Fanatics of the Magic Academy

[You have been converted into a fanatic!]

Rose opened her eyes groggily, and the expectant gazes of a young couple came into view.

"Great! Little Rose is awake!"

Seeing the two of them, Rose felt a deep sense of relief.

"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with me?"

Mom and Dad exchanged a glance, and Mom gave a warm smile, saying with some concern:

"Little Rose, have you forgotten? Today is the day you became a Holy Son!"

"Holy Son..."

Rose felt a headache coming on, and he clutched his head tightly as memories flooded back.

Good news: he was born into a medieval church family and is now a saint.

The bad news is that in this world, above magic, those who believe in gods are universally hated and, if discovered, will be burned at the stake.

What do you mean by "reversing the Heavenly Gang"?

Fortunately, his parents were very capable and loved him very much, protecting him very well.

In a world where believers are universally condemned, it is hoped that he can have a relatively peaceful childhood.

Today is his sixth birthday, the day he received the teachings of the Church and became a Holy Son.

Rose actually has another secret: his young body harbors a 20-year-old soul from another world.

Furthermore, he also comes with a cheat code that every time traveler needs—a control panel.

He is able to observe his own condition through this.

Name: Rose

Age: Six years old

Power: 5

Agility: 6

Focus: 11

Rationality: 8

Faith: 0 (+10)

Traits:

Materialist (Purple Trait): A soul from an atheistic world who has never witnessed any miracles, you are a staunch materialist. You can only improve your intellect through learning, not your faith.

Fanatic (Purple Trait): After undergoing a spiritual transformation ritual, you have a fanatical faith in God. You can only enhance your faith through constant prayer, but you cannot enhance your sanity.

What is this "left-brain/right-brain interaction"?

Rose saw the two traits on the panel: [Materialist] and [Fanboy]. She felt a sharp pain in her head, with her left brain battling her right brain, while her right brain took the opportunity to tell her left brain a joke.

Just then, Rose suddenly felt a tearing pain deep within her soul.

He clutched his head and let out a painful roar.

Seeing this, the parents rushed forward to check on her, and the mother was so flustered that she almost burst into tears:

"Little Rose, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Don't scare Mommy!"

Then, the mother's anxious, tearful voice was drowned out by the deep pain in her soul.

In Rose's eyes, the labels "Materialist" and "Fanboy" on the panel flashed incessantly, locked in conflict.

The semi-transparent screen radiated outwards like waves from two central features, resembling water droplets dropped into a pebble.

The entire panel became somewhat distorted and illusory due to the conflict between the two.

Along with this, Rose felt her soul being constantly ravaged, destroyed, and twisted.

It hurts! It hurts so much!

Life is better than death!

After an unknown amount of time, Rose felt her soul seem to have stabilized, and the pain receded like a tide.

He weakly opened his eyes and saw his mother sobbing uncontrollably and his father silent, his fingers twisted until they turned white.

When he woke up, his mother rushed over and hugged Rose.

"Waaaaah, Rose, I'm so glad you're alright! What would we have done if anything had happened to you... Waaaaah..."

Rose was somewhat at a loss when his mother hugged him like that. He had been an orphan in his previous life and had never enjoyed such a warm embrace before.

But his 20-year-old soul quickly calmed him down, and he hugged his mother back, saying:

"Mom, I'm fine now. I just felt a little uncomfortable because I wasn't used to the ceremony earlier."

The mother wiped away her tears, looked at Rose with teary eyes, and said in a sobbing voice:

"You're okay, I'm so glad... Waaah..."

His keen ability to read people, honed in the orphanage in his previous life, allowed him to sense that his father and mother visibly relaxed, as if relieved of a great burden.

It was supposed to be a heartwarming scene, but Rose had a very strange feeling about it, though he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

He shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions.

Rose comforted her mother, a feeling of indescribable happiness welling up inside her.

In his past life, he repeatedly fantasized in the orphanage that someone cared about him and loved him.

I always sleep with my pillow in my arms at night, imagining that the soft pillow is my mother's embrace.

The scenes I had imagined countless times in my past life are now presented so realistically before me.

He felt his heart instantly filled with warmth.

He made up his mind that no matter what happens in the future, he would protect this hard-won happiness.

Just then, Rose's attention was suddenly drawn to the changes on the panel.

He discovered that the conflicting traits of "Fanboy" and "Materialist" on the panel had disappeared, replaced by a completely new trait.

Name: Rose

Age: Six years old

Power: 5

Agility: 6

Focus: 11

Rationality: 8

Faith: 10

Traits:

[Fanatical Materialist] (Golden Trait):

1. Fanaticism: Your sanity cannot be increased; you can only increase your faith.

2. Materialism: By consuming Focus Points, you can temporarily convert all Faith Points into Reason.

3. Frenzied Rationality: When rationality drops below 0, it will be forcibly locked to 0, and negative rationality will be converted into positive faith points.

This new trait is still difficult to assess, but at least the left and right hemispheres of the brain won't be fighting each other anymore.

In short, you can only add points to Faith, but you can temporarily convert all Faith into Sanity by consuming mana. Furthermore, when Sanity is below zero, you can convert negative Sanity into positive Faith.

According to Rose, faith is the foundation for performing magic and prayer, and it is the source of power for believers.

Reason is the foundation for learning and casting magic, and it is the source of a magician's power.

Concentration is like the blue bar, which can be trained.

Perhaps due to a good educational foundation in his previous life, he naturally possesses a high level of rationality.

Having grown up as an orphan in his previous life, he possessed a resilient character, and his rationality was almost impossible to drop to zero or even below.

So this new trait is pretty useless.

The idea is that if the church is destroyed, one can transform faith into reason, pretend to be a magician, and escape.

That's actually somewhat useful.

By this time, the family of three had calmed down, and the atmosphere had returned to harmony.

Mom wiped away her tears, took Rose's hand, and said in a voice still trembling with sobs:

"Rosé, you have become a holy son. Now you can choose the god you worship."

???

Rose was completely confused. What did it mean that I could choose which god to worship?

"Does our religion worship more than one deity?"

Mom nodded:

"Our Self-Nature All-Spirits Cult worships more than one deity. After all, the living conditions for believers are too difficult now, and people of different faiths must work together."

Rose nodded, feeling that the church she belonged to was a bit unorthodox, and at the same time, a sense of unease crept into her heart.

Can people of different faiths truly live together peacefully in dire circumstances? Shouldn't the most desperate situations lead to a single faith becoming the only remaining option?

Rose shook her head, shaking off the eerie feeling in her heart.

"Perhaps it's because of the differences in the world that the beliefs in this world can truly bring extraordinary power. Maybe it is because of this that people of different beliefs can stick together for warmth."

Mom took Rose's hand and said gently:

"Come on, little Rose, let's see which god will favor you."

"Okay, Mom."

Rose nodded obediently.