Chapter 01

At the end of the Dark Ages, something happened in this world. At least in the last witch-hunt, a true witch was awakened. The power of Magic and Mana had been released to the world.

And so the era where humanity with magic and Mana had started.

And soon, The era of the Magic Industry Revolution began, which changed the world.

The Mana in this world was very compatible with women, making the number of women seem to increase ten to twenty times than the men. As a result, it made women in this world stronger than men. Primarily when all of the technology uses Mana as their fuel in this world, it diminishes men's standing.

So the role of men and some of the moral standards of men and women were reversed on the Earth that I knew. Men became protected, and men's focus or the responsibilities of men in this world ensured children or the next generation existed. Especially after it was discovered there were more women born than men.

Because of Mana all over the world, the chance of a girl being born is much higher than a man, and because of that, people may say that being born a man was a winner. Since in this world, the number of men here was too low, so men were given different treatment. It said that the number of men in here. Compared to women, men were about one to twenty of women.

And so this world became different from the 'Earth' I knew.

It may sound weird, but I had memories from my previous world or past lives—the world without Mana.

In that world, there were a lot of stories about reincarnation or transmigration to an alternative world. Usually, those people had memories transported immediately in this kind of story.

As for me, it was somewhat different. I meant it. After I got into an accident that made me lose my parents and live in an orphanage at the age of 5 years old, I started to see memories from my previous life, but not all of them at once.

It was like watching television, but those memories played in my mind.

Because of that, before I knew it. People in the orphanage found my behavior weird. Since there was a time I was just standing or sitting and daydreaming for a long time and just staring at the air with empty eyes before smiling or crying.

What happened depends on what memories I have, even though I felt like watching those memories. Those felt really real. I could feel the emotion from those memories. The pain, regret, happiness, and any other feelings, were real. Those feelings were so strong sometimes they stayed strong in my heart.

Because of those feelings and memories I had from the world without Mana. The world that didn't have magic. I started to feel excited and yearned to be able to use Magic and Mana.

Even though Mana was the field of women, I studied very hard, and thankfully since I had those memories from other worlds. It helped me to persist and stay focused.

I especially felt regretful for failing to achieve something because, in those memories, I failed miserably.

So this time, I will make it.

I, Kisaragi Yuu, am 17 years old and a new student at Yasuha Academy, which serves over five thousand students. It had a wide range of degree programs. Still, most focused on magic, which was the same as other schools in Magic Academy City.

Yes, Magic Academy City was a city of several schools and institutions of higher learning from kindergarten to university level that learn side-by-side with the scientists who research magic powers and higher technology, the latter being one of the primary reasons for its establishment.

I---Kisaragi Yuu finally became a special student at Ichi Academy. Ah, I felt really excited. When I thought about that, I heard a voice behind me.

"Excuse me, are you Kisaragi Yuu, right?" I could hear a voice calling me out.

I looked to see where the voice came from. I swallowed my saliva, and I felt a bit nervous. It was a familiar face and voice. The woman's face was the one I had seen many times, and her voice was also the one I had heard countless times before.

It was not like I knew her or anything. It just happened that I had seen her several times in my previous memories. Even though I already knew her. Seeing her in the flesh was still unbelievable since I knew her from those memories. At the same time, she was just a character from manga and anime.

A deep voice that looked very much came from a stern, strict person. The person currently in front of me was Orimura Chifuyu, a teacher at Ichi Academy. She was my homeroom teacher in this Magic Academy City. She was chosen to become my homeroom teacher because she was familiar with boys in this world since she had a little brother who attended the same school as me and a small portion of boys who attended a magical school.

Seeing someone like her for the first time felt weird, but I could recognize their faces and voices. In those previous memories, Orimura Chifuyu was a character that appeared in an anime or manga called Infinite Stratos in the 'Earth' that I saw, which made me feel a bit weird.

"Ah… yes. I'm Kisaragi Ryuu. Nice to meet you." I introduced myself.

"Um… I'm Orimura Chifuyu. I will be the one who takes care of you in this Magic Academy City. Nice to meet you too. How about we find someplace to relax for a bit? You must still have air sickness after going through those teleportation portals." She introduced herself back and told me to rest.

I gave a slight nod, and we moved to the nearby cafe in Teleportation Station.

"What's wrong?" Chifuyu asked, maybe because I peeked at her face many times, she asked while tilting her head.

I couldn't say, 'I'm staring at you because you're a character from my previous memories that became real or something like that.'

It was just that I felt that this world was really full of beautiful women, maybe because of the influence of Mana itself. It was like my eyes were sucked in by a vacuum, so when I looked at her, I became so apparent that I stared at her.

"No, I just can't believe that there's a celebrity of the magical world right in front of me…." I answered her with an appropriate response since I'm very much looking for varieties of magic news.

I knew how famous Chifuyu was in this world.

She won one of the famous Magic Fighter Tournament Worldwide several years ago. Especially she won it by using the newest Magic Technology called Mobile Armor. That's why she was recognized for being a genius Magician.

No wonder she became a teacher that taught magicians to use Mobile Armor.

"Oh, please don't mind that sort of thing. Moreover, I do think you're more famous than me…." Chifuyu looked at me with a satisfied smile.

"Ha? I'm famous?" I tilted my head, not understanding what she was trying to say. Then she narrowed her eyes and made a severe look.

"Kisaragi Ryuu-kun, you're quite famous in this Magic Academy City. Since you're the first man ever to become a special student in this city."

"Ah… yeah. I am working hard to earn that spot after all." I feel a bit embarrassed to be praised with a straight face.

"That's why I wonder if it will be alright for you to have a mock battle?" Chifuyu said while smiling, seeing my response to her praise.

"Mock battle?"

"Yes, since our school uses dormitories, and you know that Ichi Academy dorms are made for two people each. The problem is that special students have always been girls. Which means you will be paired with a girl. Are you fine with that?" Chifuyu explained the dorm rules to me. From her tone, I could sense she was worried about me. It was understandable since, from her perspective, I was just a weak-looking man that could easily to be sexual harassment by a girl.

"Yeah, I'm fine pairing with a girl. Since I don't think the school would pair me with someone dangerous. Even so, what does the mock battle have to do with this?" I couldn't help but ask about that.

"Of course, we will ensure your safety, but well… You know. In the end, you will be the only boy in those dorms. So there were several issues. It's just that some teachers and parents want to ensure you save after all. So those people want to know if you can handle your roommate. Since—well, there were several bad rumors about you too, like you became a special student by using sex appeal and some silly rumor or something like that. That's why having a mock battle will be a good opportunity to erase such rumors and ensure you can handle your safety too."

"Ah… I understand." I nodded, hearing Chifuyu's explanation. It sounded as if a woman wanted to enter a special army that was full of men. Their superior wanted at least to know that the woman would be alright on her own if this were in my previous world.

Well, In this world society, due to magic, women are treated as of higher status. At the same time, men are relegated to being inferior gender, so it could be said that they can be treated as servants or breeding studs in this world. Also, several cases of magic or mana overlord that make such dangerous backlash as increased sexual desire for women. So there were several cases of women doing bad stuff to men, because of that.

It wasn't weird that there were a lot of cases of women doing bad things to men in this world. And if it was horrifying since in this world, an average woman could be as strong as a bear with magic while a man was just— a man…

No wonder why several teachers want to know if I can handle my roommate.

"Is she dangerous?" It made me wonder, so I asked her.

"No, I don't think she is a girl who will do something bad to you. She is a good girl but a bit prideful, and she had her own circumstances that made the school quite confident she wouldn't do anything weird to you. Even so, the board school members want to feel better, which may be for your safety. They didn't want to lose their fame because of this. Especially since you're a special case and people are looking forward to your development."

"Okay then, so when is the mock battle schedule?" I agreed without saying anything and asked the date of my mock battle.

"Hm… We will do it the day after tomorrow. You need some rest, and I think the school wants to have a venue for the mock battle. So you will rest in the hotel we arranged for a moment."

After that conversation, Chifuyu took me to a fancy-looking restaurant and hotel for me to rest. It was a fancy hotel that I had never experienced before in this life and my previous life.

Really, I wonder if my special student status has to do with this.

"Sorry, I really want to spend more time with you, but I have work to do after this… so you can read this since she will be your mock battle opponent," Chifuyu said before leaving me behind in the hotel room.

It was a profile.

And to my surprise, my opponent was someone I was familiar with.

It was another anime character from my previous world.

Stella Vermillion from Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan.

This makes me convinced that this world was a multi-cross-over world with several anime/manga/games in one world since there was a lot of technology in different anime/manga/games worlds.

"I wonder if I can be a top magician in this world," I said as I looked outside. I saw a modern and magical city that would be my hometown for a very long time.

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Well, I make another fanfic. I don't know how this fanfic schedule, but for now I feel like to write, I'm in the mood.

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