Unintentionally, I found myself once again realizing the awesomeness of my body.

    I’m really upset that it wasn’t intentional.

    This morning, for a rare moment in my life when I was so sleepy, I was able to naturally open my eyes before the maids came to wake me up.

    Why? What happened that made me wake up so refreshed? I thought about yesterday’s events and remembered that I fell asleep much earlier than usual yesterday.

    When I remembered that the reason I went to bed so early was because I had been running through a hellish training ground for high-speed movement practice while armed under the guise of swordsmanship training, I also remembered the thought that had flashed through my head just before I went to sleep.

    ‘Won’t I be unable to move tomorrow due to muscle pain?’

    Yeah. I don’t really know much about it, but it’s kind of funny that a 5-year-old kid running around with a lump of iron all the time gets paid for it by sore muscles. Anyway, shouldn’t there be some kind of hint of that?

    Even though I woke up blankly and stretched my short, soft limbs here and there, and even though I jumped and rolled around on the bed and made a mess of things, I couldn’t feel the slightest hint of fatigue in my body. I pinched my cheek to see if it was a dream, but it was still perfectly cold.

    Is this even possible? Is the one who put me in this body, some god or some other transcendent being, determined to torment me? Is it because I’m a protagonist in a boy’s manga or a game that all my health and status abnormalities are restored just by sleeping in bed once?

    ‘Maybe my past life was like a patient who couldn’t even move his body properly, so he foolishly wished for a healthy body like this.’

    If that’s the case… well, there’s nothing I can do about it.

    And another sad thing is that humans are adaptable creatures.

    When you experience something, your criteria for judgment change and you start to think accordingly. To put it simply, when you stand, you want to sit down, when you sit, you want to lie down, when you lie down, you want to sleep… You can see it as something like that. So what did I start to think based on? Of course, it was fencing lessons.

    I used to hate the heart-pounding 1:1 private lessons with Yugram, but after experiencing the swordsmanship training once, I realized how comfortable and enjoyable it was to sit comfortably with Yugram and have the lessons. I wonder if he would have calculated all this and made me undergo such torture-like training in order to increase class efficiency. If so, he must really be a genius, like the devil.

    ‘But objectively speaking, Yu Gram is a genius no matter how you look at it, right?’

    ..

    I need to stop thinking about this for my own mental health.

    While reading a book on theology, there was a part that I couldn’t properly interpret, so I took a breather and turned to Yu Gram. Books related to theology are written in old language, so it’s hard to read them normally, and even among them, there are so many expressions that I wonder if I read them properly. I think to myself, “Why on earth do I have to learn this stuff?” dozens of times a day, but I know that if I say it out loud, Yu Gram will mercilessly refute me, so I never do it.

    Yugram seems to be extremely busy even on a regular basis, and he is often seen piling up paperwork and dealing with it during class. No matter how quick-witted and smart a genius he is, seeing him being rushed by work like that makes me feel a little bit of pity and fear. Because that could be my future.

    ‘by the way..’

    The various documents I glanced at had Yugram’s signature in a fancy and clean handwriting. The final decision maker was probably Yugram. I didn’t think much of it until then, but what was strange was the quill pen Yugram was using. Quill pens weren’t rare, nor were they decorated with jewels or made of metal like gold or silver.

    It looks expensive, but it is a very ordinary quill pen. However, the strange thing is that there is no ink bottle anywhere on Yugram’s desk. After all, a quill pen is a primitive writing tool that writes by dipping it in ink. If you think about whether the quill pen in this world is that ordinary, the answer is, if quill pens don’t need ink in the first place, then what is the fountain pen I use?

    “Is Yugram a wizard?”

    For a moment, Yugram’s hand, which had been moving quickly, stopped. But it was only for a moment, and soon it started moving quickly again, and Yugram slowly looked in this direction.

    “Why do you think so?”

    Hmm… Did I do something wrong? For some reason, Yugram’s face looked angry.

    You could say that he has the same expressionless face as always, but according to my eyes that have been observing Yugram for quite some time, I can tell that he is getting slightly angry right now. I can tell that it is similar to the feeling I usually give off when I make a mistake that has already been pointed out many times, try to skip class by pretending to be sick, or do something stupid. This observation is very effective, and in my current situation, the hit rate is about 50%.

    “Yugram’s quill pen, it doesn’t look like it has any special craftsmanship, but it seems like you can write without dipping it in ink. I wonder if it’s some kind of magic.”

    “..Ah. Hmm.. That’s right. It’s a bit earlier than planned, but let’s learn the basics of magic today. I’ll explain the details in the next class”

    Yugram quickly started organizing the documents on his desk. I don’t really care because there aren’t many documents that affect class, but Yugram probably doesn’t tolerate such things.

    “Before explaining what magic and wizards are, let’s think about this. A scholar is a profession that studies, a chef is a profession that cooks, and a bard is a profession that writes songs and poems. Then, on the contrary, if you can write songs and poems, can you call yourself a bard? If you know how to cook, are you a chef?”

    “That’s…well…probably not it?”

    “There are probably various criteria for each case. Usually, there is proof that you learned at a specific educational institution, or that you are recognized by others for your skills, or that you can run your own store and make a living. Just because you can use magic doesn’t mean you can be called a wizard. The process of being recognized as a wizard is also very difficult. ”

    “Just as cooking is like mathematics, anyone can achieve results if they follow certain conditions and processes, so is magic. Since all living things have magical powers, there are research results that show that even commoners and animals can use magic if they meet certain conditions. As the princess noticed, the magic I used on the quill is a popular magic that anyone can use.”

    Well, since the cost of magic power doesn’t match the effect, I’ll just use ink or a fountain pen most of the time. Yugram snickered. This is the first time I’ve seen this smile in this space where classes are held… Yugram’s office, so I couldn’t help but stare blankly, a little lost in thought.

    “Please read this book carefully, as it is required for the next course. If you don’t, your weekly swordsmanship class may increase.”

    No way. I tell myself not to fall for such obvious lies and threats, but that’s just a promise. I think it’s too much to think that I have to go back to my room and start reading books like crazy.

    “And before I explain the basics of proper magic… I’ll tell you one maxim that anyone living on this continent should never forget.”

    Yugram took out a thick-looking book from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to me, then bent down and met my gaze.

    “Never get close to a wizard.”

    “That’s all.”

    ..why?

    I wondered if he was joking. Yugram’s face was so serious that I couldn’t even think of asking why, and could only nod my head up and down blankly. Yugram, satisfied with my attitude, slowly walked back to his seat.

    “The definition of magic is quite complicated, but to put it simply, magic is a technique that efficiently uses magical power to produce unique effects. A magician is a profession that creates such magic. You can say it like this. For example, the difference in physical abilities between commoners, nobles, and royalty is deeply related to the amount of magical power. In other words, the more magical power one possesses in their body, the stronger their physical abilities will be proportionally. ”

    So, is it because of magic that I have this incredible resilience like a warrior race? It was a shocking fact.

    “In other words, it’s like constantly strengthening your body with magic power, but if you use magic related to strengthening your body, the efficiency will be very different. It allows you to get more results with the same power. This is a very simple and intuitive example of magic, and there are various types of magic that have effects that can never be done with just ordinary magic power, like the magic I’m using, or that force certain actions. ”

    “I will tell you more details tomorrow after the princess reads the entire book.”

    Is there anything about magic in this book?

    I felt excited for some reason when I thought that I would be able to use magic someday. Like shooting beams from a wand like a magical girl!

    ‘..Now that I think about it, in a world without a Demon King or anything, I guess that wouldn’t happen.’

    It was a peaceful world where magical girls were not needed.

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