Patrick was to be given a fair share of the blame.

　First, the disrespect to me, the vice emperor, was forgiven by me.

Are you sure?
Yeah. Because he played a prank on a teacher at school, that's all.
"...... is right.

　Ethan was surprised and then looked at me with respectful eyes again.

Thank you for your generous judgment.
I'm not being generous, I'm just saying what I said.
Yes, it was. Hon, Patrick Hans.
"Yes, yes!

　After being exposed for his evil plans, Patrick, like a boy his age, is defeated by the principal, Ethan.
　Ethan gives Patrick a stern look and hands down the sentence.

As punishment, you are to weed the school grounds for a week. Alone, of course, no magic.
"Ehhhhh!

　Patrick screamed.
　No magic for a week on the grounds of the huge wizarding school that serves as this fort.

　Yeah, fair enough.

"That's for trying to do something funny to the teacher. Or do you think I'm being punished for going rogue with the honorary principal?　Then you'll be expelled on the first try?
"I'm going to go weed out now!

　Patrick gave a quick salute and walked away.
　As you see them off, Ethan sighed with a disgusted smile.

　By the way, if you judge him against an honorary principal, you'll be expelled with one shot, but if you disrespect him against the vice-president, you and your parents will be hanged at the very least.
　It's worth defending him to the extent that he'll be pale as an adult when he remembers his dark history.

　Well, let's forget about Patrick.
　It was a kid's prank and as long as it's coming at me, I'm in the clear.

　Now that we're done, we should get back to the Carlyle house.
　And just when I was thinking.

...... Xiaomei?

　I saw Xiaomei silently staring at her room, not entering the room, just staring.
　She didn't even enter the room, she just stared at it.

　Just wondering why, she raised her hand and raised her magic power.

　Using the highest efficiency mupapato style, she uses magic at 97% of her limit.
　The next moment, the door of the room froze.

"What's wrong Xiaomei, why did you do that?
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Alexander. I was wondering if I could do some of that magic.
"You mean the permanent freeze?
"Yes.
I know, Xiaomei was good at the ice attribute. Are you worried about it?
"Let's see ...... yes

　For some reason, she held her tongue for a moment, but immediately afterwards nodded clearly at Xiaomei.
　I reached for the door that Xiaomei had frozen and touched it directly to make sure it was still there.

It's already starting to melt.
"Yes ...... I guess I can't do that?

　Xiao Mei to be shunned .

　I asked the Philosopher's Stone how to melt it.
　Earlier it told me how to melt it, but now it told me how to freeze it.

　The magic of perpetual freezing.

　The Philosopher's Stone has all the knowledge. Soon I got an answer, and the whole process flowed into my head.
　It wasn't that difficult of a spell, there's a good chance Xiaomei could do it right in front of me.
　In order to demonstrate it, I first melted the door that Xiaomei had frozen.

"Xiaomei, as I said before, the permanent freeze is no longer human--
"Watching Xiao Mei

　I told Xiaomei and touched her hand to the doorknob of her room.

　You don't need that much magic if you want to freeze it.
　I used my magic to match the 100% peak that I could pick up with the Mpapat formula.

　Instantly, the doorknob froze.
　I knocked on the frozen spot with the second joint of my middle finger and then lightly roasted it with my flame spell.

　It didn't seem to melt at all, even with my fire magic.
　Permafrost, permafrost, perpetual freeze spell, it worked!

What!

　Ethan was exclaiming beside me.
　It's just like Patrick's before, his jaw is about to drop.

　That's Xiaomei.
　She wasn't surprised, but rather stared at my hand and at the frozen doorknob.

How's that?　Xiaomei. Do you know how to do that now?
"Yes!　It was similar to the magic formula of Amorphous, which Alexander taught me three months ago.
You have a good review, that's right. Okay, now let's see what you can do.

　I took a step back and watched as Xiaomei took up the challenge.

　Xiaomei took a breath and began to challenge the perpetual freeze magic with a serious expression.



　I froze the doorknob to see if it would melt.
　We tried five times in a row, but none of them resulted in a permanent freeze, and when we touched it with our hands after it froze, it had already begun to melt.

　There were a lot of failures, but Xiaomei was undeterred.

　I watched her and the process closely.
　A failure is a failure, but it's not a complete failure.
　I'm almost there, I'm almost there.
　Failure at that level.

　Just as when you push an object, the beginning of the movement is the hardest, and once you start moving, the rest is rather easy.
　Xiaomei is also not able to push that "start of movement" at the very edge.

　Once you succeed, your body will learn the rest.
　I asked the wise man's stone if there was any way I could help.

　There was a way.
　Having learned it well, I stood behind Xiaomei as she tried for the sixth time and put a hand on her small back.

Oh my!　Oh, Mr. Alexander!
Concentrate and do what you always do.
"--Yes!

　Xiaomei did as he was told and immediately concentrated.
　She put all her trust in me and quietly searched for the peak of her magic.
　Help me, you have one thing to do: match your magic output to Xiaomei's.

　I can feel the rhythm of her magic through my hand on her back.
　I matched Xiaomei's normal peak of 97% of the Mpapat formula that I've seen up close and personal many times.

　Xiaomei uses her magic, and to match it, the "same output" of magic power comes out through her body together.

　The next moment, the doorknob froze.

　Xiaomei timidly reached out and touched it to make sure it was still there.

It's cool. ...... It won't melt. ......!　I won't melt, Mr. Alexander!
"Let's see.

　I used my fire magic to check.
　Xiaomei froze the doorknob, and there was my flame magic.
　The freeze on the doorknob did not melt at all.

Congratulations on your success, Xiaomei.
"Yes!

　Xiaomei was extremely pleased.
　This time he touched the name plate in his room and used the same permanent freezing spell.

　This time he didn't help this time, but--

"Success again, Mr. Alexander!
You got it.

　As it appeared, once he had succeeded, Xiaomei was able to do it on his own.
　After that, she had frozen many of her own possessions, but all of them were successful.
　Xiaomei is a brilliant and smart kid.

"...... Hsu, Vice-Emperor.

　Meanwhile, Ethan, who's been stunned for a while now.
　He called my name in a horrified manner.

What's the matter with you?
"What is that, huh?
"Now?　As you can see, it's a permanent freeze,
"No, no, it's not that either ...... but more importantly, what His Highness the Vice-Emperor did to Mr. Xiaomei. What the hell is that ......
"Yeah. I matched the wavelength of the magic to temporarily increase the output in series. I knew that Xiaomei could do the rest once he came out of his shell.
"Exactly.

　Ethan's eyes widened in confusion, as if he heard a word he didn't know.

He said, "Yeah, you don't know if you can double your output in series ......?
"Yes, yes!　It's new to me.
"So is it possible to extend the duration of magic or magic power in parallel?
"What's that?

　I explained to an astonished Ethan.

　Series -- A method of increasing power by the number of people by combining peak magic power.
　Parallel -- a way to increase the duration of magic by the number of people by combining people with equal amounts of available magic power.

　I explained these two theories to Ethan, but he knew neither of them.

I didn't know you had developed such a theory ...... I'm always amazed at the magical sense of His Highness the Vice-Emperor. ......

　Ethan was incredibly impressed.
　I didn't develop it.

　Suddenly, Ethan's eyes widened.

"Wow!　Huh, Vice-Emperor!
"Hmm?　What's going on?
"That serial?　And, to the heck of it?

　Just heard the word, series and parallel, probing and pronouncing the pronunciation of the word, close to me.

"Excuse me!　Will you give us the gift?
"You want me to tell you?
"What's up!

　Ethan was urging me with a great deal of force and desperation.
　After a little thought, I realized why.



...... I know, series and parallel, they're both for groups. And this wizardry school, when the time comes, will be an army--mass combat.
"Yes!　I thought the technology would be revolutionary!

　I see.
　If that's the case, I'll have to tell you.