Maidens of Cygnus - Volume 2 - Chapter Pr

Cygnus Maidens

New - Irregular at Magic High School

Magic, club activities, and love.

As the two girls enter the school

And their chests swell with their reunion,

A new wind blows through the Magic High School.

“Whether you are a first course or second course student, all of you are students of this school, and for each of you, the three years you spend here are irreplaceable.”

(Excerpt from a speech by then Student Council President, Saegusa Mayumi, at a special student conference at the National Magic University-affiliated First High School in April of 2095.)

...At the current First High School, there is no discrimination between the first course and second course. The first and second course system itself was abolished last year, in April of 2098. The goal of former Student Council President Saegusa was a school with no discrimination or reverse discrimination, a goal that has been realized for the time being. But there is no doubt her message was more than that. The most important point is probably this phrase:

“For each of you, the three years you spend here are irreplaceable.”

Other than very rare exceptions, high school life happens only once. That does not change even if you are a student at a magic high school. The fact is you are a high school student even if you can use magic.

The years of school, may it be middle school, high school, or university, are a part of the preparation period to become a fully-fledged adult. But that’s not all it is. Those three years of high school are also an irreplaceable part of a person’s life that they can never get back.

A magic high school is a school for training magicians, but it is not a place for spending time just doing that. Studying and training are things that must be done, but they are not the only things.

It is said, ‘boys grow old easily, but getting learned is harder’[1], and ‘Life is brief, fall in love, maidens.’[2] Studying and love, at first glance, appear to be opposing concepts. But they both are warnings that the young years of boyhood and girlhood are short and will quickly pass them by if they do nothing.

Whether they become a magician in the future or not.

Whether they can use magic or not, the boys and the girls of today are high school students. Studying is important, club activities are important. Even the time enjoyed with friends or spent with a lover, it is a page in their all-important young life.