Magic, something that should have existed only in people's imaginations, was a very real part of the world today.
However, magic here was different from what people imagined. It was a means of rewriting the world through specific formulas by manipulating energy waves known as Psions.
Yunyi was a soul who should never have been born into this world. From the moment of his birth, the memories of his previous life had been imprinted in his mind. Thus, he knew better than anyone how the world would change in the future, and what upheavals his homeland would suffer.
Accept things as they come?
You've got to be kidding! Now that I'm here, how could I do this opportunity justice without overturning the order of this world!?
Five-year-old Yunyi gave the bathroom mirror a playful smile. Then the old man waiting outside to use the bathroom knocked him to the floor with his cane.
"You little brat, what faces are you making in front of the mirror?!"
Twelve years later.
Tokyo International Airport.
Yunyi stood in the terminal with a travel bag on his back.
His fingers rapidly tapped out a string of gibberish on his phone, and he sent it. Once a notification popped up on the screen confirming that it had been sent, he gently closed his hand, and the phone vanished from his palm.
He then took an ID card from his jacket pocket. Looking at the name on it, he curved his lips into a smile.
After leaving the airport, Yunyi headed for the destination of his trip, the First High School Affiliated with National Magic University.
Through some special channels, Yunyi had secured a place at First High School. However, owing to his special circumstances, his uniform bore no flower emblem, which meant he was a "Weed" rather than a "Bloom" at First High School.
Yunyi had no objection to that. Knowing the story, he felt that being a Weed would make it easier for him to act. What he hadn't expected, however, was to see an iconic scene from his memories on his first day reporting for enrollment.
"I can't accept this!!!"
Excitement? Or perhaps indignation?
Whatever it was, the owner of the voice that reached Yunyi's ears was anything but calm at the moment.
Yunyi stopped and looked in the direction of the voice. Naturally, he also saw the brother and sister arguing.
Yunyi naturally knew why they were arguing. The brother-obsessed sister couldn't accept that her beloved brother, who could do anything in her eyes, had been reduced to a "Weed," and wanted to secure the status he deserved. The show-off brother, meanwhile, was soothing his sister, trying to calm her down.
Before long, the younger sister, Miyuki Shiba, was soothed by her brother, Tatsuya Shiba. Back in a cheerful mood, she headed to First High School's auditorium with a spring in her step. After she left, Tatsuya, who had stayed behind, turned his gaze to Yunyi, who was still standing there.
"I don't think it's polite to stop and watch other people's conversations," Tatsuya said.
Yunyi's lips curved slightly. He wore a smile, but his emotions didn't change in the slightest.
"I think the fact that you and your sister were arguing outdoors shows that you don't care about other people watching. Wasn't that common sense, Tatsuya Shiba, first place on the entrance exam?"
Something stirred in Tatsuya's mind.
The fact that Yunyi knew his name meant that he was also a First High School student or someone connected to the school. But the situation they were in was hardly a good time for a conversation.
Just then, two students with flower emblems on their uniforms walked past. Their eyes swept over Tatsuya's sleeve, and, as expected, they said things like, "He's just a Weed, but he came this early," and "A Weed working so hard."
After watching the students leave, Yunyi turned his gaze back. "Hey, Tatsuya Shiba. Is that kind of thing common at school?"
"Hm?" Tatsuya was a little puzzled, but then realized what Yunyi was asking.
"Do you mean the term 'Weed'? I'm a new student this year too, so I don't know much about it."
Hearing Tatsuya's answer, Yunyi shrugged. "Looks like school life is going to be tough from now on."
"Oh, right, let me introduce myself. I'm Yunyi, Liu Yunyi. Nice to meet you, Tatsuya Shiba."
Tatsuya nodded slightly and was about to give his own name when he suddenly felt that something Yunyi had said earlier was off.
But before he could figure it out, another voice interrupted his train of thought.
"Are you two new students? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Yunyi and Tatsuya both turned toward the voice. Before them stood a pretty girl with a petite figure and a very cute face.
"No, I don't have any problems." Tatsuya bowed slightly as he answered the girl's question.
Yunyi, on the other hand, looked the girl before him over from head to toe.
Mayumi Saegusa? She really is a beauty on the same level as Miyuki Shiba and Lina. What a pity she's a daughter of the Saegusa Family, Yunyi thought.
Having received Tatsuya's answer, Mayumi turned her gaze to Yunyi.
Unlike Tatsuya, Yunyi did have something he needed to trouble the young lady of the Saegusa Family with.
"Um, I'm a new student, but because of some special circumstances, I only came to report today. The thing is, I can't find the teachers' office. If you could tell me where it is, please, I'd appreciate it. Thanks." Yunyi scratched his head, doing his best to act like a lost student.
"I see. So you're the student who still hadn't reported in," Mayumi said.
Although Yunyi had yet to show his face, word about him had spread among First High School's upper management and important departments such as the student council.
The reason was simple: of all the students in First High School's history who had gotten in through the back door, this student had the biggest back door of them all.
As a magic high school, First High School had a complex web of powers behind it. Under such circumstances, some students were bound to enter the school by improper means. Yunyi was one of them.
It had been confirmed that the student before her failed to meet First High School's admission standards in both practice and theory. Yet the power behind him had still spared no effort to get him into the school.
When the matter came to light, it not only infuriated First High School's old, stubborn principal, but even some teachers who didn't care much about the distinction between "Blooms" and "Weeds" voiced their dissatisfaction.
Yet looking at the boy with a travel bag on his back, Mayumi couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.