Chapter 131

"You, what did you just do?"

Unlike Kaguru Kei who didn't see Ieiri Naoko's movements clearly, Gojo Satoru, with his six eyes, was able to see clearly how Ieiri Naoko's movements became faster after she used the "Inherent Time Control", as well as the magic seal that was activated behind Ieiri Naoko - so, as Ieiri Naoko finished speaking, Gojo Satoru jumped in front of Ieiri Naoko and Kaguru Kei.

"Looks like I really have to admit defeat." Before Ieiri Shoko answered Gojo Satoru, Yaga Masamichi walked out of the teaching building where Chaldea was located helplessly and walked towards the three people. "Okay, that's enough - let me introduce myself first. I'm Yaga Masamichi, and I'm your homeroom teacher during your time at the technical high school."

"ha?"

"……Um!?"

“Eh!!?”

"…The homeroom teacher is not in charge of the class." Marisbilli, who was kicked out early to act as a front, followed Yega Masamichi and walked in front of the three people. He cleared his throat and briefly explained the specific situation to them. "The main courses are taught by us in Chaldea, and Mr. Yega will also teach you a course called "History of the Curse World."

"This is the class schedule for this semester. Then, let's go to the classroom for a meeting. After all, some things can only be explained more clearly when we sit down." Marisbury glanced at Yemo Zhengdao who was standing nearby, turned around and walked back to the teaching building. "The principal's matter will be handed over to Mr. Yemo."

"I understand." Yega Zhengdao looked at Gojo Satoru who was still looking around with a little worry, and finally separated from the crowd and walked in another direction.

After the three of them stood still at the door of the teaching building, Marisbury smiled and pushed open the door of the teaching building.

"Welcome to the Humanitarian Continuation Organization Phoenix Chaldea - no, welcome to the classrooms of the Astronomy Department 'Animusphia' and the Modern Magic Department 'Norigi' in the Clock Tower 'Seventy and Five Cities'."

The interior of the teaching building was a Western European building that was completely different from the quaint traditional Japanese architecture of the technical high school. The sunlight filtered through the stained glass windows and fell onto the marble floor, creating colorful spots of light. The students from the El-Melloi classroom, who had rarely appeared in front of Ieiri Naoko, who had enrolled early, were walking together in twos and threes.

"Ah, it's Lord Animusphia!" The lolita girl with pink and purple pigtails pointed at the people who had just entered the teaching building and exclaimed.

"Good morning, Miss Lehman." Marisbilly smiled gently and responded to Yvette, who was standing not far away with a fancy star-shaped eyepatch on her left eye. "I was just about to take the three of them to see Lord El-Melloi II. After all, we had already agreed at the beginning that the Animusphia 'Astronomy Department' would not be responsible for the work of the entire basic department."

"Please don't make comments that are beyond the understanding of the new students before they understand the world. Otherwise, although my Lord likes to laugh at her own people most of the time, if something goes wrong at this time... she will also feel a headache."

"Nose." Xia Yujie followed behind Marisbury and turned his head to whisper to Ieiri Nozomi who was walking on his left, "Was it like this when you entered school early last year?"

"No, until I came out here to pick you up, the interior was exactly the same as the other teaching buildings in the technical high school." Ieiri Naoko was obviously surprised by the changes inside the teaching building. She turned her head and discussed with Geto Suguru, "Although the defects - you should know what defects are - seem to be more than before, but the changes should be within the normal range."

"... Humph." Gojo Satoru had been quiet until now, and finally couldn't help but speak to his two future classmates, and looked in a certain direction eagerly, "Didn't you notice? This entire teaching building is covered by a continuously operating spell - although I don't know why the spell was set up here, as long as the spell is lifted, this place will return to its original state."

"Hey, are you interested in trying it?"

“This took me a long time to build!!!” Goldruf popped his head out from the direction that Gojo Satoru was staring at and shouted at Marinesbilly, “Don’t pretend you didn’t hear me—Lord Animusphia! If this is torn down, the rewards we received before will be wasted!!!”

——Although the magic power used to rebuild the two classrooms is just the leftovers from the reward...but now they are at a stage where even the leftovers cannot be wasted.

"Ahem." Marinesberry calmly cleared his throat and glanced at where Goldroof was. "You should go to the classroom. Didn't we say that there would be a meeting on the first day of the new semester? Although we are not responsible for the preliminary teaching part, we still have to show up. As for this place... You don't think there are only so few people here today, do you?"

"Even if Gojo Satoru really explodes, he can't take it down."

By the time Mariners Billy and the other two arrived at the scene, most people had already found a seat in the tiered classroom. Ieiri Shoko, who had been caught in the strange aura created by Gojo Satoru all the way, saw Fujimaru Ritsuka waving at her from the back row of the classroom. She decisively put Gojo Satoru behind her and dragged Geto, who looked more like a normal classmate, to sit next to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Ritsuka, how did this place become like this?" As soon as she sat down, Ieiri Shoko turned her head to the left and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka, "When I came here this morning, it was still the same - ah, let me introduce it first..."

"We've met before." Kagome patted the sleeves that were creased by Ieiri Naoko, nodded to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and then sat down next to Ieiri Naoko. "Last year, when Mr. Yega represented the high school to recruit students, Ritsuka came with him - and he provided me with Chaldea as a new choice."

"But you all know that Chaldea is not actually a teaching institution..." Fujimaru Ritsuka exchanged a helpless look with Mashu who was sitting by the window, then turned around and smiled at Geto. "However, when I told Geto that Chaldea had cooperation with famous universities in various countries, it was completely an empty promise."

"Huh!?" Geto looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka in surprise, "But when my parents and I looked up information later, we found that Chaldea does have cooperative relationships with famous universities."

"Well... the details will be kept secret." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and tilted his head, looking towards the podium. "However, before that, if we say that Chaldea has a cooperative relationship with a certain old British university, it may be closer to the truth - because most of the thirteen disciplines under the Magic Association Clock Tower are known to the outside world as a certain old university."

"But the building for the department that the most popular teacher in the clock tower is in charge of...because of the scale, it can only be said to be an affiliated facility of a certain university."

"Ah, but I remember that the senior said that in order to appear more reliable, he finally chose to let Xiayou go to the university where Professor William worked." Mashu tilted his head, his eyes passed Fujimaru Ritsuka and saw the figure of Xiayou Jie, "Nice to meet you, my name is Mashu Kyrielight."

"It's time for class." As the bell rang, El-Melloi II walked into the classroom and stood on the podium. He glanced at all the students sitting below the podium and recalled Lanser-Melloi's requirements and the topic for the first lesson. "The topic of the first lesson this semester is - the theory and practical application of magic for the renovation of the teaching building. Everyone needs to submit a thesis of at least 10,000 words."

"The first lesson should be understandable to people who have no experience with magic, magicians who have been on this path for a long time, and laymen who have just stepped into the field? And it can't be too simple for magicians..." In the dark night, El-Melloi II looked at Lancermello standing in the corridor, "and laymen can't be bored with the course. Lord, even I will resist unreasonable requests."

A week ago, Lancermello found El-Melloi II, who was preparing the curriculum for the new semester.

"But among all of us who have been granted the qualification to teach magic by the Clock Tower, you are the only one who can possibly fulfill such a requirement." Lansermello pointed this out very calmly, and showed El-Melloi II the document he brought with him. "By the way, I have prepared a course topic for you, Velvet."

"We are attempting to replicate the academic cities of Animusphia and Norrigi within this teaching building."

"...Okay, I will do what you ask."

To replicate two complete academic cities in one teaching building without changing the building's appearance is a very difficult task even with alchemy.

However, when a magician from the Age of Gods appeared in a world where the mystery had not yet faded, this topic became a matter of course, not to mention that the people who were actually in charge of implementing it were magicians from the Age of Gods.

——Goldruf, who was born into an alchemist family, was just temporarily dragged in to take the blame.

"First, we know that in that era, phenomena achieved through miracles were also possible with technology, and that was called magic." El-Melloi II picked up the teaching aids he had prepared in advance from the side of the podium, "Just like projection magic can replicate objects that the user has seen in reality."

El-Melloi II tapped the sword in his left hand and was not surprised to see that the golden sword of victory copied by projection magic turned into a blue spirit particle and disappeared into the air.

"Technology can also produce replicas of these items—" El-Melloi II put down the treasure that belonged to Artoria's youth in his right hand, and took out two identical white chalks from the chalk box. "Humanity has entered an industrialized society and can mass-produce certain items. This is a kind of 'copying'."

"If we use an example from Japanese history, the one that is more closely related to us is the Yamaubakiri Kunihiro sword, which was made by swordsmith Horikawa Kunihiro based on Bizen Nagashune Yoshinoto's sword and shares the same anecdote with this sword. The creation of imitations is also a form of 'copying'."

"However, no matter what kind of 'copy' is done, a corresponding price must be paid - this is also the basis of magic, equivalent exchange."