When all the students return with their canes, as Wendy expected, the teacher
"Prepare the stone because I will carve it."
and give instructions.
The students return from another crate to take the large flattened stone of their palms.
The art of stone engraving had also been seen by Almark in the street art of Nakahara.
A helpless old man taps a hard stone surface with a wooden cane several times, and the stone breaks into two pieces. When I first saw it, I didn't realize it was magic, and I assumed it was magical.
"All right, here we go."
Under the instruction of the teacher, the students begin to tap the stone with a cane.
Unlike during the magic of the lights, here the difference in the abilities of the students came true.
Wendy was the first to make a dry noise and break the stone.
Then torque. Leila at about the same time.
Other students then crack well, but some of them just peel off the surface of the stone and can hardly crack it. Morgen and Norish also seem to be struggling.
While more than half break the stone and wait for those who remain, some try to break the stone even more, while others start chatting without doing anything.
In doing so, Almark noticed one student in strange condition.
The student still doesn't seem to be able to crack it, with the wand facing the stone in his hand, but the wand is used strangely.
Instead of slapping stones like other students, they view the surface slowly.
I wonder what you're doing.
As Almark gazed, he could see a complex geometry rising on the surface of the stone.
I'm carving a pattern on a stone...!
Adjust the magic that breaks the stone to very trace amounts, and continue to let it out with constant force.
Even though it's a lot of work just to crack it, it freely manipulates its magic to carve intricate patterns into stone.
He's not incapable of cracking, he's voluntarily challenging much more advanced moves.
"Don't be a jerk, Wallis."
As the teacher spoke as he passed, the student raised his face and smiled at his mouth.
Long, golden hair with a firm face.
What Morgen was saying earlier, it seemed like Wallis, the class commissioner, was about him.
"Hey, new guy"
Suddenly he was called out, and when he turned to the side, the torque stood at some point.
"Why don't you bring a cane and a stone?"
Torque was laughing thinly.
"No, there's a way"
When I say
I'll tell you what.
Words were covered.
Almark looked into Torque's eyes.
Torque looked back at Almark to the shore of arrogance with a provocative laugh snapped at his mouth.
When Almark nodded, Torque said "OK" and started talking.
"Close your eyes and inhale deeply. Feel your magic in your body. Strongly hold the image of gathering magic at the tip of the wand. And breathe out sharply, imagining magic thrusting through the back of the stone, wand..."
Saying, Torque poked the stone placed in front of Almark hard with the tip of his cane.
I guess I didn't want to break it more than originally, and I poked it into my power without magic. The wand was on the surface of the stone and must have made a dull noise.
"Got it? Easy, huh? Try it."
Almark nodded.
This is a good opportunity. It's hard on the people who teach, but I'm not lying. I was bored just watching. Let's try.
Almark closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, as he was told.
The magic in me...... I don't know what it's like, so I can't feel it. But I imagined something like another blood flowing slowly through my body. The image of it gradually coming together from both hands with the cane to the tip of the cane.
Okay, I'm on it.
Almark gently poked the stone with his cane, exhaling sharply.
I heard a dry noise.
When Almark opened his eyes, the stone was there completely intact, not missing one thin piece at a time.
Torque, who watched it in silence, laughed as if he could no longer reveal himself.
"Fuck, no, no. Ah. I've never seen a shard break before. You're not talented."
Torque slapped Almark's shoulder ramblingly with a laugh, in its ear.
"I hope I'm here because of you, but maybe I'll say goodbye in a year without being able to advance to the middle."
And he whispered, and went back to where he was.
... I felt like I should, but, well, this is what happened at first.
Almark thought as he twisted his neck.
Torque's inferior provocation did not bother me at all. The more elegant you are compared to the provocation of the war in the north. Instead, he taught me how to do it, and I was thankful. I could have thanked him, but he didn't want to, so I stopped.
The class was over when the last remaining Norish broke the stone as he became sweaty.
Almark's on Wendy as she pulls up.
"You're all amazing. I've never seen such delicate magic up close."
and talking, Wendy seemed happy to
"Really? But you'll be able to do it soon, too, Almark. Dr. Illmis is calling you after school, isn't he? If you need me, I can help you. Anytime."
And he answered.
"Me too! I can help you, too!
Morgen, who was chasing me from behind, also speaks to me.
"Thank you both. I'll do my best to chase you all soon."
Almark replied with a smile thanking them both.
The students left, and suddenly, a dry sound echoed into the magic practice field where no one was ever there.
It was the last stone that Almark poked earlier.
The stone, which was being returned inside the crate, cracked and rolled in two as Almark glanced around the place he poked with his cane.