Chapter 127.

PART 1.

As the car continues to run on the road, Munshi explains the uses of other shapes. “As you have seen, the circle shape is used for containment. But other drawn shapes can also be used for dealing with souls and apparitions. For example, a triangle can be used to attack them, a square can work as a shield, and of course, a pentagram can be used for summoning.” Said Munshi.

“This is by no means a complete list, other shapes have other purposes, even the strange and irregular ones. But for now, we will focus on these four during our lessons.” Finished Munshi.

Hatori finished taking the notes from this latest lecture. He marveled at how good this dictation pen has proven to be, he wouldn’t have been able to write otherwise. He also liked that, unlike the cars in his world, Munshi and Zeko’s cars do not let their passengers feel the effects of travel. If it weren’t for the design and his knowledge that he was moving, Hatori could have sworn that he was in a house, not a moving vehicle.

“Sir, I wanted to ask something about the soul we’ve dealt with in the previous case.” Said Hatori.

“Ask away.” Said Munshi, hoping that the boy was not suffering from nightmares.

He has heard what kind of things he has heard or seen, no wonder he was so angry when Vikram got away scot-free once again.

“The soul actually showed me its memories. is that possible?” asked Hatori.

“It is. remember, we retrieve memories of a dead person through blood. So, it is certainly possible that the soul can show its memories to you.” said Munshi.

“And what about resurrecting the souls?” asked Hatori.

“You’re not ready for it yet.” Said Munshi.

“Aww.” Pouted Hatori.

Munshi is amused to see such a childish response from his usually serious student.

PART 2.

James is looking at the enlarged picture of a virus, while Slaughter explains how the viruses work. “The biggest problem in dealing with viruses and bacteria is that they never remain the same. Potions that worked before do not work as the same, and even spells have to be modified,” said Slaughter, replacing the picture with another virus.

“The magic, though allowing us to fight these diseases, also throws a wrench in this war. For it can make predicting the potential variants of a virus harder, and in some cases, outright impossible.” Said Slaughter, once more changing the picture. “This is why it is a war. And unlike other wars, this one has no end.”

“That sounds dreadful.” Said James.

“It is, especially since the people outside of the medical field do not understand these problems at all. They insult us and even try to use these unpredictable microbes in their silly spats. As a result, the medical forces guard the most dangerous viruses and bacteria, to make sure they do not fall in the hands of mad mages.” Said Slaughter.

“Forces?” asked James.

“Yes, the healers trained as fighters and warders, and only answer to the Institute of Magic which is responsible for creating this Academy. I also served in those forces.” Said Slaughter.

“That is surprising.” Said James.

“How do you think I got my name of Slaughter?” the healer grinned. “After a while, I decided to change my name legally.”

PART 3.

Porus receives the application of the Joshi family, asking to remove the isolation sanctions imposed on them for defying the king for close to eight years. Porus is surprised to read that letter. Words such as humbly, request, and please were used in this letter, whereas previously, all the interaction the king had with this family was full of bluster from their side.

‘Nice word optimization.’ Thinks Porus. ‘Clearly, they’ve worked hard on this letter.’

He thinks about it seriously. He considers whether he should make them squirm a little bit more or not, but decides against it. ‘No need to antagonize them. I have enough enemies as it is.’ he thought.

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‘I will invite them back to the court, and call it a grace period. If they manage to not fuck this up for two years, then that grace period will end. Otherwise, it’ll give me another chance to kick them down a mountain.’ thought Porus smiling at the thought.

Summoning the paper and the pen, he started to write his response.

PART 4.

Josh sighed in relief. The final meeting of the day is done. Who could have thought organizing the festival could be so stressful?

He had to deal with every club and work with the professors to provide them rooms and places according to their needs, so they could organize their competitions and events. things like chess, shogi, and Go are easily handled, since they can all work with a few large halls. But dueling is a trouble to handle since there are tons of variety in there. one-on-one, two-on-two, and squad battles with five-on-five. These all need different areas.

Then he had to work with the conventions, though thankfully, the professors handled the bulk of the responsibilities for that. but now, all of that is done. Now, they just need to wait for the twelfth month, and the festival will begin. He will get to meet his friends and get some downtime. He believes he deserves it after a year of managing the student population.

PART 5.

“Now, remember, sometimes notes have to be mismatched.” Said Sangita. “When I sing Higher, you sing lower. However, this and this part means that we have to sing at the same notes, do you understand?” she asked.

“Yes, professor.” Said Shin.

Then, they start to sing. Shin is preparing to give a performance with Sangita. This will be for the first time he is giving a performance with an older person, but not playing a support. Instead, he will be performing as the equal on the stage.

When he first heard about this, he was quite tense. But the practice has removed his tension from him. After this performance is done, he will prepare for his own performance at the festival this year. he has an excellent record of performing there ever since his first year, and he is intent on keeping that streak going this year as well.

PART 6.

“So, where are we going?” asked Hatori, when he realized that they had been traveling for several days, without a stop.

“To the Academy,” said Munshi. “I’ll drop you there for the festival. I do think you can use that time; you’ve gotten in a bleaker mood I feel.”

“I don’t have a bleak mood.” Denied Hatori.

“It does feel pretty bleak to me,” said Munshi.

Aside from the three cases Hatori has handled directly, he has done nothing but study up on the theory. He did go to court with Munshi at once, but that was when he decided that it was one time too many. ‘How could Munshi and Dad tolerate going there over and over again?’

Needless to say, the teen has not enjoyed going to the court and has no plans to go there again. ‘At least I’ll get to relax here.’ he thought. After a while, this constant traveling has started to wear on him. he does not know how Munshi can handle this grind.

PART 7: EMPIRES IN THE PAST.

Much like the non-magic-using world, the mage dimension has multiple empires in its rather short history. However, this does not mean that history proceeded the same way as it did in the non-magical world.

During the Roman Empire era, and during the Middle Ages, people living in the region of the Roman Empire, and the Spanish, British, and French empires also tried to copy the success of their non-magical counterparts in the magical world.

However, they ran into a problem. Mainly, the countries in their way to form these empires were much better prepared and had tons of magical knowledge to actually resist their invasion. This was especially evident in Asia and Africa, two continents that were actually colonized in the non-magical world. Asian and African countries already spent a lot of time-fighting each other, but by the time these invaders arrived, they were largely at peace. But they were not out of practice. this means that the Europe of the magical dimension is not the same continent as it is in the non-magical world, given how they never had a chance to colonize other continents and use their resources for their own development.