V5. Prologue part 4
Translator: Soafp
Classes for the third semester are starting today.
The class is somewhat serious, perhaps because of the upcoming end-of-year exams.
“I heard that today’s class on the theory of magic control will be on the test every year”
“As expected of Jaga, you’re a well-informed person”
“It is time to get serious. My parents will kill me if I don’t pass the exam.”
“I’m going to have to get serious too. I may have cut corners a little too much.”
“If we really put our minds to it, we’ll be fine.”
“If we really put our minds to it, we’ll be fine, right?”
Hyoro and Jaga’s eyes were bloodshot.
“Sid, you’re not getting good grades either, right? It’s time to get serious.”
“Aah, I’ll get serious too.”
My grades are in the bottom half of the range.
To be honest, I don’t know most of the details of the exams because I’m usually training magic during class.
But if I get serious, I can cheat with super ease, so there’s no problem.
I don’t even know what today’s class is about, but my training is a proof of [The theory of a thousand-fold increase in power through magical compression]
This is also the training to become the [Eminence in Shadow]
As usual, I tried to train by secretly kneading magic power.
—-But then.
The classroom door opened and a girl with silver hair appeared.
It was Alexia.
“Today is a beautiful day”
I said and casually looked up at the sky outside the window.
It was cloudy.
I could feel the eyes of the class on me.
For some reason, everyone looks at me when Alexia arrives. I’m just an ordinary, plain, ordinary mob.
“Hey”
“Ah, there’s a bird flying in the sky.”
An ordinary scene of daily life in the sky.
“Turn around, Pochi.”
“Clouds are drifting away in the wind.”
And so this day, today, will pass without incident.
“Don’t ignore me.”
She grabbed me by my jaw.
I heard a cracking sound from my neck, and I was forced to turn around.
Alexia’s red eyes were right in front of me.
“Yaa, Princess Alexia.”
I tried to greet her in a mundane, mob-like manner.
“Hello, Sid Kagenou.”
“Are you in the wrong class, Princess Alexia?”
“No, I didn’t make a mistake. I was looking for you, Sid Kagenou.”
“Ah, class is about to start. I’m afraid we’ll have to continue another time.”
“I don’t care. I’m going to borrow this guy for a minute.”
Alexia turned to Jaga and grabbed me by my collar.
“G-G-G-Go ahead!”
“F-F-F-Feel free!”
I was taken away while listening to the two heartless voices.
For some reason, I was taken to the girls’ dormitory.
“Can I come in here without permission?”
“I have permission.”
“I’m a boy.”
“It’s okay. I’m a member of the group.”
“Member?”
Alexia stopped at the door.
If I remember correctly, this is Claire’s room.
“Your sister didn’t show up for breakfast.”
“Fmmm.”
“The student who was curious went to visit her and found her room unlocked.”
When Alexia opened the door after saying that, there was indeed no one in the room.
“I think I checked all the places she might have gone, but I couldn’t find her anywhere.”
“Hoo”
“Any idea where she might have gone?”
“No.”
I answered immediately, and Alexia looked at me with an “Are you okay?”
“Aren’t you worried?”
“It happens frequently.”
“Frequently?”
“Well, since I was a kid, she’s been missing a lot.”
“That’s what you call a clue”
“I see, right”
“Where was your missing sister?”
“Well, she came back on her own.”
Since the arrival of the seven shadows, the girls have been rescuing my sister.
This time, Zeta must have been nearby. Zeta is a brilliant woman, so if there was no action from her, she must be okay.
“Maybe she ran away from home.”
“Maybe.”
“If she’s just running away, that’s fine, but I’m a little concerned about something.”
“What’s bothering you?”
“Look at this.”
Once inside, Alexia picked up a collar from the floor.
“Is that a collar? It looks pretty sturdy.”
“It’s also got a magic seal on it. It’s not something you’d find in a typical schoolgirl’s room.”
“As to whether it is popular with my sister, there is room for a debate.”
“Someone may have entered this room and tried to take her away using the collar.”
“But the collar fell here.”
“It was dropped when she struggled with it. And there’s something else that’s been bothering me.”
Alexia then looked down at the documents on her desk.
As soon as I saw it, I knew what it was.
“This is …….”
Ancient letters, cool magic circles, and spells that seem to make sense but don’t make sense at all.
It is that.
The Chunibyou black history notebook.
“Do you have any idea what it is?”
“No, not at all. I don’t have any idea what it is.”
“Is that so? Your eyes are swimming.”
“Y-you are imagining things.”
“Then that’s fine”
Alexia turned her gaze back to the Chunibyou black history notebook.
“I don’t think it says anything meaningful”
“Is that so?”
Alexia examines the notebook seriously.
I’m sorry, but all that’s written there is black history.
Come to think of it, the magic seal collar is also a Chunibyou item, and my sister used to play with drawing a Chunibyou magic circle on her right hand and hide it with a bandage.
Maybe my sister’s Chunibyou sickness has finally been triggered in earnest.
Sudden disappearance is a common symptom of Chunibyou.
“Sis is probably going to be fine.”
“You have that much faith in her huh…….”
“Faith huh …… Well…”
There is no way to avoid triggering it, or so I’m told.
“My….My sister is…..”
Alexia narrowed her eyes as if she were looking somewhere far away.
“I just can’t figure out what my sister is thinking these days.”
“Fmmm.”
“Has that ever happened to you too, Pochi?”
“I usually don’t know what my sister is thinking.”
“I see….I wonder if everyone is like that.”
“We’re strangers by blood.”
“That’s a bit harsh.”
“Is that so?”
“I want to understand it.”
“I see.”
Alexia let out a small sigh.
“…… You can go back to your class now. I’ll do some more research.”
“Hmm.”
I walked away, leaving Alexia to seriously examine the Chunibyou black history notebook.