Come to think of it, I’ve been killing monsters so easily, but why am I capable of doing this?
I was the type who could attack with the intent to kill others…
…No, that’s right.
It started when I was extremely hungry as a child, and the livestock and animals around me looked like nothing more than food.
Yeah, seriously.
When a human is starving, they go a little crazy.
Back then, the rabbits around me looked like delicious fried chicken.
I’ve heard stories about professional boxers on extreme diets seeing their drying gloves as meat and gnawing on them without realizing it…
I was the same way, seeing animals as nothing but food because I was too hungry.
Because of that, I got used to slaughtering and eating animals from a young age, and now I don’t feel anything even when dismembering humans…
I got used to blood.
Well, even in my previous life, I could fire a gun if my life was in danger, but I couldn’t dismember animals with a knife.
This skill and mindset of killing living creatures is one of the few advantages I’ve gained in this world besides magic.
…Though, is it really an advantage?
Well, that doesn’t matter now.
I need to move.
I could travel many times faster with magic, but I don’t know the exact location of the royal capital.
I used to visit the Carranheit frontier often to sell goods, but…
Oh, right.
Next, let’s make an artificial satellite.
With that, I should be able to use GPS…
But that’s for later.
For now, I’ll spend some time making a familiar.
“Ada.”
“Yes?”
“What’s your favorite animal?”
“Hmm… I like big dogs.”
“I see.”
I took out the carcass of a wolf from the carriage, embedded a magic stone in its heart, and inscribed the necessary spells.
I also altered its appearance, making it white and giving it eyes the same green color as Ada’s.
The familiar was complete.
“Here, it’s a dog. It’s yours.”
“Huh, a wolf…”
“Wolves were domesticated to become dogs, so it’s not strange.”
“Y-Yes.”
The white wolf, larger than Ada, bowed to her.
“Um…”
“First, we need to register you as the user… ah, the contract. Here’s how…”
“‘Familiar Vision’… Wow! Amazing! This eye looks like Souffle’s!”
So, I found out Ada names her pets after her favorite desserts.
And me? I prepared a black owl as my familiar and named it Möbius.
Why? Because I recently taught Ada about the Möbius function…
Honestly, I just picked randomly. It could have been Basel or Cayley.
If I name another familiar, it might be Vieta, Maclaurin, or Fermat.
But carrying a black owl as a magician makes me look like a complete villain…
“Ouch.”
Wow, a raptor!
Oh yeah, owls are raptors too.
Their talons are digging into my body through my regular clothes.
Alright, let’s make some clothes.
And while I’m at it, let’s imbue them with plenty of enchantments.
Once I realized that I could inscribe spells onto magic stones, I figured I could fuse magic stones with other materials.
I remember experimenting with silver and ending up with bluish-white silver, thinking it might be mithril…
…I see! Silver fused with magic stones is mithril!
If I can fuse cloth with magic stones in the same way…
Oh! I can inscribe spells on it!
See, if I hadn’t realized that I could inscribe on magic stones, I would have been quite lost.
I’m grateful… After all, having an arrogant attitude like “There’s nothing to learn from this world!” is no good.
Even though most people here are scum, I still need to steal the good parts.
“Ada.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll make you some clothes. What kind do you want?”
“Well, I’d like something easy to move in…”
“Wow! This is cute!”
So, it turns out Ada has started to care about her appearance and had many requests for the clothes.
Moreover, since her design sense was better than mine, I asked her to design my clothes too.
My outfit?
I suggested something business-like, like a three-piece suit.
Then Ada gave it a slight fantasy twist.
Even though I was known as the stylish one in the office, I’m ultimately an engineer.
As an engineer, I lack the fashion sense!
It’s sad that an otherworldly girl has better taste…
No, it’s probably different.
My taste is decent.
Ada just has exceptional taste.
A hidden talent…
She also made me create a necklace with a Möbius strip symbol from orichalcum. I’m supposed to wear it with the three-piece suit but no tie.
“Why?”
“I want to do the Freemason thing!”
Ahhh?
Oh, yeah, we talked about that.
I vaguely mentioned the Freemasons as a story from another country.
What? You want me to create a secret society?
Ahhh…?
Well, that’s…
“Why not?”
My goal is to create an organization, a think tank, teaching the logic of my magic to selected individuals, forming a mage group that doesn’t bow to any nation…
That’s basically a secret society.
“Let’s do it!”
“Alright…”
First, I need to draft the organizational outline.
Hmm, how should I do this…
“The name of the organization… Since it’s a secret magic society, how about Golden Dawn?”
“I think Exus-sama should decide that…”
“Hmm… How about ‘Aurora’? It means dawn.”
“Nice! The Aurora Group or the Dawn Faction! What’s the motto of the organization?”
“Ah? Well, let’s use Archimedes’… ‘Eureka, eureka!'”
“What does it mean?”
“Uh, well, it means something like ‘I’ve found it!’ or ‘Discovery!'”
“I think it’s cool! What about the organization’s philosophy?”
“Then let’s go with the worship of science and magic… ‘Wisdom,’ the liberation from royal and divine authority… ‘Freedom,’ and positions determined by personal ability… ‘Equality.'”
“Good! And… what about the ranks within the organization?”
“Let’s use hacker ranks. From top to bottom: Guru, Demigod, Wizard, Hacker, Programmer, Newbie, Lamer, Script Kiddie, Wannabe. And, yeah, there was an idea for magic devices that can turn anyone into a magician…”
I’ll be the Guru.
I was called Guru even on Earth…
From Lamer downward, I’m still planning, but those will be the foot soldiers who receive the magic devices that allow anyone to become a magician.
Wannabe will be for non-magic users we might need to include if the organization grows too large.
“This is getting interesting, Guru!”
“Stop it, stop it. Thinking about this is fun, but nothing has started yet.”
“Okay!”
Well, Ada is still a kid when it comes to this.
She just wants to play secret society.
Aurora Mage Group
Currently, the secret society that almost rules the world. It is known as ‘The Society,’ ‘The Dawn Faction,’ ‘The Morning Star Magic Group,’ and ‘The Demon God Cult.’
The organization was founded recently. According to later research, the highest-ranking Guru, Exus, and the second-ranking Demigod, Ada, created the organizational outline when they left their homeland, as written in the ‘Ada Diary.’
The initial members were as follows:
- Exus Rayvan
- Ada Ravis
- Francis Klein
- Yuki Zangetsu
- Grace Arklight
- Alan Talon
- Betty Ruby
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