Chapter 59

You Are Human

โ€œCamping and setting up a camp are the same thing.โ€

โ€œNo, theyโ€™re not!โ€ Francis retorted. Even though Iโ€™ve been teasing him every night lately.

โ€œExus, do you understand? Setting up camp is really tough.โ€

โ€œHuh, is that so?โ€

โ€œYes! You need to organize food and water for the supply units, and you need the strength to protect yourself. But if you increase the number of people to boost strength, the size of the supply units swells, defeating the purpose. Not to mention, you have to think about the morale of the soldiers, about women, luxuries, weaponsโ€”โ€

โ€œJust use magic.โ€

โ€œYouโ€™re the only one in the world who can do that!!!โ€

Well, sheโ€™s right.

So, anywaysโ€ฆ

โ€œTa-da!โ€

I laid out some canned goods and retort pouches.

โ€œToday, weโ€™ll camp with provisions that last over a week. And during that, Iโ€™ll teach you useful survival magic you guys can actually use!โ€

โ€œWe donโ€™t have time for thatโ€ฆโ€

Francis held his head in his hands.

โ€œListen! We only have six people! Everyone has to be efficient with guard duty and hunting. Thereโ€™s no time for playing aroundโ€”โ€

โ€œIs there really none?โ€

โ€œWell, maybe you have time, but the rest of us donโ€™t!โ€

โ€œWhy are you so serious? Do you want the evaluation points that badly?โ€

โ€œThe evaluator for this practical is that Professor Kuljes!โ€

Ahh?

Oh, right, him.

War-crazy Lord Kuljes.

The former head of the Kuljes family, a robe-wearing noble without land, and an unmatched strategistโ€ฆ

An old retired guy, but one of the few people in this academy you can genuinely respect.

Heโ€™s also one of the most feared and strict teachers, on par with Goat from the arithmetic department.

โ€œI see. If that old man is grading us, we canโ€™t slack off too much.โ€

โ€œExactly!โ€

โ€œBut Iโ€™m still going to hold the survival magic class. If anything, the old man will give us extra points for it.โ€

โ€œUgh!โ€

Time to check the schedule.

Day one goes like this:

We gather in the school building at the sound of two bells (around 7 a.m.?) with our gear. Youโ€™re responsible for bringing your own stuff, and youโ€™ll lose points if itโ€™s incomplete. But if itโ€™s not a glaring issue, they apparently โ€œdeliberatelyโ€ let it slide.

At the sound of one bell in the afternoon (around noon), we set out.

The plan is to move to a forest about 20 kilometers away, assuming itโ€™s a battlefield.

โ€ฆOf course, thereโ€™s no way a bunch of 12-year-olds can walk 20 kilometers in half a day.

Obviously, weโ€™ll be camping in the plains along the way.

Though this world may be โ€˜Nauropa,โ€™ itโ€™s still pretty harsh.

In the grasslands, where the grass reaches up to an adultโ€™s waist, thereโ€™s barely any path to speak of.

Walking on an unpaved road is exhausting and dangerous. And the danger isnโ€™t just about the difficulty of walking on a rough road.

While it sounds charming to call it โ€˜overflowing with nature,โ€™ in reality, nature is no place for humans to live.

From that tall greenery, youโ€™ll find poisonous insects, venomous snakesโ€”anything goes. And, of course, mosquitoes carrying malaria show up too.

Not only that, but wolves who have developed a taste for human flesh, goblins, and other monsters will also come out. And donโ€™t forget the bandits. Some of the wild animals even carry rabies.

Since there arenโ€™t any aristocrats willing to spend money to maintain the roads, the roads are practically lawless. You should assume itโ€™s worse than Johannesburg. Because here, the beasts will actually attackโ€ฆ

The swamps are unsanitary, full of who-knows-what diseases, and there are also unique fantasy-world hazards like treacherous terrains or living traps.

Wander off the path, and getting lost and stranded in the wilderness isnโ€™t just a possibilityโ€”itโ€™s almost guaranteed.

In this era, traveling is literally a matter of life and death.

โ€ฆWell, I can fly if I feel like it, so none of this really bothers me.

Anyway, back on track.

The second day of the practical:

Weโ€™ll likely end up camping in the dangerous grasslands.

After finishing the camp, weโ€™ll head back into the forest.

The forest is even more dangerous than the plains.

There are even more powerful wild beasts and monsters lurking in the forest, which is much richer in resources than the plains.

Grizzlies, cougars, honey badgers, coyotesโ€”anything goes.

While fighting off those threats, weโ€™ll keep camping and continue onward.

Weโ€™re expected to make it through the forest in under ten days.

And of course, there wonโ€™t be any compasses.

โ€ฆYou think itโ€™s impossible, right?

Exactly! It is impossible!

No matter how you slice it, forcing a bunch of 12-year-olds through such a harsh journey, even if theyโ€™re mages, is just ridiculous!

This practical exam seems like some sort of ritual to whip these cocky kids into shape.

Remember that one manga? The one where they bully you until youโ€™re nice and obedient, and then finally offer you a kind hand with a โ€œyouโ€™re human, after all.โ€ Basically, brainwashing.

Well, at least this country, dumb as it is, isnโ€™t completely brainless.

They sell their power through military might, so they know how to control it.

Sure, itโ€™s a brutal sports club/black company style of training, but itโ€™s effective.

Noble families known for their military prowess, like Francisโ€™ household, have been rigorously training their children even before they enroll, so they manage to cope, surprisingly enough.

Honestly, it seems this whole practical is about filtering out and disciplining โ€œweak noble or commoner mages who just got luckyโ€ and โ€œbratty, spoiled noble kidsโ€ like me.

They push you through an impossible practical, wear you down until you think, โ€œI canโ€™t take this anymore!โ€ Then, the supervising teachers, seniors, or soldiers swoop in and escort you out.

And just like that, you start showing respect to your seniors and teachers.

But frankly, I couldnโ€™t care less about any of that.

I wonโ€™t bother with lectures on how ruling through fear only leads to ruinโ€”because I donโ€™t care.

Right now, my head is filled with thoughts about camping.


Programmer Reincarnation: Magic in This World Seems Like Programming

Programmer Reincarnation: Magic in This World Seems Like Programming

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2023 Native Language: Japanese

A story in which the heroine begs for the enemy's life

Reincarnated into another world! A programmer who died on Earth wakes up to find himself a baby in a fantasy world! Though it may seem like a fantasy world, magic is processed in a computer-program-like manner for some reason! Being an Earth programmer, he can manipulate spells to wield powerful magic! It's cheating! Totally OP! I see, it's a common setup. ...But there's one problem. This guy is fatally unsuited to be the protagonist.

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