Academy’s Second Seat

After Rudy’s education, only Borval and Professor Robert were in the lab.

“What do you think?”

“It’s more common than I thought.”

There are many geniuses in the world.

It was a fact that I realized as soon as I entered the academy.

Such geniuses usually had something peculiar.

Not making compromises in certain fields, or having a strange habit.

There were a lot of different characteristics, but such geniuses also had similar characteristics.

arrogance.

Rudy was more talented than himself.

As time passes, you will surpass yourself.

Still, Rudy didn’t feel down on her.

Rather, it was a feeling of respect.

And to be a genius, he was not a fast learner.

I tried to use the things he taught me, but like ordinary people, I just kept failing and came back.

Because of this, I didn’t feel like a special guy.

However, Borval saw one thing.

Rudy’s face when he runs on the playground.

Running around the playground full of poison.

It must have been the first time I exercised after lying in bed for a long time, but I didn’t stop in the middle.

Borval concluded.

Rudy Astria is not a gifted genius of the Astrian family.

The reason I was able to achieve so far was not because of my talent.

I could tell by looking at my eyes when I was learning something and when I was exercising.

A guy full of evil and possessing poison.

It seemed that his tenacity made him capable of that level.

“He’s an interesting guy.”

When Borval said that, Professor Robert smiled as well.

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“I think so too.”

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After receiving education from Borval, I had lunch with Luna.

Even after lunch, Luna said that she had to go see Professor Maguire and walked right away.

I left Luna like that behind and headed to the chief research room.

The chief laboratory will not be available from the next semester, but it can be used until the vacation.

I went into the lab and remembered what I had learned from Borval.

“The operation of mana… … .”

What Borval taught me was the management of mana.

Because wizards store all mana in their hearts, body enhancements like swordsmen are not done.

In the case of body strengthening magic, it only strengthened the muscles of the body, but it was different from the body strengthening of the swordsmen.

Borval raised a new point on this.

Then, wouldn’t it be possible for a wizard to strengthen his body like a knight by spreading the mana in his heart to his body?

This was possible, but not easy.

The fundamental difference between a wizard and a knight was in the movement of mana.

In the case of knights, they did not care about the amount of mana and focused on the form of mana.

knight’s sword.

When dealing with swordsmanship, knights do not care about the amount of mana they use.

Of course, you could increase and decrease the size.

However, this ability does not require delicate control of the amount of mana, just hit the mana you have.

The important thing for a knight is not the control of the amount of mana, but the shape of his sword.

After taking out a certain amount of mana roughly, it sharpens the mana.

Sharp enough to cut anything.

The knights were the guys who trained the shape of mana.

However, wizards are different.

Wizards focus on controlling the amount of mana rather than the shape of such mana.

Presents a certain magic vessel and puts an appropriate amount of mana in it.

There is no need to worry about what shape to put water in a bowl.

After all, if you put water in a bowl, the water will change to the shape of the bowl.

So you only need to measure the exact amount.

Due to these characteristics, the wizard was almost impossible to strengthen the body.

In order for a wizard to spread mana to every corner of his body like a knight, he must be able to maintain mana in a shape that fits the human body.

However, the wizard knew how to send mana to places such as his hands and feet, but he could not send mana to every corner according to the shape of a person’s body.

I heard this and had a question.

Can’t we think of a person as a vessel and fill it with a certain amount?

Borval answered this question firmly.

-The human body cannot be a vessel. If mana is placed out of proportion to the shape of a person’s body, mana will continue to move.

-Then the mana will try to leave the body or return to the heart where the mana is stored.

This was the main reason, and there were many other reasons besides this.

In a nutshell, wizards do not strengthen their bodies for the same reason that knights do not use magic.

Because it is efficient to use magic to strengthen the body by controlling mana finely.

However, Borval’s teaching did not end with this conclusion.

-I can’t be a knight, but what if there was a way to strengthen the body that only wizards can do?

Borval’s words.

-The knight spreads mana all over his body, so his body is strong. However, I am not inexperienced in collecting mana with one point.

– But, he’s not a wizard.

– Gathering mana in one place is a mage’s specialty.

Borval said so and raised an arm.

– What if you could only strengthen this arm without strengthening the other body?

Hearing that, my eyes widened.

The knight spreads mana all over his body.

So, it is not easy to collect mana at one point.

However, thinking about strengthening one arm is a different story, because the wizard already has all the mana in his heart.

And when he connected the situation with the characteristic of a special move, he exclaimed with admiration.

Fill your arms with mana, consume all of that mana, and give your arms explosive power.

Like a knight, he does not have to keep mana in his arm, but consumes all of that mana and swings his fist.

Then, he was able to use his unbelievable power explosively.

Truly deadly.

It becomes a skill that can give a final blow.

To use these abilities, you need to know how to use mana.

Delicate mana moves.

At the very least, you need to be able to move mana into an arm shape to use this ability.

And since it requires such delicate mana movements, it also helped with black magic.

Black magic is magic that requires the correct amount of each spell.

If you know how to move mana delicately, you can reduce the chance of failure by moving mana more delicately when you put mana in black magic.

“Then let’s start slowly.”

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a week later.

“Then don’t go.”

Professor Robert said he was going somewhere and left, as I said last time.

Even after studying with Borval for a week, there were no major problems, so even if Professor Robert was not present, there was nothing to worry about.

I am now able to manage mana to some extent.

It was not yet successful enough to make an arm shape, but it became possible to hold mana about the size of a fist.

However, if you only put it in your fist and use it, it didn’t feel that great.

Even if his fists were strong, he couldn’t create such a big explosion.

I was walking to the training center after training in the morning and training from Borval.

There is a reinforced scarecrow in the training center.

It was a tool that could figure out how much power the technology had.

Hitting the scarecrow didn’t accurately determine its power, but it was possible to get a rough idea.

I was practicing mana management by beating this scarecrow these days.

When you put the same amount of mana in your arm and hit the scarecrow, if the power is strong, the mana is properly distributed, and if it is weak, it is the opposite.

Normally, it was difficult to figure out whether mana was properly distributed, so this was the method I chose.

So I got used to the sense of being properly distributed.

When I entered the training room, there was one more person.

A familiar face with black hair.

It was Evan.

“ah… … .”

Come to think of it, I realized that Evan was also at the academy during vacation.

I’ve been busy these days and I haven’t been able to see your face, so I completely forgot about it.

I was very embarrassed, but I pretended to be quiet and walked forward.

And naturally, I brought the scarecrow and glanced at Evan’s eyes.

Not paying attention to his eyes, Evan was training his swordsmanship without paying any attention to me.

Seeing that he also uses magic in the middle, I thought that training was not focused solely on swordsmanship.

“There’s no reason to look… … .”

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I started concentrating after I spit to myself in a low-pitched voice that Evan couldn’t hear.

Distributes mana to the arms.

Don’t spend a lot of mana from the start.

Proper mana distribution.

Anyway, today is a long day.

If you send a large amount of mana to your arm at a time and exhaust yourself before the end of the day, it was a waste of time.

“This much… … .”

I properly distributed the mana on my arm and slapped the scarecrow.

-chin

“Turn it off!”

However, he felt tremendous pain in his fist as mana had not reached his fist.

Tears welled up and my fists ache, but I did my best to hold it in.

There was Evan behind him, but I couldn’t see him rolling around with his fists clenched.

To be honest, it wasn’t Evan.

I was so embarrassed to think that I just suddenly walked in and hit a scarecrow and rolled over, so I just endured the pain.

I swallowed my tears and took a deep breath.

“Turn it off… … after!”

I swallowed the pain and started beating the fortified scarecrow again.

repeated that a few times.

There were times when it was just the right amount of force, and there were times when it was completely messed up.

“ha… … .”

So, shall we do it one or two more times now?

A certain amount of time passed, and I was going to go slowly because I couldn’t do this all day long.

With that thought in mind, I looked at Evan.

Evan practiced swordsmanship and sat for a while, reading a spell book.

And there was no sign of going.

“It’s hard… … .”

Seeing that, it seemed like he didn’t have to worry too much about Evan.

He seemed to be growing well.

I turned my head and focused again, collecting mana in my arms.

Fill your arms with mana… … .

You have to remember that feeling.

The feeling of letting mana seep into every muscle… … .

This time it felt good.

It felt like something was going well.

It looked like it could contain a little more mana.

I have more mana than usual.

I looked straight at the scarecrow and raised my fist.

and swing it

It felt like exploding all the mana I had in my arm… … !

– aan!!!!!!

“uh… … ?”

I looked at the scarecrow with a puzzled face.

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My fist was going through the scarecrow.

The fist pierced the scarecrow.

And there were big wounds on the ground in front.

“… … .”

I stared blankly at the fist.

Then he lifted his head slightly and looked at Evan.

Evan was looking at me with a surprised face.

“… … .”

I pretended nothing was wrong, packed my things, and walked out of the training center.

His expression was pretending nothing was wrong, but inside he was in a state of panic.

He was so embarrassed that he was running away from the training center.

I came out and spit out to myself.

“… … Doesn’t it matter?”

Just because Evan saw my skills wouldn’t change anything.

Rather, it showed that I had grown this much, so I thought that I could promote Evan’s growth.

Then I heard someone running behind me.

“Rudy Astria.”

It was Evan’s voice.

Evan was running and calling my name.

what?

I turned back and looked at Evan with a blank face.

“What’s going on?”

And with a stern attitude, he said to Evan.

Then Evan smiled awkwardly and opened his mouth.

“that… … The swordsmanship professor told me to bring him? Find the man who broke the scarecrow… … .”

“ah… … !”

I was so drawn to the professor… … .

“No, what about that scarecrow? Break it? Who are you?”

“Sorry, I’m sorry…”

After I said I was Rudy Astria and apologized a few times, I was able to leave the training center.