The Academy’s Savage Swordsman

28. become a colleague

“Eh—this is William Taylor, who taught basic magic.”

The professor of the new class was a long-haired man like Damian, but if Damian had long hair that was neatly trimmed, William had a strong feeling that he had grown long hair before he knew it.

William, who was tidying up his messy hair, scratched his head annoyedly as he explained the outline of the class.

“There must be some knights who can’t use magic here. The reason I called you here is simple. Because you are the ones who have to deal with that wizard.”

When war breaks out, the role of knights is very important.

Disrupting enemy soldiers, assassinating enemy wizards, or escorting friendly wizards.

In other words—the most common duty of a knight was to kill or protect wizards.

“Just as you need to know your opponent to win a fight, you need to know your magic to know how to deal with a wizard.”

After showing statistical data that knights who had learned about magic deal with magic better than knights who didn’t know anything about magic, William told each of them to remember their partners sitting next to them.

“Until this semester is over, the partner next to you will not change.”

“professor… ? If you don’t like your partner… … .”

“My partner looked at your grades and characteristics, and I, myself, hand-assigned. Anyone who disagrees with my judgment should leave the class immediately.”

However—even if he looked a bit clumsy, the professor was a professor. William seemed unwilling or unwilling to change his judgment, and in the end the cadets had no choice but to become friendly with their partners sitting next to them, even if they didn’t like it too much.

As the cadets thought so and talked with the other cadets sitting next to me, Kyle scratched his cheek as he looked at Sera, who kept his head down and said nothing.

‘Did I tease you too much?’

Am I still mad because I teased him so much? Thinking so, Kyle confidently stretched out his hand towards Sarah.

“This is Kyle Meyer. Please take good care of me.”

“Uh huh? Yep- It’s Kim Se-ra. Please… .”

He punched the back of her, who was still down, forcibly injecting her energy, and when she let out a faint scream and lifted her body, Kyle smiled hahahaha and concentrated on the class.

The content of the class was simple. Learning the structure, history, types of magic, etc. – It is for the cadets of the cadets of the cadets to match the magic that the cadets of the magic department actually use.

I thought it was a crazy class, but since there were no more cadets who couldn’t use auras, it wasn’t dangerous in theory.

“Magic is—”

In front of them, William educated them on the history of magic, and the magic cadets sitting next to them knew that it was an opportunity to legally attack the knight cadets, so they began calculating magic as viciously as possible.

The magical power that changes the world changes the physical laws, and the wizard freely manipulates the changed physical laws.

A 1-star mage can change one rule at a time, and a 2-star mage can change two laws at a time—so it’s only at 3 star that a mage starts serving properly.

“Me, Kyle?”

“uh.”

“Magic – done… Shoot, will you shoot?”

Saying that, Sera pointed the flame at the tip of her finger at Kyle. Kyle nodded and raised his aura.

Piing-! The fired sparks hit the aura, bounce off, and then stick to the textbook.

“ah.”

“oh.”

Sera, who almost burned her textbook, hurriedly created water magic to put out the fire, and then looked at her wet textbook with a bitter look.

“… … It doesn’t work.”

“Aside from fireworks, isn’t there something like that that only shoots mana?”

“It’s not that there isn’t… … .”

Piing-!

In the next moment, Sera fired magic power with surprising speed. The magic power ejected at the speed of light hit the wall of the aura, and then it was offset and disappeared.

Sera shrugged her shoulders proudly and talked about the downside of this magic.

“Pure magic is just a lump of energy… It’s inefficient.”

In fact, the magic beam that Sera fired did not even reduce Kyle’s aura and disappeared. It was more efficient to use magic in a different way, unless it was a great wizard who could freely use the mana spread throughout the world, or a dragon who could generate infinite mana from his heart.

“Even so, Aura’s advantage is that it is unnecessarily strong. If you ignorantly compete with force, your magic is much more disadvantageous.”

“is it?”

“… … Doesn’t the person who handles Auras know better?”

“I’ve never dealt with magic before.”

Certainly, compared to magical power, there is a feeling that Auras are better at gathering. However, magic has its own advantages.

“Anyway, this class is very boring. Is it helpful?”

“Professor, will you listen… … !”

“I’m sorry I was bored.”

Tak- Kyle trembled at the sight of the professor who jumped out from behind him. Surely you were in front of me until just a while ago?

When I turned around, I was still there. Kyle, who slightly closed his eyes and raised his aura, could see that both the professor in front of him and the professor in front of him were all real.

‘What is this again… … .’

“Are you surprised? Yes, those are the surprised eyes. great.”

William snapped his fingers as he said that. Then, the image of the professor standing on the podium began to disappear. And in the next instant——the magic I felt from the professor in front of me also began to disappear.

“This is a superpower I was born with. It is an ability commonly referred to as the Force.”

“… … This is the force.”

“Yes, do you know what ability it is?”

Kyle nodded quietly. An aura that even the Aura Master could not detect. However, if you focus a little more closely, you can detect it. It’s less of a presence than Daphnia, so it’s just buried by other energies.

“The ability to erase one’s presence… … is it?”

“Why do you look like you have that ability?”

“To be honest—yes.”

“… … That’s the answer. Forget what I said was boring. But there is no second one.”

Saying so, William made another alter ego in front of him. It was only then that Kyle realized how William had tricked him into moving backwards.

William’s own presence was less than that of a water flea, and compared to the magic he could feel from the magic he used, there was a difference between the Grand Canyon and a grain of sand.

In other words, if you put on the clone magic that roughly projected your own image and cast invisibility magic on your body, you could only focus your attention on the clone in front of you.

‘It’s amazing.’

Force ability wasn’t great. His magic skills to make the most of his abilities were amazing.

Kyle realized once again that he could not survive in this world simply by being good at cutting a knife. What if William tried to assassinate Kyle? I don’t know, but I must have been hit by a big magic shot.

‘To stop something like that—.’

It wasn’t enough just to wield a sword forever. Wielding a sword, learning an aura——was something more than that.

Slightly- Kyle turned his head and looked at Sarah, who was sitting next to him. She was in a state of being pointed out by the professor, but if it were her… … .

‘Hey, he was definitely a big fan of Dyros Academy.’

A veteran player who knows nothing.

In his own words, he said it was no different from the wiki of Dairos Academy.

‘then.’

Wouldn’t she be aware of the talent within the academy?

* * *

After class was over, I went straight to Sarah. She, who had taken care of herself during class, also welcomed me.

“Hey.”

“Why?”

“I have a favor to ask you.”

At my sudden request, she tilted her head, asking what the hell was going on.

“—Are there any hidden treasures or surprises within the academy?”

“A lot. But- do you need them?”

“Looking at it this time, it seemed like it would be necessary.”

As an Auror Master, I asked if I needed such a catch technique, but an Auror Master was not invincible.

If that were the case, I would have become emperor right away. What could be the reason for not doing so?

After hearing my words, Sera pondered something by herself, and then began to think of the skills that I, the Aura Master, needed the most.

Sera nodded and responded by sticking a finger in front of my face.

“—Instead, there are conditions.”

“What?”

“You, be my ally!”

The catchphrase of Japan’s largest and best pirate manga.

Sarah recited the line.

I’ll let you know when I become a colleague.

‘What kind of colleague is that guy?’

I accepted because I couldn’t see any reason to refuse.

* * *

The weekend I made an appointment with Sarah.

Kyle headed to the meeting place.

“Ah, here it is, here it is!”

Far away—Sarah was waiting for her at the rendezvous point, but there were already several people who seemed to be her colleagues standing around her.

As they got closer, they shuddered in surprise when they saw Kyle’s face.

“… … Why are you guys here?”

“That’s what we want to say.”

Two people, Yuri and Arthur, were waiting for him there.