Magic.

It is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales, but rather science and technology. The first records date back to A.D. 1999, in which police officers possessing special powers successfully apprehended a fanatic terrorist attempting to use nuclear weapons to fulfill a prophecy to destroy humanity.

Initially, this power was called 'Supernatural Power: an ability born within a person spontaneously, through sudden mutation. However, through research conducted by influential nations across the world, it became possible to recreate 'Supernatural Power' through the use of 'Magic'. Supernatural Power became a technology systemized through magic, while magic became a learned skill. Thus, a 'Supernatural Power User' became a 'Magic Technician'. Skilled Magic Technicians possess power that can surpass even that of nuclear weapons and thus are considered a great asset to a country's military might, and, even in 2095, the various nations of the world are in a race to nurture them.

In Japan, there are nine magic high schools set up in various regions in order to nurture the best magic technicians and send them to the National University of Magic, the highest-class magic technicians are produced. The First Magic High School, located in Tokyo, is an upper-level institution known to send the most graduates to the National University of Magic as well as to produce the highest-caliber Magic Technicians (or Magicians, for short). First Magic High is a cutthroat, talent-driven school where the line between competent and incompetent is made painfully obvious right from admission, and beaten into the students every moment they are there. It is an atmosphere of survival-of-the-fittest where the strong reign over those deemed as weak in order to produce the strongest Magician, or rather, weapon.

Even if two individuals are both freshmen, they are not necessarily equal.

Even if they are blood-related siblings.