Chapter 17 – 16. Star Contract
Early in the morning, Arthur was moving to the classroom to take her first class.
‘Hehe… You’ll be able to do well!’
Using her own self-hypnosis, Arthur was able to reach her classroom in no time.
When she opened the door and entered, she saw that the inside was crowded with students who had arrived earlier.
Arthur naturally went to the corner seat in the front row and sat down.
Before class time, I heard someone come and sit down next to me.
“Oh!”
“Fabian?”
Arthur felt fortunate to have someone he knew sitting next to him, and she said hello to Fabian.
After hearing the greeting, Fabian responded with an expressionless expression.
“I came late and sat here because it was the only available front seat. “Don’t pay attention to me.”
“Ah. I understand…”
Arthur, who had been hoping to find a friend, could not help but be disappointed.
However, she felt Fabian’s gaze on her from next to her.
“Is there anything you want to say?”
“You don’t know the rules? It doesn’t matter what you wear on top of your school uniform, but the school rule is to take it off during class.”
As she spoke, she grabbed Arthur’s hat with her hand and lifted it up, forcing Arthur’s robe to come off.
ㅡSurprise.
Fabian caught Arthur in his school uniform in her eyes. Of course, unlike other people, his right hand was not visible, and he appeared to be wearing an eyepatch.
“… “
“Heh… I understand why, but this is an academy. “No one will say anything to you, so you don’t have to dress like that…”
So Fabian started telling Arthur not to worry and started to show that he was sorry for taking off her robe without her saying anything.
“Because I’m fine. “You don’t have to worry about it.”
‘Isn’t she actually a good girl? Maybe you’re not good at expressing yourself like me.’
“… “Yes.”
At Arthur’s words, Fabian was seen looking ahead again.
ㅡTurdging.
When it was class time, I saw Professor Serena entering the classroom.
“Let’s start class.”
“Today, I will start by teaching you what magic is.”
Professor Serena raised her index finger, and at the same time a small flame appeared.
“To put it simply, magic is something that causes a certain phenomenon.”
ㅡGood luck!
The flame suddenly burned loudly and then went out, but Professor Serena didn’t care and continued speaking.
“Then what is needed to use magic? “Is there a student who can answer?”
At that time, Fabian, who was next to Arthur, raised his hand.
“Okay, you answer.”
“The magic circle, the star contract, and the fair price.”
“That is correct. Of course, more details are needed, but those are the most important frameworks.”
“Of course, just because you don’t have a star contract doesn’t mean you can’t use magic. However, if it is not efficient, and you fall into mana exhaustion, your life could be in danger.”
Professor Serena raised the index finger of her right hand again, and a flame the size of a match flame reappeared.
“This is a magic created using only pure mana, not through a star contract.”
This time, she raised her left index finger, and unlike her right hand, a flame the size of a torch appeared.
“This is the magic created by the star contract. Although both used the same amount of mana, there was a big difference in the results.”
Professor Serena overlapped the two flames, and the small flame in her right hand was completely absorbed by the large flame and disappeared.
“For this reason, it is most reasonable to manifest magic through a star contract. “This is because Star Contract is ahead in every aspect, from efficiency to safety.”
ㅡTap!
When Professor Serena snapped her finger, the flame disappeared.
“Then, let us begin the star contract that everyone has been waiting for.”
After speaking, the professor began to recite a spell.
At the same time, the classroom disappeared into darkness without a single ray of light.
Arthur, who was about to get scared because he couldn’t see anything, began to see light in his eyes.
The direction from which the light flowed was the ceiling. Naturally, Arthur’s gaze also turned towards the ceiling.
“Wow…”
Voices of admiration were heard from those around us.
Looking at the ceiling, countless stars were filling it like the Milky Way in the night sky.
Stars of different sizes began to come down to where the students were, emitting their own unique light.
After a short period of time, one to five stars could be seen floating above the students’ heads.
At that time, Professor Serena’s voice was heard.
“Write the contract on the front page of the textbook with your own mana.”
“And you can only make a contract once, so choose your stars carefully.”
At the professor’s words, Arthur looked above her head, but could not find a single star.
When I looked over the head of Fabian next to me, I saw stars emitting a light that was incomparable to that of the other students, and there seemed to be more than 10 in number.
“Fabian, you have so many… I’m jealous…”
Arthur said with a sad face.
“It’s meaningless because I’ve already made a stellar contract with my family. How many do you have…”
Fabian’s pupils began to shake as he looked above Arthur’s head.
“It’s okay… I guess it’s because I’m not very talented.”
However, unlike Arthur’s reaction, Fabian’s finger pointed somewhere.
“Uh. Huh?”
“Look behind you.”
At Fabian’s words, Arthur turned around and checked the direction pointed.
“Huh.?”
There were stars in Arthur’s eyes.
Although she was not as big or bright as other stars, the fact that she was also a star made Arthur’s heart beat.
“Quickly sign the contract first.”
“Oh, I understand!”
Arthur immediately opened the book and tried to write on her contract. But he couldn’t write.
“What are you doing when you’re not using it?”
The stars were circling around her as if urging Arthur on.
Arthur looked at her as if she was about to cry, then lowered her head and answered.
“Well… I can’t handle mana… So I can’t write…”
Fabian tried to get angry at Arthur’s words, thinking he was joking, but when he saw his tearful face, he knew right away that he wasn’t lying.
“Ha… First come to your senses. Because the contract time is not that long!”
Fabian held Arthur’s left hand and slowly let his mana flow.
“Hurry!! Can you feel it? If you feel my mana, take the same energy from your heart with these hands!”
“Well. I don’t feel anything.”
In the end, Fabian became desperate and placed his hand on Arthur’s heart.
‘If this happens, I’ll have to move the mana myself and use it.’
Arthur could see Fabian starting to sweat.
‘Ha. Where are you? It’s a heart, but why can’t I see the mana?’
‘Uh.? Found!! Now all I have to do is move it…’
“W-what.”
Fabian was embarrassed. He succeeded in finding Arthur’s mana, but the amount was ridiculously small. So much so that I can’t even write my name on the contract.
ㅡClap!
With Professor Serena’s applause, all the stars disappeared, and the dark classroom became bright again.
“I think everyone would have signed a contract at this level. Then, everyone, let’s manifest the light magic written in Chapter 1 with a star contract.”
Professor Serena, thinking that all students had signed on, began to make her way.
One by one, the inside of the classroom began to become brighter due to light magic, and the professor walked around the students to check the magic he had created.
ㅡTurdging.
Eventually, the professor stopped in front of Arthur.
“Why don’t you use magic? Are you rebelling?”
Arthur, feeling the gaze of those around him, began to speak.
“That’s because I couldn’t sign a contract…”
Professor Serena, who did not like Arthur’s answer, asked again.
“Does that mean there wasn’t enough time to conclude the contract?”
Arthur shakes his head from side to side at the professor’s words.
“No… Actually, I can’t handle mana, so I couldn’t write a contract.”
“You can’t handle mana.?”
“Hold out your hand for a moment.”
At the professor’s words, Arthur held out her left hand.
“!!”
“Hoo… I can’t do this… I’m really surprised that you don’t have this much talent in mana. Furthermore, I never thought there would be someone so talented in my life…”
Arthur’s heart began to be torn apart by the professor’s pure factual assault.
“I can’t help it. But if this happens, I won’t be able to give you any points on the practical part…”
The professor begins to look like he is worried.
“Hehe… No matter what, I can’t give you preferential treatment, so I’ll give you the same evaluation as everyone else.”
“Of course, if you take good notes, you won’t be expelled, so work hard.”
“Yes…”
Professor Serena said what she wanted to say to Arthur and started class again.
Most of her classes were theoretical, but when she had to use basic magic, she just stared into space.
…
“Let’s end today’s class here.”
As the professor spoke, the classroom became noisy with the voices of other students.
Arthur, who carefully packed books and writing utensils, said hello to Fabian.
“Thank you for helping me today. See you tomorrow.”
“… “
However, Fabian just put on a complicated expression and left the classroom without answering.
Arthur got up to go to her library. At that time, she heard voices around her.
“Is it true? “The most untalented student recognized by the academy professor!”
“Is that him?”
“There’s a fool who can’t even write his own name with mana? “Doesn’t she actually know her own name?”
“How did she get into the academy? When I looked at her earlier, her face looked smooth, but I wonder if she even has a body…”
Upon hearing the story, Arthur hurriedly left the classroom and started running.
“Wow… Gasp…”
As I ran aimlessly, I was able to arrive at a deserted park.
ㅡSharply.
Arthur sat back in his chair and covered his eyes with his left arm.
“… Ugh… Ugh… Ugh…”
Tears kept flowing from Arthur’s eyes.
After crying alone for a while, Arthur put on his robe again and headed to her library. Because while she was reading she could forget everything.
