chapter 5
5 – Change
The faculties of Liechten Academy are largely composed of five.
Magical Science, Chivalry, Priesthood, and Scouting.
In addition to this, ‘ether’ is a class where top performers from each department are selected and gathered.
Of course, even if you look at ‘undergraduate’, it’s just a ‘big category’ that largely divides the fields of the academy. In detail, numerous studies were being dealt with within the Lichten Academy.
In other words, the scale of the academy campus is staggering.
Of course, Ian was lost on the road.
“He shaved.”
“How can you still hate it?”
“Is this because you want to look good to someone?”
“You bastard.”
The surprising thing was that everywhere in this wide place, curses against oneself could be heard.
‘No, how openly did you babble, Pongpong-ah?’
In a way, it was an achievement that was possible because it was a pong-pong that everyone in different fields of heroine had.
That’s why it was Ian who thought he was ignoring Lina too coolly.
“…I should have asked for directions.”
But she immediately shook her head.
The reason why I feel like this is because I still think based on [Lina Roswell], Which I experienced while playing ‘Panta X Arca’.
A kind insider.
To briefly summarize Lina’s official personality, yes.
The type who is caring and kind to everyone, and naturally has a lot of friends around him.
Lina’s appearance on the screen was always like that.
‘On the contrary, that’s why it’s more suspicious.’
I am possessed now.
Lina, confirmed through Pongpong’s ‘Love Diary’, knows that it is different.
— You had leftover food, so you brought another lunch box? But why me? Why are you always giving it to me?
Lina’s smile collapses when she sees Pongpong.
That could be her true self.
“You did well to ignore it. It’s a road. I’ll get lost a little more.”
If you can’t find your way, you can count on visiting the academy.
If you think about it, isn’t it even more strange to not get lost on the first day of the academy?
Ian didn’t know it, but on the outside, he was overflowing with composure and confidence.
‘No need to rush. If you focus on me and not on other people, your reaction will change someday.’
Ian was focused on his growth rather than the reaction of those around him, but it was enough to make him look different from others.
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Magic 1st year, Mejai class classroom.
“Ah…”
Lina sat in her seat with her eyes half closed.
“Hello Rina-!”
“Uh. Yes.”
She was originally Lina who kindly greeted the children around her, but her Lina’s condition was so strange that they tilted their heads at her.
She deserved it.
‘… What the hell is that?’
Lina’s mind was confused.
Of course it was because of Ian.
‘Wasn’t she knocked down so that she couldn’t get up again?’
Lina looked blankly back at Ian’s seat.
The seat is still empty after leaving like that in the morning.
That seat has been vacant for the past week.
It was because of a ‘certain incident’ that occurred on the rooftop of the Faculty of Magic.
An emergency committee was convened to deal with the incident.
Only the people written in Ian’s will knew about it.
Recalling the situation at the time, Lina’s eyebrows twitched.
‘I thought I wouldn’t come out of the academy even if I got better.’
… So, did you see a ghost in the morning?
Certainly, Ian Black Angus was far from his true self.
Originally, it was Ian who would awkwardly approach Lina as soon as he saw her and make a fuss about her.
– Oh, you look pretty today too.
– Shah, did you change your shampoo? It smells different.
In this way.
But earlier, even when he looked at Rina herself, she just turned her gaze away.
‘Her appearance has become cleaner too.’
Her messy hair was as calm as if it had been washed in the morning, and her shaggy beard was neatly trimmed.
But the thing that changed most of all was his attitude.
— Don’t worry. Now I’m not misunderstanding. Then.
It was an obvious change.
It was an infinitely cold tone.
Now the attitude of ‘I won’t care about you’.
When Ian walked ahead like that, Lina was so embarrassed that she stood there blankly for a while.
A very surprising change.
‘… Has it really changed?’
Rina shook her head.
People can’t change that quickly.
Although she may have hurt her head in falling off the roof, of course.
Lina didn’t believe Ian’s change in her.
The moment she thought about that.
― Growl
A rumbling sound came from the empty stomach.
‘…Ah.’
When I think of Ian, I naturally think of the lunchbox he gave me.
Preparations that others secretly put in their desks.
― Ji, make it at home I, left over and brought it…
And the bento box, which is obviously made with great care.
It’s a preparation, a lunchbox.
If you had experienced Ian’s attack, you couldn’t have known it.
The supplies were a bit helpful, but the lunch box was too burdensome and I hated it.
‘…I really hated it.’
There was nothing to eat other than that.
And now, it’s been a week since Ian didn’t show up.
Lina’s nutritional status was quite precarious.
― Kworuk Gworuk
‘Ahh… I’m ashamed…’
I’m so embarrassed I’m going crazy.
For some reason, I feel that my health is not getting better.
It seems that it has been quite a while since she took in good ingredients and nutrients.
Even yesterday, while walking in the garden, she suddenly wanted to graze.
‘… Ah! No! Not that much!’
Anyway, I’ve heard of it before.
It is said that people want to eat foods that contain insufficient nutrients.
The reason was clear.
The moment she leaned against her desk without any energy.
Suddenly, the door to the class opened.
“Whoops!”
Lina involuntarily exclaimed.
Because Ian was standing there.
‘… Didn’t you bring a packed lunch today?’
Suddenly there was a sound in the stomach.
― Growl.
A little louder this time.
“What are you talking about?”
“Didn’t I just say something?”
The children nearby looked around.
Lina, blushing, grabbed her stomach.
‘Why am I really like this? I must be crazy.’
My stomach rumbled as soon as I saw Ian.
I wanted to eat a boxed lunch.
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Ian struggled to find the Faculty of Magic building.
I had experienced it once right after being possessed, so there was no difficulty in finding a class or a seat.
Ian, sitting in her own seat, was taken aback by Lina’s gaze.
‘What are you staring at?’
No wait.
Looking at it, those are not ordinary eyes.
Yes.
Feels like you are aiming for prey.
Tiger… It’s not too far, but still, kudzu… No, I could feel the feeling of a leopard or a wildcat glaring at its prey and dripping saliva.
‘… No way.’
Is Lina the real culprit?
“!”
Ian looked down at the book.
On the outside, it seemed to be a calm and indifferent gaze.
‘f*ck.’
Her heartbeat became rather violent.
Actually, Lina is extremely strong and she is not that kind of child. She handles her elementals pretty well, but she’s a child whose potential outweighs her immediate abilities.
But there is such a thing.
Even if it’s the same killer.
An attempted murderer wandering around with a knife in a harem,
An attempted murderer sitting in the same semi-diagonal front row feels differently.
‘I think it was a very modern sensibility.’
Actually, the world view of Panta Aca is a world view where monsters and demons rampage.
People die more often than you think.
In the end, it was a sense of fear that I felt when I saw it with an infinitely modern sense.
Above all, her eyes do not prove that Rina is the culprit.
‘… Whoa.’
Ian’s spirit began to recover quickly.
It’s not that I have a bad mentality in the first place.
I was just surprised by the momentary embarrassment.
‘I haven’t adjusted to the world yet.’
It is necessary to integrate into the world view a little more actively.
While accepting the newly given task.
It seemed that the class was already in progress.
[ Application and interpretation of magic circle l ]
“Student Ian, come out and solve it.”
Ian continued his thoughts as he walked to the blackboard at the teacher’s call.
Didn’t you play the game from the point of view of modern people?
What should modern people do to synchronize with the trend of this era?
I looked over the blackboard with anguish.
[ The size and angle of the magic circle ABC with three vertices are as follows. The auxiliary magic circle touching the inside of the magic circle ABC must be circular. At this time, what exactly should be the radius of the auxiliary magic circle? ]
Compared to Ian’s worries, this is a simple math problem.
“Student Ian. The solution must be less”
— Let O be the center of the inscribed circle of triangle ABC. If r is the length of the perpendicular to each side of O, the triangles AOB, BOC, and COA are all right triangles. Therefore, the following equation can be established. R/sin 60 = AB/2 r/sin 30 = BC/2 r/sin 90 = AC/2
So, Ian continued his original thoughts and wrote down the solution.
‘It’s a way to adapt to this world.’
Taktak.
Filling in dry white letters on the blackboard.
— Simplifying the above equation, r = AB * sin 30 / sin 60 r = BC * sin 90 / sin 30 r = AC * sin 60 / sin 90. Since all three expressions have the same value, it can be rearranged as follows. AB * sin 30 / sin 60 = BC * sin 90 / sin 30 = AC * sin 60 / sin 90.
You’d better go to a market or an auction. Because you can feel the life of ordinary people.
— Solving this equation for r gives
R = AB * BC * AC / (4 * AB * BC * sin 60)
Here, AB = 12, AC = 15, BC = 9, sin 60 = √3 / 2, so r = (12 * 15 * 9) / (4 * 12 * 9 * √3 / 2) r = (15 * √3) / (8 * √3) r = 15 / 8
Or maybe it would be nice to make some friends. However, considering Ian’s reputation, this will not be easy.
— Therefore, the radius of the inscribed circle of the triangular magic circle ABC is 15/8.
Percussion.
With a cheerful sound, Ian set the chalk down on the blackboard.
“… No. Is this that easy?”
“This is the most complicated part of the advanced magic circle!”
“Is this Ian Black Angus?”
Everyone, including the professor, was surprised.
However, Ian’s expression did not change as he returned to his seat. I couldn’t even hear the whispers around me.
Adaptation of modern fantasy.
It was because I was about to come to an end to that worry.
‘Yes. Let’s go to the library.’
There is no better indirect experience than a book.
You will be able to quickly grasp numerous settings that you have not encountered in the game in a short time.
After thinking like that, Ian suddenly felt strange.
The classroom was as quiet as a dead mouse.
‘What’s the mood like?’
Ian slowly raised his head.
“…?”
Both the teacher and the students were staring blankly at Ian.