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Chapter 002, Magical Liquid Metal

I, Hotta Youta, in this parallel world, had become a 3 year old『Lute』.

Also, I finally learned how to walk and talk.

I wanted to go outside the town to look around but the orphanage rules prohibited me.

That would only be allowed once I turned 7.

On the other hand, walking around the orphanage was possible.

Every morning, it was decided that I would receive lessons from El-sensei in one of the large rooms at the orphanage.

El-sensei gathered the orphanage and town’s children and taught them reading and writing, arithmetic, this world’s history, and common etiquette.

So that’s why the oba-chans adoringly refer to her as teacher.

Math aside, living in this world required you to learn reading and writing, and, of course, general knowledge.

The children taking the cla.s.s were of an age around first year primary school students.

Since I was quiet, I was the only 3 year old child sitting in the back where I was not punished to stand in hallway.

Math — I had no problems with the basic four operations.

My outward age is 3. But inside, I’ll be 30 this year.

By the time I became a hikikimori, I had already mastered those four basic mathematical operations.

I was able to memorize without any difficulty the alphabet they used in reading and writing. Maybe it was because I was in growing up phase, or was reincarnated, or the combination of those two.

From the history lesson, I received details on how this parallel world came to be.

Because the entire lesson took a day to end, the rest became summarized.

Approximately 100,000 years ago — a G.o.d, named Tenjin-sama, created both the celestial world and the surface world, and governed in peace.

But one day, 6 Dai Maou stole the secret art from Tenjin-sama which was referred to as manipulating belief or s.h.i.+npou.

The Dai Maous were able to manipulate s.h.i.+npou and degrade it into magic. Soon after, they escaped to the surface world.

And then, the 6 Dai Maou conquered the surface world using the power of magic.

However in the 5 large continents where the 5 races live, heroes had risen; the secret art for magic was taken back from the Dai Maous. And the magic had been restructured in order to deal with them.

And because of the emergence of those magical heroes, five of the Dai Maous were defeated and sealed.

But the last of the Dai Maous had allegedly gone into hiding while holding his breath at the Demon Continent.

However, thanks to the heroes from the five races, peace had finally arrived in the surface world.

That was the summary of this world’s history.

100,000 years… The history of the previous world’s humanity began about 7 million years ago. Even so, if you were to compare them, isn’t there a large time difference…?

The 5 races that the heroes came from are from the different races in this world. They’re from Human, Fay, Beast, Dragon and Demon.

The Human race looked similar to me. In this world, they were the most populous.

The Fay race were referred to elves, dwarfs, fairies and other such creatures.

The Beast race had non-human ears similar to El-sensei. They also had noticeable beastly characteristics. On the other hand, the Dragon race resembled the appearance of a human but had a dragon horn on their head. Among the 5 races, they had the most pride in their clan.

And lastly, the Demon race. Those who can’t be cla.s.sified from other four races were usually cla.s.sified from this race.

Those heroes are now popularly called『Heroes of the Five Races』. They are often used in epic stories and fairy tales.

Next is general knowledge.

We learned in history that Magic was taken back from the Dai Maous. But in order for me to deal with the inhabitants in this world, I’ll become someone who manipulates magic.

People that could handle magic in this world are called 『Magicians』.

Because of the history on how the Dai Maous were defeated and sealed, the social status of Magicians are quite high.

Naturally, Magicians also exist in all sorts of ranks.

If the rank is high, then their influence also increases.

These are the rankings:

SSS rank

SS+ rank

SS rank

SS- rank

S+ rank

S rank

S- rank

A+ rank

A rank

A- rank

B+ rank

B rank

B- rank

C+ rank

C rank

C- rank

B+ rank is the limit most common people can reach.

A rank is only reached by a handful of people called『Prodigies』.

The existences that reach S rank are referred to as『Inhuman』『Fiend』『Freak』.

The existences that reach SS cla.s.s are referred to as being in Maou cla.s.s.

Reaching the G.o.d’s domain, the SSS rank, is referred to as『s.h.i.+npou』or G.o.d’s Technique.

Fundamentally, children referred to as『Talented Magicians』were those that held B- rank magic and above.

Their latent magical capacity could be sensed from the outside.

An individual’s effort and affinity depends on their dedication to spiritual improvement. However, there is no alternative for those holding B rank magical capacity; even those that moved to A-rank and S rank were seemingly like that.

However, for those holding C+ rank magical power, they won’t reach B- rank even if they’re not capable. That’s why it was still necessary to practice magic in order to go beyond the standard.

If one became a rank higher than B-, they’re basically winners; they can choose whichever job they want especially those high-paying ones.

「From the time they are born, winners are already separated from losers….」

Furthermore, people that are judged as losers do not become more than B- rank as written in history.

In this harsh world, juniors surpa.s.sing seniors is basically impossible.

For that reason, royals, aristocrats, and old lineages, disliked the tendency of having to marry with the exception of magicians.

High-cla.s.s magicians marry for the sake of increasing the probability of giving birth to more talented children. These is the reason why the magical capacity of the old lineages, n.o.bles and the like are fundamentally high.

You can roughly divide magics into four separate categories.

1: Attribute Magic

2: Void Magic

3: Healing Magic

4: Support Magic