Academy’s Second Seat

After Luna spoke to me.

Her demeanor got a little weird.

As she was walking down the street, she saw Luna Railer, and if she looked away for a moment, she met her eyes.

But, she didn’t talk to me, she was startled and just ran away.

I don’t know exactly why she comes to me.

It seemed most likely that he noticed that I was putting bread in.

That’s the only thing that could have anything to do with Luna…

I didn’t do anything other than study.

Rather than that, the question was why Astina came to me.

Why the hell did someone who doesn’t even have a relationship with Evan have a relationship with me?

Still, I felt like I pushed it well.

I haven’t seen your face since I came here for lunch.

Anyway, Astina will be busy with the student council election soon, so it wasn’t a big deal.

“Now, let me give you the first assignment today.”

Today’s first class was Professor Maguire’s magic theory class.

“Did you tell me about the magic circle? That’s why I’m going to give you the task of drawing a magic circle.”

taken from readwn.com

Magic circle configuration task.

Luna’s performance approached.

“I’m not going to tell you to build a great magic circle. You just need to add a few components to the basic magic circle frame.”

Professor Maguire then drew a brief magic circle on the blackboard.

“Let’s say we have a magic circle that uses ignition magic. So what if we add additional acceleration here?”

“······explosion?”

Luna replied in a low voice.

Professor Maguire then smiled and nodded.

“you’re right. If the fire starts at high speed, it will look like an explosion. In order to make a proper explosion, you will have to add a glyph that means reinforcement and adjust the degree of mana control.”

After I said that, I wrote a few things on the blackboard.

1. Creativity

2. Efficiency

3. Activation potential

“We’re going to evaluate these three ways. But the most important thing here is the possibility of activation. No matter how creative a magic circle is, it means nothing unless it is activated. Any questions?”

When the students didn’t say anything, Maguire closed the book.

“There is no need to draw a magic circle that can be used in real life or in battle. Of course, it would be nice to be able to draw such a magic circle, but then it would be an ordinary magic circle. You just need to use mana efficiently and draw a unique magic circle.”

Even so, the students’ expressions were not so good.

To be honest, it was a great burden for students who had not yet learned magic to create magic circles.

Professor Maguire then smiled slightly.

“You don’t have to worry too much because I will give you a full score if you reach a certain level. Then we will end our class here today.”

It’s a magic circle…

After class that day, I headed to the library.

I was worried that Luna would draw the magic circle properly, but for me to get good grades, I had to draw the right magic circle.

You can draw magic circles just by looking at the textbook.

However, it would be nice if there were more reference books.

There were hardly any books other than textbooks in my dormitory room, so I had to go to the library to find a lot of reference documents.

As we entered the library, a majestic figure caught our attention.

Riberion Academy was the empire’s largest learning institution, but it was also the empire’s largest research institution.

Like universities, the professors here are both educators and researchers.

All necessary books for such researchers are available in this library.

Of course, important materials are kept separately in the Imperial Library, but the library of the Riberion Academy has the largest number of materials.

I looked around and saw a librarian tidying up books.

I approached him.

“I want to find a book about that basic magic circle.”

When I asked, he pointed to one side and opened his mouth.

“For the basic magic circle, you can go from C to the 7th bookcase.”

When we went to the place the librarian said, there were many books related to the magic circle.

I picked one of them and headed to the desk on the other side of the library.

There, I could see Luna Railer carrying a few books and studying.

Are you studying here?

but······.

Luna won’t be assigned a good dormitory, so there won’t be enough places to study.

In my case, it is a single room and the study conditions are good.

However, it was difficult for students with poor grades to study in a room because the dormitory was a shared room.

Some students are resting in the room, while others are noisy.

I quietly pulled out a chair diagonally and sat down.

Luna didn’t even notice that I was concentrating.

I thought a little about saying hello, but it seemed to interfere with my concentration, so I just sat down.

If I don’t get good results in my assignments, even if I miss my realization by ruining my concentration, the story gets twisted.

no. Even if the story has no effect, my plans get twisted.

I started my studies without disturbing Luna, who was concentrating.

So many hours passed.

The sun was up when we came in, but the sun had already gone down and it was dark outside.

Even after so many hours passed, Luna did not move and focused on her studies.

I was tired, so I stretched and brought other books, but Luna was concentrating on studying and did not move.

The only momentary movement of the hand was to turn a book or draw a magic circle on a piece of paper.

He was the most prominent figure in the field of magic theory.

“OMG······.”

As if Luna was starting to get tired, she raised her arms and stretched them out.

When Luna heard the sound of movement and raised her head slightly, their eyes met.

“Ahhh!!!”

Then Luna screamed in surprise.

“Why…why…why here…!”

Luna’s eyes widened and she pointed at me and shouted.

Then the librarian I saw earlier walked in from behind.

“there······.”

The librarian tapped Luna on the shoulder and raised her index finger in front of her mouth.

“Sin……I’m sorry……!”

Luna killed Sori and apologized to the librarian.

and came towards me

“Why are you here? Perhaps······.”

“Perhaps?”

“Stalking or…!”

stalking?

When I raised my eyebrows slightly, Luna flinched and stepped back slightly.

I pointed to the book I was looking at.

“Professor Maguire was doing his homework? Aren’t you doing that too?”

“ah······.”

Luna looked at the magic circle I drew for a moment and then shut her mouth.

“I’m sorry…”

At my words, Luna’s face turned slightly red and she bowed her head.

“Did you finish this assignment?”

As I turned the topic around, Luna nodded her head.

Are you done already?

I got a little anxious.

I just gave you an assignment, can you finish it?

It was taking a long time for me to draw an unusual magic circle now.

But the sound that it has already been completed may have drawn an ordinary magic circle.

“Can you show me?”

I’ll have to check it out.

“Ker… you can’t cheat.”

“Don’t do that. Ask your friends to share their opinions on the assignment. We might come up with a better idea if we share our opinions.”

“Chi… are you friends?”

Luna reacted in a strange way.

Isn’t it weird to be friends?

Even though they are classmates in the same class, can’t we just call them friends?

“okay. friend.”

“No, that’s right. friend.”

“okay. I’m a friend, so don’t be mean. It’s not in the academy anyway, so what respect is that?”

I told Luna bluntly.

It was a bit out of line with the original image, but I thought it was okay for Luna.

Anyway, after this task was over, I was going to become Luna’s supporter.

Then, Luna will be on my side anyway.

Well, if Luna’s grades improve later on and she gets a scholarship, I may not have to support her, but until then, I’m on my side.

And to be honest, it’s not a bad thing to be blunt.

There was no harm in me even if I spread this sound elsewhere.

Rather, it might be beneficial.

I thought he was a bad boy, but rumors may circulate that he’s a good boy.

Well, even if rumors circulate that I am easygoing, it seems like it will be treated as a rumor.

“Ah Okay.”

Luna brought the magic circle she drew.

“yes?”

Dozens of question marks popped up in my mind when I saw Luna’s magic circle.

“Are you square?”

Luna’s magic circle was not a circle.

Several magic formulas were contained within the square shape.

“That… I’ve done a lot of calculations, but to use these formulas, the square magic circle is the most effective.”

The most basic theory of magic circles.

no. Just a fact that you take for granted.

That’s just putting the magic formula inside the circle.

The circle of the magic circle means the magic control field.

A control field for controlling the magic formula in the center.

The main magic formula that should be used in the center of the magic formula must be kept at the same distance from the control field to make it easier to modify the magic circle.

The other figures have a different distance from the magic formula in the center, so the control formula has to be calculated multiple times.

On the other hand, since the center and the surface of a circle are the same distance, it only needs to be calculated once.

So, it was common to draw the magic circle in a circle.

“Can I weave it like this?”

I raised my head and asked Luna.

I still don’t know much about magic circles, so I don’t know if it works or not.

“I just thought it would be okay…?”

Luna had a face as if asking why.

“What if the magic circle doesn’t activate?”

Obviously, if you submit like this, your creativity score will be high.

But, as Professor Maguire said, the most important thing is whether it is triggered.

No matter how unusual a magic circle is, if it is not activated, it will not receive any basic points.

“is it······? It seems to be… … Do you want to fix it?”

Luna said in a confident voice.

“Hmmm…”

If the other person was an ordinary student, I would have given him a pin and asked him to change it.

Because that’s a realistic option.

It’s the right way to get good grades now.

However, the opponent is Luna Railer.

I wondered if such a bizarre idea had made her a genius.

The reason why infusion education is said to be wrong in Korea.

That’s because it only allows you to go according to the facts that have already been established.

Adults teach children to go the safest and most comfortable way, not to discover new facts.

When we see an unusual person, we have to teach them that they are ‘different’ from us, but we usually see that person and educate them as ‘wrong’.

So people try to think similarly to the people around them.

People who are not similar are ‘wrong’ people.

“As expected… is it a little bit like that?”

As I continued to stare at the magic circle without saying a word, Luna began to look at me.

“Would you like to follow me for a moment?”

“to?”

I took the magic circle and headed towards my dormitory.

“Where are you going?”

As if my steps were too fast, Luna followed me as if half running.

I slowed down my steps in consideration for her and opened my mouth.

“Laboratory given to senior students.”

“W… a lab? this time?”

I went down to the basement of the dormitory.

There were several rooms in the basement.

I ignored the other rooms and headed for the last room.

A light was coming from the magic circle next to the handle in the room.

‘Did I tell you to put your hand here…?’

After I was assigned a dormitory, the maid in charge of the dormitory came to me and informed me.

There is a laboratory in the basement, and if you put your hand on the magic circle there, the entrance will open.

When I touched the magic circle, the door opened.

I opened the door and went in.

“what are you doing?”

I went in, but Luna hesitated for something and did not come in.

Then, as if he had decided something, he opened his eyes and entered the lab.

The lab wasn’t that great.

It’s just a soundproofing and shockproof facility.

To be honest, it didn’t feel like a lab.

A place where you can just use your magic at will.

It felt like a laboratory.

“Then why did you come here?”

“I want to experiment.”

I started drawing Luna’s magic circle along the paper next to it.

This paper was no ordinary paper.

A paper containing mana to use the magic circle.

This is a ‘temporary scroll’.

Advanced magic circles should be written on a proper ‘scroll’, but basic magic circles could be activated with this ‘temporary scroll’.

Although the magic circle drawn by Luna is unusual, it is a very basic magic circle.

So, you can also activate it with this paper.

I followed the magic circle and looked at Luna.

“Let’s do it.”

I just tore the paper.

When the paper was torn, a strong light burst out.

“Wow···!”

The magic circle was cast and small lights spread around.

And 4 or 5 small lights started flying in the room.

The main magic formula of the magic circle created by Luna is a fire-type light.

It is a magic that lights up the surroundings.

However, it was not just a light, but a magic circle with duration and radiation.

A few small lights began to circle around us.

“Do you?”

Luna stared blankly at the flying lights in the laboratory.

Seeing Luna like that, I smiled slightly.

Luna is a ‘different’ person from us.

Without any education, I would not have had any doubts about this square magic circle.

However, having an education, she doubted herself.

“That’s great.”

When I told her, she looked at me with a puzzled look.

“That’s great.”

He looked at her and smiled and gave her a thumbs up.