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Volume 4 Chapter 93

Our class has all succeeded and advanced to the second year of the Ifurus Magic School.

Three months had passed since then.
We still had monthly fights with other classes, just as when we were freshmen; we easily defeated them and got to keep the classroom to ourselves.

We also had our once-a-week special class with Sage Luano, the headmaster of this academy.

He was amazing as always, and his lessons truly benefited us.

He continually taught us about magical principles that even I knew nothing about.
However, was it really okay for him to teach us about how to use ancient and forbidden magic?

I mean, it was called forbidden magic because we’re not allowed to use it right?
As I thought, that was not the case.
Sage Luano wanted to hand down everything he knew about magic to us since he believed that we should be the ones to guide the future.

His intentions for teaching forbidden magic were not to encourage us to use them but to equip us with the knowledge needed to prevent criminals who use it for their evil deeds.
I see. If that’s the case, then we need to put in the time to learn it.
There was also something I learned while studying under Sage Luano.

It had something to do with my favorite spell, the flaming knights.

Yoko told me before that it was a spell called [Flame Knight].
This spell….

Is one of the forbidden spells.
It was written in the forbidden book that Sage Luano brought, titled [Encyclopedia of Ancient Magic and Forbidden Magic].
It was forbidden because it consumed an enormous amount of mana, and if one forcibly tried to cast it, he would certainly run out of mana.

And a flaming knight had its own will, and it was automated, so the risk of it going out of control was quite high, so ordinary people were prohibited from using it, and only sages were permitted to do so.
I can use it since I’m a sage, right?
I’m level 1, though.
I thought it was my original creation and used it as so, but apparently, there were sages in the past who also used this spell.
It was a bit disappointing to know that I wasn’t the one who invented it.
My flaming knights could cooperate together and self-destruct in an effort to inflict damage on an opponent they can’t defeat, but the forbidden flaming knights couldn’t do either of those.
And my flaming knights were coated with lightning magic on the surface of their bodies, which meant that instead of being crippled by water magic, which was its weakness, it would actually strengthen it.

I think it’s safe to say that these additions were my original inventions, right?
Incidentally, the vacuum-creating magic I invented as a deterrent against flaming knights running amok ──

I was told that it was ancient magic.
I heard that it was used by one of the reincarnated heroes to stop a huge fire a long time ago.
Hmmm..I guess reincarnated guys really think the same way.
A red bird flew in through the classroom window when we were in one of Sage Luano’s classes.
It was called a letter bird. As the name would imply, it’s a bird that carried letters.
Before it could start sending letters, the bird had to do one of those two things.

One was for the bird to meet the recipient beforehand.
The other method was to show one of the recipient’s possessions to the bird so that it could detect his mana.
Also, Letter birds’ plumage colors vary according to their ability.
Green letter birds were tasked with delivering the ordinary letters.

There were instances when magical beasts attacked them, and the letters didn’t reach the recipient, so it was the norm to release a few of them bearing the same letter and flying to the same location.
Urgent letters were sent through yellow letter birds.

They were more powerful and faster compared to the green Letter Birds.

Even if only one of them was sent, it would almost certainly reach the recipient, so correspondence was a lot faster and therefore more costly.
And then there was the red Letter Bird who entered our classroom through the window.

Only the royalty could use it.

Although it’s quite rare, there were some instances where nobles used them to donate a large sum of money to the country.
The red Letter Bird landed on Merdie’s desk.
Don’t tell me, Merdie is part of royalty?
Merdie removed the letter strapped to the Letter Bird’s leg and opened it. Her expression clouded as she read its contents.

And then──
「Headmaster, Tina-sensei, would it be alright if I don’t come to school for a while?」
「Hm, what happened?」

「Did something happen?」
「Apparently my father had collapsed , so I want to return to my country」
Merdie then explained that her father was cursed, and his condition was quite bad, so her parents sent her this letter to come back.

Merdi’s hometown, Vestier, the land of the beastmen, was 20 days away from Glendale by carriage.

There was no need to take a boat since the two countries were located on the same continent, still, it was quite a distance.
If Merdie were to return to her country by carriage, she wouldn’t be able to return to the school for at least forty days.
「In this school, it’s not necessary to attend classes as long as you can pass the regular exams. So yes, it’s fine if you don’t come, however, you know there is a better option, right?」
「What do you mean?」

「Our school requires students each year to attend off-campus classes in a country of their own choosing, you can just choose your own country this year」
In this school, there was a rule that students had to spend one month every year in another country.

It was up to each class to decide when and where to go.
「B, but, the round trip alone would take more than a month,…」
So Merdie really did intend to ride the carriage back.
Isn’t your family in danger?

You can count on me for times like this.
「My–」
「It would be fine if you return immediately via Haruto’s teleportation magic, no?」
I was just about to say that, but Sage Luano beat me to it.
Damn, this was my chance to look cool…
「H, Haruto, you wouldn’t mind right?」

Merdie asked me in a very apologetic tone.
Her ears, which were normally as straight as a pin, laid lifeless on her head.

Her eyes were welling up with tears.
S, so cute…
It was similar to the time I saw a kitten, I felt compelled to protect her.
By the way, I’m a huge cat lover.
「Of course! I already went to Vestier before, so we can go right away.」

I had to make a teleportation circle to my destinations ahead of time.
Ever since I learned how to use teleportation magic, I made sure to mark all the countries on the same continent in case anything occurred in the future.

We were able to circle the whole continent in just one week, thanks to Tina’s flight magic.
「Thank you so much, Haruto!」
Merdie embraced me. She was so overjoyed that she began to lick my cheeks.
Are you a cat!? Oh right, you are a cat.
「So, what do you want to do? How about we go to Vestier first? If we want something from here, we can just return back and get it, so what do you think about that?」

Her father was in a critical condition, after all.

So it would be wise to go to Vestier right away if we can.
「That would be great. Let’s go!」
「Got it. Everyone, I’ll take Merdie first. I’ll come back for you guys later」
I said that to Tina and Rifa.

「I understand. We’ll get ready for the trip. We’ll be hoping for your father’s fast recovery, Merdie-san」
「Thank you, sensei」
「Alright, let’s go」
I took Merdie’s hand in mine, and we teleported to the kingdom of Vestier, all the while loving the sensation of her huge paws.