She finally was back in the classroom.
Most had stopped their [Shift] while walking back to class, she hadn't since her blue screen sounded ominous about that.
So she wanted to have more mana before stopping it for sure. At least Rossie was back to a more normal-ish state now.
And she also didn't stop her [Shift] either, well, those that had good [Security Nodes] hadn't stopped their [Shift] either...
Including the blue-haired smartass.
"So what did we learn today?" Asked the teacher when they were all again in their seats, no one made a mention about how some students were missing and some people in the middle of their [Shift] were in those spots.
It was a fun thing to see how the magic made them not connect the dots. And how some [Security Nodes] were stronger than others.
She could feel some fog trying to worm her way into her mind, but it was dispelled by a single [Identify] to the person in question. That skill was broken.
"That some have an easier time casting magic than others?" Came the voice of a purple-haired girl that had spent copious amounts of time trying to cast a [Earth Spike] to no avail in the class.
"That there are monsters among us." Said the girl next to her, a variation of a red-haired girl with some pink strokes in her.
"The importance of having the right information in battle." Said the blue-haired smartass, still in his [Sage] persona.
"That some people don't know the meaning of the correct amount of firepower." Said Rossie to her left.
Bringing almost all the eyes in the room to bear on her.
Ugh... Now she needed to add something, didn't she?
"That is important to know about our limits?" Was all she could think.
She knew the true lesson the teacher wanted to bring. But she couldn't be the one to say it.
"All important lessons, but not the one I wanted to make. "Said the teacher while writing on the whiteboard something.
"Magic. The thing that makes us [Spellcasters], or how many of you will call yourselves [Magic girls], [Magical Guardians], [Mages], [Wizards], [Warlocks], [Priest/Priestess], [Monks]... Or even [Sages] like one of your cohorts. " Agatha said while writing all the possible denominations one could think of.
It was an impressively long list.
"How does it work?" Asked the teacher while for the first time in class pointing to someone in class for an answer.
"We build the knowledge in our [Soulscape], embed the spell in our conscience then in the real world access that spell, imbue the mana, materialize the effect. If we don't have a good enough knowledge of the spell we use catalysts, chants, or magic circles." Said the smart-ass, a good description of how spellcasting works in a nutshell overall.
"Correct. As expected of someone that uses the moniker of [Sage]." Said the teacher while smiling.
Then pointed to the blonde girl while still smiling.
"If both of you cast the same [Spell] why was yours weaker than his? He invoked twelve [Earth Spikes] while you only managed to bring one." She said, rubbing salt into the wound.
Of course, this woman would bring this to light.
"Because his [Or...] I mean, his [Affinity] is closer to the spell casted." Said the blonde girl with a shrug.
