Chapter 173: 169

After a week of course registration, classes finally start today. I am glad that I don't have to take too many classes that I don't want because I can select the classes I am most interested in from among those set forth in the curricula.

In my previous life, I died while still in high school, so unfortunately I did not attend college. The Academy of Magic is an institution that is somewhere between a high school and a college, so in essence, this will be my college debut. So I was really looking forward to this day.

"Hal, you are in a very good mood."

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and it's the start of my life at the academy. It's impossible to suppress my excitement.

"I also had never dreamed of enrolling in the academy . I understand how you feel."

　Mei is smiling as she says this. Her family is now the owner of a large workshop that has made a big name for itself in the empire, but until about 10 years ago, she was just a blacksmith in a local city. Naturally, there was no option for her to enter a magic academy, and her lifestyle must not have been rich enough to raise the money for tuition fees.

"Well, in Mei's case, she would have had plenty of time to get in if she had used the special student program. ......"

Her talent is real. Even in a world where she had not encountered me, she would have won a full scholarship on her own and gone on to further her education.

"I mean, the idea of a local blacksmith's daughter entering an academy is just not something I would have thought of. Normally, a blacksmith's daughter has no other way but to train as a blacksmith."

If you ask me, that may be true. In this world, the influence of parents' occupation on their child's future is probably much greater than in modern Japan. But it is much better than in Japan in the Edo period or in Europe in the Middle Ages.

"In any case, I am very glad to have met you, Hal. I am a lucky one."

"You say such nice things."

"Wait, what about me?"

"Of course you are, too, Miss Lily!

"Hmmm..."

When they first met, the two girls sometimes had a rough relationship, but now they have become best friends. I know the two of them since they were young, and I am very moved by their friendship. Even though I was the cause of their acrimony,.......

"But still, thanks to Hal's excessive exertion, there is still plenty of time before homeroom starts."

"No, I've been too overzealous."

Homeroom starts at 9:00 a.m., a little later than in the Japanese junior high and high schools in my previous life. I'm not sure if that's normal for a university, but as usual, I didn't even finish high school before I died, so I unfortunately don't know the details of college life.

"By a strange coincidence, we all have first period together, so let's kill some time by walking around the campus."

""The first period is the same as the rest of the semester, so it's only natural that we're all taking the same classes together. .....".

"Explore, indeed!"

And so, while exploring the grounds of the Imperial Academy of Magic, which boasts an extraordinarily large site despite being located in a very expensive location in the center of the Imperial City, we killed time until homeroom started.

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"Now, let's start the lecture."

　The first period lecture was an overview of modern magic.

The magical science was born when magical scholars, led by the Seven Sages, the founders of this academy and the founders of the empire, developed a systematic theory based on the writings and research materials left behind by the great scholars of the early days of the empire.

　The creation of the concept of "magical science" from magic, which until then had been shrouded in mystery and known only in vague terms, led to a dramatic development of the magical world in the empire.

In addition to the scale of the nation's power, the most important factor contributing to the empire's political and military fortunes as a superpower was the development of this study of magic.

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Modern magical science, also known as modern magical theory, is the cutting edge of this discipline.

'Since the fact that this part of the magic formula duplicates the magic formula in the previous section, which is ----, is a major factor in hindering the invocation of this multiple chain of magic. ----. How, then, did Gaius Lucretius, the renowned magician and great mage, resolve this? Answer, student Bernstein."

"Yes. He eliminated duplications and inconsistencies by replacing them with ancient magical characters that had the same or close to the same effect as the corresponding formulas."

Very well. Then, student Fahrenheit, what new magical technique was devised by this substitution?

"Yes. . Chant reduction and chant cancellation."

"Yes. As ...... mentioned above, by utilizing the legacy of ancient magical civilizations and linking historical magical currents that had been cut off by the domination of the mages, the study of magic has greatly expanded its possibilities. ...... ......That concludes today's lecture."

The dour-looking professor closed his thick, almost Kojien-like book with a plop and left the room. The blackboard was blank and filled with chalk letters, leaving behind a group of furious students.

As soon as the professor leaves the classroom, the tense atmosphere in the classroom relaxed. The sound of scratching notes with a pen stopped, and suddenly the classroom became noisy.

"The level .... is very high.'

"I thought my heart would stop when you guessed it. ......"

'The lecture was indeed quite dense."

Mei is rolling her shoulders, but the bottom line is that the lecture was of such a high level that it made Mei say that very much. I could clearly see that most students were busy just writing on a board and taking notes.

" your shoulders are stiff."

"I've got big breasts, you know."

"Ei!"

"Geez!"

Mei fights back against my sexual harassment by bringing out a terrible tool. I really regret that this academy does not prohibit the bringing in of hazardous materials. The curriculum of the Academy of Magic includes some practical exercises, so they are allowed to carry in weapons. I have heard that in the past, there have been incidents of people being killed or wounded on the campus because of this. It is truly a terrifying place to be.

However, it is probably more correct to say that Mei's shoulders were stiff because of her large chest rather than because of the hard lectures. That's how splendid she has it.

"Let's review it together later."

'Sure. ......"

"I'm actually a little suspicious of her, so that would be a big help."

"I see. That's why they say it's so difficult to get graduated in four years. ......"

The graduation rate at the Academy of Magic is actually not one hundred percent. And to put it further, the probability of straight graduation without repeating a year is not that high either.

　The reason is simple: the standards for advancement are too strict. Strictly put, it is possible to advance to the next level and to graduate as long as 60-70% of the credits are earned in order, but getting that 60% is quite difficult. The actual number is even if passing the extremely difficult entrance examination, so you can see how high the education level of the Academy of Magic is.

"My goal at the Academy is to graduate in four years!"

"A very shameful goal for the head of the class."

"Humble, to put it nicely."

Although I had a sense of remorse about whether it was right for the top students in the entrance exam to be talking like this, I was the one who lost all my self-confidence because of such a high-level lecture from the very first day of the class.

Everyone in the magical philosophy club was an elite who advanced straight to the next level. ......

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