The Reincarnated Archmage’s Journey Chapter 7

Episode 7.

2nd semester

"Then I'll put it in the library. I won't be looking at this book again. We're confirmed for Class 1."

I said as I received the book from Kiena.

Now that you know what kind of wizard you are, this is where you'll end up using this book.

“Yeah! Okay!”

Now that the heavy burden of expulsion had been lifted, Kiena's expression had brightened considerably.

It was the same with Heydo.

So I put the book back where it was and looked around the bookshelves.

'That's strange. Was there only one copy of this book?'

I just now confirmed this.

In a previous life, this book was widely used as a textbook for beginners, but in this day and age, there is only one copy, and it seems to have been abandoned in a corner that cannot be seen.

The bookshelf where the teacher's books were was also filled with only old books.

It felt like there was a small museum in the library.

Well, it's been a whopping 300 years.

It may now be a relic of an old era.

So there will only be one volume left.

It's been a long time since my teacher passed away… and it's also been a long time since I died.

I put the book back where it was, bowed my head to the book again, and left the library.

It was a word of gratitude towards the teacher.

***

School starts tomorrow.

For the rest of the vacation, Heiwa Kiena focused on training without the "Initiation Guide".

During the eight-week vacation, Kiena was still able to summon animals, and Hei managed to create a fire elemental sphere.

Everyone's expressions definitely brightened as they were all confirmed to have passed the exam.

There is no training today.

I said first that we should take a day off since school starts tomorrow.

Magic is not a physical ability, but the use of 100% pure mental power.

Excessive use of magic can cause mental breakdown.

Especially Kiena and Hei are just entering the beginner stage, so their mental strength is weak.

To strengthen, proper rest was needed rather than using magic every day.

So the three of us gathered at a restaurant and started eating together.

The sun has already set, and a dreary wind blows through the sky.

“It’s strange, I eat it every day, but why is it so delicious today?”

Hey, out of all of this group, he has the best appetite.

He said, stuffing his mouth full of food like a squirrel.

“Isn’t it because you think you can pass the exam now?”

Kiena asked.

“Is that so? Hehe.”

"Oh, right, Kiena. If I pass the midterm exam, the rest of the semester is free time, right?"

I wanted to know this for sure. I'd only suspected it, but never asked directly.

Is this really the same school I had in my previous life?

“Yeah, that’s right. But you have to take the required classes.”

It's not exactly the same.

“Required class?”

“《History of Magic》 is a required class.”

After hearing Kiena's answer, I immediately checked the schedule through Mob.

It is a class that is held once a day, without fail.

And that subject was the one I took the day I was reincarnated, and it was the one that introduced me as an incompetent archmage.

'I need to hear this too.'

We still don't fully grasp the reality of this era.

It's not a bad subject.

“Let’s get some rest today and start studying hard for the semester starting tomorrow.”

And so the last day of summer vacation came to an end.

***

As morning dawned, the noise from the hallway permeated the dormitory.

"Oh my, is it because there were so many mean things around during the entire vacation? Doesn't that smell like something bad coming from the hallway?"

“I’m not the only one who feels this way, am I?”

“Kiena is pretty, but aren’t the other two just a waste of air?”

“So, heh heh.”

Look at these?

It was me and Kiena who stayed at school all through the vacation, hey.

Seeing how they refer to us as lowly creatures, are we children of a noble family?

The family calls itself noble.

Of course, only some.

It's just a title to show off that they are different from commoners.

In my eyes, they all look the same.

I hate that kind of thing, so I didn't create a family even though I had that surname in my previous life.

Actually, I had no desire to create a surname.

But since I have the position of Archmage, I didn't want to be bothered by the noisy voices that said I had to follow some kind of order in the magical society, so I just built a castle.

So there is no family called Arkis.

It's just a unique surname that represents me.

But even after 300 years, it seemed like that bad custom still remained.

Some families not only ignored but also oppressed and persecuted commoner wizards.

These are wizards who claim that magic can only be used by special people, that is, by families, and that the emergence of wizards from commoner backgrounds is a betrayal of the world's laws.

In my previous life, my teacher and I tried to warn those families and change them, but it wasn't easy.

Well, it's no wonder they're so stubborn that they don't disappear after 300 years.

'Would you like to see their faces?'

I wonder what kind of great family these children are from?

As I went out into the hallway, there were three students.

He looked younger than me.

“Ugh! Smell!”

As soon as they saw me, they covered their noses and mocked me.

Should I call it a childish mockery like a young student, or should I say it is a prank that is too much for his age…?

Oh, I'm in an ambiguous situation.

"Who is this? Isn't that Artel, who slept through the last class of the semester? I wished I'd slept forever, but unfortunately, I woke up?"

'What the kid is saying is… … .'

I looked at the impressions of the three.

They all had black hair and eyes, but one had a rare white hair, like a gray hair.

It means that the element has been found and has been assimilated to some extent.

Didn't they say that each element has its own color?

As your proficiency with that element increases, you will begin to assimilate it.

At first, the hair color will start to change to the element's unique color, and when the skill level reaches 100%, even the eye color will change.

That is 'assimilation'.

It is the process by which an element becomes an element itself.

By the way, if it's white, isn't it Plewood or Light?

Since it was unlikely that an elementalist like Plewood would appear so easily, it seemed that a light elementalist was closer.

But I wanted to make sure, just in case.

“What is your name?”

“How dare you, lowly one…!”

But instead, he got angry and glared at me.

The expression on his face seemed to be protesting, saying, 'I don't dare speak to the likes of you!'

This is a situation that really makes me laugh out loud.

I'm not that kind of person.

The moment the student glared, I felt the urge to stab him with my index and middle fingers.

"Russell, bear with it. Messing with that piece of trash will only hurt our reputation."

The student next to me said.

Thanks to that student, I was able to find out the name of the student who had the shad.

Russell.

Just remember the name.

Judging by the atmosphere, it didn't seem like we would be able to communicate.

There's no reason to continue the conversation. If I do, my personality might come out against the younger students.

It was at that moment that I turned my back to go into the dormitory, shaking my head.

“You dare turn your back?”

Flash-!

There was a loud flash, and a shape of light appeared before my eyes.

'Light element?'

“Ugh……!”

“Ah… I can’t see…! Russell…! Let me go!”

But the two guys next to me were suffering instead.

He sat down and clutched his eyes as if water had gotten into them.

"Huh, what do you think? You lowly creatures couldn't even find the element, but I received special tutoring from my family during the vacation! I found the element, and I can even implement 1st circle magic!"

Russell answered proudly.

“…….”

Are you attacking me just now?

It looks like it's a flash magic.

It is a very basic magic of the light element that has no special killing power and only steals eyesight.

By the way, should I accept this or not… … .

To this student named Russell, Artel must have been a commoner who only slept during class.

I thought people would think it was strange that I looked so normal, but I changed my mind.

Looking at the magic, I can see that I am not yet at a level where I can properly control it.

The proof is that the friends on either side of me are also affected by the magic used against me.

In times like this, ignorance is the answer.

The moment I opened the dormitory door, Russell's angry voice rang out.

“You dare disrespect the Michael family?”

Oh, it was the Michael family?

I had a feeling that he was a bit of a jerk, but it turns out there was a reason for it.

A family that gave me a headache 300 years ago.

Leaving the family is a chronic problem for the Light Elementalists.

Just as the element's unique color appears on the body, the elemental master also has something like the element's unique character.

The Light Elementalist was particularly peculiar in that he often acted like he was the center of the world.

If they belonged to a group, they were the kind of people who seemed to have an obsession with having to shine brightly among themselves.

So, he was also the best at putting others down.

Ruth Alfrik, the Light Elementalist under me.

He was a disciple who received many scoldings from me because he could not change that kind of personality.

'Well, even Ruth Alfrik, the head of the Light Elemental House, was like that, so how much more so for you, the members of the Constituent Houses?'

Places that are not representative elemental families, such as Michael, are called the 'constituent families' of that element.

Moreover, even though he was proud of his family, he was ignored by me, so he exploded with anger to the point where he couldn't contain himself.

“Stop! Artel!”

Russell tried to stop me by using his flash magic more powerfully.

It doesn't even sting my eyes, it's just like having a candle in front of me.

I ignored it and went into the room, but one thing came to mind.

'It's so annoying, because he only learns bad things when he's young.'

It is said that they boast about having a single family and use derogatory terms such as “lower class” to refer to commoners.

It is one of the doctrines that my master strictly prohibited since he was a great wizard.

But, as expected from a magician of the Michael family, I was angry at the way he so easily ignored things like the sage's orders.

'I'll have to give him a scolding. I have to break his habit.'

It could be that you used magic on me.

Because that student will never know that I am the former Archmage Arkis Aimer.

I wouldn't even imagine that.

However, it is never acceptable to disparage the common people.

This was an even more sensitive issue for me and my teacher, as they were both orphans of commoner origin.

'It's the magic of the common people that you ignore.'

Exactly.

I snapped my fingers.

He just returned the flash magic he had just used to Russell in the hallway.

Experience for yourself the effects of the magic you use.

Understanding something with your head and feeling it with your body are two different things.

“Ugh! I can’t see! My eyes are burning, I’m going crazy!”

Immediately after, Russell's screams filled the hallway.

Don't joke around with that.