Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Rein's POV: ]

Darkness is absence of light.

When all colors are absent, when light leaves a space completely, when everything that remains is nothing, darkness is born at that moment, in that space.

Just like how Mana is present everywhere, darkness might also be present everywhere in a dimension where light could or does not reach.

'What we call darkness is absence of light.'

What we call shadow on the other hand, is the obstruction of light by a physical object.

'Light that is present everywhere.'

And the light that gives way to everything that exists and makes everything not only visible but also available to an individual, exists for everything.

Shadows are created because of the obstruction of an object but that's just the basic understanding of what we call a shadow.

'Just like how a candle— a source of light itself- does not possess a shadow of its own, a higher being that possesses divinity also does not possess a shadow of their own.'

At least not their original forms. The ones they use to exist in the physical world certainly might possess a shadow, but that's not the point.

'Shadows are the presence of darkness, and darkness is the absence of light, so we can say shadow and darkness have many similarities.'

Perhaps they are the same thing or perhaps one is different from the other, I do not know that.

Though, what I do know as someone that possesses a great amount of darkness element, is the fact that darkness is nothing different from other elements of nature.

Earth exists because physical matter exists, water exists because life exists, wind exists because every object in the world is moving constantly, and fire exists because all elements that exist possess an individual And natural energy to themselves.

[{ "You aren't paying attention to anything, Uriel. The teacher seems to have figured that out." }]

[{ "Shuuuu. I'm onto something here." }]

Just like the four common elements, light exists because everything has originated from some point and because the world exists.

And opposite to light, darkness exists because light does.

It's all very logical if we think about it, especially the part where-

"Miss Uriel?"

Especially the part where we can actually rationalise the existence of one thing and its connections to the other which produces some other thing and ultimately this entire world comes into-.

[{ "Uriel." }]

[{ "What?" }]

[{ "I had warned you, alright." }]

[{ "What do you-" }]

"Miss Uriel, I appreciate your attention to your work, however…"

"Hmm? Miss! No, that-!"

"Working on something other than what I'm teaching in My class isn't something I appreciate as I've already made clear."

I was so focused on writing down everything that came to mind that I spent half my time pretending I was paying attention to our following class, and I was good at acting so chances of getting caught working on something else in some other class weren't really that great.

I had done it several times already so I thought there wouldn't be any problems this time as well… the flow of thoughts I had was too good.

It was a rare occasion that I wanted to enjoy fully… but I forgot it was this bitch's class.

"Would you please come forward with me?"

"I don't-."

"I insist, please."

Not many teachers really cared what the every student in this class of three hundred freaking students was up to during their teaching hours, no one other than the homeroom teachers really gave a damn about what the last benchers like us were even up to.

But, this certain bitch was different…

"Haaaa."

"I warned you."

"Shut up."

This bastard could have told me she was standing right in front of us and we wouldn't have had my book taken.

He wanted me to stop whatever I was doing, this bastard wanted to get caught and be dragged to the class stage for another bunch of useless things.

I was walking down the class stairs but I knew that bastard was smiling right now.

'He loved this class for this very reason.'

This wasn't the first time I was getting dragged to the front of the class for some kind of demonstration that not many of them were capable of.

"Do you know what we were talking about, Miss Uriel."

"Of course Miss… the eastern etiquette and mannerisms. You were talking about how the ladies who wear those heavily decorated dresses still walk gracefully and have a sense of serenity to them."

The current general class was the third and last of the day so after I was done with the thing I was doing, I wanted to go and have a good, happy lunch with my cuties… but thanks to her, I know I will be late to that delicious lunch of ours.

"Yes, of course you know. Huhu. Then, would you like to demonstrate what we just learned~?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"My oh my dear. I wasn't the one doing something else in the Language and Manner's class, young miss~."

I enjoyed this class, and it certainly wasn't like I hated it or anything, but it was annoying how this teacher of ours… this pretty, absolutely gorgeous Elf woman, and one of the best culture specialists of this world targets me for every difficult thing that the other ladies in this class couldn't help her with.

"Haaa… will I have to change?"

"Of course~. Let us go~. I will help you so that we can finish the class on time~."

"Yes, yes…"

It's always like this. But this time, she caught me not paying attention to what she was teaching-which exactly wasn't that important- but since she had to show them something alredy, instead of dressing up herself and wasting the class' time, she was going to save some time by dressing me up so that I can show them what she had just taught us.

'Basic manners and how the individuals of various cultures behave was the thing she taught most of the time, along with the common languages of the area that we were onto at the moment.'

Our classes usually go as picking up a certain place and a certain culture, then she teaches basic things about that place, some cultural traditions, and then we see how the dressing and behaviour works in various classes of the society,

'Right now, she had just finished teaching how the Ladies of the Royal Family present themselves before the public, how they dress, and how the whole process of greetings work.'

I knew all that already since I knew what was going on around me all the time, and since I had lived in the east for a few years already, I knew what she was teaching about better than how much she was teaching us first year students.

"Alright class! Don't worry as this will not take long! And she's watching so be careful!"

She herself was a high ranking spirit mage with contract to multiple advanced spirits but her spirit arts wasn't her speciality.

"YES MA'AM."

Boök Emèrald Quènsmaid was her name. She was a world traveller and an culture enthusiast that had travelled far and wide in search of various civilisations that existed in current time.

'She was a linguist that perhaps knew most languages that existed in this world, and after Eon, she was the only one I have met that knew the greatest number of languages that I knew as well.'

But since Eon was a special case completely, I think she's the only one that actually knows more languages than I do without any skills to aid her.

'I have my eyes and thanks to them, I can understand and replicate any language that exists.'

I can learn those languages in a matter of days or perhaps hours if they are something similar to what I already have come across, but she is someone that could read runes without help from any kind of external skills.

'And it's one thing that I admire about her the most.'

She knows her stuff better than me, even though I have also travelled the world and seen most of what she had…

"Ready?"

"Nope. I wanna continue what I was doing before you took away my book."

"Huhuhu, you can finish it after we are done with this, dear~."

It all started when I took too much interest in her and started interacting with her during classes.

'She had been to even some of the most remote places of this world like me.'

She had even been to that certain place where that certain hidden tribe lives.

"So… ever been to any eastern royal palaces?"

"Many…"

We have talked for hours during classes over things that not many of the students understood, but since she was a teacher and not my buddy in this classroom, she had to teach others as well.

'It was the third class with us when she first picked me out for a 'demonstration'.'

She knew I knew about that thing and that I had interest in it as well. She knew I already knew about the cultures she was teaching about, and she knew I had been to the places that not many students here had.

'Apparently, she also knew I was a witch much older than my looks.'

That was the only explanation for how I had travelled to so many places already.

"Tang as well?"

"Yup. A decade ago when that bastard wasn't the king."

"Haaa… I envy you, Miss Uriel."

We were friends, but still, she knew I did not like having so much attention on me.

'Especially when we are dressing up in some other culture's clothing.'

It is a fact known throughout this academy that I'm prettier than I usually look. And it's all thanks to her doing all the makeup, dressing, and stuff on me.

She liked me as her manikin… but, having too much attention like this wasn't something I liked that much.

"It is what it is, I guess."

I was pretty. But that was only my external beauty…

I didn't like it when people saw me for what I have on my face, or on my body.

It was boring, actually.

'Reinelle Atraxia already was receiving that kind of attention.'

I at least wanted Uriel to not have that.

'But she ruined my dear wish…'

And I hate her for that.