Chapter 147 - Terri Duzem
In this chapter, Terri Duzem, a district-funded student from the 1980 cohort of The Alpha College of the... Continue reading Chapter 147 of "High School of Demon Hunting" for the full story!
Terri Duzem, a district-funded student from the 1980 cohort of The Alpha College of the First University.
In Alpha Collegeâs independent admission, then 17-year-old, with super S-level Alchemy talent, became the most brilliant new talent in First University.
It seemed like a matter of course.
Duzem began auditing third-year courses in his freshman year, completed all studies for a registered wizard in his sophomore year, and in his junior year, submitted a T-level paper titled âOn the Divine Substances Appearing in the Process of Invoking Spirits and their Storage, Release, and Inhibition Mechanismsâ as the lead author along with Professor Montreya.
That same year, Terri Duzem was invited to give a speech at the opening ceremony of the International Young Alchemist Congress.
Soon after, at the age of twenty, he was recruited by the director of the Alchemy Re
Terry Duzem and ban Dr.
Duzem from participating in any magic research activities hosted by The First University.
It was nothing less than a kill order.
Everyone was flabbergasted by this news, and the wizarding world was in an uproar.
Even the Alchemist Committee of the Wizards Alliance sent a letter to First University to inquire about the matter.
However surprisingly, both parties, The First University and Dr.
Duzem remained silent.
Thus, a supernova that had the attention of all, the future hope of the wizarding world, walked away quietly after the kill order, disappeared without a trace from the public view.
No news of him was heard ever since.
In the campus of First University, there were various speculations about the reasons for the fall of the new star.
Some say, a serious safety accident occurred in Dr.
Duzemâs lab, which led to significant losses for the First University, so he was banned altogether.
Others say, Dr.
Duzem just accepted The First Universityâs secret research program, and therefore had to hide his name, becoming the so-called legendary âNamelessâ â It was rumored that this âNameless Planâ was directly administered by the Chancellor of First University.
There are also people saying, Dr.
Duzem was eroded by demons in the lab and fell into a Witch Demon, locked up in the mysterious Black Prison for life without parole.
But regardless of how convincing these rumors were, the only fact is that the genius male wizard who was seen by âMagic Wandâ as the beacon of hope for the wizard world, the genius male wizard who could have won âThe Logic Prize,â disappeared thoroughly from peopleâs sight.
As if he had never existed.
No one would have thought that this genius wizard was living just across the wall from First University in the west district of Beta Town; and nobody would believe that this legendary genius was now confined in his ancestral home, living together only with an old servant, worrying about food and experiment materials every day.
âBut how did you know?â Zheng Qing couldnât help being curious, looking at Jiang Yu.
In the interval of waiting for the old servantâs notification, Jiang Yu briefly introduced the tortuous identity of the visiting doctor to Zheng Qing.
Which greatly surprised Zheng Qing: âAlso, why was he banned by First University in the first place?â
âIâm not quite sure why he was banned.â Jiang Yu seemed a bit puzzled, âBut I know it has something to do with the accident that occurred in his lab.
In addition to him, several researchers and professors from First University also disappeared at that time.
I donât know their situation, but I do know that this legendary genius wizard will never break away from the shackles of being a registered wizard and will never be able to become a grand wizard.â
âAs for why I know,â Jiang Yu smiled, âAll wizard families with some kind of heritage are aware of this news.
But the First University issued a block order about it, cast by a spell jointly cast by the schoolâs three chancellors, so no one talks about it in public anymoreâŚ
The Jiang family had some research interactions with Dr.
Duzem, so we barely managed to break through the blockade.â
Zheng Qing licked his lips, calming his inner shock.
âWhy canât he become a grand wizard?â
âBecause his soul was damaged.â Jiang Yuâs face was filled with pity, âA true genius held back by fate.
If an ordinary person suffered such damage, they probably couldnât even take care of themselves.
Yet Dr.
Duzem can still continue his research, chasing his dream.â
âHis dream?â
ââŚMaking a god.â
Not to mention outside the black iron gate, a young wizard was shocked by the great dream of Dr.
Duzem.
Inside the gate.
In the three-story grey building.
In the old study.
Dr.
Duzem was lying on a chaise longue, with his legs on the large desk, covered with a thin blanket, and gently snoring.
The noon hour was his regular daily rest time.
As a wizard who had nearly lost all his talents, all he had was that 99 percent perspiration.
Therefore, he sat at his desk day and night, used feather pens and ink, and calculated endless formulas on draft papers.
For a dream that seemed already far out of reach.
On the wall beside his desk, a sentence of beautiful poetry was hanging:
âUnique fireworks, same brilliance.â
This sentence had become the greatest motivation supporting his research.
âEven without the original talent, I am still Terri Duzem.
I can make my life bloom like the most beautiful fireworks.â
He had said these words to his old servant more than once.
For that, the elderly servant always smiled sincerely, nodded firmly:
âNo problem, young master.â
âCertainly can, young master.â
âYouâre right, young master.â
Now, Dr.
Duzem who was in his dreams seemed to hear again the old servantâs monotone, repetitive address:
âYoung master?
âŚYoung Master!â