“Merlin, even you are capable of saying good things once in a while.”
“What do you mean once in a while.”
All the members of the Research Society were sent halfway to their houses. Shin was sending Sicily and Maria home, and after everyone had left, Merlin and Melinda were sitting in the living room.
“The reason you learned Gate was probably all for Shin’s sake, right?”
“…What are you talking about.”
“As you’ve said earlier, the way Shin uses magic is abnormal, and he is also quite reckless.”
“Indeed, it is as you say.”
“However, if you are able to learn the same magic Shin uses, it will prove that Shin’s magic isn’t something unique to him.”
“…”
“Hehe, isn’t it all good? After knowing that there’s a possibility for them to be able to use the same magic as Shin, their eyes started shining.”
“The human race is currently undergoing a crisis, and I’ll be glad if they reach their goals.”
“I’m sure they will, and it’s all thanks to you.”
“…I wonder, is that really the case?”
“It is… Hehehe.”
Melinda was in a good mood, and Merlin, who had been seen through, was making an embarrassed expression.
* * *
The next day, because everyone appeared to be practicing magic control on their own, the average amount of magic power everyone could control had increased.
However, I became concerned with Rin, she was wearing a headband.
Although she usually wore her short-bob hairstyle casually, she was wearing a headband today.
I stared at Rin’s face. But she suddenly diverted her eyes.
“Rin… you…”
“…Don’t say it…”
…She let it go out of control…
When her magic power went out of control, she probably caused an explosion on her hair. Because it’s embarrassing to let everyone know she let her magic go out of control, she decided to use a headband to hide it.
“Rin, are you alright?”
“It happens quite frequently, there’s no problem.”
“It happens quite frequently, you say… I’m surprise the people in your house don’t get angry.”
“Father is a Court Magician, so there’s a practice field in the house.”
“So that’s how a certain reckless magic-idiot girl who lets her magic out of control was created…”
As much as she likes magic, she probably also liked letting her magic go out of control. Even if I tell her to stop letting it run wild, it’ll probably still happen.
“That name is good. From now onwards, I’ll call myself ‘Reckless Magic Girl.'”
“No, you know I’m not praising you, right?”
Is it because she has this kind of sensibility that she thought our research society’s name was magnificent?
And so, after the last lesson for the day, we returned to our homeroom, and Alfred-sensei asked us.
“You guys, what were you all doing? Why was the Magic Analysis teacher crying?”
Ah, it’s about that.
“No, it’s because, when we were at my house yesterday, we received a magic lecture from grandpa. When sensei found out about it, sensei got jealous…”
“Go get all teary-eyed because of jealousy… what in the world is that fellow doing… And so, what was the content of Magi-sama’s lecture?”
Once more, we conveyed what grandpa had told us yesterday. And then…
“How… how enviable! You guys are so unfair!”
“Sensei also had the same exact reaction!”
After school, everyone went home when the Research Society ended. The content of the Research Society meeting for today is omitted, because it was spent practicing magic control. However, everyone that it had become easier to cast magic.
When we looked at the main gate, as expected, there was still a crowd. So everyone slipped through the side of the crowd without making any noise.
As for me, I went through the back exit. Although there was still a lot of people here, I used Optical Camouflage in order to meet up with everyone. Without anyone noticing, I exited the academy, and joined everyone else.
“Yesterday, you should have done it this way.”
“Well, they found me first, and then a commotion occurred. So I wasn’t able to use the skill. It only works in situation when no one has taken notice of me.”
Today is the first day in a long while since I’ve been able to walk around town. Because this morning and yesterday, I used Gate. And so, after finally being able to freely walk around town, I felt strange. There were a lot of people who were discussing something while looking anxious.
“Don’t you guys think there’s something strange with the atmosphere around town?”
“Eh? Ah, it’s because Shin-kun doesn’t go out much, you haven’t heard about it.”
“Did something happen?”
“Yeah, the army, you see…”
“The army?”
“It seems like they are preparing for war.”
* * *
Random Message
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I hope you all had lots of good food to eat, opened countless presents, and didn’t break your wallets for spending too much on gifts…
To those who guessed war was about to happen, you’ll receive a candy cane as a prize, which Masadeer and I will eat on your behalf