Chapter 130 – End of Summer Vacation (1)

For Lee Sian, it could be said to be dawn, but for Yoo Sian, it was the afternoon, closer to evening.

I don’t plan on staying in the library for that long, so I think it’ll be okay if I go and do my work at this time and have dinner with Seoyeon, right?

It wasn’t my first visit, but I entered an unfamiliar library and looked for a book about shadows at the kiosk.

There were quite a few books related to shadows.

There seemed to be useful books on techniques using shadows, and there were also books related to shadow magic.

Is there no King of Shadows? It seems to be a title for a shadow caster who has reached a certain level, but I couldn’t find it in the book title.

In Murim alone, how many people have the title of king, such as Yeomwang or Geomwang?

It seems like you should just look for the King of Shadows on the Internet, not in the library.

At first, I headed to the bookshelf to find two books that I thought looked good, and I was able to find them without difficulty.

Techniques using shadows. This was a book about how to deceive others.

Since I knew that the Dark Spirit Slayer Sword that Cian Raven made to complement Shadow Mastery was weaker than I thought, I picked it up with the thought that it would be good to be able to strengthen it, and I picked up a book related to shadow magic for Shadow Mastery.

The Raven family’s roots are wizards, and their basic practice is assassination using shadow magic, but they ultimately engage in close combat by giving physical power and form to the shadows.

Since Cyan Raven is a different species, I am learning it in reverse, but since I was able to use Shadow Circle through skill link, wouldn’t I be able to use shadow magic soon?

With that in mind, I opened the book, but I couldn’t understand what was written.

‘Is this why Chris Roanna was telling her to increase her understanding of her skills?’

The content is too difficult.

I was wondering how to learn this and turn it into a skill, so I could does it like other wizards, but I had a hard time from the beginning.

Looking back on Cian Raven’s memories, I realized that this guy just didn’t want to use his brain, so he tried something else first and ended up learning Shadow Craft.

‘I thought my hair wasn’t that bad?’

In the zombie apocalypse world, have I really become stupid after hearing Naeun call me ignorant so many times?

No. I heard that because the weapon I was using was stupid, but I’m definitely not stupid.

First, it wasn’t something I could read while standing casually, so I picked up the book and looked around the seats in the library.

‘Why are these two people at the same table?’

Seoyeon and Chris Roanna sitting at the diagonal ends.

Seoyeon, with her light blue hair tied in a ponytail, slightly exposing the nape of her neck, was quietly reading a book with her head down, and on the diagonal of her was Chris Roanna, wearing glasses, who had built a wall of books again today and then quickly read a book.

Even if you pile up books like that, you have the ability to quickly put them on the bookshelf, but I think it would be better to just take out and read only what you want to read right away, right?

Isn’t that also a nuisance? But there aren’t that many students using the library right now, so there shouldn’t be any problem.

With that in mind, I decided to sit next to Seoyeon.

Unlike Seoyeon, who had her back to me, Chris Roanna could see me even if she lifted her head just a little, and she didn’t seem to care whether she was concentrating on reading.

Grumbling

As I carefully pulled out the chair, there was an annoying sound, and Seo-yeon, who had been concentrating on reading a book, turned her head to check on the strange person sitting right next to her, even though there were plenty of seats.

“Ah.”

Seoyeon parted her lips and let out a small exclamation and smiled.

I also slightly bowed my head, put down the two books, and sat down.

Pursing her lips, Seoyeon took out her smartphone, typed on it, and held it out.

[Tell me if you’re coming♡]

Did you just put a heart on it? I took the smartphone that Seoyeon held out and responded.

[I want to read a book for a moment. I came here with the intention of going to dinner with you.]

[Okay. Then let’s have dinner together.♡]

After writing down the answer, Seoyeon put her smartphone back in her pocket and started looking at her book.

I’m working hard on pre-study, so I should stop touching it and just read the book I brought.

Thinking so, she reached over to where she had left the book, but there was nothing.

When she raised her head and looked at the supposed culprit, it turned out that Chris Roanna was her culprit.

The two books I had brought were hanging on the blue tip extending from her fingertips, and after roughly checking the contents, Chris Roanna returned them to me.

It’s not like I didn’t show effort in the first semester, so is it surprising to see the book?

The last time we met, we had a sparring session in the sparring room where it felt like I was cutting a barrage of magic arrows with a sword made with Shadow Craft…

I don’t know. I should study.

*

‘I don’t know much about magic.’

I pushed the book related to shadow magic far away.

There were too many things to think about, such as mana consumption, coordinates, property changes, etc.

The basics were too difficult for me to learn, having learned most of the skills given to me by quests.

Rather than saying it was difficult, I was able to do all the basics.

Temperature change? Using Shadow Mastery, you can create negative attribute mana.

Coordinate? It can be set to either the right or left hand.

When I used a skill without worrying much about mana consumption, a weapon made of shadows appeared, and I thought there was no further optimization, with mana being consumed only when I had to send mana to maintain the form.

However, Cyan Raven was unable to do what is commonly thought of as shadow magic, such as creating thorns from the shadow to attack or entering the shadow.

I decided to go into that body and think about why it was that way, and I read the book that contained techniques using shadows with more concentration.

There were other techniques written on it, such as how to use shadows for hiding and how to circulate mana needed to kill a presence, which are different from those used with the Black Spirit Slayer Sword.

I felt like I could use Yeongtu (影套) a little more efficiently by using the information written here.

The problem was that the effect of the young fighter, who hides in the shadows and erases my presence, was drastically reduced because he could identify me through my form when he saw me at the moment when I covered the shadow. However, if you use what is written here, you can blur the shape. It seemed like there would be.

Even that amount would have been quite helpful in shaking off pursuers who followed him as he fled after the assassination.

‘But will there be any assassination now?’

The Raven family was half ruined when the head of the family attacked the Crow family, which dreamed of rebellion.

There is Princess Rosette, who can give me orders, and Terry Crow, who can collect information, but both of them have a male-female relationship with Cyan Raven.

Especially because Princess Rosette needed me so much that she used a brainwashing spell on me.

For now, let’s erase all unnecessary thoughts and focus on the book.

I shook my head slightly and looked at the book again, but the content was no longer in my mind.

Should we be satisfied with the improved version of Yeongtu?

“It’s 6 o’clock.”

At that time, Seoyeon, who was sitting next to me, stood up holding a book and whispered softly in my ear.

It’s time for dinner. I can’t even think about it, so let’s just get up.

I could still hear the students in the library getting up from their seats to go out to dinner, but Chris Loanna continued to stay there.

I put the two books on the bookshelf and waited for Seoyeon to borrow one.

“Sian, what book did you read?”

Seoyeon, holding a book in one hand, crossed her arms and asked me.

“I read a book about shadows. I wanted to further develop the skills I gained from the quest.”

“Really? You said that black weapon was a shadow, right?”

“Yes. I thought there might be more ways to use it, so I kept that in mind. What about you? Are you still using auxiliary magic?”

“The main goal of the second semester is to learn all the basic auxiliary magic and then integrate it to fit your personality, so I learned all the basics.”

I understand that after your last date, you started studying alone.

It didn’t seem like much time had passed since then, but considering that she had already mastered the basics, Seoyeon’s healing magic talent seemed to be outstanding.

I don’t think there’s any need to worry about Seo-yeon, as her rating her, which was lowered because she didn’t accompany her to the dungeon and only supported her with healing, will rise again in the second semester

I knew that my evaluation was getting a little worse because I was still carrying the stigma of being the weakest in the academy.

To turn all that around, I need to show a good performance in the second semester.

*

Global Academy’s student cafeteria seemed to shine even brighter after visiting the zombie apocalypse world.

There was just the right amount of meat and a lot of salad.

Seoyeon, who maintains a beautiful body by eating meat and vegetables in moderation, seemed a little surprised to see the amount of salad I served.

“Sian, did you eat that many vegetables? I know it’s not like you don’t eat them.”

“I want to eat a lot of fresh vegetables today.”

“Really? But don’t leave anything behind?”

“I didn’t leave anything. Instead, I received less meat, right?”

“If you eat that much grass, you’ll be full, right?”

I had dinner with Seoyeon, who was interested in my diet.

But I haven’t shown Seoyeon that I’ve mastered the Yeonyeom technique yet, have I?

If I have a suitable opponent, I will fight while using the skill link.

‘Then again, is it Roy or Naen?’

I’m Seoyeon’s friend, but I don’t have a friend to ask for this kind of favor.

It’s hard to make friends.