Chapter 70

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The summoning magic class has been introduced at the Royal Academy for two years now. In other words, it is a new class.

Two years ago.

A mage from the Kingdom of Condroa came to the Kingdom of Anzela. They were the descendants of mages who had fled from the Kingdom of Anzela decades ago.

During the era of mages' misfortune, the Kingdom of Anzela implemented various policies to bring back the mages who had escaped to neighboring countries. Many mages returned due to these policies.

One of these mages was Sylia Cures. Sylia was a leading expert in summoning magic.

The Royal Academy recruited Sylia as a teacher, and she began working as a researcher and teacher.

When the summoning magic class was introduced, many talented and enthusiastic students in magic applied, and the class began.

It was said to be a difficult but fascinating class.

However, by the end of the first year, no one had succeeded in the repeated "practical summoning" sessions.

The students were disheartened.

It was understandable. They had worked hard in class for a whole year. Only those with excellent magic scores and high magical power could choose the summoning magic class.

Yet, the success rate was zero.

Teacher Sylia thought, "This is strange," and to investigate the cause, she stopped teaching the following year and returned to the Kingdom of Condroa. She finally discovered that "the magic circle should have been drawn in an environment with the strong blessing of the national deity." It turned out that the failures were due to a reason unrelated to the students' abilities, a reason that was both unexpected and disheartening.

After making numerous improvements to the summoning magic circle, Sylia called back the students who had chosen summoning magic the previous year, and a special summoning magic class was held with all preparations in place.

Fortunately, the students, who were all magic enthusiasts, were working at the research institute or in the mage division of the knight corps after graduation, and they participated without hesitation even during their days off.

As a result, the success rate rose to 30%.

Spirits were summoned, and the atmosphere was lively.

This year, the summoning magic class, which had been on hiatus, was resumed.

Initially, it was only available in the upper division, but now it is also offered in the middle division.

To improve the success rate, it is recommended to practice ancient language incantations for about two years, so the class is now divided into two levels: "Basic Summoning Magic" and "Intermediate Summoning Magic."

In "Basic Summoning Magic," practical summoning is also performed, but success is not expected, and the goal is to achieve success in "Intermediate Summoning Magic," as explained.

Naturally, "Intermediate Summoning Magic" can only be chosen by those who have completed "Basic Summoning Magic."

Everyone knows about this fiasco. Therefore, the summoning magic class is not very popular. Even for excellent students, a 30% success rate is not very appealing. Some suspect that there is still a problem with the magic circle. Lucian, for one, had his doubts.

Summoning magic was an elective class.

The Royal Academy has elective classes even in the middle division. There is a reason for this.

According to national policy, students with magical power in the middle division are encouraged to enter the Magic Division.

However, many students actually wanted to choose other divisions.

The middle division of the Royal Academy has four divisions: General Education, Knight, Magic, and Healing.

Therefore, some classes can be taken by students from other divisions.

Only a few popular classes are designated as electives—summoning magic being the exception as it is unpopular.

General Education's "Business Administration" and "Economics."

Healing's "Herbology."

Knight's "Basic Martial Arts" and "Basic Tactics."

Magic's "Basic Summoning Magic."

However, students from the original division have priority, so even if you apply for a popular class, you might not get in.

Therefore, Magic Division students, when applying for elective classes, assign a "priority ranking." If you rank it as number one, you will most likely be accepted. If many students apply, the class size will be expanded to accommodate them.

Lucian, who is to become a lord in the future, plans to make "Business Administration" from the General Education Division his top priority.

The others he chose are "Economics" and "Martial Arts" and "Tactics" from the Knight Division, and "Herbology" from the Healing Division. In total, he chose five. To be honest, he chose too many.

It is better not to choose too many elective classes.

If you choose too many, you might fall behind in your classes. The guidebook recommends choosing about four.

Additionally, all elective classes are held at the end of the day. If you don't choose any, you can go home earlier.

Lucian was considering giving up on "Basic Summoning Magic" because it was too difficult.

He was interested because Yusei invited him, but he thought, "I probably won't be able to choose it."

The next morning.

Yusei immediately asked him,

"Are you going to take the summoning magic class?"

with an excited look on his face.

Lucian regretted his hasty decision.

"...If the elective classes I've decided to apply for don't work out..."

"Mmm... Then it's the same for me..."

Yusei's mood plummeted.

"It's not the same.

' Economics' is popular, but I won't make it my top priority, so I probably won't get in."

"Is that so? Then it's fine. You won't get into 'Business Administration' or 'Economics' unless you make them your top priority."

Yusei smiled smugly.

"But, Yusei, you have other classes to take, right?"

"Not really. I'll learn economics and business in imperial studies. If I don't get into them, it's no big deal. So, I won't assign a priority ranking."

"Then, are you going to assign it to summoning magic?"

"Yep, that's right."

"Really...?"

---But, that spirit... the child with the straw-colored hair is intriguing.

That child wasn't wearing a uniform. There shouldn't be any students in the academy who don't wear uniforms.

---Can I summon them in the summoning magic class? Since I've seen their face and heard their voice, they might come if I call them.

The deadline for choosing and applying for elective classes was set for three weeks later.

The first three weeks after enrollment are a preparation period for students to get used to the academy and for teachers to assess the students' abilities.

During this period, students will attend "trial classes" to get an overview of the elective classes.

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Three days later.

Today, Yusei and Lucian were carrying the items.

Odine walked ahead, hands free.

They had also given some to the guard knights, but after placing them in the entrance hall and lounge, Yusei and Lucian divided the rest between them.

They were carrying potted magic herbs.

These were to be used as "informants" for information gathering.

Lucian suggested to Yusei and the others, "If we use magic herbs, they can hear conversations, and it won't seem unnatural to just place them."

Odine was immediately interested.

"Then, I can use them for my fiancé selection!"

Currently, the candidates for her attendants were not present.

It was better for them not to be there since the selection was for attendants.

Odine had managed to avoid the others by saying they had things to do with their cousins and childhood friends.

"Only here is left."

Odine smiled and pointed to the library.

"Finally, the last one..."

Lucian sighed, feeling exhausted. It might have been because Odine was unusually enthusiastic.

Yusei also seemed a bit tired.

They had visited the dining hall, lounge, entrance hall, conversation room, music room, art classroom, technical workshop, and three laboratories. This was the last one.

They didn't place the herbs everywhere. They knew in advance that some places wouldn't be suitable.

They skipped the training room and technical workshop.

They also skipped the laboratories.

They placed them in the music room and art classroom, as they seemed suitable.

They managed to place them in all the places they thought were suitable. In total, they placed seven.

They had brought two extra, which, as expected, were left over. They planned to plant them somewhere in the courtyard.

When they entered the library, the librarian teacher turned around with a smile.

They had informed the academy from the palace in advance.

"We are donating magic herbs that emit a fragrance to help calm the mind and increase concentration."

While it felt a bit sneaky, it wasn't a lie. They had chosen good magic herbs.

Lucian had grown them, but to avoid any issues, they were purchased with the budget from the royal management office.

The king's personal funds could have been used, but they chose to donate them to the academy to make it seem more natural.

Placing the pot by the library window, Lucian explained.

"These are magic herbs, so they don't need much water. Just give them a little magic.

A little is enough. Giving them too much might make the leaves grow too much, I think."

"Is that so? Do they need earth magic?"

The librarian teacher asked enthusiastically.

"No, any type of magic is fine. Just pouring magic into them as you would in a magic circulation will make them happy.

Earth magic will make them grow faster, but magic-generated water is also fine."

"Let's do that."

After finishing the task, they went to the royal family's waiting room in the dormitory for a break.

"Lucian, please check the information regularly."

Odine immediately gave him an order.

"Sure. I'll do it.

I'm looking forward to it."

Lucian couldn't help but smile.

"Looking forward to the information gathering?"

Yusei looked at Lucian curiously.

"Talking to the magic herbs.

The royal management office provided some really good magic herbs."

"Hmm. How can you tell they're good?"

Yusei asked, impressed.

"They seemed to have high magic power. Also, I felt light magic."

"Oh, that's right. I remember feeling that way."

Yusei nodded, recalling.

"Really? They must be quite rare."

Odine, who was sipping tea prepared by her attendant, asked, surprised.

"Yeah. Also, they all had a calm and good-hearted feel.

They seem to have a strong purification effect.

Even if they don't help with information gathering, they have a good effect..."

"Stop being so relaxed. My fiancé selection is urgent."

Odine glared at him.

The summoning magic teacher, as you might have guessed, is a bit clumsy.