Academy Retirement Diary of the Student Council President

Psychokinesis primarily consists of two forces.

Attraction, which pulls objects, and repulsion, which pushes them away.

Gravity, universal gravitation, whatever you call them—they're all just different names for attraction and repulsion.

Anyway, by skillfully utilizing this Psychokinesis, one could create the translucent energy blocks I demonstrated back then.

One could also fire massive energy beams or create portals to traverse space.

‘There’s a theory that if you trace the roots of most special abilities, they originate from Psychokinesis.’

However, despite its potentially foundational position among all special abilities, Psychokinesis tends to be somewhat looked down upon.

When asked why, the most common reason was 'it's not cool.'

'Certainly, when building a character, the Psychokinesis tree isn't very popular.'

It's a typical ability with a high floor but a low ceiling—reliable but unremarkable.

However, there is a way to raise the ceiling for Psychokinesis.

If one could combine the forces of attraction and repulsion—forces seemingly as incompatible as the N and S poles of a magnet.

Using the overwhelming amount of Mana contained within the fragment of Mephisto implanted in my eye, I forcibly make these two incompatible forces coexist.

Naturally, since these two opposing forces are bound together by overwhelming Mana... the moment this coexistence shatters, an immense amount of energy will be released.

It would grant Psychokinesis the 'power' it always desired.

-Kugwagwagwang!!

The white sphere and the black sphere merged perfectly, completing the formation of an ashen orb.

It resembled the technique of a certain blindfolded man from a manga, known for his Domain Expansion before getting sliced in half and dying... but let's skip the details.

Void.

An ultimate-like attack that Yun Sea could unleash during her boss battle.

I vividly remember retrying countless times, taking that hit over and over, just to recruit Yun Sea as a heroine.

Perhaps because I haven't fully understood Yun Sea yet, the preparation took quite some time.....

'I've completely restricted Shena's movements with the [Eye of Suggestion]. So it doesn't matter.'

Really, you should have gone inside the Gate to kill me and retrieve Mephisto's remains instead of wasting time fighting Eve.

'The disappointing part is... I probably won't find any clues from Shena's remains to strengthen my [Eye of Suggestion].'

But what can I do? If I get greedy for that too, I'll be the one dying. Better cut my losses quickly.

'It's been a while since I used this magic too.'

Although the Mana consumption is considerable... it certainly pays off.

Thanks to Mephisto's remains boosting my Mana to near-limitless levels, it's better to definitively eliminate the variable named Shena.

'Void should be enough... but I hate leaving flags.'

Just like those villains who could pop back up anytime someone asks, "Did I get him?", I must use every means available to incinerate the life of that detestable Demon.

First, I raise the created ashen sphere into the air. Then, I draw heavily on the Mana within my body to greatly amplify my magic power.

'Time remaining... about 10 seconds. It's tight, but I can do it.'

Instantly, a night sky, dark like the cosmos, began to unfold.

"O shining stars, draw your beautiful forms upon the sky."

As I declared so, white lines began to emerge from the darkness, centering around me.

Just like the game board in a constellation-drawing game.

"Th-that...!! How do you know that technique...?!!!"

'How? I used it constantly while progressing through the story, so I know it well.'

Constellation Magic (Seong-wi-ma-beop).

During the 3rd-year episode involving travel to Europe, one had to enter ancient ruins to acquire the grimoire containing Constellation Magic and learn it.

Thanks to its lore of borrowing the power of stars, it's one of the magic types specialized in dealing with monsters, especially Demon.

However, all Demon-related episodes conclude around the 2nd year.

'The Final Boss fight against Mephisto is a late 2nd-year event, after all.'

The 3rd year is like DLC—a part focused on raising heroines' affinity, traveling, and exploring. So, obtaining Constellation Magic in the 3rd year makes it rarely useful.

With the Final Boss already defeated, would there be any Demon left worth using Constellation Magic on?

It's far better to spend that time increasing proficiency in other magic.

So, is Constellation Magic truly useless, like a white elephant? Unfortunately, not at all.

Because Constellation Magic has a single loophole.

'If you can literally draw the desired constellation for the magic directly using your Mana, then 'theoretically,' you can use it even with F-Rank Mana.'

Of course, to draw the constellation stably, one needs at least A+ Rank Mana.

Even if you manage to draw it somehow, it's essentially a one-time-use magic if not learned formally.

Even the protagonist, with S+ Mana in the 3rd year, couldn't use Constellation Magic consecutively...

Still, it offered many useful skills that drastically reduced the story's difficulty, so most players memorized how to draw the constellations beforehand.

It was well-known that the difficulty gap between players who could use Constellation Magic in the final boss fight and those who couldn't was literally heaven and earth.

'People usually memorized the Big Dipper, which is easy to draw and rumored to have the best effect relative to the drawing time.'

However, the Big Dipper alone is not enough.

As a veteran player with tens, hundreds of clears under my belt just to see the ending, I knew this fact very well.

So, I recalled concentrating harder than I ever did for my college entrance exams, immersing myself in drawing an enormous number of constellations.

'My family saw me fill four boxes of A4 paper (about 1000 sheets) entirely with constellation drawings and asked if I was planning to work at an observatory. Seriously, if I had studied with that much dedication, I might have actually become an astronomer...'

Having to draw the desired constellation directly in the sky with one's own Mana is perhaps the highest difficulty activation requirement in a full-dive game... but having drawn constellations countless times, I can deploy them even with C~B rank Mana.

'Of course, since it's crudely learned Constellation Magic, I tend to suffer significant internal damage afterward... and it doesn't perform at full capacity, so I just focused on raising my Mana capacity quickly back then.'

Now that my Mana is a robust S+, let's do it properly.

Among the hundreds, thousands of Constellation Magics, there are specific constellations with powerful effects.

For example, Ursa Major, the superior version of the aforementioned Big Dipper... Orion, or the 12 signs of the Zodiac are representative examples.

Anyway, the constellation I will use today possesses the 'sure-hit' effect, which ignores all principles and physical laws to guarantee hitting the targeted objective.

"O great Archer (Sagittarius), who shot down the stars, grant me the power to pierce the source of all enemies."

-Paaaaaaaaah!!!

On the previously empty white lines, purple dots began to appear, connecting the lines.

"N-No...!! My body, it won't move?!"

"I told you not to move, Shena."

The completed constellation began to transform into the shape of an archer holding a giant bow, drawing its string towards Shena.

'The target for Sagittarius's effect is, naturally, Void.'

The ashen sphere began to slowly rise towards Sagittarius's bowstring.

-Ziiiiiiiiing!!

"Aaaargh! That I, Shena, one of the seven greatest Demon!!"

"It was just bad luck for you. The one using this magic against Demon like you... is the strongest."

The spherical energy had long since transformed into the shape of an arrow.

The arrow nocked on Sagittarius's bowstring aimed precisely at Shena's heart—or more accurately, Shena's 'source'.

"Th-This can't be the end. H-Hey. Tell me what you want, I can give you anything, just spare m—"

"Then die!"

"Noooooooo!!!!"

I launch the arrow made of Void with the sure-hit authority of Sagittarius.

"I wonder what she meant by 'no'."

-Snap!

And, with a light flick of my fingers.

-Kugwagwagwagwang!!

The ashen arrow, literally erasing space itself, began to engulf Shena.

...

...

...

-Thump!

"...Shena probably had plans to eat with her family, who might be waiting after this fight.

Maybe travel a lot.

She even screamed she couldn't die here, so she'll definitely survive somewhere in a corner."

Good, I've firmly planted the death flag.

-Gulp.

"Ugh..."

Damn it, I got caught up in the emotion of drawing Sagittarius after so long and used power for a bit longer than 20 seconds.

My body isn't moving more than I imagined...

"Uuugh, Bleeeargh..!!"

From within my body, perhaps due to using Mephisto's remains, black clumps started coming out.

After vomiting for a while, I stumbled towards the fallen Eve.

Thankfully, I could see she was still breathing.

'.........Did I manage to block it, somehow.'

Just as I confirmed Eve's survival, my eyelids suddenly grew heavy.

"I can't collapse here, n..."

-Thump!

Forcing my eyes open, I looked at my hand. My lifeless fingers were turning pale.

'Mana exhaustion... using it for over 20 seconds consumes more Mana than I thought...'

Well, I used an unfamiliar Constellation Magic in an unfamiliar place, without much practice.

The difficulty of drawing Sagittarius, which grants the sure-hit effect, was naturally among the hardest of all Constellation Magics.

I probably messed up somewhere while drawing the constellation.

'When the protagonist enters the 2nd year, I'll be in the 3rd year...'

Once I reach the 3rd year, I need to head straight to Europe and officially learn Constellation Magic...

Through my blurring vision, an A-Rank monster charged, aiming for my neck.

'.....Ah, I don't even have the energy to move.'

Just as I wondered how long the regeneration effect of could last, in that fleeting moment.

-Slice!

The A-Rank monster charging at me was instantly sliced in half.

".....Hey, kid over there. Are you alright?!"

'........Thank goodness, Eve must have contacted someone.'

As soon as I recognized the voice calling out to me, I felt relieved and could finally let my eyes close.