episode_0047

As the name “Destructive Magic” suggests, it is a destructive class.

Of all the magic subjects, this was the one with the most practical system, but it was also famous for being extremely aggressive.

However, since there was a practical training session in every class, the ‘guild’ considered the grades received in Destruction Magic more important than the evaluation scores in any other ‘magic’ subject.

So, if you want to spend your school days safely, avoid destruction magic classes.

There was talk that if you wanted to be scouted by a good guild, you had to take destruction magic classes starting from your first year.

Is that why?

After waiting a little longer, I saw Uriel and Lilith coming to register for the destruction magic class.

Not only that. Clionel, from the Angel family of the ‘Sea Angels’, and Hermes, from the ‘Messenger Angels’ family, were also registered.

“Liris, Uriel…. You guys are here too?!”

Sato Yuna greeted them happily, but Liris turned her head away cynically. On the other hand, Yuriel greeted Sato Yuna with an angelic smile.

‘Are all the top students from every grade who focus on practical magic gathered here without fail…?’

It’s not just the angels from the prestigious families who gather in the Celestial Realms.

Among them are students from the “72 Blood Clans of the Demon World”.

A large number of students from the world’s “Top 10 Families” were also included.

In other words, it is the most difficult subject to get grades in at school.

“Wow~ These new students are really amazing?!”

“Kekekeke, these guys really look extraordinary!”

“Let’s make sure we make you super cute!!”

As the senior male students fantasized about the new female students, the senior female students shuddered at the sight.

“Don’t make me laugh! I’ll ban you from sparring!”

A class famous for having students make ‘bets’ in order to induce competition before engaging in actual training.

The secret to why this class was able to continue on was that it made sure that the ‘sparring partners’ were there for themselves.

However, there were exceptions.

Students of a higher rank and grade than you can apply for sparring on their own.

However, students of lower ranks and grades than you should not avoid challenges but accept them.

I was in S-rank, but I was a first-year.

There was no need to accept the challenge from the seniors of other grades who were currently looking at me with scary expressions.

However, in the case of first-year students, it should be accepted rather than avoided.

That was the ‘rule’ of this class.

At that time, several groups of delinquent male students were gossiping.

“Hehe, you said Lucius? That guy defeated Burning Strasser in one shot?!”

“They even made him half-crippled and sent him to the emergency room?”

“He was diagnosed with a disability level and became so disabled that he couldn’t go to school.”

“What are you talking about! I only remember being hit…!”

I tried to make excuses, but it didn’t seem to work.

“Ugh, you sly bastard…!”

“You made a person so useless that you’re even trying to claim self-defense?!”

“Actually, you didn’t receive any academic warning for self-defense…?”

“Arisha von Systein’s back is really scary, scary….”

Alicia von Systein is from a prominent family with connections to both politics and business.

Known to be under the protection of that family, I had become a target that the current delinquent student groups could not easily touch.

[The favorability rating of the Bad Students group decreases by 3.]

If favorability rating goes down, it means hostility goes up.

[The favorability rating of the underprivileged student group increases significantly.]

[The obedience of the marginalized student group increases significantly.]

And in this game, there was always action and reaction.

[The favorability rating of the group of common people increases significantly.]

[The obedience of the Ordinary Group increases by 1.]

[The favorability rating of the female student group increases significantly.]

[The obedience of the female student group increases by 1.]

[The favorability rating of the Magical Arts students group increases significantly.]

[The obedience of the Magic Group increases by 1.]

And in this academy, [the group of bad boys] strangely belonged to a group that did not get along well with most groups.

Of course, it couldn’t be otherwise, because ‘that group’ was always causing ‘fights’ and various incidents of violating school rules with their peers.

And all that damage was similarly returned to other groups of students.

“Oh, that person… is the hero of our academy students…!”

“Hehe, Lucius, you said…? What a cute junior. I have to make him really cute.”

But the biggest benefit was elsewhere.

[The favorability of the hero group increases significantly.]

That’s right.

The favorability rating of a group classified as ‘heroes’.

The ‘Hero Group’ was mostly classified from Class A to Class S, and was comprised of only excellent students, many of whom were scholarship students within the school.

Always brimming with a sense of justice and armed with overwhelming force, they were at a considerable disadvantage compared to the ‘bad students’ group and the ‘elite students’ group.

“New recruits are always welcome!”

Among the students of the hero school, ‘Tracy’, who was in charge of general affairs, smiled brightly and offered me a handshake.

It was a good phenomenon.

In fact, I had reset several times just to please her and the ‘hero group’.

Unlike the “elite” group that is tied to various social interests and does not hesitate to commit villainous acts and even allows villains to step in.

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In the case of the “Hero” group, they have always stood up against the absurdity of this society like revolutionaries who rose up for justice.

Therefore, most of the students were undervalued compared to their abilities. In the case of those students, if I just scratched their itchy spots, I could utilize them as excellent personnel when I set up my guild.

‘The real thing in this game is that after graduation, it’s real…’

Of course, the setting after graduation is still a story from Season 2, after the novel has been completed. There isn’t much information about it, though.

Looking at the story and patterns of this novel so far, it is possible to roughly estimate the burden.

So, for now, I just took the hand that Senior ‘Tracy’ offered me and nodded.

He gave a bright smile.

“Please take care of me, Tracy Nunna.”

“Oh my, look at this kid. He’s so sociable too?!”

In Tracy’s case, she has a friendly and sociable personality.

As a first note, he is a person who likes to be called ‘Nuna’.

I wonder if you didn’t like the friendly atmosphere.

One of the seniors in the ‘Bad Boys’ group suddenly stood up and looked at me with a sharp gaze.

“You bastard…!. Come on, let me see your skills! Will you spar with me?”

Groan, groan, groan.

“No, that senior is a 4th year student, Batista?”

Batista.

He was a rare martial artist among the students of magic who had trained in martial arts techniques.

“Destruction Magic” is famous as a subject that is advantageous for guild employment, so many students who are not “magicians” also applied. In Tracy’s case, she was using magic bullets. Im Yu-na also had a background in learning “Destruction Magic” while walking the path of the sword. However, I think she entered early, prematurely, for a swordsman.

“Okay. But you know that freshmen can practice in ‘Destruction Magic’ after finishing the freshmen practice, right?”

Then Batista smiled curiously and offered a handshake.

“Hehe, you didn’t avoid my duel. Is it because you have guts or skills? We’ll see. Freshman!”

I didn’t avoid Batista’s handshake. As expected, he tightened his forearm and clenched his hand tightly. I felt his strong, thick fingers tightly clenching my fist. However, I had already known this and had activated “Mindfulness.”

“With your unwavering faith, your desired stat will double!”

What matters is an unwavering spirit.

An S-class trait that activates when the opponent is stronger than you and the situation is unfavorable.

Didn’t you learn it in preparation for times like this?

Tsk tsk tsk-.

Batista and I both held each other’s hands so tightly that they almost started to cramp. But he hadn’t activated his skill yet.

So I’m still at a much greater disadvantage.

If there is a difference, even if it means being bloodthirsty.

I almost triggered my “vampire instinct”.

Batista suddenly tapped me on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

“Hahahahaha! Sure enough, that little brat, Burning Stracer, would submit!”

Batista is a Matusa who is always ranked high among the 4th year seniors in martial arts.

When I received such recognition from my senior, the looks in the eyes of the delinquent male students changed.

“That guy…. How did he get Senior Batista’s approval….”

[The obedience of the group of bad students increases by 1.]

At that moment, Professor Brooks appeared, wearing a skull cap and thick, long wizard robes.

“Hahahaha!! You said Lucius?! Wait, I was measuring the amount of magic power you were emitting. Tell me the truth! My eyes can’t be fooled. Did you lie about your magic power during the magic power test?”

“Yes!”

I said this while lightly clasping my hands together, which had become red from wrestling with Batista once.

Then, the students in the “Destruction Magic” class burst into exclamations.

“Yes, as expected…! There’s no way that a Burning Straser with a B-class magical power could have been subdued so easily…!”

“It’s possible to cheat on your magical power and enter school. Just how much magical power do you have?!”

“Cow, goosebumps…! Is it possible to get an S-class rating while cheating on F-class magic power?!”

Turning the situation around.

Actually, I have never cheated.

It just felt like my magical power had temporarily increased by absorbing Serin’s magical power and the various excellent skills of the recent young ladies.

“Woohahahaha! As expected, you are a man I acknowledge! Lucius!”

When the big, sturdy senior they trusted and followed started praising me, the boys in the delinquent group just blankly stared at the roof like a dog chasing a chicken.

“Okay, free sparring time is over. Now, let’s do a practical magic lesson with the freshmen!”

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▼ This is ‘Tracy’, a senior member of the hero group who greets the main character…!