"Still, sending magicians into space..." "I don't intend to condemn the act itself as evil. However, if they force them out through peer pressure, it will undoubtedly leave roots of calamity for the future. I feel like telling them: can't you understand that?"
If the original "Dione Project" were truly executed, it would result in many magicians being driven away from Earth. To anti-magician activists, it might bring temporary joy, but it would create a dual crisis: the danger of a recurring total nuclear war, and vengeance exacted by magicians upon non-magicians. They would face the fear of hypotheses from various fictional works becoming reality... If they had properly recognized that, things might have been different, but perhaps they couldn't overcome the lure of unknown cosmic adventure or addressing the growing global population. Going to space isn't inherently bad. Holding onto romance isn't bad either. However, one must not hold a sense of superiority or inferiority over either. The inability to do that is likely just human nature.
"What will Yugen do?" "There's no reason for me to participate. If I were to go to space, it would be equivalent to telling me to abandon all the positions I currently hold. Even if they preach the philosophy of selfless devotion, I highly doubt the Ten Master Clans system could function properly without me."
Regardless of reasons or interest, there is no rationale to participate in the plan proposed by Clark. Since this country already possesses top secrets like the "Stellar Reactor" and "Solar Reactor," Yugen cannot head out into space if those secrets are to be kept protected. There will surely be fellows trying to persuade him that it is an honor to participate in an international project, but if they want such honor, Yugen intends to tell them flat out to win it with their own two feet.
"It's not that I don't trust Brother Mototsugu, but the Master Clan Council system is still in the middle of reform, and given the plan I'm pushing forward with Tatsuya, there are no spare resources to allocate to other projects." "A plan... Knowing Yugen, it must be something that will drop jaws again." "Well, I won't deny that."
In the original work, the "ESCAPES Project" was carried out by the Yotsuba family plus the financial sector and Aoba Todo. In this world, as an addition to that, the Mitsuya family, the Kamiizumi family, the Kagurazaka family, their subordinate Kamisaka Group, and to top it off, even the Japanese government were dragged into it. The loss of lifelines due to large-scale disasters such as major earthquakes and tsunamis in the past is a serious issue in this country with its frequent natural disasters. Yugen persuaded the Prime Minister regarding this issue, incorporating the plan as a means to assist the career pathways of Magic High School graduates whose potential is currently underutilized.
"Discussions are already underway for one part of it. Though I haven't spoken to the Magic High School principals yet."
The first phase involves submitting a proposal for a fundamental reform of the Magic High School magic education curriculum by "Taurus Silver" within this fiscal year, with plans to implement it starting next fiscal year. Discussions have already been settled with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the president of the National Magic University.
Currently, training to stably use magic without CADs is not conducted in Magic High Schools, but is instead mostly carried out in frontline units of the National Defense Force. In the first place, most modern magicians are merely using magic, without understanding and executing the "essence" of magic. Modern magic adopted a method to increase speed by bypassing the thought process used in Ancient Magic, but the "contradiction" of exercising magic without thinking is nothing short of shortening a magician's lifespan. A concrete example of this is the state of self-loss that the children of the "Wadatsumi Series" on Nantan Island fell into.
"You're interfering with the educational curriculum?" "I hear First High plans to abolish the Course 2 student system starting next fiscal year, but when thinking about what will happen as a backlash to that, the most likely outcome is 'headhunting talent early'—or call it 'marrying into money.'"
Engaging in thought processes, while slowing down speed, ensures safety and leads to increasing the efficacy of magic. Even if the opponent launches a preemptive strike, as long as one can devise a way to bridge that fraction of a second, the difference in magic activation speed becomes virtually zero. Besides, even in modern magic, magicians need to possess accurate information as they calculate within their Magic Calculation Area. This accuracy isn't uniform, but refers to biometrics—variable input systems for magic based on internal clock algorithms and Psion waves, which depend on individual aptitudes. However, because there is no process to add individual thoughts to activation sequences, they remain unable to break free from the bounds of physical laws, serving as a reason why diverse magicians fail to emerge due to crude magic implementation.
"Since the effects of that are affecting me, Tatsuya, Toya, Mikihiko, and even Leo, there's no way it won't ripple out to others. In an age where political marriages are commonplace, there's no guarantee it won't happen." "I didn't particularly have those intentions, and if push came to shove, I would have been fine being a mistress." "I think your parents would cry."
During discussions with the Ise family, permission was granted to register the marriage, but hold the ceremony after graduating from university. Among the fiancées, the only one whose surname will change to Kagurazaka is Miyuki, who ranks first in the hierarchy. For the second rank and below: Shizuku will take her mother's surname Naruse; Himeri, Yuka, and Airi will keep their original surnames; Kutoko will take the name Shirakawa; and Celia, due to an adoption relationship, will take the name Kokonoe.
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