The First Lesson!

Inside the classroom.

Jareth glanced at all of the children with a kind gaze. (He thinks his gaze is kind, but in reality, it's not.)

Aside from the 'Hero' Allen, the side character 'Mia', and the 'Rival' character Mark, there are two other most noticeable students in the classroom.

A girl with a cold look sat on the very first bench of the classroom. She had similar dark purple hair and eyes as Jareth had. 

'So, that's my supposed younger sister, Aiza Blaze, the cold beauty and second heroine of this game... Furthermore, she is considered a 'genius' in flame magic.'

Jareth didn't stare at her for too long and averted his eyes to the next student, but that one look from him made Aiza wary of him.

She looked calm and cold on the surface, but many complicated thoughts were raging in her head right now.

Jareth didn't notice her conflicted emotions at all and then glanced at the girl sitting near Allen.

She had light green hair and golden pupils. She looked like the very image of gentleness and cuteness. 

'That's the genius wood magician, Airin Wainwright, a direct descendant of a famous Wood magician... She is the main heroine and the childhood friend of Allen.' 

Since the game had the 'Harem' building part in it, there were many routes to follow to try to increase the favorability of a heroine. 

Airin is the only heroine whose favorability is full from the very start of the game. 

She already likes Allen from the start, but Allen is the 'Dense' type of protagonist and he never recognizes her love until the very end of the game. Moreover, he already had a harem of ten women by that time. 

(Allen is the type of protagonist who is extremely dense but still pulls several jade beauties and becomes a harem king just by wearing pure plot armor.)

…

Jareth didn't think too much about this matter and just gave every student a slight glance before finally deciding to start the class.

'Luckily, that other memory card didn't disappoint me.'

When Jareth used the 'Memory Card (Low)' that day in his training room, the card gave him memories about what the original Jareth was preparing to teach on the first day of the classes.

This gives him plenty of knowledge to pull off a fake show of teaching and swaying these innocent children. As long as he doesn't make any mistakes, no one can figure out that he is a fake.

The original Jareth survived based on his excellent theoretical knowledge and his clever mind. His intimidating aura is also a life-saving mechanism that he developed over time to protect himself from being recognized as weak.

'The life of the original Jareth was miserable, that's for sure.' 

Jareth put this matter behind for now and touched the smart board with his hand.

He opened a picture of the magic circuits of an individual and started to explain some basic magic theory knowledge to the students.

"Most of the students here are from prestigious families and have the basic knowledge already due to private tuitions, but since there are students from ordinary families here and have little to no knowledge..." 

"We will start from the beginning." 

Jareth glanced at the students with his cold eyes and then pointed to the image with his index finger.

"This is a simple anatomy diagram or you could say a basic magic circuit diagram of a newbie mage." 

Jareth continued to explain.

The magic circuits of newbie mages and above vary greatly.

A newbie is not proficient enough, and their control over their mana is very lacking; thus, their mana circuit is small and inefficient, and it barely covers a small portion around the heart of the mage.

On the other hand, Grade 1 Mage's mana circuit is so vast that it covers their whole body and is even partially connected to their soul and will, forming a proper and efficient mana network. 

Such a feat is only possible with extremely refined control of mana.

"The difference between a knight and a mage is that mages have a mana circuit which expands over time as their control over mana increases." 

"Meanwhile, the knights don't have any magic circuit to begin with; they just use the outside mana and spread it all over their body in an attempt to nourish their body with mana and make it stronger and more durable." 

"There are various Meditation or breathing techniques to become a knight or a warrior by inhaling mana into your body and strengthening it…" 

With proper training and opportunities, even an ordinary person can become a knight, but this is not the same for a mage.

Only those who are born with a magic circuit in their body can walk the path of a mage. 

Many great minds have theorized that the magic circuit is a manifestation of one's soul's compatibility with mana. It depends on pure luck if you can be born with a mana circuit or not.

Obviously, there is one other way, and that is to pay an extremely high fee and hire a grade 1 magician to artificially create a magic circuit in your body. Although the process is very inhumane and torturous, it is indeed very effective. 

Many wealthy businessmen whose children are untalented use this method to provide their children with a bright future. 

(This also means that ordinary people only have one way to become strong, which is to become a knight or a warrior by somehow finding those rare breathing techniques.)

Even though the condition of being born with a magic circuit seems completely random and dependent on luck, it is also affected by many other factors.

If the parents of the child are strong magicians with amazing mana affinity, their child will also be born with a solid and proper magic circuit with amazing mana affinity in-built.

This is the reason why illegitimate children are treated so badly in this world; most of them have no talent or very low talent.

And in this cruel world where the strong are revered and the weak are bullied, low talent means you will be treated very badly.

"Mana is the building block of this world; it is present in everything and everyone."

In this world, every living or non-living creature has mana in various amounts and forms. Even non-living objects like soil, stone, and water have trace amounts of mana in them.

Even ordinary people have a faint amount of mana in their bodies; the only reason they can't become strong is that they have no proper way of training and their mana affinity is extremely low.

Yet Exceptions exist. A child with extremely high mana affinity can be born from ordinary people too; the probability is very low but it sometimes happens.

Allen is one of those exceptional children; he was born into an ordinary household, yet he still had amazing mana affinity and mana purity.

Every year, the government provides scholarships and many other supports to these exceptional children. 

Ordinary people hope that their children are born with a mana circuit so that their future is secure and stable. The government even rewards the family that births an exceptionally talented kid with a medal of contribution.

This may sound absurd but this is all true. The world outside the human nation is not so peaceful; dreadful monsters run rampant in this world. Demons and other chaotic beings always try to invade and kill humans whenever they wish.

Various demonic cult members terrorize humans by summoning monsters and beasts every once in a while.

Due to the chaotic nature of the world, the strong are respected and every new talented child is welcomed by the government with wide arms and support.

There are dedicated guilds that maintain the security of human cities and maintain order.

Most Mages, knights, and warriors go to these guilds for employment.

…

While Jareth continued to explain various basic knowledge, the students kept listening to him with solemn expressions on their faces. Most of the wealthy students had no interest in this low-class knowledge and were already feeling bored.

But no one dared to show their boredom on their face. Jareth had already warned them that they had to perform better in the class if they wanted to pass; thus, no one wanted to get on his bad side.

They took his words seriously and kept listening to him while pretending to be solemn.

Just then, an extremely strong mana fluctuation spread all over the university. 

Every mage present in the vicinity sensed that strong mana fluctuation. Dense mana condensed, and the buildings of the university trembled uncontrollably.

*GRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHNNNNNN*

A loud sound of a wyvern resounded throughout the capital city. 

The tremendously huge figure of the wyvern appeared out of a magic circle that covered the whole university's campus.

The wyvern's wings collided with the university building, destroying the wall and exposing the classroom and the children sitting inside.

Through that broken wall, the wyvern stared at the people inside with a dangerous look on its hideous face.

Seeing that giant eyeball staring at him, Jareth had only one thought in his mind:

'It's much scarier than I saw in the game.' 

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Author's Notes.

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