Chapter 1: Common Sense of the Academy

I’d finally been approved to operate as I liked in the Holy Maple Leaf Empire by both Emperor Diageo and Balblair, the headmistress of the academy. With my newfound free rein, I decided to begin by observing the elementary sorcery classes. Rose wouldn’t be joining me today because she was busy with official princess business.

When we arrived at the academy, Elisa and Strath chose to sit in on classes in their respective specialties, earth and wind sorcery. Colt, Ayle, and the other students said that they wanted to join different classes, so we all went our separate ways. Ultimately, I decided to check out the various lectures in which my students were participating. After all, it wasn’t every day that I had the opportunity to see another country’s teaching techniques.

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“What’d you think?” I asked Colt, who’d just finished attending an earth sorcery class.

Ayle, Strath, and Elisa were also present, having finished their own classes, which all had taken place close together.

“Maple Leaf’s sorcery fundamentals are the same as ours, but the country’s sorcerers don’t have much practical experience. The impression I got is that their students learn theory but don’t have an opportunity to actually put it into practice,” Colt explained.

Ayle furrowed her brow. “From what I can tell, there aren’t many professors who can break down what they’re teaching in a way that’s easy for their students to understand. I’m not sure why, though. If you can use sorcery at an intermediate or higher level, then it should be easy to teach elementary sorcery.”

Strath jumped in to give his opinion. “The problem is the lack of progress the country has made with research. Beca