Chapter 48.1

Chapter 48.1 \n<h1>Chiyu Mahou Chapter 48 Part 1</h1>\n

 

Luquis, the country that resides next to Lyngle Kingdom.

Inside this country, there exists a large magic academia. The structure itself is large enough to be mistaken for a castle. There was also someone who held the most authority and governed this academia. This person would be similar to something like a principal or a headmaster at a school. The students studying here developed their own systems of magic and even competed against each other as rivals.

From what Ark-san said, the students here not only studied magic but other subjects as well such as martial arts, sword techniques, and so on.

From what Welsey-san said, one could only graduate from here with excellent grades and the ones that do graduate become powerful mages.

From what Amako said, there was no shortage of discrimination against inferior lineages of magic that people were born with.

There weren’t a lot of factors to consider when characterizing one’s system of magic to be superior or inferior. The factors were the raw amount of magic power, its usefulness, and how much demand there was for it. You could make up for some shortcomings with your own effort to a certain extent but you couldn’t change the system of magic that you were born with no matter how hard you try.

“…At least that’s what I’ve heard…”

It was currently the night of the 6th day since we’ve departed.

As I was blankly staring at the lit campfire, I thought about our current destination, Luquis. Except for the guards that were keeping watch, everyone else had already turned in for the day. I really should be resting as well since we were scheduled to arrive at Luquis tomorrow. However, just thinking about our destination made me feel restless and I couldn’t fall asleep.

“Ark-san, you shouldn’t push yourself.”

“No no, I rested plenty just a while ago.”

Ark-san who was sitting in front of me gave a refreshing laugh as he replied. Since I couldn’t sleep before, I had gotten out of the carriage. I noticed Ark-san and had called out to him out of concern.\nI already knew this but he really was a very polite and kind person with good manners. It may be due to the nature of his line of work as a knight but it was fairly easy to have a conversation with him. He was similar to a committee chairman at school.

“Ark-san, you…”

“Yes?”

“You’ve been to Luiquis, right?”

Senpai kept going on about Ark-san being a ‘main protagonist’ and saying incomprehensible things about ‘light novels’. Of the nonsense Senpai spouted, she mentioned this matter. But Ark-san had displayed a somewhat awkward expression to my words.

Was it a topic that I shouldn’t get into?

“…..Yeah.”

“Sorry, was it something I shouldn’t have asked?”

“No, that’s not necessarily the case.”

Ark-san panicked at my question and quickly denied it by crossing his arms. I could see how frantic he was just from how the sword on his hip swayed from side to side due to his sudden movements.

“I suspect that… You’ll know about it sooner or later at any rate. I should at least tell you about it myself.”

“Is it related with what will happen tomorrow?”\n“Yes. I’m guessing that you’ve already heard about the discrimination in Luquis with regards to the systems of magic from Amako, right?”

“….Well.”

Although I thought it was cruel, I also personally thought of it as someone else’s problem.

Kazuki and Inukami-senpai might get angry over this issue but I felt like it didn’t concern me.

“The discrimination against what type of magic system you possess… There’s also discrimination against non-humans.”

Discrimination against non-humans? Wasn’t this something in every country and not just Luquis? At the very least, that’s what I’ve been told.

“Luquis is a gathering of people from various places and they all have their own objectives… Whether it’s to become a knight or to live a life in luxury, everyone studies hard to achieve their goals. It would take too long for me to explain everything so I will omit most of it. The main thing that I want to say is that the non-humans who choose to enter Luquis will be persecuted and have to prepare themselves to face that.”

“Aren’t they aware of how dangerous it could be?”

“Yes, but that’s just how much value Luquis holds.”

If it was my world, I guess it would be like a school with a gathering of the elite.

However, I just can’t see how valuable this was to others just from this conversation. Why would they go out of their way to undertake magic training? That’s just hell. I speak from personal experience… You get struck and beaten down.. if you get back up, you get beaten down again.. if you somehow manage to avoid a blow, you’ll be immediately kicked. I just can’t imagine why one would participate in this kind of training which required no thought; it was simply physical suffering.

Was it a school specifically for non-humans to get a beating?

“You’re showing an expression like you don’t understand.”\n\n“E-eeh..?”

What was so funny? Ark-san tried to suppress his laughter. I don’t think I said anything odd.. it was just a simple and plain response with no other meaning behind it. Even so, Ark-san laughed uncontrollably.

“Don’t really have any, you say. It really is a statement that’s unique and something only you would say, Usato-dono.”

“Only me you say…”

“Yes, it suits you. That’s probably why Amako was not worried about you… Someone like you who would treat humans and non-humans equally.”

Meaning that the people of this world had a much different impression than me.. so much that they would burst into laughter, I guess? As expected of me, I wouldn’t fear non-humans from how much fantasy novels I’ve read about them.

To begin with, our common sense and impressions were different as we had come from a different world. Everything in this world already felt different after all.. whether it be non-humans or anything else. The people in this world accepted magic as it was something ordinary and naturally regarded non-humans as dreadful existences.

“Even if you say it’s very much like me to think so, I’m exactly a good person like you think.”

“Usato-dono is a good person. You’re just not aware of it yourself.”

“Don’t praise me so much, please. I might get conceited, you know?”

“Hahaha, it would be better for you be a little more conceited.”

From just our recent exchange, Ark-san’s expression had gotten a lot softer. He even had a cheerful smile. Right now, Ark-san didn’t give off the courteous impression he gave when we first talked but rather it felt like he was being more open and honest.

Usato and Ark got on slightly better terms with each other.