65 years ago, the world discovered magic.

Well rather than discovered, it was more like magic was introduced to the world. Due to a certain event that took place, magic began to flow and Earth underwent a drastic change. Construction Phenomena, the power to bring fantasy into reality, such an ability began to spread throughout the world.

The influence of magic took it’s toll on the planet in many ways. Events that drastically changed the ecosystem were widespread, and places later to be called labyrinths would pop up all around the world almost overnight. Mutations on various wildlife were also quite rampant, creating existences akin to monsters. Such events and many more would take place as magic’s potency and effect continued to grow.

With such a change occurring, the human race also underwent a drastic adjustment.

In it’s wake, the human race’s physiology changed and three variations came to exist with strict ties to magic. The magically competent, the magically gifted, and ability users.

The magically competent can be described as a sponge, absorbing magic but with none of their own, while the magically gifted are akin to faucets, producing their own magic. The ability users in this respect would be regarded as a filter, in which the raw magic power they possessed is filtered and expressed as an ability or skill.

These three variations, which would later make up the whole of the human race, all have one thing in common, that is the ability to use and interact with magic.

Of course the influence it had on society was also unprecedented. The first to feel its effect was the military. With attempted mobilization and militarization of magic, combat and warfare drastically changed. Magic became a cornerstone of any army, and it’s use reflected military strength.

But that’s not to say magic remained only as a military asset. As its place in warfare solidified, it also spread into various aspects of society. Technology, education, entertainment, even sports, all these places and many more were influenced, creating an everday life in which magic was the norm.

Technology changed greatly as magic’s influence seeped into everyday life. As a fuel source, mana was a nigh inexhaustible resource, and with the knowledge and reassurance that everybody in the world was capable of interacting with magic, magical tools began to take up the majority of the everyday tools in a person’s life. In this respect, the interaction between electronically controlled objects and magically controlled objects was a dynamic pairing, in which the eventual domination of magic outweighed the influence of the previous era’s technology.

In a similar fashion, the entertainment industry was also greatly influenced by magic. Going of the previous era’s fantasies, magic boomed within the industry. “Sports” that centered on the use of magic, as well as the interaction between magic and the physical body were widely popular. The use of magic in movies and tv shows replaced CGI and documentary-esque real time broadcasts of magical adventures and a colloseum like fights between magicians in a similar fashion to boxing were greatly popular with the general masses.

With the influence of both industries, magic’s popularity and usage rapidly expanded.

As result, a hierarchy began to form. A hierarchy centered on magical ability was cemented into society. Accomplished magicians were regarded as something to strive for, while those that lacked talent in the art were looked down on. In a sense, it was a world in which best encapsulated the phrase, “Survival of the fittest”.

With the rapid expansion of magic, the world was entering a new era. Similarly to the growth of the communication era of the previous century, The age of magic was rising and reaching its peak.

In such a world, a man with absolutely no capability in magic would be regarded as an irregular, no...rather than an irregular, a failure would be a better description. Such a failure....is me.

Chapter 1