16 - 17. The Brave, Invited by the President



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 I was in class, eating lunch.

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"Mr. Carlyle, are you there?"

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 A teacher of magic opened the door and came in.

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The dean wants to see you, please come with me as soon as possible.

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"Yes! Yes, sir!"

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 The younger brother stood up briskly and rushed to his teacher.

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"What does the head of the school want with me, if not my brother!"

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Oh, no. Not you.

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"What ......? Oh, so you're ......."

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 Gaius turned red up to his ears and mumbled as if he was fading away.

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 I get up and go to the teacher.

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"d*mn! I can't believe my brother was chosen again! d*mn it!"

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"What, are you sorry? Simply because I was called."

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 Gaius glares at me and walks out of the classroom.

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"Well, let's get going."

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 The teacher leads me down the school corridor.

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 This is the first time I've ever walked through a school building.

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"Hmm? Huh? This place looks familiar."

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"You don't look familiar, you're a student here, aren't you?"

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 I've only been here two days.

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 There's no way I know the school.

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"This school's structure feels like déjà vu to me.

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 Somewhat.

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 I came to a room at the top of a tall tower.

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"Go inside and wait for me. I will call the headmaster.

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 I do as I'm told, open the door and go inside.

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 The room was strangely decorated.

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 There were not only piles of books, but also a telescope and a specimen of a lizard large enough to look up at.

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"Hmm? Who's there ...... kids?"

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 There is a little girl sitting on the sofa.

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 She has long, fluffy purple hair and an innocent expression.

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 Her large, round eyes make her look even younger.

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"Is she a relative of the headmaster's?"

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 A young girl unfolds a parchment and reads it intently.

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 There was nowhere else to sit and wait, so I sat down next to her.

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"Yo."

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"............"

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 When I look up from the parchment, the little girl rolls her eyes.

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 But soon, she smiles a sophisticated smile.

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"Hello."

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"What are you reading?"

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"This is the Magic Scroll. By writing a magic circle on the parchment in advance, you can use magic just by pouring magic power into it.

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"Hmmm... ...... let me take a look."

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"Yes, please."

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 To pass the time, I look at the magic circle on the parchment.

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"What's this?"

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"It's a new magic circle I made just the other day."

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 What was drawn on the wall was a very poorly made magic circle.

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What's wrong?

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"Can I borrow your pen for a minute? I'll correct you."

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 The young girl handed me a quill pen.

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 I make some changes to the parchment to make the magic more efficient.

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 When I show her the corrected magic circle, the little girl says with a twinkle in her eye.

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"I see! Just by slightly modifying this syntax, you can change the power by a factor of 10 and the magic conversion efficiency by a factor of 100! It's amazing!"

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"You've got good taste. But you have a habit of using too many useless constructions at the end. I think you will be able to draw a better magic circle if you fix that.

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"Yes! Thanks for the advice, Mr. Carlisle!"

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 The little girl smiles, looks at me and says.

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"Hmm? How do you know my name?"

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 Then the door to the room opens and the teacher of magic comes in.

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"Dean! If you are already in the room, please tell me!"

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"What, the headmaster?"

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 The young girl straightens her back and says with a smile.

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I am Alicia von Mathers. I am the head of this school.

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