"Someone, help, it hurts, I'm being crushed, I'm going to die…"
Some rich kid who snatched my magic through a magic tool but can't control it and is suffering because of it.
Everyone around him is too afraid of getting caught in the gravity magic to lend a hand.
Isn't he just spectacularly unpopular?
For starters, gravity magic is actually pretty delicate and hard to handle.
Even if you steal it, you have no idea how to shut it off, so there's nothing you can really do.
"…Hah… haaah… haaah… it… stopped…"
Eventually, his own mana ran dry and the magic cut off on its own.
Not having trained properly in magic actually worked in his favor for once.
If he'd had any more mana, it would've kept going and he'd have actually died.
That said, I was planning to step in at the last second if things got dire.
"Now then, give the magic back. 'Snatch Skill'."
So I had him return the gravity magic to me.
If he'd died, there'd be no getting it back, so this worked out well for me too.
"You bast— just wait and remember this! My papa is the vice principal! Don't think you can stay here! And— my precious magic tool is broken too! You'd better remember this!"
The vice principal's son is carried off by his entourage as he retreats.
So he was the vice principal's son—the one the principal warned me to watch out for.
But how was I supposed to watch out for him? He came after me of his own accord.
The magic tool that got crushed as collateral damage from the gravity magic had it coming, and besides, it had to be cheaper than the Sage's Robe I'm wearing.
"So... Alan-kun, do you like women with big breasts...?"
Melty just came right out and asked me.
Now that's a formidable opponent right there.
"I've... never really thought about it..."
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"Alan-kun, your progress is pretty lacking compared to Melty's. Actually, it's not even lacking—it's basically nonexistent."
"Hmm, hmm."
I was struggling with magic circle theory.
Melty, studying right beside me, was already a good two stages ahead, while I could barely manage to reproduce the very first magic circle I'd been given.
"Melty, I think it's best if you stop coming today."
"What?! Instructor Agata, why?!"
"You have real talent. That's exactly why we can't let anything happen to you. Alan-kun, you've been marked by the vice principal's faction—the ones who put noble privilege above everything else. If that's the case, she'll get dragged into it too. That's not what you want, is it?"
"...No, it isn't."
I couldn't exactly have her sticking by my side around the clock.
"Melty, as a merchant's daughter, you know better than anyone how underhanded nobles can be. I hold a noble title myself, mind you. The right move here is for you to keep your distance from Alan."
"I understand. Thank you for everything up to now."
"Well, I'm sure there'll be another chance to guide you."
"Alan-kun... I'll miss you, but... I guess there's no helping it."
"Yeah, I'm sorry. It's my fault."
"I hope we can study together again someday."
"I'm looking forward to it too."
And Melty left the classroom.
"...You don't resent me, do you? I drove out someone you could have studied with..."
It was for Melty's own sake, so there was nothing to be done. And it was probably the right call.
"Not at all. It would've been wrong to drag them into it."
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Skills: [Reverse], [Divine Eye], [Sword God], [Gentleman Thief], [Dark Magic], [Rock Iron Magic], [Holy Magic], [Space-Time Magic], [Scorching Heat Magic], [Freezing Ice Magic], [Magic Hand], [Temptation], [Pain Dulling], [Complete Status Ailment Resistance], [Flame Spirit's Protection], [Phantom Demon], [Lightning Speed], [Shadow Spirit's Protection], [Superhuman Strength], [Thunder God Blade], [Great Fortune], [Clear Storm Magic], [Humility]
Rank: Silver (Alisa: Gold)
Thank you always for reading! 😊