Academy’s Gumiho is a Magic Genius - Chapter 298



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Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius Episode 298

Baal (3)

I got in my car and drove to the vicinity of the mansion.

I parked my car in a nearby town and got out.

“What a quiet village.”

A quiet and peaceful village.

It was lunch time, so I wondered if it was quiet because people were eating lunch at home or at restaurants.

Even taking that into account, it was too quiet.

It was as if I was looking at a village that had been built quietly from the beginning.

“That’s why I said it was a territory under the family.”

There was a reason why I parked my car in this town.

The buildings and overall atmosphere of this village are similar in style and structure to the main house.

Well, that’s because this town was created along with the construction of the mansion.

‘A place where servants who have started families with their collateral relatives live.’

The village was not narrow.

It seemed like a fairly wealthy town.

Even that village was merely an extension of the mansion.

I was able to experience once again the wealth and influence of Cheonho Baekga.

“Now all this is in my hands.”

The complete power of the head of the household.

The power to wield and manipulate at will comes under your command.

Obtaining both money and power at the same time.

It wasn’t a bad feeling to seize the money and power that had rolled in like a vine, but in truth, it was a good feeling.

It’s not a bad feeling.

It wasn’t that I was very excited.

‘I have no intention of using it for personal gain anyway.’

To me, the power of the family was nothing more than a means to control and block the scenarios that would unfold in the future from their source.

That’s when I think about my future plans.

I heard someone calling me.

“Go, Master? Oh my, aren’t you the Master?”

“…….”

“What business do you have in such a remote and backward village?”

“…….”

A middle-aged man with a potbelly.

It was a common sight in any city, but its unique, relaxed atmosphere was not something that could be found in just anyone.

A unique sense of stability that comes from being economically and psychologically stable. It felt like meeting a wealthy merchant.

‘I remember this face.’

Baek Seung-woo’s diary, placed in a circle in the mind.

Thanks to the numerous pages in the diary filled with the faces and detailed information of the people around her, she was able to recognize even the middle-aged man she was seeing for the first time.

Just to take out the memories and look through them.

It just took a little bit of time.

……ah.

It came to mind.

“Choi Young-seok. He has been the family’s groom for generations, and is currently in charge of distribution.”

“Do you know anything about me?”

“……Of course. As the head of a family, how could I forget the heads of the collateral families? This is basic knowledge.”

I blurted out the lie without blinking an eye.

Then the middle-aged man opened his eyes wide and gave me a look of gratitude.

─Do you know him?

‘No, I’ve only read about him in his diary.’

─You look very touched for something like that. Didn’t you say that the collateral line fell into the hands of the elders a long time ago?

Cheonho Baekga is a very large family.

It can be counted on one hand as one of the top nine in terms of size and influence in the world.

Families are usually connected by blood ties, but it is also strange for a blood-related relationship to have only one collateral line.

Cheonho Baekga is a great family that competes for supremacy in the world.

‘The number of collateral branches of Cheonho Baekga is ninety-nine in total.’

─Ninety-nine? Ninety-nine families? Not the number of people, but the number of collateral branches?

‘A number inspired by the tail of a nine-tailed fox.’

Ninety-nine collateral lines.

In other words, it is safe to say that Cheonho Baekga is a composite group made up of 99 small families.

Of course, not all of the ninety-nine collateral branches are large groups.

The number ninety-nine was purely a symbolic number.

Because the gumiho has nine tails.

It simply originated from the idea of ​​trying to match 99.

‘Some collateral lines have hundreds or thousands of members, while others have less than ten members.’

─Aha, then that person is like that too.

Although it looked like a wealthy village, it felt a bit out of place for someone representing a large collateral line to live there.

Where such a person lives, there should be at least one notable mansion, even if it is not as big as his family home.

‘No, Choi Young-seok. As of two years ago, the number of members of the collateral group he formed was 877. In terms of the number of members and the size of the power, it boasts the 13th largest scale among the collateral groups.’

─What?

On the surface, Choi Young-seok doesn’t seem like much.

In fact, his occupation as a ‘coachman’ was the biggest factor in making him look down on. In reality, it was completely different.

‘That family has been serving as the main family’s groom for 8 generations. Choi Young-seok himself was even the one who took care of the official events of the previous head of the family.’

Whether it’s a carriage, a sedan chair, or an automobile.

To entrust the pilot of the aircraft with the owner on board was like entrusting one’s own life to him. If the driver had bad intentions, it wouldn’t be that difficult to send the owner to a traffic accident.

─You are a very trustworthy person, aren’t you?

‘Yes, even if we don’t have any contact, there’s no doubt that he’s a good person.’

The coachman said this and that with a pleasant expression on his face.

Most of them were words of greeting.

Despite his superficial greetings, his greetings were sincere.

He was a groom who served the previous head of the household, so he may be spying on the two deceased people through me.

Then it worked out well.

“─That’s why I turned the steering wheel so hard and threw them off the carriage! Thinking back to those days, I was really fearless. Even now, whenever I have a drink with friends, it’s a regular topic that comes up without fail, hahaha.”

“I see. But actually, I have one request.”

“Oh, money won’t do.”

“I have more money than you.”

“Not even my precious daughter.”

“What kind of woman is that guy who broke off an engagement with his fiancée? And as far as I know, your daughters are all in their mid-30s.”

“Oh, then whatever it is, it doesn’t matter. Just say it!”

“…….”

There was something strange about this man.

What the heck, did you have a big drink during the day?

I don’t smell any alcohol.

─A trustworthy person… …right? Suddenly, I feel uneasy.

‘It’ll probably be okay. Maybe.’

The reason I parked my car in this remote town.

That’s because they needed none other than a groom.

“I need to hear from you right now.”

“That means……!!”

“Yeah, I see you noticed.”

I think he sensed what I was trying to say.

Well, to need his horse, who has been a groom for generations, is like saying you want to ride in the carriage he leads.

The carriages stored in the coachman’s shed in this village are old, but they are still thoroughly maintained and repaired to maintain the family’s tradition.

─But what does the carriage mean?

‘It’s nothing special. I plan to take advantage of the tradition where, when the family flag is seen from afar on a carriage, everyone in the mansion immediately stops what they are doing and comes to pay their respects to the head of the household.’

─Why?

‘Well, according to tradition, we have to purge the elders.’

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Wouldn’t it require some groundwork?

It would also be a good example of humility.

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A weekend like any other.

Since we have one less elder, we are going to elect a new elder.

That’s when all the elders of the family came to visit the ancestral home.

Clink clink.

The driver arrived with the sound of wheels.

By carriage, too.

Planting the family flag.

I came to my parents’ house.

The servants had already fallen to their knees in the ominous atmosphere.

The elders also observed the situation and eventually knelt on one knee in front of the red carpet laid out in front of the carriage door.

“I will pay my respects to the Lord─!”

“That’s enough greetings. I’ll open the meeting right now.”

“!!!!”

A feeling of unease crossed the elders’ minds at the Lord’s command.

But first, the body obeyed the command of the master.

Before the head of the conference room took his seat, the elders who had been waiting by the chairs were nervous because it had been a long time since the meeting.

I reviewed various minor rules.

‘Seriously, how long has it been since we’ve had this conference?’

‘I never thought a meeting would be held so suddenly.’

‘I haven’t prepared anything yet… … !!’

The conference.

Unlike other meetings that decide major and minor family matters, this meeting is where the most crucial matters are decided.

For example.

“Okay, then I will present the agenda myself.”

“What on earth is the agenda…?”

“The heinous crimes of the five elders and the traitors who helped them are now here. They will be dismissed and their punishments carried out.”

Dismissal and punishment of elders.

The Great Council exists to punish those who cannot be punished by simple meetings or laws.

Of course, this conference is also held when dealing with equally important matters.

This meeting is also held to discuss in depth the appointment of elders and the head of the household.

“What do you mean, my lord?”

It was so sudden.

It was embarrassing enough that he came to my hometown without notice.

He rode in a carriage exclusively for the household, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, he held a meeting.

Since the authority over the meeting usually lies with the head of the household, the elders were not allowed to say anything until the meeting was held.

Not now.

Now that the meeting was in session, the elders also had a say.

“Don’t make me say it again.”

However, Seungwoo doesn’t seem to even give the elders a chance to speak.

He drove them roughly.

The six elders stood up roughly at the sight of him forcibly leading the conversation.

Squeak!

There was a loud noise as the chair was dragged on the ground.

At that sound, everyone’s eyes turned to the six elders.

“Go! Even if you are the head of this household, you can’t run a household alone, right?”

“Yeah, well said.”

“The current actions of the head of the household are clearly oppression. In the history of the Cheonho Baekga, there is no precedent for a head of the household who has persecuted an elder……!”

The words of the six elders were cut off.

My body froze with my mouth open in silence.

Wherever his eyes turned, there was Seungwoo.

Swish.

The tail, which had been transparently hidden until now, was fully revealed.

One, two, three… … seven, eight.

A total of eight tails spread out widely.

The black tail, which cannot be found in the family, is like the night sky.

Colorful twinkling stars caught my eye here and there on the tail.

The sixth elder, also a warrior who had accumulated his own supernatural powers, immediately realized what those stars meant.

“Ma, a lump of magic power?”

The mass of magical power that glittered like the night sky on each tail was small enough to match the size of the tail.

But each of those lumps.

It had more magical power than the heart of a player with at least A-class magical power.

Why did the tail suddenly spread out?

When on earth were the eight implemented before that?

The realm of Palmiho.

There are not more than 100 people who have reached that level, even in the book that records the entire history of the clan.

Only a hundred people in 1,000 years.

To that unbelievably low percentage.

Seungwoo had reached the point.

The elders and collaborators were each surprised for different reasons.

At the same time.

The mood gradually shifted towards Seungwoo.

‘It’s not a bad atmosphere.’

Seungwoo, who was leading the atmosphere, was about to launch his next offensive.

Hoooowoooooo─!

That would have been the case if a sudden gust of wind hadn’t blew in the windowless conference room.

“……You bastard.”

“Haha, my lord. I’m sorry, but if the atmosphere continues like this, the meeting will continue with the six elders terrified.”

The old man said with a hearty laugh.

He is an elder.

He is the first elder of the family and the oldest of the Cheonho Baekga clans who has held that position for the longest time.

How long have you reigned as an elder?

There is even another title for him, Elder.

Seungwoo called him by his nickname.

“Elder.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“You interrupt me when I’m talking to you. Where did you learn that habit?”

“!!!!”

He was talking about his habits to the old man who was in his eighties this year.

Everyone present at the meeting thought that the head of the household and the elders might have a big fight.

Isn’t this a big problem?

As the idea spread, one question began to spread among people.

If we fight.

Who will win?

Are you the nominal head of the household? Or the hidden power broker in the household?

The elders and the heads of the collateral branches looked at the two in turn.

“…….”

There was no conversation whatsoever.

All they hear is.

“……Gulp.”

There was only the sound of the elder swallowing his saliva.

As the elder was the first elder, he sat in the seat located at the very front.

The only way to see the face of the person sitting in that seat was from the head of the household seat, which was located at the highest level. The expression on the elder’s face was visible from there.

“You must have been really scared.”

I can’t believe it’s a fox.

He looked like a scared rat.

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