The next day.
　When I walked into the classroom, the students all looked back at me at once.
　They were definitely looking at me.
　When I looked at them, each of them immediately looked away.
　Then I spotted Patrick, who was sitting by the window, staring out.
　For a moment, I remembered seeing him as the same person I once was.

　In the meantime, the class has begun.
　It seems that today's class is about something called 'magic power sensing'.

Then each of you will make a pair.

　All right, I'll put Nem next to you.

"Hey, Nem, would you like to join me?

　He took Nem.
　Then it's Toa.

"Mr. Toatrica, would you like to play with me?
Yeah, sure.

　Then it's Sierra.

Miss Sierra, I'd like to...

　I'm now alone in another world.

'Nito-kun, why don't you team up with Patrick-kun?'

　Then the teacher says something I don't want to hear.

'Eh, Patrick........'

　Of all things.........
　But there are no extra students.
　Patrick, of course, is in a bad mood.
　But he doesn't seem to have any friends, which means he's the same kind of person as me.
　It's no use, I'll just have to be lenient here.
　I walked to the window and sat down next to Patrick.
　We didn't say a word to each other.

Now we will begin the training of magic detection. A mage will be able to detect the position of the enemy by the waves that magic power generates. Then each of you will begin based on what you've learned so far.

　After the explanation, each of them began to sense the magic power.
　But what should they do?
　I've never done any magic power sensing before.

"Hey, what's this supposed to do?　
'You didn't hear?　You sense my magic, I sense your magic. That's it.
I'm sensing... how does that work?
What?　You don't know how to detect magic?

　Patrick must be thinking, "Why did I lose to this guy?

Then I'll go first.

　I heard a deep sigh.

　Patrick turned to face me, and he shut his eyes and began to concentrate on something.

'Does sensing take that long?'
'....no, it can't be....why, why can't I feel....

　Patrick mumbles to himself.

'What?　You can't do that?
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? Did you make it?

　After a short break, the teacher begins to check the progress of each pair there.

Hey, what do you mean you can't do it?　Is this such a difficult task?
No, it's not hard, anyone can do it.
'Then why,' I said, doubting Patrick's competence.
It's not my fault. It's simply that I can't feel the magic in you.
What?　You can't feel the magic?　What do you mean?　Should I call the doctor then?
"Wait, don't embarrass me anymore," Patrick said impatiently.
"But if you can't do it, I don't blame you. Let's have the teacher show you how it's done.
'No, that's not...'
Sir, I'm sorry!

　Ignoring Patrick, I called the doctor.

'What's going on?'
''I'd like you to check my magic power doctor, could you please?''
When I said that, the teacher looked at Patrick, who looked down with a puzzled face.
''Well that's fine. Then you'll have to watch.　

　Convinced, as if he had figured something out, the teacher began to focus on me.

'It's not something you can learn by watching, but I mean, this is how you can read the waves of magical power flowing through your opponent.
Nah, I see...

　Perhaps it's a simple thing that could be done immediately, but otherwise, this teaching style is too wordy.
　Otherwise, this teaching method is too wordy.

"....hmmm...that's strange.

　The doctor opened his eyes to see if the sensing was over.
　But there was a question emerging on his face.

''I can't detect...''
What, you can't?
Yeah, that's right.

　Patrick is on the verge of getting on here.

Oh, I see. Well, that's a very unusual case.
Rare?
Yes, you're probably saying that you couldn't sense it either, Patrick?
'Yes, this wouldn't normally happen...'
'I'm sure you're right. Patrick is one of the best students in the class.
Excuse me, what does that mean? I didn't understand the conversation.
'The problem isn't you, Patrick, it's you. It's you, Nito,
Me?
''Yes. How can I explain it, a mage can sense the waves of magic flowing through life and can see the enemy's position and the opponent's strength to some extent. Since the vibrations are always leaking out, they can always be checked. Therefore, this is a weakness for everyone. However, skilled mages are able to control and hide their vibrations. Some of them can even conceal it with special mages' tools. There are only two ways to hide vibrations in the world.
'Do you think I'm hiding it?　I've never heard of waves before, and if I didn't know how to suppress them, I wouldn't have any magical tools.
If that's the case, there's one thing I can think of. That's when the magic is orders of magnitude higher.
High magic?
''Yes. In that case, the mage will not be able to grasp the magic power of the opponent. Of course, even a higher-ranked opponent can sense magic power, but I have read that there are beings of a different dimension in the world. But I've read in books that there are beings of a different dimension in the world.

　When the teacher uttered that, I noticed that the whole class was looking at me.
　The classroom, which had been a bit noisy, had gone quiet.

''Nito-kun, you're........''

　The doctor is looking at me differently than before.
　Patrick is looking at me differently.
　People are looking at me like I'm a freak.

'Wait a minute. I can't feel Patrick's magic either.........

　I suddenly realized.
　There was a clear surge of magic power there.

''What do you think, Patrick-kun, about your magic power?''

　The doctor asks if he noticed by my behavior.
　Perhaps this is Patrick's magic.
　For some reason, I could actually feel it now.

'It's too easy...'

　You can't do something this simple with me.
　I'm the only one in this classroom who isn't.

But I'm really proud of this!

　The doctor smiled happily.

'Who the hell are you?　I thought you were a healer?

　Patrick was amazed.
　But it turned out to be not awe, but something akin to admiration.

'As far as I know, I've only heard of such mages in fairy tales and myths. I honestly don't know how to explain it, but this is indeed an honor. You should be proud of yourself, Nito-kun.

　There was no need for me to feel alone....
　But my thoughts were immediately headed there.

　I should have never wanted to be normal.
　But now I wanted to be normal.
　Maybe I've always wanted to be normal.
　I'm sure that somewhere in the back of my mind I was looking for normalcy after being bullied by Saeki and not being able to live a normal high school life.

'That's already great Master!　Even without magic or anything else, the master can take down a monster with a single blow!

　I could hear Nem's joyful voice.
　I tried to stop myself from thinking that I was talking too much, but when I saw the students around me enjoying themselves and listening to me....

''Nito-kun is amazing, isn't he?''
'Yes, my master is awesome!

　When Nem spoke, it was a normal thing to do.

'Yes. Masa it wasn't. Nito's strong, so don't be too dumb about it.

　Nem wasn't the only one.
　The students around Toa had a similar expression on their faces.

'I'm a healer. I'm not lying.

　I said to Patrick.

'But there's no amount of magic in that.
It's not normal, is it?
No, it's too good. No wonder you can block my magic with your bare hands.
What, you could see that much?
You didn't do any magic with it, did you?
I didn't need it.

　With a small smile on his face, wondering what was so funny, the teacher returned to the podium.

Hey, did you say your name was Nito or something?
I told you.
Nito doesn't seem to socialize or anything, but that would isolate us here.
It's none of your business. I don't need you to tell me.
I was just trying to be nice. If you know what I'm saying, I'm not saying it anymore.

　Patrick really shut up after that and didn't say another word.



　Class was over and lunchtime was upon us.
　The first thing I did was invite Toa to join me.
　But today it seems I'm eating with some new friends....

　I realized that Patrick was right, I was really isolated.
　Both Nem and Sierra walked out of the classroom when they said they were all going to the cafeteria, and I was the only one left behind.

'So I told you, that's what happens to guys like you,'
What?

　Patrick, who was just as redundant as I was, breezed by, looking sarcastic and friendly.