Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 27

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Necromancer School’s Summoning Prodigy, Chapter 27
“Eaten away?”
“What kind of potion?”
Dick and Kamibarez drew closer with interest. The page Simon had opened contained a description of a potion with effects that temporarily paralyzed tendon function and contracted muscles.
“It’s called Nerviae, apparently.”
Meylin circled the potion’s name with quick, emphatic strokes.
“Based on the symptoms, it’s a nerve paralysis toxin that weakens physical strength, and it works on small to medium-sized monsters from rank three and above. It might not have a dramatic effect, but it should slow the Cyclops’s movements considerably.”
“How do you apply it?”
“Either make it drink the potion or apply it to a wound. If we create a wound first and then throw the glass vial of potion at it, something should work out.”
Everyone nodded with serious expressions. If there was any chance it could help with capturing the Cyclops, it was worth preparing.
“We can reserve the Magic Cauldron by booking the Practice Room. The problem is the materials.”
Meylin gently bit her thumb as she studied the material list in the textbook.
“The basic materials are easy to find in Kizen. The tricky ones are the Rahak Mushroom, Blood Slime, and Silk Vine.”
“Let me see.”
Dick scanned through the materials with his eyes.
“If we head down to Rochester and do some legwork, we should be able to find them somehow.”
“Really?”
Everyone’s eyes widened. Dick nodded confidently.
“Let’s just do it while we’re at it. Once class ends in a bit, I’ll head down to Rochester and be back.”
Simon, who had been studying the material list, pointed at one item with his finger.
“I’ve seen this Rahak Mushroom before in Kizen.”
“Really? Where?”
“The Forbidden Forest.”
He had seen this mushroom when he went into the forest looking for Pear. It had grown in abundance beneath a large oak tree at the entrance of the Forbidden Forest.
Meylin’s and Kamibarez’s expressions stiffened slightly.
“How did you even know that… wait, that’s not the issue! You’re planning to go into the Forbidden Forest right now?”
“It won’t take long. Dick is willing to risk disciplinary action by going to Rochester, so I should do at least this much. I’ll collect it quickly before it gets dark.”
“Hmm…”
Meylin’s brow furrowed.
“Don’t monsters appear there? Rochester is one thing, but the Forbidden Forest is too dangerous.”
“Then I’ll come along with you!”
Kamibarez shot her hand up. Simon turned to her with an startled expression.
“It’s too dangerous. And it’s against the School Rules.”
“That’s exactly why you can’t go alone! I won’t let you go into that forest by yourself!”
Kamibarez was quite adamant.
Simon swallowed hard and wavered, but faced with the justification that his Group Project teammate wanted to accompany him, he couldn’t come up with a good excuse.
“…If it seems dangerous, we’re pulling out immediately.”
“Yes!”
“Okay, so I just need to get the Blood Slime and Silk Vine from Rochester? The Rahak Mushroom was the trickiest part, so this actually saves me some time.”
“I’ll gather the basic materials and wait in the Practice Room.”
Just then, the bell rang to signal the end of class. Francesca, the Toxicology teaching assistant, made an announcement.
“Yes, that concludes today’s lesson.”
“Thank you for the class!”
Students streamed out of the lecture hall.
Group Seven, now with tasks to complete, moved busily. Dick headed toward Rochester, Meylin toward the Practice Room, and Simon and Kamibarez toward the Forbidden Forest.
And as everyone filed out of the lecture hall, a student who had been lying still at a desk with suppressed presence quietly rose from his seat.
Then he walked toward someone.
“Hey, Hector.”
Hector, who had been quietly packing his things, looked up.
“I’ve got some useful information. Want to hear it?”

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“It’s dangerous if we go through the main gate. Follow me.”
Dick led Simon and Kamibarez toward the Stable in the outskirts of Kizen.
“Kevin! Are you there?”
Dick knocked on the Stable door. A moment later, the door opened and a middle-aged man with a sun-darkened face poked his head out.
“Oh, Dick! Heading out again today?”
“Yes, that’s how it worked out. Today these friends are coming along too.”
Dick flicked his finger and tossed a coin. Kevin caught it with a broad grin in one practiced motion.
“Right this way, customers!”
Kizen had a stable, which was odd—but they kept not just horses, but enormous Skeleton Horses as well.
When a Skeleton Horse snorting through its nostrils turned to stare at them, Kamibarez startled and hid behind Simon.
“This is the place. Have a wonderful time!”
Kevin had led them to a corner of the stable—just an ordinary space covered with straw where, notably, there were no horses at all.
“I’ll go first!”
Dick walked toward the wall. Suddenly the straw-covered floor gave way beneath him, and he disappeared.
“Wait—what? Dick?”
A voice came from below: “I’m down here!”
Simon and Kamibarez exchanged a glance, then walked to the spot where Dick had gone.
The floor beneath them crumbled away, and both plummeted into the tunnel below.
Dick stood with his arms spread wide, grinning.
“Welcome to the secret passage that leads outside the school!”
Simon looked around, taking in his surroundings.
“I didn’t know this place existed.”
“Heh, it’s a route only the right people know about.”
Kevin could be seen above, covering the hole in the ceiling with straw again.
“Come on, let’s hurry before the night gets any later.”
“Right!”
“Mm.”
Dick, Kamibarez, and Simon proceeded through the tunnel in that order. At the front, Dick pulled a Lantern from his Subspace and lit the darkness, guiding them with the ease of long practice.
“Watch your head!”
At first they could walk by merely bending slightly at the waist, but as they progressed, the passage grew narrower. Soon they reached a section where they had to crawl on their bellies, propelling themselves forward on their knees.
“……Kamibarez.”
“Yes?”
“Would you… want to switch places?”
“Why?”
She turned to look back at him, her eyes wide with confusion.
When their eyes met, Simon quickly averted his gaze and spoke in a strained voice as he crawled forward.
“It’s nothing.”
“??”
Because looking ahead would put him in a rather embarrassing position, Simon quietly lowered his head and continued forward.
Dick, catching on to the situation, let out a muffled laugh—but Kamibarez remained oblivious, tilting her head in bewilderment.
It wasn’t long before they reached their destination.
Dick pushed himself upright and tapped the ceiling, which swung open like a hatch.
He emerged deftly and reached down to help Kamibarez and Simon up, pulling them through.
“Wow, we’re really outside.”
In the distance, the city walls of Kizen were visible. Dick closed the hatch again and covered the surrounding area with dirt to keep it from being noticed.
“All right, let’s split up here. I’m going to head to Rochester.”
“Understood.”
“Be careful, Dick!”
Dick set off toward Rochester, while Simon and Kamibarez turned their steps toward the Forbidden Forest.
Night fell swiftly over the forest.
Beneath a full moon hanging large in the sky, darkness settled between the leaves, and the sounds of insects and owls drifted through the air. The atmosphere was quite eerie, and Simon worried that Kamibarez might be frightened—but.
‘……Why does she look so pleased?’
Her eyes sparkled as she freely surveyed their surroundings.
She crouched down to brush flowers blooming in the field, or sniffed at the earthy scent of soil. Her mood was brighter and more lively than it had been back in Kizen.
“A night walk is truly wonderful!”
Simon belatedly remembered that she was a vampire.
“So you like the night?”
“I do!”
She turned back with her hands clasped behind her, smiling warmly.
“The night is so comforting.”
‘……Is it really?’
He couldn’t quite relate to it himself, but it might be a racial inclination, so he decided to respect it.
Kamibarez, her spirits lifted, began chattering away at him.
“This is a little late, but I wanted to thank you for helping me during the Beast Combat lesson.”
“Ah, when you were mounting the hippopotamus?”
“Yes! I couldn’t get up on my own no matter what. I was at a loss, so I looked around, but… everyone pretended not to see and turned away. I understand it was a competitive class, so I can’t blame them, but even so—only you readily offered your hand.”
“I was just doing what anyone should.”
She looked at him with intensity in her eyes.
“It’s admirable that you actually follow through with something so obvious!”
“……Ah, is it?”
Before long, the conversation had brought them close to their destination.
For Simon, who bounded through the treacherous mountain ranges of Reshil several times a day, a forest path like this held no mystery. Once he’d walked a route, he could remember it for years.
“There.”
Simon pointed. Beneath an oak tree, mushrooms grew in thick clusters.
“Oh, those really are Rahak Mushrooms! And so many of them!”
“I’m not sure how many we’ll need, so let’s take them all.”
“Right!”
Simon pulled out an empty box, and the two of them began harvesting the mushrooms, packing each one carefully inside.
Within minutes of starting, the box was full. Simon closed the lid and carefully placed it into a Subspace.
“That finished faster than I thought.”
“It did.”
They had far too much time to wait for Hector. The two decided to head back to Kizen first and meet up with Meylin, then set off.
“Oh, by the way—what brought you to Kizen in the first place?”
“Hmm.”
Simon paused to think before answering.
“My parents sent me here, to start with.”
“Ah, that’s the usual reason.”
“But as I went to school, I gradually began to form my own personal convictions and goals.”
He’d encountered Summoning at the academy and felt, for the first time, a true desire to become a Necromancer.
Then he’d learned his father’s secret and forged a pact with his father’s Undead legion. He’d made close friends, too.
“So what about you, Kamibarez……”
Simon’s words cut short. He stretched out his arm and brought Kamibarez, who’d been walking beside him, to a halt as well.
“What’s wrong?”
“Hide!”
Simon seized her wrist and pulled her behind a tree.
In the distance, the glow of Lanterns pierced through the forest’s darkness. At the same time, the hurried sound of many footsteps reached their ears.
“Ah……!”
Kamibarez’s face went deathly pale.
“Those are the Wardens from Kizen……!”
“Wardens?”
“Yes, the people responsible for security around Kizen! They manage the forest and hunt monsters to control their numbers. If they catch us……!”
She swallowed hard.
“Even with student protection rules, we won’t get out of this unscathed.”
Yelp! Yelp!
Worse still, hunting dogs came into view, their noses pressed to the ground as they tracked a scent. As the light drew closer, Simon could make out the silhouettes of people with bows strapped to their backs.
Simon’s eyes narrowed.
‘This is odd.’
The timing was too convenient. They’d barely ventured into the Forbidden Forest before a massive sweep by the Wardens suddenly began.
Moreover, Hector knew the Wardens’ patrol schedule completely and said he’d use only the gaps when they wouldn’t be around.
In other words, this wasn’t a routine search—it was an unexpected deployment.
‘Well, I’ll worry about that later.’
For now, he needed to focus on getting out of here.
When Simon turned his head, he saw Kamibarez trembling with a ghostly white face, muttering the same panicked phrase over and over: “What do we do, what do we do?”
“Kamibarez. Look at me.”
Simon gripped both her shoulders firmly and turned her to face him. Her eyes were wide with terror.
“We can escape from here. Just trust me and follow. Keep your eyes on my back and run. Can you do that?”
She nodded slightly, her lips pressed tight. Simon released her and tapped the Skull Badge hanging from his uniform.
‘Pear. Respond.’
A moment later, a blue flame flickered to life in the skull’s eye sockets.
[Hmm? Did you call for me, boy!]
‘The situation has taken a turn for the complicated.’
Simon spoke to Pear with grim determination, his eyes fixed on the approaching Lantern lights.
‘I think it’s time the legion made its move.’

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