I Became a Flashing Genius at the Magic Academy [158-362][English Translation]

Episode 174 Chapter 40: The 7th Main Tower (5)

The 7th Main Tower (5)

Jeremy doesn't do things that don't benefit him. In other words, he doesn't do things for others. To explain further, he only moves for himself.

Throughout his life, he has never sacrificed himself for anyone. He has been that way and will continue to be that way.

Even if the target is Flame, it doesn't change. Sacrifice for a loved one? What does that mean?

Ultimately, if I can't have it, it's all meaningless.

'How laughable...'

Surrounded by ghosts and shadows, Jeremy closed his eyes and fell into his own world.

Ghosts do not exert direct physical force. They are frightening because they shatter the minds of intelligent beings by stimulating negative emotions such as despair, chaos, fear, and sadness, turning a person into a complete wreck.

That's the true power of these ghosts.

But... all of that meant nothing to Jeremy.

He had his own solid mental framework. While intrusion was possible, his emotions couldn't be shaken. It felt like floating on an unwavering lake. Being surrounded by ghosts wasn't even a bad feeling.

'This should be enough.'

Although he didn't do something foolish like sacrificing himself for Flame, he thought he had at least accomplished the goal of helping her.

Jeremy closed his eyes to rest until this situation was over. Slowly, he sank into the depths of his mind.

"Principal!"

Bang!

Rudely, the door to the principal's office burst open, and two or three staff members rushed in. But the office was already filled with staff members who had come to see Eltman Eltwin.

"It's a disaster! Students wandering around the main tower are disappearing!"

Despite frequent warnings to the students about the mysterious disappearances, advising them not to wander the main tower alone and always be accompanied by staff or get permission, it was useless. Not only were individual students disappearing, but groups of students were also vanishing all at once.

"This is... really serious."

An unprecedented crisis in Stella's history.

Students were disappearing into unknown spaces one by one, and the school couldn't even identify the cause, let alone respond to it.

Eltman raised his head with a shadowed face. Everyone, including the faculty, instinctively tensed up under the overwhelming pressure.

But even in such a situation, what needed to be said had to be said.

"Principal... the enemy is deliberately taking students while avoiding the faculty. We need to find a way to stop them quickly..."

A way to stop them.

If there was one, it would have been done already.

After all, the enemy's purpose is obvious.

Half a century ago, there was a student at Stella named Abelain Staberck who had a unique trait, [Magic Absorption].

It was an unprecedentedly powerful trait that allowed him to make the opponent's magic his own, but the penalties for using it were extreme.

But what if he could properly handle that trait?

...What if he absorbed all the magic of the twelve disciples, whose magic the progenitor magician divided into twelve parts and taught?

What would happen?