Chapter 340: Learning about how big the fish that was let go actually was (1/2)

Finally there will be a big move towards the independence of Tsige.

I was thinking about wrapping up the problematic matters that were left in the Academy first.

After a talk with Shiki, we have once again decided the direction of the classes, and the new students have a sense of unity if we leave out their family circumstances.

The only one who I can match their name with their face is Yunker-kun as of now.

I can just remember them as I go.

What’s left is my promise with Seiren-san, and the matter with Shima-san, but I will go with Seiren-san first.

I will be troubling Izumo for a while more, but we assisted him quite a bit on his wedding business, so I want him to endure for a bit.

Cause you know, he is really full of energy in a different sense from Daena.

He passes his school days as if saying he is enjoying life.

He is completely absorbed in magic construction as if it is the most natural thing, and he is now reading through a whole ton of books in the library about magic and architecture as of late.

If Seiren-san’s specialty was related to architecture magic, I could have asked him for help without worrying as much.

“Today will be my last day…I will be leaving the rest to you, Izumo. I am sorry, but please cooperate with her research for a bit.” (Makoto)

“Okay. You are unexpectedly weak at requests given to you upfront, Sensei.”

“But I still refused her this time around. There’s no way I would be able to come help out in the research constantly.” (Makoto)

“…But I was honestly surprised too. To think that you were so versed in aria language and magic power modification.” (Izumo)

“About that…to tell you the truth, it is simply a difference in my stance in the arias.” (Makoto)

“Difference in stance?” (Izumo)

“Yeah. I think you have somewhat noticed it when you created your motion aria. Arias aren’t something you memorize, but something that you understand their meaning and compose. It is that kind of way of thinking.” (Makoto)

“…”

“Even without understanding the meaning, as long as you put magic power in it, you can activate magic with your aria. However, with that, you would need perfect memorization of all the activations for the spells.” (Makoto)

“That’s common knowledge.” (Izumo)

“It seems so. But arias obviously have meaning. This is something I learned about in detail at the Academy regarding aria language, but there’s something called chants and there’s a variety of them. ‘Something something’ chant, and ‘something something’ chant.” (Makoto)

“Common, graph, noble, weird, and forka. You are lying, right, Sensei? You actually know that, right?” (Izumo)

…Of course, I knew.

I read the theses at the library when I learned Magic Armor… I normally left the choosing to Eva-san though.

But the one I am normally using is not any of those, and there wasn’t much point in me remembering them…probably.

Don’t look at me with a face that says ‘you don’t even know the basics of the basics?’.

“Well, I do know their existence. They are just terms I don’t use often, so I pushed them under the rug. Well, about that ‘chant’ thing, it isn’t that different from the language we normally use.” (Makoto)

“…No, it is completely different. It is true that I am ‘understanding the meaning’ a little bit lately through instinct though.” (Izumo)

“That, Izumo-kun. For example; the common language greetings, demi-humans have their own different ways of greeting depending on their mother tongue, right?” (Makoto)

“Well, yeah.” (Izumo)

“Even elves, dwarfs, the Blue Lizard-kuns, that orc, and even Kuro and Hatsuharu that beat you up the other day have their own greetings. In other words, the aria language is similar to that. Depending on what kind of magic power the individual possesses, the aria that matches them changes. The reason why it is different from common language is simply related to the magic power of the user.” (Makoto)

“…With that logic, the common chant would be the best one. I am kinda not convinced…” (Izumo)

The one most used in Rotsgard is the common chant.

There’s only a few select exemplar students who would touch upon the graph and noble chants.

Well, Izumo is one of those exemplar students.

That’s just how much students try to tiptoe their way out from the common chant.

Most of them would get weaker instead and return to common.

“In the cases of aria language, it would depend on who is using it. For people who have low affinity to magic power, and people who have low magic power, forming your spells with common chant would be best. Even graph and noble, you would need to have understanding in common chant or you wouldn’t be able to…oops, any further and it would turn into a topic that enters the research area of Seiren. I should stop.” (Makoto)

“It was on the verge of turning into a really interesting talk!”

Ooh.

Even though we are still at a pretty good distance from her laboratory, for some reason, Seiren is already here with us, moreover, at our backs.

“I heard that you are a person that rarely eats outside… That’s surprising.” (Makoto)

“I thought it would be nice to go to the cafeteria to eat every now and then. On my way back, I saw you two.” (Seiren)

“I see.” (Makoto)

Researchers can also use the Academy facilities.

Damn it, so our research talk is gonna begin from here on, huh.

“…”

“What is it? Is there a point that bothered you in our talk?” (Makoto)

There must be, right?

And then, we will be talking about something that will make us advance at a snail’s pace and go nowhere…

“Yeah, a mountain of things! But…go ahead, please think of me as air and continue talking about what you were talking about.” (Seiren)

“Eh?” (Izumo)

That was Izumo.

I felt the same way.

When she is interested in something, she would question it at that place and at that time. Questions that would ignore the flow of the conversation, that would then be followed by another question in the middle of it. That’s how this person works.

She has no ill intent. It is just that she just can’t leave be the things that are bothering her mind -for good or for bad.

“Even though you are here now?” (Makoto)

“Yes! Go ahead!” (Seiren)

Don’t give me that ‘yes, go ahead’.

She is really hard to deal with!

But we can’t just stop here.

It can’t be helped, so while we head to the laboratory, I try to remember what we were talking about.

“Aah…about the common chant, right?” (Makoto)

“Yeah. That depending on the user, the common is the most optimal language. In terms of feeling, I can understand. With graph and noble, the balance of the power and magic power use worsens, and there’s times when you could end up not being able to master it.” (Izumo)

“The feeling of it is important too. I personally think the aria language you choose should be a point that should be given more attention. Leaving noble aside, I think that graph and common should be used in conjunction more often to find a variety of points of compromise.” (Makoto)

You could say common is hiragana and graph is kanji.

I would say that’s about right if I were to compare it to the japanese language.

As a person who can understand most of everything if I listen to it and hear it as static if there’s any inconsistencies, it makes me feel a bit embarrassed to lecture the people who are seriously researching about it.