Class Introductions

A bell rang from a distance and the people inside the classroom started to settle down and fix their sitting posture. As the final bang on the bell echoed, the room became totally silent. The sound of footsteps could be heard from the hallway. And then the classroom door opened.

“Ara, why are you ‘freshies’ so tense? Ahahaha”

Remi-sensei proceeds to the teacher’s table.

“Loosen up everyone! I don’t like this kind of vibe inside my class.”, Remi-sensei added before smiling and gesturing us to relax.

Everyone in the room started to move around their seats while looking side-to-side with a confused look on their faces. I guess they expected our sensei to be someone who was strict.

“Now that’s a little bit better.”

“Pleasure to meet you all, Izuhara Remi, Elemental Magic Specialist. I will be handling this class, I hope we all get along to learn new and amazing knowledge from one another!”, Remi-sensei puts on another glowing smile.

She then stood up and reached something from her left pocket.

‘A remote?’

“Okay, now that I am done introducing myself…”, she said before clicking the button on the remote she was holding.

The room became illuminated by a yellowish light coming from the floor. The chairs we were seated on started getting lifted off the floor and one-by-one, each chair floated towards the edges of the room. The chairs became arranged in such a way that the center of the room became like a spacious stage.

“…now it’s time for you to introduce yourselves to me, and your classmates.” Remi-sensei continued as she places the remote she was holding back into her pocket.

“Ohh and before that, please look under the table of your seats. You will find your personal Power Adapters attached there.”

“The rules and regulations on the proper utilization of those Power Adapters were discussed earlier in the orientation so I think there is no need for me to discuss them again”

‘Wait, what? I really should’ve listened to that freshmen orientation. But on the bright side, this gives me a good reason to flirt, I mean talk with Kido-san about this later.’

Everyone looked at under their tables and started putting on their personal Power Adapters.

“For our little “introduction” session, I will call your name one by one according to the students’ list I have on my desk. If your name is called, please proceed to the center of the room. Once you make it there, I want you to use your magic to produce a fireball on the top of your palm. Don’t worry about getting yourself or someone else in the room burned, your uniforms are imbued with a spell that makes them and their wearer immune to a certain amount of heat.”

Remi-sensei sits down and reads the list that was pasted on her desk.

“Alice Irumi, are you present? Please stand up and proceed to the center of the room”

“Hai!”, the girl two seats to my right replied.

She stood up and proceeded to the center of the room which has been vacated.

“Proceed with your magic execution.”

With that, Irumi-san nods and takes a deep breath. She closes her eyes and extends her right arm forward. A bright orange fireball materialized on top of her palm as she opens her eyes. She turns to look at Remi-sensei’s response who then gave a thumbs up.

“Good, you may take your seat”, Remi-sensei says as she writes down something on her notes.

“Next, we have…”

All the girls in the room were called out first…

“Aozora Kido”

“Oi, she’s the one with the highest score in the aptitude test and the second best score in the practical exams right?!”, the guy seated in front of me murmured to the guy beside him.

“And she’s also the Vice President’s younger sister.”

“Yeah, they never announced the top one for practical exams though. They say they’re still verifying something.”

‘What? Amazing, Kido-san got the top score in this year’s aptitude test and second best during the practical exams?! I wonder who beat her for first place in the practical exams’

Kido-san hesitantly stands up from her seat and walks towards the center space while avoiding eye contact from everyone she’s passed by. The moment she reached the center of the room, she raises her right hand and a bright yellow light filled the room. In an instant, Kido-san managed to create a very bright yellow fireball levitating on top of her palm.

“Woahhh!”, the people in the room gasped.

‘As expected from Kido-san, she must have a very good affinity to the fire element’

She clenches her fist and the bright fireball disappeared. She looks around and saw that everyone had their eyes on her. She looks down to the floor and hurriedly made her way back to her seat.

Remi-sensei had a cheerful look on her face as she writes something on her notes again. She continued calling out the names of the remaining girls. And not long after, she started calling out the boys.

As I observe each of my classmates display their magic, I noticed something, the colors of the flames created by each student are varying. Although some are similar to one another. And the colors I’ve observed so far ranged from dark red to bright yellow.

“Next we have, Shinzo Kazushi”

‘Ohhh! It’s my turn! I hope I don’t cause another scene like in the practical exams. ‘

“Hai!”, I got up from my seat and gulped some saliva as I feel the gazes of my classmates directed towards me.

As I make my way towards the center space of the room, I could hear mutters and whispering from my classmates.

“Hey that’s the guy who froze the whole stadium floor…”

“Scary, he might burn this whole building down this time.”

“I expect an interesting display of magic from you. After all, you were rated as number 1 in the practical exams.”, Remi-sensei grinned in anticipation.

“Heh?!”, almost everyone in the room (including me) gasped.

‘I.....got…. #1 rank in the practical exams?!’

‘How? Why?... I’ll ask Remi-sensei about it later’

I shook my head and try to bring back my focus on the current task I’m being asked to perform. I pause as I reach the position where the other students executed their magic.

I raised my right hand and stared at my palm for a few seconds.

‘Fire…’

A small spark of red flames started to flicker on top of my palm. Then a red fireball emerged. The flames from the fireball flickered once more and now the color of the fireball changed to orange.

“Woah! What just happened?!”, the student in front of me shouted.

The flames flickered again and this time the fireball became somewhat similar to Kido-san’s. Once more, the same flickering happened and now the fireball was bright white. It also grew in size, when I began it was about the same size as my palm, and now it has doubled that. The flames flickered again but this time I managed to clench my fist and the fireball disappeared.

‘What was that?! White flames? I thought the color ranged from red to yellow only’

Everyone in the room had the same look on their faces, which was a mixture of confusion and amazement…