To establish the academy known as "Mystra," Alaric had truly poured his heart and soul into it.
Not only did he summon all his girlfriends from the Harry Potter world to serve as teachers, but he also brought along his little unicorn, Lurue, as well as the clockwork spirit Oriana.
Perhaps because unicorns had never existed in the Type-Moon world in the past, yet would appear in the future, Lurue gained an immense advantage the moment she arrived.
As the very first unicorn of the Type-Moon world, Lurue transformed the instant she stepped into this realm, her flesh and blood form evolving into a Phantasmal Species, moreover, a high-ranked one.
Even Alaric was astonished by such a change.
At first, he assumed that any magical creature fitting this pattern, absent in the past, destined to appear in the future, might be strengthened in the same way.
But after bringing in several other magical beings, he discovered he was wrong.
The only one who received this blessing of the world was Lurue.
After careful thought, Alaric finally arrived at the answer.
Compared to other magical creatures, unicorns were different.
Unicorns were beings blessed by the world itself, no matter the realm.
They loved nature and peace by instinct, their souls pure, cherished as darlings of heaven and earth.
Their numbers were few, and they were not particularly strong, yet they held a unique advantage.
These creatures, so adored by the world, could not be slain.
Whoever dared kill a unicorn would be cursed by nature itself, shunned by heaven and earth, wrapped in misfortune, and even the gods would curse them.
Perhaps for this reason, even when unicorns lived alone in the forest, no beast would hunt them.
Ordinary animals would not dare, and evil creatures recoiled before their pure radiance.
In many myths, unicorns were beloved companions of goddesses.
It was likely for this very reason that Lurue, upon entering this world, naturally received its blessing.
She leapt from being merely a somewhat powerful magical creature straight into the ranks of a legendary Phantasmal Species.
Thus, what had started as Alaric's casual plan to bring her along as a mascot turned into something more.
He gave her a new duty. Lurue became the ruler of the forest near the castle.
Although it was filled with magical creatures captured by Alaric, not a single one dared challenge her rule, they all trembled under her "awe-inspiring might."
As for Oriana, her arrival was for reconstruction.
Back in the Harry Potter world, Alaric's magic was too dependent on inner emotion. Its surface logic was not rigorous, making it ill-suited to merge with Oriana's magitech.
But once he reached the World of Warcraft universe and then the Type-Moon world, everything changed.
Here, magic was rooted in mathematics. Naturally, such structured magic could be applied to magitech.
In fact, the high elves of Azeroth had long since applied technologies like arcane constructs, akin to robots, both in battle and daily life.
Quel'Thalas even had a dedicated unit made up entirely of these constructs, a great reinforcement for their ever-thinning armies.
As for the Type-Moon world… if they could create a homunculus like Frankenstein, and if Avicebron's golem-making had reached near-perfection, not to mention the countless magical black technologies born in the Age of Gods, then clearly Oriana's systems could be applied here as well.
In Alaric's vision, Oriana's greatest upgrade would come from Mooncell on the moon, to enhance her intelligence and processing power, combined with the "Immortal Ruins" in the Celestial Empire region, a relic of magitech, to strengthen her entire system.
As for the legendary Greek divine realm, said to hold relics from a civilization that had reached its very limits… Alaric had no hope for it.
Judging by the current state of the Greek domain, it had likely been completely reset long ago, destroyed in Attila's rampage, no longer what it once was.
…
In any case, with the opening of Mystra Academy, everyone became busy, everyone except Alaric.
As principal, he hardly needed to concern himself with the students: first-years required none of his teaching.
According to his design, the academy's first year would not involve magic at all. Instead, it would be dedicated entirely to basic studies, especially mathematics.
For just as science required mathematics as its foundational tool, so too did magic.
Yet unlike the universality of science in modern civilization, magic was a talent-based discipline, forever limited to the gifted few.
Thus, in most magical civilizations, mathematics was nearly useless to ordinary folk.
Students could only build this foundation at the academy itself, which greatly lengthened their initial years of study.
In the second year, students would begin learning the simplest zero-ring cantrips.
Though called cantrips, these spells contained the very fundamentals of casting. Without mastering them, no student could take another step forward on the path of magic.
In the third year, they would be taught first-circle spells, true spells at last.
Only those who could master at least one by the year's end would advance and be recognized as real mages, or, in the Clock Tower's ranking system, "Apprentices."
In the fourth and fifth years, students had to master at least three second-circle spells.
In the sixth year, they needed to master at least one third-circle spell to graduate.
Only then would they be considered proper mages, out of the novice stage, roughly equal to the "Pupil" rank in the Clock Tower.
If a student could master a fourth-circle spell before graduation, they would be hailed as a prodigy, permitted to remain for further study.
In Clock Tower terms, that would place them at the "Lord" rank.
For reference, Ritsuka Fujimaru, the protagonist of FGO, was a Lord-ranked magus.
In short, magic was a discipline that demanded lifelong study.
Even in the World of Warcraft, most talented mages topped out at the fifth or sixth circle at best, forming the backbone of the magical community.
Even so, they were few in number. Across all of Azeroth, the total number of mages, including apprentices, was less than ten thousand.
Placed within the Clock Tower, such mages would be considered "Sacrifice" rank.
Those who reached the seventh or eighth circle were true prodigies and powerhouses, rare beyond measure, considered "Pillar" rank in the Clock Tower.
A ninth-circle mage stood at the very pinnacle, one before whom even kings would bow.
At the Clock Tower, the highest theoretical rank, "Color," usually corresponded to eighth or ninth circle.
And then there were Legendary Mages, beings who might appear only once in several generations.
Such individuals could reshape magical systems themselves, founding new theories and opening new paths.
Only the Clock Tower's "Crown" rank could be considered their equal.
By Alaric's plan, at Mystra Academy only those who reached the seventh circle and beyond would qualify for his personal guidance.
But judging by the pace of study, by the time any of his students reached that level, Hermione and the others he had already taught would each be at least ninth-circle themselves.
In that case, it would fall to them to mentor the seventh-circle students.
Meaning, if all went smoothly, Alaric would theoretically never need to teach anyone at all.
However… theory was one thing.
Soon, Alaric encountered an exception.
.
.
.
Guys, do leave some power stones and reviews.
✌patreon.com/bobthewriter✌
If you guys enjoy this story, you can support me on Patreon and get access to 30 Advance Chapters, it really helps me to work on new chapters.