Became a Genius Shikigami at the Academy

Episode 52

So the next day, I finally made a decision after thinking about it all night.

‘I’ll have to take the promotion test as well.’

This is reality.

In the game, I could create a situation by pressing a button or entering a command, but nothing changes here unless I am the subject.

For that reason, for the future, I must be more at the center of events.

‘If you can’t clear the Hell difficulty story, the world will eventually collapse.’

The world after Exorcism 5, which I made with my blood and sweat, becomes something that does not exist at all.

The time, passion, and memories that were poured into it without a single doubt disappear as it is.

Such a thing is absolutely unacceptable.

Because it literally contained my life.

So I followed the notice on the cadet terminal and applied for the promotion test, and prepared for the rest of the time.

“… Are you really going to take the exam? Nonsense!”

Choi Eun-yul and Jeong Seung-won, who became close friends after taking a class in the lower class of general combat practice, expressed their surprise at my decision.

“Why, Kang Yoon-yi is only seventeen. You also listen to combat training with Sophia-sama.”

“Is that the same as this one? According to the seniors, even if you say that you are promoted for nothing, you will only be humiliated by the exchange students. I’m worried.”

After all, there was such a setting.

For placement into classes of exchange students who are transferred almost every semester, they too take a test with applicants for the promotion exam.

Naturally, most of the applicants were pushed to the elite exchange students, and it seemed that there were often cadets who left the academy because of disappointment.

‘By the way, at this time… … ‘

An exchange student who is the trigger for one of the events in Chapter 2 of the original story will participate in the exam.

It was a person related to Viola, who was transferred to Class A in the first year, and Johan, an exchange student who belonged to Class A in the first year and was part of the original protagonist.

However, it didn’t seem like anything to do with it during the exam, so I quickly paid attention and focused on other thoughts.

Choi Eun-yul cautiously spoke to me.

“If you ask seniors you know, you might be able to get past exam questions, do you need it?”

“I am grateful.”

Once you’ve decided to try it, you shouldn’t accidentally drop it.

After finishing all my classes, I made up my mind and headed to the library inside the academy.

***

To put it simply, the class promotion test is divided into two stages.

The contents were the written test to determine the knowledge level of the subject and the practical test to evaluate the combat ability in actual combat.

The first thing to take was the written test, so all the cadets who took the test were busy tying their hair up in the library or discussion room.

Among them, there was also the cheongju flower, which was taken for this test as well.

“It was a problem last year, how should I explain it when it comes out like this? If you look at the answer, what is it? … .”

She came to me crying out of nowhere, and has been learning from me about exam questions in the past few days.

At first, I wondered what it was like to be able to follow a recipe I had seen once or twice quickly. The reason was discovered surprisingly quickly.

Because she was a so-called sensory group, she was surprisingly weak at standardized explanations.

I can understand and deal with everything just by looking at it, but explaining it in accordance with a standardized theory would not make sense.

“Here you go. It’s weird here too. Why the hell did you have to put two engravings with the same effect? It just slows down the development speed for nothing.”

“It’s for stability, because if you don’t have a solid configuration, you’re more likely to fail.”

“… why? Are you saying that just removing one of these will fail?”

If I were to list the days in the past, it would be something like this.

I wondered how the exam was done last semester, but when I think about it, there were very few written subjects in the first semester of the first year.

In the end, I had no choice but to beat Cheongjuhwa with the knowledge conveyed by the characteristics of the brainwashing library through infusion education.

“If you don’t know, just memorize it. It’s okay to write and forget only in the exam.”

“eww… … .”

“Do not try to understand or convince yourself,”

He hated Cheongjuhwa, but he was fundamentally a sincere person, so he was able to somehow follow it and finish preparing for the exam.

“But what kind of walking encyclopedia? How do you memorize them all?”

“I’ve been using it a lot.”

“Does that mean you use it a lot? … ?”

In fact, it was difficult to find a technique that I didn’t know due to the nature of the brain surgery library, but, in any case, wasn’t that also something I got through my efforts on the other side?

In that way, time passed, and finally, the morning of the day of the written test dawned.

“It seems that all the candidates have gathered.”

While I was contemplating for a moment, it seemed that the examiner had arrived at some point.

When I glanced to the left, I saw Seo Ji-an, who took the exam in the same way.

The supervisor glanced at the cadets seated in their respective seats, and after a moment of silence, he continued speaking.

“I will start the test. Everyone, please check the devices you bring.”

At the same time, the supervisor handed the paper answer sheet to the cadets.

“Once you have checked the contents, we will unlock the exam questions. The test lasts for a total of 90 minutes, and please note that you cannot leave the room before submitting your answers.”

When I checked it myself, all but four multiple-choice questions were subjective questions.

It’s a lot more difficult than you think.

【4. Describe the defense technique that you think has the most similar structure to the attack technique, non-poisoning, and explain the reason.]

This is another question I miss quite a bit.

When PVP was just launched in the VR version of the Exorcism series, users tried to use the approved spells in as many different ways as possible because there were not many spells available yet.

Bidokbak (匕毒雹) was also one of the recipes used in the process.

The correct answer to the problem is the basic defense technique, Bibong (備縫). And, frankly, there are too many reasons.

If I write down all the facts I know, the answer becomes more verbose than necessary, so I optimized it according to the level of knowledge here.

【6. If the attack technique, Baekhwa Heat Wave (魄吙裂破), is reconstructed into a more effective form. Please feel free to comment on what method you would like to take.]

In fact, I already have a clear answer to this in my head.

It’s not, because in the next series, a spell with the same intermediate attack technique, but with the power of this high-level compatibility, will appear.

I referenced it appropriately and wrote the answer to the question.

When we solved the problem in that way, the screen of the terminal was no longer turned over.

He had already finished solving the last question.

I checked the answers I wrote down once again, raised my hand and submitted the answer.

“… Once submitted, it cannot be undone. Are you okay?”

The academy professor, who was acting as the supervisor, sighed with a hint of regret and asked me.

He seemed to think that he had given up on the difficulty of the test by writing down the answers roughly.

But when he saw my answer sheet packed tightly, he looked at me again with a look of surprise.

“Hey, you’re very fast.”

At the professor’s voice, with a hint of embarrassment, I could feel the subtle gazes turned towards me.

I tried to ignore those gazes, finished submitting the answer sheet and headed out of the exam room.

At this level, I thought that I had satisfactorily finished the exam.

***

Julia, who served as the supervisor of the second-year writing section of the promotion exam for the second semester, was stuck in the answer sheet of a cadet during the grading process and could not get out of it.

“Unbelievable… … .”

I’ve read it over and over again, but I still don’t feel it. Because the answer he left contained truly shocking contents.

“How can you come up with such an idea as a student?”

To be honest, the questions in this promotion test were set quite high in difficulty.

Rather than asking for a perfect answer, it should be seen that the intention was to test the solid knowledge and free ideas that have been accumulated over the years.

However, Han Kang-yoon looked at the problem from a completely different level and solved it. Rather, he submitted an answer that was more advanced than the author’s intention.

In particular, the answer to question 6 was the same.

【6. If the attack technique, Baekhwa Heat Wave (魄吙裂破), is reconstructed into a more effective form. Please feel free to describe which method would be better.]

▶[Baekhwayeolpa (魄吙裂破) is a technique that has been spotlighted by many exorcists for its versatility and good effect, but it is not without any improvements.

In particular, it is thought that the ring-shaped magic engraving derived from the lower order of heat wave (裂破) is now actually blocking the development of the technique. At first glance, it can be seen that this is the most suitable form of engraving for the current combination, but when you think about it from a different perspective… … .]

‘Honestly, I don’t think this would be comparable to a thesis right now.’

No matter how many times I check and think about it, this procedure has already been theoretically completed. You’ll have to experiment to find out, but it’s probably at a level that can be used in practice.

‘Why is this student in Class D… … ?’

I was suddenly curious and looked at Han Kang-yun’s data recorded in the academy database, and it was clear that his grades in the practical field were not very good until he finished his first year.

However, since the beginning of the sophomore year, it has been on an upward trend without interruption. Also, Julia could feel it intuitively.

The fact that that upward trend is only just the beginning.

‘I want you to have a better understanding of the technique or ideas.’

The current sophomore has a lot of talent. Sophia, who is called the monster, and other talented people who could occupy a place anywhere after graduation were laid out.

But Julia is starting to think of new possibilities at this moment in her head.

Perhaps, this Han Kang-yoon, who is now in the D-Class, may be a talented person with more talent than them.

Excited by a sense of exaltation, Julia called a colleague who was in charge of the practical section of the promotion exam even though it was already deep in the morning.

Tour.

Turrr.

[…] Ahh, what the hell is going on tonight?]

“Listen! There is a huge kid on this exam!”

[Are you talking about Viola, an exchange student? A lot of people said that I was a genius, but didn’t you hear that?]

“No, of course he does. I’m talking about the students.”

[who?]

In that way, Kang-yoon Han’s name gradually began to spread among the supervisors.