After school.

Charlotte was walking on campus looking for one, the Great Sage.

I mostly sleep in the hypnotic room, but I wasn't there today.

Well, when I looked around thinking that would happen, I finally found it on the roof.

"Dean. You don't even take a nap, what are you doing?

"No more. Don't say anything like I'm always sleeping. Well, I may be sleeping better than people..."

"She's asleep about ten times lighter."

"That's not true."

The Great Sage laughed and then

"I was just thinking. About the past, about the future."

That said, I glanced at the pocket watch I lowered from my neck with my finger.

Do you remember Alpina?

That man, even from Charlotte's point of view, was an intense man.

In any way, I didn't expect anyone of equal strength to the Great Sage to show up.

And a Punisher.

Charlotte couldn't do anything in the fight against a monster that could also be called that unprecedented catastrophe.

It's just Anna and I took down a dragon.

Even that was supposed to be a feat, but right around the corner they showed off the work of the Great Sage, Alpina and Laura.

I don't feel like praising myself.

But it wasn't just a battle where I could plant a sense of powerlessness.

Charlotte knew a long time ago that she was weak.

I'm always looking for ways to be strong.

Charlotte had one harvest in that fight.

"Dean. Teach me the magic of reflection."

"Reflection? That's pretty hard. I know Charlotte's a hard-worker, but I'm not trying to master her."

"I know. I know, but I need that now!

Punisher's magic was horrible. It was bigger than the three great sages, Alpina and Laura combined.

But the three of them were joining forces, reflecting the light emitted by the Punisher.

Reflect greater magic than you. Use the opponent's magic to attack.

If that is possible, there is a possibility that you can beat those who are stronger than you.

Perhaps Charlotte's magic will never exceed Laura's.

That must be accepted.

Explore ways to win on it.

The magic of reflection seemed like one answer.

"... I see. That's the thing. Fine. I'll go out with you. But if you're serious about remembering, you can't do it around here. There's gonna be damage around here... and I don't care how many lives Charlotte has left."

"So, bye!

"Well, calm down. Let's use that one. It doesn't matter how many times you die, does it?

Charlotte didn't know what the Great Sage meant at first.

But I'll be convinced soon.

Oh sure, if it's a dream world (,,,,), it doesn't affect reality no matter what happens.

"Quickly, tonight, please."

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to it, too."

Only seventeen more special training opportunities until Charlotte's birthday.

Too little.

Still definitely make it mastery.

And after the birthday party...

And night.

Charlotte decided to sleep with the magic items borrowed from the Great Sage under her head.

"That? That's a 'cloud dream pillow', isn't it? Who are you going to dream with?

Laura speaks naturally of doubts.

"That's a secret. I do secret training in my dreams."

"Uh, don't say that. Tell me."

"There's a secret to close friends."

"Mmmm...... well fine. Because it must be a special training for my birthday anyway. You know what you were doing on that day."

"That's right. It's been a pleasure since then."

And Charlotte closes her eyes.

Sleeping is better, so I quickly entered the world of dreams.

Borrowed from the Great Sage, this cloud dream pillow is a strange tool that allows those who use cloud dream pillows to dream the same dream among themselves.

If you just mean to dream the same, besides cloud dream pillows, you have a hand in using that kind of magic.

But cloud dream pillows had the advantage of being able to make detailed decisions about dream settings.

"... that dark space."

Charlotte woke up in the dream world that pillows create.

It's a strange story to wake up even though it's a dream, but I woke up anyway.

It's up, down, to the right, to the left, where everything is dark with nothing.

I've been here before.

"Dear Charlotte. Welcome. Every time I'm familiar, I'm the administrator of the cloud dream world."

You can hear beautiful voices from nowhere easy to hear.

"It's been a while. Is the dean in the dream world, too?

"Yes, Master Carlotte has been waiting for hours. This dream, by the way, will come back to life on the spot when you die. One way or another, consciousness never returns to reality."

"I mean essentially, you don't die in your dreams?

"Yes, but the pain stays the same, so it hurts if you get your neck snapped or your heart pierced. Be careful not to break your mind because in reality you will experience the pain of an instant death wound."

Is that something you can handle with care?

But Charlotte doesn't feel like losing to anyone when it comes to gutting.

You should be able to handle it if you have the guts.

"I will now forward it to Master Carlotte. Are you sure?

"Yes, please."

The moment I answered, the view switched.

That was the school classroom.

Charlotte was sitting in her seat.

I was wearing a turtle pyjama earlier, but I'm switching to a uniform.

But there are no other students.

It's a quiet Charlotte classroom.

And, accidentally.

The door opened and the Great Sage came in.

"Ha, guys. It's time for the dean's special class."

The Great Sage who stands on the stage saying things like that.

"Then I'll take the dots first. Mr. Charlotte Gazzard."

"... Yes"

In the meantime, I decide to hang out with Nori and respond.

"Yes, you're all here. Excellent class with no late kids."

"Dean! I'm the only one here, of course!

"Ugh. Sorry. But I'm going to be doing a" reflex magic class, "and this is a classroom, so the format is important, right?

"Is that what it is?

"And then. I'm not taking the stage, am I? That's why you wanted to try and get some refreshments."

"Ha... well, fine. If that's the case, not just shape, but make sure you have a good class."

"Absolutely. Just before that. Last check. Not Laura, not Emilia, asking me to teach this means you want to be tough, not sweet, right?

The Great Sage asked with a smile.

Seeing that, Charlotte thought, scared.

The usual girlfriend is a really sweet, non-billy person, but when things like "battle," "strength," etc. are involved, you suddenly see someone else's face.

You smile the same way you always do, but somewhere different.

The harshness of not allowing compromise is hidden.

On the contrary, Emilia is usually harsh, but if she has to, she gets sweet.

If you're taking a decent class, Emilia, but what Charlotte wants is nothing decent.

"... Yep. Absolutely. Dean, I don't need any dust!

"Fine. Well, Charlotte, that was a stupid question for you. Okay, here we go. I'm going to shoot you with attack magic now. Reflect."

For a moment, the fingertips of the Great Sage shined, and an arrow of light pierced Charlotte's right shoulder.

"Huh!"

Charlotte groans with pain and holds her shoulders down.

But the wound was already blocked.

What a great sage he was attacking and unleashing healing magic at the same time.

"Oh, what's wrong, Charlotte? You're not responding at all. I pronounced him I'd shoot him now, so even if he can't reflex, he can't react."

The Great Sage says pale with a smile.

Suddenly practice without even doing anything to explain the trick with your mouth.

The idea of feeling it with your skin and remembering it with your body rather than hearing it in words and intending to understand it with your head.

Otherwise, it's useless in a serious battlefield - oh, Charlotte knows better too.

Nevertheless, it is horrible to shoot without a second after you say you will.

No problem getting this mind ready.

... No. No, it's not.

The Great Sage first asked Charlotte if she was ready.

By the time I snorted at it, the class was starting.

You said "shoot" even more from there, so sweet.

Yet Charlotte couldn't do anything.

I felt like they were telling me I didn't deserve to be tough yet.

"Do you regret it, Charlotte? Good luck if you regret it."

"Looks like they're going to decide my mind..."

"Because they told me to be tough. Charlotte would be most comfortable with you, wouldn't she?

"I didn't expect you to come with that kind of rigour!

The fingers of the Great Sage shine again.

This time Charlotte puts up a magic barrier in an attempt to make it reflect.

but the arrow of light barely pierced it through his thighs.

"Ku......"

"It looks like we were seeing it this time, but it's not going to be that easy, is it? Repetitive practice is all basic. I'm gonna go on for a while."

"I just want it!

After about an hour of doing so, Charlotte became so exhausted that she couldn't stand up.

The wound is fixed from by the shot.

But a series of severe pains reduced my temper.

"Once you get a break, Charlotte,"

"Yes, no... I can still do it..."

Though slippery, Charlotte still tries to get up.

"Just rest. Let's make it seated. What is the magic of reflection"

After all, explain it verbally! and Charlotte wanted to be scratchy, but decided to ask alot.

"Simple as an effect. Reflect the magic your enemies have been shooting at and hit them if possible. If this succeeds, it will be possible to attack the enemy with their magic. Maximum effect with minimal effort. But this is very difficult. Why not?"

"... because it takes a great deal of magic to reflect a great deal of magic...?

"Um, you're not. It did take a lot of magic to reflect the Punisher's rays. But the magic power needed to reflect was less than 30% of the light. And what a trivial amount of magic put in the arrow of light I was shooting just now. About 30% of that, Charlotte can afford it."

"I mean, what I can't do is have technical problems, right?

"Yes. So what technology is needed? It's about accurately identifying the magic the other person has been shooting at. What attributes. Is it diffuse or centralized? Is it just flying straight or is it a tracking ceremony? What's the amount of magic in it? What's the wavelength? I'll grasp all that stuff and hit you with reverse-phase magic. This is the magic of reflection."

"... do you do such a detailed analysis in an instant?

"Yeah. I won't be able to make it after they shoot me, though, before they shoot me. You have to be able to read roughly at the stage when the opponent is concentrating on magic and releasing it. I'll have to practice all this over and over again. Charlotte, you didn't tell me, but you've been following my magic currents with your eyes since earlier, right?

"Somehow, I thought it would work better."

"You're right about what you did. All you have to do is be good."

"It's hard... I only succeeded once during the winter break..."

"Oh, Maghre, it's amazing."

The Great Sage rounded his eyes and impressed him.

"I reflected the snowball Laura threw. After all, I am a genius!

"Reflect snowballs? That's weird. If you're flying snowballs with flying magic, you can interfere with it and reflect, but you just threw it. In principle, I can't reflex."

"That being said, it reflected on the moment!

"Isn't that some kind of mistake? I hit Charlotte's forehead and bounced..."

"No! It reflected without touching my body properly!

Charlotte complained in tears because the Great Sage didn't quite believe me.

Then the great sage roars with his hand on his chin, "Hmm".

"Charlotte's weird original magic, what could it have been called? That one that opens the dimensional warehouse in half and distorts the space and distracts the attack."

"Don't talk weird or anything! Magnificent Dimension Barrier by Gorgeous Charlotte! Dimension barrier for short!

"That's a long time to abbreviate it...... so that di managed to barrier, didn't you use it unconsciously?

"That's not true... right?

Charlotte was definitely going to do it, but her voice went down in the middle of saying it.

"I'm confident."

Anyway, Dimension Barrier is Charlotte's special move.

Distortion from space to space allows, in principle, any attack to be diverted.

It's also a powerful defensive move that requires the use of magic that interferes with space to break through the Dimension Barrier.

I can't actually make a special because it's a defense, but I call it a special because it looks good.

Anyway, it was my favorite move.

So Charlotte is practicing this move all the time.

During battle, so that no matter where the unintentional strike comes from, it can be activated.

So to distract the flying snowballs, it is also conceivable that I have unconsciously used Dimension Barrier.

But.

"The Dimension Barrier is only a distraction. No reflexes."

"That's a normal dime. You're talking about a barrier, right? But Charlotte would have strongly remembered then that she wanted to reflect. Because thoughts act on magic. Maybe that distorted the space more than usual and reflected it instead of distracting it?

"Reflection in Dimension Barrier... is that possible...?

"Come on... Dimension Barrier in the first place. It's magic born by accident in itself. That could happen. Charlotte, if it's just unexpected, it's comparable to Laura."

"I am comparable to Laura...? Hehe...... you still mean Charlotte Gazzard is a genius!

"Oh, you're feeling better. Yes, you are a genius. A magical aptitude value is a guide. Now let's get back to practice."

Charlotte gets up.

The fatigue caused by the pain had already disappeared.

The attack of the Great Sage comes as direct as ever.

Finally, he was pierced through his heart and died.

but resurrected on the spot.

"Come on!

"... doesn't it hurt, Charlotte?

"It hurts. I thought you were going to die! But you can't stop and wait!

"You're young. If I'm with you, I think I can share that energy. Let's go!

Thus the training of Charlotte and the Great Sage was continued until morning.

When he woke up, Charlotte was struck by a tremendous sense of fatigue.

I wanted to go straight to bed twice, but Laura forced me to put on my uniform and dragged me to class.

"Come on, Charlotte! Don't wake up. Come on! My class is so boring!

During class, I hear Emilia yelling, but I took the Great Sage class at night. I want you to rest for about noon.