Isekai Tensei - Kimi to no Saikai made Nagai koto Nagai koto

Chapter 14

TheLong Journey Until I Reunite With You

School...Beginning And End

I didn"t think I was this weak. So, I thought I simply needed tobecome strong. It"s just, there are no standards for measuring combat strength.Though I say that, for the talent-less me who is unable to use magic, I don’tfeel like I’ll get stronger by just haphazardly doing whatever I can. I alreadyproved that over the last ten years. What was it that I needed? If I can’tobtain it, it will become my third regret.

「*Nuooooooh!*」 (Velt)

「You did it, it moved, Velt-kun! You finally moved the jar!」(Teacher)

On the platform where the attention of the cla.s.s was gathered,just being able to do what everyone else could already do was met withapplause. However, being this disgraceful was fine. The other kids my age havealready moved countless steps ahead of me.

「Now then, everyone in the cla.s.s has pa.s.sed... Well, Velt-kun hasvarious things to learn about the foundation of magic still, but everyoneshould work hard from today forth to learn magic that suits them.」(Teacher)

While the majority of the cla.s.s had delighted expressions, Ialone was dejected. To be honest, this levitation magic is my limit. Any morethan this is too hard.

「Now then, to review, can someone tell me the eight types ofelemental magic in the world?」 (Teacher)

To answer the teacher"s gentle question, the most of the cla.s.svigorously raised their hands. The answer is obvious even for children. Shaltwas chosen, and responded full of confidence.

「There are eight types. Fire, earth, lightning, wind, water,darkness, light, and void.」 (Shalt)

「Yes, that is correct. Aside from levitation magic, which is a bitof an exception, a person will generally have an affinity with one type ofmagic. When you have determined your magical affinity, you have set foot on thepath of magic.」 (Teacher)

(TN: We think void magic is something along the lines of nothaving an element. Will have to see how this changes, if at all.)

In this world, there is technical magic and elemental magic.Technical magic is like the levitation magic I struggled with, including thingslike telepathy and binding magic, and there are over one hundred differentones. However, alongside technical magic exists elemental magic. Put simply,things like fire and lightning and wind magic can be created and manipulated,and be used to attack. It"s the standard for wizards. How well you can utilizeelemental magic determines your value as a wizard, so it makes everyoneexcited.

「Shalt-kun, you already know what element you have an affinityfor, and you can use some elemental magic, yes?」(Teacher)

「Yes, of course.」 (Shalt)

「Then, would you like to try practicing? Do the best you can.」(Teacher)

Shalt moved to the front and raised his hand. At that moment, agentle breeze began to flow inside the closed room.

「Wind.」(Shalt)

It was weak. Well, it’s supposed to be controlled anyways. It wasweak enough to only cause his hair to sway. However, that is Shalt"s element.

「Shalt-kun has wind. He can combine it with water magic to produceice magic. Everyone, please try each of the different elements and put themtogether to make magic this month.」 (Teacher)

Impossible. It"s not a complaint, but I have no idea how. By theway, Shalt could blow away a full grown man if he was serious, while I"m onlyat the level of moving a jar right now. In all seriousness, the differentiationbetween wizards is their use of elemental magic. There"s the magic soldier typethat uses a combination of magic with a weapon to fight. Those that can useboth elemental and technical magic are the wizard type. They don"t have anyproblems at all. The genius types that can master both blade and magic are whatthey call heroes and heroines. Aside from those are the useless people thatcan"t use magic that must find different jobs. That"s the type I probably am. Inother words, elemental magic determines if you"re a plebeian or a hero.

「Incidentally, the famous young hero can use all of the elements.By chance, you may be able to become a hero or heroine as well, so please tryhard.」 (Teacher)

What kind of freaking cheat is that.

Just so you know, my element is earth. There"s something to besaid for being the son of a farmer, and I"m a bit disappointed it"s not at thelevel of some kind of cheat.

「Earth, is it... Anyways, fire and lightning are cooler and seemstronger, so it would be good to have those.」(Velt)

Muttering to myself about my boring element, the teacher cameover while laughing with a smile, riding upon the earth.

「Oh? Humans are an existence born from the earth you know? Earthmagic is an expression of humanity itself, an exceedingly beautiful element,no?」 (Teacher)

Though the teacher said so gently, she probably has complimentsfor all of the elements. Because you can"t choose your element, there have tobe others who are disappointed as well.

「c.r.a.p, I wanted to get void. It"s cool and seems the strongest.」(Student A)

「What"re you saying, isn"t fire magic cooler and more manly?」(Student B)

「But, with void you can make cool things like gravity magic youknow? I would be happy about that.」 (Student A)

Ooh, chuunibyou is it? Ah, they"re ten years old. Heck, they"reat the same level as me. Well, void and darkness and light seem to be rareelements, but somehow or another there doesn"t appear to be anyone in my cla.s.swith those.

Wait, wasn"t Forna a genius that can use lightning, light, andvoid magic?

「Ahaha, stuuupid. Even if you had void, you wouldn"t be able touse gravity magic. That"s one of the hardest magic to use you know?」(Student B)

「S, shut up, I wanted it a little bit. A long time ago, the oldman at the second-hand magic shop beat up demons with gravity magic, it wassuper cool.」 (Student A)

What? That old man was that amazing? Can"t judge a person byappearance. However, I"m honestly surprised. Gravity magic literally makessomething heavier, though I don"t know how much. Ten times, one hundred times,a thousand times heavier, it"s a cheat magic that breaks the rules, and iscompletely unrelated to me. But, even though it may be unrelated to me, itmight be the magic I need the most, in a sense.

「That"s right. Possibly, at that time, if the baton had morepower...」 (Velt)

More destructive power would come from speed, power, and weight.Though, it"s not worth much with the body of a ten-year-old. Training wouldgive me power and speed, but nothing can be done about the weight.

「Ha, pointless. I"m an idiot. I finally made something float...」(Velt)

Right now, what I said, made me think of a foolish question.

「Hey, I"ve got a question.」 (Velt)

「Eh? Velt-kun has a question! ...*sniff*, Aruna, your son hasbecome so splendid.」 (Teacher)

「No, that"s not something to cry about. Instead of that, it"s a dumbquestion, but what"s the difference between levitation magic and gravity magic?」(Velt)

「...Ha?」 (Teacher)

「Well, gravity magic, makes things heavier right? Doesn"t levitationmagic make things lighter? Though the effect is the opposite, don"t they bothchange the weight?」 (Velt)

The teacher, and the rest of the cla.s.s were dumbfounded. Then,voices began to leak out one by one, resulting in laughter from all.

「Ahahahahaha, Velt, what are you saying?」(Student C)

「*Hi~, A~*, It hurts, what are you saying with a straight face?」(Student D)

「Velt-kun is bad in the head. Forna-chan, your future doesn"t lookgood.」 (Student E)

What? Was my question really that dumb? The teacher was trying tohide her face while laughing right along. I suddenly feel disgraced now.

「*Fufufu*, sorry, Velt-kun. To answer your question, they"re a bitdifferent.」 (Teacher)

「Wh, wa, eh?」 (Velt)

「Levitation magic only makes something float, not make it lighter.」(Teacher)

「But, but it floated! That, isn"t it because it got lighter?」(Velt)

「Not quite. First, gravity magic makes something heavier. Forexample, if I made this textbook one hundred times heavier and hit you with it,you would feel one hundred times the power. But if I used levitation magic tomake the book float and then 『grabbed』 it to hit you, it would be just with the weight of the book. Thephenomenon of 『levitation』 occurs, so teacher"s book doesn"t actually change weight. That"show it is.」 (Teacher)

Hearing the teacher"s explanation, I, even to this day, don"tknow why it was that unusual. It"s like that, right? But why don"t I think thatway even after that explanation? You all, what are you thinking? Am I the weirdone here? Is it because I"m the only one that grew up in a world where levitationis a downright lie, where magic is nothing but a trick? Levitation magic isamazing! Wait, why am I only thinking at the level of making something float? This,I can use this. No, most of my worries might have just gone away.

「Teacher~」 (Velt)

「What is it? Velt-kun.」 (Teacher)

「I... I"m super motivated now. I"ll try hard.」(Velt)

「Velt-kun! That"s it, that interest! Ah~ Velt-kun finallyunderstands what I"ve been teaching him.」 (Teacher)

Right, I"m motivated.

Thinking that, I decided to leave school.

I wrote a few words that I was dropping out, delivered it to theschool, and left. The next day, even as the teacher cried and Forna stormedinto the ramen shop shouting, my decision did not change.
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