Chapter 260: Safe and Secure Ultra-Condensed Compressed Magic Class~

“With that said, let’s study magical theory today.”

After conveying what they needed to know about learning magic, I decided the next thing to do was to have everyone learn the basics of Attack Magic.

“That being said, we are only staying for a short period, so there isn’t time for you to learn all of magical theory. Therefore, we plan to focus strictly on Attack Magic theory for you to learn.”

“Lexus-san’s Attack Magic theory… I wonder just what kind of amazing theory it is.”

“No, no, I won’t be saying anything that grand. What you’ll be learning is strictly the basics of Attack Magic.”

Yes, this academy is a school meant to teach Attack Magic to students who are bad at it.

In that case, teaching them complex theories is meaningless.

Though, since they’ve been learning from their families and excellent private tutors since they were young, they’d probably understand it perfectly fine if I taught them.

However, they are students who aren’t suited for Attack Magic due to psychological issues or magical aptitude.

Because of that, even if they can understand the theory, it should be difficult for them to master advanced Attack Magic in actual combat.

If handled poorly, there’s even the possibility that the formula could run out of control.

That’s why what I’ll be teaching is basic knowledge of Attack Magic and its application methods.

For example, so that they can hunt monsters sufficiently even with a weed-pulling spell, depending on how they use it.

“And as I said earlier, the time to teach is limited, so I plan to use a somewhat special teaching method.”

“ “ “ “ “ !? “ “ “ “ “

The moment I said that, Liliera-san and the others nearby widened their eyes and trembled for some reason.

“What’s wrong, Big Sister Liliera?”

“N-No, it’s n-nothing… at all.”

Then, with pale faces and stiff movements, Liliera-san and the others stepped back.

I wonder what’s wrong? Are they not feeling well?

“And so, what is this special teaching method?”

Oops, Sden-kun steered the conversation back, so I need to return to the explanation.

“We’ll use this.”

Saying that, I spread out a large cloth I had prepared beforehand on the classroom floor.

“Is this… a magic circle?”

Yes, what was drawn on the cloth was a magic circle.

“Eh!? What’s with this magic circle, it’s unbelievably complex!?”

“Whoa, are these small letters instead of lines!? Just how detailed is this!?”

“Plus, it uses many colors like a painting. Is it really a magic circle!?”

Seeing the magic circle, everyone let out voices of surprise.

Well, this is an obscure item that people rarely get the chance to see.

“This is a Compressed Language Magic Circle.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ Compressed Language Magic Circle? “ “ “ “ “ “

“Yes. This magic circle contains ultra-high-density information, and it has the effect of making a person who enters the circle instantly memorize thousands upon thousands of characters worth of information.”

Yes, this is my trump card prepared to have everyone learn the basics of Attack Magic in a short period.

As I just said, its effect is to transfer high-density information into the brain and make them memorize it in an instant.

This time, due to the issues with available techniques and materials, I had to directly engrave the information to be taught into the magic circle, so the information that can be memorized is fixed. However, magic circles from the era of my life before last were higher performance, so they used a system where the information to be memorized was recorded on interchangeable magic stone cartridges.

By doing that, it was possible to make students memorize different information even with the same magic circle.

However, while this technique was used relatively commonly in my life before last, it seems it became obsolete or stopped being used by the time of my previous life.

I didn’t need to input basic knowledge because I had the knowledge from my past lives, but I wonder if a more efficient information transfer system had been created in my previous life?

I really should have looked into that.

Anyway, with this magic circle, the plan is that they can instantly memorize a few days’ to a few months’ worth of classes.

“We can instantly memorize thousands upon thousands of characters of information!?”

“What is that!? If something like that is possible, schools—no, the very existence of teachers—would become unnecessary!?”

“Not only that, wouldn’t the time spent studying itself become unnecessary!?”

“C-Certainly. Moreover, since the time spent studying can be used for practical training, it’ll be incredibly efficient!?”

Yes, this technique was actually created by busy professors to efficiently feed information to their students in order to squeeze out research time for themselves with the saved time.

It was basically like, “I’ve given you the knowledge, so now apply what you’ve memorized on your own.”

“Amazing! To think such a revolutionary method existed!”

“Please use it on us! No, don’t just make us memorize the basics, make us memorize all the knowledge we’ll need from now on!”

Hearing that knowledge could be obtained instantly, everyone became highly excited and demanded the information transfer.

Yeah, yeah, everyone’s ambition is overflowing!!

“Umm…”

Amidst all that, Mortena-san timidly raised her hand.

“Yes, what is it, Mortena-san?”

“Umm, well… um, I think it’s rude to ask something like this, but…”

Perhaps finding it hard to say, Mortena-san fidgeted a few times, but mustering her resolve, she spoke her next words.

“Is there any danger of this harming our health when the knowledge is imparted?”

“ “ “ “ “ “ ………Hah!? “ “ “ “ “ “

At Mortena-san’s words, everyone gasped in realization and stared at me.

“Well, it’s true that it places a bit of a burden on the head, so this magic circle also has an effect to reduce that burden.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ Oooooh!! “ “ “ “ “ “

When I answered that countermeasures were woven in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Well, of course it’s necessary to prepare for the worst.

“To protect the brain and mind from the burden of having information sent in at ultra-high speed, the activation speed of Healing Magic has been sped up to the absolute limit by restricting its effect to the head. Also, in the event that receiving a massive amount of information causes a state of confusion, Mental Calming Magic is designed to activate immediately to keep the mind tranquil.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ Heeh, it heals it. Then that’s sa—……… Heals? “ “ “ “ “ “

Eh? Everyone stared at me with gazes that seemed to say, ‘What do you mean?’

“Umm… Doesn’t it prevent the burden from occurring?”

Since Mortena-san fearfully sought confirmation, I answered clearly.

“No, it heals it the moment the burden occurs.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ So it doesn’t reduce it!? “ “ “ “ “ “

“Yes, it heals it instantly, so as a result, it is reduced.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ THAT’S A TRICK QUESTION!!! “ “ “ “ “ “

◆ Liliera ◆

A hellish scene was unfolding before our eyes.

No, hell hadn’t actually begun yet, but yeah, the situation was already like a prelude to hell at this point.

“Because the knowledge transfer setting of this magic circle is configured so that anyone can use it, margins of error will occur.”

“Margins of error… is it?”

“Yes. This margin of error becomes the burden when receiving the information. If I tune it carefully, I can minimize the burden, but…”

“ “ “ “ “ “ THEN TUNE IT! “ “ “ “ “ “

Everyone begged him, but the reason we considered there must be a reason he couldn’t do it—since that Lexus-san wasn’t doing it—was because we knew him well.

“However, in that case, individual tuning is required for each person, so I would have to make a magic circle for everyone. If that happens, acquiring the biometric data for tuning and creating the magic circles would take quite a bit of time.”

Well, that makes sense.

If anything, if you can obtain a massive amount of knowledge in an instant, that level of compensation is necessary.

Because it’s clearly an exceptional effect.

“A-A magic circle of this scale for everyone!?”

“No, that’s impossible. Making something this precise for everyone, it would take days, no, months just to make one for one person…”

“I understand that it will supposedly heal us immediately, but…”

“ “ “ “ “ “ IT’S TOO SCARY. “ “ “ “ “ “

I’m sure it is~.

Honestly, I can understand why they are hesitating.

No matter how incredibly convenient it is, if I were told to do it, even I would hesitate. Actually, I would run away.

“M-Maybe we should call this off?”

In the midst of that, a courageous student—pale-faced yet putting on a brave front—proposed to Lexus-san that they cancel it.

I believe that was Sden-kun.

But he’s naive. The opponent is Lexus-san. There’s no way he’d stop at that level of restraint. I say this from experience.

“It’s fine, Sden-kun. It’s proven that even if a fatal injury occurs, it will be healed without a single problem 99.9% of the time.”

“…And the remaining 0.1%?”

Sden-kun fearfully clung to that tiny remaining possibility.

“That’s in the case the magic circle itself was defective from the start, or if an individual’s constitution was incompatible.”

“Constitution?”

“Yes. Just as specific foods or medicines can have adverse health effects on some people, similar adverse effects can occur with magic. It’s what’s known as a ‘Magic Power Allergy’.”

“I’ve never heard of that…”

The students were surprised by the unfamiliar term, but they immediately made their eyes sparkle at those words, nodded at each other without a word, and raised their hands in unison.

“I-I’ve had a constitution where my stomach hurts when magic is cast on me since I was a kid!”

“I-I get a headache when I’m bathed in magic too!”

“Me too!”

“Me as well!”

Seeing a way out, everyone started telling Lexus-san that they would feel unwell.

“Ah, it’s fine. Even if a physical abnormality occurs due to a Magic Power Allergy, the magic circle contains dozens of types of Healing Magic, so even in the unlikely event you fail to obtain the knowledge, thorough preparations have been made regarding your health.”

“ “ “ “ “ “ It’s over… “ “ “ “ “ “

Having their retreat perfectly cut off, the students collapsed to their knees.

“Guh… Indeed, there’s no way we could use magic this exceptional without any risks…”

“H-Haha… So we can’t achieve our desires the easy way, huh…?”

“It’s fine. It’s just like getting injured in sword training, only your head gets injured in knowledge training.”

“THAT ISN’T THE SAME THING AT ALLLLLLLL!!”

Hmm, a picture of hell.

No, honestly, I’m glad I’m not a student at the academy.

Because there’s no need for me to push myself to gain knowledge like that.

“Man~, you guys have it rough.”

“I understand how you feel, so I sympathize with ya.”

“Do your best~.”

“Oh God, please grant peace to their souls.”

Jairo-kun and the others called out words of pity to them.

“Why are you saying that like it’s someone else’s problem!? You guys are doing it too, right!?”

The students raised their voices, wondering why they were speaking so carefree.

“No, because it is someone else’s problem for us.”

“Yeah, yeah, we’re basically just here to accompany Mina, so it ain’t like we came here to study magic.”

“Besides, I study under Lexus, but since I’ve been steadily studying magic, there’s no need for me to hurriedly cram knowledge.”

Yes, it has nothing to do with u—

“Then let’s start with Mina-san and the others.”

“ “ “ “ “ WHY!? “ “ “ “ “

Suddenly, Lexus-san started saying crazy things.

“Wait!? We aren’t academy students, so there’s no need for us to force ourselves to learn it, right!?”

“Everyone seems tense since it’s their first time training, so I want you guys—who train with me on a daily basis—to enter the magic circle first to prove that it’s perfectly safe.”

Doesn’t that just mean being guinea pigs!?

“N-No, Bro, I’m a warrior, you see…”

“Besides, I think you guys should properly learn the basics, Jairo-kun. I’m sure you have an aversion to it, but there might come a time during an adventure when you need magical knowledge.”

“N-No! That kind of stuff is Mina’s specialty! Team roles are important, right!?”

“But it would be a disaster if you needed the knowledge when Mina-san wasn’t around, right? So… okay?”

Emitting a pressure that brooked no argument, Lexus-san approached.

Th-This is bad, it reeks of being way too bad!!

“No, no, no, no, no!! We’re doing this for the guys at this school in the first place, so it stands to reason they should take the initiative themselves—”

“Whew! As expected of an active adventurer!! How brave!!”

Just as Jairo-kun tried to continue his excuses to escape, the students cheered and started hyping him up.

“Hah!?”

“How courageous!! So this is an adventurer!!”

“Umu, I looked down on him as a commoner, but he’s quite something.”

Crap! So that was their aim!?

I realized their aim, but by the time I tried to stop it, it was already too late.

“That’s right! By all means, please show us your heroic figures here!”

“ “ “ “ “ WAIIITTTT!! “ “ “ “ “

Don’t create a flow where we have to take the initiative!!

“No, no, no, you don’t need courage just to step onto a magic circle!”

“That is exactly why you should show us the courage to just step onto the magic circle!”

N-No good! We’re seriously going to get dragged into this at this rate!

I need to escape here, even if I have to force it!!

“U-Umm, I’m really just an adventurer, plus I need to go work soon to send money to my family back home…”

Yes! I have to send money to my mother back in my hometown! It can’t be helped! I’m not running away! I’m going to work!

However, as I tried to escape, my body suddenly became heavy with a zushiri.

“Wha!?”

It was Mortena, who had clung to me.

Clinging to my waist, half in tears, she declared:

“U-Ufufu… L-Let’s fall into hell together, Onee-shyama…”

“ “ “ “ “ N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! “ “ “ “ “