Right now, I stood before Emilia with my arms crossed. It was after sword fighting practice and my classmates were heading back to the dorms one-by-one. The only thing that was odd was their actions before they left. Most, if not all of they bowed to me before they left.

I first thought if this was a new form of harassment But, Emilia told me that it was just their way of showing respect to me. I accepted her explanation and was a bit happy because the results of my acting were now showing itself. Though I’m still lonely cause I wasn’t able to make any friends in my classroom, but being respected isn’t that bad.

Anyway, back to my epic standoff against Emilia.

“Emilia, do you know why we’re not going back to the dorms?”

I used an arrogant tone when I spoke to her this time because there were still some students that were walking around us.

“No.”

“Before I tell you why, enumerate to me the things that happened when we were still third grade students.”

“Yes.”

Emilia breathes out a sigh before she started enumerating the events.

“First you met with you former magic teacher on the first day. Next we both went to our respective classes. After that, we went to the canteen and ate lunch there. We then had our first class in sword fighting. By the next days and the days following that, our days continued to repeat and you hadn’t met with you magic teacher since the first day.”

I scowled the moment I heard the word ‘repeat’.

“Then do you know what’s missing?”

“The activities we should’ve been able to participate once we’ve reached third grade.”

“Do you know why we couldn’t participate?”

“Its cause all of us, general students, can’t use the magic beyond basic spells.”

I manipulated the wind around us to make our hair and clothes sway. Because of this, I felt that the atmosphere we had looked really epic.

“We’re now fourth grade student’s right? How long has it been since we advanced a grade?”

“Around two months, have passed.”

“I see. Then, I’ll return the question I asked you. Emilia, do you know why we aren’t returning back to the dorms?”

“…No.”

A smile floated on my face. I quickly manipulated the air around me and created a fireball, a water ball, a wind ball, a ball of light, and a lump of floating rock.

“Let me tell you then. As you know, these are the five basic elements of magic, correct?”

“Yes.”

“What if I tell you that I’m planning on making a sixth element. And this element will be available to us, the general students.”

Her eyes became wide at my declaration. It’s understandable why though. My idea was basically an impossible feat to achieve. However, because I had all the time I have in this school. I had nothing better to do than this.

“T-that’s—“

“Impossible? Of course I know, but what else can we do? Study? Practice our sword fighting skills? We’ve already been doing those for four years already! I’ve reached the limit of my patience! I want to do something else for a change!”

I screamed out to the top of my lungs at Emilia.

“Since we have the time, why don’t we do an impossible research to kill our time?”

“…”

“Of course I have a lead on how to do this. I got this plausible idea before I went to bed last night.”

Though I call it an idea, what I’m actually doing is recreating. Last night, after my usual routine, I suddenly remembered a show I watched in my previous life. I tried remembering what the title was, but the most I could remember was Lyrical something. However, it’s title wasn’t the thing that was important. What was important was the skill the protagonist used.

I gathered the mana in the air and released it on her enemy. I think she called it breaker something. Well, anyway, in this world, all things had mana. If everything had mana, then it’s plausible to do what she did.

“An idea? Would it be alright if you tell me?”

“Mmm… it’s kinda hard to explain it without showing it to you.”

“Have you done it before?”

“Nope, this will be my first time.”

Emilia’s face looked very amazed and it seemed like she wanted to say something to me but opted not to.

I extended my hand in front of me and had my palm facing the sky. I heightened my concentrations and senses without closing my eyes. Then, almost immediately, I felt a very dense mist around me.

(This must be the so-called ‘mana’.)

I imagined that there was a force that sucks in the mana surrounding me. The mana started congregating on top of my palm and formed a floating ball that emitted a pale blue light. Though it felt quite anti-climactic as to how easy turning this 'impossible' thing into something possible. Nevertheless, I still felt quite satisfied successfully creating this phenomenon.  

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“There! Do you see it!?”

“…? See what?”

Emilia tilted her head to the side and asked me.

“That’s strange… right now, I’m seeing a floating ball on top of my hand…”

“Eh? … wait a minute.”

She walked closer to me and closed her eyes.

“Hmmm… I can feel a that there’s a lot of mana on top of your hand… is that what you’re seeing?”

“Yes! But it’s kinda strange. Why can’t you see it?”

“I don’t know.”

I diffused the ball of mana from my palm and crossed my arms. I then started thinking.

“Why don’t you copy what I did.”

“What you did?”

“Nn!”

“Even if you say that… I didn’t even understand a thing you just did and besides that, I can’t even do chantless magic.”

An idea then floated on my mind. I placed my hand on top of her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

“Do you remember the first time you were taught magic?”

“… Yes.”

“Then try doing that. Don’t worry, I’ll facilitate your training.”

“Okay.”

We walked to a nearby tree and sat there. Emilia then closed her eyes while extending her arm.

“Keep calm… take a deep breath then exhale… breath in, breath out, breathe in, breath out.”

(It feels like I’m teaching her how to give birth… weird.)

“Heighten your senses and concentrate…. Do you feel anything?”

“…”

… no answer. I was tempted to pester her, but when I saw a blue aura covering her body, I quieted down. A few moments later, she suddenly opened her mouth.

“Grant the power to me!”

(Is that the incantation? Why does it sound like she’s ordering someone?)

After she was finished speaking, the mana around her was suddenly sucked into her body. She relaxed her outreached hand. Soon after, 3 balls that emitted a blue light floated around her.

“You did it! You did it!”

I couldn’t contain my joy, so I jumped into her, breaking her concentration and dispersing the balls of mana.

“… ouch~”

“You did it! You did it! This proves that anyone can do this!”

“Ahhh… yes.”

Because she was a bit taller than me, I targeted her chest and rubbed my cheek on it. It felt really soft.

“Huh!?”

I quickly raised my head and placed my palms on her chest.

“W-wait! Where are you touching!”

I could feel a soft sensation on my hand. Rubbing it, squeezing it, and feeling it the sensation that I currently felt was none other than breast!

“No way!”

“S-stop that~”

“We’re still tenyears old and why do you have breast already!”

“Y… you’re… asking me why? Ahh!”

I felt really envious of the feeling that was on my palms. Because I was a girl in this world, I ‘kinda’ wanted to have these things too. But because I was still tenyears old, I patiently waited for the time they would start to bud.

“This is really unfair! What’d you do to accelerate it growth!? Did you drink something?”

“I didn’t do anything!”

“You could become really popular with the boy—“

It was then that I suddenly realized what I was doing and why I felt envious. I groped her breast once more to confirm the feelings that were welling up inside me. I didn’t feel horny from it, instead I felt a sense of defeat from it.

“…”

I stood up and looked towards the sky with empty eyes.

(That’s right… I’m a girl in this world. So it isn’t strange if I wasn’t turned on by that…. But why did I even wish to become popular with the boys? Though I understand that I’ll have to marry someone someday. To fulfill the expectations of my parents and to continue the Chis Chem blood line. But I still felt safe for now because that was still far away.)

A tear fell from my eyes and down to my cheek.

(Does that mean that I wanted to have a boyfriend at this age even though I was a guy in my previous world?)

(…)

I felt a sense of hopelessness as I stared at the setting sun.

“I really have become a young girl huh…”

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To clarify some things in case some are confused.

Lumina acts differently to Emilia if compared to her classmates.