A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Akashic Records of a Bas- Magician or its characters, nor do I want to. The story would be terrible if I did.

Chapter Two: A New Side

Glenn's POV

Once I finished hammering a nail into the book I had on the board, I turned to the class. "Good, seems you all know what exactly you will be doing today" I smiled before sitting down.

"Why didn't I ask about all the rules instead of just thinking Shock Bolt was the only one" I heard Sistine complain as I stitched an intricate Casting Circle in black on my book. It was more of a Double Dahlia on top of a Pentagram in the middle of a circle.

"I have a question"

Looking up, I saw Lynn. "What is it?" I asked, going back to my work. "I… I don't understand something on the subject of translating runic…" Sistine interrupted before she could continue.

"You're wasting your time Lynn"

"Sistine"

"You shouldn't ask that man questions, I can help you instead. He doesn't understand a thing about the greatness or value of magic" I sighed in annoyance. What's so great about it? If you look close enough, there are many things that can be substituted for magic. Magic isn't a necessity.

"I'd rather ask him, he was about to say something before you interrupted. And he was right about my answer being in the book, I just didn't read far enough" Lynn told the silver as she pushed her towards her desk. From their expressions, they were surprised by what Lynn said.

"Is magic really that great or valuable?"

"Magic is the studies of this world's principles. The origin and structure of this World, the rules that govern it… magic reveals this, as well as answers the eternal question of why we and this world exist. It's the means in which humanity can discover the path to a greater plane of existence. That's why magic is great and valuable" Sistine lectured.

"I asked you why magic is great or valuable, I didn't ask you to quote the book. What use is there in studying these principles? They're pretty much common sense anyway. What is your answer for that? And don't say 'achieving a higher plane of existence' because you have no idea what that is" she couldn't say anything, so I continued.

"What benefit does magic provide humanity anyway? If you are knowledgeable of the world around you, there's really no use for it. The medical field can ease or help those who are ill. Many fields benefit humanity, but magic is only a shortcut, we can survive without it. Not like the other fields of study. The only benefit magic gives humanity is more of a reason to be lazy" I explained.

"Magic isn't about something as low benefiting humanity"

She does have a voice! For a second there, I thought she had gone mute. "It's about searching for the truth behind this world and humanity itself" Sistine said, making me sigh.

"You have historians and archeologists for that. The only thing magic is truly useful for, is…" I started, getting her attention. "Death"

That surprised all of the students in the room.

"The mortality rate in the world since magic was introduced has raised from 3% to 27%. War has increased from 5% to 38% since magic was discovered. After telling you this, can you find a plausible reason for me to love magic again?" I asked the class.

I grabbed her wrist before she could hit me. "Tell me, I dare you" I challenged. After a few seconds of her not saying anything, I threw her wrist away from me.

"As I thought; Someone who cares so deeply for magic can't even tell me a universal reason why magic is worth more than all the death and chaos it wreaks" I shrugged before going back to my work.

Time Skip: Sunset

"I'm done with this job if I can't find a reason to like magic again by tomorrow" I decided as I stretched. I was about to head home when I saw a light on in a room that's supposed to be closed.

Squinting my eyes, I saw it was Rumia. She was trying to work a familiar Magic Circle. From here, I could already see it wouldn't work. I wonder what she's blaming for it.

I used a spell that my family taught me before I was outside the room Rumia was in.

*Slam* The girl shrieked once I slammed the door open. "The use of this Lab without a Teacher's permission is against the rules, Rumia" I reminded the blonde.

"I just wanted to review how to construct Magic Circles. I'll clean up right away" she apologized. "It's fine, you're almost done anyway" I sighed as I walked closer. Walking to the circle, I flinched internally when I was close enough. How has she not noticed how horrendously she made this?

"It's not working though" she worried. "Of course it isn't, you didn't use enough mercury" I told the girl. Grabbing the jar of mercury, I slowly filled in the cracks.

"You get angry easily when it comes to what you see, but you neglect what's right in front of you. That fact alone proves that you think it's more sacred than it is. Magic isn't sacred as too many people are able to use it. If only a handful were able to, I might consider it to be sacred" I told the girl as I finished filling them in.

"Try it now" I suggested when I placed the jar on the ground. "Just like the textbook teaches you, use all five phrases" I advised before she started the incantation.

"Cycle, cycle, oh origin of life.

Form your path within the circle of truth."

The circle glowed a golden color before many colorful bubbles appeared from within the Magic Circle. "I've never seen such a beautiful circle before" Rumia said in awe. I smiled at how happy she looked. It's a basic circle.

"This is a basic circle, anyone can make it, idiot. Just pay more attention to how much, or how little, you use when it comes to Circles. It can make or break them" I advised the bubbly girl.

Scene Change: Bridge

"You love magic, don't you Glenn-sensei?"

"Where is this coming from?"

"You looked like you were having fun back there"

"No way, I hate most spells Mages cast" I chuckled dryly. "Is that so? What were you doing before you became a Teacher?" she asked as I wondered when my fiancé would call. He hasn't called me in a while.

"I'm proud to say I was doing nothing for the past year" I smiled. "You know Miss Celica, right? She's been taking care of me since I was four-years-old and was the one who made me take this job" my shoulders slumping as I remembered the threat.

"What were you doing before then?"

I shrugged dismissively, not even bothering to answer. "It's my turn" I said, leaning on the rock wall that lined the bridge. "Why is everyone in your class so high-strung when it comes to magic? They take it way too seriously" I asked the girl.

"I don't really know as I can only speak for myself, but I do understand your point about magic causing chaos and death. I want to change that. I want to make magic solely helpful to people. I owe someone a debt, and I would like to repay it" she told me.

"What debt?"

"When I was banished from my home three years ago, about the time I started living with Sisti, I was captured by a group of evil Mages. A true Mage of Justice came to my rescue when I was about to be killed. I sat on the ground, stunned, as he defeated one Mage after the other. It was terrifying…"

I remember that day. She should be wanting to pay the debt to her mother. I only saved her because her mother asked me to. Without Queen Alicia, I wouldn't have been heading in her direction.

"But when I saw magic being used for good and evil, I knew I wanted to use magic to help people. To do that though," she started walking towards me as she spoke. "I need to be able to understand it first. If I stay on this road, I hope that, one day, it will lead me to him. I want to thank him for saving me that day. I want to show him that saving me wasn't a mistake"

"I see, see you tomorrow" I waved as I headed home. "Before you leave, Professor" she said, getting my attention. "Can you apologize to Sisti tomorrow? Magic means a lot to her for a lot of reasons. I think the main one is that it makes her feel close to her grandfather. He passed away many years ago,"

He shouldn't have messed with something that he doesn't understand then. Everyone seems to be doing that a lot lately.

Time Skip: Next Day

I bowed my head towards Sistine when class started. They were all surprised that I was doing it.

"I'm sorry about yesterday" I apologized, standing up straight again. "I hate magic, I made that perfectly clear and I have no intention of pretending that I don't. But, I know I went too far yesterday" I told the girl. I went to my desk.

"I need to say one more thing before class begins" I stopped, right in front of my desk. "Every one of you in here, is an idiot!" I stated, angering them.

"I realized that a while ago because of how you approach these classes. How you approach magic is very wrong. You don't understand how it even works. It's one of the reasons why I didn't want to teach magic in the first place" I told all of them. "Says the disaster of a Mage who can't even one line chant a simple spell like Shock Bolt" a brunet with glasses smirked at me.

"Sure, sure. I may not get into Mana Manipulation and Chant Reductions," I waved dismissively. "But come on, do you really think Shock Bolt is simple? I told you, you're idiots" I smirked

"That's okay though, because I'm actually going to teach you a few things about it. Things not covered in any Academia curriculum" I declared before aiming my arm at the door.

"Everyone knows the standard chant: Thunder sprites, / pay heed, and strike / with your electric shock" I recited. Electric purple colored lighting came from the Casting Circle I conjured.

"The sad thing is that he needs the whole chant"

"This is like the first spell we mastered"

"And as we all know, Mages who are good with Mana Manipulation can shorten it to: Thunder Sprite, Shock. But I have a question for you" turning to the board. I wrote down the incantation before adding another slash.

Thunder sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock

"What happens if you turn this three-line chant into four?"

"If you don't pause in the right places the spell will fail" Gibul answered. "Want a prize for stating the obvious, idiot? Of course it won't work how it was intended. I'm asking what will happen instead" I asked the class.

"Everyone knows that you get a random misfire!" a girl yelled, slamming her hands on her desk.

"Random? I thought you mastered this spell? Does anyone else want to hazard a guess?"

After a second of no one saying, or doing, anything I smirked. "I'll tell you then, it will curve to the right"

I turned around and started the chant. "Thunder sprites, / pay heed, / and strike with your / electric shock"

As I said, it curved to the right, it isn't random. Everyone said it wasn't possible but I just chuckled.

"There are a lot more where that comes from. Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock, shortens the range. Dropping a part, lessens the output drastically. Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / strike / with your electric shock" I demonstrated quickly.

"If you've mastered this spell already, you should know this" I smiled, balancing a stick of chalk on the tip of my finger. "All magic is is an advanced form of auto-suggestion, self-hypnosis if you will. The runic language is the most efficient way to achieve the reshaping of our subconscious. It's our minds, not magic, that reveal the principles governing reality. More than anything, magic is about probing the heart of mankind" science and philosophy does the rest.

"You're only skeptical because you don't think words have much power. I want to try something" I smiled.

"Hey, white-cat" I said, annoying Sistine. "I have a proper name! It's Sistine Fi—"

"You're the most beautiful girl I have ever met"

"As I just demonstrated, with just a few words, verbal communication does have power. I got a physical reaction with only a few words" I shimmered behind my desk before a book could hit me in the head.

"As I was saying," I started when I saw their shocked expressions. "Words can influence the world around you. Making subtle changes in verbal syntax can change the meaning of a chant. Because of this, you don't need to use a single word from the original chant. Let me demonstrate" aiming my arm at the door.

"Paralyze" I spoke, casting Shock Bolt. "Well, that was weaker than I expected. Regardless," I observed, turning to my students. "You can understand what I just did, you can also substitute words" I smiled.

"All spells are are words used to activate what is deep in your subconscious. It's an association game. I gave your classmate here a nickname not too long ago. What do you think when you look at her now?"

They all said 'a cat' which was good. "Chants work the same way. If you make an association, your brain will pick out the power from your subconscious however you like" I looked down at the taped-up textbook before I continued.

"You can translate and memorize the chants like this lame textbook says, that's up to you. But if you don't understand how it works, you'll just be taking the same 'Magic for Dummies' classes you've been taking since you started at this Academy" picking up the stupid book.

"If you want to become true Mages, we have some serious gaps to fill" throwing the book into a dimensional hole no one but I can see. "We'll be going back to basics, so you can learn right. If you're not into this, you can do whatever you want" I smiled.

It may not be much of a reason. But if I want them to understand the dangers of magic, I have to teach them the right way to use it. I might even drill into them what Redolf failed to learn.

My classes have become quite popular since I started trying. This may not be so bad.

"The one thing you need to know about Original Magic is it isn't anymore sacred than what you already know. Anyone can create an original spell. The only challenge is that it has to be better than any preexisting spell. There's no point in creating it if it isn't better, right?"

Time Skip: Sunset

When my classes were over, I decided to watch the sunset from the roof. Thinking back over the events of today, I wondered if it would be alright to show my students my home. It's too dangerous for those who don't listen or are too curious so maybe when they're older.

"Aw! Look at you! getting all pensive in the Twilight"

I narrowed my eyes at the voice. "I'm glad you're enjoying your youth" Celica smiled. "What do you want?" I asked the giddy woman.

"I only came to congratulate you, you perked up a bit"

I know she was worried about me. "Up until now, you looked like a Cod that had been dead for a month or two. Now you look like you've only been dead for a day" such a terrible analogy.

"I'm sorry for worrying you"

"I'm leaving for a magic conference tomorrow. Normally, as a Teacher, you could come as well, but your class is behind. You will have to stay here" I sighed at this.

"I only looked like a dead Cod before because my fiancé is on a secret mission for our Lady and hasn't called me in a long time"

"Does that mean you won't be playing any weird pranks on the girls while we're gone?" I just shook my head at this. Celica jumped on my back, wrapping her arms below my neck. I tried shaking her off, but it wasn't working.

"Get off, Celica" I growled. "Fine, you're no fun" she whined at me.

"Found you!"

I turned at the familiar voice. Rumia was the one that said it, but she was the only one excited to see me. Sistine just looked awed or confused that I was with Celica.

"Oh! Professor Arfonia is here to!"

"Is everything okay? Do you need your Teacher?"

"Yes ma'am! There is something I want to ask him about" she smiled. "I guess it's my responsibility as a Teacher to answer your questions then" I joked when they stopped in front of me. My joke made Celica laugh and annoyed Sistine. "I didn't want her to ask!"

"It's way too easy to rile you up, Sistine" I couldn't help but burst into laughter. "What do you want to know?" turning to Rumia with a smile.

When asked, I realized it was an easy question that you could find in the book. I answered it simply regardless and told her this.

Time Skip: Next Morning

"I'm late!"

I sped down the barren street to get to class. Getting down from my ancestral home takes too long. I should edit the spell to make it faster when I have time.

I slowed to a stop when I saw the vibrating of air with a dark red and black aura. That's killer intent. It made me realize that these streets shouldn't be so barren at 8 o'clock.*

"I know you're here! Come out already!" I informed in annoyance. The killer intent was coming from the alley, but it was dulled. He must be using a barrier. "It was a makeshift barrier to ward people off; you've got pretty sharp eyes for an amateur Mage"

A light brunet, almost blond, came into the open.

"I don't know who you are, but I have an idea as to which Mage group you belong to. I'm already late enough as it is if you didn't hear my yelling" I told the Mage. He's a Mage involved with 'Researchers of Divine Wisdom'.

"It's good for you then that your itinerary has changed. You are now going to the Afterlife!"

"Corruption, fester"

Scene Change: School

Opening a random door, I found an odd sight.

Sistine, a proud and stubborn girl, was being held to the dirty floor of a random room and molested by a Dark Mage. "What are you doing to my student?"

He stood, as if to challenge me. Narrowing my eyes at the man, I stalked closer to him. "Molesting an underage girl won't change the fact that you can't get any. But why did you choose her? There are plenty of girl's in my class who are quite beautiful. Yet, you chose a proud girl who wouldn't hesitate to use her magic, especially when in fear" I asked the man.

He pointed his finger at me, making me sigh in annoyance.

First, I'm late because I didn't think I would need to get to the ground from my home quickly. Second, some idiot who can't even erect a proper barrier tries to kill me with his group of friends. And poorly, I might add. Third, when I actually arrive to my classroom, Rumia willingly went with the man who said his companion killed me. Fourth, my sole silver-haired student, who reminds me of a deceased friend, is kidnapped by another Dark Mage. And fifth, I'm being threatened by the same Dark Mage who was molesting my student on Academy grounds. This just isn't my day.

"Get out of here Professor! He's about to fire" Sistine warned. I already know this. "Too late," I looked at the Dark Mage through my peripheral vision.

"Bang!"

His bright purple Casting Circle shattered apart like glass the moment he tried to activate it. He was so confused about it that he kept trying. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" but they fizzled the moment he tried to make the circle.

"Magic won't work anymore, Dark Mage" I stated darkly as I pulled my card out of my pant's pocket. "Fool Arcana?" he was confused as soon as he saw the card. I don't blame him though as it's my Original Spell card.

"By activating the Magic Spell I attached to this special card, I can immediately dissipate all magic that is about to be cast within a set range. The range is, of course, centered around myself. It's one of my Original Spells, though… it's not the greatest one I came up with. I call it The Fool's World" I explained simply.

"Your own Spell?! You're telling me a Mage like you is on that level!" he stepped back in dread of what just dawned on him. "The reason it's not that great though, is because it will also dissipate my Spells and any active Spell will not disappear" rubbing the back of my head with a smile.

"Hahaha! How is a Mage supposed to fight if they can't even use magic?!" the man laughed hysterically. "Get out before—"

He fell to the ground with one, well-placed punch to the jaw.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 7:49 A.M. on December 5, 2018.

*I don't know what time his classes start and end, so I made up a time, sorry if it is mentioned in the cannon and mine is wrong.

I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading.