Joint Combat Practice 2 (1)
[Magic ability details]
Grade: Skilled Magician Specialty: Elemental Common Magic: Quick Casting Lv 12 Mana Detection Lv 13 Fire Elemental Magic: Combustion Lv 17 One Point Explosion Lv 2 Wind Elemental Magic: Wind Blade Lv 15 Elemental Magic: Elemental Sensitivity Lv 13 Elemental Understanding Lv 13 Spirit Appearance Lv 4 Sensory Sharing Lv 3 Sensitivity Level: 3 Spirit Consciousness Efficiency: Good Unique Granted Skill: Protection of Fire (Temporary Fire Immunity Explodes)
Explosion (sub-explosion magic)
Fire Magic Ability Increase Sensitivity Level: 1 Elemental Ceremony Efficiency: Normal Unique Granted Skills:
Guardian’s protection (temporary increase in fire immunity)
Water source manifestation (lower level water magic)
Water Magic Ability Increase Sensitivity Level: 1 Elemental Ceremony Efficiency: Very Poor Unique Skill:
Protection of the Storm (periodically neutralizes damage)
Updraft (Medium Wind Magic)
Wind Magic Ability Augmentation Aspect Magic:
Star level magical power expression Lv 1
Temperature Conversion Lv 0
Death Immunity Lv 0
Time Prison Lv 0
Short-distance space movement Lv 0
Forced Unity Lv 0
Visual illusion Lv 0
Deception Lv 0 [Oh~]
the next day.
Leaving behind the spirits who were carrying materials to build a hut for a while, I sat at the campfire and tried to unleash my red magic power. Merylda, who had appeared, sat side by side next to her campfire, twirling her feet and letting out an exclamation of wonder.
Unlike general magical energy, a trace amount of aspect magical energy, which felt heavier and more difficult to handle, was floating around in the body at the tip of one’s fingertips.
Aspect magic is the most difficult and least studied area among all magical fields.
Basically, since it specializes in twisting and breaking the providence and laws of the world, it mainly deals with magic related to time and space… It is said that it can also be used as a means to forcibly distort or deceive the other person’s perception.
If you reach the realm of high-level magic, you can completely control the minds of others, or use spatial movement on a huge scale… . There are a variety of magics with incredible performance that make you wonder if this is even possible.
It sounds amazing when you just say it like that, but… The penalty is that strong. First of all, aspect magic itself is not very efficient, and since it is a magic with little research, learning it itself is bound to involve a lot of trial and error. Not only that, I heard that it puts a lot of strain on the body.
From the beginning, aspect magic was considered not a playable skill. It was established as a dedicated skill used by enemies and named NPCs.
[Just by looking at it, it looks difficult to handle. Can this thing control the flow of magical energy? ]
“well… “I’ll just give it a try.”
Glokt’s last work, which I carefully laid out next to the bonfire. I looked sideways at ‘Introduction to Aspect Magic’.
It was after looking through that book that I was able to unlock basic aspect magic.
“… … .”
I had heard a lot about all kinds of hidden growth elements, but I never thought there was a way for players to learn aspect magic.
I couldn’t even imagine that the method would be to find Glokt’s tomb hidden in the western coastal area.
The coastal area on the west side of Aken Island had very little scenario coverage, and in particular, the small gap within the cliff area was barely noticeable even when viewed up close. Truly, no one but Lucy would have imagined such a space would exist.
“It is more important to realize the principles themselves rather than mastering repetition. Magic is a discipline where theory and sense coexist… “I feel like aspect magic is a bit too focused on theory.”
As I was reading a book while sitting cross-legged on a tree stump, Lucy suddenly appeared as if flowing water and sat on my legs.
Buried in my arms, he munches on the beef jerky and quickly manifests the magic power of the Aspect with his hands.
Although it was only roughly manifested, a seemingly enormous amount of magical power hovered in the air.
-Faaah!
As Lucy clenched her fist, miscellaneous items scattered around, various hunting tools, trap materials, and building materials gathered around the place where the magical power was manifested.
‘Force gathering’ twists the flow of space and changes the enemy’s location at will. Even among star-level magic, it was quite difficult.
“Of course, the sense of expressing magic power itself requires repeated mastery.”
“Lucy, it looks like you also went through quite a bit of repetitive mastery training?”
“I am… “I just tried it a couple of times and it worked.”
I guess so.
I tried to manifest the aspect magic a few more times and ended up failing.
It is clear that it is a magic that must be learned in the long run, but it is difficult to make progress immediately.
In the first place, isn’t aspect magic still a type of magic with many areas that are incomprehensible?
Just one student’s ability to manipulate aspect magic would be enough to make professors hold out their tongues. If you are lucky, you may be able to receive more specific instruction from a professor you are interested in.
Lucy is basically the type of person who relies on talent and senses to use magic, so it is difficult to learn or imitate. It is better to get help from a professor who has taught many students. There is no particular correlation between magical talent and the ability to teach it.
I thought of Professor Glast, who had passed away, and felt sad in many ways. He would have been the perfect person to teach Aspect magic.
“First, I need to start by absorbing all of this book.”
As I read Glokt’s introductory book, I composed myself. This is definitely a book left by a man with a unique understanding of aspect magic. It’s quite digestible.
That doesn’t mean it isn’t difficult. If you grit your teeth and push your head as hard as you can, there is at least a little something you can gain.
Still, from experience, no matter how difficult a commentary is, if you read it ten or twenty times while straining your eyes, you will master it to some extent.
It’s similar to how you can somehow understand even the first major book or law book you read.
Since it is a discipline where theory is more important than sense… For now, let’s just focus on reading this book after work and before going to sleep.
The precious power called aspect magic can never be wasted.
“Hwaaaam~”
Suddenly, Lucy seemed to be falling asleep again, yawned loudly and looked at me with her eyes raised.
Buried in my arms, he twists his body and places his cheek on my chest, swallowing dry saliva for no reason.
I patted Lucy’s head while turning the pages of the book with one hand. It was natural now.
However, Lucy was wondering what was so surprising about this, so she lowered her body and glanced up at my expression with raised eyes. Then he woke up again, pushing himself against my chest.
“What.”
When I asked, Lucy, who was making close eye contact with me with a strangely flushed face, suddenly shook her head.
He said it was nothing and snuggled into his arms again, rubbing his cheeks to find the most comfortable position.
[ This… It’s difficult. Ugh… . ]
Merilda, who was sitting next to me, was absent-mindedly rubbing the ends of her hair here and there.
* * *
“also… The number of women has increased… .”
It’s a long-awaited weekend.
Without enough food and no need for maintenance, I spent most of the night reading the magic book of Astronomy until late at night.
Ziggs, who showed up at the camp carrying a large bundle, turned pale when he saw Merilda, who was looking through an art book next to me.
“Oh, Ziggs. “What’s going on?”
“Senior Ed. Even though I think it’s arrogant, it doesn’t help… Is it okay if I speak boldly… ? What the hell is this… It’s good to have aspirations as a male, but… Shouldn’t we also think about how much we can handle? Anyway, isn’t this too much? ! Can you not guess what kind of hell will unfold like this? ??”
“… … .”
I looked at Ziggs with my eyes wide open, and then cut off the magic I was using to manifest Merilda.
In an instant, Merilda’s shape became opaque, and then began to fade into the wind.
[Uh, huh?! I was still reading the interesting part… ! ]
She quickly disappeared, leaving the book Merilda was reading tumbling on the floor.
“… … .”
“… … sorry. It was a spirit. I am… I jumped to conclusions… . I sincerely apologize. I kinda… Thinking this way has become a habit… .”
Actually, Ziggs had seen Merilda’s appearance during the last duel. However, I think the words came out of nowhere because it was sudden and embarrassing. it could be.
Merilda in her current form has minimized magic efficiency, giving significance to the manifestation itself, but that alone has put enough of a burden on my magic power management.
Still, by consistently practicing making it appear, I was training in sensing spirits and also working to improve Merilda’s understanding. Of course, it is somewhat inconvenient during daily life.
It is the same training as wearing a sandbag on your body. I had to deal with this to be able to use Merilda properly in actual combat.
After remaining still for a moment, magic power was emitted from the air again, and a strong wind blew.
―Whaaaaagh!
Merilda, again in human form, jumped out of it. This time, it did not manifest through my magic power, but through Lucy’s magic power, which was like an almost infinite spring.
Lucy and Yenika’s sensitivity is at a level that is completely different from that of ordinary people. It may not be possible to take the form of a complete wolf, but the human form that maximizes magic efficiency can be manifested as naturally as breathing. Lucy, who is actually sleeping in my arms, doesn’t react at all.
Of course, the combat ability itself is greatly weakened, but Merilda’s purpose is simply to read books, so there is no major problem.
[ a little… If you’re going to cancel it, let me know in advance… ! ]
Merilda got very angry, picked up the book again, and was flipping through the pages she had read.
Ziggs was quietly shaking his head as he watched that scene. Before I knew it, the area around my camp started to get a lot noisy, so this level of commotion was no big deal.
“Anyway, Senior Ed… Here are the books on monster ecology that I have been keeping, as well as the discarded books that Elka requested. “They said it was okay to use it however you wanted.”
“Oh, thank you. “I’ll clean it up, so just throw it in the cabin.”
“Actually, it has already been sorted out. Even if Elka looks like this, isn’t she a saint? “When I looked at the books scattered about randomly, I couldn’t sit still, so I organized them all by item.”
Ziggs brought roughly five or six bundles. It seemed like it was organized and divided by each field.
Books that had been stored for a long time in the student library or were frequently checked out were often worn and damaged.
In such cases, new books are ordered and filled, and old books that are difficult to preserve their value are often discarded. This is mainly because some pages are missing or the cover is damaged.
When I asked Elka if she could collect all those books and give them to me, Elka nodded willingly. I am truly grateful.
For me, who had borrowed all the books because I didn’t feel like spending money, it was a joyful harvest.
“It looks very heavy, but I had a hard time carrying it here.”
“no. Even if it wasn’t a book, I would have run with something else. “I feel like just jogging isn’t enough exercise these days.”
Ziggs put the entire pile of books back into the cabin, wiped his sweat, and sat down across from the campfire.
First of all, my eyes were focused on Lucy, who was sleeping in my arms. I was impressed by the way she was breathing hard and occasionally rubbing her cheek against her body, while still holding on to the witch’s hat so it wouldn’t fall off.
“Actually, I came because I had a lot to tell you other than delivering books.”
“What?”
“… “Do you know that I joined the student council?”
The hand that was flipping through the book stopped for a moment. Ziggs must have guessed my answer just by looking at my reaction, and he continued his words.
“Did you not know that second- and third-year students are also reacting quite favorably to the cabinet led by Tanya Rosstaylor? I know you’re busy taking classes, but… .”
“okay. “There is no particular force opposing Tanya, and I have often heard that she is easily becoming the student council president wielding omnipotent power.”
“I really don’t know what to do… Tanya… No, it seems like the student council president quite trusts me.”
That has to be the case. Ziggs Eiffelstein is a person who only trusted his intuition and took Tanya’s side even when the whole world turned against Tanya.
People who receive help in times of crisis are good people to keep close. As Tanya is beginning to wield power as the student council president, she is carefully choosing people she can trust and entrust with her work.
In the scenario, Ziggs never joined the student council. He did not belong to anything until the moment he left, and most of his actions were motivated by his lover Elka.
The story’s trajectory begins to deviate little by little.
“So he gave me instructions. Now that things have come to this, I think it would be better to give senior Ed a seat on the student council, so go to him and ask him what he wants.”
“Is it okay to form a cabinet in such a haphazard way? ?”
“I don’t do it that roughly. However, it seems that student council president Tanya trusts senior Ed the most. Well, if you watch it, you will likely nod your head to whatever Senior Ed says. “It’s not a joke.”
Since Tanya has a certain degree of freedom in forming the cabinet, she may be making appointments according to her own tastes. It seems that my name was also mentioned in the process.
“The student council members are already quite competitive. This is the first time in Sylvania’s history that a first-year student council president has been appointed, but despite this, many senior student members have already joined. “The chief secretary is the daughter of Count Kurel, a 3rd year student, and the chief executive committee member is senior Dyke, the valedictorian of all 4th year students.”
Ziggs shook his hands a few times, put some more firewood into the bonfire, and continued talking.
“We are also recruiting senior Anis, who is famous as the chief assistant for the third year students, and Josef Whitefeltz, the head of the magic department for the first year students and a researcher at the Torg Society, has also almost been recruited. “His blood relative, Dorothy Whitefeltz, a fourth-year student, has already passed, so it is expected that if the Whitefeltz siblings also pass on, an unprecedented cabinet will be created in many ways.”
The flow of personnel selection was predictable to some extent.
Annis Haylan can’t give up her position as an academic assistant because of tuition issues, so she’ll probably turn down the student government position. Josef is also more interested in the money itself than in the student council’s extra points or various preferential treatment provisions, so he won’t necessarily join.
Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the student council members are more prominent than expected.
Even the fact that the leader standing at the forefront is none other than Tanya Rosstaylor… It is an unfamiliar reality to me.
“The student council president is currently unable to leave his office in Obel Hall because of the workload. “That’s why I came here as a member of the student council executive committee to ask questions on your behalf.”
“You’ve been through a lot in many ways, Ziggs.”
“I would even go so far as to say that something like this is a hardship. So, are you saying no in the end?”
Ziggs already knew my answer when he asked the question.
Yes. I am living my life by dividing my day into hours just by living my life right now. It’s not as busy as it used to be, but it’s still very busy.
While continuing camp life to sharpen my production skills, I participate in all undergraduate classes, visit Assistant Professor Claire’s lab as a scholarship recipient, and also engage in personal training.
Following elemental magic and magic engineering, I now have to plan for aspect magic training… Adding a student council position to that is too much of a burden.
“I think the student council president will be disappointed. Well, I knew he wasn’t someone you could recruit very cheaply.”
“By the way, are you showing respect to Tanya…? ?”
“Yeah, well… Everyone does that. “It’s my first time being the first-year student council president, so I feel awkward, but I still have to acknowledge his power and dignity.”
Ziggs spoke casually as he started the bonfire with a poker.
“Anyway, my younger brother’s authority is increasing day by day. You will feel proud as a family member. However, I don’t know why I feel so strange.”
“How strange? “Is there something strange going on?”
“just… It feels like this situation itself was designed by someone. The current student council president seems to be on a roll, but I have a hunch that there might be some kind of mastermind behind it all… .”
Ziggs is a boy born with intuition.
I am born with a sense of fear, to the point where I prioritize my intuition over any circumstantial evidence.
After hearing those words, I couldn’t help but think of the existence of another girl.
Living Building, Sylvania Branch of Elte Chamber of Commerce. A girl sitting alone in her private office, playing with her quill. Her softly lowered eyes seemed to be engraved in her mind again.
The size of the picture she is painting is known only to her.
“Well, just because I have this intuition doesn’t mean I can do anything.”
Ziggs said and roughly threw the poker into the bonfire.
“Anyway, I’m busy again for the time being. According to the academic schedule, it is now time for joint combat training, and you also said that the Holy Emperor of the Saints is visiting Sylvania this week. It is said that he will baptize several representative students, give a speech, and then leave… “It looks like you’ll be very busy.”
Ziggs’ words are a clue. You can get a rough idea of how far the story has come.
However, as the scenarios began to diverge, the knowledge I already knew about the future began to little by little not match reality.
However, a major trend still remained, so it was possible to guess what would happen in the future.
Joint combat practice.
It was an annual event and practical class in which first graders sparred with second graders and third graders sparred with fourth graders.
The main character and his group are second graders. In other words, they will be competing against first-year members.
“I heard that this combat practice is a challenge format, not a match-up format… Me, Tailly, and even Clevius were challenged a lot. Well, I can forgive it if I want to, but… “As I was the first junior I met, I was so proud that I accepted them all.”
“You had that side too.”
“I also tend to give strength to my shoulders. I heard that there is no class A among first graders, so they are competing to see who can get to class A first… . “I guess they think it will be easy if they beat me, a second-year member of Class A.”
That’s not a very good method. Among the members of her second year A class, Ziggs Eiffelstein is one of the students who is unrivaled in terms of his sense of force and practical use.
He is a great person who would have taken the top position at the Ministry of Magic if it weren’t for Lucy Mayril, who is treated like an outcast, so it wouldn’t be a very wise idea to challenge him… The courage is also a symbol of blood, so we have no choice but to acknowledge it.
If you fight them all until the end, even if it’s Ziggs, you’ll be exhausted… That won’t happen.
Act 3, scene 5. Second joint combat exercise. The last large-scale event that takes place right before the final battle of Act 3, the ‘Lucy Subjugation Battle’.
This event is where the main character generation takes on the role of a senior once again… The ending is not very pleasant.
Claude, senior in the 1st year pension department. He is ultimately defeated in the final duel, driven by evil, and unable to overcome his pride, he drinks the forbidden potion ‘Blood of the Evil God’… It will once again develop into a major event.
This is the history I know. However, now there is no way things will go the same way. At this point, I don’t even have any expectations in the first place. The overall flow may be similar, but there will definitely be some deviation.
The flow has already become as twisted as possible, so we have to wait and see to find out what will happen.
Whether it goes the way I know it or goes in a completely different direction is now out of my hands.
The flow of history was gradually turning into unknown territory.
* * *
“Wow, wow… .”
The next morning, Yenika hurriedly left the Dex building and ran to Ed’s camp. She couldn’t help but be impressed by the neatly built cabin. It was built across from Ed’s cabin, across from the campfire.
The original construction plan was to take about two weeks, but the spirits worked hard and completed the construction in just one week.
It was filled with Yenika’s personal belongings and even simple furniture, so now it was really okay to submit a resignation letter to Dex Hall.
[This fire candle mug… Fire candle… Fire candle mug… . fire… candle… . ]
However, the scene near the cabin could be said to be gruesome.
Dozens of lower-level spirits were sprawled out on the floor, all with deathly faces. It was only when they saw the sun slowly rising in the eastern sky along with the humid morning air that they realized that they had worked all night.
“Hey, guys… I didn’t know you’d be this strong… I told you to take it easy… !”
Mug, who was lying on the floor with several spirits, spoke in a refreshing voice.
[No, in the first place, Takan… No, no… . We are now… You can achieve Buddhahood… . please… Have fun at camp… Praise… . That’s all we need… . In that case… enough… do… . ]
So, one by one, the spirits were released from their manifestations and began to disappear.
The epiphany is just released, but when it overlaps with the rising light of dawn, it feels like leaving for heaven.
Yenika greeted her with tears in her eyes, holding her oak staff tightly.
“thank you… Guys… . Thank you so much… !!”
If a stranger saw it, it was as if they were saying goodbye.
After a brief greeting, Yenika sat down at the campfire in the center of the camp and clenched her fists.
It’s a long-awaited weekend. It’s a good day to be at camp all day.
We plan to inspect the completed cabin and move additional miscellaneous luggage, but… Before that, my first thought was to make breakfast.
When Ed woke up in the morning and came out, I was already looking forward to what he would think if he saw him sitting there with some stew on the stove.
“… Living together… !”
Yenika was sitting on a tree stump covered in early morning dew… I brought that up for no reason.
Even though he said it out loud, he seemed so embarrassed that he kicked it on the dirt or waved his oak cane in the air.
Since I haven’t completely quit my job yet, I’m just spending a day together on the weekend. Still, this moment felt like a dream, and my face quickly turned red.
And again, ‘Cohabitation, cohabitation.’ He repeated the words a few times and then punched the air for a while.
‘Instead of just staying like this, let’s make something.’ The moment you do it.
-bang!
Ed’s cabin door swung open.
Did Ed come out? Startled, Yenika turned around, fluffing up her skirt, and there she was, standing there stumbling with a dazed look on her face.
“… … .”
Poorly dressed clothes, drool marks around the mouth, hair sticking out like wild hairs here and there.
Anyone can see that he is sleeping in Ed’s cabin. While she was loving Jenica, telling herself that she was living with her, Lucy appeared to be sleeping with her.
After making eye contact for a moment, Lucy stood still for a while with blank eyes… Soon, he puts his hands on both waists and smiles.
Lucy slammed the cabin door shut, stretched out cutely, and then left the camp as if flying.
Yenika sat alone… He stood next to the campfire, frozen as stone, with his mouth open.
I couldn’t say anything, so I just sat there with a blank expression on my face for a while.
