"Alan, you haven't made any progress in Magic Circle Studies at all. You're a genius who can reproduce Hellfire Magic, so I can't fathom why... I'm completely stumped."
"I don't know either."
I really wonder why.
It's not like I have some grand desire to peer into the abyss of magic or anything, but when I can't do something, it just gnaws at me.
"That's enough for today. I have the day off tomorrow, so maybe if you step away from Magic Circle Studies for a bit, something might click."
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Just as I stepped out of the Magic Circle Studies classroom.
"You're Alan, the recommended admission, right? Come to the Special Instruction Room. You can't refuse."
A bald instructor called out to me.
The muscular physique visible even through his camouflage clothing was, to put it bluntly, completely out of place at a magic academy.
Though there was a chance he was an instructor who had mastered body enhancement magic.
"Heh, he finally got nabbed, that guy."
"So this is the fate of those summoned to the Special Instruction Room... Reformation or death."
"The instruction room, a jacked instructor, an innocent young boy. There's no way nothing's going to happen..."
The students who happened to be present were looking at me with expressions that practically screamed "serves you right."
"Hurry up and get over here!"
The bald instructor was losing his patience.
"Y-yes, sir..."
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The door to the special guidance room was shut.
It was a spacious room that could easily hold around forty people.
"Looks like some commoner has gotten too full of himself. You went and shattered every bone and ruptured the organs of Lord Gamma — a boy who was even equipped with magical tools. I trust you've prepared yourself for what's coming?"
Must be referring to that young master who blew himself up with gravity magic.
"Who's Gamma?"
"He's the son of Vice Principal Lord Delta Fibner, Marquis Fibner — Lord Gamma Fibner! You didn't even bother checking who you were picking a fight with? What a careless fool."
"He started it, and he didn't introduce himself, so I figured he didn't want his name known."
"What an utterly unlikeable brat. Hey — get in here!"
And with heavy, thudding footsteps, a bunch of muscular men stomped into the special guidance room.
"This one is the next"
""guidance""
"target?"
"What a pretty face. I'd love to mess it all up."
"That calm expression of yours... I want to break it."
"Come on, drop your pants!"
""Education""
"is what you're getting. This ain't just a little spanking."
The bald instructor looked at me.
"These guys dish out the behind-the-scenes"
""education""
"An unofficial unit. Doesn't officially exist. Magic users are abnormally fragile, so tremble in fear!"
Doesn't officially exist... meaning you can do whatever you want. Sweet!
"You lot, get 'em!"
"""""Yeah, Intimidation!"""""
Intimidation from the four musclebound goons.
Normally, this alone would break someone's spirit — both in effect and just visually.
"You're not embarrassed intimidating people with four grown adults? Take this — Intimidation Counter!"
I snap my eyes wide open and glare right back at the quad.
"Guh..." "I can't move..." "What the hell, this brat..." "Impossible..."
The black-ops education unit crumbles to their knees, trembling.
"And next — Midsummer Night's Nightmare!"
This is my trump card Dark Magic, so enjoy it to the fullest!
Purple smoke wraps around them, plunging them into sleep.
"Gagh — any more and my neck will snap... stop it!"
"Ow, ow — my arm doesn't bend that way!"
"The thorned whip hurts! My skin is splitting!"
"That hole isn't meant to go in — Aaargh!"
Midsummer Night's Nightmare is a spell that forces the target to relive all the evil they've committed in their dreams.
Judging by the content of their screams, they'd probably done things like that to students.
"Tch — useless lot!"
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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], [Seduction], [Pain Mitigation], [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance], [Guardian of the Flame Spirit], [Illusion Demon], [Gale Thunder], [Guardian of the Dark Spirit], [Monstrous Strength], [Thunder God Sword], [Great Luck], [Clear Storm Magic], [Humility]
Rank: Silver (Arisa: Gold)
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