The Reincarnated Archmage’s Journey Chapter 4

Episode 4.

“I told you before, did you forget?”

Hey answered with a slightly frustrated expression.

“I don’t remember, so answer.”

“……Artel?”

Rather, it was Kiena who was surprised when I asked her so forcefully without even flinching.

Heido furrowed his eyebrows.

'Did Artel usually just follow the two students' words?'

Otherwise, those two wouldn't be making those expressions.

“I’ll tell you again!”

As the atmosphere became a little heavy, Kiena hurriedly explained as if she was mediating.

"There's a rule that if you don't advance to the next class within five years, you're expelled, right? Classes 0 through 5. Even if we make it to Class 1 this year, if we don't advance to Class 2 within five years, we'll be expelled."

5 years?

Five years is a long time from class 0 to class 1, but conversely, from class 4 to class 5 is too short.

Even based on past lives, it takes students an average of 10 years to complete this course.

"But once you reach Class 6, it'll be fine. Then, the teacher said, it won't matter how many years it takes to advance to Class 7."

I never would have guessed that after 300 years, such an absurd rule would come into existence.

"It's nice to be on vacation, but I'm scared of the second semester approaching. If we get expelled, where will we go?"

“Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself. Everything will be okay.”

The atmosphere became even colder at the word expulsion.

'If I don't make it to the first circle during the second semester that starts after this vacation, I'll be expelled.'

I too was reincarnated today.

I had to figure out how many circles of magic my body could use.

So I got up from my seat.

“Where are you going?”

As expected, no matter what I did, Kiena immediately started nagging me.

"dormitory."

“Are you going to sleep?”

"uh."

I gave a short answer, turned on the mobile dormitory map, and left the library first. Behind me, I heard two worried voices.

“Hey, Artel… I feel like the atmosphere has changed a lot.”

"You felt that way too, didn't you? You never spoke to me, and you never looked at me with such a scary gaze."

“So… I thought of you as an older brother, because you’re tall and sturdy.”

“That’s strange, Artel…….”

"It's vacation now, and there's no school nurse. What should we do? You said that when people are sick, they act like normal people. Artel, are you sick?"

"I don't know……."

***

A dormitory with narrow private rooms.

An old wooden desk and wardrobe.

There wasn't a single book on the desk.

'You're a student who never studied magic.'

I now doubt whether he was even interested in magic, or whether he entered school with the real desire to become a wizard.

I opened the old wardrobe and inside was a spare set of my school uniform.

And the bed.

The pillows and blankets are in disarray.

Looking at the condition of the bed, it was easy to guess what kind of personality Artel usually had.

As expected, I would always wake up during class.

So, the blankets and pillows would have been left unmade.

He didn't seem like a very diligent student.

I sat down on the bed, closed my eyes, and began to create magic.

I am the Plewood Elementalist, the Archmage Arkis Aimer.

Plewood Elementalist is the most special, rare, and powerful elementalist among the elementalists.

If you are a fire elementalist, your limitation as an elementalist is that you can only use fire attribute magic.

So, such elemental history is also called ‘single element history’.

But the Plewood elementalist has no such limitations.

The seven elements of magic, including Plewood.

This is because Pleud is the basis of all elements.

Therefore, the Plewood Elementalist is not bound by the elements and can handle magic of all elements.

'First of all, can you handle the Plewood element properly?'

Pong!

I heard a sound when the mob was activated.

It is an implementation of one sphere of the Plewood element.

A small, transparent sphere floated around.

It may not be visible to others, but I can see and feel it because I am a magic caster.

'Even though the body has changed, the Pleud element is still implemented.'

Hwaruk!

The fire element can also be implemented.

So, I implemented all seven elements of magic into small spheres, and it wasn't that difficult.

“It seems like magic can still be used.”

All you need to create magic is imagination and mana.

These two resources are stored in the mind, not the body, so even if the body changes, the soul is Arkis Aimer, so they can be used without any problems.

I felt like trying out some magic from a slightly higher circle.

But if I were to use that kind of magic in this small dorm room, it would definitely destroy the entire room.

“Is there no training center?”

The magic school has a separate training ground for students to practice magic.

However, when I searched for the Mobro training ground, it just said 'Not found'.

“You can’t find it?”

I used Mob to examine the 0-class facilities in more detail, but there was no sign of a training ground anywhere.

Etar's school doesn't even have a training ground for Class 0.

“This is definitely weird.”

If you don't advance to the next class within 5 years, you'll be expelled. Why isn't there a training center for practicing magic?

Class 0 is literally the beginner level, so it requires a lot of training.

Since they are students who do not yet know whether they are elementals or summoners, they must train in various ways.

Although the intensity of training is the lowest compared to other classes, it takes up the highest proportion of pure training time among all classes.

Why didn't Principal Etar, who must have known that, create a training ground on the 0-class floor?

If anyone saw it, it would be enough to make them look desperate to expel him.

“Do other classes have training rooms?”

First of all, when I was trying to check out the 1st class floor.

-No access.

“It’s impossible to look at other floors, is that it?”

If it's class 0, only class 0 floors can be identified by mobs.

I had no choice but to implement a 1st circle level magic that could be done inside the room.

Fire ball, lightning ball, water ball, etc.

That's really basic.

All seven elements could be implemented as easily as reading a book.

“At this point, it’s definitely a class 1.”

I lay down on the bed, activated the mob, and checked the second semester schedule.

I was worried that I might not be able to see the schedule since the semester hadn't even started yet, but Mob showed me the second semester schedule as if to soothe my worries.

It's now July 1st, the start of summer vacation.

The second semester begins on September 1st, two months later.

And winter break starts on January 1st and ends on March 1st.

The test to advance to the next circle was stated in Mob as a 'student ability assessment'.

Once on the second Monday of October, and once on the last Friday of December, just before the start of winter break.

The fact that there were two exams also seemed to be a direct copy of the way the school was run, the magic school I was the principal of in my previous life.

Students who pass the first evaluation are free for the remainder of the semester.

You don't have to attend classes and can enjoy free time to your heart's content for the rest of the semester.

So when the semester ends, students who passed the second exam move on to the next class.

“In the end, is waiting the answer right now?”

Since I was reincarnated into the body of Artel, I am no longer a great wizard.

At least as a student, I had to follow the school's established operating methods.

“Etar… What kind of wizard are you now, 300 years later?”

While I brought over most of the methods of running the magic school I was the principal of, I added an unfair expulsion policy, and Class 0 doesn't have a training ground.

Either way, Etar's actions are unsure.

Or is this rule also one set by the current Archmage, Tyrant?

No matter how much I racked my brain, no answer came to me.

"By the way, Etar is a fire elementalist. What if the student doesn't handle fire? Will he have to transfer?"

As the future plan was drawn up, the problems that came with it began to become apparent.

Besides, didn't the book I read at the library say that the reason our school was founded was to "provide more specialized training"?

So it seemed like it was the right school for the original writer.

But this is just my guess.

I wanted to know for sure, but it was vacation and there was no teacher to ask.

No matter which school I go to, the principal is my disciple, but the disciple who witnessed my death was Etar, who usually followed me well.

I had to meet Etar.

As I was debating whether to head back to the library to find out more, I saw Mob's address book.

[friend]

1. Kiena

2. Hey

Especially Kiena.

That student is the one who kindly answered any questions I asked.

I vaguely recalled waking up in the classroom and seeing Kiena sitting next to me, her book filled with notes.

He seemed like a student who studied hard even on a regular basis.

I thought Kiena would know.

So I contacted Mobro Kiena.

-Yeah! Artel! You said you were sleeping? Are you hungry and can't sleep?

From the answer itself, I can feel the mother's energy.

“No, I have something to ask.”

-Yeah! What's wrong? Just tell me! What's going on today? You never ask me anything!

Kiena greeted me with a particularly cheerful and joyful voice.

“The principal of this school is Ed Etar, and Ed Etar is a fire elementalist.”

-Yeah! That's right!

“But if we assume that we are elementalists and our element is not fire, will we be transferred to another school?”

-Huh? No? I'm not transferring.

Kiena's voice answered as if to say, "What the hell is that?"

“This is a fire element branch school, but I was wondering if students with light elements would go to the Ruth branch school.”

-No. I said that even in Class 1, there will be a teacher who will teach elemental and summoning magic.

That means that each floor has a personalized teacher for each student, whether it's a summoning event or an elemental event…

Is that really true?

I am a Plewood elementalist.

It is so rare that it can never be possessed unless it is passed down through the bloodline.

In other words, it is not uncommon for a commoner to become a common single elemental master, but even so, it is an established rule in magical society that they can never become a Plewood.

That's why I sometimes wondered if my teacher and I, who grew up without parents, might have the same parents.

I tried to find the answer to whose child I was to become Plewood a long time ago, but I couldn't find it and gave up.

It was the same for the teacher.

To that extent, the Plewood elemental yarn is rare and a very special elemental yarn.

Other than me and my master, there is no other magician that comes to mind right away.

'Oh, there was one more place.'

The Emmet family.

These are also Plewood elementals, and like me, I don't know whose bloodline they are.

What sets me apart is that I have established my own family.

However, it is a family with a fatal flaw.

It is impossible to implement magic above the 7th circle.

Because of this, single elementalists did not treat them as Plewood elementalists.

This is because their clans were significantly less influential and had fewer members than single-element clans.

Crucially, in the world of upper-level magicians, there was an evil practice of only handling magic of the 8th circle or higher.

That's why, even though they are rare Plewood elementals, their names are not properly known.

So, when other wizards hear the word "Plewood Elementalist," they will definitely think of Master Nana.

‘Should I hide the fact that I am the Plewood Elementalist…?’

Since it is a rare and special elemental element, there is no way that a teacher who can guide me would exist in the first class.

No, I am a former archmage, who would dare teach me?

Rather, I should teach them.

"I see."

-Are your questions answered now?

“Yeah, thanks. Good night.”

Now it was time to break up.

-Artel!

"why?"

-Hmm… …Doesn’t it hurt anywhere?

This time, Kiena asked out of the blue.

“Where does it hurt?”

-And the fact that you suddenly collapsed today. You've been doing that a lot since you were little. That's why Hey and I were really worried.

Is it because we both came from orphanages and entered school together?

It seems clear that the three of them are more than just friends; they are like family.

“No, it’s okay.”

-Well then, that's good! Good night! Artel!

After we cut off contact like that, I fell into thought.

While branch schools were created to provide more specialized training, students are not transferred to schools that are more suitable for their characteristics…

The front and back don't match up at all.

I couldn't even guess what on earth he was thinking.

And another problem appeared.

'What should we do with these two students?'

It's a pretty serious concern for me.

We are together now, but I am Arcis Aimer, not Artel.

For the work given to me, it is my fate to soon part ways.

The thought of having to throw it away made me feel a stabbing pain in my chest, the kind you feel when you're sad.

As if Artel, the original owner of this body, was begging me not to do this… … .