God, I am ever so thankful for the magecraft you have bestowed upon me.
Thanks to that I was able to get by with just four hours of sleep and still be functional.
I haven't been able to sleep properly since there's too much to do and I don't have Ereshkigal to put me to "sleep".
Not so fun fact: Sex before marriage is forbidden and looked down upon in this version of Japan.
It's been a week since the entrance exams I, of course, got accepted, I was 6th at written part and 4th at practical…
I was first on the male's side but girls kinda smashed through. If I were to guess the ones that higher score than me are the two girls that hang out with Miyuki, they're extremely talented if I remember right.
Too bad I don't remember their name… Well, we'll meet anyway since we're in the same class.
It seems I have to polish my use of MCA as well since there were other people who did better than me, I was expecting Miyuki to be the first but I was expecting the top 3 at worst.
I already got my too-tight uniform with bloom emblem printed afterward, I had to reinforce it to be stretchable, it's ridiculous how tight this is it's like they want us to suffer and the funniest part the bloom emblem is being printed on later.
I don't know why is that funny to me but whatever...
I had nice sparring in the dojo Yakumo said that he will be sparring me now that I have advanced enough.
I am betting my bottom Yen that he will put me against Tatsuya just to see how long I will last.
Nothing much changed with my taijutsu, it wasn't my best combat skill since I practiced with sword and used Archer if I didn't want to get close.
So being able to get to the point where I am allowed to spar with Yakumo is a big sign of improvement.
Anyway, after I was done with the dojo I arrived at First High…
Then I realized how early I was like it's not even funny, I can hear Miyuki complain to her brother about Tatsuya's class early…
I am just going to find a quiet spot and continue reading my theory book, thankfully Cortana is still able to make UI's and stuff in front of my eyes so I will just pretend to sleep.
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"Hello?" I feel like that one was addressed to me, I open my eyes and see who was the one that disturbed my reading.
It turns out to be Mizuki, you know the one with the glasses.
"Yes?"
"It's not a good idea to sleep outside and the ceremony will start soon" She gently reminds me, I can't really blame her for thinking I was asleep that was the goal but I actually didn't think someone would bother to wake me up.
"Thank you, miss?"
"Ah, my name is Shibata Mizuki."
"Fujimaru Ritsuka, since we're going to the same place why not go together?" I ask I can also see Erika on the back waiting for Mizuki.
"Eh is that fine?" She says while looking at the flower emblem on my arm.
"I am actually tempted to just rip it out, my whole life (here) people looked down on me and now they just slap this across my arm and say you matter now."
I say with passion, the memories of my previous self were just him working he had no notable friends mostly people trying to get close since he had a bright future, and most just looked down on him even with his talent with magic.
"Sorry…" oops I might have gotten a bit too passionate there.
"Sorry, it's kind of a sore spot, let's go we're going to get late!" I say as I get up from the grass I was laying on.
They have magic grass without bugs in it!
That's definitely not environmentally friendly but I am definitely enjoying it.
After I got up Erika came to us and introduced herself and I did the same.
"If it's okay for me to ask why were you sleeping on the grass?" Erika asks with a curious expression.
"I got here early, too early and I need every minute of sleep I can get" I don't offer reasons for it they don't ask.
Once we enter the auditorium where the ceremony is going be we discover something else...
"So students are separated by their course..." I say in a mocking manner.
"Don't worry about it Fujimaru it was always like this in this school" Erika tells me, then they say goodbye to me and they go ahead to sit next to already sitting looking impassive as ever Tatsuya.
So I did any other person would do and moved to the designated spots for course 1 student to my luck I found an empty spot next to two girls that are going to be Miyuki's friends.
"Sorry is this seat empty?" I ask fully knowing that it is.
"Yes." After that, we introduced ourselves which I finally remembered them, Honoka the one that falls in love with Tatsuya...
Wait! that doesn't really narrow it down, Honoka is the girl with Light elemental affinity, the other girl Shizuku is the rich one...
I really just remember her being rich, her fans are going to be mad at me...
Before we were able to make some conversation the ceremony started and I got my first real-life view of Saegusa Mayumi, followed by a speech from Miyuki.
Is it just me or Honoka's eyes are getting brighter as she keeps looking at Miyuki?.
After the ceremony, we leave the auditorium, and Miyuki being the brocon she is just going straight to Tatsuya.
There is this moment where Honoka explains how she didn't expect Tatsuya to be course 2 student with his magic control and people are getting agitated because their newest idol is being seen with "weeds"
"Tell me if I am getting this wrong, they're causing all these commotions because one girl wanted to spend her time with her blood relative?" I ask Shizuku looking completely shocked, I mean LN said there's discrimination but man it's as if they don't even see course 2 people as humans.
"Humanity at its best" Shizuku replies in a monotone voice that reminds me of Aizawa sensei, I wonder how he is doing.
I should attend my classes graduation when I get the chance.
"Fujimaru-san we have somewhere to attend. Let's meet at the class." Saying this other two people that I wanted to befriend leaves and I think to myself.
There are no decent males in 1-A that could be a friend...
I can't follow girls everywhere so I should find something to do in my "alone" time.
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The next day at the dojo I have learned something unfortunate.
"What do you mean I am going to fight your best student!?" I yell in panic Tatsuya is going to beat the shit out of me.
"Ohh you're rather emotional for an old man reincarnating" Yakumo replies cheekily.
So that's your aim!
"I was 17 when I used this spell and I am 15 now I was never old in the first place!"
"Interesting but still I will have you spar with Tatsuya to see what you're capable of"
There's no meaning of talking, I should just order my casket, maybe I should just go with cremation.
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Tatsuya came in and everyone started ganging up on him, this is the first time seeing this since we come at different hours but now we're forced to come at the same time since we're both going to the same school.
Moaning in displeasure I join the cannon fodder army. I must say I am lasting more than others thanks to this dude literally triggering my precognition.
Remember folks my precognition only works for death, permanent damage, and betrayal.
While I was wondering why is he being this serious I realized what's up, Yakumo is getting a bit too close to Miyuki on the side while screaming things like "Moe"...
The damn bastard used me, thanks to being distracted I got sucker-punched across the field.
I am fine but Tatsuya is about to rip a new one on Yakumo, I quietly make my way towards Miyuki.
"Shiba-san you're brother is too intense."
"Haha, that's because he's a bit overprotective, by the way, you go to First High as well right?"
"Yeah, your speech at the ceremony was wonderful."
"Thank you very much."
"Well, I should be going I still have a job to catch up with, see you at class Shiba-san."
I bid my farewell before Tatsuya comes back. I know he already put me in his possible threats folder as he did with Mizuki due to her eyes, I rather not talk with him without the backing of others.
While I am leaving I drop a small mystic code that regulates temperature automatically and casts appropriate spells for the desired temperature.
I made sure that it dropped in Miyuki's basket, It even has my name on it!
This world doesn't have the concept of mystic codes and they struggle with automated magic or rather storing magic sequences or something along those lines I honestly don't remember.
Tatsuya has always been looking for a way to do it so he can build a power plant with it to show magic isn't just a way of destruction.
The reason I am doing this is that Tatsuya is one of the best minds in this world and I want his help with Ultimatrix.
Giving the secrets of mystic codes to MC of this world is not much of a problem I even added a note saying "off-grid computer only" to make sure it won't end up in internet, he won't risk it.