How to Survive at the Academy chapter 115

Joint Combat Practice 2 (1)

[Magic Abilities Details]

Class: Proficient Magician

Specialization: Elements

Common Magic:

Quick Casting Lv 12

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Mana Detection Lv 13

Elemental Fire Magic:

Ignition Lv 17

One Point Explosion Lv 2

Wind Elemental Magic:

Wind Blade Lv 15

Elemental Magic:

Spirit Sensation Lv 13

Spirit Understanding Lv 13

Spirit Hyunhyun Lv 4

Sense Sharing Lv 3

＜ Elemental Slot: Lower Fire Spirit Mug >

Induction Stage: 3

Elemental Efficiency: Good

Unique Grant Skills:

Blessing of Hwabok (temporary explosion of fire immunity)

Explosiveness (sub-explosive magic)

Increase fire magic ability

＜ Spirit Slot: Lieutenant Water Spirit Laysia >

Induction Stage: 1

Elemental Efficiency: Normal

Unique Grant Skills:

Investigator’s Blessing (Temporary Fire Immunity Explosion)

Water Source Appearance (Sub-Water Magic)

Increase water magic ability

＜ Elemental Slot: High Wind Spirit Merylda >

Induction Stage: 1

Elemental Efficiency: Very Bad

Unique Grant Skills:

Protection of the Storm (periodically neutralizes damage)

Updraft (Lieutenant Wind Magic)

Increase wind magic ability

＜ New!) Basic Aspect Magic Items have been opened! >

Aspect Magic:

Planetary Magical Expression Lv 1

Transformation Lv 0

Death Immunity Lv 0

Time Prison Lv 0

Short-distance space movement Lv 0

Forced Gathering Lv 0

Vision manifestation Lv 0

Dazzle Lv 0

[ oh oh ]

the next day.

With the spirits carrying the materials to build the hut behind them for a while, I sat down at the campfire and tried to express red magic. Merylda, who was manifesting, sat next to the bonfire, waving her feet and exclaiming in wonder.

Unlike normal magic, it felt heavier and more difficult to deal with in the body, and a small amount of magical power was floating around at the tip of her finger.

Aspect magic is said to be the most difficult of all magical fields and has few research areas.

Basically, as he specializes in twisting and breaking the providences and laws of the world, he mainly deals with the magic of time and space… It is said that it can be used as a means to forcibly distort or deceive the other person’s perception.

If you reach the high-level magic realm, you can control other people’s minds, or use a large-scale space movement… . There are various types of magic with tremendous performance that makes you wonder if this is even possible.

It sounds great when you say it like that, but… That’s how strong the penalty is. First of all, Aspect Magic itself is not very efficient, and since the research area is small, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of trial and error in learning it. Not only that, I’ve heard that it’s quite a strain on the body.

At first, Aspect Magic was not considered a playable skill even in ＜Failed Swordsman of Sylvania>. It was established as an exclusive skill used by enemies or named NPCs.

[ It looks difficult to handle just by looking at it~ Can you control the flow of magic? ]

“Well… You should try it first.”

I am Glockt’s posthumous work, carefully laid out by the bonfire. I glanced down at the ‘Introduction to Aspect Magic’.

It was after looking through that book that the Basic Aspect Magic was unlocked.

“… … .”

I’d heard a lot about all kinds of hidden growth factors, but I never thought there would be a way for players to learn Aspect Magic.

It was unimaginable that the method would be to find Gloct’s tomb hidden in the west coast.

The coastal area on the west side of Aken Island has a very small proportion of the scenario, and in particular, the small gap in the cliff area is barely noticeable even from close up. Without Lucy, no one would have imagined that such a space would exist.

“It is more important to realize the principle itself than to master it repeatedly. Magic is a science where theory and sense coexist, but… Aspect magic feels a bit biased towards theory.”

As I was reading a book while sitting cross-legged on a tree stump, Lucy suddenly appeared and sat with my legs on my feet.

Buried in my arms and muttering jerky, it seems to express the Holy Spirit’s magic with my own hands.

Even though it was only a rough manifestation, the magical power of the constellation that seemed to be a huge amount drifted in the air.

– Paah!

As Lucy clenched her fists as it was, all sorts of junk, various hunting tools, trap materials, and building materials scattered around the area flocked to the center of the manifestation of magic.

‘Forced Gathering’ that twists the flow of space to change the enemy’s position at will. Among the star-type magic, it was quite difficult.

“Of course, the sense of manifestation of Aspect Magic requires repeated mastery.”

“Lucy, it looks like you also went through quite a bit of repetitive mastery training?”

“I… I just did it a couple of times and it worked.”

you would

I ended up trying to manifest the Aspect Magic a few more times.

It is clear that it is a magic that must be mastered in the long run, but it is difficult to progress quickly right away.

In the first place, isn’t Aspect Magic a magic that still has many unexplained areas?

It’s enough for a single student to deal with the Aspect Magic, and the faculty will be blown away. If you are lucky, you may be able to get more specific instruction from an interested professor.

Lucy is the type who uses magic based on her talents and senses, so it is difficult to learn or follow. It is better to get help from a professor who has taught many students. There is no correlation between magical talent and the ability to teach it.

When I remembered Professor Glast, who had passed away, I felt sad in many ways. There would have been no other person who could teach Aspect Magic.

“I should start by absorbing the entire book.”

Reading Glockt’s introductory book, I was blown away. It is definitely a book that he left with an extraordinary understanding of Aspect Magic. It is quite digestible.

That’s not to say it isn’t complicated. If you clench your teeth and roll your head to the max, there is something to be gained at least.

However, in my experience, no matter how difficult a commentary is, if you read it ten or twenty times with your eyes full, you are bound to become proficient to a certain extent.

It is similar to understanding the major books or law books that you read for the first time if you push through the number of readings.

As much as the theory is more important than the senses… For the time being, just focus on reading this book after work and before bed.

You can never waste the precious power called Aspect Magic.

“Ahhh~”

Suddenly, Lucy fell asleep again, yawned wildly and looked at me with her eyes raised still.

Buried in his arms, he twisted his body, brought the ball to my chest, buried it, and swallowed dry saliva.

I flipped through the pages of the book with one hand and stroked Lucy’s head. Now it was natural.

However, Lucy didn’t know what was so surprising, so she dropped her body and looked up at my expression once in a while with her eyes open. Then it happened again, pushing me to the chest and waking up.

“What.”

When I asked, Lucy, who had come out with a strangely reminded face and were close eyes, suddenly shook her head.

Saying it was nothing, he buried himself in his arms again, rubbed the ball, and tried to find the most comfortable position possible.

[ This… It’s difficult. uh… . ]

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Merylda, who was sitting next to her, was wiping her hair from side to side.

* * *

“In addition… more women… .”

It’s a random weekend.

I had enough food and had no maintenance to do, so I was hung up on the Holy Spirit Book almost late at night.

Ziggs, who showed up at the camp with a large bag, looked at Merylda, who was looking through art books next to me, and her complexion turned pale.

“Oh, Ziggs. What’s going on?”

“Sir Ed. Even if I think it’s cheeky, there’s nothing wrong with it… Would it be okay if I said boldly… ? What is this… Aspirations as a male are good, but… Shouldn’t you be thinking about how far you can afford it? Anyway, isn’t this too much… ! You can’t predict what kind of hell will unfold like this… ??”

“… … .”

I stared at Ziggs with my ax eyes open, then cut off the magic that was being used to manifest Merylda.

In an instant, Merylda’s form became opaque, and it changed into the wind and began to disappear.

[Uh-huh?! I was still reading the funniest part… ! ]

She disappeared as it was, and only the book that Merylda had been reading rolled on the floor in vain.

“… … .”

“… … sorry. It was a spirit. I… I was quick… . We sincerely apologize. I’m a little… Thinking like this has become a habit… .”

In fact, Ziggs saw Merylda in the last duel. However, it seems that he jumped out of his mouth because he was suddenly and embarrassed. it could be.

The current form of Merylda minimizes the efficiency of her magic, and it seems to have significance in her manifestation itself, but that alone puts a heavy burden on my magic operation.

Still, by practicing to manifest consistently, he was also trained to respond to spirits and was also working to increase Merylda’s understanding. Of course, it’s a bit inconvenient in everyday life.

It’s the same training as wearing a sandbag around your body. He had to bear this level to be able to use Merylda properly in the real world.

After standing still for a while, magical energy erupted again in the air and a strong wind blew.

―Ahhh!

From there, Merylda, again in the form of a human, sprinted out. This time, it was manifested not through my magic, but through the magic of Lucy, which is almost like an infinite spring.

Lucina Jenica’s responsiveness is at a level that is completely different from that of ordinary people. If it is the form of a complete wolf, it is possible to manifest the human form with maximizing magical efficiency as if it were just breathing. Lucy, who is actually sleeping in my arms, doesn’t respond at all.

Of course, the combat ability itself is a lot weaker, but Merylda’s purpose is just to read books, so there’s no big problem.

[ A little… If you’re going to release it, I’ll give you a hint in advance… ! ]

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Merylda picked up the book again with anger and flipped through the pages she had been reading.

Ziggs looked at him and shook his head silently. All of a sudden, the area around my camp started to get very noisy, so this kind of commotion is not a big deal.

“Anyway, Ed-senpai… Here are the monster ecology books I’ve been keeping, and the discarded books I’ve been asked by Elka. He said that you can use it as you like.”

“Oh, thank you. I’ll clean it up, so just throw it in the hut.”

“Actually, the arrangements have already been made. Isn’t it because Elka bought it every now and then? When I looked at the books scattered around, I couldn’t stay still, so I organized them all by item.”

The bundles that Ziggs brought were about five or six. It seems to have been grouped and divided by field.

Books stored for a long time in the student library or frequently borrowed were often worn out and damaged.

In that case, 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 lost or the cover is damaged.

When asked if he could collect all of these books and give them to me, Elka readily nodded. Thank you very much.

It was a good harvest for me, who used to borrow all the books because it was a waste of money to spend.

“It looks very heavy, but I had a hard time carrying it all the way here.”

“no. If it wasn’t for a book anyway, I would have carried something else and ran. It seems that simple jogging is not enough exercise these days.”

Ziggs hurriedly threw the pile of books into the hut, wiped his sweat, and sat across from the bonfire.

First of all, his eyes turned to Lucy, who was sleeping in my arms. He exhaled slowly and rubbed his cheeks against his body from time to time, but in the meantime, he was impressed with the way the witch’s hat was holding so that it did not fall off.

“Actually, I came here because I have something to tell you other than delivering books.”

“What?”

“… Did you know that I joined the student council?”

The hand that was flipping through the book stopped for a moment. Perhaps he expected the answer just by looking at my reaction, Ziggs continued his conversation.

“Did you not know that sophomores and sophomores are also quite favorable to the cabinet led by Tanya Roth-Taylor? I know you’re busy taking classes, but… .”

“okay. There is no particular opposition to Tanya, and I have often heard that he is becoming the student council president, wielding unruly power.”

“It’s something I really don’t know where to put myself, but… Tanya… No, the student council president seems to have quite a bit of confidence in me.”

yea that’s the way it is Ziggs Eiffelstein is a human being who trusted Tanya’s side and trusted only her intuition, even when the whole world turned against Tanya.

Those who have been helped in a crisis are the ones to keep close to. As Tanya is slowly starting to wield power as the student council president, she is carefully choosing a person she can trust and entrust to her work.

In the scenario of ＜Failed Swordsman of Sylvania>, there was no such thing as Ziggs joining the student council. He didn’t belong anywhere until the moment he left, and the motive for all his actions was mostly for his lover Elka.

The trajectory of the story begins to deviate little by little like that.

“So he instructed me. Now that this has happened, I think it would be better for Ed sunbae to get a seat in the student council, so go and ask the person in charge.”

“Is it okay to organize the cabinet like that… ?”

“I don’t do it like that. However, the student president Tanya seems to have the most trust in Ed-sunbaenim. Well, if you look at it, you’ll probably nod your head at anything Ed-senpai says. It’s not a joke.”

Since Tanya is in a position where she has a certain degree of freedom in the composition of the cabinet, it is likely that she is choosing the appointment according to her taste. It seems that my name was mentioned in the process.

“The student council members are already quite competitive. The first-year student council president is the first in Sylvania’s history, nevertheless, to the extent that there are already a lot of senior student members. The top secretary is Count Kurrell’s maiden in the 3rd grade, and the top executive is the senior Dyke, who is the head of the 4th grade.”

Ziggs shakes his hands a few times, then puts a few more pieces of wood into the bonfire and continues.

“Anis-senpai, who is famous as a senior assistant in the 3rd year, is also being recruited, and Joseph Whitepelz, who is the head of the 1st-year Magic Department and holds the position of a researcher at the Tog Society, has almost passed. His blood relative, Dorothy Whitefelds, a fourth-year student, has already passed, so it is expected that if the Whitefelds siblings are passed on, an all-time cabinet will be created in many ways.”

The flow of the cutting edge was somewhat predictable.

Anise Halan will probably turn down her student council post because she can’t give up her bachelor’s assistant position because of tuition issues. Joseph is also more interested in money than the student council bonus points and various preferential provisions, so he probably won’t join in.

Nevertheless, the fact that the student council members are more competitive than expected cannot be denied.

Even the fact that the leader at the forefront is Tanya Roth Taylor… This is an unfamiliar reality to me.

“The student council president is unable to get out of the office of the Obell Hall because of the busy work. So I came to ask a question on behalf of the student council executive member.”

“You are suffering in many ways, Ziggs.”

“I’ll even say how difficult it is to have something like this. So, are you in denial after all?”

Ziggs already knew my answer as I asked the question.

Yes. I am living my life by dividing the day into hours just by living my life right now. Not as busy as before, but still very busy.

While continuing his camp life to train his production skills, he participates in all bachelor’s classes, visits Claire’s assistant professor’s lab as a bachelor’s scholarship student, and also conducts personal training.

After Elemental Arts and Magic Engineering, now we have to plan for Aspect Magic Training… Adding the position of the student council is too much of a burden.

“I think the student council president will be disappointed. Well, I knew that he wasn’t a person who could be acquired so cheaply.”

“By the way, are you being respectful to Tanya? ?”

“Yeah, what… Everyone does that. It’s awkward because it’s my first time as the first-year student council president, but I have to acknowledge that power and dignity first.”

Ziggs lit a bonfire with poker and spoke casually.

“Anyway, your authority is increasing day by day. You will be proud of yourself as a family. But I don’t know why I feel so strange.”

“Is it weird? What’s weird about it?”

“just… It feels like this situation itself was designed by someone. The current student council president seems to be on the verge of success, but I have an intuition that there is some kind of background behind it… .”

Ziggs is a boy born with only one intuition.

I was born with a terrifying sense to the point of prioritizing my intuition over any circumstantial evidence.

It was only after hearing those words that I couldn’t help thinking about the existence of another girl.

Living ward, Sylvania branch of Elte Chamber of Commerce. Girl sitting alone in her private office and playing with a quill. Her soft gaze seemed to be engraved in her mind again.

Only she knows the size of the picture she is drawing.

“Well, just because I have this intuition doesn’t mean I can do anything about it.”

Ziggs said so and roughly tossed the poker into the bonfire.

“Anyway, I have been busy again for a while. According to the academic calendar, now is the time for joint combat practice, and you said that the Holy Father of Saints will visit Sylvania this week. It is said that he baptized some of the representative students and gave speeches… It seems to be very busy.”

Those words of Ziggs are clues. You can get a rough idea of how far we’ve come in the story.

However, as the scenario started to go awry, the knowledge of the future that I already knew started not to match reality little by little.

Even so, a large flow still remained, so it was possible to guess what would happen in the future.

Joint Combat Practice.

The 1st year was an annual event and practical class where the 2nd and 3rd graders competed against the 4th graders.

The protagonist’s party is a sophomore. In other words, you will face off against the first-year members.

“Because this battle practice is a challenge method, not a match-up method… Me, Taylor, and even Clevius were faced with a lot of challenges. Well, if you want to soften it, you can cut it, but… It was my first junior, so it was so special that I ended up accepting it all.”

“You were like that.”

“I also tend to give strength to my shoulders. I heard that there is no Class A among the first graders, so there is a competition to see who gets to Class A first… . He must be thinking that it will be easier if he beat me, who is in the second year of class A.”

That’s not a very good way. Ziggs Eiffelstein is one of the class A students in the second year, with a unique level of strength and a sense of action.

If it weren’t for Lucy Meirl, who is treated like an outsider, it’s not a very wise way to apply for a challenge to him, since he’s a great man who would have taken the head of the Ministry of Magic… Gaeggi is also a symbol of blood, so we have to admit it.

If we fight all the way to the end, no matter how much Ziggs, we will be exhausted… That’s not going to happen.

Act 3, Chapter 5. Second Joint Combat Practice. The last large-scale event just before the final battle of Act 3, ‘Lucy Subjugation’.

This event will be held once again by the protagonist’s generation as seniors… The ending is not very pleasant.

Claude, first-year senior pensioner. As he was ultimately defeated in the final duel, and supported by evil, his pride could not overcome him, and he drank the forbidden potion, ‘The Blood of the Evil God’… Once again, it becomes a big event.

This is the history I know. However, there is no way that things will go the same way until now. If this is the case, I wouldn’t even expect it in the first place. The main flow will be similar, but there will definitely be a divergence somewhere else.

The flow has already been twisted as it should be, so we have to wait and see what will happen.

Whether it’s going the way I know it or going in a completely different direction, it’s all out of my hands now.

The flow of history was slowly turning its direction into an unknown territory.

* * *

“Wow, whoa… .”

Early the next morning, Yenica, who rushed out of the Dex tube and ran to Ed’s camp, could not help but marvel at the neatly built hut. It looked like it was built opposite Ed’s hut with a bonfire in between.

It was originally planned to be built for about two weeks, but the spirits did their best and finished the construction in a week.

It was filled with Yenica’s personal belongings and even simple furniture, so it was almost okay to apply for resignation to Dex.

[This candle mug… fire… Candle Mug… . fire… candle… . ]

However, the scene near the hut could be said to be disastrous.

Dozens of lower spirits were lying on the floor, all with dying faces. It was only when they saw the sun rising little by little in the eastern sky along with the damp early morning air that they realized that they had worked all night.

“Hey, guys… I didn’t know you’d be this strong… Take it easy, I said… !”

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Mug, lying on the floor with several spirits, spoke in a fresh voice.

[No, in the first place, Takan-sama… No, no… . We now… You can pay… . please… Happy camp life… Please goo… . We can do that… . If that’s the case… enough… do… . ]

So, one by one, the spirits were released and began to disappear.

It’s just that Hyunhyun is released, but when it overlaps with the light of the rising dawn, it’s like leaving for heaven.

Yenika greeted her with tears in her arms while holding the oak wand tightly.

“thank you… Guys… . Thank you so much… !!”

It was like saying goodbye to someone you didn’t know.

After such a brief greeting, Yenika sat on the campfire in the center of the camp and clenched her fists.

It’s a random weekend. It’s a good day to be at camp all day.

I’m going to check the finished cabin, and I’m going to move my miscellaneous luggage additionally… Before that, I first thought of making breakfast.

I was already looking forward to what Ed would think when he woke up in the morning and saw him sitting with a stew.

“… cohabitation… !”

Yenika sits on a tree stump covered with morning dew… I just came up with a word like that.

Even after putting it out of his mouth, he was so embarrassed that he kicked the dirt floor or swung an oak wand in the air.

We haven’t fully retired yet, so we’re just spending the weekend together. Still, it felt like a dream for some reason, and my face turned red.

And again, ‘living together, living together.’ As I said, I recited the word a few times and then repeated punching in the air for a long time.

‘Let’s make something instead of staying like this.’ moment to do.

-bang!

Ed’s cabin door swung open.

Did Ed come out? Surprised, Yenika ruffled her skirt and turned around, and there was Lucy standing there with a blank expression on her face.

“… … .”

Her unpainted clothes, drool marks on her lips, and her hair sticking out like shards of hair here and there.

Anyone can see him sleeping in Ed’s hut. While Yenika was in love with her while reminding herself that they were living together, Lucy appeared to have slept with her.

After making eye contact for a while, Lucy stood still for a while with blank eyes… Soon, he puts his hands on both waists and smiles.

Lucy slammed the hut door shut, stretched cutely, and flew away from camp.

Yenika sitting alone… He stood next to the bonfire, hardened like a stone, with only his mouth open.

He couldn’t say anything, and he just sat there with a blank expression on his face for a long time.