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Chapter 83 - The infirmary

I get up and start walking around. There are a lot of beds here, it almost looks like a hospital room or something like that. My guess is that this place is an infirmary? There's a door on the far side of the infirmary, I walk towards it and look outside... this is the school. It seems that it sometime in the morning, judging by the lighting at least.

So I am at the school's infirmary. I sense a presence coming down the hallway at a fast speed. Finally, I see the figure of a green-headed woman coming down the hallway. Her bust was bouncing and she has smooth white skin. She finally gets to where I am standing/

"What are you doing outside of your bed?!"

"Walking."

"Get back in there, I still have to check your body before you leave!"

Check my body? Is there something wrong with it? I quickly concentrate on my insides... I don't detect any problems though.

"I don't sense anything wrong with it though."

"That's not for you to decide, leave it to the professionals!"

Should I explain my ability to her?... No, I doubt that would convince her and I'd rather not it be found that I can do things like diagnosing myself just in case they ever try to mess with my body.

"...Sure."

"Then walk back inside and sit down on the bed."

This will go by quicker if I do as she says.

"Ok." I do as I am told.

"Alright, I'll examine you for a bit."

She takes out some sort of small screen and starts passing her mana through it. She then looks through the screen and starts looking all over my body. After a couple of minutes of this, she nods to herself and puts the machine away.

"Alright, what the hell were you doing that left you in that state?!"

"I was practicing my magic."

"Practicing magic doesn't leave you in that state! A couple of your blood vessels exploded and a couple of your bones were fractured."

Well, that's a scary thing to know, I'll make it a point to not use healer's warcry unless it's an emergency. Though I am wondering how was I found, does it have to do with the phone being on me? Probably.

"I see."

"Don't 'I see' me! Explain to me what happened before you ended up in that state."

I sigh... Damn it, that is a command, isn't it? I guess I'll have to answer truthfully.

"I was absorbing magic from the atmosphere and converting it into my own."

"So does everybody else in this academy every minute of their life! Stop lying to me!"

I sigh again.

"What you said before can be considered a command of the faculty, am I right?"

"...Now that I think about it... Yes."

"Then look at my hand." I show her my hand.

"No mark, so I guess you were telling the truth...That may explain your irregular body."

"Irregular body?"

"Yes, for whatever reason every part of your body is laced with a heavy amount of magic."

"Isn't that everybody here though?"

I remember reading that everyone who could use magic has a magic circuit within their body. And this magic circuit works together with your body so your body constantly has magic flowing through it.

"Yes, but in your case, magic is basically a part of your living being. Think of it like this, everybody already has magic circuits scattered throughout their bodies. However that's only in general areas, what you have is what a lot of Magic soldiers have once they reach a certain point of strength. The only difference is that your circuits are more all over the place."

"And that means?"

"Your magic circuits are a complete mess inside of you, it's almost as if you forcefully constantly expanded them making them go on completely random directions. Almost every single muscle fiber and bone are covered in a part of your magic circuit.

"And that means?"

"One good thing and two bad."

"And those are?"

"You will probably find it easy to use any type of magic you're compatible with, even taking out the armament itself won't pose that much of a problem if you keep on practicing."

"What's the bad part about it then?"

"That would be that the effects of mana depletion are way stronger on you than most people. Since your body is so used to having mana linked with it, once there's no more mana to keep it's performance the same way it has with the high magic density, the effects on your body are way harsher than most.

There's also the possibility of you collapsing for a while if you deplete yourself constantly and without rest. I would recommend training your muscles if this is the case, I can see that yours are lacking."

My muscles are lacking? Well, that's what it looks like at least doesn't it? I haven't gotten any weaker than before due to that magic that I applied which doesn't let my muscles get any weaker and my muscles are compressed.....That magic may also have contributed to this.

On the other hand, she says that the effects are much harsher, I don't think it's been that bad though. All I've felt before is very sluggish, nothing really beyond that. And depleting my mana countless times without rest... Can what I have been doing considered that?... I don't think it does but I'll try leaving a decent amount of mana inside me if possible after every practice now.

"And?"

"Finer control of your elements will be extremely difficult. Since your circuits all over the place, any fine control that you may try in your magic will be extremely hard if not impossible. Especially since you are a boy."

... That may prove to be difficult for me... I'll try to find something in the library later about magic circuits.

"Alright, thanks for the info, is that all you need then?"

"No, answer me this last question. How were you able to get your mana absorption rate that fasts?"

"By an armament skill."

"That insane! What type of skill was it?!

"If I remember correctly you said to just answer you that last question if I answer this question I'd be breaking your command. Bye." I get off the bed and start walking away.

"But-"

I walk out the door without listening to the rest.

Alright, so I'm out of the infirmary, now what? Should I go to class or just laze around. I take out my phone and look at the time, 11:20. I guess I'll skip the magic theory class and head straight to the arena for the armament class.

Though... I guess manifesting my healing armament is out of the question for now, in that case. I'll have to try another armament. The next on the affinity list is my basic element, so I guess I'll try my hand at my fire armament. Alright then, time for an armament change.