After leaving the Holy Land of Swords, Shirou set off on the journey to magic university.
Ranoa Magic Academy is very famous in the northern magic countries of the central continent. It is a sacred place for magicians known to everyone.
Basically, any magician of some fame among humans will go to Ranoa Magic Academy to study, master enough magic knowledge, and then start their own careers after graduation.
Of course, because most countries have not yet realized the importance of magicians and still mainly hire swordsmen, most magicians end up becoming adventurers after graduation, joining powerful adventure groups, and hunting monsters.
Shirou went to magic university not only to find his brother Rudeus, but also to learn magic.
After graduating from North God the Second Shonder, Shirou deeply realized that the skills he had learned were still too few. If he wanted to match or even surpass the Dragon God, he needed to master more techniques and skills, and not be limited to swordsmanship, but also master magic.
Based on this idea, Shirou quickly chose to set off, but he did not go straight to Ranoa Magic Academy, but chose to take some adventurer's quests along the way.
The reason for doing this seemingly roundabout thing was because Shirou still remembered the teachings of North God the Second, realizing that he needed to master other skills besides swordsmanship as soon as possible.
Not to mention archery, which he already knew, he also needed to quickly get the hang of weapons such as spears, axes, and swords.
And the fastest way to master a weapon is through plenty of real combat.
In this way, the adventurer profession is an excellent way to train.
The only problem was that Shirou's original adventurer level was too high, already at S-class. There were almost no quests he could take in the central continent.
The central continent is not as dangerous as the Demon Continent, which is full of dangerous monsters.
So Shirou had to ask the people at the adventurer's guild to help him lower his adventurer level to C-class, and gradually raise it from a low level.
As a result, the Black Wolf Second team was also disbanded by Shirou himself.
Considering that Ruijerd and Eris are now going their separate ways, the existence of the team is indeed no longer meaningful.
In short, the basis of everything Shirou did was that he was not too worried about Rudeus.
After all, Shirou knew very well the amazing strength that Rudeus possessed. It was hard to imagine what life-threatening dangers he could encounter at magic university.
The reason why he hadn't contacted his family for so long was probably because of some other reason.
With this in mind, Shirou was not in a hurry to rush to Ranoa Magic Academy. Instead, as a C-class adventurer, he hitched a ride with the merchant Bruno, while training his various skills through real combat and moving towards the magic countries.
Shirou's original plan was very good, and there was no problem in its execution.
While traveling with Bruno's merchant group, he joined the other adventurers in combat and often used various weapons that he was not familiar with to try to defeat enemies and improve his skill.
But he never expected that his actions would attract the concern of the other adventurers.
An adventurer named Suzanne was very fond of caring for others. She seemed to not want Shirou, such an excellent young man, to go astray, so she repeatedly persuaded Shirou not to spread his energy on so many skills, but to focus on one skill.
She even recommended a Water God Style training hall to Shirou, willing to recommend Shirou, the current Water Saint, to receive guidance from another Water Saint.
It was so outrageous that Shirou didn't know how to answer.
It was only at this moment that he realized that his actions of traveling with the adventurers would unintentionally create such a drawback, which made him not know how to explain.
After all, he had an agreement with North God the Second that he would not use swordsmanship again until he had mastered the real North God Style.
Of course, Suzanne did not cause him too much trouble.
She was an experienced adventurer who would always grasp a suitable degree in everything.
Therefore, she only simply advised Shirou and did not force him to do anything.
However, the girl named Sara, who was in the same team as Suzanne, had a completely different personality from Suzanne. She was an explosive person.
Sara especially admired Suzanne.
So when she saw Suzanne's suggestions being repeatedly rejected by Shirou, Sara directly went berserk and openly criticized Shirou.
Shirou did not care about Sara's words, but he would not change his mind with her words, so he chose to ignore her.
This attitude undoubtedly provoked Sara's dissatisfaction.
Thus, the two formed a feud.
On the road ahead of the merchant group, Sara had been intentionally or unintentionally hostile to Shirou, and even completely refused to give him any good looks.
This undoubtedly made Suzanne very uncomfortable. She tried to mediate the conflict between the two young people many times, trying to make Sara no longer so disgusted with Shirou, but to no avail.
"Sara, don't hate Shirou so much. He just doesn't want to listen to me, but this kind of stubbornness is common among young people."
"But Suzanne, you were very worried about this guy before, right? You even wanted to find a suitable teacher for him, but he doesn't appreciate your kindness at all..."
"This..."
Suzanne didn't know what to say to Sara's words.
Especially since Sara deliberately spoke loudly to provoke Shirou.
Since there were only so many carriages in the caravan, Shirou and they were in the same carriage, and he completely heard Sara's words.
Faced with Sara's attitude, Shirou couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but explain, "I am very grateful for your concern, but this is a suggestion made by my mentor. He believes that I am more suitable for this path of mastering all skills and learning various martial arts."
Because Shirou couldn't reveal the identity of North God the Second, he could only speak as vaguely as possible.
He thought that since he had explained it this way, the other party should understand the situation.
Suzanne did understand.
She had heard that some strange schools of North God Style would learn all kinds of techniques, using a superficial approach to gain alternative strength.
Although Suzanne did not really agree with this approach, she respected Shirou's choice.
But Sara still could not accept it, frowning and saying, "Do you really think your mentor is a qualified person? You see, you are learning archery, swords, spears... How can so many skills be mastered by one person! You have been tricked!"
Sara's words were not polite at all, and she even directly called Shirou's mentor a liar.
Shirou really didn't know what to say about this. He really wanted to know what North God the Second would do after hearing Sara's words.
He would probably be as helpless as he was.
And as the conflict between Sara and Shirou further escalated, a heavier, more depressing atmosphere than before spread in the carriage, and the other adventurers traveling with Sara and Suzanne couldn't help but awkwardly look away.
"Cough cough."
In this situation, Suzanne couldn't help but say, "Although Sara's words are very impolite, she is also expressing concern in another way. After all, even in North God Style, I don't think it is necessary to master the use of so many weapons. It is simply impossible for ordinary people to do."
Suzanne did not choose to resolve the conflict, but continued to suggest to Shirou that he stop that wrong way of practicing.
Shirou didn't know what to say about this, because he had no way to prove himself now.
Unless he could directly bring North God the Second in front of these people.
But who knew where Shonder had gone now.
"Okay, it seems like you are very determined Shirou. Then, let time prove everything."
Suzanne did not continue to persuade him. She believed that after a while, when Shirou realized the truth that he was trying to do too much at once, he would naturally understand reality.
But Suzanne was also worried that such a young boy would encounter difficulties and dangers, so she asked with concern, "By the way, Shirou, you are planning to go north to be an adventurer, right? Would you like me to tell you some information about the northern lands along the way? It's better to know something than nothing, right?"
"...Yes, thank you."
Although he felt that her concern was unnecessary, Shirou was not annoyed by Suzanne's kindness, and he was indeed very unfamiliar with the environment of the northern part of the continent and needed some information.
Suzanne then told Shirou about the general environment of the northern part of the continent.
——The Northern Lands.
This is what people call the northern part of the central continent.
It is a barren land. Although it is not as exaggerated as the Demon Continent, crops are difficult to harvest and so there is a lack of food across the northern lands, which are covered in ice and snow for a third of the year.
Most of the countries here are extremely poor. People fight each other for scarce resources and barely make a living. There are also many monsters, and there are powerful monsters that the Asura Kingdom cannot compare with.
However, even in this kind of land, there are countries with relatively prosperous national power.
These are the three countries known as the [Three Magic Powers], namely the Ranoa Kingdom which specializes in magic education, the Nellis Principality which specializes in manufacturing magic tools, and the Basherant Principality which specializes in magic-related research.
The three countries formed an alliance and worked together to develop magic, taking root in the northern lands.
Suzanne and her group rose to B-class in the Asura Kingdom, and there were no quests to take. Therefore, they had the idea of going north to take on high-level adventure quests.
Ranoa Magic Academy, where Shirou was going, was in the Ranoa Kingdom, so he would naturally travel with Suzanne and her group for a while.
Originally, this should have been a journey that was briefly mentioned, but seeing Sara sitting in the distance, occasionally glancing at him coldly, Shirou helplessly realized that this journey might not go as smoothly as he had imagined.
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