Failed Acts

Christina : Your name?

George : George Rivelet.

Christina : Which attribute did you have?

George : Earth

Christina : Have you used magic before?

George : Yes.

Christina : How much?

George : Less than five times.

Christina : Then, I'm right to choose you.

After hearing the boy's words, some noble students start saying mocking words

Student A : Less than five times? That's the same as "haven't".

Student B : Just what he doing before coming to this academy?

Student C : He's a commoner. He must work for the most of his time.

Student D : Like what?

Student C : Doing odd jobs. Hahahaha!

The Class : Hahahaha!

Most of the students start laughing while two of them are disappointed, one sad and one didn't even react at all. Teacher take a glance to the boy and saw him reactionless. Teacher was amazed and decided to stop the students

Christina : Quiet! I teach magic, not jokes. Get out of the class if you want to laugh.

The class went quiet immediately

Christina : Now, can you show me your magic, boy?

George : Okay.

The boy hold his hand out and closed his eyes. After a second, a magic circle appeared on his hand palm and the blue energy was start forming into the shape. The teacher noticed something but decided to stay quiet. After a second, the rock appeared on his hand palm and magic was gone. Almost every student was shocked by this but the boy didn't noticed this

Kuragari : (Hmm... what happened to those kids? Were they amazed that the commoner can use magic like this?)

Then, he gave the rock to the teacher and the teacher analyst the rock

George : Is this alright?

Christina : Yes, good job, boy. You can go back to your seat.

The boy was planning to take back the rock but he teacher put it in her pocket. Not wanting to say another word, the boy just walked back to his seat

Cecelia : That's amazing, George. You created a rock.

George : (Was she mocking me?) No, it's not. Anyone could do that.

Christina : You all saw him using magic, right? But just because you can use magic doesn't mean you understand the magic or know the magic. First let's talk about human biology.

George : Huh?

Kuragari : Don't be huh. To understand the magic, one need to learn both biology and alchemy.

George : (You didn't told me before)

Kuragari : That's because I'm practical teacher. I can only teach the way to fight with magic.

George : ....

Christina : Every human has mana, stamina and life energy.

Kuragari : (Wait... life energy?)

Christina : To use magic perfectly, one need both mana and stamina. Using magic costs mana. The stronger the magic, the bigger the mana cost. Stamina was the number of times that you can use magic. You can't use magic if you don't have mana and if you don't have stamina, you can still use magic but not much and there's a chance to fail the spell. Both mana and stamina recover with time.

Blonde hair girl raised her hand

Charlotte : Teacher, how can one know that they have stamina or not?

Christina : Stamina was the same as strength. If your stamina is low, you'll feel weak, get lightheaded and exhaust. If you have no stamina, you'll lose consciousness.

Kuragari : (I see... that's the same as I thought)

Charlotte : Thank you for answering me.

Christina : It's alright. And the last, life energy, was the replacement for mana. If you have no mana left but want to use magic, you can use life energy and use magic. But it was really dangerous. Life energy was the limited energy that cannot recover with time. Life energy was the same as the lifespan. So, using life energy means, sacrificing your lifespan. Use it at your own risk.

Kuragari : (Hmm... that's the same as I thought too)

Christina : When we use magic, imagination was the most important thing.

Kuragari : Agree.

Christina : We need the clear imagination of the element you want to use...

Kuragari : Agree.

Christina : And the crest circle.

Kuragari : Agre.... wait, what?

George : (What?)

Christina : To use magic, one needs to imagine the crest circle clearly.

Kuragari : I didn't know that.

George : (Wait.... is that mean?)

Christina : So, to use magic, you have to practice imagining the crest circle clearly first... like George Rivelet.

George : (Ohh...)

Kuragari : *uck!

Then, the teacher drew the crest circle on the blackboard

Christina : Crest circle should be like this. You can't mess up. Even a small mistake would make your magic fail. Practice until you can use magic perfectly without even concentrating.

Kuragari : Boy.

George : (What?)

Kuragari : We're really stupid, you know?

George : ...

Kuragari : We're vigilante assassins and yet we don't even know that using the magic crest circle perfectly means that we are experienced in magic.

George : (Please stop)

Kuragari : That's a *ucking common sense!! And yet... we don't even know who should stay with a low profile. We're just dumb and dumber.

George : (Please stop, oldman. I'm wanting to cry already. Don't give me more triggers)

Kuragari : *sigh*

Realising his stupid mistake, the boy cover his face in shame. Unknown to him, some students got their attention toward him but decided to not show. While every student starts training, the teacher looks at the boy and thinks

Christina : (He said he was a normal commoner. Then, he used magic like it was child's play to him)

The teacher opened the book on the table and looked to the boy's profile

Christina : (He works in his uncle's pharmacy. Pharmacist hands shouldn't have those kind of scratches on the palm. Also, the rock he created was extremely like a normal rock, a perfect rock. He might lie that he was an amateur in magic. But why did he lie? Not wanting to be popular? Hmm... how strange)

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At Break Time

The teacher left the room and some students started leaving their seat

Cecelia : I'm kinda hungry. Will you join the lunch, George?

White hair girl looked to her side for the boy but the boy was already gone

Cecelia : George?

While she was looking around herself in confusion, blonde hair girl went near her

Charlotte : Looking for a partner for lunch?

White hair girl look up to blonde hair girl

Cecelia : Umm... yes.

Charlotte : Wanna join us?

Cecelia : Is that really fine for me to join?

Charlotte : About what? For being a commoner? That doesn't matter. Just come with us.

White hair girl followed after blonde hair girl and blue hair boy, and walked out of the room. The boy watches the scene from one corner while concealing his presence. Then, he left

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(In The Library)

The boy looking at the books from the bookshelf

George : (Umm... is this really the only place for us?)

Kuragari : Yeah, it's unlikely to face troubles here because it's forbidden to make loud noises at the library.

George : *sigh*

Then, the boy took one book out of the bookshelf

George : You Can't Fear Your Own World. What is this?

Kuragari : Reference.

George : What?

Kuragari : Nothing.

The boy took the book to the table and sat on the chair. Then, open the book and start reading

Kuragari : (That's my boy. Reading was the best option to waste one's time. Most kids don't care about books and only realise after becoming adults. The library was the best place for people who avoid troubles. But stupid kids want to perform romance actions like kissing in here and I definitely don't want to see those things. The worst thing that could happen in library was seeing the couple performing sex. This is dating SIM so we can't avoid those things completely. We have to be careful)

the student girl from the counter was watching him watching the boy carefully while covering her face with the book. The boy nor the spirit inside him didn't notice the student girl

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(In The Field)

The teacher who's wearing the red and the students standing and a bunch of wooden weapons can be seen on the table in front of them

Carter : Name is Carter. I am the one who will teach martial arts to you kids. I'm sure that most of you already know how to swing a sword. But, that alone couldn't save your life in fight. You have to face more than one opponent and if all of them are already mastered in martial arts, your life will be gone before you could even notice. The headmaster doesn't want that and that's the reason I am here, to train all of you. In that way, you won't waste your lives on the battlefield. When you are called, come out and take the weapon you favour. Then, face me. Albert Diatory.

Blue hair boy came out from the group

Carter : Take any weapon you want.

Blue hair boy took a wooden sword

Carter : Now, fight me with all you have.

Blue hair boy pointed his sword at the teacher and runs toward him. The teacher take down blue hair boy in split second. Students shocked

Carter : Next, ....

Every students took down by the teacher one after one and eventually, the boy's turn was come

Carter : George Rivelet.

The boy look to the weapons on the table. He took the wooden sword and took fighting stance

Carter : Not coming huh? Then, I'll come to you!

The teacher run toward the boy and swing his blade. The boy deflect the attack. The teacher immediately swings his sword again. When the two swords meet again, the teacher notices something

Carter : (What the...?

the boy's sword flew away from the boy's hand. The boy raised his both hands in defeat

George : *sigh* I lost.

The boy walked toward the sword on the ground. The teacher watching the boy and thinking

Carter : (He saw... He saw my attack. His eyes are fast enough to react my attacks. None of the students had this kind of reaction. One of the reason they lost was because they didn't saw my attack. And his hand... didn't holding the sword properly. There's no strength in his grip. If he grab his sword the same strength like when he deflect my first attack, there's no way this could happen. He's intentionally losing this. Why? He's clearly hiding something)