Why can't I use magic?

Chapter 1

"This should do... wait I should loose up my tie a bit, I don't want to look like an honours student. The Shirt.... yeah should probably untuck it"- I said to myself as I opened up the top button of my shirt and loosened my tie a bit. I was done with my uniform.

Well today is my first day at the academy. I'm kind of nervous to be honest. I will be meeting so many new people, and I will have to talk to them too, which I'm not really good at. Well, ever since I came to this world, this is the first time I'm going to under a proper institution to learn something. But the difference is that in this world people have mana, which is basically nothing but magical energy inside a living being. And those who opt for this academy, their primary goal is to polish their magical skills as well as their other skills such as fighting, or one's ability to cope with knowledge and studies. In simpler tone, it's a school with kids who know magic. Well I'm repeating the word magic quite a lot because for a normal human like me, in my previous world there was nothing as magic but here I'm getting to experience something new, to be fair something you expect in TV shows or manga. Well, but my luck turns out that I don't have magic and can't use it. I don't have mana in me, even so I got reincarnated in this world, I'm still a normal person with no magic what so ever. Now don't think that not being able to use magic is a bad thing but in this world everyone has mana. But I on other hand seem to lack it. It's been 5 years since I came to this world, I learned about magic from books and observing others. I looked at all sorts of magic, from people putting out a fire with water from their hands to people healing someone's injured arm with their magic.

People here use magic in everyday chores to obviously make it easier of them. But since I have no magic, I will be lying if I said that I don't care about it or don't want it. But I don't have it so there's not much that can be done about it. I just accepted my lifestyle and kept going forward for these last few years. Well enough time I wasted talking to myself, I don't want to be late for the academy at first day only. I packed my backpack with everything I considered would be required. I put on my jacket, checked the time on my watch.

"Ok, I'm ready to go", I said to myself.

I was locking my door when I remembered I forgot to put on my gloves. I went inside near to the night stand beside my bed, opened the first drawer the shuffled through the mess inside it. I got my gloves, now I'm ready to go.

I was walking towards my academy, sipping the Choco milk I got from the Vending machine beneath my apartment. I love Choco milk, it's so tasty, anyways so as I was walking towards to my academy, I noticed a lot of people were also going in that direction, they were students like me I guessed. Since they all were wearing the same uniform as me. White Shirt, black tie, black pants or skirts and the red jacket. I kept walking while looking at different group of students, talking to each other and laughing. I always get confused that how some people are so good at socializing. And the fact that they haven't even known each other yet because there hasn't been an introduction properly because of course today's the first day.

If you tell me to talk to me someone I don't know, I would probably screw it up in the lamest way possible. As I was walking I noticed different students showing their magical powers to each other. I'm jealous, not gonna lie. Why did I remain a normal person in this world too!? Man, f**k my life.

Well, I'm pretty lucky though that I got chance in an academy whose primary requirement is to have magical powers. Well if it wasn't for my other parameters, where I managed to get a pretty average score in the Entrance Exam, I would've blew this chance. But this world and my previous world is similar in some contexts, like having to give an entrance to enter an elite institute. But I'm still pretty amazed on the fact that I got past the exam.

As I was nearing the campus of this academy, I was slowly realizing how big the campus this. I was looking at the main building which was pretty fancy looking, as I got bumped into someone. The pack of choco milk fell from my hand. Noooo.

"Um, Sorry are you Okay?"- asked the other person.

I looked at him with my sleepy eyes. He was tall dude with blonde hair and really cheerful vibe. He was wearing his jacket all buttoned up and his tie was also tightened to his neck. He seemed like an honours student.

I replied, "Looks like I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

I said that much and tried to walk away, indicating that I don't want to talk anymore. I noticed that dude started walking behind me.

"Well, hello I'm Kyonagi Mirata", he said in a confident voice.

Shit I will now have to talk with this dude. Ok I got this.

"I'm Suimei Suki, nice to meet you.", I replied

"Well Suimei-san, we should hurry, the Orientation will start soon.", he said.

Orientation, that means he is a first year too.

"Yeah, we should get moving.", I replied, and then asked him, "Wait, you're a first year too? You said Orientation right?"

"Yes dude, I'm pretty excited and nervous at the same time."- he said.

"Yeah, me too. It's normal I guess."- I said while nodding.

I finally reach the main building, on my way there I realized that the campus was f*****g huge, it's almost like they have a small city inside this campus. I was pretty amazed. I was waiting for the Orientation to begin with Kyonagi-san. The dude who I bumped into. Seemed like a chill person to talk to. He was already talking with a lot of other people in the waiting area. He seems to have easy to go around personality. People like him are easy to be friends with. I was standing their while observing others, when I saw some approaching me in my peripheral vision.

I looked at them; it was a girl with short black hair, tied in a side pony tail tied with a red hair band. Seemed like she wore that hair band to match the colour of our red jacket. She had a really outgoing energy about herself.

"Aren't you that guy.... wait what was your name....??", she said while rubbing the bottom of her chin.

Well she didn't who I was she shouldn't have approached me in the first place. Or wait... do conversation work like this? Maybe I am wrong. I was looking at her, I noticed a smile on her face as she said, "Yeah Suki, I remember... you're that dud-" she got cut mid sentence as Kyonagi called me out since the Orientation was starting. I gestured him to wait.

"Well I gotta go, we'll talk about it someday if we meet again." I said even I hope I don't meet her again. I walked toward Kyonagi and saw him giving me those slanted looks. Now I may not be good at conversations, but I do understand what that means.

Mirata was about to say something, as I noticed the mischievous smile on his face. I replied with an Instant "NO." He laughed a bit and asked me what I was talking to that girl about. To which I replied that I don't know since our conversation got ended in the middle.