chapter 16
<Delayten> has a system called Donghohoe (同好會) to promote student exchange and competition.
For quick understanding, let’s take three examples first.
1. The Battle Magic Club.
2. Fire magic club.
3. The Festival Magic Club.
Clubs are formed when students with the same goals and motivations come together, and if they find an advisor professor or lecturer and get permission, they are recognized as a formal club and even receive money to support their activities.
“Oh, there are many better places than I thought.”
A newsstand in front of the main school building.
As I looked at the promotional posters for clubs that decorated the stalls while stroking my chin, I noticed quite a few interesting places.
▶Adventure Magic Club:
1. Adventurer’s Guild (Alliance) After the basic education is completed by linking with the Southern District, you can actually go on a mission in cooperation with adventurers.
2. Even an opportunity to receive advice from seniors who actually became adventurers!
3. It’s more fun to live freely than to live a life confined to the magic tower!
Oh, are you an adventurer?
I thought it looked fun at first glance, but it is one of the most popular clubs with fierce competition because the number of applicants overflows every year.
“Didn’t you hear anything from Ludwig? The descendants of the Madose family must enter here?”
Of course, I didn’t have time to look at the club quietly, but that was because of this Christa Warden that was sticking to me like a chewing gum.
“That won’t be a problem.”
“why?”
“My father won’t care where I go.”
“It can’t be.”
After replying casually and trying to turn her eyes to the poster, Gertrude Panton opened her mouth next to Christa.
“The Magic Volleyball Club is a royal club. It is a place you must enter for the glory of the Madose family. You can see it as more of a duty.”
“duty?”
“The time when Cavan Ludwig and Madelia Page were members of the magic volleyball club together is called the golden age of <Delayten>. Because I won the championship several times as a super ace.”
Most of the time, there is only one club for one subject, but the magic volleyball club called the Royal Club was an exception.
This game of volleyball with a magic ball was an entertainment that only those with overwhelming talent in magic could enjoy.
In order to set-up, hit (Spike), or receive a magic ball, it is basic to throw your body like a volleyball each time, and in addition to that, you had to do magic calculations mentally.
Traditionally, there was one club of the Madose family, one club of the Eight Great Schools, and two clubs of the medium and minor schools.
‘It’s my duty… … .’
It seemed that being born into an aristocrat was not necessarily a good thing. Whatever you do, duty will follow you like shackles.
“The Sculpture Magic Club looks more fun than that, and this is the Local Development Magic Club? Oh, what is this?”
One day, somewhere in the desert where the chill of the night came, I remembered what Lista, who had come and sat next to me, had said while I was standing on my watch and reading a book.
– When the world becomes peaceful, people will be able to do what they want to do, even a little bit. Now many people are clinging to survival, but… … .
Certainly, at that time, even magic was focused only on combat, so it was difficult to find diversity in learning.
Even before the long summer began, since I was a child, strange war clouds were hovering over the world because of the Black Church.
At that time, I didn’t show any reaction to Lista’s words, and I was turning the pages, but I remembered what Lista said as she put her hand on my head.
– Later, in the world where Rin becomes an adult, there will be abundant forms of life. I hope Rin protects those lives.
what to keep It seems to have gone well for 300 years without me… … .
At that time, I touched the top of my head that Lista’s hand had touched, but I couldn’t feel the warmth of the unknown identity that Lista had.
With a bitter smile, I turned away from the desert of the past, from the stall, but I heard a puzzled voice from behind.
“… … I mean, you heard that right? young master? Where are you going?”
“I’m going to visit the local development magic club.”
Staring at the back of the boy who was waving and walking away, Gertrude let out a sigh of relief.
‘There’s no way people don’t know that magic volleyball is an essential virtue even at social gatherings among high-ranking wizards.’
Are you doing that because you’re not confident?
It’s true that magic volleyball requires overwhelming talent, but… … But it doesn’t make sense that the children of the three families won’t come.
‘The glory of the Ludwig family, which has competed side by side with the Madose family and the page family for 100 years, may also end with the generation of Rain.’
When the realization reached that point, a smile of repentance bloomed on Gertrude’s lips.
‘Paige’s eldest daughter disappeared after some incident. And Ludwig’s fall… … Now Christa-nim is opening the Warden’s era.’
And the moment he looked back at Christa, the owner he proudly served.
“… … ?!”
Gertrude narrowed her eyes.
There was no
Christa Warden… … where did you disappear to? Maybe follow Lane?
* * *
“I was just curious what the Local Development Magic Club was like.”
“okay.”
“I never followed you. Do you understand?”
“Yes, yes.”
It’s already the fifth time I’ve heard it. Lane sighed.
The Local Development Magic Club was located on the 3rd floor of Yonglong Hall, the western annex. I heard from Christa that it’s not that good a position.
The door was half open, but out of etiquette, I was startled by the high-pitched sound that came out of the car when I tried to knock.
“I will never give up on this club! How can you accept such ridiculous conditions!”
It was a thin male voice.
It was a voice that was as frightened as it was exasperated, but the man’s voice was so relaxed that it seemed arrogant.
“For the strong to be the master. These are the rules of the <Delayten> club. What are you supposed to do? You know better than me, don’t you?”
This voice… … ?
Krista raised her eyebrows as if she were wary, and Lane looked at her with eyes demanding an explanation.
“I don’t know? it’s logan Tchaihak’s later exponents.”
“The Tchaihak school… … .”
“What do you know? It’s a school that specializes in producing only Wing-type mages.”
“Who doesn’t know?”
In the use of magic, there are three main schools.
One is Remidier.
It means ‘those who read’.
A school that uses magic as a catalyst after finishing building magic squares, assigning runes, and calculating mathematical formulas with brush strokes.
Most southern mages belong to this category, and the advantage is that the introductory difficulty is easy, but the disadvantage is that the ceiling is also low, so you cannot go to a higher level.
Another is Ging.
It means outgoing body, and this is a school that focuses on martial arts rather than magic.
It is a type that strengthens the body by drawing magic squares on the body and then activating them as needed.
Naturally, they were once called heretics among wizards because they focused on melee combat.
The Slade family and the Tchaik school can be said to be the representative of these Ging-type wizards.
The other is Bargante.
means finger.
By making a hand sign in the form of a rune, it simplifies the process of building a magic square and granting a rune, showing an overwhelming advantage in casting speed.
Of course, since the runes and magic squares have been simplified, there are quite a few disadvantages in terms of power.
Unlike the Southerners, who pursue magic skills and art (northernians call all humans south of Eleanor the Great), northern wizards who pursue practicality are all bargante types.
For your reference, the Northern Osarius School, which is famous for the school that produced the Archmage Rin, represents these Bargante-type wizards.
Still, all three schools had one goal, and that was the Jorgen type. Jorchen means ‘the thinker’.
Those who have reached the stage of using all magic in mental arithmetic are called Jorchen. If he wasn’t a Jorchen type, he couldn’t even get the rank of an archmage, let alone a sage.
However, Jorchen is the exclusive property of only a very few, really born geniuses.
So, most Southern wizards are content with the Remediare type, and Northern wizards are content with the Bargante type.
Those who want to become stronger easily and quickly learn all three schools and train in a way that only draws their strengths.
“So, let’s stick together in a magic battle and determine the winner? Since there is no chance for a senior to join, isn’t it possible to present it as best as possible?”
“… … !”
“In the first place, local development? Why do we need a club like this? Who knows?”
Looks like you’re getting into some trouble. Lane asked with eyes what the hell was going on.
“It’s nothing unusual. The number of clubs is limited. As much as the number of insolvency.”
“?”
“So, if you want to create a club of your choice but there are no vacancies, you can overwhelm other clubs with your magic skills.”
The educational ideology of <Delayten>, which claims infinite competition, is also applied to clubs, so Krista added as if it were natural.
“You mean everything is solved with magic?”
“Isn’t that nice?”
“That’s right.”
Certainly not in a bad way.
If life and death are determined by a contest of strength, then you cannot neglect your studies or club activities. How many times will I have to work harder?
‘So it sounds like that Tchaik School guy is trying to take away this club to create a new one… … .’
Then what… … Getting involved in troublesome things is a no-brainer. know how to solve it
‘I didn’t come to sign up in the first place, I just came because I wanted to see something… … .’
As I turned around and left without regret, the man shouted in a voice that suppressed his fear as much as possible.
“You Eight Great School members won’t know until you die, but mathematical research and advancement of academic societies aren’t all that magic is!”
“Hmm, then what?”
“Still, magic has not been properly applied to the relief work, such as farming or civil engineering!”
“so?”
“If a system for such people to receive help from magic is established, the problem of poverty might be easily solved! This is a club the seniors set up to study that very thing! Never hand over!”
At that time, that one cry, that echo, the echo that seemed to have come back from the past, grabbed Rain’s feet in an instant.
“Ha, sir… … .”
Lane frowned, scratched her head, and finally let out a deep sigh. Nagging until death… … .
“lane? hey.”
Then he turned to the club’s insolvency. Inside, the conversation continued.
“hahahaha! Are you serious? If such a thing were possible, archmages and sages would have done it long ago!”
“… … !”
“I want to make fun of the subject of not being able to protect a club against a freshman.”
“I-I’m saying that that kind of magic isn’t everything!”
“If you twist it, you can win the magic battle. Are there not enough talent? Actually, the manager is like this—”
“—Yes, let’s do it. Magic War.”
It wasn’t the club manager’s voice that cut off Logan’s words sharply.
Driven against the wall, the manager’s glasses widened in half, and Logan looked back and wrinkled his forehead.
“you… … .”
It wasn’t like helping a stranger, or doing something out of place.
“me?”
Then why are you doing this?
To be honest, at this time I couldn’t even interpret the reason for my own behavior. No, I guess it’s just that I don’t want to admit it even though I know it.
– Magic really can do anything.
One day on the journey, it was a day when he made an oasis in the desert with water magic to cool off and replenish drinking water.
In front of the bonfire in the desert, before telling me to protect the rich form of life, Rista cut the rhyme of the conversation with these words.
Of course, I replied in a sullen manner.
– Anything. There are many things I can’t do.
– Still, imagine that an ordinary fisherman just received the same benefits. would you say the same thing as me?
Actually, it was a question I had been thinking about ever since I started learning magic.
Magic is so great, why was I born in a slum? With such power, why are there poor people and bandits in the world?
– Rin, can I ask for one thing?
– What?
– How many spells will you make after the expedition? Magic that ordinary people can easily use once they learn how to use magic.
The kind of magic that makes a farmer shed a small tear of relief on any given day, and a fisherman that can let out a small exclamation of joy.
– Lin, make it with your own hands.
What passed through my mind as I was about to leave the room earlier was the smile that Lista had on that day. and… … .
“A new member who just joined.”
At that time, the boy did not know.
What is truth… … .
Jisung as a great wizard who had been searching for the truth so much in the past was getting closer to the truth little by little.
Socrafres.
– You can inherit the ‘unique magic’ research progress in the surrounding environment.
– Progress 37.1% => 37.9%.