The Reincarnated Archmage’s Journey Chapter 2

Episode 2.

Yes, this is reincarnation.

It's true. In fact, denying the current situation will only cause more headaches.

Then how could you be reincarnated?

I can't answer that question with confidence.

But there was one thing that was suspicious.

'Surely not then?'

Just before Tyrant's magic sphere struck my body, I summoned all my strength and performed a magic spell.

If you think of it as a magical operation, it makes some sense.

Or maybe it was a phenomenon caused by the transcendent energy generated by the clash between my magic and Tyrant's magic.

Of course, that's not the right answer.

This is just a part that is questionable.

I thought I would die right there, unable to move.

Because that was the set path, and it was an answer from which there was no escape.

'Wait a minute, what about Etar? What happened to Etar, who was fatally attacked by Tyrant that day?'

If Etar had died, would he have been reincarnated as a boy just like me?

Suddenly, I had such a question.

"Artel, what are you doing? Let's go eat quickly. Vacation's starting now, so it's just us. For the next two months, this 0-class floor will be our world!"

“That’s right, this is the third summer vacation the three of us have had at school!”

Hey, Kiena said in a very excited voice.

The word vacation even appears, so it's definitely a magic school.

And 0 class… … .

“Class 0?”

“Surprise! What are you so surprised about?”

"See… I told you Artel was in a strange state. I think Mr. Reggie hit his head too hard…"

Hey looked like he didn't understand English, and Kiena spoke to him in a small voice.

0 class.

This class is called the 'entry level' of the magic school.

There are two types of wizards in this era.

'Elementalist' and 'Summoner'.

An elementalist is a wizard who has found the element that suits him among the seven elements.

They are Flewd, darkness, light, water, fire, earth, and wind respectively.

Among them, the Plewood Elementalist is the rarest and strongest elementalist who can control all elements.

Therefore, the name Plewood is also the name of an elemental teacher, combining the first letters of fire (F), light (L), earth (E), water, wind (W), and darkness (D).

Non-Plewd elementals are also called 'single elementalists' and can usually only manipulate one element.

If you deal with the element of fire, you are also called a 'fire elementalist'.

On the other hand, the summoner is a wizard who cannot handle the elements in the first place and summons creatures called 'divine beings'.

Class 0 is the stage where you check whether the student is an elementalist or a summoner.

And if confirmed, starting from class 1, each character will receive customized training that suits their element and summoning magic.

The reason I know the magic school so well is not only because I attended it when I was young, but also because I was a great magician in my previous life.

The Archmage also serves as the headmaster of the magic school, so he cannot help but know.

I looked up at the ceiling.

'So, is that Draco Tyrant, the guy who killed me and became the new Archmage?'

In the book I read before losing consciousness, it said that Tyrant was a great archmage, so the current archmage is Tyrant.

The situation has been somewhat understood.

Now, what I need to figure out is how much time has passed since I was reincarnated into this world.

'I understand that this is an era where Tyrant is the archmage, but… … .'

Wizards don't age well.

The average lifespan of a wizard is 400 years.

The longer the lifespan, the slower the aging process.

Now, Nana Kiena and Heira look like students in their teens, but it is difficult to tell their exact age from their appearance alone.

So I had to figure out how much time had passed.

First, I looked around the school.

And then he looked at Heywa Kiena.

There is only one reason to stay at school even though it is vacation time.

He is from an orphanage in a place called 'the world below'.

This place, where the magic school is located, is the 'world above'.

You can think of it as a world in different dimensions.

The reason why they were given these names and distinguished is because only wizards can enter the magical society.

However, students are not necessarily the children of wizarding families.

There are quite a few cases where children born to commoners become wizards.

A commoner is literally an ordinary person who does not belong to either a wizard or a swordsman.

In some quarters, they are called by derogatory and negative names such as heretic and commoner, but their official name is commoner.

Even among the children of commoners, there were quite a few who showed potential to become magicians or swordsmen, and were able to enter school.

So, during vacation, they spend quality time with their families in their respective homes in the lower world, and then come back up when school starts.

Because the world below is the only world where commoners, magicians, and swordsmen live in harmony without discrimination.

But these two, no, including me who now has the name Artel, all three of them seemed to be from a Class 0 orphanage.

Since I have nowhere to go, I stay at school even though it's vacation.

It was easy to understand because there were quite a few students like this in my past life.

“You guys eat amongst yourselves. There’s something I want to find out.”

I said hello to Kiena and turned my back.

“Where are you going? Artel!”

Kiena shouted, but I didn't even look at her.

***

After confirming that Kiena and Hei had gone to the restaurant, I hid behind a pillar.

If I were a student now, I would definitely have 'that thing' inside me.

“Morb phenomenon.”

Pong!

"also……."

My prediction was right.

Mob is a compound word of 'Mini' and 'Orb'.

This magical sphere, called the 'Little Orb', is an item developed by my teacher for the convenience of students, which serves as a student ID card, a means of communication between friends, the magic school's timetable, directions within the school, etc.

It is purely for the convenience of students, and there is no record of who the student communicated with or what searches were conducted on the mobile.

It is a sphere made of magical engineering that is implanted into the student's body upon admission and moves at the command of its owner, the student.

“Now, let’s see what kind of student is the owner of this body.”

So I confirmed the personal information.

[Personal Information]

-Name: Artel

– Age: 13

-Admission: Ed Branch

-Class: 0

– Annual leave: 5

– History: None

Judging from the fact that there is only a first name and no last name, it seems that the original owner of this body is of commoner origin.

A surname is a privilege that only the family can have, so Kiena and Hei are probably the same.

He is thirteen years old and in his fifth year of school.

That is, this is a student who entered school at the age of nine and has remained in Class 0, the introductory level, until now.

'Should I interpret this as someone who is truly quite untalented?'

I am a student who is curious about how I got into college.

If you are a child of an ordinary family, you will find the element within two years at the latest.

To begin with, for a wizard, a family is a family representing an element or a family that is proficient in that element.

As a child of such a family, the elements to be handled are set, so it doesn't take long to implement them.

however.

“……Ed branch?”

There is only one family named Ed that I know of.

The family of Etar, the representative family of the fire element, my disciple, and the one who fell while trying to stop Tyrant from killing me in my previous life!

And I didn't understand the existence of branch schools.

The only magic school I've been a principal at…?

"for a moment……."

Suddenly I looked down at my chest.

A flame-shaped badge was visible on the left chest.

Now that I think about it, the magic school I was the principal of had a uniform like this, but it wasn't a red robe, and there were no badges.

I focused on the symbol engraved on this badge: fire.

“Ed branch school…….”

It is the existence that is most difficult.

But the fact that there's a branch school in Mob means there's another magic school, and if Ed is the Ed family I know, then someone from the Ed family is the headmaster.

There's a lot to figure out.

But I can't figure it out on my own.

As I was wondering if there was a better way, I thought of two students eating at a restaurant.

'Yes, those students named Kiena and Hey.'

These are the students who have always been by my side.

Judging by the atmosphere and their actions, I could tell they were very close even on a regular basis.

[friend]

1. Kiena

2. Hey

Just in case, I checked Mob's address book and found that those two were the only friends he had.

I have just been reincarnated into the body of this student named Artel, so I don't know what the present era is like.

Blind man with open eyes.

Somehow, this seems like a perfect fit for my current situation.

I think it would be faster to ask them about school.

I walked towards the restaurant where the two of us would be.

***

“Huh? Artel’s here? You’re hungry, aren’t you?”

As soon as I entered the restaurant, it was Kiena who spotted me.

“Oh, okay.”

First of all, I decided to act as naturally as possible.

Even if the soul was changed into that of the great wizard Arkis Aimer, the body was that of their friend Artel.

The student cafeteria had a variety of foods on display.

It is a format where you put the food you want on a plate and eat it.

I put a little scrambled eggs on my plate and sat down next to Hey.

After deciding how to bring up the topic without making it awkward as much as possible, I finally opened my mouth.

“But you know.”

“Yeah, why?”

The one who answered was Kiena.

Hey just silently dipped the bread in the soup and chewed it.

Looking at the situation so far, Kiena seemed to have the most active personality, while Hei seemed to have a rather blunt personality.

“We entered the Ed branch school.”

"Yeah! It's already been five years. Five years ago, we came together from the orphanage in the world below."

As expected, my prediction was correct.

Artel, hey, Kiena.

These three had been relying on each other since they were in orphanage, getting through school life.

It makes sense that Artel's mob only had two friend addresses.

They were poor students who came from orphanages and didn't even receive any attention from their classmates.

There was a reason why I heard mocking laughter and contemptuous remarks here and there when I was scolded by Reggie.

“Anyway, how many more branch schools were there? I don’t remember.”

He asked, throwing in a bit of a gamble.

Anyway, even if they look at me strangely, I can just pretend like I have short-term memory loss because Reggie's magic hit my head.

“You’re only asking now about something you haven’t been curious about for five years.”

thank god.

I avoided the suspicious glances.

“There are five. And the branch school we chose is this one, where Ed Etar is the principal!”

Ed Etar… …?

My disciple, Ed Etar, is the headmaster of this school… …?

Etar did not die that day, but lived.

It was nice to see a familiar name.

But I was curious about the identities of the remaining four branches.

“Then who were the principals of the other four?”

"I don't know the principal's name, but I do know the names of the branch schools! Ruth, Ramus, Mirne, and Ramik. Remember them like this."

“Among them, we came to the Ed branch school, which has the smallest number of students.”

Heydo, who had been quietly chewing bread, also joined in the explanation.

“That’s right, because we said that since there are fewer students, we can provide more focused instruction to the students!”

The thirty students in the classroom.

Does that mean the total number of class 0 members?

Certainly, compared to the 0 class of my previous life, it's not even half the number.

And the names of the remaining four branches were very familiar to me.

These are all surnames that my disciples had.

"The principal of Ed's branch school is Ed Etar. So are the principals of the other branch schools also my students?"

Surely that will match up to that?

If so, this era of reincarnation may be not too far in the future from the day I died.

“Is there any way to find out the name of the principal of another branch school?”

"Well, maybe if I go to the library, I'll find out. I think I saw a book like that while studying before."

library.

Yes, the library is the beginning of all knowledge.

“But are you suddenly curious about that?”

Kiena asked curiously.

“……Just. It’s not like I shouldn’t be curious, right?”

“Well, that’s true.”

“Anyway, thank you.”

I got up without even touching the scrambled eggs on my plate.