The first week of any academic year is a free one, right? When at college I never got anything done, and that habit didn't seem to disappear because I had boobs suddenly. Though if I wanted to become something more than eye candy I had to study.
With Yuki, I walked into the Solar Academy of Magi's library. It was in the centre dome. It was nothing compared to my local library from the other world. Rows upon rows of bookshelves went as far as I could see.
However, instead of worn ornate bookcases, they were made of pure gold. There was nothing worn here, all the books looked like they had come straight off the press. Despite all this shining host of knowledge, it had the air of a library.
The feeling of forced silence hung in the air, the strange, sweet stale smell of books, the sound of chairs scraping against the floor. I straightened my spine as much as could. I found out that my body always seemed to force me to have my boobs pushed forward and my ass pushed back.
I tried to ignore the shame that spread through my body. I was just glad most people kept their eyes to themselves. I was sure Rei would be disappointed, you don't just own string panties without being a bit of a tease. I think. I didn't know any women.
I walked with Rei to a private booth on the second floor. Nobles got that, while commoners had to study on the first floor without any privacy. I felt a small stabbing feeling in the back of my head. Mei had been my only friend, and I couldn't even help her study when she could cast more spells than me.
What even was mana rank anyway?
"Hey, could you please get me books on visualization and mana please?" I asked Yuki. She bowed.
"Yes mistress," She replied.
Before long the table in the private study room was filled with ten heavily bounded books. I gulped. I never had been much of a reader outside of erotic visual novels. If it didn't get to action quickly, I got bored. I blame the short-form content of girls dancing.
If becoming a magus failed, I could do that.
To avoid the fate of a trend-chasing dancer I reached for one of the books on the top of the pile. The basics of mana flow and visualization. The perfect book for some pretending to be an heiress whose brother is a magus.
I opened the book, and an instant wave of tiredness hit me. The words seemed to of poisoned me. It was written so dryly. I let out a groan. A loud thud echoed as my forehead hit the table.
"Are you ok Mistress Rei?" Yuki asked.
"It's so boring," I replied. I didn't like how whiney I sounded. I couldn't say I was ever a good student. Middling grades spent more time staring at 2D tits and asses. What could I say? I was young at the time. I was still doing that up until last week. I missed that. Staring at my own was just strange.
Every anime I had seen told me that a girl's pleasure was greater than a guy's. I would not fall for the forbidden fruit.
"When I was studying to become a magus, I drew thousands of circles until I could perfectly see one in my mind," Yuki said. I must have given her a look because she shifted on the stop. "I have heard the best magus find circles in nature to draw upon."
I looked down at the pages of the book. Flipping through it absent mildly. The pile of books was a mountain of knowledge I didn't know how to climb.
"Thank you, Yuki," I said. "I'll figure it out."
I didn't figure it out.
In about three hours of reading, I had only read about thirty pages of the first book. I laid my head on the table and looked at Yuki. She sat ever so patiently. I wondered what was going through her head.
The young girl she had raised suddenly couldn't do the most basic of spells. The conference she had with me on most first day of school must have been gone by now. If she had an idea about what had happened, she didn't let me know. A stab of pain hit me. She couldn't tell me if she was worried, she was just a maid.
I forced my mind to shift off the pain. To whoever Sol was Yuki was almost as thick as me. How her spine curved, her ass was perfectly round and her chest bounced with every breath. They were circles. Circles were the start of magic.
Eye wide I bolted upright. I had it. I knew I couldn't become a master magus overnight, but I needed to get my foot in the door to casting spells. I had something up my sleeve or should I say my cleavage.
I couldn't get hard, not the right equipment anymore, but I had spent all my life imagining soft, pillowy and round 2D tits. Ass were also round. So, where is the curve of the spine? I stopped and thought of Yuki in my head. Around her right tit, I formed a circle, and her bouncing nipple formed the symbol. Then I thought of the four runes. A simple level-one spell. My eyelids were assaulted by a bright light.
I opened my eyes. In the palm of my hand was a soft pink light. It reminded me of the pink lightning often found in hentai. Yuki looked surprised at me but happy.
"I thought the light spell was a blue colour," I pondered.
"Well, magic can be slightly altered by the thoughts of the user. Not that it changes how it functions. Such a lewd light you have made mistress." Yuki explained. I crushed it in my hands ending the spell.
"I'm not lewd," I said.
"If you say so mistress," Yuki said cheerfully.
The other half was mana rank. It was important enough that they tested it when I entered the school. I looked at the pile of books and thirty pages in the most basic one. The time read 18:00 and suddenly I felt my stomach growl.
"I think that's enough for today. I want to go back now Yuki," I order her. It came more naturally to me than I expected. I was too tired to think of the strange pain of ordering somebody around and allowing Yuki to take me home.
I sat in the cafeteria. It was between the branch for restoration and summoning. Mei sat in a humble bento box with little sausages cut into funny animals. Mine on the other hand was three stores of gourmet prepared meals. The house chiefs cooked it up. I had met them. Still no sign of my brother or parents.
"Who's the homework for restoration going?" Mei asked.
"The repeated drawing runes one? Terribly, It's hard to write stuff with these things in the way," I gently squished my boobs together. "My handwriting is terrible as well."
"It so inspiring to have one such as noble as yourself to struggle with such issues," Mei said.
"What did I say about doing that? Stop fawning over me when I complain about things," I said between mouthfuls of sticky white rice. Mei looked down blushing.
"I'm sorry, it's just strange talking to the nobility so causally," Mei said. I shrugged.
Somebody slammed a leaflet down between us on the table. I jumped in surprise. My tits took at least five seconds until they stopped jiggling. A dark-skinned girl stood confidently over our table. She wore the school uniform, the red ribbon marking her as a member of the nobility.
Most strikingly she had two wolf ears on the top of her head. Unlike Mei who just had a sexual body, she had a hyper-sexual one like mine. Hers built more athletic, the type of girl who probably goes for days without getting worn out compared to the bottom brat my body was. My ankles hurt due to how thick my ass thighs and boobs were. It was impressive how she looked strong despite having tits the size of her head.
Why do I have to be the bland main girl? I doubt whoever this girl was she knew her future fate.
"Hey you're Mei Fields, right?" The girl asked.
"Y-yeah," Mei replied.
"I am Inugami Cerberus, a first-year member of the duelling club. We are doing the world-famous Rising Star tournament," the girl said. "And I've heard you are pretty good in your war casting classes."
Mei nodded quickly. Her white hair became a blur.
"Great I'll sign you up. You have two weeks to prepare," Inugami said. You could hear the smile in her voice.
"What's the Rising Star tournament?" I asked. Both she and Mei looked at me like I didn't know what a smartphone was. Inugami looked me up and down and nodded.
"I didn't think even a soft princess such as you would know what the Rising Star tournament is, it's a tournament to show off why Solar Academy has the strongest wardens. Under the eyes of the world, first years get a chance to show what they made off. Commoner or Noble, ready to fight to prove who's better." Inugami said getting itches away from my face.
"It's the reason I came here instead of Lunar," Mei explained. "I wanted to be a Warden since I was a child."
"Has Hiro Blade signed up?" I asked. Inugami looked at the clipboard.
"He's her boyfriend," Mei whispered.
"He's not my boyfriend," I shouted back.
"Then why do you let him touch you," she replied.
"Yeah, he is," Inugami said cutting in. She was looking down at me with a questioning. I can't believe my only friend has outed me as a pervert in front of somebody else. I mean I was a pervert but not like that.
"Sign me up," I said. Inugami stared at me but nodded.
"Good luck girls, you have two weeks to get ready for it," she said before cheerfully bouncing off to the next table.
"Huh? Why did you sign up Rei?" Mei asked me.
"I want to defeat that stupid idiot," I replied, "and make sure both of us get to the final."
Mei looked at me sparkles in her eyes.
"Thank you so much, Rei. Your kindness knows no bounds." She said flinging herself across the table into my cleavage. I tried to make sure my food wasn't scattered across the floor. I shook my head at Mei but allowed her to cling to me for a few more seconds until I pushed her off.
I had got into a tournament to show off the strength which I didn't have. I just learned how to quickly cast spells not even that powerful spells. I looked down at Mei, we had a lot of practice that we needed to put in if we wanted to get past over nobles and finally Hiro and whatever his heroic protagonist power was.