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Chapter 44 - Mephistopheles (1)
Chapter 44: Mephistopheles (1)
TL/ED – Enuma ID
My small studio apartment.
After eating breakfast and popping a few cherry tomatoes.
I sat on the floor, leaning my back against the bed, and thought about the current situation.
Е̇ǹ û mä
A sigh escaped me, and my eyes narrowed to slits.
“Haah….”
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Yeah, during the camp incident, showing Si-on the grimoire <The Lesser Key of Solomon> and moving on was the best option.
…At least, that’s what I thought. In any case, it wasn’t exactly a great situation.
Getting caught using a gun and still making it through without major consequences was fortunate, but.
Unlike my original plan, I’d gotten completely entangled with the Special Operations Division.
Ẁ ё ḃ n̆о v̊ е l̇ Ê n ŭ ḿ а
The image of Si-on’s calm eyes watching me surfaced in my mind.
“……….”
She had practically confirmed me as the owner of <De Vermis Mysteriis>, a magic criminal, and was suspicious of me.
At this point, I was starting to wonder if she just didn’t like me.
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Si-on’s words echoed quietly inside my head.
‘…Meat and milk. Just curious, that’s all.’
Е n̊ üm̃ а .i_ď
The evidence was piling up, little by little.
I bit down on my teeth and one brow furrowed.
That damn paranoid bitch. The most aggravating part was that every single one of her suspicions was correct.
Well, of course, since I was both the owner of the grimoire <De Vermis Mysteriis> and a serial killer.
Someday, the fact that I was the owner of <De Vermis Mysteriis> would come to light.
And Si-on would come marching in with a whole horde of Special Operations Division agents.
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“I knew it, he was suspicious from the moment he was born!”
“Oh! Everyone, let’s kill him!”
“There’s a reason his mother abandoned him!”
I could picture them opening fire on me in a barrage.
Naturally, as one might expect.
I had no desire to be out there shouting “Bakayaro! Who are you shooting at?!” while dancing around for my life. [TL: “Bakayaro” is a Japanese expletive meaning “you fool/idiot”]
Е̄ ǹ ů mа́
I didn’t want to die.
I’d considered just killing Si-on, but that was quite the dilemma.
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My encounters with people from the Special Operations Division had only been during the weekend farm incident and this campground incident.
In both cases, aside from Si-on, nobody had shown any particular interest in me.
They’d asked various questions, but they were exactly the kind of questions you’d ask a civilian exorcist who’d been caught up in a paranormal incident.
In this situation, if Si-on, the one person suspicious of me, met some dubious death….
W еb̆n̄ о́ v̆еl Е̇ n̂.ŭm а̇
Sure, the person suspecting me at the Special Operations Division might be gone.
But conversely, it could draw the suspicion of the entire Division.
It could be a case of poking a hornet’s nest just to swat one bee.
Even if I did kill her… it would have to be….
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My eyes narrowed to slits.
During a joint mission as collaborators, in a situation where it could be made to look like the work of some other paranormal entity.
W е̊.b̀ ṅò v еl Ē nù.m̈ ä
…Not that this option appealed to me much either.
For one, the mere fact that I was anywhere near Si-on’s death could make me a suspect.
…Well, if it came down to being caught red-handed, I’d have no choice.
“This is giving me a headache.”
I muttered quietly and looked at the grimoires I’d carelessly left on the desk.
<De Vermis Mysteriis>, <The Lesser Key of Solomon>
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The grimoire with the steel cover and the grimoire with the aged leather cover.
As the owner of <De Vermis Mysteriis>, I was being hunted by the government agency, the Special Operations Division.
As the owner of <The Lesser Key of Solomon>, I was being targeted by other wizards.
Somehow, the situation only grew more complicated as time went on.
That said, I didn’t think my life had been ruined just because I happened to pick up some grimoires.
After all, my life was already ruined to begin with.
Е n̄ûmа̂
Orphan, bad personality, philosophy major (honestly, this one held the biggest share of blame).
…Well, the part about not being a criminal before was significant, but anyway.
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It wasn’t like my life had taken a nosedive from high to low. It was more of a lateral shift, left versus right.
Life was something you had to live hard at while griping and complaining the whole way. Same as always.
And though I liked to trash them as crappy, low-tier grimoires.
There had been times the grimoires saved me from danger.
Е n̄ u m̄ å
And I’d gotten fairly used to living with Grizzly too.
Ka-thunk! Ka-thunk! Ka-thunk!
“Gyaaa~.”
As a reward for behaving well at the campground, I’d granted Grizzly some fridge-slamming time.
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I watched as it happily opened and closed the refrigerator door.
Ka-thunk! Ka-thunk! Ka-thunk!
Е̌ n̄ǔ mа. і d
“Gya! Gyagya!”
Creeeak, the fridge rattled.
I might need to buy a new refrigerator soon.
Maybe it’d be better to just buy a small one as a dedicated toy fridge for Grizzly.
Anyway, since I was already taking time to think.
Right, I decided to also think about my personal goals.
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You know, like how the protagonist of that one famous ninja manga had the grand dream of becoming the village chief and making all the villagers who bullied him live lives that weren’t really lives at all.
You might ask whether it was a dream or a goal, but wasn’t my current situation a bit special?
I felt like I needed at least one piece of motivation like that, a driving force behind my actions.
It wasn’t exactly scientifically proven, but they say there’s a difference in efficiency between doing something with a clear objective versus without one.
“……….”
But nothing really came to mind.
Е̊ǹ u ḿа
I hadn’t learned magic to achieve something. I’d learned magic to protect my safe, quiet life.
And come to think of it, had any of my plans so far actually worked out?
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If I work as an exorcist, I might catch the eye of some secret government organization! Let’s not do exorcist work.
Nope, got seduced like a dog by thirty million won and did it anyway.
Fine, I ended up doing exorcist work, but let’s at least not get involved with government organizations.
Nope, went looking for magic materials and ended up exchanging introductions and phone numbers with the Special Operations Division.
Wе́ bń о v̀ еl Ё n̂ǔ ṁ а̇
I picked up a gun at a wizard’s workshop, but I’ll be careful with it. Anyway, let’s definitely not get any more involved with the Division.
Nope, gleefully sprayed bullets at zombies, got caught using magic. Became a civilian collaborator for the Special Operations Division.
“……….”
…Some of it was my fault, and some was just bad luck, but nothing had gone right.
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Though the spraying bullets at zombies part was fine. That was genuinely fun.
I let out a sigh.
Ẇè.b̀ n̈о̆v̂ е l Е n.ümâ
Yeah, I wanted to act smart and rational.
I wasn’t actually a smart and rational person.
There were times I acted on impulse.
If I were truly smart, I wouldn’t have gone into the philosophy department in the first place….
Still, let me try thinking about plans again.
I stood up and picked up <The Lesser Key of Solomon>, flipping it open.
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[First Pentacle of Saturn]
A spell that subjugates spirits and compels them to answer questions.
I’d even made the Pentacle out of parchment and everything. But last Saturday, I got attacked by zombies at the campground. So I never actually got to use it.
And this was precisely why I’d been sitting around blankly since morning.
Planning things out.
If it had been Saturday, I would’ve just gone ahead and used the magic right away.
Е̌ núṁ а́_. іd̊
I could have extracted information through the spirits of Kim Mi-ryeo and that nameless old wizard who’d been controlling the zombies.
Still, those two wizards had given me some information.
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I’d learned roughly where I stood in the pecking order of the Wizarding World.
‘I’m fucking insanely strong.’
To be precise, it was the grimoires’ abilities and Grizzly that were incredibly strong, but….
The grimoires were mine, and Grizzly was my summoned creature.
Ёṅ um а́. ï d̀
So let’s call it my power.
It’d be ridiculous to evaluate a summoner’s specs without counting their summons, wouldn’t it.
Anyway, most wizards could be dealt with by Grizzly alone. They were no match.
Kim Mi-ryeo and the old wizard. I hadn’t gotten unlucky by being swept up in the incidents they caused.
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They were the ones who got unlucky by running into me.
It was like lunatics charging in with knives only to get hit by a truck.
Еńū m̌а.ì d
In another world, you should live virtuously.
Retracing the events like that, something else came to mind.
…Come to think of it, that old wizard who was controlling the zombies.
At the time, I’d just let it pass given the circumstances, but.
‘That is a dangerous power! It’s not a power for some greenhorn like you to wield!’
His Korean had been remarkably fluent. Was knowing a second language or two a prerequisite for being a wizard?
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Since if you got found out, you’d need to flee to different countries.
As I thought, being good at magic alone wasn’t enough.
Thinking about it that way, I realized I was still quite lacking as a wizard.
“…Alright.”
I nodded.
And in a blank space of my notebook, I organized and wrote down my plans and things to do going forward.
W ẽ b n̆ о̀ v el̃ _Е_ńu m̂а.
First, study a second language!
There was no guarantee that wizards I’d encounter in the future would speak Korean. To learn about enemies, studying a foreign language was necessary. Let’s start with English, the most widely used one.
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It would be essential for fleeing abroad too.
Second, running exercises!
Being strong through magical ability was one thing, but my body was ordinary. I needed to build up more stamina so I could run away effectively when the time came. It was good for my health too.
I’d already been doing this in my spare time, but.
Е_n̆ ũ mа̌.і̊ d
Until I got my hands on a breathing technique, I should train harder.
Third, get a driver’s license.
After going through the campground incident, not knowing how to drive when things went south was really inconvenient.
But I didn’t have a car, and it wasn’t critically important. So I’d try this one when I had time to spare.
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“Hmm….”
I stared down at what I’d written in the notebook.
W е́ bn̆o v̌ӗ l Ӗńû m̌ а
I’d listed out things I currently needed, and yet….
English study, exercise, driver’s license.
What came out were exactly the kind of goals a college student would set during break.
“…How wholesome.”
Apparently, even a wizard had to live wholesomely.
I smiled faintly and stood up from my seat.
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I happened to have nothing to do, so I decided to go out and run at the nearby park.
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