Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Volume 32 - Ch 5

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On August 14, Tatsuya and the others returned to Miyakijima. It was in preparation for the next day, the 15th, when a group of engineers from USNA aiming to acquire stellar furnace technology will visit Miyakijima.

Looking at the list of engineers provided by USNA through Jeffrey James, Tatsuya muttered, "They are serious about it."

He was muttering in the living room with four people in. His voice reached everyone's ears.

"What is it?"

It was Miyuki who asked that. Lina tilts the cafe au lait mug uninterestedly, and Minami is modest and silent.

"The name of Abigail Stuart is on the list of engineers coming to Japan."

"Is there something wrong with that person?"

Miyuki asked, Tatsuya turned to Lina.

"Lina, do you know her?"

Miyuki, who interpreted the meaning of the line of sight as "ask Lina," redirects the question to Lina.

Lina, who returned the mug to the low table, glared at Tatsuya for a moment and replied, "Yes," pretending to be calm.

"Abby Dr. Abigail Stuart is a technical advisor to Stars. She specializes in charged particle magic weapons. I've been indebted to her."

"When you talk about charged particle magic weapons Is that the person who made Lina's Heavy Metal Burst and Brionac?"

When Miyuki asks with her head tilted, Lina, with her eyes wide, opens her mouth flabbergasted.

"How did you understand that with just those words!?"

"'How' you say I wonder if it's such a difficult reasoning."

Lina sighs loudly at Miyuki, who talks as if nothing had happened.

"Tatsuya isn't the only one here who is not right in the head"

"I'm sorry, Lina. I didn't hear you well. Could you please say it again?"

Miyuki gave Lina an overpowering impression, with a pure white like powder snow, glittering, soft, dry and cold smile.

The "Three Great Puzzles of Weight Systematic Magic" are three subjects that have long been a problem in magic engineering, such as "theoretically possible, but technically impossible". Specifically speaking, "gravity-controlled thermonuclear fusion reactor," "general-purpose flight magic," and "pseudo-perpetual motion by infinite inertia." Of these, Tatsuya has technically put into practical use the "gravity-controlled thermonuclear fusion reactor" and "general-purpose flight magic".

In addition, "FAE theory" or "Free After Execution theory", which is also called "theory of late phenomenon modification" in Japanese, but "FAE theory" is more generally accepted among Japanese scholars.

Specifically, the events that occur as a result of magical modification are events that should not exist in this world, so the bindings of the physical laws are loosened in the immediate aftermath of the modification. Therefore, during an event that is a product of magic, if you make new modifications, you can get the desired result with much less event interference strength than usual."

However, this hypothesis could not be substantiated because the time assumed to be "immediate aftermath " is so short that the expression "immediate" is not exaggerated at all. It was Dr. Abigail Stuart who not only proved the FAE theory for the first time, but also put it into practical use as a magic weapon.

Tatsuya has also succeeded in putting the FAE theory into practical use as the new magic "Baryon Lance" this year. However, this is still only known to the people involved in the Yotsuba family, Katsuto Jumonji who lost to "Baryon Lance", Saegusa Mayumi and Mari Watanabe who were present during the battle.

However, Tatsuya's respect for Abigail did not diminish just because he was able to put it into practical use. Tatsuya's "Baryon Lance" is based on "Brionac" made by Abigail. It's a new magic that only exists because of her achievements. Tatsuya didn't misunderstand that.

"Would you like to see the plant immediately?"

"Yes, by all means."

Tatsuya noticed that Abigail was fidgeting, and gave her wish the highest priority. Skipping the ceremony, he guided her directly from the airport to the stellar furnace plant.

After touring through the plant, Tatsuya once again guided the technicians who came to Japan to a welcome dinner party. The time was already near noon, but when he asked Abigail and others, they said that they didn't have much appetite due to the time difference, so he left it as a light meal.

"Abby, it's been a long time."