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 .

put, I did not have time

God had heeded my prayer, now that Elijah was found to be a villain, my elective was suspended indefinitely granting me more time to train. With the potions

wouldn't take too long for me to reach the

my

good mood only lasted for a split second because as soon as I stepped outside of my dorm I caught sight of something that I didn't want

Some were even

It had gotten to the point that even innocent bystanders were starting to get swept

walk without worrying about

involvement regarding the conflicts, preventing the professors from finding out what was truly

simple. Create as much chaos as possible. Make

was all proceeding as

situation was that everything was proceeding as I predicted. There were no changes to this scenario, allowing me to take a load off my back. As long as the plotline didn't change I could still exploit the fact that

less remained the same I could

...

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

chatty today, with some male and female students excited about the upcoming class.

around him that made him look like an aristocrat from ancient times and his features

22, but he was also the son of the third-ranked Hero, 'Thunder god' Maximus von Dexteroi, one of the seven heads of

of the papers in his hands. He looked

five on the dot, he looked up and

look at how the mana from the atmosphere circulates around our body as we speak. What enables

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

of his influence, but rather because of how

this class was extremely important. Not only did it teach the basics of how mana

a bundle of elements, fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness, and so on...Mana is essentially a package that contained all of the elements, and those said

make sure

fairly simple. When we use 'mana' all we are doing is actually using the psyons within the

wave of heat spread across the classroom as a

inside of my body and visualized a

words. They too were curious. Since young, most of

learning how to breathe but not actually

at everyone's

doing is merely stimulating the fire psyon within the bundle of mana so that you can

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

his demonstration, just like the others, I couldn't help

an absolute scum of a person, I had to say...he was a really good

when explaining the class contents. Even for someone like me who had only been in this world for a month and a half, the lecture was easy to

this lecture was