It's a beautiful place.

　I walk around the school building of the Disualia Magic Academy and observe the inside.
　　It was decorated with a painting of a person looking great.

''Yeah. Maybe it's more beautiful than Cynthia and the rest of the magical academy........
Yeah.

　Cynthia walked next to her and said in an indifferent tone.

　Even so, there are expensive-looking vases and paintings all over the place, but the essential warding magic is not applied.
　If this were to happen, if we were to be attacked from the outside, the building would collapse in a heartbeat.
　Instead, there is an interesting and deep magic circle all over the place, but it seems that this is not meant to protect the school building.

'Kurt.
Hmm?

　Cynthia stops and tugs at the hem of my clothes.
　When I lifted my gaze, I saw a magnificent door in front of me.

''What is it........the 'Great Library'?'''
Come on in, Kurt.
'Is Cynthia interested in books?'
I love books.

　Then there's no reason not to go in.
　Once inside, it was a place that lived up to the name of the great library, with a large number of bookshelves arranged in a maze.

''Hohoho, I wasn't expecting it, but... it's quite an interesting place.

　I like books, too.
　It helps me to study magic.

　I continue on into the back.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
　But all of them quickly removed their gaze the moment we passed each other and seemed to want nothing to do with me.
　Is the story of punishing Erik with restraint magic already going around?
　Whatever. It's a pain in the ass to be flirted with, so that helps.

Oh, here.
Hmm?　Did you find any books that sounded interesting?

　The spine of the book Cynthia picked up from the bookshelf was marked 'The Adventures of Magical Arica'.

'When I was a kid I used to read it behind my family's back.

　The Adventures of Magical Arica is supposed to be a novel written for children, I believe.
　Cynthia flipped through the pages.
　Somehow Cynthia's expression seemed to be filled with happiness.

'Cynthia,'
..........

　Cynthia is flipping through the pages, engrossed.

　It's amazing.
　I've never seen Cynthia like this before.
　Then it wouldn't be a good idea to interrupt her.

Now, how many books do I have to read to pass the time?

　I move away from Cynthia a bit and move to the end of the bookcase.
　This bookcase alone would hold a thousand books.
　I picked up one book after another and flipped through them.

''What's this... 'The Establishment of Chanting Magic'?　You're still eagerly studying this outdated stuff.

　I was dumbfounded.
　I continued to pour over them, but they were all very similar in what they wrote.
　What a low level of detail.

　Why should I bother spending five hundred pages to activate Fire Spear?
　And everything written was so basic that it seemed like they were just doing the same thing over and over again to earn pages.
　And the magic formula is wrong in places.

''........So this is the level of the Empire?''

　I put the book on the shelf.

　However.........the Empire has found something about magic from a thousand years ago, as represented by the Four Great Sages.
　And yet, a book with such low-level content is placed on the shelves.
　It's a great way to show how the empire's confidence in this magical academy is no longer high on expectations.


''What's wrong boy, you look like that?''


　I hear a familiar voice and turn around reflexively.

Averill what are you doing here?

　
　If you look at him, his clothes were different from before, and he was dressed in the same clothes as the teachers were wearing.

''I'm also going to participate in this exchange camp. As a teacher.
As a teacher?
'Ah. There are some things that concern me about the Empire. And besides I'm still very much interested in you. I wanted to see what you could do, to see what you could do up close.

　Ahem, Averill said, chest heaving.

　When I walked out of the principal's office Averill was talking about something, but I didn't know it was going to be like this.
　What I was doing I wasn't expecting this.

'Kurt........oh, Averill.......'

　I guess she finished reading Magical Arica's adventures, and Cynthia came running up to us for a short run as well.

'Oh, you're the girl from that time. What happened to the other two?''
"I'm taking a walk ... through the Empire ...
Ha-ha, isn't it nice? Enjoying the exchange camp, aren't they?

　Avril raised her chin and laughed.
　Now...........

'Cynthia, are we done here?'
Well I'm satisfied.
'Then I'll leave. I've had enough on my end.

　And that was when he turned his back on Averill and was about to leave the Great Library.

'You can wait. 'I've had enough on my end?　You're not very good at reading, are you, my dear?

　Avril smiles, showing her teeth with a cushy smile.

'Not good at reading?　What are you talking about? It's just a waste of time because the level of books in this great library is so low.
'You don't have to fool me so much. If you say so, can I quiz you now?
Quiz?　I don't know what it is, but there's nothing I can't answer. You can give me any question you want.
Huh. The time has come for you to have your ass kicked. Don't you regret those words?

　And Avril, heartily pleased, took a book from the shelf at random.
　Then he flipped through it, flipping through the first page.

Yes, sir.

　At one point I clipped my index finger and closed the book.

'The page I'm running my fingers over now. What's on here?　Answer.
Mr. Averill it's not fair.

　Seeing this, Cynthia makes an accusatory noise.

'There's no way I can answer that I don't even know how many pages it is...'
Oh?　But Kurt said, 'You can try to get any kind of question out of it,' right?　I'm just quizzing you accordingly. Now, answer me!

　Already Avril is looking victorious.
　But I'm sorry about my opponent.

'The page with Averill's fingers across it is page 102, page 103, where he mentions Lightning Arrow. That's where Lightning Arrow is mentioned. The magic formula is described, but it's too inefficient. If you changed it in eight more places, you could reduce the activation of the magic by a second, even with the same magician.
What?

　Avril rolls her eyes and immediately opens the page.

''Nah...!　Oh, it's true!　It's been written about Lightning Arrow!　And what's with this awful magic formula... although I can't find eight changes to it...

　Averill was astonished as he put his face so close to the book that he thought he might kiss it.

'Looks like a bite,'
Well, it's not possible, Lord!　Did you use some kind of clairvoyant magic or something to make the book visible when it was closed?　Or did you use a hypnotic spell to make me choose your favorite book and your favorite page without me noticing...?
None of this is true.

　Of course, you can do any of these things if you want to.
　But this is a sideshow. It would be boring to answer a quiz like that.

"First of all, I've memorized all the books on this shelf, over a thousand of them.
What?
'That didn't take more than thirty minutes. It was at a low level, so I could do that much with a few absences.

　And with simple kinetic vision, I could just see through Avril's movements.
　How could I not see through it when I was just flipping through the pages?

What a non-standard...!
Kurt, wow. You're so smart.

　
　I met their gaze and continued.

It's as easy as this. And I don't hate reading(-)writing.