a charnel house inside a guardian gate
There, where the remains of thousands of people were laid to rest, Kang Min-hyuk looked still at the skeleton with a picture of a woman on it.
In fact, I couldn't remember the memories with the woman in the picture well. She, who called her mother, died when Kang Min-hyuk was still young, and has been enshrined in the charnel house of Sooho Gate ever since. For Kang Min-hyuk, she only remembered that she was his mother, but her presence was great.
From the age of eight to seventeen.
The mother in the hazy memory was a means of giving her father a sense of purpose.
How long has it been?
As the sun outside the window turned into the sunset, I heard footsteps from the corridor.
"Here you are.”
a bright voice
An impressive man with a smiling face was Ha Min-sung, a first-class disciple of Suho Gate, just like Jeong Pan-su.
When Kang Min-hyuk did not answer, Ha Min-sung came up to the side and said,
"Why did you have to make such a big deal out of course. In fact, if you come out obediently, there's no reason for the guardians to touch you. But every time I go through a case where I have no choice but to care like an awl that pops out, the household gods get all that shit."
After Kang Minhyuk left.
The festive mood was very chaotic.
Jeong Pan-ho raised his voice to expel Kang Min-hyeok, but when Kang Deok-cheol frowned, the position quickly closed.
And now.
Kang smiled at the concern of Ha Min-sung, son of Ha Dong-cheol, the master of Changshul.
"Min Sung."
"Yes."
"The moment I put down the post of successor, I needed to set a firm attitude. I had to go astray so that the new heir could establish himself, not become an unstable variable that could mess up the succession plan. Well, it's the reality that I have to deal with for giving up my heir's duties. If I had been quiet like you said, and I had a new problem with the suspicion that I had other ideas."
“·········.”
What Kang Minhyuk says.
Ha Min-sung knew what that meant.
People describe Kang as a scourge of the family, but Kang chose to be a scourge for the family.
admission to a magic department
It was not an accidental choice, but a planned intention.
"Ha."
Ha Min-sung sighed loudly.
I was annoyed.
If Kang Min-hyuk had the talent everyone wanted, such a problem would have happened.
"I'm always on your side. A long time ago, even now. So just let me know if you need any help. If that's what breaks Jung's unlucky face, I'm more willing to help."
"Thanks for the word.”
"By the way, what happened to attending a magic academic contest? Wasn't the entrance to the magic department just a performance to show that he had completely put down his place as successor?”
"It used to be. But as I learned, magic fits my aptitude. So I'm going to try it from the bottom of my heart."
" "····정말정말정말정말?"
Ha Min-sung's expression hardened.
truth
Kang Min-hyuk is a person who doesn't say empty words.
Then, it means that participating in academic competitions is not just a performance.
"Are you okay? As far as I know, the magic conference is still only open to talented people who are recognized in the world of magic. I know you're not the kind of person to do things without a hitch, but it hasn't been long since you learned magic.”
"But I'm going to try it out."
"Well."
Ha Min-sung laughed.
Actually, I was worried for no reason.
If your opponent is Kang Min-hyuk, you may have faith in him.
A flash of old memories came to mind.
"The captain can do anything well."
A few years ago from now.
Even then, Kang Min-hyuk was the kind of person who really suited the post of successor.
***
The day of the magic conference has dawned.
This competition will be held in Gyeonggi Province.
Participants gathered at the magic department in the morning all together on a magic bus, and on the way, Kim Moo-yeol, who sat next to him, kept talking.
"What the hell are you thinking about taking part in the contest? There's no way the form change and double casting research could have been successful.”
Kim Moo-yeol.
Although he is only a student who has yet to graduate, he is already receiving the attention of many masts.
And while conducting research with Professor Lee Mi-hye since second grade, she has accumulated a considerable amount of magic knowledge that no student in the department can think of. For Kim Moo-yeol, Kang Min-hyuk's move was full of questions. Although it was questionable that only a first-year student participated in a sacred magic academic competition, the problem was that the change in form and double casting that Kang Min-hyuk challenges are very unlikely to be realized.
The Difficulties of the Magical Academic Society((
However, Kim Moo-yeol could not help but be embarrassed to hear that he will participate in the competition as a crude team that includes Kang Min-hyuk.
“·········.”
Kang Min-hyuk was silent.
Kim Moo-yeol's expression was distorted when he silently read magic books.
"Is it because you are a patron of the Suho Gate? You're a piece of shit."
It was an inferiority complex.
Kang Min-hyuk did no harm, but Kim Moo-yeol, who learns non-mainstream studies, was being mean for no reason.
"You seem to be participating in this contest for fun, but I put my life and soul into the magic academic contest. You know what we're working on? It's the fusion of wind bomb and inferno. With the fusion of three-circle magic and four-circle magic, we found a way to create five-circle magic power."
There was no return answer.
Kim Moo-yeol, however, did not care about such reactions and was eager to praise his achievements.
"It was actually really hard to develop magic. Magic has its own system, and it's a task that most wizards don't dare to think about to fuse together so that it doesn't cause problems. But I'm different. Professor Lee Mi-hye and I have been working on this research for 2 years and finally achieved results. You know what this means? I'm sure I'm going to win this competition, and I'm going to get rich and honor as a wizard."
Kim Moo-yeol grinned.
Just imagining it made me happy.
If the event is successfully completed, his position as a mere undergraduate will be completely different.
It was then.
Thick.
Kang Min-hyuk covered the book.
Then, he looked at Kim Moo-yeol and said,
"Senior."
"Huh?"
"There's a saying in the gate. Prove your efforts by sweating by swinging the sword a few more times, when you are about to topple your opponent with your mouth. If you're going to keep talking about your delusions, tell me after you get the results."
Kim Moo-yeol's face turned red.
But Kang turned his eyes and looked out of the window as if he would not have any further conversation.
Since then, the conversation has been cut off.
Soon after, the magic bus arrived at a place in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, where the magic academic competition will take place.
***
a magic conference
As if to prove its reputation as a festival of magic academics, people from well-known magical groups around the world gathered together.
"It's the French Magic Association!"
"It's from the BloodMoon tower, too?"
"It's like a magic conference. It's from all the magic groups that I know.”
With the emergence of great groups not normally accessible, Kim Moo-yeol was busy looking around because his eyes were wide open.
In fact, it is not a place to play at the Academy of Magic. Usually, academic societies and famous masts representing a country participate in the event, sometimes in the academy. Choi Byung-ho's choice to field three teams was quite unusual.
Kim Moo-yeol's reaction.
It's not for nothing.
He had a precious opportunity to play for two years, but he couldn't help but be displeased to hear that Kang Min-hyuk suddenly.
The contest was held in the auditorium.
When the participants of the contest and famous celebrities invited as judges were present, the host stepped forward.
"Hello, I'm Donald Butler, the host of this 82nd magic conference. It feels great to see familiar faces after a long time."
Donald Butler.
A member of the American Magic Association and a significant presence in the World Federation of Magic.
Having already formed five circles a decade ago, he is a wizard recognized by people around the world.
I've heard that the powerful blitz he spews out, even the reinforced warriors recognize its power.
"As you all know, I'd like to give a brief explanation of the magic conference for the first time. The Magic Academic Conference was started for the development of magic. Magic requires a lot of research and investment, so without a place to share each other's studies, development will be slow. So, in exchange for announcing the results of the study in public goods, we've created a system in which magical groups around the world pay a reasonable price."
award-winning works
It is reasonably priced according to the evaluation of the judges.
In the case of the five-circle magic Thunder Cannon developed by the American Magic Association three years ago, it received a whopping 8.5 billion won.
He is not the only reward.
"And the winners will be given Class B or higher ID cards. A person who owns a Class B ID can access the World Witch Association's materials at any time, and can be treated as a VIP in any country. For your information, a wizard with an A-level ID card is entitled to lead the tower. It's unusual, but Ben Lyons, who first discovered the five-circle magic, has a precedent of receiving an A-level ID card at a magic conference."
Other than that, there are invisible rewards.
The mere fact that he has been certified at a magic conference increases his value, and many groups are eager to scout him. There's a saying to wizards. Magic is the study of knowledge, so having a scholar as great as having a great Magician is very helpful to the organization.
Kang Pil-doo was right.
This was a place where, as long as it were awarded, the wizard was given wealth and honor.
Donald Butler said.
"Well, now we're going to start the 82nd magic conference."
a sorcerer's feast
That's how the magic conference began.
a charnel house inside a guardian gate
There, where the remains of thousands of people were laid to rest, Kang Min-hyuk looked still at the skeleton with a picture of a woman on it.
In fact, I couldn't remember the memories with the woman in the picture well. She, who called her mother, died when Kang Min-hyuk was still young, and has been enshrined in the charnel house of Sooho Gate ever since. For Kang Min-hyuk, she only remembered that she was his mother, but her presence was great.
From the age of eight to seventeen.
The mother in the hazy memory was a means of giving her father a sense of purpose.
How long has it been?
As the sun outside the window turned into the sunset, I heard footsteps from the corridor.
"Here you are.”
a bright voice
An impressive man with a smiling face was Ha Min-sung, a first-class disciple of Suho Gate, just like Jeong Pan-su.
When Kang Min-hyuk did not answer, Ha Min-sung came up to the side and said,
"Why did you have to make such a big deal out of course. In fact, if you come out obediently, there's no reason for the guardians to touch you. But every time I go through a case where I have no choice but to care like an awl that pops out, the household gods get all that shit."
After Kang Minhyuk left.
The festive mood was very chaotic.
Jeong Pan-ho raised his voice to expel Kang Min-hyeok, but when Kang Deok-cheol frowned, the position quickly closed.
And now.
Kang smiled at the concern of Ha Min-sung, son of Ha Dong-cheol, the master of Changshul.
"Min Sung."
"Yes."
"The moment I put down the post of successor, I needed to set a firm attitude. I had to go astray so that the new heir could establish himself, not become an unstable variable that could mess up the succession plan. Well, it's the reality that I have to deal with for giving up my heir's duties. If I had been quiet like you said, and I had a new problem with the suspicion that I had other ideas."
“·········.”
What Kang Minhyuk says.
Ha Min-sung knew what that meant.
People describe Kang as a scourge of the family, but Kang chose to be a scourge for the family.
admission to a magic department
It was not an accidental choice, but a planned intention.
"Ha."
Ha Min-sung sighed loudly.
I was annoyed.
If Kang Min-hyuk had the talent everyone wanted, such a problem would have happened.
"I'm always on your side. A long time ago, even now. So just let me know if you need any help. If that's what breaks Jung's unlucky face, I'm more willing to help."
"Thanks for the word.”
"By the way, what happened to attending a magic academic contest? Wasn't the entrance to the magic department just a performance to show that he had completely put down his place as successor?”
"It used to be. But as I learned, magic fits my aptitude. So I'm going to try it from the bottom of my heart."
" "····정말정말정말정말?"
Ha Min-sung's expression hardened.
truth
Kang Min-hyuk is a person who doesn't say empty words.
Then, it means that participating in academic competitions is not just a performance.
"Are you okay? As far as I know, the magic conference is still only open to talented people who are recognized in the world of magic. I know you're not the kind of person to do things without a hitch, but it hasn't been long since you learned magic.”
"But I'm going to try it out."
"Well."
Ha Min-sung laughed.
Actually, I was worried for no reason.
If your opponent is Kang Min-hyuk, you may have faith in him.
A flash of old memories came to mind.
"The captain can do anything well."
A few years ago from now.
Even then, Kang Min-hyuk was the kind of person who really suited the post of successor.
***
The day of the magic conference has dawned.
This competition will be held in Gyeonggi Province.
Participants gathered at the magic department in the morning all together on a magic bus, and on the way, Kim Moo-yeol, who sat next to him, kept talking.
"What the hell are you thinking about taking part in the contest? There's no way the form change and double casting research could have been successful.”
Kim Moo-yeol.
Although he is only a student who has yet to graduate, he is already receiving the attention of many masts.
And while conducting research with Professor Lee Mi-hye since second grade, she has accumulated a considerable amount of magic knowledge that no student in the department can think of. For Kim Moo-yeol, Kang Min-hyuk's move was full of questions. Although it was questionable that only a first-year student participated in a sacred magic academic competition, the problem was that the change in form and double casting that Kang Min-hyuk challenges are very unlikely to be realized.
The Difficulties of the Magical Academic Society((
However, Kim Moo-yeol could not help but be embarrassed to hear that he will participate in the competition as a crude team that includes Kang Min-hyuk.
“·········.”
Kang Min-hyuk was silent.
Kim Moo-yeol's expression was distorted when he silently read magic books.
"Is it because you are a patron of the Suho Gate? You're a piece of shit."
It was an inferiority complex.
Kang Min-hyuk did no harm, but Kim Moo-yeol, who learns non-mainstream studies, was being mean for no reason.
"You seem to be participating in this contest for fun, but I put my life and soul into the magic academic contest. You know what we're working on? It's the fusion of wind bomb and inferno. With the fusion of three-circle magic and four-circle magic, we found a way to create five-circle magic power."
There was no return answer.
Kim Moo-yeol, however, did not care about such reactions and was eager to praise his achievements.
"It was actually really hard to develop magic. Magic has its own system, and it's a task that most wizards don't dare to think about to fuse together so that it doesn't cause problems. But I'm different. Professor Lee Mi-hye and I have been working on this research for 2 years and finally achieved results. You know what this means? I'm sure I'm going to win this competition, and I'm going to get rich and honor as a wizard."
Kim Moo-yeol grinned.
Just imagining it made me happy.
If the event is successfully completed, his position as a mere undergraduate will be completely different.
It was then.
Thick.
Kang Min-hyuk covered the book.
Then, he looked at Kim Moo-yeol and said,
"Senior."
"Huh?"
"There's a saying in the gate. Prove your efforts by sweating by swinging the sword a few more times, when you are about to topple your opponent with your mouth. If you're going to keep talking about your delusions, tell me after you get the results."
Kim Moo-yeol's face turned red.
But Kang turned his eyes and looked out of the window as if he would not have any further conversation.
Since then, the conversation has been cut off.
Soon after, the magic bus arrived at a place in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, where the magic academic competition will take place.
***
a magic conference
As if to prove its reputation as a festival of magic academics, people from well-known magical groups around the world gathered together.
"It's the French Magic Association!"
"It's from the BloodMoon tower, too?"
"It's like a magic conference. It's from all the magic groups that I know.”
With the emergence of great groups not normally accessible, Kim Moo-yeol was busy looking around because his eyes were wide open.
In fact, it is not a place to play at the Academy of Magic. Usually, academic societies and famous masts representing a country participate in the event, sometimes in the academy. Choi Byung-ho's choice to field three teams was quite unusual.
Kim Moo-yeol's reaction.
It's not for nothing.
He had a precious opportunity to play for two years, but he couldn't help but be displeased to hear that Kang Min-hyuk suddenly.
The contest was held in the auditorium.
When the participants of the contest and famous celebrities invited as judges were present, the host stepped forward.
"Hello, I'm Donald Butler, the host of this 82nd magic conference. It feels great to see familiar faces after a long time."
Donald Butler.
A member of the American Magic Association and a significant presence in the World Federation of Magic.
Having already formed five circles a decade ago, he is a wizard recognized by people around the world.
I've heard that the powerful blitz he spews out, even the reinforced warriors recognize its power.
"As you all know, I'd like to give a brief explanation of the magic conference for the first time. The Magic Academic Conference was started for the development of magic. Magic requires a lot of research and investment, so without a place to share each other's studies, development will be slow. So, in exchange for announcing the results of the study in public goods, we've created a system in which magical groups around the world pay a reasonable price."
award-winning works
It is reasonably priced according to the evaluation of the judges.
In the case of the five-circle magic Thunder Cannon developed by the American Magic Association three years ago, it received a whopping 8.5 billion won.
He is not the only reward.
"And the winners will be given Class B or higher ID cards. A person who owns a Class B ID can access the World Witch Association's materials at any time, and can be treated as a VIP in any country. For your information, a wizard with an A-level ID card is entitled to lead the tower. It's unusual, but Ben Lyons, who first discovered the five-circle magic, has a precedent of receiving an A-level ID card at a magic conference."
Other than that, there are invisible rewards.
The mere fact that he has been certified at a magic conference increases his value, and many groups are eager to scout him. There's a saying to wizards. Magic is the study of knowledge, so having a scholar as great as having a great Magician is very helpful to the organization.
Kang Pil-doo was right.
This was a place where, as long as it were awarded, the wizard was given wealth and honor.
Donald Butler said.
"Well, now we're going to start the 82nd magic conference."
a sorcerer's feast
That's how the magic conference began.
