Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 582

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School – Chapter 582
“Leave it to me.”
An abandoned house, weathered by time.
In a dilapidated room where no trace of habitation remained, a girl wept alone.
It was a suspicious situation by any measure, yet Lorain approached the girl with confident steps.
Sob… sob… sob.
The girl continued crying, her face buried in her knees.
Lorain stopped at a careful distance and spoke, offering a soft smile designed to disarm suspicion.
“Hello?”
The weeping stopped.
“What are you doing here? Where are your mom and dad?”
……
A silence like the calm before a storm settled over them.
Simon swallowed hard, watching. He wanted nothing more than to pull Lorain away immediately, but if she was truly a survivor in distress, they had to help her.
-Why.
Then the girl’s mouth opened.
-Why did you leave me behind?
“……Huh?”
Lorain’s expression turned grave upon hearing those words.
-Why did you leave me behind? Why did you leave me behind? Why did you leave me behind?
A spine-chilling voice echoed like a broken record. Simon’s face went rigid, and after a moment’s hesitation, Lorain asked:
“Did your mom and dad leave you here?”
-……No.
“Then who?”
The girl, whose face had been buried in her knees, suddenly snapped her head up.
“You all left me behind!”
Screeeeeeeeeech!
Her mouth gaped monstrously wide, and her detached pupils spun wildly in every direction, rotating a full three hundred sixty degrees.
!
They say when you’re shocked enough, words fail you. Simon felt his body and mind freeze in an instant.
‘A spirit undead. I need to counterattack…!’
But then.
Simon felt something soft brush against his body.
?!
When he looked down, he saw a dark crown of hair.
‘……Lo, Lorain?’
Simon’s soul nearly left his body.
She must have thrown herself forward without thinking; startled by her own action, she quickly pulled away. Then, squeezing her eyes shut, she grabbed Simon’s wrist and started running.
Craaaaaash!
The house was collapsing. Both of them launched themselves outside simultaneously, and the abandoned house crumbled to rubble behind them.
“Huff. Huff.”
“Wheeze.”
Both stood gasping, cold sweat beading on their skin as they stared at the ruined structure.
‘What was that…….’
The whole thing felt detached from reality somehow.
Seeing a ghost.
Lorain holding him.
It all felt like a dream.
“Lorain, that…….”
As Simon began to speak, she suddenly cried out urgently.
“Run!”
A massive hand burst from the rubble. Using the ground to pull itself forward, the girl from before—now transformed into something zombie-like—emerged into view.
-Why did you leave me behind? Why did you leave me behind? Why did you leave me behind?
“Hurry, Simon!”
Simon ran after her in a frenzy. As the cold night wind lashed his face, his composure gradually returned.
‘If it’s a spirit undead, I can catch it with my Chaos!’
Simon’s only means of attacking a spirit entity is the Chaos Sphere.
But it requires time to prepare.
“Simon! Go on ahead!”
She suddenly stopped in her tracks and abruptly thrust her hand beneath her shirt. Moments later, she found the lock hanging from the end of her chalk necklace and pulled it forward.
“I’m worried about Eshu and Toto! I’ll handle things here!”
Click!
She broke the seal on the lock. Ruby-like eyes gleamed crimson, and her hair rose into the air alongside a deep black aura.
‘She’s activating her ability!’
With Lorain using her ability, there was nothing to worry about. Simon turned away and began charging his Chaos.
“I’m counting on you!”
“Got it.”
Simon ran toward the back, while Lorain drew a dagger from her Subspace.
It looked like an ordinary weapon, but it was a legitimate summoning creature—an eye embedded in the blade itself.
She poured the power of her ability into the dagger.
Whoooosh!
The dagger ignited like a brilliant crimson flame. Lorain repositioned the weapon with elegant grace and kept her focus on the approaching spirit.
“Hah!”
Slash!
She dropped her stance and swung the dagger, leaving a scarlet arc through empty air.
That was all it took.
The spirit’s body split along the blade’s path and shattered into nothingness.
“That’s… impossible.”
Lorain’s expression turned grim as she watched the spirit’s remains dissolve.

* * *
Simon ran forward in a frenzy, mustering his concentration to charge his body with Chaos before bursting through the brush.
“You two!”
But the meeting point was empty—neither of them was there.
He’d told them to wait here no matter what happened. Simon looked around frantically and called out.
“Toto! Eshu! Where are you?”
From a distance came Eshu’s scream—a shrill, piercing cry.
“That way!”
Simon immediately pivoted and sprinted toward the sound.
Crunch-crunch-crunch!
But he hadn’t gone far before he skidded to a halt. A girl’s silhouette burst from the brush.
—Why.
It was that same girl from the abandoned house.
—Why did you leave me behind?
Simon immediately pulled a Chaos Sphere from his waist and threw it without hesitation.
A violent thunderclap split the air, and the violet projectile pierced straight through the girl’s form.
“Got her…”
Thump!
Simon’s vision went pitch-black.
Without any warning, two hands appeared behind him and covered his eyes.
“Why did you leave me behind?”
Simon gasped and thrashed free in a panic. He was reaching for another Chaos Sphere to counterattack when—
Pfft—
He found himself facing a woman barely suppressing her laughter.
Hahahaha!
Simon’s face flushed crimson with embarrassment, all the tension draining away.
“Serne!”
It was her.
He watched as she, laughing with her velvet-soft hair dancing around her face, wiped tears from the corners of her eyes.
“That was hilarious. Out of all your expressions this year, that’s the second best I’ve seen. Hehehehe.”
“What was that about? That’s way too mean for a joke!”
Instead of answering, she approached him with an impish smile, her footsteps light as if she were dancing through air.
“Hmhmhm…”
Then she caught hold of the hand holding the Chaos Sphere and gazed at it intently.
“So this is that Chaos.”
“…What?”
“Try throwing it.”
She said it boldly, pointing toward the woods.
“There’s a target over there, isn’t there?”
That same ghostly girl Simon had fallen for was still wandering nearby.
“…….”
Simon exhaled heavily. Once he’d drawn it out, he had to spend it anyway.
He gripped the Chaos Spear again and hurled it toward her.
Crackle-crackle-crack!
Violet lightning shot forward, and the moment it touched the girl’s body, the phantom dissipated in a flutter of feathers and impact.
“……Are you satisfied now?”
“Simon.”
Serne stepped close and met his eyes directly.
“You can use Holy Power, can’t you?”
“!”
The color drained from Simon’s face.
Serne smiled meaningfully, clasped her hands behind her back, and walked lightly past him.
“Actually, ever since we fought the Saint together in first year, I’ve been wondering about it.”
She wagged a slender index finger side to side.
“How did you alone survive the Saint’s Holy Flame without a scratch?”
“…….”
“Any ordinary Necromancer would have been burned to ash in a single blow, yet you were perfectly fine.”
This was dangerous.
The ability to wield Holy Power was a completely different problem from being discovered as a Legion Commander. Simon forced himself to feign composure and spoke.
“……I’m not sure what you’re suddenly talking about.”
It’s difficult to notice Holy Power just from seeing Chaos.
In Chaos’s mixture ratios, Holy Power is only used in minute quantities, and even then, it’s deployed mixed with blood.
She was surely fishing. The Holy Power she mentioned had no real evidence behind it…….
“Actually, the future you told me.”
Simon suddenly had the urge to squeeze his own head.
“The future you said: Chaos is merely the first step before using Void.”
“!”
Simon felt a cold prickle run down the back of his neck.
“Teach order to Chaos. When Shadow and Holy Power fuse purely, without any other element.”
She spread both hands as if summoning something, then brought them together sharply at the center with a snap.
“A miracle is born.”
“…….”
“That technique is called Void. The future you was even able to change its nature.”
She laughed with a pleased chuckle.
“Isn’t that right?”
He couldn’t deny it.
Moreover, there was no way the future Simon would have told Serne that story for no reason.
Simon quietly nodded his head.
“I think the future you was giving a hint to the present you, you know~ He wanted to deliver that message through me.”
Her cheeks had taken on a faint blush as she clasped her hands together.
“Which means he must have thought of me as someone worthy of his trust, right?”
“……You put on all this show just to say that?”
“That’s part of it.”
She stuck out her tongue and mimicked a ghost’s voice.
“Eeee-boo— Why’d you leave me behind? I’m a little mad, so I’m getting my revenge too, you know.”
“……Professor Aaron told everyone to move within their own groups.”
“Our group’s really boring anyway. I wanted to go around with Group 10 instead.”
Whoosh!
At that moment, Serne tilted her head lightly to the side. Something crimson rippled across the space where her head had been, and the tree behind her split apart with a sharp cracking sound.
Serne’s eyes curved like a fox’s.
“Oh my— if you use that power carelessly, won’t your mother spank you for it?”
Step— step—
Lorain emerged from the darkness, her Anomaly crackling in a hot red aura around her.
“……Did you really think you could trick me?”
“I saw quite the rare scene earlier.”
Serne stepped closer to Simon and suddenly threw her arms around his chest. Simon’s face flushed crimson.
“Here— like this, right? You play tough in front of Simon, but look at you now… how pathetic.”
Fire flashed in Lorain’s eyes.
“You……!”
“Lorain! Simon!”
Just then, Eshu and Toto’s voices rang out. Lorain, who’d been about to charge forward, let out a strangled sound and bit her lip before hastily collecting her Ability and re-locking the mechanism.
Moments later, the two of them burst through the door.
Twigs and leaves were still clinging to their hair, making it clear they’d been through quite an ordeal themselves.
“Is everyone okay…… huh?”
Both Toto and Eshu’s eyes went wide at the sight of Serne’s sudden appearance.
“Ta-da~”
Serne clapped her hands together.
“For a retreat like this, wouldn’t a Courage Test be just the thing? That was fun, wasn’t it?”
As she swept her arm, ghostly forms popped out from various corners, making ridiculous laughing sounds.
The two of them, who’d been stunned speechless, finally crumpled to the ground.
“Y-you really scared us.”
Toto pressed a hand to his chest, exhaling with relief.
“Wow! It was all an illusion? Haha! It was terrifying but absolutely hilarious!”
Eshu bounced up and down—clearly right up his alley. Lorain was annoyed, but held her tongue for the sake of the other students.
“Serne! Let’s bring the department students tomorrow! It’ll be hilarious! They’ll all be shocked senseless!”
“Oh, that does sound amusing?”
Eshu was pushing the idea even on Serne. He had remarkable social instincts, or perhaps Serne had simply become slightly more merciful than before.
“All right then.”
Serne stretched out her hand.
“As an apology, I’ll actually guide you all to the Village. Let’s go.”

* * *
And so the five of them arrived at a real village in the Frigod Autonomous Region.
Even though it was evening, the Night Market here buzzed with energy. The goods on sale were diverse, and the Dark Alliance’s currency was accepted.
Though there was one difficulty.
“ŀⴀⴠⴃⴟ!”
“ⴆⴘⴀ?”
They couldn’t understand a word.
Eshu stepped forward to try.
“I’d like to buy some carrots—where should I go?”
“Ⳗⴠⴟ!”
“What did you say?”
“ⴆⴶⴘⳖⴠⴟ!!”
“Why are you getting angry!”
Lorain laughed and pulled Eshu back. Serne plucked a feather from her hair.
“There’s a very simple solution.”
“……Don’t you dare.”
Simon sighed, shaking his head.
Somehow they’d have to communicate through gestures and body language to buy groceries. On top of that, they needed to source the bare minimum supplies here for the Durahan Work.
“Oh! Over there!”
Toto pointed.
“Aseraz’s Squad Eight!”
“Really?”
Everyone’s attention shifted.
Sure enough, Aseraz’s Squad Eight was heading back through the market. White was there too, oddly enough.
“Looks like everyone’s in this village.”
Toto muttered this, then looked at Simon.
“What’s wrong, Simon?”
“Nothing. It’s nothing.”
Simon answered while cold sweat ran down his temples.
Behind Aseraz’s Squad Eight, he’d spotted a blue-haired boy.
‘What are you doing? You idiot!’
A man who looked identical to Simon was chasing after White.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————