Well hopefully he actually properly investigates and ultimately just straight up asks Abel if he is the same Abel as from 200 years ago. Abel does need an ally that is high up on the totem pole to help him investigate the causes for the degradation of magic.
Well it was said before that the cause of that is the gradual decline of the demons, and without an immediate threat living beings tends to become weaker and weaker.
See today's livestock: their ancestors managed to survive in the wild, but if you release them now, they will almost get wiped out.
Still feels like it should be 2000 not 200. I mean they better give a better reason for all this degradation in only 200 years because the current stuff is definitely not enough and the MC himself is suspicious of it. I just hope it works.
Trust me, 200 years is barely enough time to lose anything without a cataclysmic event like some sort of genocide. If you killed all the mages and burnt the books during a crusade, sure. That would have to have been one HELL of a crusade though to do such damage in only 200 years and then be seemingly forgotten.
... so the Headmaster has a letter from one of the four heroes detailing that the amber eyes are, in fact, actually good, and somehow they're ridiculed to this day
Headmaster what are you doin'
(Note: I'm aware it's primarily the nobility's fault but yeah)
@TehSDragon that particular hero is the one that basically accidentally told MC to fuck off back in ch. 1, so his story might have some bias
probably he feel guilty and try to erase the fear against amber eyes but goes way too far to the other spectrum
@Merilirem Naruto is worse less than 10 years and they are in the modern age.
And it seems plausible from 1800-2000 it take a huge breakthrough in tech. Especially if the science dominate over religion. And dumbing down in 200 years is possible you did see what book author write with error in syntax. Looks like they don't have printing. You can also check school test it's not on the same level than before for Western Countries. Increase success rate but with lower standard.
Also, maybe he should tell little miss musclehead that her spell drains her life force, at least as a courtesy.
There’s so many mangas where either a mage or demon incarnates into a younger body, only to see that things have stagnated due to peacetime. Why this comes as a shock, I don’t know.
@Merilirem Information gets lost quite quickly and easily in a world where the main source are books and gossips. They don't have internet where basically it's unpurgable.
@mage_goo Abel alone was enough for the 4 other heroes to let live the daughter of the DK, who should be a great threat. That implies he was far above them.