「Then, do you know the traits of the Safir house? – Leonard, tell me」
「Yes」
Geography lessons. It’s a lesson to learn the mechanism of various industries and territories within the country.
In our first year, our lessons consisted of physical education, brief classroom lessons, and luxury hour But in the second year, our lessons are gradually becoming more advanced.
Pointing at the center of the map of the kingdom on the blackboard, a territory not far from the capital and the school. Buono-sensei asked questions and several students raised their hands. Nasha-chan also raised her hand, but Leonard-kun gave the right answer this time.
「The territory of Safir is famous for its name, the Shinryuu “Jewel Dragon Safir” After the nest stone material made by Safir has been recovered and polished, it was sold as a blue and beautiful jewel in the kingdom」
「Hmm. The Jewel Dragon Safir is the most famous in the Safir territory」
Buono-sensei puts a large photo on the blackboard. A cavity that looks like a mountain, floor, walls, and ceilings, are all in the middle of a space made out of beautiful blue stone and a blue dragon wearing jewel-like scales lays down.
「Anything else, Anastasia?」
「Yes. The Safir house and the lord who controls the land of Safir are the direct descendants of the Jewel Dragon Safir. Inheriting the magic of the jewel dragon, they can enter the nest and harvest the stones.
「Yes. Only the Safir house, which has the blood of the Jewel Dragon can safely collect the stones from its burrow. But, the territory has been handed down to the Safir house」
There’s a feature in each territory and a difference in the abilities required by the lord.
Perhaps, the territory of Safir which is one of the two competing features in the country, is easy to understand for students who just started their studies.
「This is annoying. They should just kill the jewel dragon and steal the burrow」
「Aaron. That’s what they call foolishness. Remember that.」
「Huh? Why?! I don’t care about the Shinryuu but it shouldn’t be a problem if you get things right, do you?」
「And that’s what I’m saying. Listen. The blue stone is made by the jewel dragon creating its nest. In other words, killing the jewel dragon cuts off the supply. Do you understand now?」
「Oh!! Y-You should’ve said that sooner!」
「Use your head a little! You blockhead!!」
Pakan!!
Buono-sensei tossed his stone bullets again today. We’re used to seeing Aaron-kun get blown away like that.
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「Speaking of which, I feel like Buono-sensei mentioned something strange during the lessons earlier」
「What do you mean?」
「Did he say something strange?」
Lunch Break. While everyone’s having lunch. Lina-chan said something she just noticed.,
By the way, we go back to the women’s dorm to eat lunch. The classroom’s just nearby so we come back after lunch. We could ask the kitchen for lunch the day before, they make lunch boxes, and so people bring those.
「I hear that the Jewel dragon Safir makes stones as its nest. Won’t they disappear when the jewel dragon releases its magic?
「Oh, Lina-chan, that’s a misunderstanding on the magic matter. Naturally, you’re asking that question」
「Huh? So the material on the nest isn’t magic matter?」
「Mira, you also didn’t consider that?」
「I mean, I never had lessons about it before」
Sure, Buono-sensei didn’t explain that much. because of that, many students misunderstand the situation, like Lina-chan and Mira-chan.
「The Jewel Dragon Safir converts the soil and stones using magic. They don’t create matter using their magic」
「Oh? Hey Luvis-chan」
「Yes. Good day, Alec-senpai」
Luvis-chan stood right next to us on the table. She’s holding a plate in her hand, coming back from the buffet.
「Oh? You seem familiar with it」
「It’s our territory」
「Huh? Are you from the Safir house?」
「Yes. It might not be the color, but I’m still from the Safir house」
「I see. We just had lessons about your place」
Lina-chan and the girls were questioning the new girl.
So Luvis-chan is a descendant of the Jewel Dragon Safir? A Kiryu. The Jewel dragon was blue, but Luvis-chan was red.
Speaking of which, the magic bullets that Luvis-chan and the blue girl made were glittering like jewels.
「Luvis! What are you doing?」
「Ah, Sorry. Onee-chan’s calling me. See you later」
「Sure, later. Luvis-chan」
The blue girl came over, worried because Luvis-chan didn’t return immediately.
She bowed lightly then went back to her table in a hurry. Huh? Emily-chan and Ruu-Shishou are on the same table.
「Luvis, don’t approach that man! He’ll spank you again!」
「That’s right! Luvis-chan! I can’t keep you safe so who knows what he’ll do next time!」
「You girls, what do you think Alec is?」
「…I wonder if he’ll give us some spanking again…(Absentminded)」
They seem to get along nicely. The blue girl and Emily-chan seem similar so they’re hitting it off.
「Oh, Lina-chan. As mentioned earlier, the answer is that the jewel dragon’s magic transforms stone」
「Transform?」
「Hmm, how do I say this? For example, if Lina-chan burns down a tree with your magic flame, the burning tree won’t turn back, would it?」
「That’s obvious」
「Likewise, in the case of the Jewel dragon Safir, they use magic on the soil and stone to turn it into jewelry. That’s why Safir can’t turn back the jewels into soil or stone anymore」
「I see. I get it now」
The burned trees don’t return from ashes, and the jewels made by the jewel dragon won’t do the same. Oh, it’s a different principle.
There are differences in magic. If you don’t understand the difference, you can’t explain the phenomena that’s happening.
「Then,, that red girl from earlier. Was it Luvis? Does it mean that she can make red jewels using the same magic?」
「Unfortunately, she can’t. If she could, then they wouldn’t bother gathering the jewels in the burrow」
「Why?」
「Those are the rules of magic, the difference between shinryu and Kiryu」
The magic of Kiryu isn’t permanent. They’re magic matter that don’t last forever. Fire goes out, ice melts, and stone returns to clay.
The Shinryu’s magic is eternal, but Kiryu’s magic is finite. As for Zatsuryu like me, we can’t even interfere with matter.
What is magic? What is an attribute?
Creating distinctions between God and Dragon and their Magic is hard. It’s too early for Lina-chan, we can learn about that next time.