Chapter 58: Magic Class (2)
Chapter 58: Magic Class (2)
"Teacher, I have a question." A student raised his hand after the teacher's explanation.
"Go ahead."
"My father used magic silently with swift execution, how can I do it? All I can do right now is to create sparks and a small flame as big as the fire in a candle."
"It all took time and rigorous training to reach that level of proficiency. There is a solid reason why your family didn't teach you any magic, no matter what status you had before you became a second-grader in any academy." Teacher Ruth happily explained to the clueless student.
Even though she said it with 'any academy', actually in the Human Continent there were only three academies.
"Teacher Ruth, why do some people scream before casting magic from their magic circle?" Another student also asked because he thought they had entered the question and answer session.
"That technique can also be used as a macro for your brain to concentrate on the magic you are going to cast. Look at this, Fire Ball!"
Teacher Ruth gave an example of the extremely rapid use of the magic circle that appeared along with her shout until a fireball appeared which she shot into the air before disappearing.
"Teacher, do we need a magic circle before casting our magic?" Another confused student also asked happily.
"No, you can immediately cast your magic if you are good at it. You don't even need this Hypmond anymore when that time comes."
"Teacher, can we use other magic besides elemental magic? Then what about your magic to distribute paper earlier and what about reinforcement magic?"
"All human beings can use advanced magic like that, but you need to understand elemental magic first before going to that stage. The academy assesses your talent towards elements because it will show your possible future development. One step at a time, okay?"
The magic practice session became a question and answer session which was immediately launched by curious students to the kindhearted teacher.
Meanwhile, there was one student who could only bring up a magic circle without being able to create elemental magic like many other students.
'Sister Elena, what should I do… I can only create a magic circle… I thought yesterday that I could use this Hypmond without a hitch…'
Elysia's heart was pounding with nervousness as she couldn't cast magic after many attempts in the same way as instructed by the teacher.
'This is strange... You have channeled a proper amount of magic energy and a magic circle has appeared, but why don't even sparks or tiny flashes appear, huh?' Elena is also confused about this.
'Aren't you able to use magic without the need for complicated things like this? If it is easy, why should you find a difficult way? Now try to generate a little electric spark just above your white magic circle.'
Elena can only give advice because Elysia always uses magic practically and easily without being complicated.
"Ely, what elemental magic can you use? Look at this, I can use the wind element." Evelyn asked while showing a gust of green wind swirling over her magic circle when Elysia was about to try Elena's suggestion.
"Um, yes. Look at this, I can make an electric spark." Elysia made an electric spark with her magic right above her magic circle. Unfortunately, the magic circle was not functioning properly and only served as a display.
"Wow! That's so cool and so stunning! If the lightning element plus the wind element combined... What will happen? Are we going to produce some great magic?" Evelyn's eyes gleamed with a dazzling image of the future combined magic.
"The magic result is that you'll run away in fear and hide under the covers?" Elysia smiled amusedly remembering what happened last night.
"Mou." It took a few seconds for Evelyn to understand what Elysia meant, she pouted her lips at Elysia.
"Ok, the question and answer session is stopped here. Knowing too much about things that you haven't tried yet will be unprofitable. We will learn one step at a time. Currently, try slowly channeling the greater magic energy in the same way as earlier, then shout out the name of what magic you want to launch. See the target over there? That will be your current target."
Teacher Ruth pointed to an artificial target made of wood five meters away from them.
"If anyone can destroy at least three wooden targets then there is a reward waiting for you. Starting with those of you who like to ask questions, try casting the magic with the technique you always asked me earlier."
Teacher Ruth chose a student who had asked three times about something that was actually not much different a while ago during the question and answers session.
The selected student stepped forward from the line of the student crowd to prepare his magic. He channeled magic energy from his body to Hypmond then gave the command to bring up a magic circle with his energy.
Next, he tried to create sparks for the experiment before preparing the bigger magic with more energy.
"Fire Ball!" He shouted out the name of his favorite move as he aimed the Hypmond and the magic circle in his hand to the wooden target five meters from him.
The fireball as big as a soccer ball shot towards the target and only managed to hit the hand of the wooden target without doing anything other than making the part that was hit by the fireball slightly black.
"Bravo! Good start, but your energy and heat of the fireball are still not strong enough to destroy the wooden target. Now you, try to do what you can." Teacher Ruth directed the other students who had asked a lot earlier to try out his magic.
One by one the students tried their magic techniques with shouts and their magic circle was imbued with a fair amount of magic energy.
Unfortunately, all of them were not as successful as the student who was first appointed by the teacher, even some of them were not able to cast something even though they could create tiny elemental sparks from their magic circle.
All students will have their turn, after Serena's two servants managed to make a wind ball and a water ball that was launched to the wooden target, now it's Serena's turn to show off after being appointed by the teacher.
She came forward with a face of delight and pride in an achievement that she had yet to accomplish. Serena activated the magic circle from Hypmond which she grasped gracefully then a flash of lightning appeared from there.
"Lightning Flash!" Serena shouted in a contrived magic casting body style to amaze the other students.
A small flash of lightning struck the wooden target, but nothing happened other than scorch marks that appeared on the wooden target.
Even so, Serena returned to her original position with a smile on her face and she was immediately showered with praise from several students nearby about her great talent.
The majority of the new students wanted to hug the thighs of this girl who had a talent with the platinum card class, even though the intended person was so arrogant and unpleasant.
Serena's confession about the platinum card yesterday, right after the afternoon class, made most of the new students ignore Serena's shortcomings because she will become a great figure in the future only because of her talent.
With the privileges and resources given from the academy, it was already a guarantee for them to immediately hug the thighs of the girl who was destined to become the big person in the future.
They have to build a good relationship immediately while she is so young in her career. At least that's what they thought at the moment.