“Who the hell do you think you are to refuse this great me!”

“A student, just like you. I am not sure if you got the memo or not but here social status is worthless”

I gave him an annoyed look combined with an uninterested one. His face contorted into a frown and he wasn’t the only one. Besides him were those I presume to be his friends or more like his henchmen. One of them walked forward as he began speaking with exaggerated gestures.

“Let me enlighten you plebeian! This is lord Hulton von Auster! He is the son of duke Thurman von Auster! Now grovel at lord Hultons feet and beg for forgiveness you scum!”

“I don’t feel like it nor do I feel like being insulted by some shitty noble. So how about you leave and I will overlook this incident”

From the little I understand of noble titles, he’s quite high. I think it goes like this: first is royalty, of course; then dukes, margraves, marques, counts, barons and knights. But then again, in this academy, noble titles are supposed to hold no power. Not to mention that even if they did I wouldn’t care. I am not from this kingdom or any for that matter. If any of these nobles try anything funny I will make sure to play soccer with their heads.

“You impertinent whore! how dare you speak like that to lord Hulton!”

The second henchmen lost his patience and began chanting a spell. Hearing the composition it was obvious the spell was a fire-related spell, most likely a fireball. I have a few options on what to do. First, I can receive the attack and heal, however, I would rather not expose my regeneration or it might cause other problems. Second I could use mana blast to try and destroy the spell. This has the demerit of possibly redirecting the spell instead of destroying it. Lastly, I can dodge it but Sophy and Tiffany are behind me so I would rather not.

“Oh, flames heed my call, burn this plebian for the disrespect she has shown! fireball!”

As expected a ball of flames was shot my way, currently we are about two meters apart so I had little time to think about what to do. In the end, I went for a mana blast. I extended my hand towards the fireball and shot an outburst of pure mana. Both the ball of fire and my mana collided resulting in the former dispersing harmlessly. However, I wouldn’t let things go so easily.

“You idiots have raised your hand against me. I hope you are ready for what is to come”

I stood up as one of the henchmen was about to talk. He ate his words as I released my aura but instead of letting it flow freely, I directed it towards the trio. For any onlooker, I had just stood up and did nothing else. However, the trio was currently getting assaulted by my aura. I could see their bodies tensing up and starting to shake.

“L-listen. I-if you do a-anything to m-me my f-father will n-not le-let you go!”

“I want you to tell me something. Do I look like someone that cares? I would be doing the exact same thing I am doing right now even if you were the son of the king. However, don’t worry. I won’t kill you, I will only break a few of your bones”

I cracked my knuckles and took a step forward. The trio couldn’t resist anymore and fell to the ground shivering like a wet dog in the rain. I took another step and then I saw how this lord Hulton pissed his pants in fear. I smirked and took the final step forward. I have realised that ever since I developed my core I have also developed a sadistic side. This scene right now was stimulating that side of me and to tell the truth I was enjoying it a lot.

“Pathetic. This great lord Hulton pissed his pants in fear of a plebeian. You aren’t worth my time”

I turned around and contained my aura. Even if I don’t fear his status, breaking the bones of another student could get me in trouble. So, in the end, I decided to relax and go back to my seat after humiliating him this much. Looking at Sophy and Tiffany one held a wry smile while the other had a satisfied one. I gave the two a warm smile as I sat ignoring the mess of a noble that was still in the ground.

“I-I will never forget this! you will pay for this!”

The fatty screamed before running out of the classroom. His two henchmen not far behind him while mumbling profanities. After that, the classroom grew quiet as the other students looked at me. Some with pity, some with respect, other with fear, and most caution. Not long chatter could be heard again and most of it was about me. I didn’t care as I kept talking about dumb stuff with my two friends.

Fifteen minutes later a lady walked inside the room. Her expression was serious as she exuded an aura of authority and power. Her clothes consisted of a white coat with silver decorations alongside black pants and boots. At her side, a thin and long sword was sheathed inside a beautiful deep dark blue scabbard. Her dark green eyes looked around the room as if analyzing every single student. Her black hair that was tied in a ponytail shone under the room’s light complimenting her majestic look.

“My name is Margaret Prado. I will be your homeroom teacher. I am expecting all of you to put a lot of effort into your studies. I will be teaching you magic theory as well as history, mathematics and the rest of the obligatory curriculum. I will say this right here right now. I am a strict teacher and any misbehaviour won’t be tolerated. If you have any conflict between yourself go fight a duel in the coliseum when class is over that is all. Now you introduce yourselves in order from top to bottom left to right, begin”

As had declared the first student introduced himself, then the next and so on. Most of my classmates are nobles of high standing such as dukes, margraves, and even the prince is here. I wonder if he heard what I said back then? Well, it doesn’t matter, I meant it when I said I didn’t care about any of their titles. As introductions continued I got quite the surprise in knowing tiffany is actually a noble too. She is the daughter of a count, however, she is the fifth daughter so her chances of becoming the heir are extremely low. She also doesn’t want to have a political marriage as such she is planning on escaping her house and becoming an adventurer after graduation.

In total, there are thirty students in my class if I include the idiot trio that escaped before. From those only Sophy and myself are commoners. The rest are all nobles with most of them being high ranking ones. As I said before there is a prince in our class. He is the third prince of this nation as well as the guy I mentioned before that got the best score.

“Listen well, right here, right now, you are all students. Your titles as nobles are meaningless, your achievements as adventurers are meaningless. The only thing that matters is your score in class. I will have no mercy for anyone regardless of your statues, understood?”

I like this teacher. I think I will have a good relationship with her. After we all agreed to her words, some more reluctant than others, class began. First, it was a magic theory class which I was extremely excited for. Finally, I will be able to learn magic! I mean being able to break rocks with my bare hands is awesome and all but magic! What could be more awesome than shooting fire with spells or creating a blizzard out of nowhere! Magic is romance!

“Okay listen well and ask questions at the end. I will start with the basics. Magic is a phenomenon caused by the implementation of mana in a magic circuit. This can be found naturally happening within the body of living beings. Those of you who train in the way of the sword may be familiar with this as it is the body strengthening and reinforcing magic. However, what mages do is different. Instead of using the natural circuit inside the body mages create a new circuit outside the body. This is magic.

The chant is nothing more than an aid in concentration for forming the circuit. The casting speed of a mage is nothing more than the time it takes them to form the circuit, fuel it and activate it. Of course, complex and more powerful magic takes longer to construct and fuel.

Now, there are four basic elemental structure runes that you will need to have in mind when formulating a magic circuit. These runes belong to the four basic elements: fire, water, wind, and earth. Combining these runes result in different spells. However, there are other non-elemental runes that can be added as well to improve or change the spell. This non-elemental rune can be used without an elemental rune as well to form non-elemental magic”

As the teacher explained, she drew the runes on the chalkboard with swift and practised moves. Of course, since this was my first interaction with magic I dedicated every word to memory as well as the drawings. Her explanation reminded me somewhat of coding in my previous life. If it was similar to it then I will have an easier time as I learnt a bit of coding for fun since I found it very interesting back then.

“Of course, you guys won’t be constructing your own spells since doing so isn’t as easy as it sounds. We will be providing you with already proven magical constructs for studying. If you are to participate in the applied magic class you will be using those provided circuits to practice your magic. Any questions?”

None, this teacher’s explanation was perfect in my eyes. I feel like I have been enlightened! What if it’s hard to make your own circuits!? I will make my own magic with my past life's knowledge and imagination! Magic is romance!