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Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Appendix (1) (魔法科高校の劣等生 Appendix (1)) is the 1st appendix volume of the Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Light Novel series and the long awaited Dengeki Bunko compilation of the ‘Mahouka Kokou no Rettousei’ Blu-ray/DVD Special Edition Short Stories!

In commemoration of ‘Mahouka’s’ tenth anniversary, the Blu-ray/DVD Special Edition Short Stories which were otherwise unobtainable will soon be released in a Dengeki Bunko compilation. Currently, unfolding every evening, is a tale the ‘magic high school’ which is not the usual ‘Mahouka’ —— but the ‘Dream Game’ Compilation!

Synopsis[]

September 2095. A package has been misdelivered to First High. It contains magical technology of an unidentified civilisation known as a ‘sacred relic’. The relic activates automatically with none the wiser———

Shiba Tatsuya is inside a forest when he notices. Tatsuya is bewildered to find himself within the dream world, when Miyuki appears before him. Tatsuya is relieved to be able to confirm his little sister’s safety, however, Miyuki is wearing a pure white dress and has become the daughter of the king!?!

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September 2095. A Sacred Relic (聖遺物) is delivered to First High School. Due to a problem with the receiver’s address it accidently arrived at First High School when it should have been shipped to the Magic University. The receiver’s name is Momoyama Azuma, the principal of First High School. However, Momoyama is on the business trip for the next one week, so the vice principal, Yaosaka, moves the shipment to the principal’s office.

The Relic absorbs the right amount of Psion and activates itself. And in doing so, drags every student who attends First High School in the dream world (mental world). In this world, Tatsuya’s power (decomposition and regrowth) is not active. The most effective magic in this world is Mental Interference Magic.

In the beginning, everyone who is dragged into the dream world does not know who they are and simply perform roles that are given by the Relic. The only ones who manage to remember their original identity are Tatsuya and Mayumi due to their special sights. Besides Tatsuya and Mayumi, everyone is simply playing their roles in the dream. In the real world, Tatsuya and Mayumi meet up and discuss about situation with the dream world and decide to find the thing that is causing this phenomenon. However, neither Tatsuya nor Mayumi discover any clues, and so they continue waking up in the dream world after falling into the sleep.

Every night, Tatsuya wakes up in a completely different dream. On the third night, Tatsuya gets injured in front of Miyuki who still does not remember Tatsuya’s true identity. Due to the nature of mental world, Tatsuya’s regrowth cannot work, so Miyuki sees injured Tatsuya and uses Cocytus in anger towards a beast that threatens Tatsuya. After this scene, Miyuki regains her consciousness within the dream world.

As the story progresses, Tatsuya communicates with his friends, and they starts sustaining their consciousness within the dream world. At the same time, Tatsuya communicates with other members of Student Counsel about the dream world and gathers information. In the discussion, they name this Relic the “Dream Caster”.

After getting a suggestion from Ichihara Suzune, he contacts the counsellor, Ono Haruka, in order to gather more information. This is because Suzune has been close to Haruka and hears that Haruka has been counselling students with unique dreams. After consulting with her, Tatsuya manages to persuade Haruka to investigate the principal’s office because this is only place that Tatsuya and Mayumi cannot enter and search.

On the last day, Tatsuya and Miyuki enter the school. When they enter the school, they find students who are collapsed on the ground. Tatsuya finds Erika collapsed ground. After he wakes up Erika, he realizes Erika is somewhere between the real world and the dream world. Even though Erika is awakened, she is seeing illusions that are created by the Relic. For an example, in the real world Tatsuya and Miyuki are wearing the school uniform, but Erika is seeing Miyuki with white dress and Tatsuya with dark cloth. As the story progresses, the group also find Leo and continues searching for the Relic. Soon, they encounter an enemy who is blocking their path by operating the school system. It is Ono Haruka who is under an illusion. Tatsuya uses a little trick that he learned from Fujibayashi Kyouko and blocks cameras that Haruka is using. At the end, the group ends up in front of the principal’s office. Tatsuya knocks Leo and Erika down and uses decomposition magic to open the door. Finally, Tatsuya asks Miyuki to use Cocytus in order to stop the Relic.

After stopping the Relic, Tatsuya and Miyuki deliver the Relic to the Magic University’s research lab. At that place, they meet Kurebayashi who is the butler at Yotsuba Main House. Kurebayashi’s age is somewhere around 50 years old and holds respectable tone towards Tatsuya. It is due to his character and his position, which is the second highest rank among employees at the Yotsuba Main House, allows him to know internal information of Yotsuba. His job is not only limited to managing the facility to produce genetically altered magicians, but he is responsible for the facility that enhances magic.

Tatsuya is surprised that Yotsuba manages to influence the Magic University because the Magic University is supposed to be neutral, but Kurebayashi tells Tatsuya that Saegusa Clan also does the same thing as the Yotsuba. At this point, Tatsuya learns how hard one can stay neutral whilst also learning the power of Ten Master Clans. Through this meeting, Tatsuya learns, the Relic’s final destination is not the Magic University but the Yotsuba.

Kurebayashi explains about the Relic. According to him, the Relic is a part of the collection called, 邯鄲の枕 (it is an old Chinese proverb; its direct translation is “the dream that an old man had at the land of Handan(邯鄲).” It means, in a person’s life wealth, honor, and power are meaningless.) He also mentions, even though it carries, the character “枕”, which means “pillow”, none of Relics from this collection looks like a pillow. So, Kurebayashi thinks that the name, “Dream Caster” may be better name for this Relic.

Through this event, Tatsuya has been consulting Yakumo. After taking care of the Relic, Tatsuya purchases a carpet with Mandala, which is inscribed with words that display the color of Psions from Yakumo. By using this carpet, Tatsuya is trying to build his own dream world. In the dream world, his regrowth is not active, so he thinks that the dream world may help him to train more by pushing him to the corner. However, Tatsuya’s talent in mental interference magic is not strong, so he continues failing until Miyuki enters the Tatsuya’s training room. Miyuki then helps Tatsuya to initiate the magic.

After the magic initiates successfully, Tatsuya and Miyuki end up in the dream world. In this world, Tatsuya and Miyuki encounter a person who calls himself, “Shadow”. “Shadow” looks and talks exactly like Tatsuya. Shadow says, he is only reflecting its original body, so he looks like Tatsuya. “Shadow” says, he is showing himself to Tatsuya to provide knowledge.

According to the Shadow, the dream world is very close to the location where what the magicians have named the “Gate” is located; it is the space between consciousness and subconsciousness; it is consciousness’s lowest place and subconsciousness’s highest place. This is where individual’s mind and the Idea's information are contacting. Shadow points out that Tatsuya understood the structure of Dream Caster (Relic), but he did not look into his own subconscious area. And, Shadow says, normal human beings cannot freely use abilities from subconscious area. Even if a magician knows how to use magic calculation ability that exists under the subconscious area, a magician cannot take out knowledge from subconscious area. The shadow praises Tatsuya for using knowledge from subconscious area consciously even if it is limited.

In the end, Tatsuya says, “it is weird to be getting lectured by myself, but it is even weirder to be praised by myself.”

The Shadow says, “you are right. Let’s stop this non-productive work. My job of transferring knowledge to myself is finished. Now, it is your job to find a way to use this knowledge.”

In the end, Tatsuya concludes, the Relic, Dream Caster, only used the garden area in front of the “Gate”. So, even without the Relic, one can imitate this with the modern magic.

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