Chapter 98: Entrance Ceremony (part two)
The room where we were led to by the Dynameis is a stone room of about fifty meters square.
The room is a two-storied atrium and the entrance where we came in from is on the second floor.
There is nothing but floor made of black stones on the first floor.
The second floor is made up of a narrow passage circling around the wall and a passage that crosses the center of the room from the entrance to the other side.
It’s similar to a school gymnasium, except for the second floor part which looks as I described1.
At the corner of the passage, there was a staff member of the academy with a bundle of vellum papers and a pen.
Some of staff members joined the student council and the prefects in guiding the new students to line up around the room.
Not only they use papers, but it seems magic tools such as the Historia Electrum will also be used to record the result.
Waiting for the freshmen’s row to go around the passageway, Brad proceeded to the middle of the passage in the center.
Looking closely, the handrail seemed to be chopped only around the middle.
When Brad cast a few words of spell with his staff, a white magic circle like thin film was deployed in the air.
I have seen that magic circle several times. It’s the magic circle of Feather Falling.”
“Some of you may have already judged the characteristics of your own ability in some way.”
Brad cut off his words and looked at the students around him.
“For example, 〈Aquarium Basin〉, 〈Rainbow Strap〉, 〈Dreamlike Incense Burner〉, and 〈Leucrocotta’s Astragalus2〉. It can be said that the comprehensive summary of these is the Judgement’s Room.”
Rainbow Strap, huh.
I remembered the event at Knot Reed six years ago.
That’s a magic tool to measure the inhibition value of alchemists.
I heard there are other magic tools that mages and magical beast tamers use to measure their ability.
I wonder how this Judgement’s Room will measure our magical power.
“Patterns will appear on this Judgement’s Room. If you come from a family of mages, you might remember the ancient magic by heart, but the pattern here represents an individual’s magical characteristics. Well, you won’t be able to understand from my explanation alone. Let’s have the seniors to give you an example. Auguste, come here.”
When Brad called him, Auguste headed towards the center passageway.
The moment Auguste jumped onto the magic circle, light shaped like feathers surrounded him.
His body slowly descended and landed safely on the black floor.
At that moment, light overflowed from beneath Auguste’s feet.
Several lines of light extended towards the four corners of the room and divided the room in four with diagonal lines.
Each section was divided by a smaller set of geometric figures.
In the figures, there were depictions of creature with wings resembling dragons, braids woven like flowers and spiral patterns.
Inside the innermost of the four large squares, a pattern resembling the four archangels drawn on the altar of the Island of Messenger appeared.
“……Beautiful.”
I heard someone muttering in spite of myself.
The students were fascinated by the breathtaking pattern that looked like a graceful and majestic religious painting.
“It’s a very well-balanced pattern. It can be seen that the amount of internal magic power generation is stable and high, and that the conversion ability training is neglected.”
I see.
You can see the internal magical power generation and the ability to convert external magical power to internal magical power.
He also mentioned Rainbow Strap, that means we can also see the inhibition value.
Listening to Brad’s commentary, I tried to observe the floor pattern once again.
Auguste’s ability is telepathy.
Perhaps the pattern of angels and dragons occupying the largest area represents that aspect.
“I expect that the new students will be able to train like Auguste.”
As he said that, I feel like Brad is staring at someone.
In that direction, there are the King’s Scholars like Chloe and Beatrice.
“……but, students with such a high level of education are not likely to appear that often.”
Brad cut off his words and stared at me for a moment.
I straightened my posture in spite of myself.
Why is he looking my way at this timing?
Brad cast Levitate on Auguste and he returned to the second floor.
The moment Auguste’s feet left the floor, the pattern covering the floor turned into particles of light and disappeared.
“Let’s have another example to see a contrasting pattern. Klaus, come here.”
“Aa, but I don’t need Feather Falling or Levitate spells.”
Klaus advanced from among the student council members.
He jumped over the handrail as it was and landed on the floor gently.
I bet he used the magic of the flight system beforehand.
Klaus slowly walked towards the center of the room.
With each step, the light that can be said as a torrent of glow was overflowing.
When he got into place, it looked as if the whole floor had already been wrapped in light.
Light gradually converged in the shape of a pattern.
A circle decorated with a braid was drawn on the place where Klaus was standing.
From there, straight lines extended and drew circles. And then straight, and then circle.
Complicated patterns with braids consisting of small straight lines and circles were also drawn in the comparted figures.
Even when the pattern reached the edges of the room, the growth of the pattern did not end.
The flow of magical power which was blocked by the wall returned to the inside again, and a pattern of a nesting structure was further made in a small pattern.
Eventually when the escape place for magical power disappeared inside the pattern, sparks began to scatter alongside the wall.
Huh? Somehow it seems that the pattern of the braids is climbing up the wall.
However, the pattern drawn on the wall stopped about 10 cm tall.
If the black floor was wider, of if the wall was made of the same material, how far would the pattern have expanded?
The freshmen were looking down breathlessly at the prospect of the pattern that Klaus drew out.
Although it wasn’t spectacular, it overwhelmed those who saw it with precision and power.
Klaus should have a high ability to convert external magical power into internal magical power.
Perhaps the braids represent that aspect.
“Some of you may have thought that it was as expected of the son of the Duke of Hafan.”
Hearing Brad’s voice, the freshmen gradually raised their faces.
Brad pushed up the bridge of his glasses, paused for a moment and continued once again.
“This is not the result of his talent, but the result of pure discipline. Although the gate is open to everyone, there are few people who can pass through it. Believe in yourself, it can be said that only those who can keep on making constant efforts can reach this stage. Those who intend to take up magic among the new students, it will be good to make this your goal.”
As Brad explained it, Klaus returned back to the second floor.
“In this way, Judgement’s Room will reflect your training. You are going to visit this room many times during your studies, confirming your growth with your own eyes and continuing the dialogue with the sacraments inherent in yourselves.”
Brad cut off his words and looked around at the students.
“Now then, the introduction is over. We will now perform the judgement for the freshmen. Let’s start from the King’s Scholars.”
Before I knew it, the prefects began to guide the row of students.
As far as I can see, the King’s Scholars are likely to be in order from East, West, North, and South.
Beatrice who was guided by the head of the King’s Scholars row was trembling nervously.
Glancing at her with sharply narrowed eyes, Brad said.
“Beatrice Glaw, get down to the first floor quickly.”
“Y-yes!”
Beatrice did not pass through the magic circle, so she hurriedly used the magic of the flight system.
Her expression seemed to be somewhat scared.
Well, Brad’s face looks scary if you look at it from a close range.
When Beatrice landed, the first thing that came out was the braid-type light.
As the braid became entangled in a rose-like shape, it extended like an ivy from every side of it, and similar flowers bloomed.
By repeating that, about 70% of the room was buried by the rose braids.
If I look closely, a part of the flowers was replaced by a spiral pattern.
Overall, it’s a pattern with a simple and gentle atmosphere.
“Such pattern is somehow very plebeian……”
Mutterings and blatant laughter like that could be heard from the black-haired people.
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