“Everyone knows the origins of magic, but it was only when the ‘White Mage’, also called the Progenitor Mage, spread magic to the world that humans and other races were able to manipulate it.”

In reality, the magic class was highly subdivided.

Mana Trajectory, an Introduction to Advanced Fundamental Magic, was a study on the relationship between reality and directing, and so on…

And, as in any other world, lectures were extremely boring. Professor Raiden, in particular, was not popular because of his characteristic sharp and aggressive voice that stressed listeners.

“After spreading Natural Magic to elves, Metal Manipulation Magic to dwarves, and Elemental Magic to humans, the Progenitor Mage disappeared."

"So, does anyone know where the Progenitor Mage went next?”

“Me!”

“Speak.”

“He went to Heaven and taught the angels about Light Magic, then imparted Dark Magic to the demons in Underworld.”

“That’s right.”

I was sleepy as hell. Regardless of whether there was something I knew or not, the class was very boring. ‘How can I listen to this for three years…….’

However, this class was pretty important. It was because there might be information that could bring me close to the ‘True Ending’.

Professor Raiden lined things up with a marker on the blackboard with his characteristic annoying voice.

“But, there were some things that the Progenitor Mage didn’t expect. Human's curiosity didn’t stop at Elemental Magic. Human Mages began to travel around the world and stole the magic of different races. That’s how modern magic came into being.”

I yawned silently and looked around. Sitting a little farther away, Eisel particularly caught my attention. Did she originally take this class? As far as I remembered, there were no main characters who listened to Raiden.

“People were not satisfied with that either. They wanted more knowledge and more magic. However, humans could not learn magic anymore. This was because the Progenitor Mage disappeared leaving behind the ‘Twelve New Moons' in the world. Does anyone know about these Twelve New Moons?”

At last, the main point came out and my ears pricked up. Because, that was my biggest concern, the Twelve New Moons.

When a student raised his hand, Professor Raiden gestured to him to speak.

“Answer me.”

“It is said that the Twelve New Moons are guardians stationed to protect the balance of the continents, and it is said that until just a thousand years ago, they spread all over the world and looked over the continents.”

“Right. They each defended a continent with their special powers.”

The professor wrote four letters on the blackboard.

“For example, it was said that the New Moon Flame, which symbolises fire, is a red flame, and that flame would never extinguish. Even now, it is said that if you enter the ‘deep sea of ​​Alamanca’, you can see the red flame, so if you are interested, you can go in to check it.”

He was not joking, but the students burst into laughter. As the deep sea of ​​Alamanca was an ‘Absolute Forbidden Zone’ ruled by the Sea King Alamanca. It was not a space where terrestrial life could dare enter.

Perhaps today was the day of the year when Professor Raiden made a joke that was actually funny.

“Focus.”

A light screen twinkled in the air, and the laughter stopped when Raiden spoke. The students focused their eyes on a few images hovering in the air.

The deep-sea of ​​Alamanca.

In the deep sea where only darkness loomed around, a bright red flame which seemed capable of illuminating the entire world was surrounded by a huge octopus. The octopus was asleep while shackled by chains, but strangely, the flame did not burn him even though it was attached to its body.

The next photo was taken at a place called ‘Levien’s Coast’.

A huge vortex formed in the middle of the sea. The catastrophic vortex with a diameter of five hundred metres was frozen entirely by the power of the ‘Twelfth Moon Bronze’.

A mysterious phenomenon that was difficult to explain even with magic. It was so surprising that my drowsiness went away.

“In this way, each New Moon has its own unique abilities, and it is said that when all the New Moons come together, something very special happens.”

“What is it?”

Professor Raiden was speechless for the first time at a question from a certain student.

“It’s… no one knows. It’s because not once in history have all the New Moons gathered together. That’s right. This is because the New Moons have never awakened since they fell asleep a thousand years ago."

I did encounter some parts of the Twelve New Moons as a player when I was playing the game though.

Those who went through their events were given special skills or received items from New Moons, and naturally, I had no choice but to be interested because they were very fraudulent.

So, I found a total of five New Moons.

Even that was only possible by combining the information from other players. The ones I barely met at the end of a very arduous road, and there was no player who collected more New Moons than me.

For that reason, I thought that the existence of these ‘Twelve New Moon’ might have a direct connection with the ‘True Ending’.

Ten years. For ten years, countless players had played the game with numerous options and had seen countless endings.

But, if no one had seen the True Ending… Wouldn’t the answer be in the content that no one had reached?

And that was the Twelve New Moons.

Even in the game, despite the extreme difficulty, I managed to collect five New Moons while hovering at the edge of death several times…

There was nothing I could do to see the True Ending. I just had to try again…

After Raiden's lecture, I was walking down the hallway for the next one when someone called me from behind.

“Excuse me.”

“Uh?”

It was Eisel. She approached me with a slightly dissatisfied expression and said.

“You, why are you listening to this lecture?”

“Why do I listen to it? Your question is so out of the blue.”

“Answer me.”

“Yeah, well…” In fact, the New Moon class that I was taking now was not a very popular class.

Magic was the basis of mathematically unfolding, calculating, organising, and controlling the flow of mana, but the ‘New Moon philosophy’ did not have such a thing at all.

To use an analogy, it was akin to sorcery or witchcraft. To pray to the Twelve Moons who might be alive somewhere, and to borrow their power and inherit special abilities.

Like Professor Raiden, many people worshipped the New Moons and practised New Moon magic. However, this New Moon Magic method was not widely adopted because its advantages over traditional magic were not clearly revealed.

In some areas, it was said that members of New Moon Church were even treated as heretics and expelled.

“I’m just listening because I’m interested.”

“… That’s it?”

“Yes.”

“……"

She closed her mouth for a moment, pondered, and after staring at me for a while, she parted her lips again.

“Well, then… Hmm. Does it have anything to do with grades?”

“New Moons Study is my hobby.”

Anyway, something was strange.

“It seems you weren’t there during the New Moon Study orientation, when did you apply?”

“Well, that’s…”

Come to think of it, there was still a period for course correction.

“Did you apply for the New Moon Study by any chance? Do you know the charm of the New Moon?”

“No? What are you talking about?”

After saying that, Eisel turned around and disappeared.

“Or not, why are you like that?”

Leaving the question behind, I moved to listen to the next lecture. Lectures were packed until the afternoon today.