Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

When all the students returned with canes, as Wendy predicted, the teacher

"Prepare the stone for the stone carving."

and give instructions.

The students return with a flat stone of palm size from another wooden box.

The art of stone carving was also seen by Almark in the art of Nakahara.

In any case, if a powerless old man hits the hard stone surface with a wooden wand several times, the stone will burst into two pieces. When I first saw it, I didn't realize it was magic and thought it was like magic.

"Okay, here we go."

At the instruction of the teacher, the students began beating stones with their canes.

Unlike the magic of the lights, there was a clear difference in the abilities of the students here.

Wendy was the first to make a dry sound and break the stone.

followed by torque. Almost simultaneously, Leila.

After that, the other students cracked well, but some of them just peeled off the surface of the stone and could hardly crack it. Morgan and Norish are struggling too.

While more than half of them break stones and wait for the rest, some challenge to break more stones, while others start talking without doing anything.

Among them, Almark noticed a strange student.

The student still seems to be unable to break and is facing the stone with his wand in his hand, but the use of the wand is strange.

Instead of hitting stones like other students, they slowly trace the surface.

I wonder what you're doing.

When Almark glanced, he saw a complex geometry rising on the surface of the stone.

I'm carving a pattern on a stone...!

Adjusts the magic of breaking stones to a very small amount, and keeps releasing it with a constant force.

Even though breaking it is a difficult task, it is freely manipulating its magic to carve complex patterns into stone.

Instead of being unbreakable, he is voluntarily challenging much more advanced moves.

"Don't lose your spirit, Wallis."

When the teacher called to pass, the student raised his face and smiled at his mouth.

Golden long hair with a smooth and neat appearance.

Morgan just said that Wallis, a classmate, was like him.

"Hey, new guy."

Suddenly a voice was heard, and when I turned to the side, the torque stood.

"Why didn't you bring me a wand and a stone?"

The torque was laughing thinly.

"No, the way I do it."

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I'll tell you what.

I was covered with words.

Almark saw the torque in his eyes.

Torque looked back at Almark with a provocative smile on his mouth.

When Almark nodded, the torque said "OK" and started talking.

"Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Feel the magic in your body. Hold the image of gathering magic to the tip of the wand. And while exhaling sharply, I imagined magic piercing through the back of the stone and shook my wand...."

The torque poked the stone placed in front of Almark with the tip of the cane.

Instead of trying to break it, I guess I shook it with no magic. The cane was on the surface of the stone, but it must have made a dull sound.

"Understood? It's easy, right? Try it."

Almark nodded.

This is a good opportunity. It's hard for a person to teach, but don't lie. It was boring to just watch. Let's try it.

Almark closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he was told.

The magic inside me... I don't know what it is, so I can't feel it. But I imagined something like another blood flowing slowly through my body. This is the image of gradually gathering from the hands holding the cane to the tip of the cane.

All right, now.

Almark exhaled sharply, poking the stone lightly with his cane.

There was a dry sound.

When Almark opened his eyes, the stone was completely intact and there was no chip.

The torque watching it silently made me laugh like I couldn't hear it anymore.

"Kuku, no, no. That's why I've never seen him break a shard before. You have no talent."

Torque smiles and hits Almark violently on the shoulder,

"I'm glad you made it, but I didn't get to middle school, so maybe I'll see you in a year."

He whispered back to where he had been.

... I felt like I was cumming, but at first it was like this.

Almark twisted his neck.

Torque lowly provocation did not bother me at all. It's too classy for the provocation of war in the North. Rather, I appreciate you telling me how to do it. I could have thanked you, but I stopped because I wanted to.

The lesson was over when the last remaining Norish broke a stone while sweating.

As he pulled it up, Almark went to Wendy.

"Everyone's amazing. I've never seen such delicate magic so close."

Wendy looks happy when she talks to

"Really? But Almark will be able to do it soon. Dr. Illmis called you after school, didn't he? I'll help you if you need me, so just let me know."

He answered me.

"Me too! I'll help you too!

Morgan, who was chasing me from behind, also called out.

"Thank you both. I'll do my best to catch up with everyone."

Almark answered with a smile of gratitude.

The students left, and suddenly, there was a squeaking, dry sound in the magic practice hall where no one was present.

It was the last stone Almark poked earlier.

The stone, which had been returned to the crate, cracked and rolled in half as Almark stared at it with his cane.