Ladies and gentlemen. Then, ladies and gentlemen, the first step in learning magic is to feel the magic, the mana.

　This is from the water temple class.

'Put your hands in front of you and say aloud with me. O gods who sit in heaven........


This is what you call magic chanting.

　This is pretty embarrassing for a high school student.
　But apparently, to use magic in this world, you have to chant it.
　Patience.

What do you think?　Did you feel the mana?
Not much....
　The kids around me got warm and glowing! I didn't feel anything beside me as I was buzzing about it.

　Oh, this is bad, isn't it?
　No way, the kids would lose it.
　When I was turning blue, the teacher came over.

''Makoto-kun is old enough to know better, so maybe it can't be helped. Kids are more sensitive to these things.'
Is that so...?
'Don't look so anxious. We'll do it together.
　Then the doctor grabbed my arm.

'Focus your attention on the palm of your hand.
Yes, sir.
　I felt something cool on my palm.
　This?

How do you like it?　'Makoto-kun'
I had a feeling.
Now, Sensei has synchronized with Makoto-kun. It is the ability for two wizards to interfere with each other's magic by touching each other's bodies.

You can do that.
''All wizards above advanced level can do it. Advanced wizards often take apprentices, you know. It's the quickest way to teach someone how to use magic.
'Will I be able to use it one of these days?'

''You can use it as long as the wizard's proficiency level is at the advanced level. Just be careful, it won't work if you don't have an aptitude for the attributes.
"You can also use water magic, so does that mean you were able to synchronize?
''Well, Sensei can use the six attributes other than 'moon'.

　This teacher is pretty amazing.....

　I remembered that conversation.
　And thanks to the fact that I've been using water magic a lot, I've been told by my teacher that my proficiency level alone is at an advanced level.

　◇

　I run over to Jean and Lucy.

'Jan!　Buy me some time!　I'll use big magic!
Okay, okay!

　Jean drops his sword and stomps on both feet with his shield at the ready.
　The griffon's foot attacks Jean.
　Somehow, he manages to survive it.
　Please, Jean.

"Lucy, raise the magic level.
'What!　What?
'Get your right hand out and generate something with your magic anyway!　I'll take control!
'What? I can only produce fire magic!
That's it, then. Give it your all!
　I grab Lucy's right hand and put my hand around her waist with my other hand.
　Like a teacher one day.

'Hiya!　What are you doing to your hand?
Just let it go!　Hurry!
'Yeah, yeah, all right. Don't get so attached.

(Like this?)

　Normally, I gather magic power from my own body, the sensation of gathering magic power in my hands, with the image of being one with Lucy's body.
　It is in tune with Lucy's magic power.
　Originally, it seems you can't do this without an aptitude for the attribute, but there's no other way to do it.
　If not, it's gryphon food.

　With a buzz, he felt as if he had been swallowed by a storm.
　Then I realize that it's coming from inside Lucy's body.

(So this is Lucy's magic.)

Hmm.
　Lucy raises a s*xy voice from next to me, but I don't have time to pay attention.

　It's not like the small magic power I have, it's a huge, stormy magic power.
　This is the magic power of the 'royal class'?
　Lucy was always trying to control this kind of thing?
　This is tough.

　From now on, I'll be a little more gentle with your training.
　Lucy is still building up her magic power.
　I try to convert it into a different kind of fire magic than usual.

　Suddenly, a choice appeared in front of me.

　Hey!　Oh, man.
　It's a busy time.

　"Do you want to use synchronization magic with Lucy?

　Yes, sir.
　No.

　Yes, of course.

　Are you sure?

　Yes.
　I'll stop after all.


　You're giving me a hard time about it.
　I don't have a choice.
　I have to try.

　I'm going to take the enormous amount of magic that flows from Lucy and gather it into my right hand.

Firestorm!

　A huge fire tornado appears in front of us.

Wow, it worked!　And advanced magic!
If I'm not careful, I'll go out of control but....

　I feel like I'm riding my bike through a typhoon at breakneck speed.
　I'm sweating and I can't stop.
　My body is hot!
　It seems to burn.

'Jan!　Get off!
Oh!
　Jean took refuge near Emily.

　Circling, the gryphon moved backwards as if in alarm.

'Oh my God, they'll avoid us!
　Emily screams.
　The tornado of fire cannot reach the gryphon.
　With a bang, the gryphon avoided it into the air.

'Hey!　Seriously. What are we going to do!
　A tornado of fire is just about to pass by the gryphon.

(Imagine. Just like the water. The gryphon is caught off guard. (You can guess now.)

Spread the word!

　The tornado of fire turned into a large vortex all at once.
　The hot wind has reached here.

　Geeeeeeee, the gryphon is swallowed by the flames.

''Eeeeeee!　You activated Firestorm in the middle of activating it?
I've been practicing it for a while now, just in case I ever need to use it again.
　I wasn't expecting magic on this scale, though.　

　The gryphon struggled to escape the flames, but a pillar of fire followed it.
'Let it go?'
　I'm getting used to Lucy's stormy magic.

(It's hot, by the way. What's more, it smells like burning.)

　I feel like my whole body is getting dusty.
　Has the sweating stopped?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hey!　The truth is, it's burning!
What?

　I couldn't see much with Firestorm's flames, but my body is on fire?

What is this?
'True!　Stop the magic! This can't go any further.
　Lucy is getting impatient.

'Is Lucy okay?'
'I'm fine!　Anyway, stop the magic!

"Release.

　Stop the magic.

"Huh?　The fire that's on me isn't going out.
Why are you so calm?　It's on fire!
Uh-huh.
　Even if you say that, I'm not in a hurry because of the clearing water skill.
　It's a useful skill after all this time.

''The gryphon is going to fall!
　A gryphon fell with a thud in the direction of Emily's point.
　Its wings were burned out and its body was charred in places.
　He was dying.

'Jean!　Let's go!
I'm on it!　Or rather, you put out the fire!

　The sword in Jean's hands shines.

"Full power, blade of the wind!

　A green light wrapped around Jean's sword and cut off the griffon's head.

'Ya, you did it.'
　Jean collapsed heaving.

　Next to her, Lucy is wobbling around.
　Did she suddenly suck up too much magic power?

''Great, great!　Jan!　I beat the gryphon!　We!
　Emily hugged Jean.

'Hah, thank God,'
　The relief of defeating the gryphon unlocked my skills.

　To be honest, I was caught off guard.
　I was relying too much on the Meikyon Waterstop Skill.
　The fact that I thought I was a little hot earlier was apparently a fatal wound.

''Ah........''
　My whole body is in intense pain.
　My vision is getting narrower and narrower.

Oh, my God!
　As I heard Lucy's voice, my eyes darkened in front of me.
　It doesn't work.
　I can't stay conscious.

-- synchronized magic with Lucy.

　Even though it's a straightforward task, we were able to successfully defeat the seemingly hopeless Gryphon.
　It's a pretty powerful offensive tool from a bronze-ranked person like me.

　However, it seems that I, who have no aptitude for fire magic, will be burned by Lucy's magical power in exchange for my lack of aptitude for fire magic.
　So that's what you mean when you say you can't do it without aptitude.
　I should have asked my teacher what would happen........

　I guess I can't do it this way anymore.

　I thought it was a good idea.


--I passed out.