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Kinesis gazed at the mana in the classroom again with an incredulous expression.
'It's unmistakable.'
The magic power emanating from Davian's hands was gripping the entire mana of this classroom.
'How can this be happening...? Does that guy even know what he's done?'
Kinesis forced a calm expression and asked.
"Davian, have you ever manipulated natural mana before?"
"No, today is the first time."
"Can you move something that's farther away? Let's see... move the flower pot on the windowsill over there."
The distance to the opposite windowsill that Kinesis pointed to was about 20 meters.
There was a small flower pot made of clay on the windowsill.
"I'll give it a try."
Davian reached out his hand towards the windowsill.
He tried to move the mana with the magic power at his fingertips.
A moment later.
Crack! Bang!
The flower pot on the windowsill shattered.
"Ah... it's not easy. I'm sorry, Professor."
"No, you can't perfectly control mana from the beginning."
Kinesis saw it clearly.
The mana wave extending in a straight line from Davian's palm to the flower pot.
The mana wave created by Davian's manipulation stretched out towards the flower pot.
The mana, which had gained acceleration as it stretched out, shattered the flower pot.
'That's incredible acceleration. He must have been trying to move it gently at first.'
Kinesis's blood began to boil after a long time.
Kinesis stared intently at Davian.
'With that kind of talent... maybe...'
"Davian, what are you planning to choose as your second-semester specialization?"
Davian had decided to focus on telekinetic magic this semester, but he didn't plan to choose telekinetic magic as his specialization.
He just thought it would be nice to be able to read the flow of mana like Latia.
"Four Elements Magic."
"As expected. Now, everyone, continue to focus on practicing. If you have any questions, ask the teaching assistants."
Kinesis, who had instructed the practice, closed his eyes again.
But this time he didn't doze off.
Telekinetic magic is currently treated as a tool to move objects without touching them, but it wasn't always like this.
Kinesis reminisced about the glorious past.
He forcibly suppressed the smile that was about to form.
'If I push him too hard from the beginning, he might feel burdened and run away, so slowly. He's the one who can revive the heyday of telekinetic magic.'
On the way to the student cafeteria after class.
"Amazing, Davian. I didn't know you were so good at telekinetic magic too. You kept saying you couldn't feel mana, so I thought you wouldn't be able to do it."
"Latia, you lifted a lead weight before the end of class, what are you talking about."
"I probably wouldn't have been able to smash a flower pot on the other side of the classroom, though?"
"That was a failure. I just couldn't control it well."
Latia stopped walking and stared at Davian.
"Are you pretending not to know, or do you really not know?"
"What?"
"That's what's so amazing about it, isn't it? Huh? Look at your face? Does he really not know?"
Davian was just trying to carefully pick up the flower pot and float it in the air.
He didn't intend to shatter it.
So he thought it was a failure.
Wasn't telekinetic magic about reading mana and picking up objects without touching them?
Even in the previous timelines, he had only superficially taken telekinetic magic in the first semester of his freshman year and hadn't delved into it properly.
"Is that so? I don't really know. I just thought it was a failure. I guess I need to study a bit. Telekinetic magic."
"Sigh, anyway, a great genius has appeared. ...You know, Davian. I've made up my mind."
"About what?"
"I'm going to catch up to you no matter what. I'm going to prove that my cousins are wrong. It's something I've been doing my whole life anyway. Proving that they're wrong."
"Okay. Good thinking."
"But."
"But?"
"If even one more kid like you shows up, I might just give it all up."
That was a relief.
There wouldn't be any more.
Davian understood everything she was saying, but he played dumb and asked.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's just that you're a freak. I have to think that I was right to be a genius, or I won't be able to handle it."
"Ah. Okay. Do as you please."
"...Have you ever thought about the weight of being born the best and not becoming the best?"
Latia Meridiem's weakness in her heart.
The compulsion to be the best.
And the fear that the fact that she is the continent's greatest genius might be a lie.
Admitting that there is an unbelievable freak and striving to catch up to him might be better than constantly worrying about falling from the top.
Besides, by dismissing Davian as a freak, the fact that she is a genius is not really denied.
"Yes... that's how you grow, Latia."
As an excellent sub-dealer.
"What, grow? Just because I acknowledged your skills a little doesn't mean you can act like an adult, Davian."
"Oh, sorry."
Latia's image was added to Davian's mental party.
The image of blonde-haired Latia pouring out support attacks with tremendous firepower, just like during the Gray Witch incident.
A main-level dealer's sub-deal that wouldn't be outdone anywhere.
'Not bad. If we can just withstand the Lich's mental magic like this... it'll be a huge boost to our strength.'
Of course, there was no guarantee that getting rid of some trauma would allow them to overcome the Lich's mental magic.
But Davian was not the Davian of the past either.
'If I get caught in the mental magic again this time, I'll just kill the Lich first thing when the Lich quest starts. If you don't want to die...'
"Do well. No. Let's do well, Latia."
"What are you talking about? Suddenly."
Latia's expression had become quite gentle.
It seemed like she was relieving some of the burden in her heart.
And Luna Fueri, watching the two of them, said to herself.
"What is it, really... those two."
When they arrived at the cafeteria, the swordsmanship students had saved seats and were waiting.
"Over here, over here!"
Bellum loudly called out to Davian and his group.
Before they knew it, they had become cafeteria mates that all the freshmen envied.
Male student representative Davian Nornen.
Female student representative Luna Fueri.
The continent's strongest magic genius Latia Meridiem.
Swordsmanship ace Bonita Fortis.
And... the biggest kid and the loudest kid.
When the magic students got their food and sat down, the loudest kid opened her mouth.
"Did you guys hear the news?"
The loud kid's roommate, Luna, asked.
"What news?"
"About our field trip to the capital next week. It's been canceled."
Nubes was surprised and put down the fork she was holding.
"We're not going to Kanjar City? I've never been to the capital before, so I really wanted to go..."
"I secretly overheard the teaching assistants talking, and apparently, the atmosphere in the capital is a bit chaotic right now because of the northern ice area incident. So our field trip has been canceled."
Davian tilted his head.
'Did the bandit attack quest disappear?'
The main quest that occurs while going on a field trip to the capital.
After teleporting to near Kanjar City with a magic circle, they walk to the capital, and then they are attacked by a group of bandits.
The professors and teaching assistants were also there, but the number of bandits rushing in from all directions was so large that the students had no choice but to fight together.
But if the field trip to the capital is canceled, this quest will naturally disappear.
There were times in the third timeline when the story was twisted and some of the main quests disappeared.
'Every time that happened, a new quest of similar difficulty appeared.'
This was why Davian wasn't too worried about the story being twisted.
The fact that quests are happening and they need to be cleared doesn't change anyway.
Of course, it's true that you can clear a quest more easily if you know it.
But it's still early in the story.
If you don't know the quest, you can just overpower it.
'Why is the story twisted this time?'
Davian looked at the differences from the previous timelines.
'It's probably because I revealed that Rubens was a spy in the ice cave.'
Now that they know there's a spy in the academy, it's natural to avoid external activities for the time being.
But there was something Davian didn't know.
The reason why the atmosphere in the capital is so chaotic these days.
That reason is in Davian's bag right now.
Ferrarius's gloves.
The ice spirit Glacie had just picked up what was hers, but from the royal family's point of view, it was a major incident that the security of the center of the royal palace had been breached.
Moreover, Ferrarius's gloves are one of the sacred objects that symbolize the founding of the Arcancia Kingdom.
In fact, this incident had the biggest impact on the cancellation of the field trip to the capital.
"Be careful when you guys go outside the academy for the time being. It would be better if you didn't go out as much as possible."
"Why? Davian."
"I have a feeling that something will happen in Elton City soon."
The bandit attack quest happened outside the academy.
Then the replacement quest was likely to happen outside the academy as well.
That's how it's been so far, based on his experience.
It's good to party up with these guys and develop their combat skills, but he was worried about them getting caught up in a quest when they were apart.
"Something? What's going to happen?"
"I don't know. That's just the feeling I get, so be careful on the weekends for the time being. If you're going to go out, go in groups."
Luna nodded silently.
Latia and Bonita had faces that said they didn't care at all.
Then Bellum opened his mouth.
"Oh? I was going to ask you guys to go somewhere with me this weekend?"
Nubes asked.
"Where?"
"My uncle is coming near Elton City this weekend. He's leading a trade caravan on his way to Potts City. I was going to take you guys to show off. To show him that I met some amazing friends at the academy."
Ting.
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[Event: Help the Amandria Trade Caravan]
―Expose the spy hidden in the trade caravan.
―Reward: 500 Mana Points
―Failure: No penalty
―Accept: Y / N
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An event he'd never seen before.
He hadn't gotten this close to Bellum by this time in previous timelines, so it was only natural.
Bellum is a roommate who shares a room with Luna.
It was a change that had occurred since taking the entrance exam with Luna Fueri.
'The reward is too small to spend valuable weekend time on. I'd rather do more swordsmanship practice with Mons.'
The reward was only 500 mana points.
As it was an event, he could decide whether to accept it or not.
While thinking that he should refuse this event, Davian's eyes fell on the word 'spy'.
'Wait a minute. A spy?'
He didn't know before, but the first main quest was also related to spies.
Coincidentally, the 'bandit attack quest' had disappeared as the field trip to the capital was canceled.
He thought that this event might be related to the replacement quest.
If it's related anyway...
'It's better for me to find the quest myself than to be dragged around by it.'
Davian, who had organized his thoughts, opened his mouth.
"Okay. Bellum. Let's go see your uncle together."
"Really? I thought you'd all refuse because you're so busy with personal training. What about the others?"
Luna and Nubes also nodded.
But not Bonita.
"Sorry. Lately, someone keeps trying to catch up to me, so I need to train harder in swordsmanship."
Bonita glanced at Davian and then ate her food again.
Latia also expressed her refusal.
"Me too. There's a freak, and I don't have enough time to catch up to him."
Latia also glanced at Davian.
And.
Luna didn't miss Bonita and Latia's eyes.
'What is it, really, you guys.'
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