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The first lecture is over, and now it's free time.
From tomorrow, Mr. Müller will give the knight course lectures in several sessions.
One teacher per class.
He teaches everything that is learned in the knight course, including practical skills, history, strategy, all with constant attention.
Of course, there is interaction between classes, but basically Mr. Müller is in charge of us.
The style is similar to a university seminar, or perhaps elementary school.
Each class has a strong unique characteristic.
It's only the first day, so I don't know what kind of teacher Mr. Müller is, but his name as an adventurer rank A is well deserved.
Shiro is in the same class as me.
Probably from the Eastern countries.
I haven't asked about the specific country of origin, but it's probably not the Ost Empire.
First of all, the sound of the name is different.
Probably older than me. And the way his muscles are built is beautiful.
There are no unnecessary muscles.
I haven't seen him in action, but he's probably stronger than me.
Next is Seesichkin.
He's unpleasant, but he's probably the strongest in this class.
His sense of skill selection, technique, and body usage are all first-class.
He's undoubtedly a genius.
Because I had been taught by a complete genius, Master Kirillos, I can tell that Seesichkin's talent is close to Master Kirillos'.
"Hey, hey. What are Rai and Arthur doing after this?"
"Huh? Food."
"It's still morning..."
"Seriously, you."
"Fighting makes you hungry, doesn't it?"
Both Shiro and I were slightly taken aback by Seesichkin, who said that as if it were obvious.
"Rai?"
"Me?"
The first lecture has only just ended.
It ended with only one match between me and Seesichkin, so it's still just past ten o'clock.
Lunch... no, I'm not hungry yet.
"I'm going to study magic in the library."
"Tch! Don't do such weak magic."
"Huh? Who was it that lost to that weak magic?"
"Come on!! Why are Rai and Arthur always so confrontational!?"
Shiro put Seesichkin in a bear hug from behind to stop him, who was about to jump at me.
"Okay, okay! Arthur, that's too long... Al, you're going to eat, right!? Let's go to the cafeteria! Let's go!!"
Shiro dragged Seesichkin away like that.
After all, Shiro is no ordinary person.
Even though he wasn't serious, he could lightly drag that Seesichkin.
If we're just talking about muscle mass, Shiro is probably better than Seesichkin.
"Really, why are there so many strong people around me just because I went to the academy?"
I hate my lack of talent.
What should I do to bridge the talent gap?
There's only effort.
Polish my skills, build up my strength and muscles, and gain experience.
In order for an ordinary person to beat a genius, they have to work tirelessly.
Magic may lose to the Magic Department. If it's just swordsmanship, I'll definitely lose to my classmates.
But everyone around me is mastering their own path. Of course, I'm greedy for both swords and magic, so I'm bound to lose if I fight in their field.
So what should I do?
"Drag them into my field."
Magic for the Knight Department, swordsmanship for the Magic Department.
Eventually, even my tactics will be countered.
Aside from others, Seesichkin is a genius who can do that.
So how do I win?
Increase the number of moves.
I can come up with new ways to fight, more than anyone here, more than the guys who don't try to cooperate between the Knight Department and the Magic Department.
For that purpose, swordsmanship can be done in lectures, so I have no choice but to learn magic on my own.
The main library of the world's leading academy. The number of books is the largest in the world.
Even if I narrow down the types to books on magic, the number is so large that it's daunting to read them all.
But in order for me to fight, to compete equally with a genius like Seesichkin.
"I have no choice but to do it."
For now, I'll memorize the currently constructed theories of magic.
Then I'll think about magic that can be used in actual combat.
"Ugh..."
"Hmm?"
I surfaced my awareness in response to those words that were clearly directed at me.
"Oliver?"
"Why is a knight course idiot in a place like this?"
"Huh...?"
I'm being picked a fight with all of a sudden??
"Why aren't you guys swinging swords like idiots in the training grounds, like knights should?"
I frowned deeply.
"Is it strange that I'm reading a magic book?"
"Moreover, a magic book!? ...What, introduction to, uh..."
The moment Oliver lowered his gaze to the book I was reading, he stopped moving.
"...Do you understand it?"
"I wouldn't read it if I didn't."
"Hmph."
He fell silent after that and started following the letters in the magic book with his eyes, so I watched him silently.
Oliver, who had been reading from directly across the desk, went around the desk, perhaps because it was difficult to read, and started reading next to me, shoulder to shoulder.
"...Do you really understand it?"
"Well, there's no point in reading it if I don't."
Oliver, with a frown on his face, turned his face to me with that difficult expression.
"Why are you in the Knight Department?"
He had an expression that he really didn't understand.
Incomprehensible.
Why is everyone saying that?
I'm aware that my swordsmanship is still developing, but don't you think everyone is saying too much?
Oliver's finger tapped the letters in the magic book.
"It's a range that even we haven't been taught yet."
"Oliver, what year are you in?"
"Third year. Rather, you don't use honorifics at all. I'm a senior even though we're in different departments."
"Well, I don't think I'll honestly use honorifics since I was provoked first."
I'm the type to hold grudges.
Whether he's aware of it or not, he made a face that he really didn't like.
No, no, you sowed the seeds yourself, okay?
"By the way, this is the content that is scheduled to be taken in the second semester of the third year of the Academy's Magic Department. A large-scale magic circle of a dozen people assuming that you're dealing with monsters with strong magic resistance, such as dragons. Not one person, but a party, to defeat one big one."
"So you're only assuming the existence of magicians."
"Of course. Certainly, we magicians are no match for the Knight Department alone. We're just bookworms who have only read books, and we can't even become adventurers without our companions. Even so, if it's multiple versus multiple, the advantage goes to the Magic Department. We won't lose to the knight course idiots who can only charge in..."
That is undoubtedly the pride of a magician.
A strong will that I will never lose in magic, that I don't want to lose in magic.
That's why all I can think is.
"...What a waste."
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