Boring Life In A Magic Highschool

Answers.

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The sound of a loud thud awoken me from my deep slumber.

With half-opened eyes, I raised my head to see that the teacher was already there.

"About 4 hours have passed, anyone knows the answer?"

Sounding as confident, if not cocky, He flashes the whole class an overly-confident grin. He thinks that none are too keen and observant to figure out his riddle.

That was not a riddle, but rather, a way to make students think about even the most meaningless things.

Or maybe I'm just missing something? I don't know.

"Hmm? None found the answer? I see. Well then, let me tell you-"

Just as he was about to continue, I raised my hand up.

"You know the answer, Kyosuke?"

He said, still with a smug look on his face.

"Just a guess but, is the answer, yes and no?"

I said, albeit with uncertainty.

Asahi's grin disappeared like a fragile bubble and was replaced by a serious face. He sat leaned on the table and crossed his arms as he looked at me.

"Well, that is a trick question, right? Well, just think back to what he said."

I added.

"What he said?" " Is there a secret meaning" "What does he mean by that?"

The whole class simultaneously mumbled to each other like a bee producing an irritating buzz sound.

Our teacher, looking surprised, lets out a sigh, before continuing to speak.

"I see. Well, let's head to another topic"

He turned around and faced the blackboard.

Then, one of the students raised their hand and asked,

"Sensei, aren't you gonna tell us the answer?"

After a short moment of silence, he turned his head around and said,

"He already said it."

He said before turning back and proceeding to write on the whiteboard. I could feel the onomatopoeia sound of their amazement all in unison.

Even I, myself am surprised at how dumb the answer is.

"Now, coming back to our topic, Today we'll start our lesson, shall we? Let's talk about... Magic"

In this world of new magic, words are much stronger than one would think. Words heavily influence the way magic is projected.

He began writing some simple chants on the board.

Most of them are on the basic line of "heed my call, Goddesses of lightning, thunder strike!", or something like that.

Usually, you can cast magic in three ways, this varies from the magician's overall amplitude and strength. One, if you are strong enough, you could just summon it without any chantings. Or two, you could use a chant about that certain magic, or three, you could use what's called the "one-word chant."

One good example would be our earlier example.

"Heed my call, Goddesses of Lightning, Thunderstrike!"

After using that chant, you are expected to release a lightning formation similar to a thunderbolt, but coming from your palms.

Lastly, there's a third way, which some could do. Those who belong to the "Middle Level" or simply those who have enough magic could do this.