〈 Episode 246 〉 Dealing with stars (1)
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A wise man (？人）), and a guide.
That’s Rania Van Trias’ new name. As she has two nicknames, the Trias family has a total of four nicknames.
Sage, Roselle van Trias.
The wise man, Raniel van Trias.
Sage and guide, Rania Van Trias.
···Being given a name by an ancient dragon wizard is an honor that cannot be exchanged for anything else for a wizard. If at least one member of the family receives the name, the status of the family itself is raised several levels.
I have four such nicknames.
The prestige of the Trias family, which was raised by nurturing wise men, shines brightly once again. Among the families of wizards who make magic as their profession, none of them dare challenge the glory of Trias.
『What on earth is a guide?』
『Rania van Trias.』
『What on earth did that girl achieve?』
Meanwhile, it is natural for attention to be focused on Rania, who is at the center of the rumor. She is a girl who inherently has all the elements to attract attention.
Excellent appearance and endless knowledge of magic.
In fact, with the exception of Aplia’s teaching activities, she had no external activities at all, so interest in her cooled…
『Magic engineering presented at the magic banquet.』
『Not only does he have simple magical knowledge, but he also has talent in magical engineering. She is a girl who has nothing lacking.』
『He is not qualified to be a professor.』
The fire that had died down starting from the Magic Banquet was rekindled. Dozens of her letters were sent to the Trias family, and countless offers were made to her.
Aide to the Magic Tower Lord.
The highest level manager of the magic tower with color.
Chief researcher at the royal magic institute.
Such proposals continued one after another, but Rania only heartily refused them. She just remains in Aplia.
『What on earth are you going to do in Aplia?』
It is natural to have such questions.
『What on earth did you see?』
There were still only rumors.
2.
Aplia’s empty classroom.
“Don’t go to the back, sit in the front row. Chloe, you too, hurry up. Front row. Yes, there.”
The two girls who were semi-forced to take the special lecture sat down hesitantly. The first thing that catches your eye when you sit down is the circuit engraved on the blackboard.
‘dizzy.’
It’s a circuit that makes you feel like your eyeballs are going to fall out if you just glance at it. The circuit of the highest level spell would not draw such a strange and complex pattern.
“···Professor Rania, what is that?”
Ayla asked.
Rania answered with a smile.
“This is a circuit that the princess must keep in her head by the end of her first year.”
“···yes?”
“Of course, Chloe, you too.”
Memorize that?
Ayla blinked, and Chloe inadvertently took a breath. Because she had no idea where to start.
Chloe tilted her head and asked a question.
“Do you memorize that?”
“huh.”
“What is this circuit used for?”
“Circuit for handling concepts.”
Rania came down from the podium.
She undid the top two or three buttons of her shirt. She then put her index finger into her loose collar and pulled her shirt straight in front of her.
“see?”
Ayla and Chloe were taken aback for a moment before they glanced at Rania’s exposed collarbone. There was a circuit engraved in the curve running down from the collarbone.
A circuit like a tattoo.
The pattern of the circuit crawling like an earthworm over the skin… was surprisingly similar to the one engraved on the blackboard.
“What I carved was a circuit for ‘stability’. In other words, it is a circuit for control.”
Rania continued speaking as she adjusted her collar.
“What the two of you need to learn is similar to this. This is not a story that you have to memorize unconditionally, but please think of it as an example to help you understand.”
She goes up to the podium again.
“Can you guess why I called the two of you together? “Princess.”
“···Is this a story related to stars?”
“yes. “They were both blessed by the stars, and it seems like they crossed the threshold some time ago.”
Rania smiled and looked at Ayla.
“The last time Aplia was immersed in darkness, the princess chose to move forward rather than remain stagnant. “A path forward rather than just being protected by the stars.”
He then turned his gaze towards Chloe.
“Chloe, you too. I saw Resty handling the stars… and through interacting with Resty, I got a bit of a feel for the stars. “You must have learned enough basic knowledge about magic over the past two months.”
“Okay,” Rania clapped.
“The foundation has been laid, and the direction we need to take is visible. “We decided that now was the right time, as we had just passed the critical point.”
What is the right time for?
“growth.”
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A moment to move forward.
“Understanding what you have. Didn’t you feel it was necessary?”
They both had a duty to do so.
Rania did not go into detail about that obligation. I didn’t mean to put any pressure on you by mentioning it.
“Chloe is a candidate for hero, so I think you will know without me having to say much…”
“I have a duty. “I understand.”
Before she could finish speaking, Ayla spoke. Ayla continued her words in a calm voice.
“I have been blessed with talent, so I have a duty. “If it allows me to handle my talent better, I would welcome it.”
Ayla has matured after going through the last incident.
She understands her duties and has been feeling for some time now that I need a deeper understanding of the talents I have been given.
“Leruelle was quiet and didn’t force me, but I know. “My talent is needed for ‘something’.”
Lruelle still tries to protect her, but Ayla is not a child. She also guessed her role to some extent.
“Isn’t it related to your brother’s disappearance? Professor Rania.”
“···Did you hear from Princess Lruel?”
“I didn’t hear it properly. Still, you can guess it from the context.”
Ayla laughed bitterly.
“···That’s not something a person would do.”
She also saw the devastation unfolding in the royal family.
This is not something a sane person would do. It must have been done by ‘something’ using human skin. Ayla had a hunch at the place where the blood flowed.
“It would be my role to do something about it.”
It wasn’t a star, it was my own intuition.
“It suddenly occurred to me that there was a reason why blessings continued in the royal family.”
Rania fell silent for a moment in response.
“···You have a good feeling.”
Still, it feels good.
Rania was appalled by her overly keen sense.
‘Well, that’s it anyway.’
It was good to have motivation.
“Whoa.”
Rania let out a short breath and rolled up her sleeves. In the process of preparing for this class, she thought deeply about ‘what she could teach.’
The operation of mana can be explained.
I am confident that I can explain better than anyone else how to draw a circuit, how to order, and how to modify a circuit.
‘I can teach you everything, from moving your body to holding techniques that can be used in battle.’
I didn’t become a model for a class in vain.
In the realm of magic and spell-based combat, there was almost nothing Rania didn’t know. She had all the knowledge and experience to do so.
‘But the stars are different.’
Things related to stars are uncharted territory.
No one really understands the stars.
Even among those with talent, very few fully understood their own talent.
‘Even Kyle did that.’
The Kyle that Rania remembers also did not fully understand his talent. He relied on his instincts and used the stars… and for that alone, he was called the strongest dragon.
But Kyle failed.
Because he didn’t understand, he couldn’t handle the star at a critical moment, and because he couldn’t handle it, Kyle collapsed. That’s why Rania pursues a different direction.
‘understanding.’
Because I realized.
‘And use it.’
Making it your own and handling it.
What we call the basics of a wizard.
Rather than simply relying on the sensory realm, it is systematized, concrete, and defined.
The first step toward that goal was this circuit.
Rania silently glanced at the circuit written on the blackboard. Traveling to the ancient city of Arcadia, she gained an understanding of shadows.
‘Shade is essentially like a star.’
so.
‘Means for dealing with the shadows can eventually lead to means for dealing with the stars.’
Rania does not have stars in her body.
Because I had not been blessed by a star, I did not exactly understand how the star’s blessing circulated through the body.
However, I know the opposite.
She knows how the shadow eats away, destroys, and destroys the body. She can’t not know because she experienced it firsthand.
‘Circuit to prevent that.’
A circuit engraved in my heart.
How did you control the shade when you carved it? Recalling ‘how’ she created the shadow-swallowing mana… Rania opened her mouth.
“first of all.”
she smiled
“Let’s start with the idea that we will catch a star and hit it.”
3.
Chloe can’t control her mana.
Due to her lack of control, she had to put in great effort to even use basic spells.
Mana that embraces stars is different in its essence.
Starlight is free-spirited and uncontrolled, and even if you try to control it, it often leaks through your fingers. There was no way Chloe like that could use spells.
‘Because ordering is an advanced calculation process…’
Create a circuit that is a transaction document to offer to the star. It accurately stores the amount of mana required by the star into the circuit. The more accurate and smooth the process, the higher the quality of the order.
Chloe can write a circuit.
However, the process of storing mana is impossible.
“So let’s control it.”
Chloe raised her head.
“Chloe, you can’t use spells yet, right?”
“···yes.”
“Because the stars are not controlled, they are just throwing away lumps of mana. Of course, that alone would be powerful…”
Rania smiled.
“If you capture the stars properly, there will be no comparison. I know because I used it. “How senseless that is.”
She drew a line in front of Chloe.
One stroke (一？）) that is the basis of all circuits.
“For the first lesson, let’s start by storing mana here without being shaken. and···.”
Rania turned her head.
The place the gaze was directed at was Ayla.
In her hand is a baton made of starlight. She had seen Chloe too.
‘What I wrote in the dark at that time.’
A baton that commands the stars.
It was like a baton that showed the direction in which one’s mana would flow. Ayla looked at Chloe and nodded her head.
“I will help.”
gulp.
Chloe swallowed dryly.
She closes her eyes and focuses on the mana pooling in her heart. Fluctuating starlight begins to leak out. Rania said while watching the scene.
“Start with just one stroke.”
And, crucially.
“Complete that circuit.”
Making the circuit written on the blackboard your own.
By engraving a spell that controls star-related concepts into my body… I am able to treat starlight like ‘normal mana’.
“That’s the purpose of this class.”
That was Rania’s purpose.
“then···.”
Chloe asked.
“What happens when I make that my own, when I become able to perfectly control the stars…?”
“What happens?”
Rania answered.
“You will get a weapon that is stronger than anything else.”
she added.
“A weapon that can reach even disaster.”
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