Yuuji and Erika head to the massive Gymnasium building that was located beside the main school building. On the way, Yuuji asked Tatsuya if he could help him patrol the outdoor exhibition area while he apanied Erika, which he agreed to.

  A lot of students gathered within the massive gym. While most gymnasium buildings in Japan doubled as a ceremony hall, the First Highschool had more than enough funds to separate these two buildings and built it specially for their intended purposes. In fact, this was only one of the small gymnasiums. There were still rger gymnasium buildings and others like this one.

  Sport clubs exhibitions were held here, including the club Erika wao see; the Kendo Club.

  It was easy enough for them to find it by following the g sound of bamboo swords called shinai, which was normally used in kendo, and made their way there.

  But on their way, they noticed a crowd gathering at a certain area.

  “Hm? What’s happening there?”

  “I’m not sure. Let’s check it out.”

  Yuuji quickly made his way there, followed closely by Erika right behind him. They pushed through the crowd, and at the ter, they found Aika standing at the ter of male students, all of them ying on the ground unscious.

  “Aika?”

  She eaking through her device wheiced Yuuji and quickly made her way to him. Her previous serious expression was no longer present. Only the beautiful smile that Yuuji frequently saw and loved.

  “Yuuji~! Why are you here~? Ah, Erika too! What are you two doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be patrolling the outdoor exhibition area?”

  “I asked Tatsuya to repce me for a while.”

  “Eh? Why?”

  “A-Ah, that was because of me! This guy scared me, so I’m having him apany me here.”

  “Hm?”

  Aika looked at Yuuji fusedly, but before she coulda ask him what happened, Yuuji went first.

  “Anyway, what happened here? Why are all of them unscious?”

  “Them? That’s because they’re hitting on me.”

  “Ah…”

  Aika expio them what happened, and as she did, Yuuji couldn’t help but smile helplessly. With everything sidered, Aika is the st girl you’d want to try and hit on. She’s extremely powerful, both physically and magically, and she had already given her heart, body, and soul to the love of her life, her dream came true. It was virtually impossible for her to be tempted by the words of horny boys.

  But even after her tinuous reje, they still bothered her and even tried to touch her. So before they could do it, she cast a spell, simir to the osuya cast in his duel with Hanzo but to an area around her, causing all of them to fall to the ground instantly.

  Yuuji sighed in relief inwardly. There were a lot more powerful and dangerous spells he programmed into her CAD for her safety, so he was truly relieved that she used that one instead of the ohat would destroy the ground along with their bones.

  And he was also relieved that she had taken care of the problem. Or else… The things he would do to them for daring to touch his beloved would be worse than anything she could’ve done.

  “I see… I’m gd you’re okay. But ime, please call for me, okay?”

  “Hehehe~ I know~ But it’s really no problem this time~ I wasn’t the one in danger, after all~?”

  Yuuji let out a small sigh and smiled helplessly. But oher hand, Erika was in shock.

  Because of her nont and friendly attitude, Erika sometimes fot how powerful she actually is. To knoore than five guys all at oh a single spell, without hurting any of them… She was unbelievably skilled.

  I don’t think even I could do that…

  She was saved by Yuuji because she couldn’t escape those students from before without hurting them. But Aika was able to do it very easily.

  She’s really amazing…

  “Have you told the Chairwoman about this?”

  “I have~ She praised me and told me she’ll deal with them~!”

  “Alright.”

  Yuuji then turowards the spectators and raised his voice.

  “Everyone! You may return to your activities now! The Disciplinary ittee shall deal with this matter!”

  Immediately, everyone began breaking out a after hearing Yuuji’s authoritative tone. Soon, other members of the Disciplinary ittee came and took the six unscious guys to the medbay before asking Aika for a detailed report for them t back to the Chairwoman.

  After she cluded the matter, Aika turowas Yuuji and Erika once again with a wide smile.

  “Hey~ I join you too~? I’m tired of being approached all the time, so let’s go together~!”

  “Of course. What about you, Erika?”

  “Sure! The more the merrier.”

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  The three went up to the baly where they could see the ey of the gymnasium and watched the kendo exhibition, which was currently in session.

  For Yuuji and Aika, who only had surface level knowledge of the martial art, the exhibition the Kendo club erf was quite impressive. When pared to the level of the kendo club in Kuoh Academy, Aika could easily tell the differen skills between them. So watg them was quite exg, even though they are aware that these spars are scripted.

  Yuuji g Erika, who was leaning on the railing aing her head on her hand.

  “You seemed bored.”

  “Well, it’s just b. Trying so hard to look good sparring, and then delivering a predetermined blow. It’s just a staged sword fight.”

  “It’s an exhibition geared for publicity. This should be par for the course, isn’t it? A true martial arts battle is, after all, a battle for life ah. It’s not something that should be shown to the public.”

  “...You’re cool about it, aren’t you?”

  Erika g Yuuji and observed him closely. His remark wasn’t one she’d expect from a regur student.

  “I’m just saying the truth as it is. Nothing more.”

  Just then, a loud groan of pain resounded from below and the three immediately turo it.

  On one of the arenas, a group of people in white kendogi gathered, holding one of them who seemed to be injured. On the opposite side, a group of people in bck kendogi also gathered, creating a temosphere of frontatioweewo.

  “There’s still more than an hour before the Kenjutsu Club is up, Kirihara-kun! Why ’t you wait until then?”

  A beautiful ponytailed girl spoke, fronting the man in bck who was holding a shinai to his shoulder.

  “This is not what I expected, Mibu. Since you ’t put your abilities on dispy sparring with such a newbie, I just thought a little colboration was in order.”

  “You’re the one who forced him to challenge you! What colboration is that!”

  “But it was the Kendo Club who struck first.”

  “Because you provoked us, Kirihara-kun!”

  Yuuji, Aika, and Erike atg from above began to focus their attention there.

  “Yuuji.”

  “Ah, I know…”

  It was the “event”. The event that started the Bnche ar the anime…

  Yuuji silently activated his CAD, pre-casting some spells, and got ready.

  “Oh, this is starting to get juicy.”

  “Do you know those two, Erika-?”

  “Well, not personally, but… The girl is Mibu Sayaka. The year before st, she was sed p the National Junih Kendo Tour firls. The guy, oher hand, is Kirihara Takeaki. He won the Kantion Junih Kenjutsu Tourhat was held the year before st. Oh, looks like it’s about to start.”

  Both Sayaka and Takeaki began to square off with their shinai, and the rest of the members from their group backed away to give spabsp;

  “Don’t worry, Mibu. This is a kendo demonstration. I’ll do you a favor and not use any magic.”

  “Do you think you stand a ce against me with just swords skills? You, Kirihara-kun, ing from the spell-depe kenjutsu club, a match for a member of the Kendo Club who focuses solely on honing sword skills?”

  Yuuji and Aika activated their rec devid watched the progression of the event.

  “Focus solely on honing sword skills? Big words you’re saying, huh Mibu? I’ll be happy to show you then. What it means to battle in a dimension beyond the limits of physical ability… The sword skills of kenjutsu!”

  Takeaki charged with his shinai, raised high into the sky, and Sayaka followed.

  Then, in an instant Sayaka’s shinai hit his right shoulder that would’ve resulted in fatal injury, while Takeaki’s shinai only nded on her left arm.

  “...”

  “If this was a real sword, then you would’ve been fatally wounded. As for me, your strike stopped short of the bone. Accept your defeat.”

  “If it was a real sword? You disappoint me.”

  “I’ll be heading off.”

  “Oh~! Take care~”

  “Eh? Where is he going…?”

  Yuuji began to walk through the baly and stood closer to the arena from above.

  “Mibu, is that what you want? To fight me with real swords? If that’s the case, then I’ll oblige you… I’ll take you on with a real sword.”

  Just like how Tatsuya taught him, Yuuji immediately used elemental sight the moment Takeaki reached for his CAD ahe activation sequence of the spell he was using.

  Osciltion type, close bat spell. Tch… I still ’t believe that guy’s using Sonic Bde against his crush!

  Before he could dash towards Sayaka, Yuuji climbed up the railings of the baly and unched himself with it and nded iween them with a huge boom.

  “!!!”

  “Wha-!”

  He raised his hand towards the startled Takeaki and unched him up into the air before restraining his entire body in mid air.

  “Aarrrgh!!”

  Takeaki dropped his shinai that has returo being a regur shinai as he felt his entire body being crushed by an invisible forbsp;

  It was a new spell Yuuji programmed into his CAD to make it easier for him to hold someone down aralize them. By pressing air particles around them, he could easily crush his target and hold them in the air with air pressure alone, without having to use his ability to rend the literal space around them.

  “What the… Is that…”

  “It’s Tsubakihara-kun… So rumors about him entering the Disciplinary ittee are true…!”

  “What is that spell… He just made him float in the air!”

  “For the improper usage of magic, I hereby arrest Kihara Takeaki-senpai on behalf of the Disciplinary ittee. Please do not resist.”

  “Uuggghhhh!”

  Yuuji brought his unication device to his ear aed to the headquarters.

  “Calling from Small Gymnasium No. 2. I have arrested oudent for the improper usage of magic. Please bring a stretcher to help escort the student to the medical bay.”

  “W-What the hell are you doing?! Why only Kirihara? Mibu of the Kendo Club is guilty of the same crime, you snobby first year!”

  A man with spiky hair and muscur body pined with a shout, his hands balled into fists.

  “I arrested Kirihara Takeaki-senpai for the improper use of magic, specifically the use of Osciltion-type, close-bat spell, Sonic Bde. I believe you uand what this means.”

  “Kuh… Don’t give me that crap! Get him!”

  One by one, all members of the kenjutsu club began rushing towards Yuuji. But before they could even e within arm’s reach, ead every one of them were unched up to the sky just like Takeaki and held with the same spell.

  “Cease this instant. Or all of you shall also be arrested for attempted assault.”

  Yuuji’s voice rang loudly as silence fell upoire hall. The crowds, who have gathered to watch, all stared dumbfoundedly at the floating men, all of them floating and struggling helplessly in the air in panibsp;

  “T-That’s amazing… No, if he could lift anyone up before they could even reach him, doesn’t that make him an impossible oppoo swordsmen…?”

  “Hehehe~ That he is~! Well, even if they mao get close, they won’t be able to hurt him since Yuuji is also very skilled in martial arts~!”

  And on that day, Yuuji’s reputation as a prodigy/monster spread like wildfire throughout the entire academy.

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  By the end of the day, with the e-red sun illuminating the interior of the First High School Extracurricur Activities Federation room, Yuuji stood before three people sitting behind a desk.

  The first two were Mayumi and Mari. While the st was someone Yuuji met for the first time, but had known about from the anime.

  Juumonji Kaito.

  The hat rang with power fitted the rge, built, muscur man before him. With his broad shoulders, muscles that rippled through his bzer uniform, and a steely disposition, it would be hard to believe that he was a high school student, just like Yuuji and the other two beautiful dies beside him.

  He, along with Mari and Mayumi, are here to listen to Yuuji’s reparding the problem he entered in small gymnasium no. 2. Aika had just finished her report as a wito the problem Yuuji was about to report now as well as regarding the number of guys she made unscious. She was now waiting outside for him to finish so they could return home together.

  Yuuji reted the exact events that happened, and his words were backed by video evidehat he had recorded during the event and witness statements from Aika, Erika, and Sayaka.

  And after Yuuji finished his report, Mari asked.

  “So you didn’t see how it started?”

  “Yes. All I saw was the moment when Mibu Sayaka-senpai from the Kendo club and Kirihara Takeaki-senpai from the Kenjutsu club were arguing.”

  “Is that why you didn’t raise a hand at first?”

  “Yes. I judged that if it is to aent that would result only in bruises, then it would be better for them to settle the score amongst themselves.”

  Yuuji answered Mayumi’s question.

  “After subduing Kirihara, what did you do with him?”

  “As he was injured, I requested the help of the Health ittee to take care of him. And si seems like he aowledged his own wrongdoing, I judged that no further measures were needed.”

  “...What about the other members of the Kenjutsu club that you… levitated?”

  Mari asked, her eyes narrowing slightly.

  “While I restrained Kirihara Takeaki-senpai to make him drop his shinai and stop further aggression, I simply levitated the other members of the Kenjutsu club to stop their advance. Upon the arrival of other disciplinary ittee members, I let them back down unhurt.”

  Mari leaned back to her chair and crossed her arms.

  “Mm. You did well. The Disciplinary ittee has no iion of sending this matter to the Correal ittee. How about you, Juumonji?”

  The heir of the Juumomji , one of the ten master s in Japan, opened his eyes a gaze with Yuuji. And after a moment, he began.

  “I appreciate your le ruling. He used a highly lethal spell. Normally, there would be no esg suspension. I am sure he is aware of that himself. I’ll sel him to learn from this mistake. And also…”

  A small smile appeared on his normally steeled expression.

  “With you having hung him in the air for everyoo see struggling, I’m sure he’ll learn from this embarrassment as well.”

  Yuuji bowed his head and received the low-key pliment from the president of the federation himself.

  “What about the Kendo club?”

  “The moment she took up the gau, she was equally to bme.”

  Mari answered Mayumi’s question before turning back to Yuuji.

  “Let me firm this one more time. Was Kirihara the only one who uses magic?”

  “Yes. I restraihem pletely before they could reach for their CAD.”

  Mari snorted quietly and smiled at Yuuji’s fident answer.

  “I see. That would be all. Thank you for your hard work.”

  “Please excuse me.”

  Upon Yuuji’s exit, Mari smiled proudly at her other two patriots.

  “His reputation really does precede him, doesn’t it? The case happehis m, but rumors about him being a monster had already spread throughout the entire school.”

  “I’ve heard about it too. He’s really amazing. Right, Juumonji-kun?”

  “Indeed. His physical ability that allowed him to jump from the sed floor and nd perfectly was ohing, but his magic is even more powerful…”

  “You’re right. To be ho, this was also the first time I’ve heard of him using his magic. To levitate someone araining them pletely using air pression and pressure alone…”

  Mari lowered her head and thought deeply about it.

  “He already has incredible trol over his magid mastery over his spells as a first year student. In addition to his disposition… He’s quite the talent.”

  “There’s also Aika-san who mao incapacitate multiple people at ohout actually hurting any of them or colteral damage to her surroundings. She’s quite impressive herself as well.”

  “And in addition to those two, you’ve also acquired the one who defeated Hattori in an official duel. You sure gained many promising talents didn’t you.”

  “Well, I suppose I have a keen eye for talent.”

  “Ufufufu~ Aren’t you gd, Mari~?”

  “Of course. And they’re all sensible and nice kids. I ’t ask for more.”

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  The afternoon sun had truly set as the sky was now pletely dyed dark blue and bck with a few stars twinkling and a small moon.

  Yuuji, Aika, Tatsuya, Miyuki, Erika, Mizuki, and Leoo a cafe together after school ended. Unfortunately, Shizuku and Honoka were uo join them, so the only course oudents were Yuuji, Aika, and Miyuki.

  Looking around the beautiful, quiet Cafe, Yuuji couldn’t help but recall his aunt’s cafe. Needless to say, Rose was better, but this was also not that bad.

  e to think of it, I haven’t really ehe world here… So much has been going on, and I’m too busy learning as much as possible.

  Money wasn’t a problem for him. Not only was the liquid assets given to him by the Group Chat in his bank was enough for any regur household to live freely for decades, he had also been actively trading with his superputers after he finished his study. And sometimes, when Aika wao use him as a pillow to watime in his room, he’d be using his ptop to do it. And in just a few days time, he was able to multiply his capital by many folds.

  Even after reiing most of that money back, money was still not a problem for him. If he wanted, he could even buy the entire cafe easily.

  Hm… Let’s go on a date this weekend.

  He g Aika, who was happily chatting with Erika, Miyuki, and Mizuki while eatiiramisu cake. Having sex and spending quality time together in their luxurious mansion was fun and all, but there’s still so many in this high-tech world they could explore. It’d be a shame if they didn’t go anywhere during their stay here.

  Just then, Leo interrupted his thought with a question.

  “By the way, Yuuji. That Kirihara-senpai used a Rank B Lethal Spell, right? I’m amazed you got out of that unscathed.”

  “It’s just like dealing with someone wielding a real sword.”

  “You’re saying it as if dealing with a regur sword is easy…”

  Mizuki couldn’t help but ent. Her eyes widened in amaze.

  “Hehe~ it sure is for Yuuji~! After all, Kirihara-senpai couldn’t eve inte for a swing before he was tossed into the air.”

  Aika puffed up her massive chest proudly, causing it to jiggle plentifully.

  “Really? Then those rumors about seven or more people floating in the air are true…”

  “It’s true… I saw it with my owhey’re floating alright. Or rather, I’ve been on the receiving side once…”

  Leo and Mizuki looked at Yuuji with widened eyes while Erika sighed helplessly.

  “I haven't mastered the art of nullifying magic sequences like Tatsuya, after all. And I ’t use Cast Jammi, so restraining them before they could do anything was better for me.”

  Yuuji could already cast Gram Demolition and Gram Dispersion, and he was als oing a spell that created an armor that would dispel any magic that hit it. He could’ve used those two nullifying spells, but with all the people around him, using one of the two most powerful nullifying magic which he sidered a secret on would only be a st resort.

  He had also ried using the dual CAD teique to cast Specific Magic Jamming Tatsuya used in the anime and he also didn’t have two CADs with him. So he did the best thing.

  “Cast Jamming?”

  “Don’t you need some kind of special rock to do that? Anti… something.”

  “It’s antinite, Erika-. If I remember correctly, it’s extremely expensive.”

  Yuuji turo look at Tatsuya for him to answer.

  “Antinite is a military resource. It’s not a matter of price. It’s not something a civilian get his hands on.”

  “Eh? But Yuuji-kun said…”

  Mizuki turowards Yuuji.

  “Aaahhh… Well… I tell them, Tatsuya?”

  Erika, Mizuki, ailted their head fusedly.

  “Sure. Though, please keep it off the record.”

  “Hm? Is it some sort of a big secret?

  “Well… What I was referring to when I said Cast Jamming is simply an application of the theories behind Cast Jamming. It’s a Specific Magic Jamming.”

  “...Hm? Does that kind of magic exist?”

  “Probably not… Wait, doesn’t that mean that you, theoretically, came up with a ype of magic?”

  “All credit goes to Tatsuya. I myself am learning from him.”

  “Wow…”

  “I think that “stumbling upon it by act” is more apt for a term.”

  Tatsuya smiled wryly at the stares of awe he’s receiving from the three.

  “When you try to use two CADs at ohe psion waves interfere, and in most cases, magic doesn’t activate. And so, you unch a magic sequehat causes one CAD to jam the other, and with the other CAD, you un activation sequehat has the opposite effect. The activation sequences are thus reproduced and amplified, and Psion signals are released as Non-systematic Magic. By doing so, you blo activation sequence of the same type up to a point.”

  “Are you serious…”

  Erika, Mizuki, and Leo all sighed in amaze after listening to Tatsuya’s expnations.

  “That is why I couldn't use it back then. I didn’t have two CADs with me, and I’ve ried it before. Even though I read activation seque unch, I won’t be able to reproduce the Psion signals to block his activation sequence. So, I just lift him up arain him that way.”

  “I see… But why does it have to be off-record? If you pate, you could’ve raked in big profits wouldn’t you, Tatsuya?”

  “For ohing, this teique still hasn’t been perfected. Moreover…”

  Tatsuya gowards Yuuji.

  “Mm. It’s the fact that you’ll be able to block magic without Antinite.”

  “That’s right.”

  “Hm? What’s the problem there?”

  “You idiot, of course it’s a huge problem! If an easily-acquired teique to nullify magic spells were to spread, it would shake the very foundation of society!”

  Erika said before raising her voiear the end.

  If a teique to nullify magic is accessible to the public, then those who seeked to overthrow the current ruling society of magic users would gain a tremendous on. The very foundation of society, built upon the superior military power of magic, would be shaken to its core.

  “Antinite isn’t a realistic threat yet due to its low output. But it’s a different case with this teique. Until a method to ter it is discovered, I ’t go public about this.”

  “That’s amazing… To think you’ve thought it through this far already.”

  “I think you’re overanalyzing a bit too much, brother. In the first pce, the ability to read your oppo’s activation sequences during unch isn’t something just anybody could do. Aside from you, Aika, and Yuuji-kun, I ’t think of anyone else who could do such a thing.”

  “Ehehehe~ Isn’t that just like Tatsuya, though~? He’s such a worrywart, isn’t he~?”

  “Well, I for one agree with Tatsuya. If we could do it, there’s no reason why nobody else in the world could do it, and they might be a problem if they were to use this teique for stupid things.”

  “Exactly.”

  Tatsuya looked at Yuuji with a smile.

  “Well, let’s just fet about these things and have fun! I’ll treat you guys to the order of dessert, but only if you ordered it in the minute!”

  “Eh? I want to order! Airamisu, please!”

  “Seriously?! Ah, me too! Orawberry parfait, please!”

  “U-Uhm, a-a cheesecake please!”

  “Let me in on this too! Another set of sandwiches, please!”

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  Early m, before css. It was another day in the New Members Invitation week where clubs vyed for new promising members to join their clubs.

  And once again, Yuuji was surrounded by female members from various clubs. There were even those from a female-only club who were willing to make an exception especially for him, causing tears of blood to flow from the guys who saw it.

  But just the a transmission from the Student cil.

  He listeo it in the midst of fending off the perverted hands of these girls and their chirpings.

  “A brawl has broken out in Gymnasium No. 1. All avaible Disciplinary ittee officers are asked to head to the se.”

  Yuuji immediately realized what this was.

  This is that event!

  Before he could reply to it, he heard Tatsuya’s voice through the transmission.

  “This is Shiba, first year. Uood.”

  Alright, at least he’s going there now…

  “Uhm… Please five me, but there is something I o do. Please excuse me.”

  “Eh~ Is it that urgent~? If it’s not, then you just let others do it~ How about you e with me to our tea ceremony club~? It’s located ohird floor, far from any csses you know~? We … learn a lot about tea ceremoogether…”

  “No! e with me to the tennis club, Tsubakihara-kun! It’d be such a waste for someone of your physique to just sit around and drink tea!”

  “Then e to the basketball club! We’ll gdly teach you if you ca- Ah!!! Tsubakihara-kun!”

  Yuuji broke through the crowd of women slightly more forcefully than he wanted and quickly made his way to the back of the school.

  But when he finally arrived, he only found Tatsuya standing with his ba, looking off into the treeline.

  “...Was that him?”

  “Ah… I didn’t catch him…”

  “Tch… If only I arrived sooner…”

  If he were there, he could’ve caught him arained him with his gravity magid perhaps rooted this problem from their sore easily.

  “Don’t mind it. This is still well within our calcutions. We might not be able to root out the ehing if we were to simply cate before we could trap the others.”

  “...You’re right. So we’re stig to the pn?”

  “Yes. We’ll let everything happen as it would’ve been, and limit the number of casualties. It would be much more plicated and dangerous if we were to mess with the events too much.”

  “Okay. Then, good luck with your rendezvous with Mibu Sayaka-senpai. Make sure you py dumb.”

  Yuuji smiled and patted Tatsuya’s shoulder.

  “I will.”

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