I Don’T Have Any Magic Power But I’M Having A Blast At The Academy 42
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On the way out after the auction, nestled in my arms was a black box, ‘Roderick’s Riddle Box.’
Eungaye clicked her tongue.
“If it’s got nothing in it, why did you even buy it?”
“Just curious. Sotis you want to open sothing like this. Maybe gain an ability.”
“Pfft, if it’s got nothing. Try making a wish after floating it in water, see what cos out.”
Seeing Eungaye’s more puzzled reaction than usual, I couldn’t help but ask.
“Wait, did you actually buy this?”
“······.”
…She fell for it.
As I looked at Eungaye avoiding eye contact in disbelief, I chuckled.
It was because I rembered the sight of Eungaye, hesitantly excited, floating the box and eagerly opening it.
“Well, you could buy one if you’re curious.”
“True, that’s a possibility.”
At the sudden change in attitude, I laughed again, making Eungaye frown.
“Anyway, don’t get your hopes up since it’s got nothing in it.”
“That’s exactly why I’m more intrigued.”
I want to open it right away to see what’s inside. But it’s a rule to open things like this at ho. Nevertheless.
“Are you really going to consu that?”
Looking at the contents in the transparent vial held by Eungaye, I asked in astonishnt.
Indeed, what Eungaye vehently claid to be ‘Awakening Potion’ was actually ‘Magic Stone.’
Well, it’s said that they refined it into ‘edible’ form so that it could be consud at the Magician’s Guild, but since the concept of magic stones is inherently far from being edible, to the observer, it just looked like chewing on a rock.
The awakening potion consud only by a tiny fraction of the maniac community was none other than the edible magic stone.
Why did they insist on the Magician’s Guild auction house? It was all for these reasons.
Edible magic stones were items that could not be obtained anywhere else but at the Magician’s Guild.
“Of course, you don’t just eat it as is. You grind it and sprinkle it on food to eat.”
“···Oh, I see.”
Honestly, I don’t understand.
What kind of gold dust is this? Grinding it to sprinkle and eat.
Cheon Woo-jin made a fuss about what he was eating, but this side was not any easier. If it enhances magic, he’s ready to chew on iron. As I nodded inwardly, my empty stomach growled.
“Let’s go eat. But do they have Korean food here?”
There was no need to hear the answer.
Because of the charming Korean signs densely packed in a dieval European castle-like building.
“Seriously, there’s no end to the surprises.”
What’s with Korean signs in a European castle? It’s absurd, yet seeing no sense of incongruity, I let out a wry smile as Eun Ga-ye spoke.
“Do you want Hanwoo beef?”
“If it’s expensive, let’s go.”
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“Then let’s go, they’re pretty good here.”
I followed Eun Ga-ye as she led the way.
***
After getting at from Eun Ga-ye and returning to the dormitory, it was past 11 p.m.
“It was a close call with curfew.”
If I had been just 5 minutes late, I would have had to sleep outside and co in. Eternity locks the doors after 11 p.m.
“······Oh, I’m dead.”
After running around the market on the first floor and overeating Hanwoo beef, I felt so bloated that I wanted to jump straight into bed.
Especially after the severe side effects of using the gram for warping.
Originally, with no magic, my body was not recognized for warping, but forcing it to be recognized with the gram was too much of a burden on my physical ‘4’ stamina.
Well, Hans Seul is diligently making dicine, so there’s nothing to worry about.
“······I should at least wash up.”
I headed straight to the shower with a zombie-like gait, and after washing up, I felt a bit more awake.
I changed into fresh clothes, sat on the bed, and opened my smartphone.
During that ti, I had received 3 ssages from Eun Ga-ye. In addition to the 8 ssages I had read during the day.
“Where are you, co quickly, or I’ll die,” I scrolled down, ignoring the threatening ssages.
[Thanks for looking at the runes today. (Emoji of a rabbit bowing its head)]
[And hurry up and co. I almost went thinking you weren’t coming.]
[Ah ㅋㅋ And by the way, if you open that sucker box, I’ll ask for a review.]
“No way.”
I looked at the ‘Roderick’s Riddle Box’ placed on the table.
“Sothing good better co out.”
The riddle box is a one-ti limited box for players. Once it’s opened, that’s the end of it.
However, since the items coming out of the box had no expiration date, it was possible to have an unbelievably deceptive ability, but on the other hand, there could also be the ability to refuse even when given. That’s why the Riddle Box was also called the “Lotto Box.”
However, since the probability of getting sothing good was also like winning the lottery, there wasn’t really anything to expect.
When it ca to the grades of abilities, only D to B-grade abilities ca out, and to get anything higher, you literally had to win the lottery.
By the way, the ability I got from scratching the riddle box in the ga was 2 Stamina.
At that ti, I complained about how useless it was, but…
“Please just give 2 Stamina.”
I was genuinely confident that I would gratefully accept just that.
If it was 2 Stamina, it was an enormous amount equivalent to half of the stamina I possessed.
Do I really have to beg like this, as if begging for water, as Eunga said?
“Hmm.”
Putting away unnecessary thoughts, I imdiately opened the box.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding…
“…Huh?”
Like coins rolling, a continuous sound of coins spreading. Did this sound effect co from the Riddle Box? Hearing a long sound I had never heard before, I tilted my head in confusion.
“Is this also a difference from the ga?”
The coin sound that seed like it would continue endlessly finally stopped.
[Congratulations! You have obtained a limited gift, “The Dilemma of a Mortal.”]
Gift: “The Dilemma of a Mortal”
– A mortal who wanted to avoid death thought, “If I beco one with a deity, maybe I won’t die?”
“…A gift? Really?”
Surprised, at the mont I widened my eyes, a sensation as if my whole body was burning engulfed . No, it wasn’t a sensation. I was truly burning.
Whoosh!
A blue fla engulfing , devouring my body. The room was quickly wrapped in flas.
It was a grand fla that seed like it would lt away without leaving a trace.
Strangely, it wasn’t hot.
The flas didn’t spread to my school uniform, the desk, or the bed.
– aaah!
In an instant, a bird’s cry echoed in my ears. As I turned my head to the side, my eyes widened.
“…A bird?”
Above my burning shoulder, a small blue bird was standing, staring at with curiosity.
As our eyes t, an alert window popped up.
Ding!
[Avian of Extinction. Encounter with a Phoenix.]
[Deity, the Phoenix, alights on Player Haesol Lee.]
[However, the Phoenix is currently dormant. To awaken the slumbering Phoenix, suitable nourishnt is required.]
Whoosh…
The flas in the room were all sucked into the Phoenix. Subsequently, the fiery Phoenix seeped into my shoulder. Gradually, the pattern of a blue bird was engraved on my shoulder.
——–
Gift: “The Dilemma of a Mortal”
▶ Fusion with Deity
Phoenix
——–
“······Huh.”
As if wondering when it happened, the room was devoid of flas. Sitting on the bed, I absentmindedly opened my mouth.
I must have received an incredibly powerful gift, though I’m not sure what it is.
“Whose mortal concerns?”
It was a gift I had never heard of before.
In Eternity’s ga, the number of abilities that exist is ‘infinite (∞)’. Abilities are randomly generated as long as they et the system’s conditions, not limited to predetermined ones.
Especially with gifts from the riddle box, this was even more pronounced.
It was ant to align with the idea of providing players with an unknown ‘riddle’.
‘Whose mortal concerns’ fell into the sa category. However, it was definitely not the D to B-grade gift I was expecting.
Phoenix. The divine being of immortality belonged to the top tier of the revival category.
Even though it was a fledgling, that Phoenix was now within .
I had never heard of a divine being rging with a human body.
This went beyond the concept of rely parasitizing a human body as a ‘host’, it was a case of ‘fusion’.
It was an attempt to bring about the immortality of the Phoenix beyond mortality.
However, this attempt towards immortality was not complete.
▶ Fusion Divine Being
Phoenix
[Regeneration Count: 1/5]
Phoenix’s satiety: 0%
*To fill the regeneration count, you must feed Phoenix with high-quality food until it is satisfied.
When Phoenix’s satiety reaches 100%, the regeneration count increases.
Here, regeneration ant exactly what it said: the regeneration of the body. Phoenix symbolized regeneration.
“Filling that satiety must be quite a challenge.”
I had no idea what exactly the ‘high-quality food’ that Phoenix desired was.
I had no choice but to feed it various things to find out. I could only hope its taste wasn’t too picky.
Still, just having the regeneration count filled once was a huge advantage. Unlike others, my life was worth ‘2’, so to speak.
A gift as remarkable as this couldn’t possibly be just a D to B-grade. I cautiously opened the gift’s window. The grade that ca to mind.
▶ [Whose mortal concerns] Grade A
“I hit the jackpot for real······”
It was an A-grade, but what I had acquired was a Phoenix fledgling. This ant there was ample room for grade advancent in the future.
A hollow laugh escaped my lips.
***
······The Wednesday morning after visiting the black market.
“I devoured it all in the blink of an eye.”
Excluding one magical stone consud in combining crimson elixirs, I had devoured all 23 magical stones in a single mont.
Of course, what I consud was the ‘Phoenix.’
[Phoenix’s satiety: 0.01%]
“Can you fill this up?”
Embarrassed by the re thought, I straightened my head in the neatly worn school uniform and left the room.
It was ti to go to class.
***
“Hey, did you open it?”
“Yeah, I did.”
Eun-ga, who was nervously fidgeting in her seat, seed to be hoping I’d be disappointed with the ‘sucker box’.
Unfortunately, it was quite the opposite.
“What ca out of it?”
“A phoenix.”
“Pff! What? A, a phoenix?”
“Yeah.”
“So where is it then?”
“Inside .”
Well, it got stuck in the pattern on my shoulder, so it must be inside . Eun-ga, who couldn’t believe a word of it, pretended to laugh it off while holding her stomach, but then turned back to her seat at my lukewarm response.
Following her, with a sudden turn of the head, was the blonde-haired girl.
“You went to the black market?”
It was Alia.
“Yeah, yesterday.”
“If you were going, you should’ve told . I could have guided you well.”
Alia, showing a hint of disappointnt, changed the subject.
“By the way, have you decided who you’ll have your career counseling with?”
“Career counseling? Oh.”
Co to think of it, today was scheduled for external lecturers to co in.
It was under the guise of providing career counseling to students, but in reality, it was for ‘scouting purposes’.
The Holy See, Guardians of Dawn, Association of Extraordinary Beings, Association of Sorcerers, and so on…
High-ranking officials from prominent organizations were coming to provide one-on-one counseling to students.
The reason Alia ca to was obvious.
She probably wanted counseling from their guild, the ‘Holy See’.
“Yeah, I’ve decided where I’ll go.”
“Where?”
Alia looked expectant, her eyes sparkling.
“Guardians of Dawn.”
I disappointed her expectation.
Sorry, but I also need to consider the Guardians of Dawn.
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