It's quite a beautiful place, isn't it?

　I walked around the school building of Disalia Magic Academy and observed the inside.
　The walls of the corridors were decorated with paintings of ...... great men of the empire?　I'm not sure.

"Yeah. It's more ...... beautiful than Cynthia's magic school. ......
"Yeah.

　Cynthia walked next to me and said in a matter-of-fact tone.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　If the building were to be attacked from the outside, it would collapse immediately.
　Instead, there were interesting and deep magic circles all over the place. ...... Apparently, these were not meant to protect the school building.

"Kurt.
"Hmm?

　Cynthia stopped and tugged on the hem of my dress.
　You'll be able to find a lot more than just a few.

What the hell is ...... 'The Great Library'?
Come on in, Kurt.
Is Cynthia interested in books?
I like ...... books.

　Then there's no reason not to go in.
　When I entered the library, I found it to be a maze of bookshelves with a large number of bookshelves.

"Wow, I wasn't expecting this, but ...... is quite an interesting place.

　I like books, too.
　I like books too, because they are useful in my research of magic.

　We proceeded to the back.
　On the way, I passed a few students from Disalia Academy of Magic.
　But they all looked away as soon as we passed each other, as if they wanted nothing to do with me.
　I wonder if the story of how they punished Eriq with binding magic is already circulating?
　Whatever it is. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with this.

Oh, here.
Hmm?　Did you find a book that looks interesting?

　Cynthia picked up a book from the bookshelf, and on the spine was written "The Adventures of Magical Arica".

When I was a kid, ...... I used to read it behind my family's back.

　The Adventures of Magical Arica is a novel written for children, I believe.
　Cynthia flipped through the pages.
　Somehow, Cynthia's face seemed to be filled with joy.

Cynthia.
............

　Cynthia is flipping through the pages like crazy.

　I'm surprised.
　I've never seen Cynthia like this before.
　Then it's probably not a good idea to interrupt her.

Now, let me read a few books to pass the time.

　He moved a little further away from Cynthia to the end of the bookshelf.
　This bookshelf alone must have a thousand books in it.
　I picked up one book after another and read them.

What the heck is this ......, "Establishing Winged Magic"?　You're still diligently studying this outdated stuff?

　I was dumbfounded.
　I continued to browse through the books, but they all had similar contents.
　What a low level.

　Why do I have to spend five hundred pages to activate Fire Spear?
　Moreover, all of the things written were so basic that it seemed as if they were just repeating the same thing over and over again to gain more pages.
　The magic formula is wrong in some places.

...... is this the level of the Empire?

　Put the book on the shelf.

　However, the ...... empire does know something about magic from 1000 years ago, as represented by the "Four Great Sages".
　How can the empire be so sure of this magic?
　It showed how little the Empire expected from this magic school.


"What's the matter, boy, with such a face?


　I heard a familiar voice and reflexively turned around.

"Averill ......, what are you doing here?

　There ...... stood Avril the Great Sage with her hands on her hips.
　I'm not sure what to make of this.

I'm going to be participating in this exchange camp. As a teacher.
"As a teacher?
Yeah. The empire has some things on its mind. And ...... I'm still interested in you. I want to see what you're capable of up close.

　Avril puffed out her chest.

　As he walked out of the principal's office, ...... Avril was saying something, but I didn't realize it was about this.
　I was ...... not expecting this.

Kurt ...... Oh, Avril, you ......

　I'm not sure if you've finished reading the adventures of Magical Arica, but Cynthia came running towards us.

It's the girl from that time. What happened to the other two?
I'm taking a ...... walk around the empire. ......


"Ha-ha, that's good. I see you're enjoying the exchange camp.

　Avril raised her chin and smiled.
　Well, .......

"Cynthia, are you done here?
"Yes, ...... I'm satisfied.
"Then let's get out of here. I've had enough.

　I've had enough of this." He turned his back on Avril and was about to leave the Great Library.

Wait for me. I've had enough?　You're not much of a reader, are you?

　Averill smiles, showing his teeth.

"You don't like to read?　What are you talking about? What are you talking about? The level of books in this great library is so low that it's just a waste of time.
You don't have to be so deceitful. If you say so, can I give you a quiz now?
"Quiz?　I don't know what it is, but it's nothing I can't answer. Anything you want.
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be able to give you a piece of my mind. You won't regret it, will you?

　Avril looked truly happy and took a book out of the bookcase at random.
　He flipped through the book from the first page.

"Yes?

　At one point, he stuck his index finger in and closed the book.

"The page I'm holding my finger on. What is written on this page?　Answer.
Averill, ...... is not fair.

　Cynthia looked at him and said, "You can't answer that.

There's no way I can answer that. ...... I don't even know what page it is. ......
I don't know how many pages.　But Kurt said, "You can submit any question you want.　That's why I'm just giving you a quiz. Come on, answer!

　Averill already has a triumphant look on his face.
　But you've got the wrong guy.

"The page Avril is crossing her fingers on is page 102, 103. That's where he mentions the Lightning Arrow. It has a magic formula, but it's too inefficient. With eight more changes, the same practitioner could shave a second off the time it takes to cast a spell.
"What?

　Avril rolled her eyes and immediately opened the page.

It's ......!　It's true!　It says something about Lightning Arrows!　And what's with this awful magic formula? ...... I can't find any changes in eight places, but ......

　I'm sure you'll be able to find something that will help you.

"Looks like a bite.
I'm not sure what you're talking about.　I'm sure you're not the only one who has a problem with this.　Did you use some kind of clairvoyant magic to make the book visible even when it was closed, or did you use hypnotic magic to make me choose your favorite book and page ...... without you noticing?
None of these are true.

　Of course, you can do any of these things if you want to.
　But this is a sideshow. It would be boring to answer a quiz like that.

"First of all, I've memorized all the books on this bookshelf, over a thousand of them.
What?
"That took less than thirty minutes. It was low-level stuff, so I could do that with a sneeze.

　And it was just simple kinetic vision that saw through Avril's movements.
　He was just flipping through the pages, how could I not see that?

"What an out-of-this-world ......!
"Kurt, wow. You're so smart.

　Avril was a bit more taken back than surprised ...... and Cynthia gave me a twinkle in her eye.
　I met their gazes and continued.

This is as easy as it gets. I don't mind reading.