Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Rein's POV: ]

-Swiiiiiiiiish…

-Tap.

"Good morning, children. We are finally back in class."

Classroom (I), the last seat shared with our friends at the very back of the class, a fine morning and our vampire teacher that floated in the classroom and that same old greeting.

It was pretty cool seeing him act all cool after all this time.

[{ "I missed him, Darling. Unexpectedly so." }]

I couldn't help but remember back to our first day in this classroom when he had flowed in the same way and done that special introductions.

He was a fun teacher and though I still didn't like how he practically curses at everyone just because he is good at something, he was a great teacher.

"How were the holidays? Did you enjoy your free time?"

"Hmm?"

"What the…?"

Did he just ask us about how we were?

"…"

His one simple question had turned the entire class dead silent.

I wasn't the only one that was stunned by his sudden question of concern.

"What's up? I asked something. None of you fools are going to answer that simple thing?"

We had already been with him for long enough to know how much he hated small talk so we weren't expecting something like this from him.

"Were you not expecting me to ask you something like that after all that happened? You think that lowly of your class teacher?"

[{ "He's trolling… please tell me he's trolling us, darling!" }]

There's no way that bastard would ask us how we were and even go on to say that he was actually asking us how we were.

'That's not our homeroom teacher!'

He would curse at us first, then start with a mundane sounding question and lead the entire thing to a proper class without any unnecessary talks.

He had always done that! And he was supposed to do this time as well!

"Haaa… I'm disappointed, you ungrateful bastards. If you knew how much extra work we did in the time you all were chilling in your good dorms or houses, you would want to punish your own selves for that kind of response.

You disrespect me to no end.

I am in no mood to do this talk now so let's just start with the class.

And remember, you are the ones responsible for this.

It could have been a blank class with no teaching and only small talk and good stories but you ruined it for yourselves."

The hell?

"Now, here's today's question."

What the hell?

[{ "Yes he was trolling. He was trolling big time this time. He actually scammed us, you know?" }]

[{ "I saw that much! He's an absolute bastard!" }]

For a moment there even I actually fell for that!

That bastard!

"Constant age, constant background, constant environmental factors."

He came in the same way he did the first time and did the exact same movements he had performed the last time.

This created an illusion of nostalgia and took us back to the past when we met him the first time and had no idea how he actually was.

Then he very masterfully asked us a question that threw us all completely off the cliff and created a mental storm.

'His question contained an element of concern that he usually wouldn't show us, making our minds misplace his image we had.'

Then he said some words that emphasised his attempt at being genuine once again, creating a void in our attention and understanding of the situation, blanking everything before us.

And then he said things that made total sense and pushed all the blame on us… that fucking manipulative bastard!

"A mage of (tier-4) fights a [Rank-3] swordsman.

The fight itself is quite intense and they use every technique a combatant at their level might have knowledge of.

At the end of the battle, the swordsman wins.

What's the differential analysis for this battle?"

He was a shameless piece of shit.

He was asking that kind of question with the straight face as if it was nothing and even though this was completely strange, because of the way he had started this class, everyone was still in a daze.

[{ "Why did he do that? Just being his normal self and outright starting the class would have been more than enough, no?" }]

He was the teacher that taught us about Mana and even though he specialised in Pure magic, his classes were of various kinds and fun so even though not everyone liked him for who he was, it was an undeniable fact that he was one of the best teachers in this academy.

[{ "Because he actually cares… there's nothing to deep to this." }]

He knew this person well since he shared a few common elements with him and the two of them had a unique perspective of magic so even though we weren't attending his class this year, it was going to be unavoidable for him in our next year.

"Hmm… you all looked shocked for some reason but at least seeing these few raised hands is a good sign.

At least not all of you are ungrateful And lost in space."

He was taunting others once again, but this time, the kind of voice he had used wasn't meant for the others to fall into even greater despair but instead, for them to come back to reality.

"Alright then, let's hear a mage's answer first. Miss Eryndor? How would you like to try this?"

He was asking the same girl that he had called out very first during his first first day.

She was the person that started the introductory class in the first lecture, and bringing her up in a time like this solidified the connection the others had with the present and past, bringing them back completely.

What he used was a technique that not people used nowadays since there were ethics and values and stuff, but back in the war days, that kind of manipulation techniques were greatly used by different individuals in high positions.

'It used to be a mess back in the days and things like these were needed on daily bases and seeing how the world is once again going towards the era of the wars, things are getting worse.'

Perhaps this was his way of showing us that things like this could be possible as well? That they could be manipulated in the matter of moments and lead to do something that they usually wouldn't have.

"Yeah… umm… so… since we are talking about a fight between mage and a knight where the mage had a higher power level than the other, the only way I can think of under which the swordsman might have won would be through either tricks or with the difference in physical abilities.

The physical stats of a weapon user would obviously be greater than that of a mage and if they have good enough dodging skills, it's not impossible for them to defeat the mage after the intense fight."

She was a noble and a beginner wind mage so the answer she just gave was pretty good.

But, it had many things that the teacher couldn't ignore.

"That's a pretty good idea, but miss, you have completely missed my point."

He picked up the crystal chalk from the table with his telekinesis abilities and started writing on the blackboard in the background.

"Two individuals have a constant background, which means that in this scenario, we have to assume they were brought up the same way as the other.

Age is constant so we have to say they have the same level of experience in wielding their powers.

And since environmental factors aren't affecting anything, we must assume the fight that was 'intense' might be that way because of the Same environmental factors that were less favourable to one party.

Understand that the swordsman is winning because of a certain factor that made all the difference in this battle.

Tell me what you think this factor might be."

He was asking the question with more pressure than I had expected him to use.

It was at a level even I might have a slip of tongue in that presence.

It was like he was asking for a quick and right answer right after that intentional wrong one.

"Captain Alpha."

And the bastard knew exactly who to ask for a question of that particular kind at that moment.

"Aura," he answered in one word with a confident expression, and after explaining his reason for that answer in a short speech, he sat down after bowing to the teacher.

"That is certainly the case."

And the teacher didn't even try to deny it at this point.

He really was trying to redirect everyone's attention to something that could actually be of some use to them instead of useless chat on something that has already happened.

He didn't like doing some things that could affect his character as the teacher of this class, so instead of a long chit chat on something that was completely useless to us…

-Ooooooooong.

"Aura is Mana as well."

He called out his own Aura for the first time in this class and since they all knew he was a (tier-9) mage as well as a [Rank-3] swordsman.

He was someone that had mastered and read through many things, including the things that I asked you to be careful of.

"Aura would always win. Be it a mage or someone with a similar rank in this world. The destructive nature of any Aura is much greater than the physical magic attempted at any given moment."

He was someone that was supposed to teach only about the Mana but if he was demonstrating what Aura… there's definitely something going on with his head since earlier.

He was acting like nothing had happened even though the academy had already started the base functions.

So… I found this Aura demonstration a little sus.

[{ "He's gone insane." }]

And I wasn't the only one to think that.