Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 525

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Necromancer School’s Summoning Genius — Chapter 525
The newly admitted transfer students had not yet received clearance for direct Teleportation to Rocksum.
So they traveled first to Langoustin, and from the Dock there, they boarded a Heavenly Whale that carried them to Rocksum.
By the time dusk began to settle,
“So this is Kizen!”
they arrived at the Main Gate of the school.
Benz whistled cheerfully and let out a cheer, while the other transfer students could barely contain their excitement, buzzing among themselves. White remained unmoved, gazing blankly into the distance.
“Ha ha ha! Welcome, welcome to you all! Thanks for the long journey!”
At the sound of that characteristically theatrical voice, out stepped Dick, sporting a Student Council Armband, to greet them.
Behind him stood his direct subordinates from the Student Council. The leader, Mojo, stood with both hands clasped respectfully and his head bowed.
“Dick!”
Simon approached with a broad grin.
“You’ve been wel—”
“Hey! Commoner! You’re grinning pretty hard there, aren’t you?”
Merin dashed forward in a single stride and jabbed his chest repeatedly with her finger. Dick stumbled back, giggling as if tickled.
“Simon, what’s up with this old woman?”
“Hey! Want to die? While we were slaving away, you were lounging in the lap of luxury — having the time of your life, huh? Huh?”
“Oh my, such slander. Doesn’t anyone appreciate the Secretary General’s tireless efforts to build a prosperous 330th Generation Student Council? Day after day, nothing but nagging and squawking. This is why they say great people only get remembered after they’re dead.”
“Want me to make sure you’re remembered right now?”
“Dick! It’s been so long!”
“Kamibarez, hello!”
The area before the Main Gate erupted into noise all at once.
Snap.
When Jane stepped forward, all four of them fell silent in unison. The Student Council’s direct subordinates bowed deeply at the waist.
“There’s no need for all that formality. I’ve already assigned Dick here his own responsibilities.”
Jane raised her hand to acknowledge the subordinates’ bow, then looked toward Dick.
“Is everything prepared?”
“Ah, of course, Professor!”
Dick grinned and waved the transfer student roster about.
“The Transfer Enrollment Ceremony setup is all done, and I’ve had the uniforms tailored to fit each student!”
“Thank you for your work.”
“But who’s Berlini here? Raise your hand. Oh, it’s Sierra? I had such a time getting a uniform made for her with that tail sticking out. Buy me a juice when we meet on campus later.”
Behind Merin, who was watching with a look of exasperation, an Allard female student quietly drew near.
“But Vice President, doesn’t it bother you that he knows our body measurements?”
Merin let out a long sigh.
“Well, now you know. Information that gets sold for a mere fifty silver might as well be trash.”
“……Really?”
“But don’t worry. I’ll ram my fist into that dead man until his mouth shuts.”
“Hey, this old woman’s been at it since earlier! I’m Student Council now — I’m a public servant! You think I’d pull stunts like that?”
“Who are you calling an old woman! You crazy bastard!”
While the Vice President disciplined the Secretary General by beating him like a rat to maintain order, Simon was exchanging greetings with Mojo, the leader of the direct subordinates.
“You worked hard on the transfer assessment tournament. Student Council President.”
“You all worked hard preparing for the event as well. Where have you set up the Transfer Enrollment Ceremony?”
“At the Central Main Building on the 2nd Year Campus.”
Jane heard this and pointed ahead.
“Let’s head there at once.”

* * *
The Central Main Building was the same place where the Department Selection Ceremony had once been held with the 3rd Year Seniors.
The transfer students first changed into Kizen Uniforms in the Changing Room and emerged.
“Wow, amazing……!”
It was by far the most enthusiastic reaction the transfer students had shown yet.
“Look how smooth the fabric is!”
“The uniform really does have broad-spectrum Protective Magic woven into it.”
“So that’s what they meant — Kizen students wear an entire Mansion on their backs……”
The male students were making a fuss, touching the uniform jackets and rattling off about defense ratings and metal hardness ratios, while the female students stood transfixed before the mirrors.
Benz was no exception. He swept his bangs back while gazing at himself in the mirror.
“Finally! Finally I’m wearing this black uniform!”
Just then, Merin, hurrying about, spotted a green plaid pair of trousers discarded on the Grand Hall floor and lifted them with two fingers in disgust.
“Ugh! Whose are these?”
“Oh, sorry. That’s mine—oof!”
Benz’s shoulders shook with laughter.
“Huh, everyone calls it a grasshopper uniform, and now that I look at it, it really does look like a locust shell!”
Stripped off and laid bare, it was unmistakably a locust husk.
Simon watched Benz and broke into a grin.
“So you were from Allard before?”
“Of course that’s where I came from, but now I’ve been reborn as an elite Kizen student!”
Benz hurriedly folded his Allard uniform trousers into his bag as he spoke.
The transfer students, now dressed in their Kizen Uniforms, lined up before Merin at her desk.
It was a simple procedure. They confirmed the details written in their profiles once more, finalized their chosen departments, and signed documents pledging to observe Kizen’s school regulations as transfer enrollees.
“Name?”
“Zetus Simerat.”
Merin moved her Quill Pen swiftly, asking various questions as she went.
“You were in Dark Reversal Magic at Sierra. You’ll continue with that major here at Kizen, yes?”
“Yes, of course.”
After signing, Dick and Kamibarez, who had been waiting nearby, handed over various living essentials.
Then came the last student’s turn.
Merin’s expression flickered, but she forced a smile and asked.
“Name?”
“White.”
It was White’s turn. Merin filled out White’s paperwork, checking various personal details, until she reached the final question.
“You were in the Curse Department at Moirah.”
Merin murmured, sounding surprised.
Curse Magic.
Not once had White used it when fighting me.
It annoyed me a little, but I kept my expression neutral.
“You’ll continue with the same major here at Kizen, yes?”
Just then.
White slowly raised an arm.
“That one.”
White was pointing at Simon.
“I want to be in the same department as them.”
……
Simon, who had been sitting and resting, was startled. In White’s hollow pupils, something strange seemed to shimmer and shift.
“You want to change departments?”
Merin’s brow furrowed as she continued.
“Simon is in the Summoning Department. You’re really going to switch to that?”
White nodded slowly, without a word.
“Your school had specialized majors from 1st Year, didn’t it? Your coursework will be completely different from what you’ve been studying. Are you sure about making such a sudden change?”
White nodded once more.
‘……What’s their game?’
Since this had never happened before, Merin dragged her chair back and stood up.
“Just a moment—let me ask Professor Jane…….”
“No problem.”
Jane, who had just changed into fresh clothes, was entering the Grand Hall with her subordinates.
“Accommodate the transfer students’ wishes as much as possible. The Summoning Department has plenty of open slots.”
“Yes, Professor.”
Merin sat back down and continued filling out the paperwork.
Simon rested his chin in his hand, watching White with an uneasy feeling.
-I want to be in the same department as them.
White had changed majors.
And in doing so, had singled Simon out.
Ever since their first meeting, something had felt off.
‘Pier, Pier. Do you have a moment?’
Simon tapped lightly on Pier’s Fragment Form, which hung from his uniform. After a moment, light kindled in the fragment’s eyes.
[Krhehe! What is it, boy! I’m in the middle of getting a feel for this newfound ‘blade’s’ power—the more I wield it, the more applications I discover!]
‘Sorry to interrupt. We just arrived at Rocksum.’
[Ah! Good work!]
‘But there’s something I wanted to ask you.’
Simon turned Pier’s Fragment Form slightly so that White came into view.
‘What do you make of that white-haired student?’
[…….]
Pier’s eyes gleamed. Simon waited for an answer, his face taut with tension.
[Just another student.]
‘Huh?’
Taken aback by the tepid response, Simon grabbed Pier’s duplicate form and shook it up and down.
‘Pier! Come on, take this seriously!’
[Kehehehe! What’s the problem?]
‘Well…….’
This was the first time he’d broached the subject, but Simon spoke with a grave expression.
‘Doesn’t he look like Magnus?’
[Yes, there is a resemblance.]
Pier’s duplicate chuckled.
[But from where I stand, all human faces look much of a muchness! I judge not by appearance, but by the darkness aura and the essence a human emanates!]
‘Then compared to Magnus, what do you think?’
Pier answered plainly.
[They seem to me entirely separate beings.]
‘…….’
Just then Jane spoke up loudly.
“Everyone, gather around! We’re about to begin the Transfer Enrollment Ceremony.”

* * *
The Transfer Enrollment Ceremony was not a particularly grand affair.
Of course, had there been a weekend involved, they would have made more of it and the students would have come to offer their congratulations, but since classes began tomorrow, they’d decided to keep it as streamlined as possible.
Vice Chancellor Jane herself took the podium to deliver remarks, explaining the mindset required of a Kizen student and the pertinent regulations.
After that, she called each transfer student’s name one by one and distributed their Transfer Certificates along with 2nd Year Student IDs granting them command and investigative authority.
All of them seemed to be seized by an enormous sense of joy. Some students’ eyes even glistened with tears the moment they received their Kizen Student IDs.
Once the streamlined ceremony concluded, Jane rose from her seat.
“Well then, I’ll be leaving to prepare for class. The Student Council members here will kindly explain all the particulars of school life to you.”
Simon straightened his shoulders, while Merin and Kamibarez waved their hands daintily from either side.
“I wish you all fortune as you begin your new life at school. Oh, and White, a word.”
White stood up from his seat.
“Come with me.”
The reason was unclear at once, but Jane took White with her nonetheless.
Soon the adults had vanished, and Merin cleared her throat and folded her arms.
“So rather than staying here, let’s head to the Student Council Room and chat over some tea.”
“Sounds good!”
Simon and his group led the transfer students out of the building. Along the way to the Student Council Room, they decided to point out various facilities on campus.
The transfer students seemed somewhat unfamiliar with the new surroundings, but their curiosity and anticipation ran so high that they gazed eagerly at everything around them.
“Behind here there’s the Sports Field, and it’s pretty popular so you have to book it in advance. And this is the Hematology Department Building! There are two more buildings back there.”
Merin chattered excitedly.
Introducing the school to new friends was a delightful task. Sometimes Merin and Dick would clash as their words overlapped, but all the transfer students kept their ears perked, not wanting to miss even a scrap of information. Living up to their status as students who’d broken through fierce competition, their attitude was different from the start.
Occasionally, Kizen students passing through campus would catch sight of them and murmur or call out.
“Hey, Simon! What’s with these guys?”
“Transfer students. They arrived at Kizen today.”
“Oh, really? Right, right! This is when the transfer students come in! Is anyone here from Poison Studies?”
“How many got into Dark Reversal Magic?”
Interest in the new faces was explosive. As passing students came flocking over, Dick strutted forward self-importantly.
“Come on, come on, let’s keep moving! You can check them out in your departments tomorrow. You’re making them uncomfortable.”
They’d originally planned to do a full tour of the school, but too many students were gathering.
Simon decided to head straight for the Student Council Room instead.
“If you join the Command Magic Department, you’re all done for!”
“Did you know transfer students get their own Hazing Ritual?”
Some students joked around as they went. Merin glared with exasperation.
“Argh, get out of here, you lot!”
“The Vice President’s mad!”
“Hahahaha!”
Fortunately, the transfer students seemed to be enjoying all this excessive attention, waving their hands and exchanging greetings with smiles on their faces. Nothing could dampen the happiness of having arrived at Kizen.
But the crowd kept swelling. When 3rd Year Seniors who’d heard the rumor of incoming transfer students began approaching, Simon had no choice but to mobilize the Student Council’s direct subordinates.
The moment Mojo’s eyes met Simon’s, he immediately nodded and stepped forward.
“Students, if you’ll excuse me. I’m coming through.”
“Please step aside.”
The moment the subordinates moved to clear a path, Simon shouted.
“Run!”
Simon sent the transfer students sprinting toward the Student Council building, herding the last of them inside before ordering Mojo to seal the entrance behind them.
“Wow.”
Benz laughed, his expression dazed.
“Man, that was intense. Some real grand welcome, huh?”
“At least we’re getting attention. I was worried they’d just ignore us.”
As the transfer students exchanged words with flushed faces, Simon led the way forward.
“Now we head up to the Student Council Room. The department representatives should be coming to collect you soon.”
The transfer students stiffened slightly.
“Department… representatives?”
“Yeah, for some reason they seem like scary people.”

* * *
At that same moment.
The Summoning Department Dormitory.
Students who had just returned from their assignments were filing into the dormitory with exhausted faces. In the lobby, conversation was already in full swing.
‘Ugh, I’m dead on my feet.’
Just as the returning student shuffled toward the stairs to head to his room.
“Hey.”
A sharp-eyed female student pointed to the side.
“You’re back? Report to the department representative. We need a headcount.”
“Oh. Y-yeah? Got it.”
The girl had an intimidating air about her, so the returning student moved without protest toward the Break Room beside the lobby.
“So what I’m saying is!”
“Hahahaha!”
Four students sat chattering in their school uniforms or bath robes—all of them top-ranked, from distinguished families.
And towering among them like a hill was a man.
Hector Moor.
Students from Class A had by now grown accustomed to Hector and had progressed to the stage of teasing him, but several department students encountering him for the first time still found his massive frame and imposing face frightening.
“What is it?”
Hector turned around. The returning student flinched momentarily, but managed to laugh it off with a forced cough.
“Oh, just got back. They said I should report it to you.”
“All right. Good work.”
Hector picked up a quill pen and made a check mark on the list.
“Oh right, my name is…….”
“Rauvel Bruenmers.”
At Hector’s words, the student’s eyes went wide.
“Huh? How did you know?”
“As a department representative, it’s basic to have memorized the names of all fifty department members.”
Rauvel felt a sudden surge of emotion and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
What is this guy?
Turns out he’s actually a decent person?
-Attention, attention. Broadcast from the General Student Council.
At that moment, an announcement blared throughout the entire dormitory.
-2nd Year Department Representative Hector Moor, 2nd Year Department Representative Hector Moor. Please come to the Student Council Room immediately. That is all.
Crack.
Hector’s eyes widened sharply.
“These student council bastards getting cocky…….”
The apple in his hand exploded with a snap. The students from his faction flinched, watching his mood carefully.
‘He really is scary!’
Rauvel, who’d caught fragments of the shattered apple, thought the same thing.
Rustle!
Hector pulled his department representative armband from his school jacket and fastened it to his arm.
“H-Hector?”
“Get some rest. I’m heading down to campus for a bit.”

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