Chapter 302

In the past, there was a saying that if you couldn’t use magic, then you should check if your learning was insufficient.

For example, to cast the convection heat transfer magic frequently used during the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, you had to understand the concepts of kinematic viscosity and thermal diffusivity.

At times, you even needed to adjust your circuit formulas by yourself, concerning density, specific heat capacity, viscosity, and thermal conductivity, which was quite the hardship.

However, the 21st century is different from the 19th century.

With the establishment of a systematic education system, more and more people began to learn magic.

Additionally, with the advancements in computational systems, if the magic is officially registered with the mana corporation, it can be used with only a brief procedure.

‘Now it’s a time where if someone can’t use magic, we have to examine if they’re just short on money.’

I was having such materialistic thoughts even while going to the amusement park.

It seems that there was more of a ‘work’ aspect rather than ‘play’ to my reason for going.

“Nameya, we’re almost there.”

“Yawn. I woke up just a bit earlier.”

“It’s morning, yet there are so many people. It seems we’ll have to wait for a long time.”

While Professor Cheon was looking around diligently searching for a parking spot, I took the opportunity to secretly enjoy lying down across the three back seats of the car, a minor offense of indulgence.

It was so comfortable since it wasn’t a car seat.

To wake myself up, I pressed the window-opening button with my big toe and wildly inhaled the cold air.

“Hah. Whew.”

Beyond the wooden fence, splendid Neverland Castle and dizzying rides began to come into view.

I picked up the phone that had fallen on the floor and checked the unread messages.

[Baek Ho-chan: You must have arrived at Neverland by now? Then let’s go, Jujunim! Do you have any cute selfie photos?]

[NoNaMe: Go die in half.]

[Baek Ho-chan: (Crying)(Crying)(Crying)]

[Baek Ho-chan: It was temporarily suspended for judgment on the day, so we couldn’t do anything… Please calm down, princessㅠㅠㅠ]

The five-circle demon lord’s horn was conveniently suspended after review by the Korean mana corporation.

The reason was that if double casting were to be abused even among ordinary people, careful consideration over enough time on what kind of outcome it might bring was necessary.

On the homepage, they posted an inadequate apology typical of a small business, and regretfully decided to only sell the level 3 ‘Simple Casting: Demon Lord’s Horn – Ejection’ edition on October 31.

[Baek Ho-chan: By the way, what color did you get, Name, Jujunim?]

[NoNaMe: It’s a secret.]

[Baek Ho-chan: Wow, you’re not telling me.]

[NoNaMe: I’m working right now. So CEO, hurry up and work too.]

In the Bio-Akashic, a separate marketing department didn’t exist, so everything I did became the company’s image.

Bearing that great responsibility, I got out of the car.

The red skirt that reached my knees flapped in the wind.

As expected of a modified hanbok, it had snap buttons inside, making it easy to put on and take off.

Tightly fastening the black jeogori adorned with eastern-style flower and butterfly embroidery, I took Professor Cheon’s hand.

“Ah, wait a moment.”

I almost forgot the most important thing.

Before getting out of the car, I fogged up the window and drew a magic circle on it.

[Unique Magic – Inside the Demon Lord’s Horn (Continuation) – Ejection Horn]

A pair of horns sharply protruded from above my head.

They were about 10 cm long.

“Today, it’s red?”

“Doesn’t it look good?”

“It suits Name so well! Shall we go now?”

“Yes, let’s hurry, Dad.”

With the professor’s kind escort, we departed for the fantasy land.

I could see various people wearing the Demon Lord’s Horn, just like mine.

With horns, the attraction waiting time wouldn’t be too boring.

“I’m going to grow this horn to 1 meter today.”

“Is that so?”

“It has to be that much to truly hear the voice of a Demon Lord.”

If the horn is 1 meter long, then I must be over 2 meters tall, right?

* * *

The synergy of Halloween and the amusement park sent shivers down the spines of Neverland staff.

The empty streets quickly filled with people, each dressed in colorful costumes, hastily making their way to their respective destinations.

Couples determined to leisurely enjoy the day already sat on the plaza bench, starting the ‘Horn Fight’ that Name had planned beforehand.

Blue, white, red, black, yellow.

Among the five elemental colors, the pair with white and black horns faced each other, channeling their aura.

“Oh… So this is how it is? It feels a bit different, doesn’t it?”

“Oppa, how do you do it? Like this? Wow, that’s amazing! How did that friend think of creating this?”

Mana gathered around the horns.

The white horn emitted a strong light, while the black horn released a thick fog.

Mana exceeded its capacity, creating sparks that connected the horns like a bridge.

In the center, a mana sphere gradually increased in size.

“…”

“…”

The man and woman flashed their chilling gazes and recited lines simultaneously from a fantasy movie they had watched the night before.

“Avada Kedavra!”

“Expelliarmus!”

*crackle-!*

Straight luminous beams shot out towards each other.

The opposing mana collided, pushing each other back without conceding even an inch.

The white beam pierced through the black fog, and the black fog devoured the white beam in return.

In the cycle of eating and being eaten, the male’s black fog reached the female’s horn first.

The woman’s head jerked back as if she had been slapped.

“Ouch!”

“Yes! I won! It’s really Professor Voldemort! Definitely effective!”

Immediately, the woman’s horn shrunk slightly while the male’s grew longer by the same amount.

“Since the practice is over, give me my horn back…!”

“No, I don’t want to. I’m not giving it back. Fight with someone else to recover it, haha.”

Suddenly, the woman stood up abruptly and stomped the ground angrily with her high heels.

“Ugh… I’m leaving. Don’t follow me.”

“Uh… uh? Are you mad? Why are you acting like this?”

“How can you cast a forbidden killing curse on your girlfriend…? Are you even human after that?”

“No, I just repeated the movie line…”

“See? I told you not to follow me!”

A couple, who just a few minutes ago had come to Neverland filled with dreams and hope, was now on the verge of breaking up.

Amongst the intriguing love quarrel, Name licked her mango ice cream and asked Professor Cheon.

“Dad, did you ever have a love fight back in the day?”

“Cough… cough!”

Professor Cheon coughed, spilling the juice he had been drinking.

“None?”

“It’s not like I never fought at all, but… I stopped fighting after a few times.”

“Why?”

“I had a lot to prepare. I had to rent the training hall and get magic permission.”

“Hahaha…”

Just how serious were they to need that much preparation for a fight?

Name cracked a somewhat awkward smile and turned her gaze forward again.

“There are more people using your magic than I expected.”

“It’s all thanks to SNS. If one use costs a whopping 150,000 won, but you can only enjoy it for a day, shouldn’t it at least provide corresponding rewards or a sense of accomplishment?”

Name was trying to create motivation for people to use the Demon Lord’s Horn.

Effects like being able to see the mana in the air or feeling mana better are vague and don’t resonate until you try using them firsthand.

“What kind of people are we South Koreans?”

“Well, we are…”

“We’re a nation of PVP, right?”

“Hmm?”

Online, the battle-hardened people of Korea are even something the Vikings concede to.

[NoNaMe_11]

[Average length of real-time ejection horns]

[#2 Red: 10.03 cm]

[#4 Blue: 9.95 cm]

[#5 Yellow: 9.92 cm]

[#3 Black: 10.01 cm]

[#1 White: 10.09 cm]

[This post is updated every hour.]

Additionally, a sort of ‘challenge marketing’ was planned through the horn fights with others to certify who could make the longest horn.

To increase participation rates, Name even began leaving comments for those who had already created long horns.

[syj_1004]

Horn fight 10 consecutive victories certification photo. NoNaMe, come! Let’s have a match! #DemonLord’sHorn #HornFightChallenge #Neverland

[Comments]

-(NoNaMe_11): Come to the Candy House. I’ll accept the duel.

└ (syj_1004): Wow, are you serious? Really?

Sometimes, she didn’t shy away from duels either.

“Wow, that’s me! By the way, Name, your hanbok is so cute! Can I ask for a signature after it’s over?”

A man in a vampire costume squeezed through the crowd gathered around Name.

With red horns just like Name’s.

Since they were on the same side, they didn’t need to fight, but it didn’t matter much anyway.

Camera flashes went off one after another.

Name checked beside her, cleared her throat, and raised her flute towards the man.

“Vampires were modeled after the seducer George Gordon Byron of England, right? A monster that disturbs the benign customs is not needed in this Confucian Joseon.”

“Wahaha, you’re cute! So cute! This flute murderer! I will finish you here!”

Flame flickered-!

A dark red flame engulfed the man while a bright scarlet flame burned around Name.

Name remembered that in her past life, demons enjoyed horn fights from an early age.

Just by mastering the horns well, they could prove superiority over their opponents.

‘Adults even fought life-and-death duels with horn fights, so that says it all.’

With a single horn, she had risen to the pinnacle of demons.

Name’s crimson flames overwhelmingly dominated the man’s aura.

At the point where the flames almost touched, she skillfully adjusted her power to make the man squeeze out every ounce of his strength.

“Grr!”

“For your first time handling it today, you’re doing quite well.”

“Wow… I didn’t notice it when I fought with others, but… if you do this properly, it consumes a lot of energy, right?”

Aura is an expression of will, but for humans and demons, its manifestation differs.

While humans think of the size or heat of the fire to create a strong flame, demons imagine the specific scale of damage that flame would cause.

Though it’s a difference between the subject and the object, that one difference alone has led to endless tribal wars for hundreds of years.

“Ugh, I give up!”

The vampire male raised his hands and fell backward.

Name’s horn grew about half an inch longer.

Before long, her horn was pointing straight toward the sky, larger than her own head.

“That was a good match. Where should I sign?”

“I have no paper or anything. Would it be okay to sign on my T-shirt?”

“Sure thing.”

Every time Name nodded with a satisfied expression, her horn precariously sliced through the air.

Professor Cheon, who had been watching from the side, posed a question.

“By the way, won’t it be uncomfortable later if the horn gets that long when you enter an indoor place?”

“It’s all a mass of mana, so it’s fine. They can be touched well with a gathered aura in hand, but other bodies or buildings just pass right through.”

When Name leaned against the wall, her horn passed effortlessly through the stone wall without any resistance.

“Still, it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.”

“It’s a really interesting magic.”

“Do you want to try it now, Dad?”

“Now?”

“Yes. It’ll take too long to stop by the souvenir shop to buy a hairband. Time is wasting.”

Using a 150,000 won magic instead of a 5,000 won hairband is an atrocious value for money.

However, under the pleading gaze of his daughter, Professor Cheon couldn’t help but accept her proposal.

* * *

[NoNaMe in Neverland??? (Video upload approved)]

[Views: 14,000 · 5 hours ago]

[Comments]

-The hanbok is fatally cute, I’m crazy.

└ Nowadays, Halloween is okay with anything, but the hanbok is a bit funny, haha.

-The flute murderer, danga T_T

└ If she doesn’t do the horn fight, does that mean she’ll shatter my head with the flute?

-The horn doesn’t feel heavy, huh? Hauling it around makes it really funny, haha.

└ It’s basically pure mana. Not heavy at all.

└ It’s a bit awkward to wear daily, but it’d be so much fun to wear it at a festival like this.

-Look at how many followers she has, really feeling the recent popularity.

-The Academy对抗赛 was the most fun ever, haha.

└ Ultimately, the remaining regions were all boringㅠㅠㅠ I think Korea’s number one is Altair.

-(1:31) Favorite scene.

-This is a national treasure-level video, so don’t you dare delete it.

[Neverland NoNaMe Testimony]

I just met NoNaMe in person at the restaurant and I’m here to write a testimony.

I had no idea NoNaMe would be coming today, but my friends texted me saying NoNaMe was hot, so I waited at the entrance.

I was worried that I might have missed her, but after waiting a bit longer, it was impossible to not notice.

Behind the tiny cutie, dozens of people were following her like a world star.

Can she really make someone like me into pieces when she gets serious? I can’t imagine it, o_o…

Anyway, I got a chance to see her up close, greeted her father, got her signature, and then parted ways. (Look at that cat signature, so cute haha.)

People keep saying it, but the real deal really looks like a doll, which is spot on.

On TV, she just looked like an ordinary skinny person, but her face is truly, really, ridiculously small.

Her body is so small that it doesn’t stand out proportionally.

She was also very well-mannered and always greeted people properly.

Most people were expressionless, but whenever she smiled, it made everyone cheer, which was so funny, haha. (It was like being at an idol fan meeting.)

And the rumors about her horn fights are practically undefeated.

She lets the younger kids win, but she never spares anyone else, haha. Seems like the originator is different, huh?

Overall, I was so glad to have such a special experience at Neverland!

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[Comments]

-But at that level, wouldn’t she need bodyguards? A bit unsettling.

└ Her father is a battle mage.

└ Haha, then I acknowledge it, she wouldn’t be able to easily mess with her.

-I’m jealous T_T

-It’s sweet that she lets the kids win, haha.

-Sweet Name (8 years old).

-Two Demon Lord’s horns could buy a VIP ticket, but who are these people buying them? Do they have money to spare?

└ But you get to have a private meeting with NoNaMe, right? You get to take selfies together!

└ What’s so hard about waiting a bit for rides? Haha, getting to see NoNaMe up close is way better.

-Do you think NoNaMe will participate in the Magic Dream Contest today too?

└ Are you a genius? I’ll reserve a spot in advance, haha.

└ What’s the Magic Dream Contest?

└ It’s where each shows off an amazing spell and wins prizes, yeah.

└ It was originally made to collect money from clans that came for promotion, but sometimes ordinary people come out and show off all sorts of bizarre magic, and it’s really entertaining.

-Is there anyone who can tell which clans are participating in today’s contest?

* * *

[Magic Dream Contest (16:30~18:00)]

[Special Halloween Event]

[Raon Clan, Changcheonnamgung Clan are together. (sponsored by ‘Raon’, ‘AzureSky’)]

Kim Han-gyeol from Seviron Academy’s 2nd Grade A Class, grandson of the Raon Clan Leader, spotted a familiar face at Neverland.

‘Is that Name?’

Why would a child, who declared they would take a break from the academy due to not feeling well, be at an amusement park?

Calling out to the child that was getting further away.

“Hey! NoNaMe!”

The girl turned sharply before the corner of the alley.

Indeed, there was no way she was mistaken. Who else would have such a bizarre hairstyle if not NoNaMe?

“Hey, Han-gyeol? I’m meeting a classmate here.”

“What are you doing here? Didn’t you say you’d rest at home because you were sick?”

When the boy asked, NoNaMe slyly raised the corners of her lips.

“When did I say that? Let’s call it a fake illness, then.”