chapter 18
18 – Scene 018# Organ
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Myoil touched the cat’s whiskers.
Then the rock in front split like tofu.
“Wow… .”
Seeing that, Wendy was amazed.
The reaction is so cute.
Myo-il thought so and manipulated magic with delicate hand movements.
The magic cut and trimmed the rock and soon made it into a chessboard.
“Little girl.”
“Nyeet?!”
“Do you know what organs are?”
Wendy shook her head.
“Oh, no… I’m sorry… .”
“Heh heh heh. You don’t have to apologize for that. You may not know.”
A seat built close to the shrine.
Myoil and Wendy sat across from each other.
Then, the checkerboard just made was placed between the two of them.
“To put it simply, this is a two-player game.”
“skill… What?”
“Yes.”
Myoyil pulled out a white piece of chess from his apron.
“Receive. These stones are your words.”
“Yes… .”
“If you move this and knock out all my soldiers, you’ll win.”
“These are the soldiers… ?”
“Yes.”
Myoil pieces placed on the chess board.
Myo-il put his hand on the chess board.
Then, a change came to Myoil’s words.
“Wow… .”
The white stones were slightly crushed and became soldiers in armor.
Some stones became horsemen on horseback and archers with bows.
They were all shining gold.
“Myeoil-nim, what did you just do?”
“In janggi, a special stone called Mahyungseok (魔形石) is used as words. If you pour the user’s mana into them, they will transform into soldiers that match their traits. In short, make your own legion out of stones.”
“My own army… .”
Looking at Wendy’s deep thoughts, Myoil smiled.
It’s like seeing a great-granddaughter, so it’s not unusually cute.
So Myo-il was looking forward to the tricks this cute lady would show.
“yes. Now, let the little girl try it. First, put the pieces on the chessboard.”
“Yes!”
“And imagine. A reliable army that can protect the little girl.”
“Yes.”
“great. Release your mana slowly like that.”
When Wendy infused her magic, the horses changed.
The long-term horses became a heavily armed cavalry corps.
The knights with spears roared.
They were all wearing pitch-black armor.
It was the Dark Knights.
Myoil’s eyebrows raised.
“Hoo… This… .”
“I did it! Myoil is gold, but I am black.”
“Right… Absolutely black… I’m sorry.”
As if she hadn’t heard Myo-il’s low muttering, Wendy smiled brightly at the Dark Knights she created.
Magical power stands out as the user’s unique trait.
Just like fingerprints, no one person is the same.
However, the ‘color’ is different.
An attribute of magical power and a privilege that only special people can have.
Of course, Myoil thought that a white chess piece would come out… … .
‘Was it not a joke, but a talent… .’
But this talent is very dangerous.
You just have to be vigilant.
The lineage of Ruelberta, who saw through her ‘truth’.
Wasn’t the guy’s attendant also an ordinary person by no means?
After thinking for a moment, Myoil adjusted his expression.
Then, as before, he spoke to Wendy in a sly manner.
“Good job. Then why don’t we try it right away?”
“Yes… ? Myoil-nim, but I don’t know the rules very well… .”
“It’s okay. The rules of this game are virtually non-existent.”
Myoil’s legion made Jin.
“The way to win is simple. Defeat all of the opponent’s legions with your own legion. or… .”
At the head of the Golden Legion was a commander clad in luxurious armor.
“Or, if you defeat the opponent’s commander first, you win.”
“Okay… .”
“By the way… … .”
Myoil tilted his head and asked what had been bothering him from earlier.
“Your commander… Why have you gained so much weight?”
“Yeah… ?”
As Wendy looked at her army, a fat black knight stood tall in the lead, just as Myoil had said.
*
It came out of the library after quite a while.
My mind was already worn out from the repeated use of Greed and Patience.
Wendy and Myoil were playing chess, and when they saw me, they jumped up.
“Have you found the book you are looking for?”
I nodded.
“The data was well organized. Mysteriously, it’s thanks to you managing it well.”
“hahahaha. no. The ancient magic library is a place where people do not reach, so I just neglected it.”
“Well.”
I took my watch out of my pocket and checked the time.
The time for the exam, Mondri said, was soon.
“It’s about time.”
“You mean time… ?”
It was Wendy who answered Myoil’s question instead.
“Yeah… Later, I’m asking you to take the entrance exam, but I don’t know what to do… .”
“The little girl has an entrance exam? You mean here at Meikahel University?”
“Yeah… that’s right… It’s not just a test, it’s a special talent test… Ugh.”
Wendy crying.
However, Myoil’s expression was subtle.
“Is it really like that… .”
“Myoil-nim… ?”
“hahahaha… Nothing. I’m just worried when the little girl says she’s going to take a test.”
“How can you be so kind? It’s a grave… .”
Wendy hugged Myoil tightly.
Myoil is patting her head with a cat hand.
I don’t know if I should say a grandfather patting his granddaughter, or a girl hugging a cat.
In any case, it seems that the two of them have become quite close.
“uh… ? Count… .”
Then, Wendy looked at me and asked.
“Something?”
“Have you lost some weight… ?”
Maybe it’s because I use my personality over and over again.
“It’s because I’m a bit tired.”
“hahahaha. The Count seems tired too, so why don’t we go at once instead of walking this time?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“All right. Catchcha.”
Myo-il did a somersault.
only. This time, unlike before, it turned twice in the air.
Then the vision flipped twice.
The scenery in front of our eyes changed as if we were teleported.
“Myoil-nim… here is?”
“hahahaha. If a little girl takes an entrance exam, this is the only place.”
A circular arena that looks like the Roman Colosseum.
It was exactly as described in the original.
This is probably the amphitheater in the basement of Meikahel University.
We were standing in the middle of it.
“uh?”
I saw a person from the other side.
The person who came striding as if surprised to find us was familiar.
It was Mondry.
“Count? How did you come to know this place?”
“I brought them.”
“… Elderly?!”
Mondry, who discovered the mystery, was greatly embarrassed.
Not even that.
“No, haven’t you been in the forest of truth all along? How to get here… .”
“hahahaha. Just reading the book made me feel sick. The owner of the library also came just in time, so I came out to see your face.”
“that… . Do you even say you’re coming… .”
Indeed, he deserved to have the personality of a reclusive master.
Myo-il is not a person who likes to go out.
Rather, they are bothered by everything and hate the secular world.
In addition, even Mondri, the president of the university, is an existence that cannot be treated carelessly by saying honorifics.
I knew why, of course, but I just watched in silence.
“So, are you preparing for the test now?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm… I’ve prepared something different. Do you pick up kids with something like that these days?”
Myoil pointed to the magic tools used in various tests and said.
All of them were high-quality magic tools that could be worth at least 100 million Kaels.
“Yes. After all, it’s a matter of selecting special talents, so you need skills that anyone can understand—”
“It’s useless.”
“Yes? If you say it’s useless… ?”
Myo-il took off her apron.
“Who is the examiner who will participate today?”
“It was a sudden test, so I only contacted Hans and Beatrice. You may not know, but Hans is the dean of admissions-.”
“fondly.”
“Yes?”
Mondry couldn’t help but be embarrassed at this point.
“Then, what do you mean by the test?”
“I will participate as an examiner.”
“Myo-myo-il, is the old man speaking directly?!”
“yes.”
It was quite a strange sight to see the university president having a hard time with an old cat.
“No matter how old you are… As president, my position is difficult.”
“Your position is none of my business.”
“Old man… !”
“Uh huh. Mondri, how long are you going to be stubborn? Do you not believe in your great master?”
“No, wait, that’s a secret-!”
Mondry looked this way and said.
“ah. All right! I will do everything as you said, so stop talking.”
“Heh heh heh. That’s right. That’s how you’ll be like my disciple.”
“under… … .”
Mondri covered his face with his hands, looking as though he was wrong.
It must feel like the president’s dignity has fallen into abyss.
Myoil said as if he didn’t care at all.
“I just hate procrastination. It’s better to decide hotly at once.”
“… … Are you saying you want to use the classical method?”
When Mondri asked as if he could guess, Myoil nodded.
“That’s right. Isn’t that a special test requested by Count Bonamana? A penalty like this should be fair.”
Myoil looked at me and asked.
“The Count won’t be dissatisfied with this either, right?”
I nodded in affirmation.
“It’s enough just to let you take the test. Tombstone, no… Should I say Myoheil Cremont?”
An old cat who smiles at my words.
He is the first head of the Cremont family and the first person to earn the name of a sage.
And he was the ‘real’ president of Machael University.