Chapter 10: Food incompatibility
“···”
Um.
I fell asleep, not knowing what was happening in the world.
I’m sure that before I fell asleep, the sun was starting to set.
Now, not only is the sun setting, but it has risen to the middle of the sky, shining brightly.
“Did I sleep for a whole day?”
Haa-
A sigh came out.
When I look at it coldly, it seems that my wish to have an ordinary academy life has already disappeared far away.
What ordinary student faints during the entrance exam and is terribly late on the first day.
“I wouldn’t do that either before I reformed.”
No, is it because I wouldn’t have gone to the academy anyway, so I can’t do it?
Anyway.
“You’re awake?”
Hmph-
“······Principal…?”
“Yes! I’m your principal, Principal Lapis.”
Just a moment ago, there was no one.
Perhaps she saw my surprised expression, our principal kindly explained.
“There’s nothing to be surprised about, Rian student.
You know teleportation, right?”
“Ah…”
That’s right, this person was a 6th circle grand mage.
If I forget this fact, the principal’s talkativeness must have been too intense during the entrance ceremony.
I looked at her again.
“There’s nothing to look at so much.
A lot more will happen at the academy.”
“······I don’t really want to experience that.”
Seeing the dignity of a 6th circle mage, or the fact that I fainted while coughing up blood during the entrance exam… it was even worse.
It was terrifying just to imagine it.
“It’s the Selenium Academy where you experience things even if you don’t want to.”
“···”
That’s a pleasant surprise.
Haha.
I feel like I’m going crazy because I’m so happy.
Seeing my rotten expression, the principal finally stopped joking and got to the main point.
“I’m joking, and the reason I came here is to explain various things about the academy.”
I heard about the academy explanation to some extent from Senior Tinia…
“I heard about the academy explanation to some extent from my mentor.”
“Rian’s mentor… was Tinia, right?
I’m glad Tinia did her job.”
Does that mean there are students who didn’t do their jobs?
I was curious, but it didn’t seem like anything good would happen if I asked, judging from the principal’s expression.
There are times when it’s better not to know things in this world.
It’s a sin not to know, but there are more times when it’s more comfortable not to know.
“Anyway, I came to tell you the information I told the freshmen after the entrance exam.”
Is there any additional information after the entrance exam?
In that case, there was no reason not to listen, so I sat down in a better posture and began to listen carefully.
“As I told you at first, our academy’s classes change every semester.
And those classes are determined by the students’ own skills.”
“The ranking battle, which is held at the end of each semester, accounts for 50 percent, and various exams, including midterms and finals, account for the remaining 50 percent.”
I was listening carefully because it seemed like she was going to say something important, but it was all information I already knew.
It wasn’t my first life, and I also have memories of the original work that remained only a little.
As the principal said, the academy’s class assignment isn’t determined only by the ranking battle.
It’s true that the ranking battle takes up a large portion, but if you only care about the ranking battle, you’ll taste the bitterness, that was the academy’s system.
“You don’t seem that surprised?
The other students who first heard this even argued why the ranking battle scores were so low.”
She seems to be surprised by my lack of reaction, even after hearing about the academy’s class assignment method.
‘I already know the contents, there’s no way I’d react… Wait a minute, what?’
I feel like I heard something I shouldn’t have.
“······Argued?”
“Yes, they did.”
Even though they were seeing the principal for the first time, they must have known that she was a 6th circle mage, but they still argued?
Do those friends have three lives?
“I wonder how those other students who argued…”
“Are you curious?”
Looking at the principal, who was smiling, but her face wasn’t smiling at all, I had to regret asking the question immediately.
I shouldn’t have asked.
Why did I do that.
“There are many times in the world when it’s better not to know things, Rian student.”
“Yes.”
That’s a great saying.
It seems like I heard it somewhere, but it must be a feeling.
After the principal’s saying(?), the academy’s detailed explanation followed.
It wasn’t very important for the most part, and if anything was important, it was related to the mentor.
“The mentor will be with the freshmen for about a month, attending classes together, and going together.”
Was that what Senior Tinia meant when she said that I would see her often?
At this rate, it’s not a matter of seeing her often, it’s like being a classmate.
“Ah, don’t worry about the mentors’ classes.
It’s not like the classes are lower than those of the 2nd and 3rd-year students just because they’re teaching freshmen, and it’s also an opportunity for the mentor students to grow while helping their mentees.”
It was also a characteristic of the Selenium Academy.
Everyone takes equal classes regardless of age, family, or class.
They didn’t take high-level classes because they were in high grades, and they didn’t take low-level classes because they were commoners.
They could only prove their value through their own abilities and skills.
“I think I’ve explained most of it.
Do you have any questions?”
The academy’s explanations that I didn’t hear were over, and it was question time.
“No, I don’t have any questions…”
“Really?
Aren’t you curious about what class you’re in?”
Ah.
Come to think of it, there was that.
My test result.
I completely forgot.
“······I forgot about that.
So, what class did I… get assigned to.”
I didn’t expect much because I fainted in the middle of the exam.
Maybe 3rd class at most?
What teacher would assign a student who fainted while coughing up blood while using magic to a high class?
However, the world was wide, and there was always an exception.
“Rian student was assigned to Class 1. Congratulations.”
“Yes?”
Did I get into Class 1?
I didn’t say it, but I asked with my expression.
The reason I asked with a comical expression instead of speaking was simple.
Because I was so surprised that I couldn’t speak.
I got into Class 1, the top class, even though I took the test like that?
“Pfft, Rian student has a variety of expressions.”
“···”
“You’re curious about why Rian student was assigned to Class 1, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
I’m also curious about the face of the teacher who put a sickly student who fainted while taking the test into Class 1.
“The reason isn’t that big, compared to your expectations.
That’s because the magic Rian student showed was so great.”
That’s because of that, after all.
Although it wasn’t with my mana, I absorbed Magnus’s mana and used Inferno, which was a 4th circle magic.
Even though they say a freshman is a genius for using 3rd circle magic, it seems the reaction was bigger than I thought, since I used 4th circle magic.
“The sphere that didn’t even have a scratch when the other students hit it, got a small crack after being hit by Rian student’s magic, right?”
“That’s… right.”
Was it that strong?
As expected, it could be said to be 4th circle magic.
The sphere, which only had a small scratch when Adel used the magic, cracked with my magic.
‘Absorption’ seemed to be a stronger ability than I thought, other than using it and coughing up blood.
“Anyway, you’ll go to Class 1.
Since it’s… 11:25, it’s almost time for the 4th period to start.”
“······Were we already in class?”
“Of course, it’s the first day after entering, so not everyone can stay in the dormitories from the first day, right?”
“···”
Well, that’s true, but… I don’t have anything else to say since you put it like that.
I skipped 1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods already, so I couldn’t skip 4th period either.
“Then I’ll get up first.”
“Yes, go quickly.”
I feel like I heard, “Rian student, fighting!” from behind when I left the infirmary, but it must be my imagination.
After Rian left, only Principal Lapis remained in the infirmary.
Lapis was reading Rian’s student information.
“2nd circle… and a mage who mainly uses fire?”
That’s ridiculous.
How can that be a mage who mainly uses fire?
The information must be wrong.
Because she saw it clearly.
The moment Rian used Fire Arrow, she saw that the magic wasn’t cast.
And, the look on Rian’s face when he used magic.
It wasn’t the look of using the magic he had been practicing diligently.
It was a surprised look, as if he didn’t know this would happen, as if it was different from what he expected.
“Moreover… the disease that’s settled in his body is.”
Rian or the other students wouldn’t be able to see it, but she, who had reached the 6th circle, could see it.
It was Adel’s chronic disease, which was dormant in Rian’s body.
It was a chronic disease that was dormant and doing nothing now, but would gradually awaken as time passed.
“I don’t know how to cure that disease either.”
It was a very disappointing part.
Even though he showed a cool and wonderful magic because of that disease, he collapsed without knowing anyone’s reaction, or even his own test result.
And she also had a hard time dealing with Adel, who kept asking what had happened, and if Rian was okay.
“Judging by the reaction, he seems to know that his fiancée has an incurable disease.”
I thought it was because I couldn’t answer because I was busy with other things, seeing Adel, muttering to herself, “Is it because of that…” this time, I thought that it was definitely something that he knew.
Looking at the fact that it wasn’t written in the Kindred Count couple’s special notes about the student, it seemed like Rian’s parents didn’t know about Rian’s disease either, but how did Adel know?
No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason that came to mind, but there was still a lot of time, so I thought it would be good to think about it slowly.
With the interesting student appearing after a long time, Lapis burst into laughter.
“Puahahaha, there are many interesting friends this time.”
Adel Listonia, who seems to prove her genius with her unique power as rumored, and knows about Rian’s disease, which Rian’s parents don’t know.
And, Stella Dragnis, whose identity is completely unknown.
“This term will be a very interesting one, won’t it?”
It’s fun to raise students, but watching how the students live in the academy was also her pleasure as a 6th circle mage