Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

Chapter 263

A New Start, 2nd Year (1)

The new semester started as the academy opened.

You can tell the start just by looking at the buildings.

The lecture rooms that had been dark for a while light up, and various internal facilities like cafes and bookstores resume business.

At the entrance, the placard saying ‘Welcome to Seoul Holder Academy new students!’ is still hung, and occasionally there are phrases congratulating the ‘Villain Subjugation Squad’ or Do Jae-hyun’s achievements.

“Anyone want to commemorate the opening with a match? Assassin department C-grade or below only!”

“Come hang out at the book club BluBook. It’s different from a circle!”

“Hello! I’m from the new clan Chaser. Any 3rd years still undecided on your path, how about a consultation…”

Returning students who advanced a year and newly admitted freshmen.

The professors who would teach them and various outside guests.

Even the scouts from the various clans hiding here and there.

People of diverse affiliations roamed the academy grounds, each with their own purpose.

Thanks to them, a fresh atmosphere overflowed on campus for a change.

“Hmm…”

And on the morning of the first period,

Song Hyun-a was heading to the Warrior department building.

<Sword Ki and Combat Breathing> (Professor Kim Myeong-hyun) – Warrior Hall 302

It was for the first lecture to start.

Actually, the sword lectures held little meaning for her.

The daughter of the famous sword family Song, and the sister of Song Do-hyuk, the Brilliant Sword Path clan master.

Her reputation alone proved her sword skills, and she even discovered how to acquire the [Sword] rune herself.

Becoming a Holder was just difficult, but after that she demonstrated overwhelming talent.

So no matter which sword lecture she took at the academy, it was hard to gain any meaningful effect.

‘…But he’s the senior’s master.’

The reason she was attending the sword lecture was one.

The professor teaching it was the famous Kim Myeong-hyun, Do Jae-hyun’s master.

Not just any professor who taught him once, but his exclusive master.

This semester he was even the Warrior department head, a true expert.

Especially <Sword Ki and Combat Breathing> was a class Do Jae-hyun actually took.

If she took that class,

Not only could she receive high-level instruction, but maybe…

‘I might hear some episodes related to the senior?’

With that expectation, she signed up for Professor Kim Myeong-hyun’s lecture.

It seems like a trivial reason, but it was very important to her as Do Jae-hyun’s devoted fan.

Moreover, Song Hyun-a wasn’t the only student like that.

As Do Jae-hyun’s popularity rapidly rose among new students as an admired senior and aspiring Holder after successively boosting his stock with the ‘Villain Subjugation Operation’, ‘Transcendent Chamber’, and ‘Ripple Raid’, his fan club membership grew daily, and on days with related lectures like today, the competition multiplied.

It was a rare phenomenon for a first period lecture to have such intense competition.

“Hyun-a~”

And a familiar voice came from behind.

Her friend, a new Assassin department student and another victor in the lecture competition, Park Yoo-seo.

“Let’s go together.”

“You’re up early?”

“Of course! It’s not just any lecture, it’s Ki Breathing. I absolutely won’t be late.”

‘Ki Breathing’ was an abbreviated way to refer to the <Sword Ki and Combat Breathing> lecture.

It was nearly a miracle to meet the usually late-sleeping Park Yoo-seo in the morning, but for the Ki Breathing lecture she attended right on time as if she had signed a contract.

If her brother Park Jin-woo saw, he might faint in shock.

“…What a pain first thing in the morning.”

Beside her was an unexpected person as well.

A girl with light green hair in a ponytail.

Choi Arin, a new student in the Special department’s Alchemy major.

It was unusual for her to be here.

The three had stuck together closely since admission, but today’s first period was a joint Warrior and Assassin department lecture.

It wasn’t a lecture for someone from the Special department like her.

Seeing Song Hyun-a’s puzzled expression, Choi Arin frowned.

“There’s a required liberal arts lecture for the Special department among the Warrior courses. It’s annoying enough having to take lectures not directly related to what the Special department focuses on, but for it to be a morning class too… I’m really vexed.”

It seemed that lecture was likely being held in Warrior Hall 302 here.

An understandable story at a glance.

However, Song Hyun-a narrowed her eyes and looked at Choi Arin.

“…You didn’t sign up for the lecture next door just to see the senior, did you?”

Here, ‘senior’ obviously referred to Do Jae-hyun.

The suspicion starting from the entrance ceremony immediately triggered Choi Arin’s reaction.

“This fanatic is really… No, no! How many times do I have to say it? No, it’s a first-year lecture in the first place, how could you see that person? It’s a lecture he has already finished taking.”

Even if it was a lecture Do Jae-hyun was attending…

To take a class in the next classroom just to see him.

In Choi Arin’s mind, that was an action only an extreme fanatic could take, not an ordinary one.

“Eh- do you know? It could be true that senior Do Jae-hyun will come to our lecture.”

When Park Yoo-seo burst into a mischievous laugh as she spoke, this time Song Hyun-a made a dumbfounded expression.

“Why would senior suddenly come to our lecture?”

If that were the case, it would be better than anything, but in reality, there was no possibility of Do Jae-hyun coming to the Combat Breathing lecture.

Unless he became a teaching assistant, he was just a second-year student in the assassin department.

“You never know. Today, the professor might have an emergency, and because of that, the senior might come to give the lecture instead!”

Park Yoo-seo spoke with an innocent expression.

At that, Choi Arin, who had been shaking her head, took out an item from her arms.

“Stop daydreaming and take this.”

“What is this, a compass?”

The item she took out was a small compass.

It seemed to have been treated with special magic, as a unique energy could be felt from it in various places.

She handed two compasses to her friends and said, “It’s tentatively called the Remote Magic Compass. If you input magic into the medium connected to the compass, you can remotely track the direction of that medium. Do an experiment for me to see if it works well, as payback for messing with me.”

At that explanation, Park Yoo-seo’s eyes widened.

“You made this, Arin?”

“…Or did I steal it?”

“Wow, Arin, you’re really a genius! How did you already invent a magic tool? Wow…”

At those words, Choi Arin let out a small sigh.

Genius.

Ever since Do Jae-hyun had provided financial support last year, Choi Arin, who had blossomed her talents along with her sister, had heard that word to the point of her ears ringing.

However, she did not fully agree with that word.

In these times when true geniuses were emerging…

It was difficult for her to claim the title of genius with just this.

‘She calls herself a genius too.’

Moreover, Park Yoo-seo, who called her that, was also a genius.

Not to mention Song Hyun-a, the top admitted student, next to her.

The golden generation of freshmen following the current second-years.

The three people present were the ones being called that name in public.

“Anyway, do an experiment next time. See if it works properly when you input magic. I’ll go to class first.”

“Okay! See you later, Arin.”

With that, Choi Arin entered the next classroom, and Song Hyun-a and Park Yoo-seo also entered room 302 for the Combat Breathing class.

And…

In room 302, where Kim Myeong-hyun’s lecture on <Sword Breath and Combat Breathing> was supposed to take place…

A handsome student assistant was standing in the center.

“Hello, students. Today, Professor Kim Myeong-hyun had an urgent external business trip, so I will be giving the orientation on the first day instead. Although I’m just an undergraduate student, the professor directly received approval from the administration, so don’t worry and just attend the class. Now, let me start with attendance.”

The sudden appearance of the most famous person at the academy caused an uproar in the lecture hall.

A professor absent on the first day due to personal matters.

Moreover, instead of a teaching assistant, an undergraduate student was assigned as a substitute by the professor.

Ordinarily, this would have resulted in a torrent of criticism in the lecture evaluation, but since it was Do Jae-hyun, the situation changed.

-Is this for real?

-Should I get his autograph?

-Kyaaa…!!

The lecture hall had already become a fan meeting venue.

Watching this, Song Hyun-a blankly thought,

‘Why is this real?’

Park Yoo-seo…

Does she have some kind of future-telling rune?

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Ippotranslation

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“We did it! It’s a success!”

Professor Kang Dong-wook exclaimed with a voice filled with joy.

While I tried to remain composed during the experiment, in truth my mind was filled with the thought that we had succeeded.

“Holder Do Jae-hyun is truly remarkable. An area that I could not succeed in despite years of research…”

“No, if it weren’t for you professor, I would not have been able to unlock even the first stage.”

“Hahaha! Still humble as always.”

We were researching the [Order of Fusion] as usual.

The special item [Order of Fusion] that provides unlimited possibilities to Holders who deal with contracts.

Normally, this item only raises the Leadership ability score by 10, but its ability changes depending on the unlocking of seals.

The first stage increases understanding and affinity with contractors.

The second stage makes successful contracts easier and increases the probability.

And the third stage…

Provides unlimited magic for maintaining the summons of contractors.

In other words, as long as the Leadership ability score is supported, no matter how many contractors are summoned, there is no impact on magic at all.

‘…So it wasn’t easy.’

As much as it showed an ability incomparable to the other stages, the unlocking process was quite complicated and difficult.

It was impossible for the expert Professor Kang Dong-wook despite years of effort, and I joined for a few months of research together but made no progress.

However, today, the day of the special research,

We finally succeeded in unlocking the third stage seal of the [Order of Fusion].

At the center of this amazing result…

Was the higher rune [Law of Contracts] that I had newly obtained.

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