Rorschach, who had just finished his maternity leave (fog), was warmly welcomed by his classmates.
It wasn't that no one had ever used a nonsensical excuse like "My back is itchy. I think I need to grow wings and fly away." However, Rorschach, who had used emotional setbacks as an excuse to apply for leave and even spread the rumor of maternity leave, was probably the last one.
While receiving the new title of "The Man Who Just Returned from Maternity Leave," Rorschach also noticed that many things didn't seem to have changed, but because of his own changes, they were completely different.
For example, many of his classmates had various holy emblems pinned on their chests.
They were no longer aliens who had just arrived. Rorschach also learned a lot of common knowledge. It seemed that outstanding magic armor pilots were still very popular.
Many people in his class had already been booked by other churches not long after entering the school.
The holy emblems of the churches were also divided into many levels. Rorschach's own golden holy emblem with holy light represented the Descended Ones. He had only seen two of them in the first year, but the number of them in the upper years was already uncountable.
"It seems that I've come to the right place."
The fact that there were many Descended Ones in the academy proved the foundation and strength of Star Knight Academy.
To be able to mass produce the core Descended Ones of the New God Church, regardless of whether it was because they were outstanding students of this academy who had been poached by the church or because the church had sent their core members to nurture, it at least proved that the knowledge and skills taught were extremely useful to the Descended Ones.
Since he had changed, his vision was naturally different. There were many new things that he discovered.
For example, Rorschach could see that there was always someone following him from the ranger's tracking and anti-tracking techniques that he had newly mastered.
Within fifty meters of him, in some corner or corridor, there was always a gray elf instructor who was either chatting or answering questions for the students. However, their mental strength seemed to be locked onto his position. This was probably the academy's protection.
No matter when, Su Nanna and Lynn would always be near him. This was probably the protection given by the church.
When night fell, the fog could no longer obstruct Rorschach's vision. The annoying assassins downstairs had increased in number compared to before.
Following that, the number of protectors participating in the battle naturally increased. The duration of the battle also became longer and more arduous.
In fact, during the busiest days, the tutor's schedule had been changed several times. Rorschach could even guess from the changes in the tutor's schedule that a certain tutor was injured or exhausted.
"So, I've been protected by them all this time."
After knowing this fact, Rorschach didn't say anything. After all, words were meaningless. He couldn't possibly ask the other party to not protect him and let him die.
The only thing Rorschach could do was to focus more on his studies, hoping to graduate as soon as possible. At the very least, he could protect himself.
However, there were some things where the more anxious you were, the easier it was for problems to arise. Rorschach, who had been smooth-sailing since he came to this world, finally encountered his first bottleneck.
[I told you to imagine a fireball in front of you. Gather your magic power and summon the fire elements. It really exists.]
"But it's not here. There's nothing here."
[Yes, there's nothing here, but can't you imagine? Imagine that there's a fireball here?]
"… But there really isn't anything here. My rationality doesn't allow me to imagine something that doesn't exist. Isn't that just lying to myself?"
[Rorschach, you were the one who told me to teach you magic. Just one sentence: are you going to learn or not!? Don't waste my time!]
"… I'll learn, I'll learn, but there's really no fireball here … Fine, fine, I know. Let's say there's a fireball here. Yep, let's say …"
[… I told you to imagine a fireball. Why are you looking at the sky?]
"I've never seen a fireball in real life. Let's look at the sun and imitate it. Yep, not bad, not bad. "
After much effort, Rorschach successfully formed a tiny "sun" right in front of him.
The tiny fireball floated in midair. Rorschach wiped his sweat and nodded in satisfaction.
"Haha, Lori, you keep calling me stupid. You really don't know how to teach. Why don't you just say that there's a sun here? Look at how awesome your older brother is. This is such a perfect little sun. "
A certain God instantly exploded upon hearing this. The only reason she didn't explode on the spot was because the tiny fireball in front of her was already quite a rare development.
[I'm a lady. I'm not angry, I'm not angry … Let's begin the second step. Have this fireball move according to your will …]
Right after Lori finished speaking, Rorschach was astonished.
He had an expression of disbelief as he looked at the sky with an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?"
"How could the sun possibly move!?"
That's right, how could the sun possibly move? So, how could the simulated fireball move? Haha.
【#%#！， I can't take it anymore! I'm going to kill you, you bastard! Rorschach, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You're definitely doing this on purpose, you're definitely doing this on purpose, aren't you? You're doing this on purpose to anger me …]
Rorschach was probably the only God who could anger the God he worshipped to such an extent without being kicked out of the God's church.
This magic lesson ended in yet another crushing defeat. But considering that he finally managed to create some sort of little sun, this could already be considered an incredible victory.
Over the past few days, countless magic lessons had ended with the "teacher" being unable to take it anymore and going on a rampage.
The first few times, Su Nanna had been quite interested in watching Rorschach's lessons. But after that, because Rorschach's behavior was far too "mocking" her, Su Nanna didn't come to watch Rorschach's lessons in order to prevent her from killing him out of anger. Only her headless knight silently watched.
Becoming a rank 1 job wasn't difficult. Even for the most difficult job class, mages, it would probably be an epic level of difficulty from the very beginning for Rorschach.
Magic was the fluctuation of the soul. It was the extension of one's imagination. There were large amounts of false images and virtual black boxes. However, Rorschach's "common sense" rejected such "false" existences from the very beginning.
Mage Hand? Let's start by imagining an invisible hand in the air.
Arcane Missile? Can you construct a spatial model of an Arcane Missile based on your imagination? You can't even begin to imagine it? Haha.
Roland's deep-rooted "common sense" had already reached an unshakable level after being strengthened by his Honesty talent.
Perhaps a conversation about the nature of the world would be a more direct way to analyze the huge gap created by "common sense".
[The world is made up of the four elements. They are the four basic pillars that support the entire world. The four pillars represent time, space, soul, life …]
"Wait a moment, this isn't right. This isn't materialism. It should be time, space, matter, and energy."
What was Lori supposed to say next? Forcefully explain?
The understanding of the world's structure was directly related to the core of civilization and culture. It was even more directly related to whether a civilization was a materialistic technological civilization or an idealistic magical civilization.
Who was right and who was wrong? Actually, they were both right.
It was just that what Lori described was the structure of a magical world that recognized the soul as the primary element.
However, what Rorschach insisted on was the structure of a technological world that recognized matter as the primary element. The soul didn't even exist.
If Rorschach had been a technological student who had received compulsory education, he would have left some room for flexibility and unknowns in his knowledge system. However, Rorschach … was only one year away from becoming a chuunibyou. The characteristic of his age was that he was stubborn.
Because his knowledge system wasn't complete, and he treated the parts he already knew as treasures, it would be terrible if his Honesty talent was solidified again.
Imagination wasn't actually the core. Rorschach still refused to admit that not only did the soul exist, but it was also the source of all power. Thus, having him learn magic became an extremely difficult and unrewarding task.
Rorschach knew that this situation wasn't right. However, his Honesty talent forced him to face his own heart. There was no chance for him to compromise at all.
He had always enjoyed the benefits of this talent, but this was the first time he suffered a setback.
[Heh heh, a Gold Elf who can't learn magic. How am I supposed to explain this to my ancestors? You blockhead, just where did you learn this from? In the future, don't tell other mages that you're my older brother. Your younger sister used to be a super scholar in the mage guild's Cloud Tower, a genius mage. I can't afford to lose face like this.]
After several teachers went berserk, Rorschach's magic tutorial stopped at …
[Just keep a few suns floating above your head. Train your magic control first. I'll discuss with the others whether or not you can be saved. How are you supposed to float if you don't know how? Let's say you're a planet. Aren't you stationary at the same distance as the stars? Don't interrupt me. I know that there's only one star in the Solar System. Let's say, let's say it's fine!]
Actually, the traditional method of floating a fireball above one's head was quite eye-catching. Anyone would be able to tell that you were a mage even from far away.
After all, maintaining a fireball was a great way to train one's mental strength and magic power. It was also a common method for high-level fire mages to train themselves. Yet, Rorschach was still floating so well.
"Such outstanding mental strength. The fireball's radiance is always at a fixed brightness, stable, and lasting."
Of course, it was impossible for the sun's radiance to suddenly brighten and dim.
"Tsk, as expected, you're an amateur. Haven't you noticed that the fireball's height is always constant, and the distance from Rorschach's head is always constant as well? It's as if there's an invisible pole connected to it. Plus, the fireball's radiance and temperature are always constant. Are you able to achieve such insane magical control?"
If the distance between a planet and a star wasn't constant … just how terrifying of an astronomical disaster would that be?
"… I've heard that when he first entered the academy, he successfully activated his magic armor's mental link mode. If he hadn't undergone any training to achieve such a feat, then he'd have to have a tremendous amount of mental strength. Only high-level mages like archmages are capable of such a feat. From start to finish, I've never seen the fireball extinguish. His mana reserves are truly bottomless. Just what level of archmage is he …"
Extinguishing the sun? Are you kidding me? That's the scariest horror movie of all.
Alright then, not only were mages from other classes coming to Rorschach to ask him for guidance every few days, Rorschach finally had the first title he ever spoke of — Archmage Rorschach.
But at the same time, the "archmage" had a troubled expression.
"Coach, you still haven't figured it out yet? When will I be able to learn my first magic spell? I feel like my head is being roasted bald. "
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