As he said, it was a really random question.
Are you a spirit?
All I could guess was the protection of the spirits, a talent that was temporarily created by wearing the banshee necklace.
“I’m sorry, but what does that mean?”
“Uh… … Sorry. I was a little apprehensive.”
Saying so, Ivan put the bow on the cradle.
Then he pointed to a chair at the back where he could sit and rest for a while.
“If it’s okay, can we sit down and talk?”
I followed him and sat down on the chair.
Ivan, who sat down first, looked at me attentively and then nodded as if convinced.
“Right. It definitely smells like spirits.”
“So, what is that spirit’s smell?”
“Wait a minute, to clear up some words… … .”
Ivan looked like he was thinking about something and tapped the table with his fingers.
“Actually, there are quite a few people who receive the protection of spirits. Comparing it to the public perception, to the extent of that.”
Ivan began to speak cautiously.
His fingers were tapping the table with a steady rhythm.
“Even if it’s a blessing, it doesn’t really mean much unless you’re really strong. A person with weak protection was only afraid to ask for help from a spirit once in their lifetime. And I don’t mean to say it with bad intentions, but the kindness that Jihyuk felt was such a weak one.”
I nodded.
As he said, the protection of the spirits attached to me was E-class, the lowest level, and it had the condition that it was temporary.
“But the spirits smell different.”
Ivan said so as if he asserted.
In fact, I didn’t even know what he meant by the smell of the spirit he was talking about.
That’s because the word smell of spirits was never mentioned in the original work.
“The smell of spirits… … There are only a few of them.”
“So, what is that spirit’s smell?”
When I asked directly about the way he kept turning his words, he frowned as if he was judging something.
Then he mumbled something, and after a while he opened his mouth again.
“Simply put, this is it. If there is a spirit’s protection, the spirits are friendly and sometimes help. Simply put, it is a concept similar to how humans like dogs and cats. But if it smells of spirits, it’s a little different. They think that the spirits are similar to themselves.”
It was kind of a vague explanation.
Seeing my expression like that, Ivan nodded.
“Simply put, you see them as friends or colleagues. It is said that it attracts the attention of spirits to the extent that it cannot be compared with protection.”
As I listened to him, I had only one question.
why?
He tilted his head as if he didn’t understand me, as if he didn’t understand me at all.
“Jihyuk, you have been starting to smell lately. To be honest, I thought I was wrong at first. But as it goes on, it gets thicker and the smell is a bit peculiar. It’s as if you’re not constantly eating part of the spirit, how can you get such a peculiar smell… … .”
‘ah.’
A few words flashed through my mind.
tell me to make
The spirit stone he used as his pillow.
The water that brewed them both.
And I drank that water every day because I liked it.
“But the smell of spirits is not really that good, so I said this.”
“uh? why?”
Wouldn’t it be nice if the spirits were friendly with each other?
Ivan said quietly, warningly, as if he already knew the thought.
“There is nothing good about attracting the attention of a spirit. Of course you can get help, but… … Their way of thinking is very different from ours. For example, they help pour a glass of water and in return they ask you to pluck out one eye.”
“… What if I reject it?”
Ivan let out a small sigh.
“They stick so much that they bother to bake until they pay for it. The problem is that that annoying thing can be dangerous for some people.”
I closed my mouth.
It was an unexpected story, so I needed to organize my thoughts.
“Hey, if you become a Spirit Master, how much control is not possible?”
“Of course it is possible.”
Ivan glanced at me gently.
“But Jihyuk, um… … I hope you don’t feel bad. Ji-hyeok has little to no Elementalist talent.”
To be honest, I nodded my head quietly because it was the story I expected.
And I opened my mouth as if to quickly add whether my silence had a different meaning.
“But that… … what. It will be possible if Ji-hyeok and Ji-hyeok meet a deep-seated spirit. It’s just that I have little or no talent.”
He sighed a little.
“The difference between 1 and 2 is small, but the difference between 0 and 1 is big.”
“Yeah, thanks for the advice anyway.”
With those words, it was time for me to get up from my seat.
“Ah, the main point is now.”
“What?”
“If you want, I thought I’d make something to suppress that smell.”
“uh?”
“I know… … Someone is an expert in that field.”
Ivan Hunt paused for a moment and added:
And I knew the reason very well.
‘It seems that you and your mother are still estranged.’
Ivan Hunt.
A man who is the owner of the Magic Palace and is protected by the Spirit King.
And it is a unique existence in the world of mixed blood of spirits and humans.
Ivan’s father was an ordinary human, and his mother was a spirit of the wind.
Ivan was raised by his father from an early age, but when his father died, he naturally became independent.
Meanwhile, his mother, whom he has never met in his life, suddenly appears in front of him.
After revealing that she is a mother, she teaches Ivan how to manipulate the powers of the spirits.
But Ivan, unable to recognize her sudden appearance, maintains a subtle relationship with her.
Meanwhile, Ivan finds out that his father was actually a member of a fallen family, and comes to Orge Academy to raise his name with the family’s treasure, the Magic Palace… … That was his background.
And Ivan was going to ask my mother who was reluctant to even meet for me now.
I bowed my head in gratitude for his kindness.
“I would really appreciate it if you did that. I will definitely repay this favor.”
“Hey, we’re on the same team and we’re friends. There is no such thing as grace.”
Ivan said so and waved his hand.
And he asked me in a cheerful tone as if to change the subject.
“By the way, did Ji-hyeok’s family say that he was coming for this invitation?”
“uh… … .”
Ivan tilted his head as I extended his tail.
I thought it would be better to just say something casually here rather than change the word for nothing.
“I have no family to come.”
“ah.”
Ivan hardened his expression for a moment and immediately apologized.
“I’m sorry. I really didn’t know.”
“What’s okay? Because I don’t really care.”
“still… … .”
“Because it’s okay.”
With those words, he got up from his seat.
“I’m going to do some archery or practice now. see you later. It was a pleasure talking to you.”
“I had fun as well.”
He roughly waved his hand and moved to practice archery.
That’s why I couldn’t really hear him muttering a little at the end.
“By the way… … It smells like it’s been marked… … .”
* * *
I thought that there would be few surprises after coming to this world, but every day was still a series of surprises.
In particular, it was the first time I saw such a crowd of people in person rather than through a screen.
The noise of so many people making me dizzy just looking at it was so loud.
It was the first day of the guild invitation meeting.
And on the first day of the invitation meeting, it was literally no different.
“There, man! Don’t cut it!”
“Everyone, please take turns!”
“Mom, I’m hungry!”
“If you have a ticket or the family of the cadets, please go over there! This place is for visitors only!”
“Hey, let’s do it quickly!”
“If you wait for your turn, it will be over soon! Please show everyone your dignity!
I silently waved the guide rod while watching the sight of such Abi Gyu-hwan right in front of me.
At Lee Ye-eun’s suggestion, I volunteered for the temporary student council, and thanks to that, I have been volunteering since this morning.
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Orge Academy has three major events and schedules.
First, the guild invitation.
Then there is the commemoration.
Finally, it was the year-end exam.
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Of course, for each of these three events, one major event was intertwined.
And, aside from the fact that the incident was intertwined, the remaining two were also larger than the guild invitation, and the schedule was by no means small.
If so, does it mean that I have to go through this chaos at least twice more?
After a long time, I let out a deep sigh.
Because I thought I had dug my own grave.
“Ah, Jihyuk. Come with me.”
“Yes.”
As I was guiding and leading people mechanically, one of my 3rd grade boys said so.
He kindly answered my question of what was going on.
“Ah, what is that? Do you know that Hunter Lee Myung-jun, the head of the Hammer of the Brain, is now at the academy?”
“Yes, I know.”
“The other five guilds allied with the guild of the Thunderbolt have arrived. So people will come, so I’m going to go ahead and clean up the site and prepare.”
He then murmured in an excited voice.
“Wow, whenever I see them, those people are really… … How many guild masters are coming this time? Last time there was only one person in attendance. But looking at it… … Wow, I thought this would make sense. It’s great that the six guilds formed a clan, but all the guild masters are members of the ten rivers… !”
He responded appropriately to his words and began to organize his thoughts.
The six guilds had considerable weight in the original.
A typical example is Lee Myung-joon’s hammer of the brain attack.
And the place where Ahn Do-hoon’s uncle, whose name I can’t remember, is located.
I remember the rest roughly, but I couldn’t remember the name or the name of the guild in detail.
The other things that I can remember are that each has a gimmick: Vanguard, Knight, Guard, Sniper, Caster, and Supporter.
It was about the fact that he was specialized in these six positions.
There was also the fact that they were members of the Ten Rivers, and they were praised as strong men, but the fact that they were treated like a death squadron in the original work.
From Lee Myung-joon, who implicitly assumed the role of the leader in the first place, at this point in the original story, he had already died, so I wondered if there was any need to say any more.
“I will be here in a little while.”
And I sighed in relief that I was able to see them up close.
I thought it was really good to volunteer for the temporary student council following Yeeun Lee’s suggestion.
Because among the six guilds, there was an insider and a traitor.
At this guild invitation, Orge Academy is attacked by outside forces.
And the existence of the traitor who communicated with the outside forces was different depending on who the character was playing.
This is the reason why I couldn’t give Jin Ye-seul an accurate answer.
Depending on the protagonist, the external forces that attack the academy change, and the identity of the traitor with whom he communicates also changes.
However, there is a very easy way to identify the traitor.
It was because of the setting that the person who came with the guild master was always a traitor.
This principle has never changed.
First, he reveals the traitor’s identity to some extent, and then secretly tells the story to Lee Myung-joon.
And after finding out about the guys behind them, we can come up with a countermeasure.
There was no way I could have misunderstood who the guild master was because the third year student next to me would tell me.
I was thinking like that.
“Wow, what crazy! Does this really make sense?!”
Thinking like that, the man next to him let out a fierce cheer.
I turned my head to follow him, thinking that he had finally arrived, and after a while I instinctively realized that something was wrong.
“… uh?”
He shouted in disbelief next to me, who was making a dazed voice.
“To hear that all the guild masters are attending, this is absolutely ridiculous!”
… Why are you all coming together?
I couldn’t help but mumble like that with a blank expression on my face.