Why Should I Stop Being a Villain

“Now, Asher Greville, can you show us what you can do?” Elsa said as the whole class saw Asher stand up.

Elsa was waiting to see Asher’s spell casting, as she needed an excuse to make sure Asher shifted his courses. Asher was her friend’s son, and she didn’t want him to waste his potential. It was a perfectly normal thought, as no one could excel in both sword and mage paths.

Humans were simply not built to have a mana meridian of a mage and form Aura as well.

Asher raised his hand as he saw the structure of mana flow drawn on the board. His mind could easily form that structure of the spell, but he could see useless things in the spell that wasted mana.

This kind of observation was only possible because he had a higher rank in his previous life.

The mana near his core started to swerve around as he formed a spell near his mana heart. It was one of the methods new mages used, as controlling the mana near the core was easiest. Although casting at outer body parts was the fastest way to chant, execute, or even do silent spells.

Everyone in this class formed the spell near their mana hearts, as only people like Elsa, who had reached the pinnacle of human magic, could cast spells instantly and form them even outside their bodies.

It was an extremely difficult task, but it was possible for mages who had spent years and years learning about a single element.

Asher could feel the ring structure was weak and had no near purpose. Moreover, the spell was only made for demonstration, so it had no offensive capabilities. But in Asher’s mind, such a spell was flawed.

He tinkered with the spell enough to change it and could feel the mana rotating around his arms as the ring of fire formed.

Asher looked at the massive ring of fire twice the size of the original spell. Elsa could even notice that Asher’s ring of fire had a lot of power behind it despite its size.

Amelia backed up a bit as the ring of fire’s heat grew. Elsa was surprised by Asher’s innovation, so she was about to tell Asher to stop the spell.

But the next moment, she saw him point a finger towards her.

“Release,” Asher muttered as a huge fire vortex launched toward Elsa.

His sudden attack made many students stare at him with wide eyes. A student attacking a professor was something unheard of.

The vortex originated from his ring of fire, and it was something Asher had enhanced as he got comfortable with spell construction.

Elsa was a bit surprised as a fire vortex came toward her.

‘What a joke,’ Elsa thought in her mind.

She was known as the Fire Manipulator and one of the best mages who could control the fire element freely.

Elsa didn’t even move a finger as the fire shooting toward her stopped and started swirling around her.

It was easy for an SS Rank Hunter like her to take over his spells and alter the mana that formed the spell itself. This showed Elsa’s huge talent as a mage.

Asher looked at Elsa, who took his attack quite easily.

“Can I know what you are doing, Asher Greville?” Elsa spoke, looking directly at Asher’s eyes.

“Attacking me with your spell, do you know what consequences such actions could have?” Elsa asked Asher.

“It was a demonstration, Professor,” Asher replied.

“So attacking others is now a demonstration?” Elsa said.

Asher didn’t say anything else, as he knew Elsa wouldn’t take action against him since there were no rules prohibiting students from challenging a professor. Asher had only demonstrated a simplified version of the fire vortex spell.

“But I will commend you for using such an approach for this spell,” Elsa said, but Elena raised her hand.

“Yes, Elena,” Elsa said as Elena stood up.

“Professor, wasn’t that spell a completely different one?” Elena asked.

“Even I can do a fire vortex,” Elena said confidently.

She was sure of her skills as a mage and saw an opportunity to bring Asher down. She was convinced that what Asher used was not the same spell anymore. She was confident that she could create a Fire Vortex as well.

“Well, what’s your answer, Asher Greville?” Elsa turned and asked Asher.

Although she knew the answer to Elena’s question, she wanted to see what Asher thought about his spell. Furthermore, she wanted to see whether he was serious about studying as a mage.

“Do I have any reason to explain my understanding?” Asher asked Elsa.

“Sure, but if you do, I will reward you with extra grades for this month,” Elsa offered.

“But you need to redraw this spell to a similar one as yours here,” Elsa pointed at the board behind her.

Asher left his seat and walked to the board as many eyes stared at him, particularly his face. Even Alyssa looked at him, curious about how Asher had changed the spell. She had performed similarly to Eva, so she wanted to see how Asher would explain himself.

Reaching the board, Asher saw the spell drawn in front of him.

A circle-shaped spell connected together to form a circular formation that brought out the power of particular elements.

“These two lines here have no value,” Asher said as Elena and Eva started to watch him erase lines.

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He made a few more changes to the fundamental structure of the spell, then drew the spell he had used just now.

“This is absurd,” Elena voiced out.

“This spell uses too much mana for a Fire Vortex,” Elena said as a few students agreed with her. But most of them were too scared of the young man standing before them to speak out with her.

“Why should I care if you don’t have enough mana for this spell?” Asher said as he stared at Elena.

“I am using the spell, not you,” he said, his indifferent eyes making Elena a bit nervous.

Elsa quietly watched the whole class.

“Well, Elena Rothschild, you’re saying this spell uses too much mana for an E Rank Mage, right?” Elsa asked, and Elena nodded.

“But let me ask you, did I ask you all to do a perfect spell for a D Rank Mage?” Elsa questioned her.

“Producing a fire vortex from this spell, do you think you can do the same?” Elsa asked, but Elena had no answer.

“You can go back,” Elsa said to Asher, who returned to his seat.

“Well, I want you all to think about whether you can perfect this spell to suit yourself,” Elsa asked.

“Do you think you can cast the fire vortex this fast?” She questioned the whole class, but no answer came.

“But this is what we will study,” Elsa said.

“The path of a mage is about creating and modifying the spells to suit you, and I want all of you to come up with your variations of this spell within a month,” Elsa said.

“Even a low-tier spell that is enhanced and reconstructed can be stronger and faster than a higher-tier spell,” Elsa spoke.

“Well, it will become impossible to enhance and change the structure of higher-tier spells, so I want you all to practice this on Tier 1 and Tier 2 spells,” Elsa instructed.

“Well, you can sit down now if you got your answers,” Elsa said as she looked at Elena.

‘What a showoff,’ Gavin thought as he looked back at Asher, jealous of Asher grabbing everyone’s attention.

“Well, as I promised, I will count this as your monthly assignment,” Elsa said as she looked at Asher.

“That’s all for today. You will be notified about your next class, so we will meet next week,” Elsa said, but Asher wasn’t interested.

He would be out of the World Academy after his Runic Theory class. Although he had attended this class, he wanted to learn about the elements themselves.

‘Black Element,’ Asher thought, looking at his next class tomorrow.

It was a class involving the seniors, and most of them would be present there.

Elsa turned as she saw some students waiting at the door.

“Professor, we wanted to make an announcement,” a senior-year student asked.

“Well, my class is over, so you can go in now,” Elsa replied.

“Thank you,” the senior-year students entered.

“Hello, first-years. I am Zoie, the head of the Management Committee,” a girl spoke as she looked around the class cheerfully.