CH 8

There is a training ground in one corner of the Magic Academy’s gymnasium.

It’s a place to practice magic and martial arts.

When we entered the training ground, the senior students who were practicing magic looked at us.

“Oh, handsome guys, and such beautiful first-year students, so cute.”

“Hey, stop it, that’s the second son of the Margrave, the eldest son of the Lord of Magic, the disgraced Lady of Alchemy, and the Bejeweled Reijou-sama everyone’s been talking about.”

“Wh-What kind of combination is this? That’s an impressive quartet.”

Don’t you want to stop calling me the Bejeweled Reijou-sama, senpais?

Also, don’t insult Karol, I’ll blow you away.

“So, Curtis, what do you want to see?” I asked.

“First of all, the magic that blinded Michael-kyou, what was that?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“It’s Light magic,” I said.

“That was just Light?” Curtis-onii-chan asked.

“Light… does not shine that brightly…” Elmer-kyou said. “According to the books, they should be smaller…”

“If it’s normal, yeah, but there’s a trick to making a Light spell flash that brightly,” I said.

Then, I chant and fire off a Light spell.

“Hmm, if it’s the Light I read about in the books, I hear that it can only be used as a torch to light the dark,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Con-Convenience alone…” Elmer-kyou said. “You don’t have to carry a lantern around…”

I doubled the magic power into my Light spell.

Pashyu.

With a noise, the Light spell disintegrated and exploded in a flash.

Uoh, it’s too bright to target myself.

“Are you breaking the formula by pouring too much mana into the spell?” Carol asked.

“That’s right, Carol is correct, I blasted Mike with a Light spell using 3 times the magic power, but in my experiments, I can go up to 12 times,” I said.

“12 times, how powerfully does it shine?” Carol asked.

“You know, it’s bright,” I said. “If it exceeds 6 times, it will blind the opponent, so practical use is between 3-4 times.”

“You’re kidding! We can’t use this in warfare!” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“But if it’s on an adventure, it can be used…” Elmer-kyou said. “Many monsters rely on their sense of sight…”

“How did you come up with the idea of overpowering and disintegrating the spells as they cast?” Carol asked, a puzzled look on her face.

“There was a sister in the temple who was doing something similar, so I developed that technique by imitating her,” I said.

“What did this sister do? Were they collapsing healing magic spells?” Carol asked.

“Fire magic, actually,” I replied, “it causes an explosion and the roar of it scares off thugs and troublemakers.”

“If it’s Fire magic, oh, that means can I use it too!” Curtis-onii-chan cried.

Uoh, he’s all fired up.

That reminds me, he is a Fire attribute user.

“You do have that element, Curtis, so I think you can do it, just destroy a fireball in progress,” I said.

“Let’s try, let’s try, should I put a lot of magical power into spellcasting?” Curtis asked.

“That’s right,” I said, “but the explosion is dangerous, so try to keep it a little away from your body.”

“Oh, got it,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “Elmer, if a fire breaks out, I’m counting on you to put it out.”

“Uh, understood… um, Curtis…” Elmer-kyou said.

“You know you can drop the honorifics with me too, Elmer,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Ye-Yeah,” Elmer said, blushing and looking a little happy.

He’s got a communication disorder, after all.

“Fireball.”

Boom!!

Five meters ahead of Curtis, the fireball exploded with a roar.

“What incredible sound!” Curtis-onii-chan cried. “This is good, it doesn’t use much magic power.”

“The power of the explosion itself is small, though,” I said.

“Thank you Makoto, this is good,” Curtis-onii-chan said, “if we use it at the start of a battle, we’ll frighten the enemy. Very nice.”

Hmm, combining the roar of Fireball with the flash of Light seems like an impromptu stun grenade magic.

Continuing on, Elmer and Karol also tried disintegration techniques, but the Water magic only made a harmless splash, and the earth magic stone just crumbled into dust.

“Seems you can’t really use it on Water and Earth,” I said.

“It would have been better to shoot normal ice bullets… it could have been stronger, what a waste…” Elmer-kyou muttered.

“It looks like it’s better to shoot stone bullets normally with Earth, as well,” Carol said, “little point in making it spread like shot.”

Well, you can’t get good results by destroying just any attribute.

Or rather, the bullets of Earth magic can be used to drop birds.

Ah, that’s right, if it’s Water, that phenomenon can be used, can’t it?

“Elmer, there is a magic that generates a lot of water, isn’t there?” I asked.

“Yeah… ‘Create Water’…” Elmer-kyou replied, squirting water out of his hand.

“Can you put pressure on the Water when it comes out?” I asked.

“Pressure? Hmm…” Elmer-kyou muttered.

The water coming out of his hand flowed stronger.

Hmm, then in that case:

“Can you make the hole the water goes through very small?” I asked.

“I don’t know… what you mean by that…” Elmer-kyou said, “it doesn’t make… much sense, you know.”

“Imagine the hole of a spout where the Water comes out of, and make it as small as half a hairsbreadth,” I said.

“If I do that…” Elmer-kyou said.

“It might be dangerous, so try shooting at that target scarecrow,” I said.

“Such a thin stream of water…” Elmer-kyou said.

The resulting stream of water cut the scarecrow in half.

“Of, it worked, it worked, it’s a Water Cutter,” I said.

“Ho-How in the?” Curtis-onii-chan muttered.

“Why did it…?” Elmer-kyou muttered.

“It’s just Water, how could you cut with it?!” Carol yelled.

“Water sprayed out at ultra-high pressure cuts through everything,” I said.

It’s the kind of thing you often see in Sci-Fi comics.

Ultra-high-pressure hydraulic cutter.

In my previous life, it should have been used in real-life manufacturing. 1

Elmer cut the scarecrow with a Water Cutter, his eyes seemed to glow with a feverish fire.

“What is this, what is this, it’s amazing, so amazing, it’s the first time I’ve ever used magic like this!! Makoto, you’re amazing!!” Elmer-kyou yelled.

Woah, he’s so excited his words came out fluently in one solid sentence.

With a lively expression, Elmer looks like a 16-year-old boy, so cute.

“Say, about Earth, Makoto, there’s nothing like it for that, is there?” Carol asked.

“Well, you do have Chain-kun already, so there’s that, right?” I asked.

“No, I want to know new and amazing magic, it seems like you know so much about it,” Carol said.

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“I’ll think about it…” I muttered.

Wow, people go crazy when it comes to magic.

“How amazing, Makoto is truly the next saint,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“We’ll have to write a paper explaining the theory behind Water magic’s cutting capabilities…” Elmer-kyou muttered.

“Think about Earth magic as well, alright?” Carol asked.

“Yes, yes, let’s all go to the cafeteria. I’m hungry,” I said.

“Ah, that’s right, let’s go together, Elmer’s going to,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“I’d like to… write that paper, but, I’ll go with, Curtis…” Elmer-kyou muttered.

“Off we go then, I’ll treat both Makoto and Caroline,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Thanks for the meal,” I said.

“You’re amazing in other ways too, Makoto,” Carol said.

The upper-class cafeteria was deserted.

It’s half past 12.

The upper-class cafeteria is on the top floor of the school building, and you can see the townscape of the royal capital from the window.

The interior is also wonderful.

Aristocrats eat lunch in a luxurious environment like a first-class restaurant, don’t they?

Ohoho.

“I’d like a lunch plate A, please,” I said.

“Understood.”

The maids working in the cafeteria are also beautiful.

Everyone seems to have a lunch plate.

You can’t eat a full course in 30 minutes.

Or rather, the upper-class cafeteria that has a full course at lunch is too strange

When the plate arrived, Carol glanced at me as I started eating.

It’s okay, I learned table manners in my previous life, and I learned it in the Baron’s manor and the Great Temple.

Since I was eating cleanly, the other three people somehow felt a sense of relief.

Munch, munch, the hamburger patties are delicious.

As for the bread… Hiyoko-Do’s is better.

Should I recommend Cliff-nii-chan to start a business relationship with this place?

Curtis is drinking a glass of wine.

Elegant, isn’t it?

“Now then, let’s make a toast to the beginning of the Saint’s faction.”

Hey, what are you talking about, this Curtis-onii-chan?

“I wasn’t listening,” I said.

“Because I didn’t say anything before,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “Elmer, you as well?”

“Mmm… thi-this talent for magic… I feel like it’s a shame to let it go… I’ll convince my parents…” Elmer-kyou said.

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“What are you talking about? I don’t want to create a faction,” I said.

“Makoto, are you prepared to die with Caroline-sama?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“D-Die, what do you mean?” I asked.

“You are going to die if the Pottinger faction decides to crush you, won’t you?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Dy-Dying is such an exaggeration,” I said.

“Right now, your backing with the Temple is protecting you,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “But the Temple has no troops on campus. That means that in less than a year, someone from the Pottinger faction will come to kill you and Caroline-sama. I’m sure of it.”

“Huh…?”

What the hell, that’s so scary.

“The Pottinger Duchy was originally from a separate kingdom called the Mengel Kingdom,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “When war broke out with the Appleton Kingdom, House Pottinger was a prominent aristocrat of Mengel and defected to Appleton. As a result of their achievements, they became an earl. After that, over the course of three generations, they steadily progressed in the world, made inroads into the royal family, and were even promoted to a duchy. And this time, the first prince and the current Duke Pottinger’s daughter will be married, so House Pottinger will become the queen’s family, which will let their influence engulf the whole country.”

Heavy, way too heavy, what is with this giant Civil War Flag?!

“For Duke Pottinger, the people he wants to destroy as soon as possible are House Albright, who have the rights to alchemicals, and you, the saint, who can increase their power with the temple as far as they can. Let’s create a faction because it’s good for the country,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“You-You’re serious?” I asked. “If we keep this quiet, can’t we just smile like normal and graduate or something?”

“That’s impossible,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Wh-Wha-What did I do?” I asked.

“You picked a fight with Vivian-sama, you beat and humiliated her prized vassal, Michael-kyou, and you’re becoming the most popular girl in school. Did you think there would be no retaliation for any of that?” Curtis-onii-chan said.

We-Well, that’s fair enough, but I thought, ‘Well, you’ve gotten in a fight, but he-he—here it’s just a child’s fight.’ You wouldn’t think that your parents are going to retaliate and cause a civil war, right?

I was mistaken.

I misjudged Duke Pottinger’s danger.

I see, at the end of the route, the villainess Vivian-sama will be executed.

Vivian-sama rampages out of jealousy for having her fiancée taken away, or rather, was she rushing to enact the Duke’s conspiracy to take over the kingdom?

“Leave it to me, if the saint’s faction grows bigger, they will falter, and it will be difficult for them to move,” Curtis-onii-chan said. “And there’s going to be a lot of strong people on the Duke’s side for me to face down. That is going to be very fun.”

And with that, this battle-hungry idiot grinned.

“I-I’ll be fine…” Elmer-kyou said, “I have also learned from you, Makoto, with that Water Cutter… I’ll help protect you.”

“So even you’ve got a daring side, Elmer,” Curtis-onii-chan said.

“Yeah… I’ll be careful…” Elmer-kyou said.

“I’m sorry, Makoto, I got you into trouble…” Carol muttered.

“Ah, don’t worry about that, Carol,” I said. “I’ll smash a hundred sets of Mike’s jewels if it means protecting you again.”

“Makoto… you’ve ruined such a good mood,” my beloved Carol said, sighing.

What did I say!?