Storm(1)

The crowd froze as if they had been doused with cold water.

The human sympathetic nervous system.

It’s not that no one had ever thought of such a thing until now, but no one has succeeded.

No wonder. Because humans do not have the ability to share minds.

Although there is a person with telepathic ability, it is only possible to communicate with a limited number of people, and it is impossible to build a network of racial units like witch beasts.

But Yujin Kang did it.

Building a network.

Creation of a command object to maintain it.

They made two things that everyone said were impossible.

“This···.”

Laflis’ voice trembled.

Still full of shock in my head, I didn’t even think of asking a question when I saw Kang Yoo-jin and Skadi organizing the table.

Not only Laflis, but everyone there was at a loss for words.

The shock that swept through the lecture hall took all their voices out of their mouths.

“The lecture is over. Good job.”

While the audience was silent, Kang Yoo-jin took the results she had created, left a greeting, and left the lecture hall.

“·······.”

“·······.”

The Mage Tower, the Society, and the military.

Their gazes crossed.

The bomb dropped by Kang Yoo-jin this time is not something that can be easily passed over.

multiple mediation. 3 formulas for mana. divinity equation.

The previous papers were all great, but this is a different presentation.

human sympathetic nervous system.

Because this was, perhaps, a nuclear bomb that might change the face of the current war.

“…I think this announcement will be controversial.”

It was Claire who spoke first.

She was speaking as Deneb Claire, not Inspector Claire.

“Deneb makes a formal request that this lecture be kept confidential. Do you agree?”

“I agree.”

“I agree.”

Mason of Mage Tower and Vincent of Helios agreed.

Since the three organizations that held the right to operate the society agreed unanimously, this lecture will be uncontested.

However, there were others who challenged the decision.

“Wouldn’t it be right that it should be deleted rather than confidential?”

“It is said that technology is important in war, but this crosses the line!”

Several scholars have raised their concerns.

It is said that the command object was artificially created through human body transformation and the human sympathetic nervous system was artificially created.

They think it is ethically questionable and can lead to irreversible abuse if done wrong.

While Claire was silent, Helena sighed as she watched.

“I’m not wrong… what do you think of Altair?”

“Altaïr supports Professor Yujin Kang.”

Upon receiving Helena’s question, Thereon answered firmly.

Altair also respects morality and ethics, but that does not precede victory.

Altair is the largest family directly involved in the war.

For them, universal value was victory, not ethics.

“Doesn’t Vega agree?”

“No. We also support Professor Yujin Kang.”

She looked around at other prominent powers.

“And it seems like most of the others are of the same opinion.”

The Mage Tower and Helios, as well as the military, are in sync.

Even the workshop, which was the only one in conflict with Kang Yu-jin, was now silent.

It means that their intentions coincided.

With only a few moderate scholars speaking out, opponents began to emerge.

“It’s not right to bury achievements like this!”

“Should I give up the victory for the sake of ethics? Are you a demon beast, not a human?”

“This study must be continued!”

A considerable number of scholars and wizards rose up around the Mage Tower.

They were famous for digging deeply into the recent achievements of Yujin Kang.

People called them ‘Kang Yu-jin’s School’, and they were a new force that was emerging strongly recently.

They defended Kang Yoo-jin’s achievements by sharply confronting those who set the ground for offense.

“Professor Yujin Kang’s achievements must be great. If only half a year after publishing his first thesis, he has such followers.”

“Every single step was a shock.”

They shook their heads at each other.

His achievements are indisputable.

In fact, the dominant evaluation was that the performance he announced for half a year had advanced military technology, which had been stagnant, by a decade.

Even if there is opposition now, his track record will eventually be accepted.

“Deneb will be frantic.”

“There’s nothing different about us. Maybe the three generations will unite again.”

“hahahaha···.”

Altair, Vega, and Deneb are united.

There was a time like that, but now it’s been a long time since we didn’t understand each other.

Altair seeks dominion, Deneb seeks victory, and Vega seeks stability.

But that gap may disappear now.

By a professor named Yujin Kang.

They saw Deneb’s leader in the lecture hall.

A young lion holding his breath as a guard captain.

How will Deneb’s forces led by Claire react? I couldn’t help but be interested.

“The lecture will be closed. This agenda will be formally referred to the military council, so please wait for a call from the officials.”

And Claire’s eyes turned to Thereon and Helena.

The three guessed at that moment.

that they will eventually go the same way.

*

Helios, Pleiades coffin.

After the lecture, I returned to the laboratory and placed the fetus that had developed there in a glass coffin.

“Whoa… are you cultivating it that way?”

“Yes. We’ll have to wait until it’s fully human.”

“How long do you think it will take?”

“About a week.”

The ego, the authority, and the body must be completely united.

If that happens, you will finally open your eyes as a whole life.

“Do you know I’m still shivering?”

“why.”

“Why! Because of the sympathetic nervous system!”

Skadi still couldn’t forget the feeling at that time.

Dozens of people in the lecture hall.

That brief moment of being connected to the spirits of all of them was a horrifying experience that could be counted on three fingers throughout her life.

“I don’t know if it’s really okay to finish this.”

“It won’t be all right.”

“yes?”

Skadi tilted her head as she saw him quickly denying it.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay because we’re at war right now, but when the war ends and we have more time, there will definitely be people who want to take advantage of it.”

Human history has always been like that.

As with the dynamite created by Nobel, there will come a day when this will eventually be used in a direction I never thought of.

I am well aware of the human psychology.

“Well, then what should I do? Shouldn’t it be discarded?”

“No. However, this technology will not be disclosed.”

I have no intention of writing a thesis or disclosing the technology.

I know that this will poison mankind in the long run.

It is a technology that binds the human mind together.

There was no law against the appearance of forces trying to control the thoughts of all mankind with this.

“This will sink with me after the war.”

“·······.”

do not worry.

I don’t know about the Witchbeast, but there is no human being that can force me to open my mouth.

Constellation? I have Laniakea.

When the war is over, this will be a ‘nonexistent’ technology.

“Why are you even doing that?”

“·······.”

The big purple eyes were looking this way, asking the truth.

Why?

The reason is really nothing.

“To kill all the demons.”

“·······.”

“That’s it.”

It is my goal that will never change.

“lie.”

However, Skadi denied it.

As she approached, she lifted her head and looked up into my eyes.

“If the goal is just to kill, it’s enough to make the technology public and spread widely.”

“·······.”

“Hiding it means thinking about the future.”

“that’s-“

“Are you thinking about the students?”

I didn’t answer.

“Even when the war is over, they have to live on.”

I couldn’t answer

I have never thought of the world after the war.

It was my goal to kill the Witchbeast, and my life was for that purpose.

However, there were people like that around me.

People who dream of a post-war future, tomorrow.

“I think when the war is over, you’ll either be dead or gone.”

Her tail slithered abruptly.

The fluffy tail wrapped around my empty hand and squeezed it tightly.

“When you disappear, I will disappear with you.”

“·······.”

“Anyway, I’ve never really thought about anything after the war.”

Skadi laughed bashfully, waved her hand and left the lab.

Left alone there, I looked at the hand that was wrapped in the tail for a long time.

*

Time is running out.

Kang Yoo-jin’s next lecture was fast approaching the next day.

The auditorium was the venue for this lecture.

That means, the previous terrible mind-arming lectures will begin again.

It’s scary how time flies.

The expressions of the trio gathered at the park for the weekend were especially dark today.

“ha···.”

Ansia sighed.

Next to him was Estelle, who was sighing just like Cynthia, whose expression was dark.

“…will you do that for this lecture too?”

“I guess so…”

Ansia asks and Cynthia answers.

Estelle just nodded without saying a word.

“Hey. Shall we tell each other what we saw?”

“yes···?”

“Still, I think it’ll be easier if I say it…”

Sharing your trauma is not something you’re very inclined to do.

However, I felt that I wanted to confide in at least one person.

Rather than hugging alone, sharing will still give you peace of mind.

And, Encia trusted Cynthia and Estelle.

These two weren’t the kind of kids who would go anywhere and talk about their secrets.

“I had a dream in which my professor rejected my contract.”

A covenant of faith that angels can make once in a lifetime.

Angels who fail to do this will not be able to withstand their own holy power, and will die in ashes in the year they become adults.

In her vision, Encia saw herself being rejected and burned away.

“Of course, I realized at the end that it wasn’t real…? It’s a bit sad that even if it’s a fantasy, it’s rejected. It feels like a first confession?”

Dreams feel the same emotions even bigger.

It was so sad that Ensia woke up from the fantasy and cried while holding on to Yujin Kang’s legs.

“I… saw a vision of the professor killing me.”

“Whoa…”

this is a bit old

Hearing Cynthia’s answer, Encia flinched.

“He said he would kill the beast… but pointed a gun at me…”

After that, the beast’s consciousness penetrated into the shocked consciousness.

Perhaps it was a defense mechanism to protect itself, but the monster’s reaction was really intense.

Fortunately, Kang Yoo-jin was right next to him, so he was able to block it early, but because of that, he hurt him and couldn’t get out of the illusion.

Cynthia felt quite guilty about that fact.

“···I.”

And Estelle opened her closed mouth.

“First, I’ll apologize for what I said last time. Baepsae.”

“Uh… uh? Ah, no, I’m fine…”

Maybe it was because he didn’t know Estelle would apologize.

Cynthia was startled and visibly embarrassed.

In fact, although Estelle had a noble personality, it was not uncommon for her to bury her wrongdoings.

I don’t make mistakes, but when I do something wrong, I tend to apologize.

“I was… abandoned by the professor.”

And, I tell a story that I wouldn’t have done originally.

Estelle didn’t think that these two would reveal their secrets somewhere else, just like how they value each other.

“Because all I have is talent. I was abandoned because it disappeared. That’s all.”

I did wake up.

It was an escape rather than an overcoming.

In a place where there was silence, Encia said with a rather dumbfounded face.

“Are all of us trauma related to the professor?”

“·······.”

“·······.”

“To think that the girls’ hearts were lifted up and down like this. You’re a sinful person, our professor.”

In other words, it would mean that the existence of Kang Yoo-jin had become so large in their hearts.

And the common point of that trauma was that everyone was afraid of being turned away from Yujin Kang.

Isn’t that an ironic situation?

The three of them couldn’t speak for a long time.

“Uh! You guys~!”

And what broke the silence was Skadi’s refreshing voice that intervened out of nowhere.

She approached, wagging her tail, and stroked the hair of Cynthia, who was right in front of her.

“Why are the top three of the Grand Magic Mathematics in a quandary here? Aren’t you going to the lecture?”

“That, that’s…”

Cynthia was about to answer, but Skadi blocked her.

“Yeah~ Actually, I know. It’s because the content of the class is difficult!”

“···yes.”

I knew about the curriculum of the lectures of Skadido vs Magical Mathematics.

Because Kang Yu-jin’s syllabus can be seen by other professors.

She looked at the three downcasts and grinned.

“Don’t worry. The things you worry about won’t happen.”

“Yeah?”

In an instant, the three of them looked up and saw Skadi.

A pair of wandering eyes were asking what that meant.

They look like baby birds, said Skadi with a chuckle.

“You’d be surprised to know how much he cares for you guys.”

“Uh… the professor?”

“Sure~”

After answering Encia’s bewildered question, Skadi recalled the conversation they had had the other day.

His blunt consideration for the future after the war, even the future these children will live in.

“He’s a very kind person than I thought. That professor.”

“·······.”

“So you don’t have to worry too much~ You guys are really born with professor’s clothes~”

So goodbye!

Skadi left those words and disappeared.

The three of them stared blankly at her as she came and disappeared in an instant.

The initially gloomy atmosphere soon disappeared.

“By the way…Professor Skadi, are you here to talk about this?”

“·······.”

To Ensia’s self-talk, no one answered.

*

woo woo-

The quiet laboratory is filled with the sound of glass tubes operating.

The cultivated body will soon take on the shape of a whole body.

The body imbued with authority must have removed the unclean part of the beast, leaving only the good part that it had embraced.

“You have a big job to do.”

Looking at the glass tube, I lowered my gaze to the desk.

A short notice was written on the wristwatch posted there.

It is not being posted now, it was a notice for future emergencies.

“I hope I don’t have to see it as much as possible.”

If the situation you feared does not happen.

At least if I were staying here, the students wouldn’t have to see this.

but without me

If you are unable to get help from your professor.

To the next best thing, this will lead students.

I applied magic treatment to the completed notice and set it to be posted in a specific situation.

“Whoa…”

After posting, I saw the letter on the desk.

It was an official document sent by the military rather urgently.

[Urgent Assistance Request Form]

-Currently, the war situation in the forefront, dimension ‘Laurasia’ is starting to tilt unfavorably.

– Requested urgent support from Professor Kang Yu-jin, an SS-class hunter.

The threat Raniakea had spoken of was right around the corner.

The Witchbeast started to move.

I put on my coat and left the lab.

I locked the door and moved to the dimension where I requested support.

A storm is coming.