Chapter 555 – Chapter 555. Misalignment

A new day has dawned.
It was only a short break for one night, but Lee Ho-yeon’s body completely regained its condition.

“If you’re not going to be contacted, why are you using a smartwatch?”

Lee Ho-yeon grumbled and pressed the elevator button.

Geeing-

Early in the morning on the way to Im Sol’s lab.
The now-familiar elevator in the lobby of the Magic Hall descends.

“I’m guessing you’re not sleeping yet anyway.”

There is only one situation where Im Sol doesn’t reply to messages.
This is when she is concentrating on her magic research.

Seeing that she hasn’t replied since yesterday, it means she’s been immersed in magic research.
A researcher’s day and night are inherently jumbled.
By now, he must be in a drowsy state, unable to fall asleep, and doing more research.

‘If you’re sleeping… It’s a pity, but I’ll go to Baek A-young and then come back.’

If you leave a note on the desk, he will reply to your message.

[It is the second floor.]

Lee Ho-yeon got into her elevator and got off on the familiar second floor.
And the face he hadn’t seen in a long time greeted him.

“Huh? Cadet Hoenn. It’s been a while.”
“Oh, hello. Assistant.”

Lee Ho-yeon bowed his head at the sight of Im Sol’s assistant guarding the lab.
Originally, she knew that Im Sol had her assistant, but when she concentrated on her magical research, she left her lab empty, so she actually missed more days of her work.

However, after she was rescued by Baek A-young after doing magic research without eating and drinking for a week, the teaching assistant changed to work when contact was lost due to magic research for more than 10 hours.
In other words, her presence means Im Sol is doing her magic research.
Lee Ho-yeon looked at the lights in the training room and spoke to his assistant.

“It’s been a while. I think the professor is in the training room?”
“Yes. Oh, but he said no one is allowed in now.”
“Me too?”
“Well, you didn’t say anything…”

Lee Ho-yeon nodded her head as she looked at her assistant, an expression she didn’t know what to do.
In fact, even if Lee Ho-yeon invaded without a word, I don’t think he would hear anything from Im-sol… But that doesn’t seem to be the assistant’s position.

‘What can I do? Don’t bother making it uncomfortable, let’s wait.’

I came early in the morning, so I have plenty of time.
Shall we watch Professor Im Sol’s training for a while?
Lee Ho-yeon naturally sat next to his teaching assistant and watched Im Sol’s training.

[Execute Imsol’s Special Curriculum 3]

“What is Imsol’s special curriculum?

It’s straightforward and anyone can tell that it’s exclusively for Imsol, so Professor Imsol seems to have made it himself.

‘Because he is the best, he must make his own training system.’

Being in the best position is somehow bittersweet.
But for a while, such useless thoughts.
Lee Ho-yeon immediately fell in love with Im Sol’s movements.

“That way over there… Oh, right. Oh. Wow. Crazy man that.”

I want to eat some popcorn.
Lee Ho-yeon focused on Im Sol’s magical movements and exclaimed in admiration.
Anyone who sees it will know that Im Sol is the main character. Why are you so ignorantly strong?

“I don’t really understand when I see the professor training. The Hoyeon cadets look interesting.”
“Haha… No. Huh? But why did you stop?”

She was feeling the burden of the assistant’s gaze looking at her as if she was curious, but suddenly Im Sol stopped training and began to think deeply about something.

“Well… There are too many things I can’t understand to care about the professor’s every single action.”

Unaware of Ahn’s situation, Lee Ho-yeon and his teaching assistant blankly watched Im Sol’s worries.
How long has it been

Im Sol, who stopped her worries, sent a signal outside.

[Chocolate.]

“…What is this?”
“The professor asks me to bring him chocolates every break. Professors rarely have accidents, so this is what I usually do.”
“What is it.”
“Still, I don’t know how comfortable it is since there’s nothing to do but this.”

I’m envious that you have such a honey job.

“I think it’s time for a break. Shall the Hoenn students go in too?”
“I’m fine.”

I was able to meet Im Sol faster than I thought.
Lee Ho-yeon entered the training room with the chocolate her assistant gave her in her hand.

*

“Run training.”

[All right. Imsol Special Curriculum 3 will be re-executed.]

A magic training room that is too large to be used alone.
The silver-haired wizard tucked his hair behind his ears and adjusted the training system as if he were used to it.

[14 hours have passed since you started training. Excessive training can break the balance of the body, so be careful….]

I pushed aside the familiar warning window.
For Im Sol, 14-hour training is like a warm-up.
She asked the academy to remove this phrase several times, but it was still unfair to be ignored.

“Even if she didn’t collapse then… Tsk.”

It must have been because of Ahyeong’s report. From that day on, the assistant was also forced to go to work.
That’s why I wanted to keep it a secret.
My body went wrong after only starving for a week. Humans are obviously badly designed.

Kwadeudeuk-!

Dozens of magic circles appeared in front of Imsol’s eyes.
She herself created ‘Imsol’s exclusive curriculum.’ It is a training of extreme difficulty in which a random combination of thousands of magic circles pops out.

“… Hmmm. Why?”

Im Sol, who knocked out the rushing magic one by one with terrifying momentum, continued to worry at the same time.
The worries that fill her mind after the battle with Lucifer.

“The magic that Lucifer was using… Why didn’t you investigate it. Imsol.”

After her sparring with Lee Ho-yeon, she realized the difference she felt after the battle with Lucifer.
It was her doubts about herself.

Imsol lived her whole life looking only at magic.
Up until now, she thought her own magical views were all perfect. No, actually she was perfect.
Her Imsol’s magic was never wrong.
She was always the best, she was praised, and she was ahead of everyone.

… Of course, this is a story before Lee Ho-yeon appeared, but that is not important now.

Imsol never once doubted her findings of her own magical research, and when she had any questions, she immediately hung up and unraveled them.
Her research was perfect in everything from topic selection to results.

But that Im Sol.
Why did she miss the appearance of the new magical power?

“A mistake? No. I missed a new magic power? …Me? There’s no way I could have made that mistake.”

Imsol shook her head as if she didn’t understand.
A ridiculous assumption, but it actually made her head hurt.

“Did you say it was the magic of hell?”

Imsol slowly recalled her own memories.

It starts with sparring with Lee Ho-yeon.
Her own disciple unabashedly unleashed her new magic.

‘Hell’s magic’ exploded at the last moment

The magic that makes this world. And magic using that mana.
These are things Im Sol is all too familiar with. And, because of that, he couldn’t cope with the new mana.

That ominous magic denied the magic system that Im Sol had built up until now.
A destructive magic power that seems to consume one’s own magic power.
Since there was no information, it was impossible to calculate backwards, and it was impossible to inject magic power to take additional countermeasures.

[Are you sure you want to take the next step (Curriculum No. 4 for Imsol only)?]

The pouring magic stopped before I knew it, but Imsol cleared the notification window and continued her worries.

“No. It wasn’t the first time.”

When you meet the incubus.
It’s an unpleasant memory that lingers in a blur, but Im Sol slowly recalled what happened that day.

The low-level and eerie magic that the monstrous creature used.
And the destructive magic used by Lee Ho-yeon and Lucifer.
Those two were the same magic power after all.

‘Why didn’t I deal with it even after going through it?’

If I had prepared faster, I could have been of much help in the battle against Lucifer.
I had enough time to do it, so why couldn’t I? Imsol rode up on her memories a little more.

When black pillars appeared all over the world.
Im Sol-do, as a professor at the academy, conducted an investigation, albeit formally.

“I felt it then too. Yes. It’s clear.”

It was light dizziness, but it was clearly the same as the hellish magic that Lucifer was using.

Of course, the black pillar has an excuse.
When the black pillar first appeared, it was a national incident, but after the study that there was nothing wrong with just being around it, it was treated as a monstrous thing that ruined the scenery.

‘… It’s weird from that Sol Im. Wake.’

I shook my head and cleared out useless thoughts.
Im Sol knows herself very well.
When an incident arises related to magic, Im Sol clings to it until it is resolved.
She said that if her condition had been normal, she would never have let a new magic power appear that could be studied.

However, Im Sol ignored her magic.
Not once, but many times.
Clearly there is a problem with this.

“Imsol. Why did you do that? Why didn’t you investigate? Was the topic you were researching important at the time? No, that’s not important.”

No matter how important the subject of study is, new discoveries are not missed.
Imsol squeezed her brain hard once again, but she, of course, didn’t come up with an answer.
Because she can’t go and ask her past self.

“I wonder if I’ll think about it after filling the party.”

She can’t even focus on training as she is now. She needs a sugar charge to get her head spinning anyway.
After Im Sol closed her training room, she signaled her assistant, who would be waiting outside, to bring her chocolates.
Once you’ve filled her sugar and then sleep to fill her body’s fatigue, you’ll think of something.

“But I want to solve this and go to sleep. Umm…”

It is her feeling that is about to catch the clue of her troubles that filled her own head.
Little. With just a little bit of a catalyst, she feels like she could come up with it right away….

“Professor Imsol. The Bulcho disciple has arrived.”

Just then, a large detonator entered the training room.
Seeing the student bringing the chocolate with a smile, Im Sol responded with the same smile, and she approached Lee Ho-yeon.

Widely-

“Yes?”

She quickly approaches and snatches the chocolate from Lee Ho-yeon’s hand before popping it into her mouth.
The chocolate, which was so sweet that it gave him a headache, made Im Sol’s mind clear.

“Are you mad? Why chocolate…”
“You’re welcome. Have a sparring with me.”
“Yes? No, Professor, wait. I didn’t come here for that…”

Imsol ignored Lee Ho-yeon’s answer and adjusted her training room.
It’s time for her to sleep soon, but her body was hot from training just before, so her condition wasn’t bad.
When I glanced at Lee Ho-yeon, her body looked good.

“Dalian mode. Safety is the best. There is pain.”
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute! Professor Lim Sol. No, Sol!”

It wasn’t until after the teaching assistant, who had been watching her, bowed her head and went outside that Lee Ho-yeon grabbed Im-sol by the shoulder and shook her wildly.
Why is this person suddenly like this?
As soon as I saw her face, I started fighting. Did her head go crazy while researching magic?

“What’s the matter?”
“It’s me who wants to say that. Why are you doing that?”
“I have something on my mind.”
“Tell me what it is and fight it.”
“The magic of hell that Lucifer was using. That bothers me. I have to remember why I didn’t prepare for it. I feel like I’m missing something.”
“…”

As soon as Lee Ho-yeon heard Im Sol’s words, she narrowed her eyes.
Okay. The feeling of something out of place that I had felt since the runaway phenomenon of the black pillar and the dungeon.
He couldn’t say it out loud, but she felt something similar to Im Sol.

“I have some guesses, too.”
“I think I can catch it in one sparring session. Are you in good condition?”
“I’m fine, but the fight with Lucifer was just yesterday, so I’m fine, right?
“Yes.”

Lee Ho-yeon was not the only one who received the blessing of mana.
In terms of her magic, Im Sol’s talent was also great, and of course, her resilience was quick.
A little bit of her physical exhaustion lingers, but much of it can be overcome with spirit.

“Ha ha. Yes. Lightly instead. Okay?”

Lee Ho-yeon gave up persuasion.
Eyes are back
I think it would be better to have a conversation after getting along moderately.

I’m tired.
Lee Ho-yeon let out a sigh and raised her mana.