Today is a school day.
I've had a lot of time off recently for various reasons, but I was able to go to school as normal.
"Good morning, Cain-kun!
Good morning, Master Cain.
Good morning, Teres, Silk.
The usual members of the group greeted each other in the morning.
''Master Cain, today's afternoon class is in the Aristocracy Department, so we can finally have a specialized class together.
Telestia was glad to be able to take a specialized course together, only in this subject.
''I'm with you, though~. Cain-kun, wasn't the specialty subject in the morning magic today?
'Yeah .... Maybe it's self-study again: ...
I'd love to see Master Cain's attack magic: ...
Telestia imagined Cain's bravery as she entered her fantasy world.
''My dad would have to stop if Cain-kun released his magic, too, because it would cost the school another repair bill! He said. I heard it cost ten white gold coins to repair it when I took the exam.
...
Hearing the cost of the repairs, Cain was indeed depressed.
In this school, there were four periods of classes in the morning, with the first two periods being the basic subject classes, and the remaining two periods and two periods of the afternoon for specialized subjects.
After the basic subjects class was over, it was time for the magic class.
The students are gathered in the training grounds.
''Is Cain von Silford here today?''
Ms. Melissa, the magic department teacher, approached Cain.
'Cain, are you here ... studying on your own today?'
We're going to talk about summoning magic today, so you won't have any problems.
Thank you!
Cain returned Melissa's answer with a big smile.
''Then let's begin our class. Today we will study summoning magic, but I'm not an expert in it. I'm calling a teacher who specializes in summoning magic. Glatt-sensei, please.''
A man in a robe walked in, guided by Melissa.
'I'm Glatt, who specializes in teaching summoning magic. I'm usually a court magician. Today I will teach you about summoning magic. First of all, there are two types of summoning magic. There are two ways to summon it: by communicating with the demon and contracting with it, or by summoning it from the magic circle through magic power.
The students were also listening to the class quite seriously, as the court magician was teaching it.
Of course, Cain also listened seriously. It was because Haku and Gin had signed a contract after communicating with each other, but this was the first time they had heard of summoning magic from the magic circle.
''With summoning from the magic circle, if they don't like each other and don't sign a contract, it will just disappear. If we put some magic power into it, we'll be able to summon something. We'll try it in turn.
Oh, and Cain is dangerous, so he's the last one standing!
Melissa went off on a tangent.
The students in turn received the magic circle paper from Glatt-sensei and practiced their summoning magic. Since their magic power was still low, many of the demons that were called out were about the size of small animals. As for the students with a little more magic power, Wolf-type and Bear-type demons were also summoned.
However, not even half of them were able to contract them. It seems that they were lacking in magic power.
'Then you can do Cain at the end.
Finally, it was Cain's turn at the end.
''Then put your magic power into this magic circle of paper. You should be able to summon a demon as strong as you can put it in.''
Glatt, who knew nothing about it, recommended that Cain put his magic power into it as much as he could.
'I can't wait to see what you come up with. I hope you have some friends to play with Haku and Gin.'
The other students waited at a slight distance, with only Glatt nearby.
He placed the paper of the magic circle in the center of the training ground and filled it with magic power.
Cain's magic power had been greatly increased due to his training in Favinil.
Cain continued to send magic power to the magic circle that was sucking in more and more magic power.
At that moment, the magic circle, which was the size of a paper, appeared on the ground as it was.
It's a magic circle the size of a ten-meter-long magical circle.
''This, this is ...''
Dr. Glatt, who knew nothing about it, was surprised.
Then a man appeared from the magic circle. He looked about two meters long and human, but he had three horns protruding from his forehead. He was gorgeous in appearance and even wore a cloak.
''Hm? What is this place? How can the humans ... call me out on ...? I am this demon king--
Stop!
Yeah?
Cain chanted a magic in an instant.
'Flash.
The whole place was covered in a world of white.
Both teachers and students were instantly covered by the overwhelming light and lost their vision.
Leaving the writhing teacher and students alone, Cain spoke to the person who came out of that magic circle.
'Why is there such a thing as a demon king? !!!!
"Mmm, you called me... ... for a human being...
At that moment, the Demon King saw it. The appraisal of Cain.
The Demon King broke out in a cold sweat. To Cain's overwhelming title and blessing and invisible status.
And instantly the Demon King fell to his knees to Cain.
''I'm sorry for being so cocky ... please don't kill me. I will gladly become your subordinate.''
Eh, ....
The Demon King continued to Cain, who was surprised.
''Of course I will gladly make a summoning contract with you. If you ask me to do what Master Cain says, I will do it even if you ask me to destroy the country.
Wait a minute. Why would that be?
'Master Cain, I have a name and I can sign up as is. My name is Set.
"Oh, ... yeah, ... okay, ....
With the momentum of that set, Cain couldn't help but sign the contract.
''Thank you, Master Cain. Please call me if you need anything.''
After saying that and bowing to Cain, Set disappeared.
Gradually, the vision of the teachers and students who were around him returned.
'Cain-kun, what did you summon! Earlier, you said the Demon King: ...
Dr. Glatt crowded into Cain.
'Yes, no, no, no. ... I couldn't sign the contract, so I asked him to leave.
Cain replied, scratching his head.
''...,''
Cain and Glatt looked at each other in silence.
'Mmm ... let's just put it that way: ...'
Dr. Glatt put his hand to his chin and thought about it.
'You must be Mr Cain. If you need anything, you can come to me at the royal castle.
He said and then went back to his students.
''Then that's it for today's class.
'Huh. I guess we've got it fooled: ...
Cain was relieved.
Then it was time for lunch and they headed to the dining hall.
After class was over, Glatt immediately headed to the royal castle. And in quite a hurry.
He was headed for the Prime Minister's place.
'Prime Minister Magna, may I?
Oh, Lord Glatt, what is the matter with you? You're in such a hurry.
Vizier Magna noticed Glatt's impatience, stopped his work once, and sat him down on the sofa.
''Actually, sir. I gave a class on summoning magic at the school today. ...
At that moment, the Prime Minister realized.
'Could it be ... Cain von Silford?'
'What? How did you get that?!
"Glatt, Master Glatt, I'm going to your place, follow me.
Glatt, who did not understand, was escorted by Vizier Magna to His Majesty's reception room.
"Sit here, Master Glatt. I will send for your Majesty.
Prime Minister Magna left the room without further ado.
And a few minutes later, His Majesty, Prime Minister Magna and Duke Eric were sitting in the room, side by side.
The first one to open his mouth was His Majesty.
''What the hell did that Cain guy do this time!
Surrounded by His Majesty and senior nobles who suddenly appeared, he began to explain, although he was flustered.
I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future. So, you see, Cain-kun was the last to perform the summoning magic: ...
"Summoning magic to Cain(kun): ...
"... summoning magic ... summoning magic to Cain is ... what did you summon? A dragon?
No, ..., I'm not sure about that, but ...
'I thought you were a dragon: ...
It was Rex who was relieved that it wasn't a dragon.
'That's ... maybe ... the Demon King,'
Glatt or thought.
"'Pfft !!!!!!' Bhojpuri: !!!!
The three of them blew out vigorously.
''Well, well, well, it's the Demon King!''
Rex and Magna were so surprised that they couldn't breathe.
"Cain-kun, as expected, that's not good~. I was surprised even more than I expected.
Eric had a belly laugh at what had happened, more than he could have imagined.
'Lord Glatt, can you start at the beginning, please: ...
Then Glatt explained what happened in class today.
That a magic circle appeared on the ground about ten meters from the paper of the magic circle, and that a demon race with three horns appeared from it. He was dressed quite nobly and referred to himself as the "demon king". At that moment, a ball of light appeared and everyone lost their sight. By the time my vision returned, the "Demon King" or something like that was gone. When I asked Cain-kun about it, he replied that he couldn't sign the contract, so it disappeared.
"[...]
Ayatsume: .... You are not allowed to tell anyone what happened today. Do you understand, Glatt?
Glatt could only shake his face at His Majesty's momentum.
'Do you want me to call you at the end of the school day?'
Rex had an immediate answer to the Prime Minister's question.
'Of course! Go get them when you go to pick up Telestia!
The moment Cain was enjoying his lunch, it was already the moment when the royal castle call was decided.