EP.170 A freshman who brings a storm (4)
Often, stars share their power with humans.
Some said it was a contract between humans and the stars, while others described it as a grace bestowed by God.
Although I would like to give more weight to the former hypothesis, the world generally tended to support the latter hypothesis.
‘It’s not that I don’t understand.’
People who have not experienced dealing with stars usually consider stars to be sacred. This hypothesis may also have been based on that assumption.
Stars are like gods.
What God gives is grace and blessing.
It’s roughly that kind of logic. I smiled bitterly and picked up a piece of chalk. Actually, it didn’t matter how it was written or called.
‘The content to be covered is important.’
I slid the chalk on the blackboard. Passs. Chalk dust fell down the blackboard. What was inscribed on the blackboard was what I would cover from now on.
[The Grace of the Star.]
A talent received from the stars.
[Basics and uses of stars.]
How to deal with it.
This was an unorganized field.
This was because the power of stars was inherently mysterious and within the realm of the senses, and only a very small number of people possessed it.
‘The owner of just a handful of starlight.’
And, even they could not properly explain the operation of Starlight. It was the realm of instinct and enlightenment. It has always been difficult to translate instinctive realizations into words.
“therefore.”
I muttered as I put down the chalk.
“This is a lecture that only I can give.”
I was always close to the stars.
I was with the hero chosen by the stars.
He was with a saint who worshiped the stars.
When they attained enlightenment, I was also in the same place. I saw up close how they handle the stars.
I know because I saw it.
Knowing that, I too could manipulate the stars.
There was a time when I sacrificed my life to engrave starlight into my soul. The starlight that was engraved back then has long since disappeared, but I clearly remember the feeling from that time.
A feeling I remember.
Instinctive realization.
As I said before, putting it into words is not an easy task. But I am a wizard. Wizards have always been inquisitive beings. How can you be called a wizard if you can’t properly organize even one enlightenment?
This was my specialty.
widely.
I put down the chalk and turned around.
There were only two students sitting in the large lecture hall.
“The grace of the stars…?”
A child chosen by the stars, a warrior.
Chloe.
“······.”
A watcher, someone who reads the context of the stars.
Resty Eleanor.
“Listen carefully.”
I smiled at them both.
“This is something you can’t hear anywhere else.”
2.
[The Grace of the Star.]
Chloe looked at the words written on the blackboard, then slightly turned her gaze to the side. There was another student sitting not far from him.
‘···Purple hair.’
Light purple hair.
Neat short hair that goes down to the hem of the shoulders.
It has an elegant and cold impression.
‘What’s the name?’
While listening to the lecture together, Chloe was curious about the girl’s name. But she couldn’t talk easily. This was because the girl with purple hair had an aura that made it difficult to talk to her.
“Chloe.”
“Yes, yes. Professor Rania.”
While she was thinking about something else, Chloe’s shoulders briefly trembled when her name was called.
“I already told you about your guardian, the Black Magic Tower, but… I’ll tell you for now.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Your constitution.”
Rania looked at Chloe.
Chloe blinked.
“This kid here knows that you are a candidate for the next hero. In fact, it was impossible to hide it.”
Rania’s gaze moves to the side.
The place where the gaze stopped was on a girl with purple hair. As soon as the word hero came out, Chloe took a deep breath and carefully asked a question.
“…It’s impossible to hide it?”
“Because I can see it.”
It wasn’t Rania who answered. The girl with purple hair touched the corner of her eye.
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“I am not born with starlight like you, but I do have eyes for things related to stars.”
Purple eyes that resemble hair.
A ring of platinum light surrounding the pupil.
Showing it, the girl continued speaking.
“To me, you look like a lump of white gold.”
“···Is that so?”
“huh.”
The girl nodded solemnly.
She was a girl who was not easy to talk to. Chloe looked at Rania with disapproval. Rania opened her mouth when Chloe looked at her as if demanding an explanation.
“This is Resty Eleanor.”
“···yes?”
Chloe opened her eyes wide. Resty Eleanor, I’ve heard that name before.
“Perhaps he… is the next gray magic tower lord…”
Rania nodded.
Chloe opened her mouth slightly and glanced at the girl sitting next to her.
‘The next magic tower lord, following in the footsteps of the Gray Wizard.’
He had heard rumors about a girl his age.
‘He was a great person.’
As Chloe was internally admiring, Rania cleared her throat and tapped the blackboard lightly with the back of her hand.
“At this point, you might be curious.”
She said.
“Aren’t you curious why they were grouped into one lecture?”
Why did I receive the same special lecture?
Rania explained it.
“You two will be a textbook for each other.”
She stretched out her arms.
The one who pointed first was Resty.
“Lesti, how much do you know about your talent?”
“…First of all, I understand that it is an eye that sees through to the core.”
“That’s half right and half wrong.”
“···yes?”
Resty blinked.
Rania continued speaking.
“Your eyes don’t penetrate to the core. You ‘see’ the phenomenon from a completely different perspective. But, it doesn’t stop at just seeing.”
She pointed to Resty’s eyes.
“You see and understand at the same time. ‘Seeing’ and ‘understanding’ are synonyms to you.”
There is no gap between ‘seeing’ and ‘understanding’.
The gap that should exist does not exist for you.
Saying that, Rania picked up the chalk.
“It has been called by various names depending on the times.”
square.
“Some people call it the insight eye, someone else the exploratory eye, and still others the current eye… but in short, the key is ‘seeing.’”
square.
“And the ancient dragon wizard expressed it this way.”
With a thud, Rania put down the chalk.
Turning around, she pointed to the words written on the blackboard.
“The one who reads the context of the stars, the Watcher.”
A being that sees, a Watcher.
“You ‘see’ and at the same time ‘understand’ everything related to the stars. “All spells contain a small amount of stars, so it is an unrivaled talent for a wizard.”
Spells, circuits, balances, familiars…
Rania, who was listing items one by one on the blackboard, paused for a moment. She stopped and she looked back.
“And the star itself.”
She saw Chloe, not Resty.
“It is nothing more than a remnant of starlight, not an ordinary spell… Starlight in its pure form. “The unprocessed starlight itself.”
There is a girl who has it on her body.
Right here.
“Warrior.”
Resty looks at Chloe.
Chloe swallowed dryly.
“Lesti, for you, this child is the perfect example. Look at examples and understand. Then, what is understood is verbalized and analyzed…”
“···The basics of a wizard.”
“yes.”
Rania smiled.
“You will understand the stars in the half-year special lecture that will continue from today. We will analyze it. “You may be able to grow in the process.”
“surely···.”
“And, I would like you to share the results with this child. How about that? “If something comes, something has to go.”
Resty nodded.
It was a good thing for her. Because it is clear that understanding the stars will soon lead to growth. As long as I could gain enlightenment, I could at least share the data I analyzed.
“And Chloe.”
“Yes, yes.”
“You will learn based on the results of Resty’s analysis. As I said before, we serve as teaching materials for each other.”
“Um, um…”
Chloe had a puzzled expression.
It seemed like he didn’t really understand yet. Rania shrugged her shoulders and took a step back.
“Well, even if I say it like this… it won’t be easy to understand. Even if I tell you 100 days, it’s not as good as seeing it once. “It’s probably hard to understand until you see it.”
She said, leaning her back on the table.
“therefore.”
The two girls serve as textbooks for each other.
So, what will you, the professor of this class, do? Rania answered that question.
“I will show you.”
As always, this is just an example.
“What I know right now, what only I can tell you. I will show it to you.”
“Clap,” she clapped.
“Chloe.”
She quietly called Chloe’s name.
Chloe nodded slowly.
“Mana, try to pull out whatever you have.”
“···As is?”
“Just, as much as I can. “Even if you don’t know how to handle it, you can at least release it, right?”
“You can do it, but…”
Chloe hesitated.
She knew ‘how’ her mana was released. Because she had done it before in front of the Black Magic Tower.
‘The results weren’t good…’
All kinds of magic tools were broken.
The black magic tower lord sat down and screamed. The sight of a man dozens of years older than her collapsing and screaming… remained a very bad memory in Chloe’s mind.
“It will hurt your eyes a little… no, a lot…?”
“It’s okay, just try it.”
“Yes, then…”
Chloe took a deep breath.
Take a deep breath and exhale. Chloe closed her eyes at the same time as her breath was exhaled.
Woah!
And then, starlight flooded in.
3.
Starlight floods.
A rush of starlight swept through the classroom.
To those who cannot read mana, it will appear as if nothing has happened. For those who can see a little bit of mana, every corner will glow platinum.
And for Resty.
In the eyes of Resty, who can read the context of mana, everything appears clearly. Resty was mesmerized and watched the starlight spread throughout the room.
Fluffy.
Starlight flows.
It flows and undulates like a wave. A waterway spread out from one girl and flows into every corner of the classroom. It was in its most essential form.
‘···Starlight, Milky Way.’
A stream of platinum-colored water overflows.
Resty unconsciously stretched out his hand. He puts his hand to the flowing starlight. Starlight flowed through the gaps between his fingers. He couldn’t be caught even if he tried.
‘Do you understand this?’
My head hurt.
An overwhelming amount of information flows into your head. Whether your eyes see and understand everything… or whether you can accept it is another question.
“···Ugh.”
The head refuses to accept information.
Only limited information lingered in my mind. Resty groaned as he touched his temple.
“Slow down.”
I heard a voice from somewhere.
Resty raised his head. With her eyes closed, I saw a girl pouring out starlight. Opposite it is a figure standing in the center of starlight.
“Don’t try to accept everything from the beginning.”
She said.
“For now, it would be best to focus on this.”
Her gray hair sways.
She, Rania, stretched out her hand. Dip her hands in the flowing starlight. Starlight leaked through her fingers. Up to that point, it was like Resty.
However, what happens next is different.
“slowly.”
She snapped her fingers.
“But, definitely.”
Starlight is wrapped around the index finger.
“Hold it. “Like taking control of mana.”
Starlight wraps around the joints of my fingers.
The stream spreads out in all directions, but its starting point is wrapped around Rania’s finger. Resty understands the meaning.
‘···Mana’s initiative.’
It’s like taking control of mana.
“Chloe.”
Rania touched Chloe’s shoulder.
“Open your eyes.”
Chloe slowly opened her eyes.
She sees Rania standing in front of her. She sees the professor holding a stream of brilliantly spreading starlight.
“Take a good look.”
Rania moves her hand wrapped in starlight.
First, I lifted my index finger.
Sigh!
The spreading stream is shaking. The starlight, which had been flowing at a constant speed, flows violently. And then, the tide begins to change.
Thumb, middle finger, little finger, ring finger.
Move your fingers one after another. Some are slow, some are fast. That movement is the movement of the water stream. The watercourses that had spread out in disarray are rearranged.
Sigh.
She clenches her fists.
Pull it like pulling a net.
Wow!
A stream of water moves along her hand. Streams of water that were spread out in all directions gather in one place.
“···ah.”
Chloe sees it all from up close.
She exclaims in admiration.
Until now, Chloe didn’t know how to handle her starlight. I know that starlight is pooled inside my heart. However, he did not know what to do with it or how to use it.
The answer was right in front of me.
The starlight that flooded is no longer noisy. The starlight that used to be chaotically scattered is now neatly gathered around one place. Starlight surrounds the professor in front of me.
“I wish I could catch it.”
The professor who takes the lead in Starlight.
Rania van Trias moves her grip on the starlight. She put her free hand into the long, winding stream of water, which was like a skein of thread.
“After that, it’s the same as dealing with mana.”
I pull the starlight with my index finger bent into a hook shape. Pull out the desired stream of water. She treated the stream of water tied to her hand like paint. Her fingers are the brush and the starlight is the paint.
Her fingers move.
Starlight follows behind.
Use the empty classroom as a drawing paper to draw a picture.
“Bend over.”
The starlight fluctuates.
“Stretch it out, swing it, break it, and carve it again.”
It fluctuates and changes into a meaningful pattern.
It feels like a flower is blooming. The starlight is blooming. Chloe engraves the blooming starlight in her eyes.
···It is impossible as it is.
The starlight of the warrior is pooled inside.
Since it doesn’t come out, there’s no way anyone else can take the initiative.
However, Chloe is a wizard.
The starlight flowing through her body is optimized for application in the form of spells. Using a spell means bringing out the mana inside.
“This is how we do it.”
And, here is a wizard.
Even though she is not blessed by the stars, she knows how to manipulate them. The enlightenment she gained through spending her life is on display before the eyes of others.
What I realized at the border of life and death.
What I gained by giving up my future.
However, it was no longer possible to reach it.
She presents it in front of the next hero candidate. Chloe looks at it in fascination. beautiful. It was an infinitely beautiful sight.
‘Grab it, weave it, twist it…’
It’s like playing a yarn game.
In the process of presenting it so simply… Chloe feels something that is difficult to explain in words. Chloe’s eyes sparkled.
Let’s go.
A pattern appears before my eyes.
Rania’s blue eyes and Chloe’s jade eyes meet across a platinum-colored circuit. Chloe unconsciously bent her waist forward. He pushed her face in a little more. She felt like she was being sucked in.
Platinum colored circuit.
It is the moment when it is about to be completed.
Crispy!
The circuit was shattered and all the starlight returned inside Chloe. Chloe coughed and lowered her head.
“hmm.”
Rania muttered, touching her chin.
“Is it too much to use a spell?”
“Yes, yes?”
“Even if you take the initiative, you are the master of mana.”
Rania licked her lips as if she was disappointed.
“If it were an ordinary wizard… I could take the initiative and do whatever I want, but I guess it’s not yours. Well, I’m not a hero for nothing.”
Is it like a natural enemy to that skull gourd?
Rania nodded while muttering that.
“Shall we stop here for today?”
Before I knew it, quite a bit of time had passed.
Chloe looked at Rania as if she was possessed by something. The scenes that had unfolded before her eyes… were still flashing before Chloe’s eyes.
‘Just now, what is all that…’
It was the moment when Chloe was wiggling her fingers on the table, as if someone who had just woken up from a dream was drawing the scene in their dream.
widely.
A paper was placed in front of Chloe.
“Then today’s assignment.”
Chloe raised her head. Professor Rania, smiling brightly, was looking down at her.
“What I just showed you, you can record everything here and bring it back. “See you again next week.”
“···yes?”
“It means that while you are fidgeting with your fingers on the desk, you should pick up a pencil and draw here.”
“Uh, uhh…”
“Oh, and this is a summary of the concepts I just showed you… Oh, there’s this too? wait for a sec.”
Thump, thump, thump.
A pile of papers piles up on the desk.
The height is unusual. A high pile of papers casts a shadow on Chloe’s face. Chloe’s pupils fluttered.
“What is this?”
“What? “I just said it.”
What are you asking about the obvious?
As if to say that, Rania answered briefly.
“assignment.”
assignment? this? all?
Chloe turned her head. He looked at Resty sitting next to him. Without much response, she organized the same amount of paper and put it in her bag.
“Uh, uhh…”
Is this average?
Is this… an average task for Aplia?
Seeing Resty’s very calm attitude, Chloe’s pupils wavered a little more. At that point Chloe senses something is wrong. However, it is not clear what exactly went wrong or where it came from.
It’s just a star singing about despair.
The singing voice is like, ‘So, what did I say?’ she seems to whisper.
“Hey, hehehe…”
Chloe’s complexion turned pale.
Unfortunately, the first class of the special lecture had just ended.
