How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 115

Joint Combat Practice 2 (1)

[Magic ability details]

Class: Proficient Magister Specialty: Elemental Common Magic: Quick Casting Lv 12 Mana Detect Lv 13 Fire Elemental Magic: Combustion Lv 17 One-point Explosion Lv 2 Wind Elemental Magic: Wind Blade Lv 15 Elemental Magic: Spirit Influence Lv 13 Elemental Understanding Lv 13 Spirit Manifestation Lv 4 Sense Sharing Lv 3 < Spirit Slot: Lower Fire Spirit Mug > Response Level: 3 Elemental Expression Efficiency: Good Unique Granted Skill: Blessing of Reconciliation (Temporary Fire Immunity Boost)

Explosion (sub-explosive magic)

Increase fire magic ability < Spirit Slot: Middle Water Spirit Lacia > Response Level: 1 Elemental Efficiency: Normal Unique Granted Skills:

Blessing of the Investigator (Temporary Fire Immunity Explosion)

Water Source Manifestation (Sub Water Magic)

Water Magic Power Increase < Spirit Slot: High Wind Spirit Merilda > Induction Level: 1 Elemental Effect Efficiency: Very Bad Unique Granted Skills:

Protection of the storm (periodically neutralizes damage)

Updraft (medium wind magic)

Wind magic ability increase < New!) Basic Aspect Magic items have been opened! > Aspect Magic:

Astral World Magical Expression Lv 1

Temper Conversion Lv 0

Death Immunity Lv 0

Time Prison Lv 0

Short-distance space movement Lv 0

Forced Gathering Lv 0

Visual Vision Lv 0

Dazzle Lv 0 [ Oh-ho~ ]

the next day.

Leaving behind the spirits who were carrying the materials to build the hut, I sat by a bonfire and tried to manifest red magic. The manifested Merilda sat side by side by her bonfire and let out a curious exclamation as she stomped her feet.

Unlike normal magic, the feeling of spinning around the body was heavier, and the magic of the aspect that was more difficult to handle was hovering at the fingertips.

Aspect magic, which is said to be the most difficult and least studied area among all fields of magic.

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

If you reach the realm of high-level magic, you can control other people’s minds at all, or make full use of space movement on a huge scale… . There are a variety of magics with tremendous performance that make you wonder if this is okay.

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 it is magic with a small number of areas studied, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of trial and error in learning it. In addition, I heard that it puts a lot of strain on the body.

In the first place, Aspect Magic was not considered a playable skill even in <Sylvania’s Failed Sword Master>. It was established as an exclusive skill used by enemies or named NPCs.

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

“Well… I’ll have to try it.”

I am the posthumous work of Glockt carefully spread out by the campfire. I looked down at ‘Introduction to Aspect Magic’ with a sidelong glance.

It was after looking through that book that the basic aspect magic was unlocked.

“…”

I’ve heard a lot about various hidden growth factors, but I never thought that there would be a way for players to learn Aspect Magic.

I couldn’t imagine that the method would be to find Glockt’s tomb hidden in the western coastal area.

The coastal area on the west side of Aken Island had very little importance in the scenario, and the small gap in the cliff area was almost invisible even when viewed up close. Really, no one would have imagined that such a space would exist unless it was Lucy.

“It’s more important to learn the principles themselves rather than repeat mastery. Magic is a study in which theory and senses coexist, but Aspect Magic feels a bit more biased towards theory.”

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

Buried in my arms, munching on beef jerky, he quickly manifests Aspect Magic with his hands.

Even though it was only roughly expressed, the amount of Aspect Magic that seemed enormous was hovering in the air.

– Dig!

As Lucy clenched her fists, the junk scattered around, various hunting tools, trap materials, and building materials gathered around the place where magic was manifested.

‘Forced Gathering’, which twists the flow of space and changes the enemy’s position at will. It was quite difficult among the constellation magics.

“Of course, the sense itself that manifests Aspect Magic requires repeated mastery.”

“Lucy, it seems you’ve gone through quite a bit of repetitive mastery training, right?”

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

I bet you do.

I tried to manifest Aspect Magic a few more times, but I ended up doing it.

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

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

The faculty members would stick out their tongues if only one student could handle Aspect Magic. If you’re lucky, you might be able to get more specific instruction from an interested professor.

Lucy is basically the type to use magic by relying on her talent and senses, so it’s hard to learn or imitate her. 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 felt sorry for Professor Glast, who passed away all of a sudden. There was probably no other person like him who could teach Aspect Magic.

“I’ll have to start by absorbing all of this book.”

Reading Glockt’s introductory book, I made up my mind. It is definitely a book left by him with an extraordinary understanding of Aspect Magic. Quite digestible.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t difficult. If you grit your teeth and roll your head as much as you can, there is at least a little something to gain.

Still, in my experience, no matter how difficult a commentary is, if you read it ten or twenty times with your eyes strained, you will become proficient to some extent.

It is similar to the fact that if you push all the major books or legal codes you read for the first time to the number of readings, you will somehow understand.

As theories are more important than the senses… For the time being, let’s just focus on reading this book after work and before going to bed.

The precious power called Aspect Magic can never be wasted.

“Huh~”

Suddenly, Lucy yawned heavily, as if falling asleep again, and looked at me with her eyes still raised.

Buried in his bosom, he twisted his body and brought his cheek to my chest, then swallowed dry saliva for no reason.

I stroked Lucy’s hair as I skimmed through the pages of the book with one hand. It was natural now.

However, Lucy didn’t know what was so surprising about that, so she shook her body for no reason and looked up at my expression with raised eyes. Then, again, he pushed me against my chest and got up.

“What.”

When I asked, Lucy, who was looking closely at me with a strangely flushed face, suddenly shook her head.

Saying it was nothing, he buried himself in his arms again and rubbed his cheeks to find a position that was as comfortable as possible.

[ This… It’s hard. uh… . ]

Merilda, who was sitting next to her, was brushing the ends of her hair here and there for no reason.

* * *

“Again… the number of women has increased…”

It’s a long-awaited weekend.

With enough food and no maintenance to do, I hung on to the Astrology Sorcery until late at night.

Ziggs, who showed up at camp with a large bag full, turned pale when he saw Merylda, who was leafing through an art book beside me.

“Oh, Ziggs. What’s the matter?”

“Senior Ed, it’s okay if you think he’s being c*cky… but is it okay if I say it boldly…? It’s okay to be bold and direct…? Don’t you expect that the road to hell will unfold…??”

“…”

I stared at Ziggs with my axe-eye open, then cut off the magic I was using to manifest Merilda.

In an instant, Merilda’s shape became opaque, then she turned into the wind and began to disappear.

[Uh, uh?! I was still reading the funniest part… ! ]

She quickly disappeared, leaving only the book Merilda was reading on the floor.

“…”

“……Sorry. It must have been a spirit. I… made a hasty decision…. I sincerely apologize. I… have become a habit of thinking this way…”

In fact, Ziggs had seen Merilda in the last duel. However, it seems that the words jumped out of the sudden and embarrassing. it could be.

Merilda in her current form minimizes magic efficiency and has significance in the manifestation itself, but that alone was enough to put a burden on my magic management.

Still, by constantly practicing manifesting, he was also training to respond to the spirits and also working to increase Merilda’s understanding. Of course, it’s a little uncomfortable in everyday life.

It is the same training as wearing a sand bag on your body. I had to endure this much to be able to properly use Merilda in real combat.

After remaining still for a while, magic power erupted again in the air, and a strong wind blew up.

―Hwaaaaaagh!

Among them, Merylda, who took the form of a human again, jumped out with a flash. This time, it wasn’t my magic, but it was manifested through Lucy’s magic, which is like an almost infinite fountain.

The sensitivity of Lucy and Yenica is at a level that is completely different from that of ordinary people. It wouldn’t be known if it was a perfect wolf shape, but a human figure with maximized magic efficiency could be manifested as if it were just breathing. Lucy, who is actually sleeping in my arms, has no reaction.

Of course, the fighting ability itself is greatly weakened, but since Merilda’s purpose is just to read books, there is no big problem.

[ a little… If you’re going to release it, give me a word in advance… ! ]

Merilda, in a fit of rage, picked up the book again and was flipping through the pages she had been reading.

Ziggs shook his head silently as he watched. At some point, the area around my camp started to get very noisy, so this level of commotion was no big deal.

“Anyway, senior Ed… Here are the monster ecology books I’ve been keeping, and the discarded books Elka asked me to. He said it’s okay to use them however you like.”

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

“Actually, the arrangements have already been made. Didn’t Elka buy it after seeing this? I couldn’t stand still when I saw the books scattered around, so he sorted them all out by category.”

There were roughly five or six bundles of bags that Ziggs brought. It seemed to be divided into categories.

Books that have been stored for a long time in the student library or borrowed frequently are 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 usually the case when some pages are missing or the cover is damaged.

When I asked if it was okay to collect all those books and give them to me, Elka nodded happily. Thank you very much.

It was a harvest worth calling for pleasure from my point of view, who borrowed all the books because it was such a waste to spend money.

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

“No. Even if it wasn’t a book, I would have run with something else. These days, simple jogging doesn’t seem like much exercise.”

Ziggs tucked the entire pile of books into the cabin and sat down across the campfire wiping his sweat.

First of all, the place where the eyes were directed was Lucy, who was sleeping in my arms. He breathed out quickly and rubbed his cheeks against his body from time to time, and it was impressive to see him holding the witch hat so that it wouldn’t fall off.

“In fact, I came because I had something to tell you other than delivering books.”

“What?”

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

I paused for a moment as I skimmed through the book. As if he had expected an answer just by looking at my reaction, Ziggs continued his words.

“Don’t you know that the second and third year students are responding quite favorably to the cabinet led by Tanya Rosteyler?

“Yes. I have often heard that there is no faction against Tanya, and that she is becoming the student council president wielding unbridled power without difficulty.”

“I don’t know what to do, but… Tanya… No, it seems the student president trusts me quite a bit.”

That’s right. Ziggs Eiffelstein is a human who sided with Tanya, trusting only his intuition, even when everyone in the world turned against Tanya.

A person who has been helped in a crisis is a good person to have close by. As Tanya is in a position to wield power as the student council president, she is carefully choosing people she can trust and trust.

In the <Sylvania Failed Swordsman> scenario, Ziggs did not join the student council. He didn’t belong anywhere until the moment he left, and most of his actions were motivated by his lover, Elka.

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

“So he instructed me. Now that this has happened, I think it would be better for senior Ed to have a place in the student council, so go ask the person concerned.”

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

“It’s not like that. However, student president Tanya seems to have the most trust in Ed. Well, looking at it, I think I’ll nod my head at anything Ed says. I’m not kidding.”

Tanya is in a position where she has some freedom in the composition of the cabinet, so it must be a situation where she is deciding on personnel according to her own taste. It seems that my name was also mentioned in the process.

“The student council members are already quite competitive. The first year student council president is the first in the history of Sylvania, but despite this, there are already plenty of senior student members. This is senior Dike, who is the top of all 4th graders.”

Ziggs wiped his hands a few times, threw a few more sticks of wood into the fire, and went on.

“Senior Anis, who is famous as the third year’s senior assistant, is being recruited, and Joseph Whitefelts, who is the first year’s head of the Ministry of Magic and holds the position of a researcher at the Tog Society, has almost passed over. His blood relative, the fourth year’s Dorothy Whitefelts, has already passed over. , If the White Felts siblings come over, it is predicted that in many ways an unprecedented cabinet will be created.”

The flow of the cutting edge was predictable to some extent.

Anise Heylan will probably turn down the student council position because she can’t give up her position as an academic assistant because of school fees. Joseph is also more interested in money itself than student council bonus points or various preferential provisions, so he probably won’t 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 Tanya Roth Taylor… It is an unfamiliar reality to me.

“The student president can’t leave the Obel Hall office because of the rush of work. So I came here to ask instead as a member of the student council executive committee.”

“You have suffered a lot in many ways, Ziggs.”

“I’ll even go so far as to say something like this. So, are you rejecting it after all?”

Ziggs already knew the answer to my question.

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

While continuing his camp life to train his production skills, he participates in all undergraduate classes, visits Assistant Professor Claire’s laboratory as an undergraduate scholarship student, and also conducts personal training.

Following spirit magic and magic engineering, now I have to plan for Aspect Magic training… Adding the student council position to it is too much of a burden.

“I think the student president will be disappointed.

“By the way, do you treat Tanya with respect…?”

“Yeah, well… everyone does that. It’s the first time I’ve been the first year student council president, so it’s awkward, but I have to acknowledge that power and dignity first.”

Ziggs spoke lightly as he lit the campfire with his poker.

“Anyway, your younger brother’s authority is getting higher day by day. You should be proud of him as a family member. However, I don’t know why you have such a strange feeling.”

“It’s strange? Is there something strange?”

“It’s just… I feel like this situation itself was designed by someone. It looks like the current student president is on the rise, but I have a hunch that there must be something behind it…”

Ziggs is a boy born with one intuition.

I was born with a sense of dread to the point where I would prioritize my intuition over any circumstantial evidence.

Hearing that, I couldn’t help but think of another girl.

Life Building, Sylvania Branch of Elte Firm. A girl sitting alone in her private office and playing with a quill. Her soft gaze seemed to be imprinted in her mind again.

The size of the picture she is painting, only she knows.

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

Saying that, Ziggs roughly tossed the poker into the campfire.

“Anyway, I’ve been busy again for the time being. According to the school schedule, it’s time for joint combat practice, and you said that the Holy King of Saints is visiting Sylvania during this week. He’s baptizing some representative students and giving speeches. But… it seems very busy.”

Ziggs’s words were a clue. You can get a rough idea of ​​how far we’ve come to this story-wise.

However, as the scenarios began to deviate, the future knowledge I already knew began to misalign with reality little by little.

Still, there was still a big flow, so it was possible to guess what would happen in the future.

Joint combat practice.

The 1st year was an annual event and practice class in which the 2nd and 3rd years competed with the 4th graders.

The main characters and the group are in the second year. In other words, you will be facing the first year members.

“They said that this combat training was a challenge rather than a matchup method… Me, Taily, or even Clevius were challenged a lot. .”

“You had a side like that.”

“I’m also on the side of giving when I’m giving strength to my shoulders. I hear there’s no Class A among the first year students, so they’re competing to see who gets to Class A first… You must be thinking.”

That’s not a very good way. Ziggs Eiffelstein is one of the students in her second year A class who is unique in terms of her sense of force and combat.

If it weren’t for Lucy Mayrille, who is treated as an outcast, she would have been the head of the Ministry of Magic, so it’s not a very wise way to challenge him… Gaekgi is also a symbol of blood, so we have no choice but to acknowledge it.

Even Ziggs would be exhausted if we dealt with all of them until the end… No way.

Act 3, scene 5. Second joint combat practice. The last major event that takes place right before the final battle of Act 3, the ‘Subjugation of Lucy’.

This event, in which the generation of protagonists will once again take a senior position… The ending isn’t very pleasant.

Claude, the head of the 1st year pension department. After he was finally defeated in the final duel, and in spite of himself, he couldn’t overcome his pride and drank the forbidden potion, ‘evil god’s blood’… It will develop into a big event once again.

This is the history I know. However, there is no law that it will flow like this only now. At this point, I wouldn’t even expect it in the first place. The big flow will be similar, but there must be a part that has gone wrong somewhere.

The flow has already twisted as much as it can, so we can only know what will happen only by watching.

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

The flow of history, little by little, was turning its direction into unknown territory.

* * *

“Wow, wow…”

At dawn the next day, Jenika, who rushed out of the Dex building and ran to Ed’s camp, was amazed at the neatly built cabin. It was built across from Ed’s cabin, across the campfire.

Originally, the construction plan was scheduled for about two weeks, but the spirits did their best to complete the construction in a week.

It contained Jenika’s personal belongings and even simple furniture, so it was really okay to submit a resignation application to Dex.

[This candle mug… Fire candle… Fire candle mug… . fire… candle… . ]

However, the sight near the cabin could be said to be gruesome.

Dozens of lower spirits were scattered on the floor, all with dying faces. It was only when they saw the sun slowly rising in the eastern sky along with the damp air of dawn that they realized that they had been working all night.

“Hey, guys… I-I didn’t expect you to work hard like this… I told you to take it easy…!”

Mug, who was lying on the floor with the spirits, spoke in a refreshing voice.

[No, in the first place, Tarkan… no, no… . We now… You can pay off… . please… Enjoy camp life… Please ask… . That’s all we need… . If that… enough… do… . ]

So, the spirits began to disappear one by one as their manifestations were lifted.

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

Yenica greeted her with tears in her arms, holding her oak wand tightly.

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

To a stranger, it was like saying goodbye.

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

It’s a long-awaited weekend. It’s a good day to be at camp all day.

I plan to inspect the completed cabin and move miscellaneous items additionally, but… Before that, I first thought of making breakfast.

I was already looking forward to seeing what Ed would think when he came out of bed in the morning and saw him sitting there with at least some stew cooked.

“…living together…!”

Yenika was sitting on a tree stump covered with morning dew… I just came up with something like that.

Even though he said it himself, he felt ashamed of it, kicking it on the dirt floor or brandishing an oak staff in the air.

I haven’t completely left the company yet, so I’m just spending a day together on the weekend. Even so, my face blushed because it felt like a dream.

And again ‘living together, living together.’ While doing so, he recited the words a few times, and then repeatedly punched the air for a long time.

‘Let’s not just stay like this, let’s make something.’ the moment you do.

-bang!

The door to Ed’s cabin swung open.

Did Ed come out? As Yenica, startled, patted her skirt, she turned around to find Lucy, who was staggering there with a dazed expression on her face.

“…”

Irregularly dressed, drool marks around the mouth, hair sticking out here and there like wild hair.

Anyone can see that he slept in Ed’s cabin. When she liked Yenica, repeating to herself that she was living with her, Lucy seemed to have slept with her.

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

Lucy slammed the cabin door shut, stretched out daintyly, and left the camp as if flying.

Sitting alone, Jenika… It was hard as a stone by the campfire, with only its mouth open.

I couldn’t say anything, just sat there with a blank face for a while.