Gerald called two students forward from the class and had them stand beside him at the center of the training field where everyone could clearly see them.The first was a girl named Lily. She looked small and delicate for her age, almost fragile, but according to Gerald, she was one of the most talented students present.The second was a tall and bulky boy named Jay–the same guy who had dominated the physical training session during the previous class.Looking at the two of them standing side by side made the contrast between mage-oriented talents and physically-oriented talents painfully obvious.As I quietly observed them, another thought suddenly crossed my mind.Something about the students here had been bothering me ever since the first class.Most of the students here only had first names, which was weird to me because I had a surname even though I was just a commoner like them.Even Leo did not have one.It was odd.At first, I assumed surnames were something only nobles were allowed to have, but that theory immediately fell apart the moment I thought about my own family. There was absolutely no way we qualified as nobility.Which meant there had to be some kind of social or historical reason behind surnames in this world that I simply did not understand yet.Unfortunately, asking about something like that out loud would probably make me look too smart, so I decided to push the thought aside for now.Gerald crossed his arms while looking at the class.“Humans naturally begin accumulating mana shortly after birth,” he explained. “Even newborn infants possess trace amounts of mana within their bodies. However, possessing mana and consciously interacting with it are two entirely different things.”The entire class remained silent while listening carefully.“For most people, mana remains dormant during childhood. The body stores it instinctively, but the individual (...)