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Magic Lamp (3)
“Then that… monster. Magic lamp? They give it all sorts of strange nicknames. How did you do it?”
“yes?”
“If it was useful, I wouldn’t have raided it and just left it alone… But there are a lot of dungeons like that. No, but how many are there? Are there a lot?”
“uh….”
“Weren’t there any other monsters in that dungeon?”
“There were mostly other monsters….”
“Another monster? What kind of monster? A type I’ve never seen before?”
“No, that’s not true….”
“But has anyone come out during that time? Was there no dungeon break?”
“No, it’s not that there aren’t any, but….”
“Have they ever attacked people? Like in Boston?”
“That’s why.”
Han Tae-kyung answered my and Kim Chae-min’s questions while sweating profusely.
Originally, he was the type of person who would only give out his strategy report after the deadline had passed. Later, when there were incidents involving civilians and lawsuits were exchanged as if they were a daily occurrence, it would have been different, but there would not have been such a thing as being interrogated and stripped of information.
Soon after, Han Tae-kyung became noticeably weaker. Han Tae-kyung, who looked like a withered weed in the scorching midsummer sun, answered in a groaning manner, unable to run away thanks to Kim Chae-min’s magic.
“Please give me some time to answer! I mean, it’s not like there weren’t any monsters inside the dungeon, and there were times when dungeon breaks occurred.”
“Did you attack a human?”
“Other monsters, but that feathered one is said to have stayed in the same place even when I came out.”
“Did you catch it?”
Kim Chae-min asked in a rush.
“I didn’t want to attack it because it didn’t attack me, so I just watched it and left it alone. I think it was two days? Then it died on its own.”
“Hmm.”
“What about the body? How did you dispose of it?”
“uh….”
“The one currently in the playground shows no signs of rotting and is still in its dead state.”
I couldn’t tell if it was because of the weather or a trait of the creature, so I tried experimenting with the corruption rune.
Even after a full 24 hours, the flesh had not rotted.
Besides that, it doesn’t even pretend to burn in normal fire. Kim Chae-min forcibly lit it with a magic that didn’t work well, and only then did it turn to ash. If my goal was simply to get rid of that thing in the playground, I could just use my sister’s sword… .
“Well, I’m fine with that.”
“Is the Qatar Hunter that the teacher said he knew alive?”
“…yes?”
“Are you still in touch?”
“Uh… yes. I ask how you’re doing sometimes.”
I gestured to Kim Chae-min. Kim Chae-min shrugged and released the spell.
“Oh my, I think I have a bruise here. Will this be covered by insurance?”
“You can figure that out yourself.”
I grabbed Han Tae-kyung’s shoulder tightly.
Unfortunately, Sandra Gamble doesn’t know anything about him. Hope, who most likely knows something, is still out of her mind.
“Seniors?”
If Hong Seok-young had known that there was a monster called the magic lamp in a corner of the Earth, he would never have stayed still. No, even if he had hidden it from Woo Hee-jae of the management office, he would have told me now.
However, Hong Seok-young grumbled when he saw the large eyes, saying that it was the first time he had seen one. He said that all monsters were like that, but that one was particularly creepy among them.
I spoke to Han Tae-kyung with a frown on my face.
“Whether it’s the magic lamp or something, scrape up as much information as you can about that monster and report it.”
“…yes?”
“Ask anyone you know, whether it’s a Qatar Hunter or someone else.”
“Because it’s confidential.”
“It’s confidential, but Teacher Han knows, right?”
Han Tae-kyung looked at me with a blank expression.
“Do you understand?”
“Well, I’ll look into it, but… I won’t expect much.”
“Listen carefully, Mr. Han.”
I spoke to Han Tae-kyung with pitiful eyes.
“Here, you have to answer that you will find out.”
“…yes?”
“No matter what, we have to find out.”
“… … .”
“As soon as possible.”
“No, but still this.”
While Kim Chae-min was looking at Han Tae-kyung with pity.
I put the magic words in my mouth to appease Han Tae-kyung.
“Tell them that Hong Seok-young wants to know.”
“… The principal isn’t here right now, right?”
“That’s why.”
“… … .”
Even if Hong Seok-young were here, nothing would change. Han Tae-kyung opened his mouth and then closed it.
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Anyway, if it was Hong Seok-young, he would have really asked for information even if it meant selling his name. I don’t know if Han Tae-kyung realized that fact.
Kim Chae-min also played a part on the side.
“If it doesn’t work out for you as Mr. Hong, you can sell my name.”
“no….”
The support of the Archmage. How reassuring.
On the other hand, Han Tae-kyung’s face was getting tired… Is it Alba? It’s Han Tae-kyung.
* * *
‘But anyway, didn’t Teacher Han stay under Teacher Hong?’
After sending Han Tae-kyung away, Kim Chae-min tilted her head and expressed her doubts.
‘Could it be that one teacher really didn’t know anything about the ark?’
‘that….’
I frowned.
‘I don’t know. As far as I know, there’s no way for a teacher to be involved… but he might have actually known. There’s no way to confirm it at this point.’
‘But Mr. Woo trusts Mr. Han, right?’
‘…hmm.’
‘Past… did future teacher Hong also trust teacher Han?’
‘yes.’
‘Then wouldn’t Teacher Han have known? Teacher Han was also a teacher at Yangseong High School. Then it would be harder for them not to know. It’s not like we’re hiding it so meticulously from the kids, right?’
Kim Chae-min smiled awkwardly.
‘I think the kids are probably half-aware of it, honestly. Even if Tae-woo is like that, Hye-eun is too.’
Listening to Kim Chae-min, I could see how the original time zone and the present were very different.
I’m not talking about the Myeongdong Dungeon building….
My father was usually busy around this time. He was already a busy man, but he was even busier. Tracking down the research institute, establishing the management office, and even working on the academy.
I personally took care of the students up until the first semester, but… well, I don’t think I would have been able to show up at school as regularly as I do now.
So the first graduating class of the academy. Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook would not have known about Bang-ju or the criminal organization that Hong Seok-young was chasing. And Han Tae-kyung, who Hong Seok-young had left in charge of the school.
‘You left the school in the hands of one teacher?’
‘… The academy must have had a completely different atmosphere from Yangseong High School.’
‘No, but still.’
‘Someone like Mr. Han might have been needed by the Academy at the time, especially.’
To Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook at that time.
Even though Han Tae-kyung took care of them for a year, Park Seo-hyun became an extremely gloomy witch, and Oh Hyun-wook became an alcoholic pig. If that’s the only improvement?
When Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook came to the management office, they talked to Han Tae-kyung once in a while, so it seems like they weren’t on bad terms.
I didn’t want to talk deeply about the gloomy future of Park Seo-hyun and Oh Hyun-wook, who will never come again, so I trailed off, and Kim Chae-min pretended not to know. I told you about the Myeong-dong incident a long time ago, so you can probably guess what it was like.
Han Tae-kyung: Anyway, like Kim Chae-min said, the kids probably think that this place is some kind of… operation headquarters. No, it’s strange not to think that way, since it’s made up of all kinds of staff, from the infirmary to the restaurant chefs.
There was an attack on the pension, a monster from Boston Dungeon Break that suddenly fell from the playground, and now there’s an unidentified patient in a corner of the infirmary. Even I would find it strange.
Therefore, it was right now.
“Is this what you asked me to make?”
Sandra Gamble came out of the lab for the first time in a while and came to my office.
Gamble put down the box he had brought in front of me. I looked at Gamble.
The sleep-deprived, haggard face remains the same.
“You made it quickly?”
“Because if you make just one, it’ll be easy to replicate the rest. I referenced the functions themselves from those on the market, and someone even provided me with information on the important magic pattern recognition part.”
“Is that the right thing to do?”
“You gave it to me without even knowing that?”
“I’m not an engineer, so I wouldn’t know.”
Gamble sighed deeply and pulled up a chair to sit down. I opened the box and checked the contents.
“I thought it would be more convenient if it was shaped like a watch, so I did that. You can use it as a real watch, too.”
“You’ve worked hard.”
“Well… it was fun. I didn’t have to think about anything else.”
Inside the box was a rough-looking wristwatch, similar in design to the one I was wearing on my wrist.
Gamble took one of them in his hand and began to explain its functions.
“You have to test what works inside the gate. I simplified it because it would have been too much work to make it according to the blueprint.”
“… You modified the blueprint?”
“Why? No?”
“No, it’s not that it’s impossible… I’m just surprised that you made it that far in such a short amount of time.”
Gamble smiled proudly with a tired face.
“Please test it out before giving it to the kids. According to the theory, you should synchronize it every time you pass through the gate. The pattern will be messed up due to the gate’s magical power.”
“hmm.”
“We’ll also re-register the magic pattern… Then, if there’s a problem with the children’s vital signs, we’ll get a notification. It would be nice to add some kind of communication function, but it seems like it’ll take too much time to get there… Honestly, it seems impossible with the current technology.”
“Yeah… what.”
“There is no problem sending an emergency signal when you run into trouble while clearing a dungeon or when something happens outside of the dungeon. I tested that.”
“That will do. As you know, Doctor, this place was attacked by the Ark.”
“I remember.”
I first spoke to Sandra Gamble during that raid, so I couldn’t help but know.
Gamble waved his hand as if to tell him to stop talking.
“Thank you. I have a cell phone, but I don’t know what would happen in an emergency.”
“… As long as you don’t completely block the magic power, you’ll be fine.”
“I don’t think they’ll raid here again though.”
“It can’t hurt to be prepared. And since it can be used inside dungeons, it’s perfect for kids.”
I saw a clock and an emergency signal.
There was another reason why he insisted on making it this way. He told Gamble that it had to look ordinary so that he wouldn’t be suspected in an emergency.
“…Can I present it later under your name?”
“Okay. If you had told me to make it by myself, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. I used the design that Mr. Woo gave me as a reference, so if you really want to present it, do it under the guild’s name.”
What I gave Gamble was the blueprint for an early emergency signal used by the Administration. It was used to identify magical patterns and determine the extent of injuries when the raiding party was separated within the dungeon.
Even if it’s not a specific injury, if someone dies or suffers a similar injury, it would be helpful if others could know about it.
“Oh. And.”
There was a reason why Gamble came to me in person instead of calling me.
Gamble said, rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand as if he was tired.
“Can I have some time off?”
“Are you on vacation?”
“I’m going to Australia.”
Speaking of Australia.
“I have to go to the funeral.”
“… A funeral?”
“Yes. Alex’s funeral.”
Fantasy, contemporary,