The Author's POV

Prior to the first cataclysm, science dictated the natural laws of the world.

Phenomenons such as the creation of the universe, the extinction of dinosaurs, the life cycle of planets, everything was explained through the usage of science.

...yet, as soon as mana came into the world, things that science dictated to be impossible became possible.

Summoning fireballs, splitting mountains, turning invisible, running at speeds that the naked eye couldn't see. Despite how much scientists tried to rack their brains around it, they couldn't explain such phenomenons.

The world's standards changed.

What we previously thought we knew had to be reviewed.

That was because of the existence of a new index. Mana.

In 2015, Dimitri Morlov, a scientist of Russian descent proposed a new scientific branch called Magic.

Magic used to be a word to describe petty tricks that fooled the human eyes, yet now Dimitri Morlov proposed for it to become a new scientific branch that stood with the likes of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

At first, all major political authorities disagreed. How could they suddenly change the system that they had been using for centuries? They thought that as time passed they would be able to incorporate the existence of mana into the current scientific standards.

..but as time passed and people learned more about mana, their ideology changed, and finally in 2032 Magic was approved as a new scientific branch.

[Magical research]

This was the name of the class I was currently headed to. It was also the class that assistant professor Gilbert von Dexteroi taught.

The 'secret' head of the [Blood supremacist] group that dominated the academy alongside the two other major groups, [Noblesse], and [Empire's sword].

Despite there being many factions inside of the academy, [Blood supremacist], [Noblesse], and [Empire's sword] were the ones that had the most influence and members.

The [Noblesse] faction had a similar concept to [Blood supremacist] in the fact that they only accepted people with certain statuses. However, in contrast to them, they weren't as radical. They didn't despise people just because of their lineage and wealth. Most of the members in [Noblesse] didn't even get to choose to join the faction as it was decided beforehand by their parents. Emma and Melissa too were forced to join because of their parent's influence. If everything went according to the plotline, during the last month of their second year, they would both be elected as the heads of the faction.

Lastly, there was [Empire's sword]. Unlike the other major faction, [Empire's sword] didn't select members based on their lineage or status. It only focused on individual strength. In order to enter, you must prove that you were worthy of holding their name. As such, the requirement to joining the faction was to defeat a senior member. Only upon proving your strength could you enter the faction.

Ranks within the faction were also determined by strength, with the head of the faction being the current rank 1 of the third year.

Those were the three major factions, and fortunately for me, I managed to avoid getting on their radar, allowing me to have a fairly carefree life. Despite the fact that being in a faction had many perks, it also came with many disadvantages. Most notably the fact that you had less time for yourself.

Because I was quite behind the rest of the protagonists when I had reincarnated in this world, I needed all the time I could spare to train myself so that I could catch up to them.

Because of how talented they were, catching up to them was not going to be an easy task. A month and a half had passed since reincarnating in this world and I wasn't even close to surpassing Emma whose rank was currently , let alone Kevin the main protagonist whose rank was borderline .

not have time to waste on hidden

granting me more time to train. With the potions that Melissa has made for me, my training speed has

going at this speed, it wouldn't take too long for me to reach

I headed to my class in a good

a split second because as soon as I stepped outside of my dorm

could see first and second years glaring at each other. Some were even

of control. It had gotten to

walk without worrying about

the backing of his father, Fabian managed to hide his involvement regarding the conflicts, preventing the professors from finding out what was truly

goal with these conflicts was simple. Create as much chaos as possible. Make

proceeding as

allowing me to take a load off

remained the same

...

my usual seat and waited for 'assistant professor' Gilbert to start the lecture. Since he wasn't a professor yet, he could only be

upcoming class. The primary reason for their excitement was because of the person who was teaching

paused on a young individual with dirt blond hair. He had a noble air around him that made him look like

managed to become an assistant professor at the tender age of 22, but he was also the son of the third-ranked Hero, 'Thunder god' Maximus von

front of the podium, Gilbert sorted some of the papers in his hands. He looked very serious and though some students wanted to approach him, he quickly shooed

the dot, he looked up and

be focused on mana and what it consists of. We will also look at how the mana from the atmosphere circulates around our body as we speak. What enables us to wield supernatural powers and how it has

started speaking, everyone in the class started paying close attention to

wasn't because of his influence, but rather because of how important this class

class was extremely important. Not only did it teach the basics of how mana worked, but it

light, darkness, and so on...Mana is essentially a package that contained

class to make

the psyons within the package (mana) to fit our needs.

heat spread across the classroom as a large fireball that resembled a sun

all I did was channel the mana inside of my body and visualized a

were curious. Since young, most of the students were taught how to channel mana without

to breathe but not actually knowing why they were breathing. Everyone wanted

everyone's enthusiasm, Gilbert

merely stimulating the fire psyon within the bundle of mana

follows the wave-particle theory, meaning that it behaves similarly to

others, I couldn't help but be entranced by

person, I had to say...he was a really

Even for someone like me who had only been in this world for a

this lecture was still very useful