Letter [1]

The next day I was sitting at my usual seat in the class. Right now Ryfin was explaining to us the different types of magic. This was a thing that was never told in the novel and I had no idea what it is, hence I was paying attention.

This is what he's told us so far:

There are three types of magic; elemental magic, healing magic, and custom magic.

First let's start with healing magic, the easiest one to understand among the three.

Healing magic is what in fact the name tells about; it is used for healing. This category of magic consists of a great number of healing magic spells, each of different type, use, and power.

There are also three tires used to rank the healing magic spells and they are basic, intermediate, and advanced tiers.

Basic tier spells are usually simple and easy to use, allowing any mage to use them whether they specialize in healing magic or not.

Intermediate and advanced tier spells, on the other hand, can only be used or learned if you have a specific interest in healing magic. It's like this because intermediate and advanced spells use more mana than basic spells and are also hard to learn.

Hence, if you are focused on learning any other type of magic or art, while it won't be impossible to learn, it will surely take you more time than a mage who's there just to learn healing magic. (A/N: magician and mage are the same things.)

Though that is not the case with advanced tier spells, to learn them you will have to dedicate a couple of decades of your life to healing magic. That is the reason there are only a few magicians who know to use advanced tier healing spells.

Now let's come to custom magic. Custom magic is named "custom" because even now it is not fully discovered.

This category of magic seems to contain an almost infinite number of spells and of course, there is a reason for it. To understand this you first have to understand what custom magic spells are.

Every spell that doesn't come under elemental magic and healing magic is known as a custom magic spell.

The number of these spells is said to be infinite because custom magic spells can be created from scratch by experimenting with magic circles or incantations by making changes in the formula to your liking. It is possible as long as you are well versed in the process of creating new spells.

Heck, this world even has an R & D branch dedicated just to creating new spells.

Like that, since the number of spells that can possibly come under custom magic is unknown, as they can be created freely, their number is said to be infinite.

Among the three, custom magic is the one humanity knows the least about. Also, like healing magic this was also divided into three tiers; basic, intermediate, and advanced.

Lastly, elemental magic, this was a little catchy so I put it in last. According to the academy, elemental magic is the category that contains spells that uses the natural elements of fire, water, and earth.

The spells that use the power of these elements for either offensive or defensive are considered to be elemental magic spells. An example of this would be the fireball spell used in the entrance exam.

This was also divided into the three tiers of basic, intermediate, and advanced but there was a thing that clicked with me.

Here you can't use the power of elements to your liking as I do. For example, there are two different spells to make a fireball and a fire spear. You are also required to use either the incantation or magic circle to activate the spell.

But with the elemental magic I use, I don't need either incantation or magic circle to activate the spell, but I can also control the elements the way I want freely at my will.

Like I summon a fireball and the next moment I can change it into a spear, or the other way around.

Why it was like this? I don't know. Maybe the elemental magic the world knows about and the one I use are two entirely different things.

"And that's about it. In this academy, you will start by learning the basic tiers of all three types of magic. But slowly as you get into the senior years, we will teach you intermediate and advanced magic also. Once you reach the end of your second year, however, you will have a choice in your hand on which magic you have to continue and learn the advanced tiers of.

That's it. There won't be any practical lessons for today, the class will end here now," said Ryfin.

He picked up the books he came here with and went outside the class, students followed soon after.

I also did the same. Though after I left the classroom, rather than going toward the dorms or the cafeteria, I walked on a mostly empty path.

I want to do some research on a few things related to what's going to happen to me in the near future. After all, even if I want Anya to get in a relationship with Leon, I can't ignore that I'm going to die soon due to a certain event.

Hence, I headed over to the library. Yes, this academy did have one of those.

***

Later that day, while Zero left for the library her sister, Anya went straight back to the dorms.

She had a tiring day today; unlike class B they did have practical lessons today.

She decided to go rest a bit and then head over to the cafeteria to eat. Soon she reached the dorms and stood in front of a multi-floored building. This was the building for the students of class 1A.

Entering the building she went to the second floor where her room was, and walking down a corridor she reached there in about a minute or so.

Stepping inside the room, the first thing she did was to put her books on a nearby desk and then removed the blazer she was wearing.

Playing with her hair a bit she was about to go sit on the bed but just then she remembered something. Going back a few steps she stood before the door of her room.

She then looked down, and there, an envelope was lying on the floor. She overlooked this the first time she entered but noticed it afterward.

Picking it up, she went inside her room again and closed the door. Then she opened the envelope and took out a letter from it.

As she read through the contents of the letter, the smile on her lips faded and her face grew paler.

[Tomorrow a certain someone will save you from a certain something. All you have to do afterward is to get together with that person. As for whom the person is, you will know that tomorrow.

This is not a prank, and don't mistake to assume it is one. I am keeping an eye on you and if ignored my instructions then it won't be good for your…brother. He will die.]

Was the context written in the letter.