Chapter 26


Chapter 26 Strongest Sage, Gets Surrounded by Teachers


"Now introduce yourself starting from . . . Well anyone"s fine . Alright, Mathias the top grade of the school year! Let"s start from you!"


Looks like the princ.i.p.al is calling us by our names .


He"s not calling the surname probably because your houses, upbringing and such are irrelevant in this school .


If there"s someone with a famous n.o.ble name or something among us, the other students will be conscious of that person even if they don"t intend to after all .


I"m in agreement with the goal and only tell my given name for my introduction .


"I"m Mathias . Just call me Mathi . Err . . . "


Come to think of it, I haven"t prepared what to say here at all . This is my first self-introduction in hundreds of years after all .


. . . . Well, there should be no need to say superfluous stuff since this school is kinda like a military academy . Guess I should just tell my combat orientation .


"My crest is the Fourth Crest . . . . I mean . Disqualified Crest . My specialty is in the short-range magic and physical mixed combat . Nice to meet you . "


The crest isn"t commonly known as the Fourth Crest in the present age, so I called it as they would .


The cla.s.sroom rustled a bit after hearing my introduction .


"Magic and physical mixed combat, what"s that?"


"Rather, can Disqualified Crest even use magic?"


"I also has Disqualified Crest and I can"t use magic you know?"


The princ.i.p.al is grinning to see the cla.s.sroom .


However, it doesn"t seem like he"s going to explain about short-range magic and physical mixed combat and the Disqualified Crest .

"Next! The runner-up, Ruli!"


After my introduction was over, the princ.i.p.al looked down at the paper on his hand and called Ruli"s name .


That paper probably has our grades on it .


"Yes! My name is Ruli . I"m good with magic and a little bit with swordsmanship . I want to become a magic augmenter! Um . . . Nice to meet you!"


Ruli introduced herself while looking slightly tense .


The cla.s.sroom rustled again, though not as loud as with mine .


Apparently, it"s rare for a First Crest like Ruli to be wanting to become a Magic Augmenter . The First Crest IS the crest for Magic Augmenters though . . . .


The current world values Crests the complete opposite .


It"s so bad that I begin to suspect that someone with a malicious intent made it this ineffective .


"Next! Ace!"


"Yes!"


The cla.s.s continues with the introductions .


All the second to seventh ranked people had the First Crest .


And five of them besides Ruli wanted to become magicians .


"The next one"s the last . . . . Alma!"


"Yes . The name"s Alma . I"ve got the Regular Magic Crest so I"m aiming to become a warrior . Though I can"t win in either magic or sword against Ruli . . . . I"ve got some confidence with a bow though . . . . "


The introduction was quite unfortunate somehow . Well, I guess it"s only natural since the other party is the runner-up of the whole school year . The difference in their swords" performances is also quite huge .


And for some reason she"s aiming to become a warrior even with the Regular Magic Crest which is well suited for magic .


"And that"s a wrap . Anyone has a question?"


"Sensei, I have a question!"


Alma raised her hand .


"What is it?"


"Mathias-kun"s scores on the pa.s.sing announcement were weird, was that a mistake!"


"Ah . That huh . The weird one here is Mathias, not the scores . How he is weird, you can check for yourself during the practical lesson . For the time being, S cla.s.s and A cla.s.s will have joint lessons . I"ve got talk about that with you, Mathias, come to the princ.i.p.al office later . "


After such and such, our first homeroom ended and I was taken to the princ.i.p.al office .


What do they want from me I wonder .


"Alright . I see that everyone is here . "


A lot of adults were already inside the room when we entered .


They"re most likely this school"s teachers . Several faces look familiar from the exam and the entrance ceremony .


30% are of scholar type, 40% are of magician type and 30% are of warrior type huh .


The fact that there"s not even one mixed physical and magic combat type slightly bothers me, but they have good balance if we put that aside .


"Sorry for being so sudden, Mathias, please solve this problem . And this too . "


The princ.i.p.al said that and handed me a paper with two problems .


And then, the scholar-type teachers begin to observe me as to not miss even a beat of my hand movement .


One of the problems is the same problem from the entrance exam back then .


Perhaps they"re doubting me of cheating .


Fortunately, both of the problems are of rudimentary magic circle mathematics . The first problem can be solved in 20 seconds as long as you know Pythagorean theorem . The next problem is a bit more complex, but three minutes are enough to finish it .


I write the formula on the provided paper and derive the answer while being careful with mistakes .


Well, I can do it with my intuition without calculations for this level of magic circles .


Rather, magic circle maths are the basic for magic augmenters, they won"t be able to do even fivefold augmentation if they can"t do this much .


I finished solving the problems while thinking that .


" . . . In . . . an instant . . . !?"


"Oy, is this correct?"


"It"s an unsolved problem . There"s no way we can make sure of it unless we construct the magic . "


"But I can"t see anything contradictory at the very least . Perhaps this is . . . . "


"The teacher in charge of magic augment should be able to test and confirm it shouldn"t he?"


"P-please wait, I"ll bring back magic stones for experiments!"


The princ.i.p.al office clamored the moment I finished the problems, some teachers even ran off somewhere .


Huh? This seems different from them doubting me of cheating somehow .


"Did I do anything wrong", I looked at the princ.i.p.al with that in mind .


"Princ.i.p.al-sensei, this is--"


"Mathias, do you know what you just solved?"


"The problem in the entrance exam of this academy and the extended version of that problem right?"


The princ.i.p.al grinned when he heard me .


"That is certainly a question in the Second Royal Academy"s entrance exam . . . . . Under the a.s.sumption that it won"t be solved that is . "


"a.s.sumption it won"t be solved?"


"Yea . It"s there for us to see how far would the partic.i.p.ants think it through, even if they can"t solve it . . . . You seem to have solved it though . "


Such a simple problem is a.s.sumed to be unsolvable, what a weird thing to say .


If magic augmenters can"t even construct this level of magic circle, that means no one in this world can make a proper magic sword .


Don"t tell me that the magic swords in Ba.s.s"s store are treated as proper ones, there"s no way, nuh uh .


"Let me tell you the correct answer . The first problem is a question in the Royal Magic University entrance exam, the second problem is an unsolved problem that hasn"t been solved even after the country gathered the entire magic scholars . "


. . . . Ha?

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