‘I hope..9’

She hastily poses a stone statue action

looked closely.

Now I see… … All the stone statues’ movements were connected one after the other.

I just thought there were a lot of dancing statues, but it turned out that all those statues were just one person’s movements in chronological order!

But very rarely, there was one empty action. Exactly 4 moves. It matched the number of people.

“this… … If we fill in the blanks in that action, is it okay?”

“Uh, huh? I guess that’s right?”

That is the riddle of the first gateway.

Since there is a previous action and a next action, it won’t be too difficult to anticipate an intermediate action.

“Come on, let’s take action from the end. You don’t have to dance, you just have to pretend.”

“I will do it here.”

“I am here… …

Even if Hong Bi-yeon did not explain the movement, the students went to their respective seats and performed the movement.

Although this dance is so famous, it was basically thanks to the nobles learning it as an essential culture.

So let’s all take an empty motion, Gijin!! The door at the end of the hallway opened with a grinding sound.

“I did it!”

“Wow… it’s simpler than you think? I’m glad I’m in the same group as Baek Yu-seol.”

“let’s go. There will be more puzzles like this in the future.”

Baek Yu-seol glanced at the still still dancing statue and hastened his steps. Now, it’s a shame that I succeeded without problems. If I failed to solve the riddle, or if

Had it been delayed any longer, they would have come to life.

Moving through the door, this time a large room appeared.

The old-fashioned room of about 100 pyeong had a luxurious and warm atmosphere that was completely different from the old hallway, and there were stone statues in the form of knights all over the room.

Some knights were aiming their swords in the air, some were standing still, and some were looking somewhere.

“This time, those knights are riddles

maybe?”

“Oh, I think so too.”

To be sure, the stone statue is a bit suspicious. Because the mystery just before was also a stone statue. So, the students began to investigate the stone statues.

Did about 5 minutes pass like that?

“It’s a carpet.”

“uh… … ?”

Baek Yoo-seol parted his lips. Until then, Hong Bi-yeon was still observing the stone statue.

“Look at the pattern on the carpet. everyone is dancing When I interpreted the gate a little bit, the keyword ‘dance’ appeared. Perhaps the dance on the carpet is the problem this time.”

“That’s right?”

“yes. If you look closely, the figure of a person with the size of a finger is taking a certain action, but it is slightly different in some parts. Wouldn’t it be a mystery to get this right?”

At those words, Hong Bi-yeon felt her hair rise.

She also visits this place very little.

I was able to interpret it, but didn’t you see the keyword “dance” back then?

‘Why didn’t I think of this… … ?’

As if struck by a hammer in the head, she opened her mouth blankly. This time, of course, I thought it would be a stone statue, so I spent time on useless parts.

was a stereotype.

How dangerous is this stereotyped way of thinking, knowing that you are still unable to fix it.

“Come on, come back here. So can you see the proper dance? This… … It’s ‘Tango of Serena Calm’.”

“Uh, I know that.”

“right. Do you all remember the moves?”

“It’s a very famous dance, so I’ve done it many times.”

“Then match the pieces of the carpet according to the movement.”

As the students began to move, Hong Bi-yeon looked at the hard working Baek Yu-seol with her eyes slightly sunken.

‘exactly… … different.’

I’ve known him since the first time he taught me to ‘change my mind’, but

As I felt the difference from myself in this way, it felt somewhat distant.

All those abilities to grasp the secret of that stone statue in that short period of time, to observe and think about something from a different point of view.

Obviously, given enough time, Hong Bi-yeon would have been able to find out. No, anyone could have figured it out.

However, the persona gate basically has a ‘time limit’. So, it gets worse as time goes on.

Baek Yu-seol is not bound by time at all.

Without noticing it, the moment I looked at the riddle, I immediately came up with the answer.

Strategies, ideas, observations, calculations, reasoning, etc.

In all fields of hair use, it was good to say that Baek Yu’s theory was innate.

Then, I had a question.

‘Are you born?’

With that said, something, something was strange. Just because I was born… … Baek Yu-seol’s way of thinking was similar to that of an old man Baekjeon.

In other words, in Baek Yu-seol, it is not just a difference in creativity, but ‘experience’.

I felt the depth that comes from the ‘difference of

As if you have looked back at the Persona Gate dozens or hundreds of times, you can look at something from a different point of view than the first-year Stella cadets.

‘Huh, it’s a difference in experience…

Hong Bi-yeon’s suspicions only deepened.