The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 468 Castor: I was also shocked
All basic subjects, first-year lecture hall.

"...Magic is like the grace of the sun; it can only be used if it depends on the sun as its core."

Professor Avisbro's flat, monotone voice echoed through the mask in the dull classroom:
"The sun here is a metaphor for a metaphysical a priori concept, which people from different ideologies and beliefs call by various names: the One, the Source, the First Cause, the World Tree, the Tree of Life, Truth, and so on. As the ancient Eastern text, the Vedas, states, 'There is only one truth, which the saints call by many different names.'"

"Therefore, magic, as a technology that imitates or substitutes the laws of nature, may seem to conflict with the science and technology that have developed greatly since the Industrial Revolution, but in fact, there is no essential difference between them."

"Unfortunately, many mysterious techniques that can be classified as magic, such as witchcraft, black magic, alchemy, and occult arts, have been lost in the long history of humankind. Nowadays, people can only obtain a few fragments of mysterious remnants by excavating ancient ruins and analyzing ancient artifacts."

"This is the best of times, this is the worst of times... but you are lucky. The Clock Tower has the best faculty in the world. Your professors have a wealth of ancient technologies and treasures. Whether you can learn them depends on your abilities, freshmen."

Professor Avisbro stretched out his hand and waved. A burly golem next to him, almost twice his height, brought out a blackboard. Dense writing automatically appeared on it, all of which were the key points he had just explained.

"Cast, Caster, wake up, take notes." Mashu nudged Caster, who was daydreaming and dozing off, awake.

"Uh... Ah!" Caster, looking completely dazed, suddenly looked up. She subconsciously touched the red mark on her face that hadn't faded from pressing her arm down for so long, and her consciousness gradually returned to reality.

Oh no! She almost fell asleep on her first day of class!
This damn basic course is entirely based on rote memorization of theoretical knowledge, and the teachers' tone of voice is always the same, without any variation, like a vague lullaby...

"Thank you, Mashu."

Caster quickly picked up her pen and scribbled furiously. While scribbling, she glanced around and noticed that almost half the students in the classroom were daydreaming. Some had become sleepy like her, while others were secretly playing cards or chess, as if anyone who paid attention would lose. Those who were as focused and attentive as Mashu were extremely rare…

Great, it turns out it wasn't just me who had the problem!
The girl's confidence immediately returned.

However, she glanced to the other side and saw Nono and Erii, the red-haired sisters, whispering to each other and sketching on a piece of parchment, seemingly studying something.

Curious Castor craned his neck and caught a glimpse of the title "Marauder's Map Research Project".

It looks familiar; is it something they were talking about yesterday?
Take another look.

Then I saw a few scattered words such as "Magic to display name (True name see-through plus)", "Castle building interior facade structure (Night tour plan launched!)", "Easy-to-use built-in frame system (It's time to copy Windows)", and "Causal separation application (Go find Emiya to learn advanced alchemy)".

Castor's eyes widened instantly, as if he had been suddenly bombarded by a deluge of knowledge:
I didn't understand it, but I was deeply moved.

Then, with a look of bewildered curiosity, she pulled her neck back and looked at Mashu again. She saw that the know-it-all's note-taking progress far exceeded the professor's blackboard writing; she had already previewed the second major chapter, "The Great Unified Language (Godoword)."
"...Language is the most direct form of instruction in magic, and it is also the manifestation of cause and effect at the root level. A language with power can command things or speak to the world, making things unable to disobey. This is also called divine words, true words, or unified language. Mastering the unified language can be called the 'Book of False Gods'."

Mashu continued writing, "According to the textbook, the dragons were the first race confirmed to have mastered a unified language. This ancient magic, which can produce countless supernatural effects simply by reciting words, is called Word Magic, and they have woven hundreds of serial numbers based on its effectiveness..."

Castor: I still don't understand, and I'm twice shocked.

Could it be that... besides her, all the other classmates are big shots?
We agreed to start from scratch and learn normally together, but you all secretly worked hard and competed fiercely, while she was the only newbie and a complete failure, right? That's too mean! Quickly give her back her beautiful and wonderful fantasies about campus life!

As he pondered this, Castor's gaze gradually lost focus, and he stared unblinkingly at the book.

Having escaped the serf life of the Fairy Kingdom, is the oppression of the Clock Tower's mountain of knowledge the next predicament? Heh heh heh, she's endured all these years, why would she be afraid of this? In the name of the savior, she will never admit defeat!
"?" Mash was puzzled when she noticed Castor's sudden surge of enthusiasm.

……

The next class was in the archaeology classroom, where a Shakespearean lecturer would explain the history of magic. There was a full hour's break before the class began, and the period after that was moved directly to the afternoon. It was clear that the Clock Tower was providing ample time for these novice magic apprentices, and the relaxed pace also allowed the new students time to stroll around, socialize, and familiarize themselves with the campus environment.

But Castor gritted her teeth. She would no longer be fooled by appearances. To keep up with the group, she had to join the competition! No mysterious person could stop her from learning!

She absolutely must listen attentively in this lesson!
Then Castor saw Shakespeare, with his frivolous air and flamboyant wizard's coat, pull out a copy of Macbeth and, in a deeply emotional yet exaggeratedly comical tone, announce to the public:
"Classmates! In this history of magic lesson, let's open this extraordinary book and explore with me the magnificent story structure and profound insights into human nature in my work!"

"Huh?" Castor pondered the words repeatedly, unable to figure out how they had anything to do with history class.

Is it really necessary to listen to this lecture?

She even heard some classmates booing openly. Clearly, the practice of bringing literary works into the history classroom was not well received, and the fact that she was openly discussing her own book made many boys disapprove.

However, a considerable number of girls still listened to him and became his loyal fans. After all, Shakespeare was a world-class writer. His level of magic history was debatable, but his literary creation was unmatched. Some students at the Clock Tower even asked Shakespeare how to write touching love letters.

As for Caster, this country bumpkin from the fairy kingdom, she was obviously out of the running with the great human history writer's book fans. Holding this fictional story that could actually serve as a history textbook, she just felt that this lecturer was extremely unreliable.

Meanwhile, Mashu, who was standing next to him, was still diligently opening Macbeth, which she was using as a textbook, and even made full notes on it. Castor even suspected that this human know-it-all had already memorized the whole book.

Erii and Nono continued playing by themselves as usual. Caster didn't even know if they had actively tried to learn anything. If they didn't listen to the lesson, weren't they worried about being called on to answer questions?
Unexpectedly, not long after, Shakespeare had a group of students read an entire scene from the book aloud, and then began asking questions:

“Very good, very good. Those of you who have read such a popular work must know the chilling depth of the story of Macbeth as one of King Duncan’s chief generals and closest military advisors, whose ambitions are rampant and who acts perversely. Nono, the witches’ prophecy brings Macbeth’s hidden desire for power to the surface. So how do you explain the appearance of three witches instead of just one?” Upon hearing this, Custer immediately wanted to complain a thousand times in his heart. You wrote the book yourself, so how many witches did you set up? Isn’t that what you decide?
Nono, who was pondering the Marauder's Map just a second ago, was targeted and stood up to casually answer:
"Because the prototype of Macbeth is Raphael Hollingsend's Chronicle of Scotland, an ancient English historian, whose original story features three witches who give Macbeth a prophecy about his future. And combined with the pan-Indo-European mythological beliefs, the prototype of the three women is most likely the three Fates, as for whether they are Greek and Roman or Norse Keltavas... that is impossible to verify."

After saying that, the red-haired girl sat back down in her seat.

Heh, trying to ambush me? Deep profiling + Observation Haki = Super Future Vision, you know?! I predicted all your predictions!
Forget asking questions in class, she could write out the standard answers with her eyes closed even when doing exams. Don't underestimate the sheer power she and Erii honed during their time in the Singularity! (Wags finger)
"Excellent! Very good! Look, students, the best Q&A session of our history of magic class is fresh off the press! Unprecedented!"

Shakespeare wasn't annoyed at all; instead, he clapped enthusiastically as if to praise Nono to the heavens.

"So-called historical records are ultimately inseparable from extraction and creation, and the inextricable link between them cannot be separated from the word 'prototype' in essence!"

"Novels are a re-creation of historical materials, and historical materials also re-creation of myths, legends, and epics, which in turn re-creation of oral traditions from prehistoric times... All of them involve repeatedly extracting from the same archetypal theme, injecting the story's nourishment into the barren archetype to continuously enrich its image—forming masterpieces of human history that have been passed down to this day! If we want to discern the truth of human history from a vast number of chapters, we cannot do without archetypes!"

Caster: "..." Is this even possible?

……

"Can it still be like this?"

Tralock, who had been dragged to the shore of Lake Moon by Emiya early this morning, exclaimed in surprise.

She had heard that this individual basic science professor was unconventional and a hands-on practitioner, but she didn't expect him to make such a big splash the very next day—he directly negotiated with the principal with his lesson plans, and then used the need for 'base building' lesson plans to pull himself into the fold.

"Of course! Didn't I say that yesterday?" Emiya grumbled as he worked. He had already said he would give him a surprise, and he would definitely do so. He would never delay until the third day. That was the Chaldea speed.

"Let me translate for you what a surprise really means!"

“I felt the surprise, but also the joy,” Professor Tralock said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Emiya waved his hand and began to make grand promises:
"The expansion plan spans several kilometers, encompassing the entire Moon Lake and the surrounding forest area. The planned construction includes 'Water City,' 'Self-Defense Training Base,' 'Magical Creature Breeding Park,' and more. These will all become auxiliary buildings of the Clock Tower. After the first phase of construction is completed, we will increase investment in several more phases, and we can even develop it into a satellite city! Aren't you excited?"

Playing this big? Even the usually calm Rain God's eyes widened at this moment, inevitably falling into a moment of fantasy.

"...No, hehe." A green-haired catgirl came running over from the cabin by the forest, looking travel-worn. There were burn marks on the hem of her clothes, and a few leaves had fallen from her cat tail. It seemed she had been busy in the forest for a long time preparing for Emiya's big move.

This was Atalanta, the hunting ground guard.

The hunting grounds work was not considered a teaching position at the Clock Tower, so Atalanta did not appear at the opening banquet. Moreover, Hohenheim created this position to properly manage the increasing number of magical creatures on Britain, requiring not only strong hunting skills but also breeding and management abilities.

To prove that Atalanta was absolutely qualified, Emiya and Chaldea even temporarily transformed Melyuchina and Regiereif into dragons and placed them in the forest during the interview, in order to prove that catgirls could even raise fire dragons!
(Atalanta: I'm raising Albion and Typhon, really!?)

"That sounds very tempting," Tralock's pupils dilated, and he could no longer remain calm. "I'm very curious how you convinced the principal. Such a huge project requires a massive amount of resources and an unimaginable amount of manpower, right?"

"It's very simple, because this is part of what I teach!"

"Ok?"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

When Caster heard that he would be taking Professor Emiya's class in the afternoon and that he didn't even need to bring his textbooks and could just go outside, he was overjoyed!
It is well known that students find extracurricular activities more enjoyable than staying cooped up in the classroom. This is similar to how physical education classes, except for physical fitness tests, can be used as an opportunity to have some fun.

No, no, no, Caster, you can't just let yourself go like this! — Just as the girl was about to lose her mind, she reminded herself again — Think about the determination you made to study hard this morning, think about the group of cheaters and big shots around you!
She followed Mashu and her group, carrying her wand, until she reached the noisy lawn that was supposed to be the meeting point. Looking around, she realized there were a lot of students around, at least a thousand, and it seemed like the whole school was coming.

"what's the situation?"

Nono glanced around using her profile and instantly understood the truth: "—The Individual Basic Course is taken by all grades in the school together. Emiya must have to spend time studying other courses at the Clock Tower on his own, so he compressed his class time to the extreme."

"Oh right, he's both a professor and a student," Caster suddenly realized. "So, how should this class be taught?"

Students have different abilities and learn at different paces; how can they all be together? Wouldn't that immediately create chaos?

"They will be divided into groups."

Nono said, "We will temporarily divide the students of each grade into four college groups and conduct competitive training while maintaining equal average scores. Each college group has its own characteristics, and the themes are fire, wind, earth, and water..."

“?” Castor: I was deeply shocked.

(End of this chapter)