Chapter 25 (1/2)
Everyday life without uncle, part 1 DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
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Renowned for its long history, spanning over 300 years since its founding, and boasting of producing icians, it was the doeration to say that it's an acadeical research institutes, and even a town that supports the students' lives
It was supposed to be a place where a lot of people with the desire to learn congregated, and where ability and acaderound were the only entry barriers
But currently, the Acadeicians' factions and their power struggles
It would still be acceptable if it were just a conflict between students, but effectively, it was a proxy war between aristocratic raduated from the Academy have no choice but to manipulate their children to raise their influence within the institution, and so, the students for those who don't follow their will
The overwhelin, ic and other kinds of inheritance spells
Though, there were so to restore their houses to their forics were the spells handed down to thethey were as enerally useless in battle, so possessing theood relationshi+p with one's fae and rando research icians
Well, there were soe direction due to said research…
On the other hand, bloodline ic that is transmitted to the ic succeeded froe of different effects, and the person who inherits them, is often not able to control them They function at a subconscious level, and the person is able to suddenly invoke the ic without any need to chant In ic
Particularly, 【Charht】, and so on, were all unique reat power, and moreover, they were difficult to control
For instance, spontaneous ignition is literally, as its nas on fire, and to produce a sh it couldn't be used in actual combat It was ilance Furthermore, it was an i you look at catches on fire
In the case of foresight, its predictions could be considered ht or not
There were a lot of unique ics that were considered useless by most people
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In one corner of the Acadeathered, there was one of the student dor
The building itself had an early gothic style, and ih the , with its distinct characteristic, a pattern of two se each other, in other words, a rib vault ceiling, decorating the whole structure The rooht on both sides of the passage extending from the facade of the dormitory, followed by a pair of staircases on both ends
(TN: enwikipediaorg/wiki/Vault_(architecture)Rib_vaultI couldn't quite grasp the proper raph, what the author described is not exactly what a rib vault is, but I have no clue what other thing they h I don't think it matters that , but to Celestina, it gives her a calrandfather's villa
Additionally, there are s, which in the past were h they have not been used , the students who resided there were mostly from merchant and commoner households
The people who saw her, openly expressed their apathy towards her on their expressions Their impression of Celestina, born to a Ducal house was that she, was 'talented in lacking talent', 'an incompetent person, only here because of their family's influence', 'the teacher's pet', and so on
Shepresence to those who've paid the hefty tuition fees, and were desperately doing their best to learn
Naturally, she understood that, and thus, she used to spend all her time holed up in the Academy's libraryOn one hand, she felt sorry for theic one way or another
The results were unsatisfactory, but that's a story for another ti one shot at a time, it's possible for her to do it chantlessly
There's no need to open your mouth and recite an aria to be able to invoke a spell, the key is how strong is your iic formula
To successfully invoke a spell, the foundation is, first and foreer that activates the spell itself, it only helps to give shape to the e isofbecomes unnecessary
For exaun, and the eneazine, the safety was released and the ha really need to be said? It's the saic arias
However, the students don't know the current Celestina They still think she's inco lady, please don't worry tooyou have becoo I used to be in such a place, honestly, it feels really unpleasant”
”But your rown at an incredible pace, soon everyone will realize that, you know? And, you will do your best in class, isn't that right, young lady?”
”Yes, you're right, Misuka… I'ician that will live up to sensei's name!”
With an expression full of ins to walk resolutely
shi+ning on Celestina's right aric ins
With a newfound deteroes to take her lecture at the Acadee that easily
The sao is repeated Eyes full of contempt and apathy are directed towards her
In all honesty, all she wants is to run away, but somehow stops herself and steps into the classroom
Additionally, the lecturers at the Acade, not saying anything unnecessary either
The reason is, whenever she asked a question regarding the lesson's contents, she would confront the the how to answer
For the lecturers, she's the personification of a de about what she doesn't know is good, for thes they have no clue about
Although she couldn't use ic theory h opponent for the lecturers
Her presence was probleic to their students, hence, they decided to ignore her altogether
Though, fro
They thought that, if she only could invoke ician superior to themselves, so the fact that she couldn't, above all, hurt their pride
They didn't want to admit they were inferior to the 'inco to the different factions, and have thetalented people to their own clique But, what if they're excellent and eable than they theic? All what they've been doing so far would be less
In the current state of the Acade to a faction is a sy thatbut an unpleasant fact to the to so notes of the lesson's contents on a bundle of papers bound together
There weren't such convenient things like notebooks in this world If you don't buy paper on your own, you have no choice but to use your memory
Due to that, students take the lectures at the Academy seriously
(I checked the contents of this lesson at the library The lecturer said that preparing before the lesson was crucial, but isn't it a ic character is a word containingin itself?
It's true what he said about the e the ly to their respective functions, but, is it alright to keep spreading ic characters any longer?
Now that the conflicts between the factions are beco more intense… What should I do?)
Currently, there's nothing for her to learn at the Academy
Because she already understands the true nature of the ic formulas, it's useless for her to take a lecture about those very same topics at this point
However, it would leave a bad taste in herof s
For the sake of all the future ht it was necessary to put a stop on said believes
And so she does
”Excuse me, teacher May I ask a question?”
(TN: for future reference, she uses the word 講師[koushi+] which means 'lecturer', but it sounds kinda weird here)
The lecturer, Séa inside his mind: 'Here it co thewith the lecture's contents?”
”No, it's just that I've been thinking froic characters and 10 numbers have a distinct sound, correct? And, each of theic formula is a complex combination of these characters This is the ic theory There's no doubt that that should be the case”
(TN: I think the author ain, when previously it was 'numbers')
”Y-yes I-Is there a probleic characters used to form words, and not words themselves?
How useful is to learn this, when the characters the, but it's a series of characters ly to the predetermined function?”
Celestina casually said such a shocking re of ic for it was progressing slowly
Many ic characters, and, in addition, it was some sort of puzzle, which was in the form of a chain ic
However, theof words
The condition for the invocation of ic is directly related to the words that make up the formula, which materializes the desired phenomenon in accordance to the laws of physics
(TN: not sure; 魔法の発動条件を言葉として文字を使い式を形成、それが魔法と云う物理法則に添う形で具現化させる事で様々な効果を生み出す。)
But despite that, it was generally taught that the ic characters, linked one by one, caused a chain reaction, that turned mana into a physical pheno they've learned so far would be less
Current day spells are created by e, but if done poorly, there's the possibility of transforinally easy to use into one that's a lot more difficult to use
Actually, Celestina is already able to engrave h the invocation itself is still imperfect
And if this theory is proven, it would be iicians are desperately working to decipher the ic characters, even to this day, they've been repeatedly creating many spells with their own methods, so into account that long history of hardshi+ps, those hty, do, and thickheaded at the same time In other words, it's i
”H-How did you co idea?”
”As you know, I couldn't use ure out the reason by ae, but then I wondered what if, in the first place, current ic was inferior to the old one”
”I see… that's not impossible”
”All huicians coic deciphering e was altered in the wrong way, and created individual differences in the invocation process?Then,direction”
It's not coe was already coic research As Celestina said, there's an extreicians in the present era
According to the academic literature, it's said that, in the past, ic, and that it was the foundation of their everyday lives
The teacher finds himself unable to respond because of the persuasiveness of her argument, and, at the same time, he realized an odd implication in her previous words
”Celestina, you said you 'couldn't use ic', why in past tense?”
”I can use it now In these past two ic successfully”
”Impossible! If that's really the case… hoere you able to use ic in such a short period of ti every day, and in between, I also had ic control practice And also, I experienced actual co remark
If she had such an experience, then, naturally she would level up And when that happens, her body would begin to optie its newfound pohich would lead to a considerable increase in physical ability and ic capacity
If one is to believe her words, it would ht until to the point where she was able to use ic
It's not quite what a normal student would do on their su quite absurd There's a risk that the body will present abnormalities when you level up too fast”
”There was no time to think about that when you're at the brink of death Because monsters attacked our caht continuously for about four days, with only a few hours of rest each day”
”There's no way anyone could survive such a harsh situation!”
”I'ht squad ith me, you may confirm it with them if you doubtto survive in the vast forest of Far-flung
Because of the dangerous environhts, inevitably had to be on high alert at all tier, they had to hunt thearound the forest, so their personalities ended up slightly twisted by the end of the training cahts turned into ferocious warriors in just a few days, her revered master, Zeros mercilessly mowed down monsters, and her brother, came to realize how fun alchemy was and went crazy
Celestina herself enjoyed raising her levels, and was happily killing ht
”It's certainly a place made to break the human heart…”
”W-Why do your eyes look so dead…?”
”Current day icians wouldn't be able to survive in that forest… that place… is just too harsh”
”Just how h in that forest!?”
”Theare even ht now”
It was an unirow stronger the deeper you go, the ones wandering around the outer areas can't even be cohting in such a place
In addition, only knights were trained enough in close-quarters coht in such situations, and it was impossible for the rest of the factions to carry out that sort of training without theicians' factions were fa each other Neither of theether with a hostile political faction
Only the icians fro like that
Cold sweat ran down Séas to the Weissler faction, but the situation would be co such a coicians
The Weissler faction, renowned for excelling in battle prowess, would lose relevance, and at the sathen their ties with the Knight faction
It's the iicians' factions: to seize the control of the military
”Does Solisthea have an experienced coician?”
”I don't know about that, but at least I don't intend to join any other faction After all, they weren't the ones that helped uidance then? What faction are they in?”
”I can only say they're a friend of randfather I don't have the authority to ician as able to help Celestina didn't exist in any faction
Nevertheless, given that she can now use ht her
It caician in the shadows behind the Solisthea faction
If it's an acquaintance of the notorious 'Magician of the Purgatory', then it ician
That fact will create ripples through the Weissler faction, though that's a story for the future