"You probably wouldn't understand exactly how to do it just by being told. Would you mind if I showed you how?" Yunyi asked.
Shizuku Kitayama gently shook her head; she genuinely didn't quite understand what Yunyi meant by that.
Yunyi chuckled, and after instructing Shizuku Kitayama to prepare, he looked up at Miyuki Shiba opposite him and said, "One more time?"
"Are you sure this is okay? Assisting others in casting spells can be quite dangerous," Miyuki Shiba said with some concern.
"Ah, Miyuki, don't worry, everything's alright. Kitayama -kun too, I won't interfere with you, please don't worry."
After hearing Yunyi's words, Shizuku Kitayama and Miyuki Shiba exchanged a glance. They nodded in tacit agreement, both wanting to see what Yunyi's plan was.
Once both were ready, the practical sparring began again. As always, Miyuki Shiba's Psions process began to affect the surroundings as soon as the Activation Sequence was being constructed.
Shizuku Kitayama had some ideas for dealing with this phenomenon, but the effects were not very obvious.
Just then, Yunyi placed his palm on Shizuku Kitayama's hand.
"Feel it carefully," Yunyi whispered a reminder.
" Domain Expansion." Yunyi silently chanted, and his domain expanded.
Instead of bringing all of Psions under his control, he used Shizuku Kitayama domain to interfere with Psions, guiding Psions to solidify and then covering the object that she and Miyuki Shiba needed to fight over.
Shizuku Kitayama and Miyuki Shiba were sparring on the overall rewriting of the target's information. However, during their exchanges, Shizuku Kitayama would be interfered with, slowing down her release and giving Miyuki Shiba the upper hand. This time, however, by solidifying the magic formula with Psions, her ability to rewrite the Magic Sequence became stronger. Yunyi guided Shizuku Kitayama to occupy the target, but instead of rewriting the entire target all at once as before, she only modified and strengthened a portion of the information.
Miyuki Shiba, on the other side, also noticed this change, but her control over magic was somewhat weak to begin with. Although she had gained an overwhelming advantage overall, the rewriting process was completely blocked by Shizuku Kitayama's magic in this final part.
"Hey, Kitayama- kun, focus, this is the crucial part," Yunyi reminded Shizuku Kitayama, who was somewhat distracted.
Awakened by Yunyi's voice, Shizuku Kitayama quickly shifted her attention from her hands to controlling the magic. Yunyi was standing right behind her, leaning down as if to embrace her. This close proximity made Shizuku Kitayama's ears burn.
Guided by Yunyi, Shizuku Kitayama's magic began to counterattack Miyuki Shiba's magic on the target. The increasingly solid magic gradually eroded the area that Miyuki Shiba had occupied. In the end, the sparring ended in Shizuku Kitayama's victory.
Wow~
"What!? Magic can be used in this way?"
"Isn't he Course 2 Student? How could he...?"
"Idiot, stop talking! This guy's strength? He's a mere Course 2 Student! He's even better than the student council president!"
Discussions erupted the moment the sparring session ended, including reprimands from those who had witnessed Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa's match for their sparring.
Yunyi straightened up, raised his hand, and looked at Shizuku Kitayama in front of him, saying, "Do you understand?"
Shizuku Kitayama nodded slightly, but then quickly shook her head.
"I understand this approach, but I have a question: what's the point of doing this?" Shizuku Kitayama asked.
Yunyi sighed heavily, then turned to look at Miyuki Shiba across from him and asked, "And you? Do you understand?"
Miyuki Shiba was also a little confused, so she simply shook her head gently.
"Are you two idiots?" Yunyi rolled her eyes and scolded the two women who were considered talented by others.
"How dare this guy say that!?"
"Ha, what's so special about that? He dares to say that to President Saegusa!"
"Why? I don't understand either. What's the benefit of doing this?"
The murmurs resumed, but Yunyi completely ignored them.
"I ask you, what is the purpose of learning magic?"
Yunyi's voice wasn't loud, but everyone fell silent upon hearing his question.
Why study magic? Most students haven't considered this question. Perhaps it's because they have the talent, and it would be a waste not to learn it? Or perhaps becoming a magician offers a better future?
"Why do you want to learn magic?" Yunyi asked again.
"Because you have the talent of a magician?" Yunyi looked at Shizuku Kitayama.
"Is it because of your background?" Yunyi looked at Miyuki Shiba again.
Or perhaps it's simply going with the flow?
"Regardless of the reason, if you're learning magic, you should learn how to use it correctly. Because magic, in the end, is just a tool, something that provides us with convenience."
"The speed of spellcasting? The scale of the Magic Sequence? The strength of rewriting the target's information? You haven't even considered what magic can be used for, what it should be used for, or how it should be used. What's the point of learning these things? Aren't you an idiot? A tool is just a tool. It should be used in the most appropriate place, and its usage should be the most suitable for you. If you learn that garbage from textbooks, what will your magic be able to do in the end?"
At this point, Yunyi paused slightly before coldly uttering a few words: "To be used for efficient killing?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present, including Shizuku Kitayama and Miyuki Shiba, froze on the spot.
After a moment, Miyuki Shiba spoke up, " Yunyi, no matter what, this is a bit..."
She wanted to say that Yunyi's words were a bit too much, but what Yunyi said was also true. Although the current magic high school officially stated that it did not force students to enter the National Defense University to become soldiers and study magic, in reality, the number of people enrolling in the National Defense University each year was still much higher than that of the Magic University.
" Miyuki, you've seen the magic I use. To be frank, those things rarely benefit me in daily life; they're magic born for killing. If we're only talking about strength, I wouldn't need to waste time at school. But do you know why I still enrolled in First High School?"
"Because I want to learn some magic that will be useful in my life and make it better. I don't want my future to be just a soldier who knows magic, a dog of the army. It's just that this place has left me somewhat disappointed."