" Yunyi, there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor, is that alright?"
Shizuku Kitayama's voice made Yunyi stop in his tracks. He turned around and looked at the girl in front of him with a puzzled expression.
When they were vacationing in Ogasawara, Shizuku Kitayama expressed her curiosity about Yunyi and her desire to get to know him better. However, Yunyi decisively rejected her suggestion at the time, and the two only met once after that, and nothing more.
Now that it's the new semester, the gaze that Shizuku Kitayama, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, hadn't shown him as undisguised curiosity as it had at the end of last semester. This made Yunyi also put away his resistant attitude.
"What do you two want from me?" Yunyi asked in return.
"We've already mastered what you taught us before," Shizuku Kitayama said.
Hearing her say that, Yunyi was somewhat surprised. His control over magic, while seemingly simple, was not easy to master. Especially since neither of the two people in front of him were adept at handling those subtle manipulations.
"So, you two came here to verify the results with me?" Yunyi asked again.
Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama nodded; they did indeed share this idea. Miyuki Shiba, in particular, really wanted to erase the words "stupid" and "incompetent" that Yunyi had used to describe her.
"Alright, although I only taught you the basics, you're still people I taught, so I'll still help you out," Yunyi joked.
"I'll go to the Student Council and apply for a battle room. You guys wait for my notification."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing his words, Miyuki Shiba said, " Honoka has already gone ahead; we'll just wait for her."
"Oh? It seems there are more than just the two of you. This is quite interesting," Yunyi chuckled.
Just then, Lina walked over. She looked at Yunyi with a puzzled expression. "You actually taught them something?"
Yunyi nodded. "It's similar to what I taught you back then."
"Oh? Can I go take a look too?" Lina turned to look at Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama.
Upon hearing Yunyi mention that she had also taught Lina, Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama became interested. Naturally, they wouldn't refuse her request to accompany her.
Soon, Honoka Mitsui obtained permission, and the four of them headed directly to the simulation battle room. However, when they entered, they found that several people were already waiting for them.
" Mayumi, are you slacking off by not staying with the Student Council?" Yunyi teased his girlfriend with a smile.
"I've already stepped down, the work is in Azusa's hands, no problem!" Mayumi Saegusa snorted, she wasn't going to be bothered by such teasing.
" Tatsuya you, Tatsuya? You're openly slacking off right in front of me, the chairman?" Yunyi turned his attention to attacking Tatsuya Shiba.
Hearing him say that, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all burst out laughing.
Tatsuya Shiba's poker face twisted slightly again, especially when he heard Yunyi call himself the chairman; his eyes and mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"Alright, Yunyi-kun, stop teasing Tatsuya all the time." Mayumi Saegusa spoke up at the right moment to stop Yunyi from continuing to tease Tatsuya. She looked at Miyuki and Shizuku Kitayama, who were following behind Yunyi, and said, "Mind if I come and take a look too?"
Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama both shook their heads. They just wanted to test what they had learned and didn't care how many people were watching.
"Come on, who wants to show their practice results first?" Yunyi didn't hesitate and directly called on the three of them, including Miyuki Shiba.
Honoka Mitsui was the first to step forward. She initiated the Activation Sequence, conjuring a ball of light in her palm. It was a kind of illumination magic similar to a flashbang, but after compression and control, the ball of light was finally condensed into a bullet-sized point of light, but its brightness did not diminish.
Yunyi looked at the small dot of light in her palm and gently shook his head, saying, "The compression is not bad, but the control is not very good. However, this is not your fault. After all, for this kind of lighting magic, the control mainly depends on the amount of Psions injected into the Magic Sequence."
Yunyi commented on Honoka Mitsui's magic but didn't offer much guidance. He turned to Shizuku Kitayama and Miyuki Shiba: "Who's next?"
Then, Miyuki Shiba and Shizuku Kitayama demonstrated the results of their practice, but Yunyi scratched his head upon seeing the magic they released.
"I think you might have made a mistake."
Hearing Yunyi's words, the three women were somewhat bewildered. Hadn't they been practicing exactly as Yunyi had instructed them? And they believed they had practiced quite well.
"Perhaps what I said before was too general? Magic, whether it's the Modern Magic you're good at or Ancient Magic, ultimately has an essence. The purpose of having you practice the solidification and control of magic is to help you pursue this so-called essence and find a more suitable way to use magic," Yunyi said.
"What you're doing now does show some improvement in terms of control. However, your understanding of the essence is still lacking. Of course, this is also related to the magic you've chosen. After all, Miyuki's ' Niflheim ' and Shizuku's ' Resonance Break ' can both be considered offensive magic. Even if you compress or control local changes, it doesn't change that fact."
"But what if we use the most basic slowing spell? Besides its effectiveness in magical battles, can you use this kind of spell in other situations?"
"Shizuku, your resonance magic is also... Aside from destruction, if we only use resonance, can you skillfully apply it to everyday life?"
"It's true we are magicians, and the assessment that magic is a dangerous weapon might be correct. But I believe that both magicians and magic are free. How a magician uses magic should be based on their own understanding of magic and their own rational judgment, not on anyone's orders, turning them into tools only for fighting on the battlefield."
At this point, Yunyi expanded his domain and unleashed a Gravity Magic.
The magic had a wide range, enveloping everyone present. He then further manipulated the Gravity Magic, increasing the gravity surrounding Tatsuya Shiba to several times that of the others, while reversing the Gravity Magic on the others, making them feel less gravity.
"If we were at a crime scene right now, and Tatsuya were the criminal, would the magic I'm casting now be able to restrict Tatsuya's movements to some extent, thus creating an opportunity for you to escape?"