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Every freshman at Elton Academy is required to take a common course taught by Professor Mateo, regardless of their major.
Among them, students majoring in Magic must take the introductory Magic class conducted by the Head of the Department of Magic, Sirims.
However, there are detailed elective subjects in the Department of Magic.
This is because the content and scope covered in class are too vast compared to subjects like Swordsmanship or Archery.
The detailed electives in the Department of Magic include 4 Elemental Magic, Healing Magic, Spirit Magic, Mental Magic, Telekinesis Magic, and Summoning Magic.
These detailed electives can be taken selectively after the second semester of the first year.
However, freshmen must take all elective courses during the first semester.
This is because they sometimes discover unexpected talents in unexpected subjects.
This is possible because Elton Academy dedicates more time to individual training than regular class time.
After the second semester, students choose one to three subjects and only attend those classes.
Now it's Telekinesis Magic class, one of the elective subjects.
Davian and Luna are sitting side by side as always.
Latia sat in the empty seat to Davian's left and asked.
"Davian, you didn't come to Summoning Magic class, but you're here for this class?"
"I had Swordsmanship class at that time."
"Ah, you're busy with your double major. Amazing anyway."
The tone and nuance were slightly sarcastic.
But her voice was much softer than before.
On the other hand, Luna's voice was still barely audible in front of Latia.
"Latia... hello."
"Oh, hello."
Luna didn't know why Latia was especially cold to her.
She wasn't the type to ask such a thing directly, so she was always intimidated in front of Latia.
Her status, magical talent, skill, appearance, and haughtiness were all too different from her own.
Luna couldn't dare to become close with Latia.
But lately, she had been encountering Latia more and more often.
This was because Latia kept sitting next to Davian after the Northern Ice Zone incident.
Luna finished her brief greeting with Latia and lowered her head.
'Something's uncomfortable...'
But soon she clenched her fist under the desk and looked up at Davian's profile.
'But I can't give up Davian's side!'
A moment later, a professor with snow-white hair entered the lecture hall.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kinesis. I'll be teaching you Telekinesis Magic for a year."
His voice was raspy enough to be hard to understand, as if his vocal cords had aged.
He kept clearing his throat, making a scraping sound as if he had phlegm in his throat.
His face was full of wrinkles, and his back was bent, making it difficult for him to stand straight.
"Telekinesis Magic is magic that uses mana flowing in nature. More than any other magic, you must precisely control the magic power inside your body and the mana of nature."
Kinesis looked around at the students.
"Can any student tell me what is the most necessary ability to use Telekinesis Magic?"
Latia raised her hand.
"Latia Meridiem."
"Oh, you're Latia. Go ahead."
"You must be able to read the flow of mana. No matter how much magic power you have, you cannot use Telekinesis Magic if you cannot read the mana of nature."
"Correct. The magic power that extends from the heart and is released through the hands. With that, you may be able to burn down this lecture hall, but you cannot move this quill at will. To move this pen, you must control the mana scattered in nature with the released magic power. This Telekinesis Magic is the most advanced magic that directly controls mana."
Professor Kinesis slowly raised his right arm.
He looked so thin that it seemed difficult for him to lift his arm.
His hand was covered with mottled liver spots.
Kinesis, who barely managed to raise his arm, looked at the lecture hall door that his right arm was pointing at.
At that moment.
Thud, thud. Bang!
The huge lecture hall door was torn from the wall.
The large steel hinges that connected the thick wooden door and the stone wall were torn off, and dust swirled.
"Kya!"
Luna, surprised, grabbed the right sleeve of Davian.
Besides Luna, screams and exclamations mixed together erupted from here and there.
The huge wooden door floated in the air and slowly flew towards Professor Kinesis.
Old man Kinesis, who seemed to have trouble even lifting his arm properly.
The students, who had momentarily thought that he should retire from his professorship, watched this scene with surprised eyes.
Telekinesis Magic is not as easy as you might think.
The other magic that directly operates the magic power accumulated in the heart and the Telekinesis Magic that manipulates the mana of nature are different from the starting point.
Only a handful of first-year students can read and touch the flow of mana.
Even then, they can only lift or move small objects.
Professor Kinesis continued.
"Even if you don't have the aptitude right now, you can use Telekinesis Magic like this if you practice steadily. However, it just takes a long time. That's why most magicians don't learn Telekinesis Magic. They think they can do bigger and better things if they spend the same amount of time."
The huge door that was floating in the air slowly returned to its original position.
"But that's foolish. They don't know how much you can do with Telekinesis Magic."
The door went back to its original place and stood calmly.
And after a while.
The hinges that had fallen on the floor floated up.
The pieces of stone wall that had been broken when the hinges were torn off were also with them.
Thud. Thud.
One side of the hinge reached the stone wall, and the other side reached the wooden door.
Pieces of stone were filled in the gaps, and the nails that held the hinge in place were driven back deeply into it.
"He, he fixed the door?"
"Is that possible?"
"Come on. He must have just made it look like it. How can you reattach a broken door with Telekinesis Magic?"
That's when it happened.
Squeak.
Although it made a slightly creaking sound, the lecture hall door opened.
"The door is moving!"
"Awesome."
"Did he really fix it? With Telekinesis Magic? That big door?"
The janitors walked in through the open door.
They were carrying large trays in their hands.
The janitors placed a tray on each student's desk.
"From feathers to wooden blocks, iron weights, and finally small lead lumps. These are the things you will lift with Telekinesis Magic. If you can lift the lead lump with magic resistance by the end of today, your grade for this semester will be perfect."
The same tray was placed on Kinesis's desk.
Kinesis floated the lead lump into the air with Telekinesis Magic.
"Now I will explain the principle. The way to read the mana of nature is different for each individual. For some, it feels like the wind, for others, like strands of thread. Still others see it like fine dust floating in the air. First of all, it is important to read the mana of nature."
Davian asked Latia.
"You can read all the mana, right? What does it feel like to you?"
"Thread."
"So there's a lot of thread here now?"
"Of course. It's full everywhere. It shakes when the wind blows."
This time he looked back at Luna.
"Luna, can you feel it too? The mana in this space?"
"Ah, no... I don't know how to do it. What about you, Davian?"
"I can't feel it very well either."
He had taken Telekinesis Magic class several times during the past three regressions.
But he couldn't feel the mana well, and he could only barely move the feathers even if he worked hard throughout the semester.
So he gave up on Telekinesis Magic and focused on 4 Elemental Magic during that time.
In fact, that's the path most students take.
But when he went to the Northern Ice Zone, he thought he should learn how to read mana after seeing Latia naturally read the flow of mana.
Knowing how to read mana would be helpful in many ways in the future.
Of course, it could be because he thought so after 4 Elemental Magic reached a certain level.
4 Elemental Magic only became more powerful as he allocated points to magic power, so he had reached a level where he didn't really need to practice it separately.
'I should focus on Telekinesis Magic among the Magic Department classes.'
After Professor Kinesis's explanation, the students closed their eyes and focused on feeling the mana.
Davian also slowly began to feel the mana.
Latia said that the mana looked like a thread, but Davian couldn't see anything like that.
In addition, other students feel the mana to some extent in the process of training the mana.
However, Davian only allocated the points he obtained through quests to magic power, and he had never felt the mana through training.
It's actually a more disadvantageous situation.
An hour passed like that.
The lecture hall was as quiet as a mouse.
Sighs of students whose concentration began to waver occasionally flowed out.
Davian was closing his eyes without moving.
'It's not easy after all.'
That's when it happened.
Whoosh.
A small gust of wind brushed past Davian's ear.
A small wind that he would have just passed by in the previous regressions.
But the ten years of experience gained through the 3rd regression was telling him that this was not just wind.
Davian opened his mouth with his eyes still closed.
"Luna."
"Yes? Davian."
"Is there wind blowing here now?"
"Wind? What wind? All the doors are closed."
"Right?"
"Yeah... Davian, could it be that you?"
"I'm not sure yet. I need to feel it more."
"Yeah! Davian! You can do it."
Another hour.
Davian slowly raised his hand.
He could feel the wind passing through his outstretched fingers.
But he wasn't moving his hand fast enough to feel the wind.
'This is not the flow of air.'
He slowly stirred the space in front of him with his outstretched hand.
Davian finally opened his eyes.
'I caught it. Mana.'
Davian immediately operated his magic power.
The magic power that extended from his heart flowed out through the palms of Davian's hands.
This time, he slowly moved his palms and felt the mana brushing between his fingers.
And he grabbed and bound the mana with the released magic power.
He was confident in operating magic power, even though he hadn't properly felt the mana.
The magic power emitted by Davian began to intertwine with the mana flowing in nature.
The moment the magic power was completely intertwined with the mana, the flow of mana was clearly felt through his fingertips.
Not only between his fingers, but the flow of mana throughout this lecture hall was conveyed to him as it was.
Davian's eyes, which were no longer surprised by anything, widened.
Through the experience of feeling it for the first time, Davian was able to fully feel the entire mana flowing in the lecture hall.
He looked at the experimental objects in front of him.
Feathers, wooden blocks, iron weights, lead lumps.
He immediately moved the mana to pick up the lead lump.
Floating.
The lead lump floated into the air without any resistance.
Luna clapped her hands.
"Wow! Amazing. Davian. The lead lump right away?"
Professor Kinesis, who had been dozing off, opened his eyes at Luna's fuss.
The amazing sight unfolded before his eyes.
'As a mere freshman. Is that even possible?'
Kinesis asked the name of Davian, who was floating the lead lump in the air.
"What's your name... Oh, you're the student who defeated the Gray Witch, aren't you?"
Davian, who put the lead lump back on the plate, replied.
"Yes. Davian Naone."
"No way... How."
Professor Kinesis was surprised not because Davian lifted the lead lump.
It's difficult, but there are sometimes first-year students who lift that.
In fact, Latia's lead lump next to Davian was already moving slightly.
She would soon be able to lift the lead lump.
Maybe today.
Professor Kinesis was surprised for another reason.
'That fledgling freshman is now... completely dominating the mana of this lecture hall?'
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