Incompetent Academy and Failed Heroines

14 – Semester (8)

I felt relieved at the ruthless work.

“Aren’t you leaving?”

When I turned my head, I was on the verge of crying. Heoden would have been able to attend any number of other lectures, but it seems that Enboza Menci’s lectures are popular, seeing as he stretches out. After mumbling and apologizing, the female professor looked at me.

“How is it, you, who was ridiculed, decide.”

“I’m fine.”

It went well without any problems. However, the purple light flame clinging to my body moved there and burned roaringly. Since the raging flames were in fact a warning, it seemed that no one would resist the female professor’s displeasure.

“Really, I’m sick of it. Hey, magician cadets. So, the juniors who are steeped in elite consciousness?”

Enboza Mensi looked around at everyone with calm eyes.

“Don’t get me wrong. Silence is ignorance Keeping your mouth shut on a subject you don’t know doesn’t protect your pride. How can only the same kids come in every year? If you don’t want to be embarrassed, at least don’t laugh at someone braver than you. He may be an idiot, but he’s not cowardly. Am I wrong?”

─Is this a compliment?

“Now, you answer me. How does the fire taste on your body right now?”

“It’s hot!”

“Even to me, it looks like grilling over an open fire. You can feel the temperature, isn’t that an illusion?”

He hesitated, then finally nodded, and the flame turned into a pillar of fire. If it were me, the reality of magic would have been proven and remained. Professor Yeo continued her explanation in a cheerful tone without stopping the flames.

“Oh my God, but I can’t burn anything! Then, what the hell is that useless flame? Unlike the fire of the phenomenal world, there are only temperature and color in the subject matter that cannot burn matter. This is why the early theologians largely supported Nominalism, and regarded magic as nothing more than playing with firecrackers. If it’s true, why can’t I transfer to the phenomenal world? But, the counterexample that breaks this is Ho Barn. Now, if no one says anything this time, I’m going to set this whole auditorium on fire. If that’s the case, then I’ll be sick tomorrow too. Why the hell did Hobarn become the basis for breaking nominalism?”

Amidst the silence, a familiar voice rang.

“Because Hobarn is also material.”

“Yes, Trey. Have been waiting Explain it so these idiots can understand.”

“Fire in the phenomenon system can be extinguished with substances such as water and soil. If magic is an illusion, it must not be withdrawn to Hobarn, a stone block in the phenomenal world. In other words, in that magic can be removed, sparks that have already been generated by magical powers have the same properties as the flames of the phenomenal world. Although the mediation of Gayeon has not been revealed, the mediation of digestion has been revealed, so nominalism has lost its original logic.”

“Is everyone following properly?”

I couldn’t understand it right away, so I realized it after thinking about it several times.

“According to what he said, magic cannot be said to be absent, only that the mediation of manifestations has not been revealed. As the nominalism claims, if magic is really just a name for an illusion, it doesn’t make sense to cut it down with a block of stone. In order to do that, all Hobarn used by Paladins would become ‘illusions’. In other words, the existence of magic was proved by the discovery of a counterexample. Today, what is magic composed of, driven and sustained? Opinions are divided on this. In the past, something of unknown origin was called magical power, but nowadays it is mainly called spirit energy. Why do you call me that?”

He raised his hand to stare at me with a look that he could be wrong.

“Isn’t it a reaction from the religious side?”

“Oh my God, I really like you. Would you like to be a teaching assistant from today?”

—What, why do I feel the cold?

Seeing Trey senpai shaking her head slightly, I rejected it without even realizing it. She replied with an awkward smile and thanked her for the good suggestion. Professor Yeo licked her lips as if she liked me more.

“That’s right, if you accept the term magical power, it will be on the same level as the term divine power. Moreover, the logic of nominalism is completely denied. If this continues, the public who have been attending parishes will ask what the difference between magic power and divine power is. That’s why they insisted on using the term ‘jeonggi’ in front-line denominations, especially in places with strong religious affiliations. It doesn’t matter to a magician anyway. Now that it has been found to exist, we can only focus on application and discovery. We are a family far from politics. The more you pay attention, the more you become an incompetent wizard.”

En Boja Mensi raised his chin excitedly.

“Now, use your imagination. Let’s say there’s an illusion here that you don’t even know exists or not. You can see it with your eyes, but it has no effect in reality. If so, is there any way to prove this? If this image is reflected in the mirror, what would you guys claim? Can you at least accept that this is not an illusion?”

─Isn’t it our point of view to see it even if it is reflected in the mirror?

“Those old-fashioned theologians lingered on this again. If that’s the case, then the world doesn’t exist for the blind. So, it is our eyes that look through the mirror. It means that only the medium of the eye cannot determine whether an object exists or not. Because, to a psychopath, nothing seems real. To this assertion, our seniors in magic science refuted it, saying that it was denying the authority itself given to humans by God.”

Pooh, the female professor sighed.

“What, it’s like a playground fight, isn’t it? Yeah, there’s no way this bloody fight will end with such a childish argument. Because of this, some great scholars re-established the theory of magic. As they pointed out, let’s assume that magic is a kind of mental illness, or that it is implemented and recognized as an extension of it. If so.”

I heard it as if possessed.

“If the medicine that cures it is in the phenomenal world and the efficacy is certain, the reality of the disease can be proven. In other words, as long as Hobarn is not denied, magic exists. Roughly this is the conclusion. Aren’t you feeling a bit lukewarm? Hey there, support students. You!”

I stood up right away.

“I heard you saw Hobarun?”

“Yes.”

“Try to explain to the kids who look like they can only eat this porridge.”

“It’s just a stone. It was not sharpened like a sword.”

“No, there are other characteristics. You didn’t lie just to look good, did you?”

Because it was a little suspicious, it was argued that a certain color develops depending on the user. From then on, Enboza Menshi laughed at the fact that they called him Hobarun instead of a stone. He asked what color it was, and he replied that it was yellow. This is the case with Mr. Bor, and his father was red.

“You must have done well for a Reddit?”

I asked for the name of the captain, and I answered that it was Ybor Segulain.

“That’s strange. All warriors who use Hobarn are subject to strict management by the kingdom. You can’t own or use it without qualification. Besides, there’s no way a high-ranking battle mage like me wouldn’t know, uhm…… If it’s a lie, you’ll be a teaching assistant starting tomorrow.”

This time, even the back bone was chilly, so I immediately shouted.

“I also saw Sir Ruben de Norden write it.”

“Have you met Ruben?”

I had to mention his father’s old name, which I didn’t want to say at all.

“He was red.”

“Correct answer, the assistant will have to do it next time.”

They talk about how the theory of fame has fallen since then. In general, they attacked the theologians’ archaicness and dogmatism, but it was impossible to cover it up and believe it because there were facts that I could sympathize with and views that I would hate.

According to Enboza Mensi’s argument, it seems that theology wanted to dismiss sorcery as a side branch of divine power.

However, as the role of magic on the battlefield gradually increased, there was no choice but to regard it as a real threat as well as a fierce challenge to theology. So, until the controversy over Hobarn was over, all the denominations taught and brainwashed believers as if nominalism was the truth.

After that, as individuals who were not affected by magic appeared one after another, magic was now regarded as a type of mental illness. They defined Hobarn’s existence, which they had talked about before, in the ambiguous language of ‘real fantasy’ and continued to attack. Yes, it is a cowardly logic, but it is certain that magic is different from the phenomenon, so it must have been plausible to the public.

“The flip side of this is the increase in battle mages. Since they played an important role in the war, no kingdom could ignore the utterances of magicians. The reason there are no cavalry these days is because of us. Now, one question here!”

It was only for a moment, but the female professor looked at Trey.

“Some can feel the temperature of these flames, others can rely on the flash to find their way in the dark. But some people can’t observe or benefit from magic at all. If this is the case, will magic become an illusion again? How would the ancestors of magic science solve this?”

Someone asks you to answer, but everyone is silent. Thump thump. After stomping the bridge with his foot, he finally points to one side with his finger. A young yet helpless voice came out. The female professor called her name with a bright smile.

“Lia, I can’t hear you very well.”

“Without faith, magic is meaningless.”

The way he spoke was so strange that I wondered if he was playing a joke.

“Everyone, be quiet. That’s what a cadet more capable than all of you put together. Listen.”

“For unbelievers, it’s just quick to show.”

It’s very low and has no strength, so it’s like a voice leaving a will before dying.

“Look forward to it.”

There was silence for a long time. The girl named Lia, at first glance, looked no more than twelve or three or four years old. He is very skinny, and his eyes are out of focus at all. I was confused as to whether he was crossing his arms or if he was just not looking at anything.

She mumbled, closing her eyes tightly, she spoke so quietly that no one could hear, then clenched her fists. In an instant, a gigantic spike——with a sharp noise, something like a huge thorn began to rise from the ground.

“Proven.”

The colonnades that rose from the ground began to grow like bean sprouts. The mounds of soil that broke through the stratum showed off their majesty, different from the flames of Enboza Mensi. Lia sat down as if she was a bit tired. Then she fell on her stomach babbling in her tone that she was so annoying.

“I’m going to sleep now.”

I fell asleep as it was. I’m just looking at it curiously with an attitude that seems to be distorted somewhere.

“If you use magic this powerful, there are few people who can’t observe it. In particular, horse cows react sensitively to such earth-type magic. In other words, except for a few humans, magic is observed in both humans and animals. The problem is that if it was real dirt, the debris should fall off, but it doesn’t. This sparked a controversy about whether or not magic exists. Incomplete evidence that cannot be denied or affirmed. The mixture of the two is the half-way position that magicians face today, and it is an academic challenge to overcome. And it’s also your assignment for next week.”