Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 167: 167-One Of My Newest Spells

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Merlin’s idea was absolute insanity. Yuri didn’t need to say it for him to know that it was. Who in their right mind advised someone to create a spell that mimicked the explosion that occurred on the sun’s surface? This was like asking a mage to recreate the big bang on Earth. It was madness. And yet, Park Yuri didn’t object. She was now seated with her legs crossed, fumbling with the projection from her smartwatch as she came up with the necessary formulas to ensure her spell didn’t evaporate the whole school when she tested it out. And that brought about a change of plans. Initially, Merlin was meant to have a duel with her, but it seemed that would no longer be possible. Yuri’s task for the day would be to create her two newest spells and perfect them, while he and Jaehyun would duel. Merlin wouldn’t say he was annoyed. This was more interesting. Considering he and Jaehyun had been in the school for months, they had never dueled before. Since he had made a deal with Yuri, she had milked his stamina for their fights. Of course, he was more excited about this. And he would get to feel how gravity magic acted upon him, and how deconstructing it would turn out. Talking about feelings… “Are you all right?” Merlin asked as Jaehyun flexed his arms. They were both standing in the transformed podium now, which had become an hexagonal ring barred by mana surges, across from each other. Jaehyun raised a brow. “I’m fine, yeah. Why do you ask?” Merlin would have called it a hunch a few months back, but ever since his Perception had been seeing sufficient growth in its stats, he had been coming to notice things clearer than ever. And that included a distortion in a person’s emotions. “It’s just that ever since the day you missed practice you haven’t been, well, yourself,” he explained. “You went home that day, right? I’m an expert on weird family scenarios, so if you wanna talk about it just know that I’d be glad to listen.” Jaehyun stared at him for a few more seconds, and then he smiled. “Thank you, Merlin. But I’m fine,” he said. “We should train.” Merlin nodded and put his caring demeanor aside. He knew how hard it was to talk about family; sometimes he couldn’t even talk to his own sister about something bothering him concerning his parents. Forcing Lee Jaehyun to let it all out would be somewhat selfish. He had offered to be a listening ear, that was more than enough. Merlin’s eyebrows suddenly jumped up as he recalled something that had been eluding his thoughts all this time. He hadn’t contacted Sunny ever since Professor Dmitri’s pictures had come in. Everything had happened too fast on that day; the pictures, and then the mysterious man who had paid him a visit. And now that he thought about it… “Hey,” he called out to Jaehyun. The boy raised his brows at him. “I’m not going insane, right? Have you seen Professor Dmitri since the festival?” Lee Jaehyun blinked and tilted his head slightly. “Now that you mention it. No, I haven’t.” Merlin’s brows furrowed. Had the headmaster done something to the man, or had he run away after realizing that he had been exposed. Also, that mysterious man had said the pictures were his gift to him. What did that mean? Merlin’s mind ran amok. He was almost on the verge of completely forgetting that he had a duel to tend to when he snapped back, and shook his head free from his thoughts. Those things were worries for later. He had to take it one step at a time. Merlin cleared his throat, smoothed out his tracksuit so that it sat comfortably on his body, and turned to Lee Jaehyun. “Enough about that. I’m ready.” Jaehyun nodded. “So am I.” His Grimoire flipped open and flew to the sky, and Merlin decided to remind him of their discussion before they’d stepped into the ring. “Don’t forget,” he said. “Mana is an extension of—” “—myself. I just have to think of it as an extra limb, control it, and my Grimoire will be safe in every fight. Yes, Merlin. I remember,” Jaehyun interrupted with a shake of his h