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

Episode 241 Chapter 49: Witch(8)

Witch (8)

Under the sky tinted with dawn light.

Standing atop one of Arcanium's high buildings, Macaron Hyejin squinted down at the night view.

This city was particularly famous for its beautiful nightscape, with neon signs that never went out and floating objects hovering like satellites, continuously emitting light even at night.

These objects, which were said to keep Arcanium constantly illuminated, were formally called "Paharagal's Eyes" and were, in reality, magical tools created to observe everything happening in the city.

These tools monitored the entire city 24 hours a day without a moment's rest, but what did it all mean?

They couldn't even detect the movements of a witch.

"Hmph... Captain, looks like something interesting happened."

At Hyejin's words, Kaen narrowed his eyes. Currently, the area was under the control of the Stella Knights, and a magical investigation team from Stella was temporarily restricting access to the area and investigating something.

Because of this, Hyejin and Kaen couldn't approach the area, but they didn't really need to.

They already knew what had happened there.

"They're using the Memory Compass? That expensive thing..."

The Memory Compass was one of only seven rare artifacts from ancient times that existed in the entire world. It could recall events from the past as if they were memories, but it had a very clear drawback.

It was extremely expensive to use.

Even recalling a very brief moment would cost as much as a month's income for a substantial nation, so it wasn't something to be used lightly.

However, institutions like the Stella Academy, the Kingdom of Adolevit, the Skarben Empire, and the Tower of the Full Moon(Shinwol Tower), which boasted immense financial power, would casually use the compass whenever they wished, disregarding such penalties.

Of course, from the perspective of the Tower of the Fallen Moon(Manwol Tower), which owned two of the remaining three missing compasses, it was quite...

"Throwing money into the drain."

It was a pathetic display.

"They're using the Memory Compass like that and getting approval? That's insane. Stella is either really something or really stupid."

"Regardless of anything else, the headmaster of Stella is not a foolish person. There must be a reason they approved its use."

"Ehh~ They just seem like idiots to me."

Although Kaen refuted, the idea of tracking the witch's traces with the Memory Compass seemed foolish enough to Hyejin.

However, the mere fact that Baek Yu Seul was involved made it worth watching a bit longer, so they didn't leave the scene.

While the Stella Magical Investigation Team was investigating the scene, Baek Yu Seul stood a step back and just watched, leaving them guessing at what he was thinking.

"By the way, who killed the Witch Hunter? It doesn't seem likely that a witch would have done it..."

A long time ago, in her childhood, Hyejin had once witnessed a Witch Hunter. She knew well the overwhelming and terrifying power that being had.

A Witch Hunter couldn't be killed by the power of an ordinary witch or wizard.

The Witch Hunter, who gained savage power at the cost of forsaking their own existence, could be said to be at the very top of the magical world's food chain.