...and you're a little close to my face.
'Wah!　Sorry!

　Immediately the woman pulled her face away.

　Did I scare you?
　I'm not trying to be angry.
　I'm just confused because I haven't talked much with women in my previous life.

　I'm just wondering what's going on.

You didn't get a chance to introduce yourself. My name's Lara!　Fifteen years old!

　And the woman - Lara said with a burst of energy.

'And you?'
My name is Kurt. I'm Kurt Leprechaun. I'm 15 years old.
Mr. Kurt!
Just call me Kurt. I don't really like it when you give me the 's' word for every single thing.

　We're the same age.
　You don't have to worry about it too much.

'So Kurt!　That was an amazing move earlier. Is Kurt a swordsman?

　Hmm?

I'm not a swordsman. I'm a wizard.
What...?
Didn't you see I was using performance enhancing magic just now?
Body... enhanced...?

　Lara twists her head.

　Oh, yes, that's right.
　Apparently, body-enhancing magic wasn't common in this world.

　After a cough and a coughing fit.

Anyway that move you just made was only possible because of the magic.
There's some magic I don't know about and that's odd!

　Lara got a quick smile on her face.

I'm a wizard too!　I came here to take the entrance exam for the magic academy and then those people from earlier got involved with me...

　Lara turned her gaze to the fallen men.
　The men were turning their eyes and did not seem to wake up.

''We should be careful. I don't care if it's in the countryside, but if it's a city like the King's Capital, you'll get some strange men.''
I'm sorry...

　Lara slumped her shoulders in a daze.

'If she was a pretty girl like Lara, she'd get tangled up with the odd man pretty quick.
'What?　Am I pretty?
'Oh, yeah ... were you uncomfortable being told this out of the blue?　Then I'm the one who's sorry.

　I get sloppy.

　...I don't know how to talk to a woman.
　It's been with me since my past life.
　I've been so focused on mastering the magic in my past life that I didn't even make a friend, let alone a girlfriend.

''Hmph, am I cute.......cute........''

　Lara is humming a tune.
　By the looks of it, she didn't seem to be in a bad mood.

''But if you're a wizard, why didn't you use your magic to take out those men earlier?
I was too scared to move my body so thank God for Kurt!

　Aren't you used to fighting so much?
　As I see it, Lara's magic power storage and quality is quite impressive.

　I've only seen the magic power, so that's a cursory view...............but I think it's higher than Cyril in the village.
　If he was fifteen years old, would it be normal for him to not be used to fighting against people?

　Nevertheless.

''Didn't you say you were going to take the entrance exam for the Magic Academy?''
Yeah!
'I'm going to take the entrance exam tomorrow too. I heard there's also a practical exam and if you ever decide to trade magic, good luck with that.
'What?　Did Kurt come to take the magic academy too?
Hmm?　Is there something wrong with you?
'You're crazy!　Because watching you move earlier, I thought you were already a cracking adventurer!

　What's the big deal?
　Even though I've regained a lot of strength compared to my previous life, I just fought at random, you know?

'I don't know how Lara feels about it, but it's true. Tomorrow I'm going to take the entrance exam for the Magical Academy.


　Apparently, I've made her lose her confidence.
　Lara turned over with a dark look on her face.

'But!　I've got this!

　Immediately, Lara looked up and held up her hand.
　There was apparently a ring on her index finger.

'What's that?'
It's the 'Ring of the Mizorat' that I bought at a famous magic equipment store in the royal capital. It seems that by wearing this, it will also be an aid to magic and I'm sure I'll pass the test too!

　Ho.........

　Even in a past life, there were equipment that were given magic like that.
　I also remembered that I was wearing something called 'Dark Tafoluk's Ring' that multiplies the amount of magic output by 100 times.
　It's the first time I've seen such a thing since I was reincarnated in this world.

''May I have a look at it?''
Come in!

　Feeling nostalgic for my past life, I received the ring from Lara.

　I take it and analyze it - I am aghast.

　-- What is this terrible equipment?

　When magic power is output to magic, I suppose it's equipment made to be able to convert efficiently.

　But the construction is too crude.
　The circuitry that was applied inside is very circuitous, and it's messy and dead end.
　If this was the case, it would be an inefficient rather than efficient conversion method.

What do you think?　Isn't it beautiful!

　Lara looked into his face.

'How much did you pay for this?
'Well it was pretty expensive but...'

　I was even more astonished when Lara told me how much it cost.
　It's a pretty good price.
　That's exactly the kind of price that a family of four could live with for about three months if they were to live modestly.

''.........''
Hey, Kurt. What's wrong with me, all of a sudden?　It's embarrassing....

　Lara blushes.

　Poor thing.....
　You were ripped off.
　To be caught with such a defective product for such a price.

Lara.
Hmm?
Be strong.
What do you mean?

　Lara rolls her eyes.

　Oh, I'm starting to feel sorry for this girl.

'I can't help it...'

　I take another look at Lara's ring.

　It's a good opportunity.
　And I haven't used any granting magic since I came to this world.
　Let me fix it up for you for a moment.

　I pour magic power into the ring and adjust the messy magic circuit.
　........Yeah. If it was this, the conversion efficiency should be decent.
　And while I was at it, I also gave it a magic of 【Magic Power Output +200%】.

''Yes Lara. I'll return it to you. Thanks.
You're not welcome!

　Lara took the ring with great care and put it on her finger again.

　This is as good as it gets.
　The ring that was ripped off just became something worth the price.
　I could have altered the ring any further, but that would be too generous at any price.

''Then Kurt!　We'll do better tomorrow.
Yeah.

　I hope she passed the test too.
　With that in mind, I headed to the inn to prepare for tomorrow.


　And finally, on the day of the entrance exam.
　The day of the entrance examination for the Magic Academy had arrived.