It's not time to panic yet.

　I can't help but feel that my plan to leave school early has run into a deadlock from the very beginning, but I will try to make up for it (?). I am sure we can do it.

　If the next one is practical skills, I can make everyone think <. Unfortunately, it is a lecture. But it's a difficult lecture, like the ones you get in the advanced grades.

　I change my mind and go to my assigned classroom. By the way, where is Riza?



　I enter the classroom a little lost. It's the same small classroom with a staircase.

　At a glance, about half of the room is occupied, and everyone looks at me at the same time. Don't look at me.



　I make eye contact with one of them. I look away quickly. Now I make eye contact with another woman. I look away too.

　But a big guy and a woman in men's clothes come in and grab me by the sides and take me away. It's Lias and Iris.



　They shove me down the stairs, right in front of the lectern, in the middle of the room.



"It's so hot in here!"



Hey, woman, don't get attached to Hurt.

You're the one who's getting too close.



　I'd rather sit in the very back and watch cartoons in secret. This close to the teacher, people will get suspicious if I don't blink.

　The door to the front of the classroom opens.



"It's time. You're all here, aren't you?"



　The dignified voice is that of a woman.

　A female teacher in a black robe. Her long, thin, blonde hair is flowing in the air as she stands dashingly next to the table. I am not sure of her age, but she looks young and beautiful. However, her eyes behind one pair of glasses look hard.



"I am Professor Oratoria Belkham. I specialize in the theory of attributes, and I am in charge of this . You can call me whatever you like, and there is no need to be humble. You can call me whatever you like, you don't have to be humble, and you can consider me flat, regardless of my status or family background."



　He sounds like a nice, friendly, though pompous, teacher. But that was a short time ago.



"You who have chosen this class, I am not going to give you a general introduction. If you can't follow me, tell me each time. If you can't keep up, I'll kick you right out. Especially--"



　The female teacher, Professor Belkam, looked at the list of names in her hand and then looked at me and both sides of her.



"The three students who are taking the course as first-year students. That's you. You seem to have a lot of confidence in yourselves, but if you are not comfortable asking questions, I will have you removed from the class immediately.



　Threatening from the very beginning. But hey, it's good for me, since I'm planning to leave school early. If I'm lucky, I might get kicked out of the classroom within the first few minutes of class.

　By the way, why are you staring at me?



"I heard that you belong to the lab of Hurt Semphis ...... that little shit glasses. I'll be extra careful with you."



　Well, that makes sense. Professor Tia, it's best not to go out on moonless nights.

　Professor Belkam, textbook in hand, began to write something on the blackboard.



"Today we will talk in detail about combinations of attributes and their effects. I won't go into the basics of conflicts. < and . Irisphilia, what is your primary attribute?



"[Chaos]."



"Hmm. You're an extra, aren't you? Even the Flash Princess has only six attributes. But your magic level has reached a single digit. What a waste.



　Iris bites her lip.



　The primary attribute is the first one among the attributes displayed on the <>. It is said to be the attribute in which he is most proficient.

　The attributes after that are called secondary attributes, and some of them are as effective as the primary attribute, while others are merely <>. The more it appears at the back, the less good at it is, but it is better because you can never use it if you do not have the attribute itself.



"It is difficult to quantify the strengths and weaknesses of attributes, including the main attribute. Two years ago, my laboratory established a method to measure up to <>. It is called <>. However, the sample size of the upper attributes such as [Light], [Darkness], and especially [Chaos] is very small. It is a difficult task.



　Is that what quantification of attributes is all about? The one that shows how much < the secondary attribute is compared to the primary attribute when the primary attribute is set to 100.

　I remember that Frey has 100 for fire, 60 for darkness, 45 for wind, and 22 for chaos. I guess there are many demons with [chaos].



"Let's start with the easy part. Let's consider <. When [fire] is the main attribute and [wind], which is a good match, is the secondary attribute..."



　He writes mathematical formulas nimbly on the blackboard.

　I'm getting sleepy. I hold my eyelids down with my wards. It's hard.



　The class goes on, with professors and students asking each other questions from time to time.

　Everyone is answering well. There are times when they falter, but even if their answers are wrong, Professor Belkham does not scold them as long as their thinking is good.



"--Are we good so far?　In this way, the calculation generally yields an accurate value for the attribute ratio. But there are always exceptions."



　Professor Belkam writes on the board at a pace that I can't keep up with copying into my notebook. I've already given up.



"In this subject, the values are corrupted only when certain magic is used. For example, the ratio of the attribute of [fire] was increased when the subject was strengthened with fire-attribute muscular strength. Why is that?　Lias Orteas, take a guess."



　Lias stands up when he is nominated.

　He wrinkles his brow, thinks for a few seconds, and then speaks.



"Is it the degree of proficiency?　Muscle strengthening is a magic I use often, and I think you've gotten used to it after using it many times."



"As an approach, it's not a twist, but it's not bad either. But the guess has been ruled out."



　Professor Belkam explains again in his high speed board book.

　Oh no. I'm really going to fall asleep.

　I mean, why am I calculating such an obvious thing (・・・・・・・・)?



"It's a hidden attribute, right? ......"



　It came out unintentionally in my sleep.

　The tapping on the blackboard stopped.



"Hurt Semphis, what did you just say?"



　He glared at me.

　That's not good. That was too sudden.



　However, I didn't just make up an idea.




　When I made my own <>, the magic level was displayed in three digits, and the attributes were also displayed incorrectly.

　Some of the main and secondary attributes were displayed with strange words connected to them.



　For example, Frey's



　[Fire] - [Explosion]/[Enhanced].

　[Darkness] - [Darkness

　[Wind] - [Acceleration

　[Chaos] - [Enhanced



　And so on. I called this that are displayed hanging on the known attributes. Nothing is shown if there is no hidden attribute.

　My father's "soil" has "solidity" and "manipulation", so the defense becomes very solid and the manipulation of soil system becomes smooth.



　But this is not common knowledge.

　It is because it cannot be observed by those , and therefore it is invisible to anyone but me.



　I have only told this to Char and his friends.

　So it must not have leaked out.



　Whenever Charu talked about this kind of thing, he would get into it, and would ask a lot of questions with his notes in his hand. He was compiling some things as a hobby or something, but I don't think he would talk about it. Probably.



　I doubt if I can believe this in the first place.

　It is correct from an experimental point of view, but it was originally a byproduct of a trial-and-error process to increase the number of digits displayed in the magic level. It's not a feature that was intended.



"Answer me!"



　I don't know, it's not natural. I don't know. There is a possibility that I'm wrong, so I'll just give a quick answer.



"I think there is a hidden attribute that hangs from an attribute. For example, if [Fire] has a hidden attribute such as [Enhanced], the magic effect of self-enhancement will increase?



　Professor Belkam's eyes widened. I'm scared.

　He dropped his chalk and textbook on the spot and came at me with his shoes clacking high - he grabbed me by the shoulders. That's why you're scaring me, your face.



"How do you know that?　<!"



　Huh?　What the heck is Weiss......?



"He is an unidentified person who has been sending research papers to the Institute of Magical Sciences on an irregular basis for several years now. His research is not only cutting-edge, but several generations ahead of his time. The hidden attributes...... paper named them <, suggesting the possibility of "invisible attributes" that could complement, augment, or weaken the effects of the attributes you just mentioned."



　Oh, there are hidden attributes with negative effects, too.



"The paper on auxiliary attributes that was sent to me six months ago is still under review. So far there is no result to deny it, but we have not even reported it to the royal family because we are proceeding with caution. And you!"



　The market is shaken up.



"Your insight is astonishing!　I had no idea he was such an extraordinary man. Those little shit glasses, you had your eye on me before I did. Hey!"



　You're a busy man, impressed and angry.



"How do you like it, Hurt Semphis? Why don't you quit your useless research on ancient magic and come to me?"



Iris interrupts, "Professor Belkam, I think it's bad manners to solicit in class.



"Irisphilia, I see that you are the same way. Then you should come with me."



I see potential in Professor Tia's research. I have no intention of moving.



　The back-and-forth continued for a while, and finally my hand was removed from my shoulder.

　Professor Belkham shakes off her cool-beauty air and says with a sly grin, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.



"Maybe you are Weiss Ohl himself. Ha-ha-ha, well, I'm just kidding.



"Ha-ha-ha, of course not."



　Yeah, that's true. It wasn't me.



　But still, a white owl.



　I'm curious to know who this German-English combination of names is, just because it <.