Recalling the details about the academic festival, I felt like I was going to die of a headache for several days.

It felt like when you finally overcome one mountain, another gate seemed to appear as if waiting for me.

‘What’s the use of knowing the contents of the novel. I can’t do anything.’

The academic festival was not a place where ordinary people could go. To go there, you needed some special ability.

In the original story, even Tanashia couldn’t go to the academic festival and threw all sorts of tantrums. But how could I participate in the academic festival and change the future!

‘But I’m too anxious about how the future will change if I just pretend not to know….’

I couldn’t do this, I couldn’t do that, I was literally going crazy.

“Sigh─.”

I unknowingly let out a deep sigh, and Barneney, who heard the sound next to me, got angry as if he was choked.

“When did you say you wanted to learn from me! Is your heart already elsewhere!”

“It’s not like that. I already finished what you told me earlier.”

I handed over the paper that I had solved the magic formula Barneney taught me with a weak voice.

Barneney checked the paper and looked at me with a shocked expression, then he looked at me more severely and said,

“Are you slacking off because you’re smart?”

“I’m just thinking about something. I’m doing all the studies related to magic engineering.”

“Humph, who can’t talk.”

Barneney did not yield a word and pushed me.

I was stressed out because Barneney, who has been oddly nagging me lately.

‘If it weren’t for you…!’

For a moment, a blasphemous thought crossed my mind, but I shook my head and brushed it off.

It was all for my survival. The reason for learning magic engineering was to create a powerful weapon to avoid the death ending.

‘Let’s endure.’

I turned my gaze back to the magic engineering textbook. Although it was a field I chose to survive, the more I learned, the more interesting it became.

As I was diligently solving the magic formula, Barneney glanced at me and spoke gruffly.

“Remember, you can’t tarnish my name at the academic festival.”

Suddenly, what about the academic festival?

I looked at Barneney with a puzzled look.

“Academic Festival?”

“Didn’t you know I was invited to the upcoming academic festival?”

“Why were you invited?”

“Why the hell. I was chosen as a judge for the academic festival.”

“……!”

The academic festival was a place where people with special talents gathered to exchange their achievements and skills.

That meant there needed to be someone to determine who was the best.

For example, if the people who gather at the academic festival are students, should the judges be like the teachers who teach them?

I couldn’t help but be surprised at the unexpected news.

When I stared at Barneney with my mouth open like a fool, he coughed unnecessarily as if admiring my appearance.

“Hem hem, haven’t you heard from Matella yet?”

“So when you say don’t tarnish your name… am I also going?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

Upon hearing Barneney’s answer, I was so happy that I wanted to shout ‘hurray’ for a moment.

“Really?”

“Yes. If you don’t want to go, just say it.”

“Why would I? But if you are a judge, what am I going as?”

Suddenly, I became suspicious. If Barneney is a judge, what am I going as?

I was an ordinary person who did not have the abilities like Noksia and Reiana.

Can I attend the academic festival?

Barneney answered as if it was absurd to hear my question.

“You’re not considering yourself ordinary, are you?”

I couldn’t answer anything to Barneney’s sharp words. So what if I’m not an ordinary person?

Looking at my face, Barneney, as if he was choked, sighed with a resigned smile and continued.

“You, you’re a genius in magic engineering.”

“Ah……”

“I didn’t want to say this in case you got too complacent, but the magic stone decomposition that I succeeded in after ten years, you succeeded just by looking at a book.”

It took Barneney ten years to decompose the magic stone?

I couldn’t help but be surprised by the fact I just learned. But Barneney’s words didn’t end there.

“Look at the book you’re looking at right now.”

At his words, my gaze naturally went to the magic engineering textbook I was looking at a little while ago.

“That’s a textbook that only experts among experts look at. You still don’t get it?”

I blinked slowly and organized my thoughts in my head.

In other words, I knew I was a genius, but it turns out I was even more of a genius than I thought?

“So, are you suggesting that I should demonstrate my abilities in magic engineering at the symposium?” I asked.

“Yes. I can’t stand the fact that magic engineering is considered a fringe field. I’ll take you with me and flatten the noses of those who’ve ignored it so far!”

But I couldn’t understand how I was supposed to demonstrate my abilities when I couldn’t control water like Noksia or move the wind like Reiana.

Seeing my puzzled look, Barnei smirked and said, “You know.”