Chapter 54

"Hmm? What are you doing here?"

"S-Sensei!?"

As I floated in the air and approached, Kaito, Kufa, and Colette were trembling and trying to cast a spell.

"That's what I should be asking you!?"

"T-That's right...! What were you doing at this hour...?"

They questioned me with a mix of relief and anger.

"What do you mean, it's obvious, I'm practicing flight magic."

As I said this, I stifled a yawn. I was still sleepy from being woken up suddenly.

"Training!? At this hour...!?"

"It's not that late, is it?"

Judging by the moon's position, it was probably still five or six hours until morning.

"No, no, no, it's already past midnight!"

"How long do you plan to keep this up?"

"Until morning."

"Are you going to train without sleeping...?"

"I-If it was you last night too... Could it be that you do this every night...?"

I denied their astonishment.

"No, I do get proper sleep. At least seven hours."

"Umm... Sensei, I don't understand...?"

With question marks floating over their heads, I explained to them.

"I train while I sleep."

"..." "..." "...Huh?"

I've always been weak in the mornings.

Plus, I need at least seven hours of sleep every day to feel good.

I don't dislike sleeping; in fact, I rather like it.

But I always thought it was a waste to do nothing while sleeping.

That's why I came up with "sleep training."

Of course, it's not about training sleep itself.

It's about training while sleeping.

If I could train even while sleeping, it would be a win-win.

I could make full use of my day.

"So, Sensei, you were training flight magic while sleeping at night...?"

"Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying at all..."

"Me too, Colette..."

Recently, I've been practicing flight magic as part of my sleep training.

But I woke up because of a loud scream just now.

But why are they here?

Colette is a student at this academy, so it's not strange for her to be here, but Kaito and Kufa are from a different academy.

"What were you doing here?"

"W-We thought it might be a ghost, so we came to check!"

It seems Colette mistook me floating in the air at night for a ghost.

"Actually, I feel like I saw something far more terrifying than a ghost... What do you mean, training while sleeping...?"

"How do you even do that...?"

It's not that difficult once you get used to it.

"First, you separate your personality into two."

"Isn't that the first step already too much...?"

You let one personality sleep while the other trains.

This way, you can sleep and train simultaneously.

"Even if you could do that... would you still be sleeping?"

Kufa asked, sounding exasperated.

It's a valid point.

"I'm not tired, and I don't think there's a problem. After all, the important part of sleep is the mental aspect. Even if you stay up all night, if you think, 'I had a good night's sleep today,' your stamina will mysteriously recover."

"I can see your point, but that's a bit of an exaggeration..."

Anyway, this method of separating personalities is very convenient and versatile.

"While constructing a spell in your head, you can simultaneously dodge an enemy's attack. Of course, it also makes it easier to cast two spells at the same time."

I came up with this idea and started practicing after returning home from the city of swords. Thanks to this, I was able to master the basics of six-color magic in about three years. Otherwise, it would have taken much longer.

"By the way, I can now split my personality into a maximum of four."

"Please don't say such unbelievable things so casually!?"

Kaito shouted, eyes wide.

"My goal is to maintain six personalities for a long time, with one as the main personality. That way, I can handle six spells simultaneously and still respond to events in the outside world."

"..." "..." "..."

Huh?

When did they all get that resigned look in their eyes?

"Well, even if we can't reach Sensei's level, I think I'll try to master at least my specialty magic..."

"Me too. I feel silly struggling to memorize spell formulas..."

"Right..."

Hmm.

I don't quite understand, but if it boosts their motivation, that's good.

Then the three of them stifled yawns and left.

There's still time before morning, so they probably plan to get some more sleep.

"Well, I'll go back to sleep too."

But I'll practice flight magic while I do.