Insufficient balance

  I hastily ate two mouthfuls of breakfast and then rushed out of the house to go to school.

  "Hurry up and go, don't be late, don't give the teacher a bad impression, study magic well, pay attention to safety on the way, hurry back home after school..." (omitted 300 words)

  My mom is really awesome, I can recite these few sentences every day, but her concern still warms my heart.

  My name is Chang Gong Wei, I'm 7 years old and live in a small village on the outskirts of Senko City, the second largest city in the inland area of Aisha Kingdom. My family is relatively wealthy, and my parents are eager for me to succeed, so they sent me to Senko Primary Magic Academy in the city. I'm already in third grade now. Since childhood, I've been interested in magic, but I'm naturally lazy, and after more than two years, I've only learned some simple primary magic and basic magic theory.

  Today is the day to tell the teacher about our main and secondary magic for class division (every magician has their own main and secondary magic, usually majoring in one system of magic and minoring in no more than three systems). What should I choose? Sigh... I like fire magic better, but it's too dangerous, conflicting with my "safety first" principle. What to learn? Which magic is the safest?

  Considering...

  "Ah, right! Light system magic seems to be relatively safe, I heard from the teacher that light system magic basically doesn't have any attack magic before learning advanced magic, it's mostly pure defense or healing aspects, shouldn't have any chances of competing with others, heh, I'll choose this one. (Since the Aisha Kingdom highly values magic, students in every academy often engage in competitions to increase their practical experience and confirm their magical abilities, but since my current magical level is still very low, no one has come to challenge us lower-grade students yet, usually it appears around 5th grade or intermediate magic academy.)"

  I'm so clever, what secondary magic should I choose? Wind system magic is good, and then learn some Gale Arts (primary wind system magic) later, that way when running away... Hehe, no, even if the wind system is fast, it's not as fast as instant teleportation, right? Mom said a long time ago there was a mage who teleported 10 kilometers in an instant with space magic (they're a real mage!), so I'll choose space magic instead.

  I finally made up my mind and let out a sigh of relief.

  The great light system demon master of later generations, known as the Son of Light, Witena Grand Duke's longbow. Wit finally did not escape the palm of fate, choosing to let his light system magic traverse the entire continent (also often used for escaping with space magic).

  I strolled leisurely towards the city, fantasizing about a safe and beautiful life in the future, and couldn't help but let out a happy sigh, hehe.

  Longbow

  "Ah, Otter, you scared me!"

  My best friend and neighbor and classmate, Otter, the son of the village head, bounced over to me with a big smile on his face.

  "Have you decided which magic to choose?"

  "I've made up my mind, I'll major in Light System Magic and minor in Space Magic"

  "Just like your style, hehe"

  "You still understand me, no need for me to say it, you already know why I chose these two majors"

  I stared at Autre in some surprise "Of course you are 'safety first'?"

  "Ugh, right, what major did you choose?"

  "My major is water system magic, and my minor is space magic." Ote puffed out his chest with a pleased expression.

  "Space magic I just know why (of course like me), why fix water system magic?"

  "You don't understand this, do you?" Otter looked at me like a little adult.

  "Hurry up and tell me, why?"

  "There are many girls in our school, basically no boys, I can bully them and also snatch their delicious food, hehe"

  "You're so naughty at such a young age, I'll go tell your dad."

  I proudly raised my head. Actually, I was also moved in my heart, but thinking again, although there are more water-type girls, after entering the intermediate magic academy, if you bully a girl, the consequences will be very serious, that Na brother in our village is an example, he bullied the school flower of their academy and got beaten up, hehe, Otter, you're going to get it next time, thinking about this, I couldn't help but look at Otter with a gloomy face.

  "Why don't you learn water-based magic with me too?"

  In order not to let me expose him, he actually won me over.

  "No, just share some of the delicious food you get with me next time and I won't tell your dad, okay?"

  "Alright, no problem, who made us good anyway?"

  "We're at school, hurry up, don't be late"

  Senko Primary Magic Academy is the largest magic academy in Senko City, covering an area of over 20,000 square meters, with many trial grounds and teaching buildings for each department. Otter and I are both students of Class 3-4.

  "It's good we didn't arrive late, or else Old Witch would have made us stand in the corner again." Otter muttered to me.

  "Never mind, the old witch is here. (The old witch is of course our class teacher, 50-year-old fire system high-level magician Lin teacher, she is very strict and not attractive at all, so we good friends gave her a nickname "old witch")"

  "Hello everyone"

  "Hello teacher"

  The old witch came in and the class suddenly fell silent because no one wanted to trigger a volcanic eruption.

  "Have all of you students thought about which magic you want to learn?"

  "Think carefully"

  "Alright, come one by one to register with me."

  When I registered, the old witch looked at me and said "You major in Light System Magic"

  "Yes, teacher"

  "Do you know or not, now in the entire kingdom, those who major in light system magic are very few except for monks who specialize in healing"

  "Ah! Why? I don't know!"

  In the past, before 2000, during the Holy War between the Eastern and Western Continents, many humans learned Light System Magic because it was the natural enemy of the Dark System Magic used by the Demon Tribe. At that time, over 30% of human magicians specialized in Light System Magic, which could cause significant damage to demons even with a basic healing spell. The Light and Dark Systems had a mutual amplification effect, doubling each other's power. However, after 2000, with the absence of war, people lived more comfortable lives, and Light System Magic became almost useless, inferior to the Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind Systems. Moreover, in its early and intermediate stages, Light System Magic was mostly defensive and healing-oriented, so those who valued offense chose to specialize in the other four systems instead. Even for healing purposes, although Water System Magic was slightly inferior to Light System Magic, it had a more balanced mix of attack and healing spells, causing even girls interested in healing magic to abandon Light System Magic. Only monks who cherished peace continued to specialize in Light System Magic.

  For a seven-year-old like me, I wouldn't have known about these things of course. After the teacher explained it to me and for my 'safety first', I still chose to learn optics.

  "Alright, all of you have chosen your own magic to learn. School is dismissed early today. Tomorrow, you will be divided into classes based on the type of magic you chose. Class dismissed."

  It's time for class to be over.

  The study of light system magic by the son of light is about to begin. What will happen tomorrow? Let's wait and see.