"We've all gathered, so let's start with the magic measurement." I stood alongside a quite number of people, and as though I had thought, the setup and the positions of all the characters didn't waver a bit.
"When your name is called, unleash your magic at that target. Also, there are five thin magic barriers on top of each other. At this point, if you can destroy one sheet, you will pass. Of course, you can destroy all five of them, but be careful not to let your mana go wild and cause a magic explosion" instructed teacher, Erina.
'Ares in the game seems to have been too nervous and let his magic explode, but I won't. I will copy how other students cast their spells and do mine! Also, fire magic will be dangerous if you are not good at it, so I will try water magic, which will have a relatively low killing ability.'
While I was thinking of that, Her Royal Highness the Princess was called, and everybody obviously looked at her, there wasn't any chit-chat among students which prevailed when the previous student performed.
"Oh, great lord of wind! I, your devotee summon the spell [Wind Cutter!]"
"Cadet Santra, 4 barriers destroyed! 400 points, next in the line is...Ares!"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing of my name I moved my way up to the center field and on the opposite rested five thin barriers one after another closely stacked.
'Finally, my turn came.'
I remembered, the sequences and actions even the spell chanted by Santra ad other cadets, 'Let's do the same...I believe in you my mana!'
My body relaxed, and the mana around the ball I had made near the heart began to circulate at vigorous speed, slowly I let the energy occupy my body, but refrained from saying some gibberish from mouth.
'I don't even know if it's god or goddess for the water element! No use relying on that...even so the game characters didn't chat any spell on the game, I am sure I could pull this off!'
I waited some time, and bought all the mana I had let to run wildly to the tip of my hand then, "Water Wave!"
A rush of water departed from my hand splattering its droplets all over me and the surroundings and directly hitting the barriers without any delay.
'However, doesn't its width seems a little thin and also it's not that fast...'
"Cadet Ares. 2 barriers, 200 points! Next up Vin."
"Tch, so much for that fatty! He only destroyed 2 barriers!"
"With his power, he would be a disgrace for all the nobles in the country!."
"But, hey! didn't he cast the spell without any chanting?"
"Even if he did that, the time he took was only a few seconds earlier than us and his spell was too weak and inefficient!"
"That's true."
The gossipers weren't of my care however, I could see that all from her expression, I mean, it was damn apparent that Erina now thinks of me as someone not worthy to be the young master of the Soulteraut family.
But that's not what I am worried about, the thing that concerns me more now is how the development between the MC and the demon girl would have taken place now.
I quickly moved toward the spot where Lacqurez had saved Lyra in the original scene.
"Wait...where is Lyra?"
There only Lacqurez was present and there were no signs of the demon girl, 'It seems like the original storyline had indeed changed...and now I can firmly believe there are no extraterrestrial monsters to monitor me!'
"Everyone, please gather up. Next is the physical test!"
At her words, chills went down my spine and as though it was destined I became the laughingstock of the hour.
I went back to the classroom cursing in my heart.
"Today's class ends with the test of magic energy and physical strength. You can rest assured since this result will not be used as a reference for your academic points, but it will not be like that from the next. Don't be overwhelmed by this result, okay? See you tomorrow."
My result wasn't all bad but still, it was the worse, the physical test couldn't be helped since of this body condition of mine however as time passed by I felt ashamed of my magical power display earlier.
'Now, I can't be lazy! I should quickly progress my spell-casting and efficiency!
There is the only way to become powerful in magical strength that is to repeatedly use it and improve myself at a fast rate and the suitable place for that would be, the spell practicing hall.
After deciding my eyes quickly synced with the time, 'There are still 4 hours left for dinner!' I quickly went around the building and reached a huge enclosed dome-like structure at the back.
"Hello, I would like to enter the training area for 3 hours."
"An avid first tear student I see. Please write your name and other credentials from the cadet card and please chose if you want small or moderate-sized rooms."
While filling up the details on the paper I enquired, "Does large and very large rooms are full?"
"No, don't you know that they are only for 2nd graders and above."
"I see, then I will go with the small one."
"Okay, then use room 15. There is a powerful magic barrier device in place, so as long as you don't use magic with tremendous power, you should be fine, but be careful not to explode magic."
"Alright, excuse me then."
"Oh, go for it!"
Skimming to the sections of rooms along the way I finally found myself before room number 15, "Since they said it was a small one, I thought it would be like the studios in low-end apartments but this is quite large."
The chamber wasn't small no matter you look at which angle and on top of that there were also dummies installed which can be activated through magical energy. "This is truly a comfortable place for self-training."
Instead of going for the monster-like opponents, I called upon four thin magical barriers similar to those I had fought earlier today, 'This is a revenge match, I am going to destroy you all!'
After a few test firings, I got the general feeling of how the process is to bring the mana to my hand, because of this my casting time also greatly went down.
"Water wave! Water wave! Water wave!"
I was now able to destroy the magical barriers with three continuous firing of water wave but it still bothered me that my one water ball is not powerful enough to destroy them all, 'Since this is the case why don't I try adding a bit more mana before releasing the spell!'
Saying that was easy, however, the process was a tough one even after countless tries I was unable to instill more amount of them before casting out the water ball.
"How to do this..."
Water wave, it's a spell that summons up a long wave of water that shout hit the target at powerful strength.
"Wait! I think I found the solution."
The firefighters, use simple water to put off the raging fire no matter how big it is.
'The answer is speed! I just have to circulate my mana with haste then cast my spell!'
"Water Wave!"
The water that departed shoot up like a bullet though not at that much speed, it was still commendable, "Yeah eat that!" The five barriers seemed completely helpless against my attack and broke one after another.
"Well, that was refreshing! Let's go to sleep after eating at the cafeteria."
As usual, I took a bath at the dormitory then headed to the cafeteria then began to take large bites from my plate, 'As excepted! Food is the best seasoning for hard work!'
"Did you see that today?"
"Before I entered the school, I heard that there was a monster of magical power, so I was scared to see what kind of guy he was."
"Really, rumor-ahead is not a big deal."
"No, no, the monster part is not wrong, is it?"
"Haha! Certainly~"
These chaps seemed hopeless to me, still wasting things like worrying about me, 'Just you wait, my boys! I will show you my true power in the upcoming combat class.'
After returning to my room it was again time to do the eastern way of cultivation to increase the amount of mana I had possessed until I fell asleep.