Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 68

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School — Episode 68
Merin furrowed her brow.
“Ugh, shut it. Setting that aside—what business could you possibly have to drag yourself all the way to the girls’ dormitory?”
Simon broke into a bright smile and clapped his hands together.
“Merin, you look great today. Did you get your hair done?”
“Hey!!”
Her face flushed crimson as she burst out loudly.
“Stop with those sleazy compliments and just tell me what you want!”
Simon answered at once.
“Let’s study together this weekend.”
“Ah, so you had an ulterior motive after all.”
Merin covered her forehead and sighed, then folded her arms with a blank expression.
“Why should I? I prefer studying alone.”
“It’s better when you do it together. You’re each strong in different subjects, so you can ask each other questions, and… well, I know you’re good at everything, but teaching other people helps you remember things better, doesn’t it?”
“I suppose that’s true, but…”
She pretended to think for a moment, then spoke.
“Who all is coming?”
Simon counted on his fingers.
“Kamibarez said she’d come right away, and Dick went down to Rochester but said he’d be here by afternoon at the latest.”
“Got it. I’ve got some studying of my own to do, so I can’t come right now, but I’ll stop by in an hour or two.”
“See you then.”
After parting with Merin, Simon made his way to an empty lecture room that the Dormitory Supervisor had kindly granted him permission to use. He arranged four desks together and spread out his textbooks.
‘Setup’s done—let’s give it a shot!’
Simon was stretching and steeling himself with determination when he heard a knock.
“Simon! Are you in here?”
“Ah, Kami. Come in.”
The door clicked open and Kamibarez entered the lecture room in casual clothes.
Dressed in a cheerful pastel-colored dress, she smiled brightly and took the seat across from him.
“I can’t believe we get to study together on a weekend! I’m so excited!”
Simon blinked.
“You really do love studying, don’t you?”
“…”
Her eyes wandered for a moment before suddenly darting to the textbook Simon had laid out.
“Oh! Are you studying Hematurgy?”
“Yeah. Since you’re here, I thought I’d start with that. I had some questions about various things—is that okay?”
“Yes! Of course! Anytime!”
Kamibarez pulled a Summoning textbook from her bag and smiled sweetly.
“Then I can ask you questions too, right?”
“Of course! I’m not sure how much help I’ll be, but at least I can think through it with you.”
The two began studying for the exam right away.
It was peaceful.
The only sound in the lecture room was the faint scratch of Quill Pens across paper, while a cool breeze drifted through the window, stirring the curtains.
For a moment it felt like a perfect space, so Simon paused his Quill Pen and drew in a deep breath.
“Simon~”
Just then Kamibarez called out to him.
“I don’t understand this part.”
“Which one?”
Simon checked the problem she had marked with a star. His face lit up.
“Ah, a zombie-related problem! You solve this one using the Decay Formula.”
“The Decay Formula?”
“Yeah, I only learned about it yesterday, but…”
Now that a problem he understood had come up, Simon eagerly began explaining.
Kamibarez tilted her head as she listened to his explanation.
“If you apply the formula like this to solve it, that works. But if you read the problem again, it says the season is hot and humid summer, right? In summer the decay happens faster, so you need to account for the acceleration factor…”
“…”
Kamibarez gazed at Simon with an entranced expression.
A breeze drifted in from outside, making Simon’s hair and shirt collar flutter in the wind.
The slight furrow of his brow as he concentrated. The prominent tendons visible on his arm as he rolled up his shirt sleeve while explaining the problem.
The moment he paused, struggling for words to explain, before breaking into a bright childlike smile and continuing.
“See, if you add it this way to solve it, you’ve got it, right?”
When Simon looked up and asked, Kamibarez startled and answered hastily.
“Yes! Yes! I heard perfectly! The Decay Formula and the acceleration factor for the season, right? I need to account for that?”
“Exactly! I’m glad you understood it so well.”
Simon smiled warmly, then turned his attention back to the problem he’d been working on.
She placed her hand over her heart and exhaled a quiet sigh of relief.
‘…Sigh. For some reason, concentrating is getting harder.’
The two resumed their studying. They questioned each other on unfamiliar concepts and found ways to fill in the gaps.
Before coming to Kizen, Simon had never done any schoolwork at all, so Kamibarez’s expertise proved invaluable.
“Please make sure to check this part. Professor Silaji repeated it three times, after all.”
“Got it.”
Simon was opening his notebook to jot down the points Kamibarez had mentioned when—
Click!
“Hey, everyone!”
The door swung open and Merin waved as she entered the lecture room.
“You made it?”
“Welcome, Merin!”
The two greeted her warmly.
“Don’t mention it. Since we’re in the same group, it’s only natural to help. If any of you get expelled, the rest of us will have a hard time running the group alone.”
Merin rambled on as she settled into a seat and began unpacking her things.
Simon was startled when he saw the textbooks and notebooks she pulled out. He hadn’t paid much attention before, but it was clear she studied a great deal—she was using two or three notebooks per subject.
She spread out all her notebooks and pulled her hair back tightly with a ribbon, then filled her quill pen with ink.
“This place is really nice, though~”
Merin looked around as she spoke.
The space was spacious, there was little noise, and a gentle breeze drifted through—the perfect atmosphere for studying.
“I think it’s better than the dormitory self-study room. Good call coming here, right?”
“…I don’t know.”
She deflected awkwardly and took out her textbook. Simon and Kamibarez caught each other’s eyes and smiled quietly.
“Anyway! If you don’t understand something, ask away.”
Merin said this while glancing at Kamibarez’s textbook. She noticed a problem marked with a star.
“This one uses the Decay Formula.”
“Yes! Simon explained it to me!”
Merin blinked.
“Kamibarez, you really didn’t know the Decay Formula? With an 80-something on the Summoning test last time, you’d naturally…”
In that moment—
Kamibarez’s face flushed crimson, as though her secrets had been exposed.
“I-I didn’t know!!”
“Oh, you scared me.”
“I-I mean, I sort of knew the Decay Formula, but my answer came out wrong! Because I didn’t know how to plug in the seasonal value! S-so…!”
As she suddenly began fumbling through excuses, Merin’s expression turned puzzled. ‘Why is she acting like this?’
Simon was too absorbed in solving the next problem to hear.
Knock, knock.
At that moment, the lecture room door was knocked on for the third time. Simon spoke.
“Yes, come in.”
“…”
But there was no answer.
The door didn’t open either.
“Simon.”
Merin set down her quill pen and turned her head.
“Is someone else supposed to come?”
“Just Dick now. But Dick went down to Rochester, so he shouldn’t be back yet. Who could it be?”
Simon rose to his feet and approached the door.
But then—
Woof! Woof-woof-woof! Woof-woof!
A strange sound came from beyond the door.
“W-who is it?”
Kamibarez shrank back in fear, and Simon reassured her with a raised palm before yanking the door open.
“Mm-hey! Pleeease let me in!”
“Dick!”
Dick stood there with an enormous box cradled in both arms, packaging paper clenched between his teeth.
Chuckle.
He set the box down on the empty desk.
“What’s all this?”
“Things to prepare for the next Duel Evaluation. And!”
Dick tossed something across the room. Simon, who had just returned to his seat, quickly raised his arm to catch it.
“Snacks for us to share!”
“Yay! Thank you, Dick!”
“Huh. Well, you’ve got some tact at least.”
Dick set down various snacks he’d bought from Rochester onto the desk.
“Heh, studying goes better when you munch on something, doesn’t it?”
“That’s exactly what people say who can’t actually study.”
Yet as she said it, Merin was the most enthusiastically tearing open the wrappers.
“Hey! Dick! How do you open this thing!”
“Just eat something else first.”
“But I want to eat this one!”
Merin was struggling mightily with the wrapper of a Grain Cookie she’d chosen as her favorite.
Seeing this, Simon reached out, took the wrapper from her, and smoothly tore it open along the perforated line on the back.
…….
Merin, feeling suddenly self-conscious, took the wrapper back and mumbled a small “thanks.”
“All set! Let’s eat!”
“Bon appétit!”
“We’re grateful for this meal, Dick!”
Though Dick called them snacks, they were really enough to constitute a full meal—starting with desserts and confections, and including even fried chicken.
The four of them ate merrily, chattering away.
“By the way, didn’t you say you were going to Rochester? You’re back quick.”
Simon nudged Dick’s elbow as he spoke. Dick popped a piece of fried chicken into his mouth and grinned widely.
“I just checked on progress a bit! It’s exam season, so I’ve got to study too, you know.”
“When I went to the Necromancer shop, the owner asked about you. He wanted to know when you’d finally quit Kizen.”
“Hahahaha!”
Dick’s shoulders shook with laughter at Simon’s joke, then he wiped his chin.
“Well, I’m the Rochester Merchant Guild’s top recruitment target, you see.”
“Then why don’t you just leave already? What are you doing studying for exams here?”
Merin tore open two sweet wrappers at once as she spoke. Dick wagged his finger.
“Because there are businesses that only work if I’m still a Kizen student.”
“Speaking of which, Dick—what kind of business are you preparing?”
Kamibarez asked.
“There’s so much in the works it’s complicated to explain, but the simplest one is a Delivery Service.”
“A delivery service?”
“Yeah. On weekdays, people might suddenly need to buy something from Rochester, right? But they can’t just sneak down there all the time like Simon and I do, avoiding the guards. So I take orders for whatever they need, make a list, and the next time dormitory supplies come in, I have them smuggled inside along with the regular shipment.”
Simon blinked.
“Did you clear that with the dormitory administration?”
“Of course! I talked it over with the Dormitory Supervisor. I even used my talents to make up a pamphlet with all the order items.”
“That’s amazing, Dick!”
Just then, Dick’s hand reaching for a Castella swept through empty air.
“Huh? Where’d the Castella go?”
Dick picked up the wrapper and peered inside, but it was empty. He turned to Merin with an expression of pure amazement.
“Wow, you ate all of it by yourself? Are you a pig?”
Merin’s face flushed and she bristled.
“What, a pig? You want to die?”
“First you say people who eat snacks while studying fail exams, then you’re practically inhaling the food.”
“That’s because I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday evening!”
“Ahaha! Don’t fight, you two!”
Though their studying had slipped somewhat into the background, Simon felt a profound happiness watching all of them laugh and chatter together like this.
He found himself wishing he’d started school life just a little earlier.
Knock, knock, knock.
Then came a knock at the Lecture Room door. Everyone’s eyes turned toward it.
“Hey, Simon. There’s nobody else coming now, right?”
“No. Really, nobody.”
Simon rose from his seat and walked to the door.
“Who is it?”
Then a voice came from outside the door.
“It’s me!”
“……?”
The moment Simon heard that careless, blunt reply, he froze in the doorway as if someone had pressed pause.
That voice… surely it couldn’t be this girl.
But what was she doing here?
While Simon’s mind spun frantically, the door clicked open.
A small girl with luminous silver hair streaming behind her stepped into view.
She raised her hand with a bright smile.
“Hey Simon! Long time no see!”
His suspicion had just become reality.

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