The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 26

The Delaiten clubs all have diverse activities. Some convene up to five times a week, but the Local Development Magic Club met at a moderate pace, twice a week.

“Ugh. Still sleepy, damn it……”

Lein yawned widely as he made his way to the club room. Logan from the Chaihark School trailed behind him, looking awkward.

The club had more members than he anticipated.

There were twenty-three freshmen and six sophomores. The juniors were usually too occupied with preparing their graduation theses to participate in club activities.

The sophomores greeted him warmly.

“You’re here, Young Master!”

“You look really tired. Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I just couldn’t sleep. But there are more members than I thought?”

“There are people who want to contribute to their hometowns by learning magic. Except for you, Young Master, there aren’t any other nobles, though.”

It seemed Lein’s status as a noble had enhanced the club’s reputation.

“But this time, thanks to you, we got about twice as many people!”

“Me? What did I do?”

He hadn’t assisted with the club’s promotional activities.

“During the Magic Tournament back then─”

The sophomores, who had been excitedly talking, noticed Logan entering behind him and awkwardly smiled, then slowly backed away.

“Why are you here?”

“Why? Isn’t it obvious? I need to be here so no one starts a fight.”

“Oh.”

Lein looked around and took a seat in the back. He had discovered that the back seats were surprisingly comfortable over the past month.

He was about to rest his head on the desk and get some sleep when the club president came in with a stack of documents.

“Ah, hello. My name is Joen. I’m the president of the Local Development Magic Club. Nice to meet you.”

Hmm…….

Lein clapped along with the other students. It was his first time participating in a club activity, so he found it quite interesting.

“Our club aims to research and ultimately create magic related to local development. To do that, we need to know a little about the livelihoods of people in farming and fishing, etc.”

In fact, magic related to people’s livelihoods was also under the jurisdiction of the court mages of the local lords.

But the benefits of that magic weren’t always available everywhere… Not to mention the remote rural villages.

“First, take a look at this. Remy, please hand these out. Yes, quickly. Okay, what’s written here are the spells mainly used during the farming season……”

Watching his magic seniors (who were actually 300 years his senior) discuss magic in depth was a unique experience.

He only regretted that he couldn’t concentrate due to sleepiness and a few other reasons.

‘Black magic exists in this era too……’

At this point, he felt the need to greatly revise his life strategy.

After seeing black magic again, he had become quite wary of the entity that sent him Lin’s diary.

He had to assume that they might clash someday, perhaps soon, and accelerate his magic training.

Just worrying and fretting didn’t suit his personality.

‘I could inform the church or the Magic Guild about the appearance of black magic, but that would complicate things considerably.’

If there were spies in the Magic Guild… Hmm, that’s a scary thought.

And the Pope, Haraderiman, who had been watching over the world for a thousand years, probably already knew. That guy was a Divine Dragon.

So, for now, let’s make it our top priority to raise our personal skills to about half of Lin’s level.

“Ludien.”

He called Ludien to check his current physical condition.

Gustaba: Objectifies the caster’s physical condition into mathematical values.

ㆍPillar; Current mana: 12,564.

ㆍStay; Current magic circuits: 354.

ㆍStop; Stamina and mental strength: 311.

His mana and magic circuits were insignificant compared to Lin’s body, but they would still far exceed the average of Delaiten students.

But this wasn’t enough. For example, he remembered that Lin’s body at this age had just under 90,000 mana.

‘The biggest problem is stamina……’

To properly use the staff techniques he used in Lin’s time in preparation for close combat, he had to build up his body properly first.

By the way, those who like running and strength training must be perverts. How could they enjoy torturing their bodies so much?

‘It might be easier if someone could guide me……’

A thought flashed through his mind. Lein turned his head and grinned, and ‘that guy’ flinched.

Logan.

As Lein quietly sat next to him, the muscles embedded in every corner of the guy’s body tensed up and twitched.

“W-what is it?”

“Teach me how to work out.”

“?”

There was no answer for a moment.

He even moved his body away, looking like he was wondering if this guy was crazy.

“No, I just don’t know how to get better at exercising.”

Lin had just survived in the slums, so his basic stamina was trained.

And after joining the Hero Party, he learned staff techniques from Rista and completed the more advanced parts.

But Lein?

“But you’re from the Chaihark School. Aren’t you guys experts in sweating and building muscles?”

“Well, a true magician should build muscles. So our school is the school of true magicians.”

When he praised the school, Logan smiled slightly, relaxing his tension, and shrugged his shoulders. Then, his trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles moved so clearly that it was grotesque.

“So teach me. I don’t want muscles as bulky as yours, just some lean muscles.”

“Oh my, oh my, oh my! Get a grip. Don’t you know that you have to aim for these muscles to barely get some small muscles?”

“Oh~ That sounded like an expert just now?”

Lein whistled and gave him a thumbs up, and Logan coughed awkwardly, but a smile flickered around his mouth.

“Who do you think I am? I’m Logan, the most promising student of Chaihark.”

“Then let’s sweat together starting today.”

“Uh, that’s a bit…….”

“Ah, why?”

“Do you really not know why you’re asking?”

“What is it? Is it because I didn’t call you master? I’ll call you if you want. Master Logan, please make me sweat intensely from today.”

Then, a male student sitting in the front turned around, covered his mouth with a shocked expression.

No, wait.

I think you’re making a very dangerous misunderstanding, but it’s not like that.

“No, why are you doing this? We’re enemies. I’m from the Eight Great Schools, and you’re from a Magic Aristocrat family. How can enemies help each other?”

Logan shook his head in disbelief, but Lein tilted his head with a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you and I enemies? Aren’t we colleagues exploring the academic field of magic together?”

Logan was speechless for a moment.

Confusion, bewilderment……?

No, it wasn’t such a primary emotion. In the first place, it wasn’t even in the realm of emotion.

What do you call this, refutation? It felt like the logic circuit in his head was broken, so he couldn’t say anything.

Lein smirked as if to say, ‘See?’ and tapped Logan on the shoulder.

“See, you don’t think we’re enemies, right?”

“……!”

“Then let’s work out together starting today. Ah, I’m too tired today, so from tomorrow.”

* * *

“What should we do first?”

“How about starting with basic things like push-ups or running?”

“You use equipment, though.”

“Even if I teach you how to use equipment, I think you’ll give up soon anyway. The fastest way to know your body condition is bodyweight training.”

Hmph, a scion of a magic family and muscles… I can tell you’ll just mess around a few times and quit. Like most magicians.

But Lein… is strange. Most people give up when I push them like this? Why is he so enthusiastic?

‘Was he really wanting to build muscles, not just trying to make fun of me?’

There’s a saying in the Chaihark School: When you build muscles, a new reaction circuit is created in your brain at some point.

That is, when you see beginners who are serious about muscles, you can’t help but get uncontrollably excited (???) to teach them something, anything.

The reason why the Chaihark School is famous for being more friendly to new trainees than any other school is because of this.

The disciples of the Chaihark School called this absurd phenomenon ‘friendship blooming from muscles.’

“……”

While watching Lein, who was serious about muscles for four days, Logan was deeply feeling the teachings of those ancestors.

‘Ah, that’s not how you do it……’

‘If you do it like that, your muscles won’t get stimulated……’

‘Sigh, if you get the posture wrong at first, it’s harder to correct it later……’

I want to teach him!

I want to teach him so badly! Logan twisted his body as if he had been bitten hundreds or thousands of times by mosquitoes…….

‘I’m going to die first at this rate.’

The cause of death is a heart attack.

Seeing the muscle newbie, Logan eventually entered the stage of self-rationalization due to the burning desire to educate.

‘It’s not that I’ve acknowledged that arrogant scion of a noble family. The Grand Master told me to get along, so I’m pretending to do that before I get scolded.’

Logan, who had been torturing his biceps with dumbbells, subtly approached Lein and coughed.

“That’s not how you do it.”

“?”

“First of all, your feet are wrong. Spread your feet shoulder-width apart and spread them at an acute angle. Yes, that’s it!”

“!!!”

“And don’t sit down while putting your weight on your heels. Good. Now breathe out and slowly get up.”

“!”

“Repeat ten times. One, two, good. More, more, three, four, five, six, seven, tighten your stomach, eight, nine, last one, more, more, more, good.”

Lein raised his body and blinked, then touched his thighs and shined his eyes.

“Oh! Something, only here hurts so much? I definitely feel like I ‘worked out’?!”

“Oh oh! Do you feel the stimulation?! Only in your thighs?”

“Yes, only in my thighs!”

“Good, good, good! If you only feel the stimulation in your thighs, you’re doing well! If you keep doing it, you’ll feel the stimulation in your butt too, but when you’re getting into position, the important thing is to check if you feel pain in your knee joint or not……”

The magicians of the Chaihark School are often told that they are not like magicians.

This is because they are emotional and belligerent, rather than rational, while exploring the academic field of reason. But being emotional also meant being simple.

As a promising student, Logan was one of the talents who perfectly matched the characteristics of this Chaihark School…….

“What are those bastards doing……?”

Wiber from the Rohwinum School happened to witness the scene and had to tilt his head.

On the other hand, Professor Owen smiled as he watched the two running together on the campus from his office.

“Workout guidance! Damn Logan, he’s doing as I told him!”

His face is blooming with flowers. Is he that happy just explaining about exercise?

Then he felt his muscles twitch all over his body, but he immediately calmed down the excitement with a deep breath.

‘Oh no, I instinctively got excited when I saw the muscle newbie. But would the Grand Master take away the joy of his disciple?’

Professor Owen, he was also a magician from the Chaihark School to the bone.

‘Still, it’s amazing. Even though I ordered it, they became so close in such a short period of time.’

Owen, who drank the black tea in his teacup in one gulp,’s eyes lingered on Lein’s back. Owen smirked and turned away from the window.

‘Hmph…… Does the strong attract the strong?’