Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata ~Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin~

Luquis, the country that resides next to Lyngle Kingdom .

Inside this country, there exists a large magic academia . The structure itself is large enough to be mistaken for a castle . There was also someone who held the most authority and governed this academia . This person would be similar to something like a principal or a headmaster at a school . The students studying here developed their own systems of magic and even competed against each other as rivals .

From what Ark-san said, the students here not only studied magic but other subjects as well such as martial arts, sword techniques, and so on .

From what Welsey-san said, one could only graduate from here with excellent grades and the ones that do graduate become powerful mages .

From what Amako said, there was no shortage of discrimination against inferior lineages of magic that people were born with .

There werent a lot of factors to consider when characterizing ones system of magic to be superior or inferior . The factors were the raw amount of magic power, its usefulness, and how much demand there was for it . You could make up for some shortcomings with your own effort to a certain extent but you couldnt change the system of magic that you were born with no matter how hard you try .

At least thats what Ive heard

It was currently the night of the 6thday since weve departed .

As I was blankly staring at the lit campfire, I thought about our current destination, Luquis . Except for the guards that were keeping watch, everyone else had already turned in for the day . I really should be resting as well since we were scheduled to arrive at Luquis tomorrow . However, just thinking about our destination made me feel restless and I couldnt fall asleep .

Ark-san, you shouldnt push yourself .

No no, I rested plenty just a while ago .

Ark-san who was sitting in front of me gave a refreshing laugh as he replied . Since I couldnt sleep before, I had gotten out of the carriage . I noticed Ark-san and had called out to him out of concern .

I already knew this but he really was a very polite and kind person with good manners . It may be due to the nature of his line of work as a knight but it was fairly easy to have a conversation with him . He was similar to a committee chairman at school .

Ark-san, you

Yes?

Youve been to Luiquis, right?

Senpai kept going on about Ark-san being a main protagonist and saying incomprehensible things about light novels . Of the nonsense Senpai spouted, she mentioned this matter . But Ark-san had displayed a somewhat awkward expression to my words .

Was it a topic that I shouldnt get into?

. . Yeah .

Sorry, was it something I shouldnt have asked?

No, thats not necessarily the case .

Ark-san panicked at my question and quickly denied it by crossing his arms . I could see how frantic he was just from how the sword on his hip swayed from side to side due to his sudden movements .

I suspect that Youll know about it sooner or later at any rate . I should at least tell you about it myself .

Is it related with what will happen tomorrow?

Yes . Im guessing that youve already heard about the discrimination in Luquis with regards to the systems of magic from Amako, right?

. Well .

Although I thought it was cruel, I also personally thought of it as someone elses problem .

Kazuki and Inukami-senpai might get angry over this issue but I felt like it didnt concern me .

The discrimination against what type of magic system you possess Theres also discrimination against non-humans .

Discrimination against non-humans? Wasnt this something in every country and not just Luquis? At the very least, thats what Ive been told .

Luquis is a gathering of people from various places and they all have their own objectives Whether its to become a knight or to live a life in luxury, everyone studies hard to achieve their goals . It would take too long for me to explain everything so I will omit most of it . The main thing that I want to say is that the non-humans who choose to enter Luquis will be persecuted and have to prepare themselves to face that .

Arent they aware of how dangerous it could be?

Yes, but thats just how much value Luquis holds .

If it was my world, I guess it would be like a school with a gathering of the elite .

However, I just cant see how valuable this was to others just from this conversation . Why would they go out of their way to undertake magic training? Thats just hell . I speak from personal experience You get struck and beaten down . . if you get back up, you get beaten down again . . if you somehow manage to avoid a blow, youll be immediately kicked . I just cant imagine why one would participate in this kind of training which required no thought; it was simply physical suffering .

Was it a school specifically for non-humans to get a beating?

Youre showing an expression like you dont understand .

Well, yeah . I cant comprehend it .

Even if its filled with danger, there are things that they must accomplish . On the surface, Luquis prohibits the act of buying and selling non-humans but this is where students gather from all over the continent Although there arent many people who discriminate against non-humans, there will always a group of people or individuals with extreme prejudice against non-humans .

While Ark-san directed a slightly troubled smile at me, he reached over to a stack of dry wood and tossed some more into the fire . The fire grew larger and brighter from the added fuel The illumination was also enough for me to catch a glance of Ark-sans faint but sorrowful expression .

That academy is the best place to study magic, theres no other place that would be considered more ideal . However, it is also the worst place to be for a small number of individuals . Honestly, I dont like it over there .

Im sorry .

Ah, no! You didnt do anything wrong, Usato-dono! I really wanted to helpful to you in some way and seriously thought about being your guard when I accepted the request .

Even so, I was still the person to make Ark-san accompany me to Luquis . He considered it the worst place to be; I couldnt help but feel very sorry .

I-incidentally, what kind of impression do you have of non-humans, Usato-dono?

My impression? Hm .

Different from humans? But that was obvious . Even so, the only non-humans Ive met so far are Amako the beast girl and Felm the demon . Looking at just those two

I dont really have any .

It may have been due to the bad influence over me since the average non-human didnt seem all that monster-like or scary compared to Rose the demonic Leader . It feels like the Rescue Squad itself was a band of monsters In fact, Felm treated them like goblins and ogres . But what was with Ark-sans question? The person himself seemed to pause for a moment but then in the next moment, he gave an uncharacteristically loud laugh .

Hahahahahaha!

E-eeh . . ?

What was so funny? Ark-san tried to suppress his laughter . I dont think I said anything odd . . it was just a simple and plain response with no other meaning behind it . Even so, Ark-san laughed uncontrollably .

Dont really have any, you say . It really is a statement thats unique and something only you would say, Usato-dono .

Only me you say

Yes, it suits you . Thats probably why Amako was not worried about you Someone like you who would treat humans and non-humans equally .

Meaning that the people of this world had a much different impression than me . . so much that they would burst into laughter, I guess? As expected of me, I wouldnt fear non-humans from how much fantasy novels Ive read about them .

To begin with, our common sense and impressions were different as we had come from a different world . Everything in this world already felt different after all . . whether it be non-humans or anything else . The people in this world accepted magic as it was something ordinary and naturally regarded non-humans as dreadful existences .

Even if you say its very much like me to think so, Im exactly a good person like you think .

Usato-dono is a good person . Youre just not aware of it yourself .

Dont praise me so much, please . I might get conceited, you know?

Hahaha, it would be better for you be a little more conceited .

From just our recent exchange, Ark-sans expression had gotten a lot softer . He even had a cheerful smile . Right now, Ark-san didnt give off the courteous impression he gave when we first talked but rather it felt like he was being more open and honest .

Usato and Ark got on slightly better terms with each other .