C142: Preparations for the Festival (1)
mories exist in mana. This is a topic that has recently erged, and it has been enough to rekindle the interest of wizards and scholars in the unknown power of mana.
The phenonon in which the mories collide and one feels as if he had experienced the past of another person was called mory streaming.
The wizards studied the phenonon of mory streaming and pondered how to utilize it. At the end of that, they completed one thing, and this was the talisman that Mari Ross showed the students.
Miss Marie, is it dangerous?
At first glance, it sounds interesting to hear that you can read mories, but the side effects might be too much.
Actually, mory streaming can be toxic in extre cases. The mories can be so confused that it creates a rift in the ego.
It wasnt that there were no victims.
Although there are very few, there have been cases where mory streaming caused confusion and the people thought they were the ones whom they saw the mories of.
These ntal side effects were difficult to treat even with divine magic.
But it was an accident when soone tried to deliver mana in a hurry without following safety rules. And even in that case, the side effects are so small that they co out 1 out of every 100.
But it can happen right?
Yes. However, this Talisman, which ca out as a prototype this ti, is a product made so that you do not have to worry about such side effects. Its a consumable artifact, so its power is weak, but its stability is high.
The students who were a little skeptical were also curious about the high stability. It was good to see that there was no danger since Miss Marie had said so.
All of the students raised their hands saying they wanted to try using the Talisman. On the contrary, Marie, who brought up this positive response, was embarrassed.
Oh, there are so many students who want to do it. First of all, I brought it according to the number just in case.
The number of students taking Mari Rosss lectures is quite high, with the largest number of students at 80. It was also a joint subject of the first and second years, so it was difficult to empty a single seat. Mari Ross himself was aware of it, so she brought 40 Talismans.
But theres sothing to be careful about. This is used in pairs of 2 people and simply injecting your own magical energy does not an that mory streaming occurs. You must have a partner but the most important thing to note is that others can see the past that you do not want to show.
After that, the students looked into each others eyes. Inside they had the desire to try it but they were worried because they had to do it in teams of two.
Maybe soone else might find out about their secret. It is unlikely that such a thing will be caught in countless mories, but the chance its not zero.
What are you going to do?
Shall we try? Im curious.
Ugh. Seeing my mories its a little
Who cares? Its nothing.
Those who cared about privacy were very reluctant to use the Talisman. No matter how close you are to your partner, there is one secret you dont want others to know, especially in the case of opposite sex.
Who wants to try it?
When teacher Marie Ross asked for confirmation, the number of students raising their hands decreased significantly compared to before. Still, around half of the students in the classroom showed interest.
Rene, lets give it a try.
What? Are you sure?
Rene asked, embarrassed by Erendirs suggestion. She never thought that the Third Princess would make the suggestion first.
Dont you want to be honest?
Erendir coaxed Rene.
Honestly, Erendir wanted to try because the part of sharing mories with friends was a romantic notion for Erendir.
I cant believe I can share mories with my friends!
Erendir, who had never made friends, was quite obsessed with this. Like wonderful mories with friends or unforgettable mories. In fact, it is also a phrase that often appears in novels.
Of course, sharing mories through mory streaming is different from sharing real mories, but Erendir, who had no friends, judged that this or that it was the sa.
It wont be much if you look at mine. Would you be okay?
Rene was worried about Erendir. She is a commoner of little importance, but Erendir is the Third Princess of the empire.
The difference in their status wouldnt have allowed them to stay next to each other and talk like this if it werent for Theon.
She doesnt have much resistance to showing her past, but she wondered if it wasnt a cri for a commoner to peek at the mory of a princess. Rene thought she was ignorant of the world, but she was sure that this was an issue.
Whatever. I dont really care either. I dont have much to show you anyway.
Erendir didnt think much of it.
If it wasnt because of her relationship with her sister, she would have hesitated, but there was nothing more to hide since Freuden Ulburg had already exposed it to Rene.
She was the Third Princess who was pushed out of the fight for the throne so she didnt even know any important information as others thought.
Oh, well.
When Erendir herself said this, Rene no longer tried to break her stubbornness. In fact, she was curious about mory streaming.
Yes, lets do it.
Good!
Erendir went straight to the podium and received a Talisman from teacher Marie Ross.
Marie Ross seed quite surprised that Erendir, the third princess, would co forward, but soon nodded with a gentle smile.
Well, lets do it.
So students were already using Talisman.
Suppressing her excitent, Erendir held Talismans one end in her hand and held it out to Rene, who grabbed the other end.
The way to use the Talisman was simple. The two parties can each hold one end and inject mana.
Both ends of the white Talisman were gradually colored in different colors due to the influence of mana. The side that Rene held was dark gray, and the side that Erendir held was brilliant gold.
Gradually, the spreading color ca across the center of Talisman and began to blend in with the figure drawn on it. Rene and Erendir, who were closing their eyes, trembled at the sa ti.
A huge stream hit their minds. The flow was very large and strong, just like the flooding river after the heavy rain.
I, its.
Rene stared at the scene like a huge torrent where it was hard to discern even an inch ahead quietly. It was an overwhelming landscape that she had never seen before, but she instinctively realized what it was. That huge torrent was the passage of ti and the mory of Erendir.
Is this the mory streaming phenonon?
Several scenes passed quickly like a panorama in the huge whirlwind. The sight of them coming into the classroom a while ago ca to mind blinking like a flashing light bulb.
Can I look further back at the past if I follow the flow?
Rene stepped against the great flow. There was quite a lot of pressure, but it wasnt just unbearable. How long could she go back?
I think its getting harder and harder.
The more she went against the flow, the stronger the burden on her body. Even though it was protected by mana, it was too much. In the end, as soon as she gave up moving and released her mana, a scene unfolded in front of Rene.
Senior?
Erendir, who was now a sophomore, was a freshman who had just entered Theon. Her appearance was no different from now, but her atmosphere itself looked much fresher than when she first saw her at the beginning of the sester.
The scene has been conveyed vividly as if she was experiencing it herself.
This is the mory of senior.
While marveling at the mysterious phenonon of mory streaming, she suddenly wondered what kind of school days Erendir had in her freshman year.
Rene watched the scene with a little excitent but it wasnt long before she made a grim face.
* * *
Flora was troubled to see the Talisman in her hand.
If you put the other persons magic on this piece of paper, can you read the mory by sharing the persons magic? It was quite an interesting discovery.
Its just that its a bit of a waste to use it now.
Flora looked at Cheryl sitting next to her with indifferent eyes. When Cheryl faced the gaze, she trembled like a frightened rabbit.
Well, Flora. Youre not going to use that, are you?
Why? You dont like it?
Oh? Oh, no. Its not that I dont like it. Its justShould I say that Im not ready for it?
Cheryls reaction was unexpected. If it was her usual self, she would have rushed to do it, thinking it was rather good.
Though trying to pretend not to, Cheryl was now extrely reluctant to do mory streaming. Was there sothing in the past that she wanted to hide from her?
No way. How long have I known Cheryl?
Flora skimd through the classroom. So students did mory streaming, but so did not.
Well, if you dont want to use it, dont.
Flora slipped Talisman into her pocket.
No one noticed her behavior because mory streaming was over throughout the classroom at that ti.
Students who peeked into each others mories laughed as if they had seen sothing interesting, or reacted as if there was nothing special.
Hey, playboy! You said you only loved ! Now I know why you didnt want to use it!
Jee, calm down! Cough!
Sotis there were interesting situations that were rare.
Marie Ross smiled awkwardly as she saw a woman believed to be a couple shaking a man by the collar. It was the mont when a couple disappeared from Theon Academy.
Rene and Erendir also opened their closed eyes after the mory streaming was over.
Its fascinating to see the mories inherent in magic through mory streaming. It might seem like a lot of ti has passed but it was only an instant. How was it, junior Rene?
Oh, ?
Rene was embarrassed because she didnt know how to answer Erendir. She carefully opened her mouth as she pondered whether to say this or not.
That senior. You know what?
Huh? What?
I dont think its right to send invitations to students who are not close to you even on birthdays.
Ah
At Rene s words, Erendir recalled the dark history of the past that she had forgotten. The useless days of trying to make friends in Theon with dreams and hopes. Now, every ti she sleeps, her past cos to mind and makes her kick the blanket.
Rene looked at her past when she was a freshman. The event she wanted to forget the most, and nearly all of it, was her birthday party.
That, ugh that.
I understand you.
Ha-ha.
Erendir closed her eyes tightly. It was more painful for her to see Renes sincere sympathy than to be caught in her past.
More than that, what kind of past did you see? Im really curious, too. Did you watch the mories from a year ago?
Rene asked a question to change the subject. In fact, Rene was not very curious about her past since there wasnt anything special. Her judgnt was that Erendir would have looked at the past a year ago like herself at best. The days when she just stayed in her small room all day and studied.
Ive seen a little further back in the past.
However, contrary to Renes thought, what Erendir saw was completely unexpected.
You could see so further back?
I dont know how far it was but what I saw was a little strange.
What?
What I saw was how you looked when you were young. It was a ti when you looked more than 10 years younger than now.
Erendir, who was saying that, realized that sothing was strange, and touched her forehead with her hand.
But sothings wrong. Normally, this is viewed from the perspective of the person who rembers, right? But I saw your childhood from soone elses perspective.
Soone else? Who?
Maybe it was your mother.
The landscape that Erendir saw was not from Renes point of view, but from her mothers point of view. The mory of holding Rene in her arms as a young child, who was still less than 10 years old, was still vividly felt by Erendir.
A cabin on the adow where no one lived, you lived there alone with your mother? I thought that Rene was loved by her mother.
Senior, what do you an?
When Rene actually heard the words, she was curious.
I grew up without my parents
* * *
After finishing the second test, I imdiately returned to the teachers office and started cleaning up the test. There was nothing to worry about because the scoring was done on the spot anyway.
Are we officially preparing for the festival now?
Speaking of festivals reminds of my past life. In fact, I lived a life that was not related to festivals. The only thing I rember was a college festival, but it was all about singing famous singers and opening a bar to drink.
Still, since its Theon, its a lot different when it cos to festivals. While thinking about that, Sedina handed a piece of paper, saying it was an official letter that had just co.
Whats this?
This is the schedule for the magic festival.
Didnt you get the schedule already?
Well, it seems that there were so changes as the festival is held early this ti. Thats why they are announcing the new schedule.
Theres nothing strange about it.
My opinion is that the festival, which would have been held at the end of the first sester, was moved up early, so that much is natural.
While reading the official letter with such a light thought, I narrowed my eyes to the contents.
At the magic festival event match, there is a magic duel between teachers?
In addition, the promoter was Hugo Burtag.
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