The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 16

The Delraiten Academy employs a club system to foster interaction and competition among its students.

To give you a quick idea, here are three examples:

1. Combat Magic Club.

2. Fire Attribute Magic Club.

3. Festival Magic Club.

Clubs form when students with shared goals and motivations come together. If they secure a faculty advisor and gain approval, they’re recognized as official clubs and even receive activity support funds.

“Oh, there are more worthwhile places here than I expected.”

I stood in front of the school’s main building, at the information booth.

Stroking my chin, I examined the club promotional posters adorning the booth, noticing several intriguing options.

▶Adventure Magic Club:

1. In cooperation with the Adventurer’s Guild (Alliance) Southern District, you can actually collaborate with adventurers on missions after completing basic training.

2. Opportunities to receive advice from seniors who have actually become adventurers!

3. It’s more fun to live freely than to be stuck in a magic tower for the rest of your life!

Oh, adventurers?

It seemed fun at first glance and is one of the most popular clubs, facing fierce competition every year due to the overwhelming number of applicants.

“Didn’t you hear anything from Ludwig? The descendants of the Magic Houses must join here!”

Of course, I didn’t have the leisure to quietly browse the clubs because Krista Warden was stuck to me like glue.

“That won’t be a problem.”

“Why?”

“My father won’t care where I go.”

“That can’t be true.”

As I replied casually and tried to shift my gaze back to the posters, Gertrude Fanton spoke up from beside Krista.

“The Magic Volleyball Club is a royal club. It’s a place you must join for the glory of the Magic Houses. You can think of it as an obligation.”

“Obligation?”

“When Kaven Ludwig and Madelia Page were members of the Magic Volleyball Club, it was called the golden age of Delraiten. They won the championship several times as super aces.”

Most topics have only one club, but the Magic Volleyball Club, dubbed the royal club, was an exception.

This game of playing volleyball with magic balls was a pastime that only those with overwhelming talent in magic could truly enjoy.

To set up, spike, or receive the magic ball, you had to throw yourself like in volleyball, and you also had to perform magical calculations mentally.

Traditionally, there was one club for the Magic Houses, one for the Eight Great Schools, and two for the mid-sized and minor schools.

‘Obligation…….’

It seemed that being born a noble wasn’t always a blessing. Obligations followed like shackles in everything.

“The Sculpture Magic Club looks more fun than that, and what is this, the Local Development Magic Club? Oh, what is this?”

I remembered what Rista, who was sitting next to me while I was standing guard and reading a book somewhere in the desert where the chill of the night had set in, once said.

– When the world becomes peaceful, people will be able to do what they want to do, even if it’s just a little bit. Right now, many people are clinging to survival…….

Certainly, in that era, magic was focused solely on the field of combat, so it was difficult to find academic diversity.

From before the long summer began, that is, since I was a child, the world had been filled with strange war clouds because of the Black Church.

I was turning the pages without showing much reaction to Rista’s words at that time, and then Rista suddenly put her hand on my head and said.

– In the world where Rin grows up later, there will be abundant forms of life. I hope Rin will protect those lives.

Protect what? It seems to have been running fine for 300 years without me…….

I touched the crown of my head where Rista’s hand had touched back then, but I couldn’t feel the unknown warmth that Rista had.

I smiled bitterly and turned away from the past desert, from the information booth, when I heard a bewildered voice from behind.

“……Did you hear what I said? Young master? Where are you going?”

“I’m going to check out the Local Development Magic Club here.”

Gertrude stared at the back of the boy waving his hand and walking away and let out a sigh of disbelief.

‘He can’t not know that magic volleyball is an essential virtue even in social gatherings between high-ranking wizards.’

Is that why he’s doing this because he’s not confident?

It is true that magic volleyball requires overwhelming talent…… but it doesn’t make sense for a descendant of a Magic House not to join.

‘The glory of the Ludwig family, which has been competing with the Page family for the title of the leading Magic House for 100 years, may end with Rein.’

When the realization reached that point, a satisfied smile appeared on Gertrude’s lips.

‘The eldest daughter of Page disappeared after some incident. And Ludwig’s downfall…… now Krista is opening the era of Warden.’

And the moment she turned to look at Krista, the master she proudly served.

“……?!”

Gertrude blinked.

She was gone.

Where did Krista Warden disappear to? Could she be following Rein?

* * *

“I was just curious about what kind of place the Local Development Magic Club is.”

“Yeah.”

“I definitely didn’t follow you. Got it?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

It was the fifth time I had heard that. Rein sighed.

The Local Development Magic Club was located on the third floor of the west annex, Yongryung Hall. Krista told me that it wasn’t a very good location.

The door was half-open, but I was startled by the burst of high-pitched shouting as I was about to knock out of courtesy.

“I can never give up this club! How can you accept such ridiculous conditions!”

It was a thin man’s voice.

The voice was terrified as much as it was excited, but the man’s voice receiving the words was so relaxed that it seemed arrogant.

“The strong become the masters. Isn’t that the rule of the Delraiten club? Senior knows better than I do, right?”

This voice is……?

Krista frowned warily, and Rein looked at her with a look asking for an explanation.

“Don’t you know? It’s Logan. The rising star of the Chaihark School.”

“The Chaihark School…….”

“What do you know? It’s a school that specializes in producing Wing-type wizards.”

“Who doesn’t know that.”

There are three main schools of magic.

One is Remidier.

It means ‘those who read.’

This school uses magic by completing all the magic matrix construction, rune enchantment, and mathematical formula calculations in writing and using these drawings as catalysts.

Most southern wizards belong to this school, and its advantage is that it is easy to enter, but its disadvantage is that the ceiling is also low, so you cannot go to a higher level.

Another is Wing.

It means ‘manifestation,’ and this school focuses more on martial arts than magic.

This type strengthens the body by drawing a magic matrix on the body and activating it as needed.

Of course, since they mainly engage in close combat, they were once called heretics among wizards.

The Slade family and the Chaihark School can be said to be the representatives of these Wing-type wizards.

The other is Bargante.

It means finger.

By forming hand seals that embody runes, the process of constructing a magic matrix and enchanting runes is simplified, showing an overwhelming advantage in casting speed.

Of course, since runes and magic matrices are simplified, there are considerable disadvantages in terms of power.

Unlike the southern wizards who pursue skill and art in magic (northerners call all humans south of the Eleanor River southerners), the northern wizards who pursue practicality are all Bargante types.

For reference, the Osarius School in the north, famous as the school that produced the great wizard Rin, represents these Bargante-type wizards.

Still, the goal of these three major schools was all one: the Yorgen type. Yorgen means ‘the thinker.’

Those who have reached the point of using all magic through mental calculation are called Yorgen. Unless you are a Yorgen type, you cannot even receive the rank of great wizard, let alone a sage.

However, Yorgen is only for a very small number of people, really those born as geniuses.

So most southern wizards are satisfied with the Remidier type, and northern wizards are satisfied with the Bargante type.

Those who want to become stronger even a little easier and faster also learn all three schools and train in a way that takes only the advantages.

“So, let’s have a magic duel and decide the winner for sure, right? I’m giving you the best offer because you don’t have the guts to fight, senior.”

“……!”

“From the beginning, why do we need a local development club or something like that? Who would recognize it?”

It seems like I’m caught up in some trouble. Rein asked with his eyes what the situation was.

“It’s not a very unusual thing. The number of clubs is limited. As many as there are club rooms.”

“?”

“So, if you want to create a club you want but there are no vacancies, you can subdue other clubs with force or magic skills.”

The educational ideology of Delraiten, which advocates infinite competition, is also applied to clubs, Krista added as if it were natural.

“Does that mean everything is solved with magic?”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“That’s right.”

It doesn’t seem like a bad method for sure.

If the existence or demise is determined by power struggles, you won’t be able to neglect your studies or club activities. You’ll have to work several times harder.

‘So, it sounds like that Chaihark School guy is trying to take this club to create a new club…….’

If so…… I refuse to get caught up in troublesome things. Let them solve it themselves.

‘From the beginning, I didn’t come to join, I just came to see if there was something…….’

I turned around to leave without regret, but the man shouted in a voice that suppressed his fear as much as possible.

“You Eight Great School snobs may not know until you die, but mathematical research and the development of academia are not all there is to magic!”

“Hmm, then what is there?”

“Magic has not been properly incorporated into agriculture, civil engineering, and relief projects!”

“So?”

“If a system were established where such people could receive help from magic, the poverty problem might be easily solved! This is the club that the seniors established to research that! I can never hand it over!”

At that time, that shout, that resonance, that echo that seemed to have returned from the past, grabbed Rein’s feet for a moment.

“Ha, shit…….”

Rein frowned, scratched his head, and finally let out a deep sigh. Nagging even after death…….

“Rein? Hey.”

And he turned his body towards the club room. The conversation continued inside.

“Hahahaha! Are you serious? If that were possible, the great wizards and sages would have done it a long time ago!”

“……!”

“What kind of face are you making noise with when you can’t even protect one club against a first-year student? Is there that much of a lack of talent? Well, the club leader is like this─”

“─Okay, let’s do it. A magic duel.”

It wasn’t the club leader’s voice that sharply cut off Logan’s words.

The eyes of the club leader, who was pushed against the wall with his glasses half broken, widened, and wrinkles formed on Logan’s forehead as he looked back.

“You…….”

It’s not like I’m going to help a stranger or do something that doesn’t suit me.

“Me?”

Then why am I doing this?

To be honest, even I couldn’t interpret the reason for my actions at this time. No, it’s just that I don’t want to admit it even though I know it.

– Magic can really do anything.

It was one day on the journey when I created an oasis in the desert with water attribute magic to cool off and replenish drinking water.

In front of the bonfire in the desert, Rista started the conversation with these words before telling me to protect the abundant forms of life.

Of course, I replied nonchalantly.

– It’s not everything. There are many things I can’t do.

– But imagine that an ordinary fisherman received the benefits of something like that just now. He would say the same thing as me, right?

That was a question I had always had since I started learning magic.

Magic is so great, so why was I born in a slum? Why are there poor people and thieves in the world when this power exists?

– Rin, can I ask you for one thing?

– What is it?

– When the expedition is over, can you make a few spells? Spells that ordinary people can easily use if they learn how to use magic power.

Spells that can make a farmer shed tears of relief, even if it’s just a little, and a fisherman can utter a cry of joy, even if it’s small, on any given day.

– Rin, make it with your own hands.

What flashed through my mind as I was about to leave the club room earlier was the smile Rista showed that day. And…….

“A newly joined member who just joined the club.”

At that time, the boy did not know.

What is truth (眞理)…….

As a great wizard who had searched for the truth so much in the past, his intelligence was gradually, step by step, getting closer to the truth.

Socrafres [A fictional system or ability].

– You can inherit the research progress of ‘unique magic’ from the surrounding environment.

– Progress 37.1% => 37.9%.