The Birth of the 9th Circle Wizard

A graduate school is a top-level educational institution that engages in research and education after the undergraduate course at a university.

Unlike undergraduate programs, which focus on teaching and accepting, graduate school is a place where you do your own research under the guidance of your advisor.

“So Soon-won looked at this engine for a second and said the efficiency was reduced by 20%?”

“Yes, it is.”

When Professor Yeo-jin Lee returned, Dong-gu Lim explained what had happened.

“Where did Sunghyun and Soon-won go?”

"that is… .”

When the efficiency of the horsepower engine he was researching suddenly increased, Seonghyeon Lee was not happy.

He felt that the results he had been studying for many nights for a year had been denied in an instant.

He was feeling deprived.

"sorry. Seniors."

Soon-won, who followed Lee Seong-hyeon to the roof of the laboratory, said he was smoking a cigarette.

looked at

‘I was impatient.’

Those who attend Seoul National University's College of Magic have strong self-esteem.

It was even more so for those who went to graduate school there.

Yeojin Lee's lab was the place where she could not miss first place in middle school and high school and never miss first place even after coming to college.

Since he was such a person, the emotions he felt when he glanced at Soon-won and immediately raised the engine's efficiency would be complicated.

“Did you say Soon-won?”

"Yes."

“Can you explain to me how you did that earlier?”

Soon-won looked into Lee Sung-hyun's eyes.

There were no emotions such as anger or envy.

Rather, he was burning with enthusiasm for the school district with curious eyes.

"that is… .”

When Soon-won spared no words, Lee Seong-hyun scratched his head, wondering if he was going to miss it.

“I have no intention of taking your idea. I was just asking out of curiosity.”

"no. Not because of that... .”

Soon-won hesitated to answer because he thought about whether Lee Seong-hyeon would do this just because he explained this.

And the problem with understanding this explanation is that he thought that it would seem very strange that he saw the results of decades of research by experts and made it by himself.

'it will work out somehow.'

Pretend you can't do what you can. I'm tired of pretending I don't know what I know.

Now he decided to show his skills to the fullest.

“The horsepower engine powered by the lowest level magic stone has low output and thermal efficiency. When the engine is overloaded, it emits mana oxide, and before it is dispersed in the combustion chamber, the PIC route is turned toward the TPT so that it can be burned in a lump... .”

Soon-won's explanation followed.

Lee Seong-hyun's expression, who had listened to those words, changed moment by moment.

astonished. Shock.

Emotions were all over his face.

“Wait, look at it and see how… .”

"No, I'm interested, so I usually

I was studying on the net.”

“Huh… .”

It is common to not be able to deviate from the amateur level for a lifetime after studying for a hundred days on the Internet.

Seong-Hyeon Lee felt as if he had met an expert who had dedicated his life to developing a horsepower engine.

“Hey, I have a great idea for a horsepower engine, please let me know if there is any possibility to make this a reality.”

Does the fish in water feel like this?

There are few developers who make horsepower engines in Korea, so I have a question.There was no one to ask.

Lee Seong-hyeon's questions continued until Lim Dong-gu came to pick up the two of them on the roof.

* * *

JS Company.

Founded in 2002, it is a multinational magic company headquartered in the United States.

The current headquarters is located in Midland, Michigan, USA, and as of 2007, it is the world's second largest magic company.

1st place is SW Company, and JS Company is that

was following closely.

“Ehh… .”

The woman who sighed was named Catherine, the president of the Korean branch of JS Company.

With her blonde hair and voluptuous body, she was constantly courted by men, but she cared nothing but her success.

Then she had a big problem.

“When I came to Korea, the most powerful country in magic, I thought something sharp would happen… .”

The SW computer that appeared like a comet in 2000

You made Korea a magical advanced country.

It was even said that Korea is the country leading the magic.

The problem was that it was limited to the SW company and the research was quite closed.

“If you don’t see results within half a year, you will have to give up this position… .”

He did not attend the Ivy League, which is often called a prestigious university, but was recognized for his abilities.

However, when she felt stagnant, the Korean branch

came to apply for

She gave me a professional manager position, so I asked why. The Korean branch was too small for a small company.

"Well?"

While reading the news on the Internet, Catherine suddenly saw that a self-driving car was being researched in the laboratory of Seoul National University's College of Magic and the test operation was successful.

“She thought it was a skill that took 20 years… .”

Catherine hurriedly put on her coat and she headed to Seoul National University.

When her skills were recognized and her name was made public in the media, companies that came to Soon-won's lab became successful.

Starting with the research wizards who wanted to jointly develop it, there were people who wanted to start a company because they would invest money.

“Soon-won. A foreigner came to me, and they said it was from JS Company... .”

Lim Dong-gu said, carefully examining his eyes.

Professor Yeo-Jin Lee, commissioned by SW Company

Because I was told not to accept anything other than that.

Soon-won's plan to avoid troublesome work was buried there.

This is because, as the lab is sponsored by the sw company, it has to meet the company's demands.

“Why at JS Company… .”

JS Company is the second company Soon-won established in the United States.

It was a company created to disperse the interests of 2030's magic technology in one place because it was burdensome.

“Thank you for telling me. Seniors. I will go and meet you in person.”

“Ugh, yes.”

Although he was the youngest in the lab, he was also a difficult person for professors.

Compared to the usual errands of cleaning the lab and making coffee, the youngest was treated like a senior researcher.

"Hello. Soon-won, right?”

As she went out into the hallway, Catherine recognized Soon-won and spoke to her in English.

Soon-won is a young female employee, so when she saw that she came alone, she looked at her with a surprising look.

she saw la

"Hello. Are you from JS Company?”

Soon-won also responded in fluent English.

Catherine proudly reached out her hand and offered to shake her hand.

“My name is Catherine, the president of the Korean branch.

all."

"Yes?"

I'm not surprised because I'm the boss.

Soon-won was surprised to hear that her name was Catherine.

'Isn't that the Catherine I know?'

I thought of a face I saw on the news in 2027.

Since it is now 2007, it seemed that she was right for her, if 20 years were subtracted.

Soon-won held her hand once.

“Fufu… .”

As Soon-won stared blankly at her own face, Catherine made another misunderstanding and burst into a small laugh.

“Am I that pretty?”

"Yes?"

“People who saw me for the first time were so mesmerized.

He went out a lot.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Excuse me. You look a lot like someone I know.”

“A woman like me wouldn’t be that rare, would it?”

The conversation kept wandering in the wrong place.

Soon-won coughed and evoked the conversation.

“So, why did the president of JS Company come here?”

Soon-won was already well aware that the Korean branch of JS Company was not famous.

She had no idea what she was thinking when she came to this place.

"Would you like a cup of coffee with me?"

“Are you buying it?”

Soon-won's words upset Catherine.

"Yes?"

“Because I didn’t bring my wallet.”

“Ahaha! Sure. Let’s go.”

The two smiled and walked to the cafe.

Lee Seong-hyeon and Lim Dong-gu stood at the entrance of the laboratory, sticking their heads out, looking at them and envying them.

“ね! envious child. You have good hair, but even such a foreign beauty... .”

“Hey. There were rumors that Soon-won was dating the best queen of Seoul National University?”

"who?"

“My name is Jihee Han… .”

“ね! I lost!"

“Who loses? Is it going to be a fight in the first place? Without Soon-won, I would not have been able to write a thesis.”

“Is that so?”

"this?"

"what!"

It was long after that the two stopped fighting.

* * *

Soon-won arrived at the cafe and looked through the four-week proposals from Catherine.

The Catherine he thought was right.

“Terraforming, animal intelligence, powered suits, material transport, space thrusters, orbital elevators, it’s like reading a science fiction novel.”

“How about feasibility?

Think?”

“Before I answer that, can I ask why you came to me?”

"that is… .”To be a wizard, you have to be smart in every field.

But Catherine excelled in one area.

That's the genius of imagination.

And she had the ability to craft a plan specific enough to make it a reality.

“I admit that my thoughts are a bit radical, but I don't think it's a big deal.

If there are young wizards, I think it is a feasible plan 10 years from now.”

no.

Catherine took 20 years to realize this plan.

“She sent a proposal to the JS Company top, but she was turned down,” she said. I can't guarantee the feasibility of it, but it's a very long-term project, so it costs too much money and it's hard to find a wizard who believes in it and follows it."

“Then why did you come to me?”

“Actually, I wanted to meet the CEO of SW Company, Jung Ha-neul. but so veil

Because he was signed in a , no one knew where he was, nor his gender or age.”

“Yeah, what… .”

There were many articles in the media that speculated about the president of the SW company.

Experts thought that he was not a single person in existence, but a group of intelligences.

“ I heard that Soon-won is working on self-driving cars now. Is that right?"

"Yes."

“As you can see from my proposal,

I also have a design for self-driving cars.”

Of course.

The self-driving car that Soon-won is making this time was made by Catherine before her return.

“Soon-won, would you like to work with me?”

“Would you like to work together?”

It's definitely a tempting proposition.

Soon-won had a design for the finished product that Catherine would complete in decades, but it was far from perfect.

Because human memory is limited, some parts of it were forgotten, and there were parts that had to be tested several times, so if you are with Catherine, you will be able to shorten the time unreasonably.

What we need to do now is not just research and development of magic.

He had to train himself, and he had to monitor the Cheonwoohoe and the nobles as well.

‘Besides, he’s from my company.’

There was no need to worry about technology leaks, and it wasn't anything good to do.

‘Anyway, the orbital elevator is

I needed it.’

She was about to start after graduating from college, and she was lucky that Catherine came to see her like this.

“Orbital elevators, which intrigues me, do you mean geostationary satellites that directly connect the planet's surface and the orbits of the satellites into an elongated columnar structure?”

“Yes, the idea is to install it in orbit above the equator so that it orbits around the planet at the rotational speed of the planet.”

In 2020, the US used this to drop Meteor on this column.

It is not radioactive like nuclear weapons.

There was no pressure to do it.

‘Things would have changed if Meteor could have been dropped on the Great Plains in the battle against the Queen of Flames.’

Unfortunately, the orbital elevator built at an astronomical cost collapsed in the terrorist attack.

And now that I think about it, it must have been the Dark Side or the Cloth Detour.

“I didn’t mean to steal over there. I happened to be there... .”

The person who was turning his back on the diagonal table suddenly turned and approached him.

come.

“My name is Inha Oh, who teaches drug magic at Seoul National University’s Department of Magic. Can I join the conversation?”

Soon-won got up from his seat in shock when he saw him.

Professor Oh In-ha, Cheonwoohoe's Mask of the Snake.

I didn't know that someone on the side of the nobility would approach me in this way.

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