An Exorcist Magical Girl!

“Get out! We have to get out! We have to get out before it’s too late!” 

Joo Yeon-seo, who had been trapped in the classroom during the lunchtime commotion earlier because she hadn’t been able to secure an exit, jumped to her feet.

 “What are you doing?! It’s class time!”

The teacher yelled at Yeon-seo, who was in a panic, but she didn’t care.

 “I’m getting out!” 

—Yeon-seo flung open the door and ran out.

 

No one could stop her.

 

In fact, they all looked like they wanted to escape with her.

 

And it soon became clear that Yeon-seo was right.

 

The bugs had crawled into the hallway in front of our classroom.

 

We couldn’t even open the door.

 “Close all the windows!” 

The dumbfounded students moved in unison at the command of the class president, Min Jiyoon.

 

The students in the window seats quickly locked the windows, and some of them waited near the front and back doors with slippers in hand, ready to smack the bugs at any moment.

 

They were positioned so that if a bug came through the crack, they could kill it instantly.

 “It’s in!” “Where?!” “There!” Bam! 

The bugs that crawled through the crack were unable to move more than 30 centimeters and were instantly killed by the slippers.

 

The students, who were waiting with tissues, quickly threw the crushed bodies into the trash can.

 

The scene was repeated dozens of times.

 “They’re not getting tired.”

Ha-young muttered as she fixed her slippers.

 

What did me and Seo Jun do?

 

We stood still.

 

It wasn’t a ghost, and what’s an exorcist to do in the face of a bug?

 

Anyway, at this point, the teacher stopped the class and called the other teachers in the staff room to see what was going on.

 

***

 

The kids were all on social media and the news, trying to figure out what the hell was going on.

 

But at the end of the day, there was only anger.

 “Holy shit, not my school again, not my school again, not my school again!” 

We’ve all heard about the bug epidemic in some state in the US, or the locust invasion in Africa.

 

At first, everyone thought it was a regional problem because they’d seen it before.

 

But the reality was different.

 

It’s only Mukgyeong Girls’ High School that’s being attacked by bugs.

 

In other words, if you leave the school, everything will be fine, but that only fueled the students’ anger.

 

Mugyeong Girls’ High School is the only one facing problems, as today’s bug incident was the only one.

 “Why do shitty things only happen to our school?” 

All the emotions that had been building up while being haunted by the ghosts exploded.

 

A few fearless students tried to run out into the hallway with slippers on both hands.

 “Hey, hey, hey! Don’t open the door! I can’t handle it if they fly in!” “Let go! I’ll have to kill them all!” “If you get out, they’ll die inside.” “Open the door!” “There are bugs stuck to the door, what do you want me to do, are you crazy!” 

There was a tense confrontation between the

“bug-maniacs”

who wanted to go out into the hallway to vent their frustration and wage an all-out war, and the

“bug-cowards”

who were afraid that if they opened the door even a little bit, the bugs would rush in.

 

But the chaos quickly froze when someone said.

 “Guys, who is that?” 

All eyes turned to the direction the voice was pointing.

 “Joo Yeon-seo left earlier, so who is in that seat?” 

Joo Yeon-seo’s seat, which should have been empty, had someone sitting there.

 “No, I think someone switched seats, don’t get all flustered.” There was an attempt to make light of the situation, “Dude, why are we twenty-two people now?” “Not counting…?” “Uh, we’re all twenty-two, except for you.” 

It became a problem that could no longer be ignored when someone counted the number of people in the class.

 

There were twenty-two students in the fourth class of the second year of Mukgyeong Girls’ High School.

 

Since Joo Yeon-seo had run away earlier, the number of students in the class should be twenty-one.

 

A heavy silence descended on the classroom.

 

Something in the form of a human occupied Joo Yeon-seo’s seat.

 Crunch, Crunch 

It was a bizarre sound that I had heard before.

 

It turned its head slowly.

 

The slightest movement caused the students to part at the two ends of the room like a Moses miracle.

 

I quickly opened my account.

 【Talent: Exorcist (Aspiring)】【Status: Utilized】【Opened the links: …80%】【Skills: -】 

A familiar stench assaulted my nose.

 

It was the rotten stench of the evil spirit that had appeared on the playground.

 

The creature that disappeared like a mist is now in our classroom.

 

《Skill: Simple Clairvoyance activated. 》

 

I still couldn’t see the core.

 

Was there another way to make the core invisible besides camouflage?

 

Wrapping the core in crystals only protects it from destruction. It wasn’t a way to hide it from view.

 

No, what was more important right now was to keep the balance of this classroom from being upset.

 

There was a stifling tension in the air.

 

No one was willing to make a move.

 

Everyone was clinging to their last shreds of sanity and suppressing the urge to flee, even if it meant running to the bugs.

 

Because now, there are bugs outside the door.

 

If any one of them were to jump, it would lead to a situation like the one on the playground, where everyone would go with their instincts and run away.

 

The classroom door would be thrown wide open.

 

Maybe they’ll even try to break the windows.

 

We need to prevent that kind of carnage.

 

It was then–

 “Hey, guys, take a look at the class group chat.” 

It was Yuri who carefully spoke in a low voice.

 

At that, everyone picked up their cell phones.

  

The message from Yuri asked me to take on the exorcism.

 

Below it, her classmates’ messages of agreement were scattered around.

 









 

Seo Jun poked me in the side.

 “What are you going to do?” 

There was a hint of an amused smile on her face as she asked.

 “What the hell.”

I nodded while smiling.

 

I might not be able to get rid of it right away, but I might be able to chase it away like I did on the playground.

 

But I’m not going to be satisfied with just chasing it away. I can’t just blow it up without making any progress on my defenses!

 

I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth and destroy your core.

 

《Skill: A Craftsman Wears No Tools has been activated》

 

The slipper in my right hand is imbued with black energy. I flung it like a discus.

 

Like a baseball bat thrown after hitting a home run, the slipper flew out and hit the ghost’s throat with a bang.

 

At the same time, the ghost dispersed like mist again and disappeared.

 

Seeing the ghost disappear before their eyes, the classmates clapped and marveled.

 “Wow, it disappeared in one swoop.” “What are you doing, someone hurry up and get the grapefruit Kool-Aid!”  

But little did I know that the admiration was mixed with a magical incantation.

 “Did it?” 

It was Hanbyul Cha’s voice.

 “Who was that, Hanbyul Cha?” “Do you want to go look?” “Doesn’t she watch movies or something? How could she say such an atrocious line?” 

A barrage of accusations rained down, but it was too late.

 

The ghost had reappeared in the middle of the classroom.

 

***

 “You’ll have to pay for the grapefruit juice yourself, not the tardy fee.” “But wasn’t 80% of the tardiness fee paid by Hanbyul anyway?”  “I’m sorry, guys, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to!”

Cha muttered.

 

In the midst of all the chaos, Seo Jun, who was watching, whispered in my ear.

 “No matter how you look at it, it’s not camouflage.” “I think so, too.”

I agreed.

 

Camouflage takes a lot of strength.

 

Even the man-eating ghost that had eaten a few people had exhausted its camouflage and couldn’t directly protect its core.

 

But the ghost of Joo Yeon-seo’s familiar face appeared and disappeared from the classroom as if teleporting.

 “Teleportation requires a lot of strength, right?” “Uh-huh. Right.”

Seo Jun nodded at my words.

 

Even the man-eating ghost had to run hard to keep up with us.

 

There’s no way it could have turned around and left so quickly with camouflage.

 

So, we reject the theory that it used camouflage to hide its core.

 

Once again, I use

“simple clairvoyance”,

but I still can’t find the core.

 

Seo Jun shakes her head, and it seems she can’t find it either.

 

It was as if there was no core at all.

 “Seo Jun. How can there be a ghost without a core?” “It’s impossible.” “Of course.” 

And that face, I swear I recognized it.

 

I stared into the eyes of the teleporting ghost.

 

I kept getting an eerie feeling.

 

It was a feeling I’d been having a lot lately.

 

Unlike the monster that had charged straight for the corpse, the one in the classroom stood still.

 

As if waiting for something.

 

My thoughts were interrupted by a dull thud.

 Thud– “The bugs are getting inside again.” 

With a swift swipe Seo Ha-young, killed the bugs who had squeezed through the crack in the front door.

 

Even as the ghosts inside were in a frenzy, the bugs were still trying to get into the classroom.

 

The morgue attendant standing next to me quickly ripped off the tissue.

 

Wait a minute.

 

A corpse?

 

Just as the sudden sense of foreboding was about to materialize into a sentence, it happened.

 

The moment the body of the bug, piled high in tissues, fell into the trash can.

 “Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch.” 

The ghost, which hadn’t moved from its spot, let out an eerie laugh.

 

Then, its body snapped into dozens of pieces.

 “Kaaaaaaaah!” 

The torn pieces of its body rushed toward the trash can.

 “No!” 

I hurled myself at the trash can, but it was too late.

 

Dozens of mashed, halved, and squashed flat bodies floated to the top of the trash can.

 “Ugh.” “Oh, I feel sick.” 

I wonder if my classmates are aware of this grotesque sight.

 

Each severed leg, each torn wing, each crushed torso is haunted.

 

It’s a ghost that feeds on corpses.

 

A ghost that would pounce on any empty, ownerless body to claim the corpse of a monster.

 

It was for this reason that it appeared in this classroom.

 “What the hell!” 

It must have been waiting for a sufficient number of bodies to accumulate.

 

In the air, the bodies tangled and clumped together to form some sort of shape.

 

A hand.

The bodies of the bugs came together to form a hand.