Maou Gakuin No Futekigousha

Chapter 8

Chapter 8


08 . Magic power measurement


“The practical exam is complete . Arnos VoldiG.o.d has pa.s.sed . Please move on to the mirror room . ” The owl’s voice calls down from the sky .


After confirming that the barrier has gone I retrace my steps to the entrance where I came in .


“Aaaaaah… . waiiiiiiit…… . . it hurts……it hurts… . . it hurts…… . kill… . kill……”


“Oops . I forgot about you . ”


I turn around and return to zombie Zepes . He’s pretty pitiable .


I use resurrection to undo his zombie state and bring Liorg back as well .


“Good grief . You actually killed each other . You became a zombie and lost all reason . You’re a troublesome pair . ”


Liorg and Zepes watch me like they want to say something but nothing comes out . I guess they don’t have a valid argument .


“See you . Come again when you get stronger . I’ll play with you anytime . ”


With that, I walk out of the arena .


“… . . Never again………monster…… . ”


A voice reached my ears from behind .


As the owl instructed I move to the mirror room .


It’s a room with a great number of full-length large mirrors installed in it .


There’s already a number of mazoku in there . About a 100 I’d say . Presumably, all people who have pa.s.sed the practical exam .


Aah, there’s a familiar face .


“Yo Misha . ”


The girl turns around with her long platinum blonde hair shaking gently .


“Although you said you were not good at fighting you seem to have broken through the practical test . ”


“… . . By chance……”


So Misha says but it would be impossible to beat 5 people by chance . Unexpectedly, she might be more powerful than Zepes and Liorg .


“By the way, what’s happening now?”


I’ve got the vague feeling that this was explained but I wasn’t interested so I didn’t listen .


“If you pa.s.s the practical exam you are admitted . All that’s left is magic power measurement and an apt.i.tude test . ”


“Then all these people are our cla.s.smates?”


I look around but everyone’s state is odd . n.o.body will make eye contact with me .


The moment I meet their eyes they look away as if frightened .


“What’s this? Why is everyone so shy?”


“…… . I don’t think that’s it……… . ”


“But n.o.body will look at me . ”


“They are frightened by your magic Arnos . ”


“What do you mean?”


“Decaying Death


I see .


“If you know that were you in the audience seats Misha?”


With her usual expressionless look, Misha shook her head from side to side .


“Successful applicants can watch the exams of other applicants . ”


Misha points to a large mirror in front of us .


Aah, I see . Got it .


All the mirrors in this room project images from all around Deruzogedo so Misha watched my match from here .


“I don’t get it . Why are they frightened of ? It’s not much of a spell really . ”


Misha stares at me expressionlessly .


“…… . . Is it bad?”


*Kokuri* Misha nods .


“How bad is it?”


Misha thinks about it without changing her expression .


“… . . Something a brutal demon would use……… . . ”


“Haha . No . It’s ultimately a good magic to restore a body . ”


I let out a refreshing voice .


“……………”


Misha thinks carefully and lets out a small voice .


“…… . I take it back……… . ”


“That’s right . You get it . ”


“It’s not the magic at fault . Arnos is a brutal demon . ”


“Surely you jest . ”


I need to correct this to avoid being labelled as a brutal demon . Some lies will be unavoidable .


I’ve only just reincarnated so I don’t understand the values of this age .


“… . . Got it…… . ”


I heave a sigh of relief that Misha has accepted it .


“Aren’t you frightened Misha?”


“It wasn’t scary . ”


That’s a very very unexpected line .


Despite her appearance, she’s obviously very courageous .


“Normal . ”


It’s hard to imagine what exactly could scare Misha . Though she seems absentminded she’s not timid .


An owl flew in while I was thinking this .


“We will now be performing the magic power measurement . Please line up before the magic crystals . After you are done please move to the next room for the apt.i.tude test . ”


Magic crystal? I’ve never heard of this magic tool .


In the age of myths, there was no way to measure magic power . It seems like not everything has degraded . Some things have moved forward .


“And? Where is this magic crystal?”


“Here . ”


Misha starts to walk off so I follow her .


The other examinees seem to know the place as well . Several lines begin to form .


Apparently, there are several of these magic crystals .


I try to see what’s going on .


The magic crystal is a huge purple crystal paired up with a large mirror .


When you touch the crystal it reads your magic and displays the number on the mirror .


[126]


[218]


[98]


[145]


The owl sits in front of the mirror and reads out the numbers .


To be able to turn into numbers something that I could only tell through my senses before . This is truly a convenient age .


It only takes several seconds to get a reading . Soon enough it was Misha’s turn .


“Do your best . ”


“……… . . Same result…… . . ”


Doesn’t magic power increases or decrease through effort?


“Well, good luck anyway . ”


The everpresent deadpan expression looks at me .


“… . . Nn…… . ”


Touching the crystal her power is displayed after several seconds .


[100246]


Instinctively I was impressed . It was only 3 digit figures until now but Misha is in the hundred thousands . She’s got even more talent for magic than I thought .


“That’s great Misha . ”


After praising her a little she became a bit shy and looked down .


“…… . . Arnos…… . . more amazing…… . . ?”


“Aah . ”


I touched the magic crystal . This is my first experience of having my magic power measured . I wonder what it will be?


Perhaps it will exceed a hundred million? If that’s the case then the people of this age have severely dulled .


With this, they should understand that I am the founder .


[0]


As the owl speaks a noise rings out and the crystal breaks into pieces .


“The measurements have finished . Please proceed to the apt.i.tude tests . ”


Hmm . The crystal broke but they don’t seem to care .


“I know I’m the one saying it but I think 0 is impossible………”


That would mean that I would be unable to use magic at all . That should be easy to understand but the owl said .


“The measurements have finished . Please proceed to the apt.i.tude test . ”


*tsk* This useless familiar .


“The familiar is just obeying orders . ”


Misha says to me .


“Well, I guess so . ”


Misha stares at my face .


“What’s wrong?”


“…… . First time I’ve seen it…… . . ”


“What?”


“Where the magic power is so strong the crystal broke . ”


Oh, I see .


I use my demon eyes on the broken crystal fragments . After a.n.a.lysing its structure it seems that it enlarges in response to the power of the person touching it . The volume that it has enlarged by is then measured and converted into a numerical value .


I exceeded its limit causing an intense magic reaction which led to it shattering . Though it is a convenient thing it’s not possible to use it to measure my power .


“It’s not 0 . The decision should have been immeasurable . ”


“Impossible . ”


“Why?”


“The magic crystal does not break . ”


“It broke . ”


Misha responded in an indifferent tone of voice .


“Arnos is out of the norm . ”


“Why do you know this Misha?”


“I’m proud of my demon eyes . It is impossible for other people to do it . ”


My magic power was too strong causing the crystal to break but other people won’t understand this .


Also, all decisions have been left to these familiars, but they can only act as instructed . There’s no way the familiar would know what to do when it broke .


At best and if I was lucky it might have prepared a new one .


The fact that it broke and that an impossible reading of 0 was given was irrelevant .


“Some people will understand what it means but even so it’s still supposed to be almost impossible . ”


Yare yare . There’s supposed to be talented people running this academy .


If I’m being fair, I suppose they would never have guessed that someone with enough power to break the crystal would turn up for the entrance exam .


On the other hand the story of the founder demon king reincarnating has been pa.s.sed down . Also, Misha said it was the first time she’d seen it . My breaking it may actually count for something .


Another thing I’ve found out is that the demon eyes of the current mazoku are also weak .


If they had even a bit of talent anyone looking at the crystal using their demon eyes could have seen what happened .


Has the thought not occurred to anyone that the demon king Arnos would be outside of the standards of magic power?


I’m going to be looked down on here .


I’m probably being a bit childish getting obsessed over these numbers .


My magic power has not decreased at all .


“Oh well . It’s fine because Misha knows . ”


“Really?”


“Yeah . Thank you . ”


After thinking in her usual deadpan expression Misha says .


“You’re welcome . ”