Chapter 147: Were You Turned Into a Pig Today?
The welcoming ceremony for the new professor was held on Monday evening at six o’clock.
Seemingly to mitigate the impact of Professor Didi’s departure, this welcoming ceremony was particularly grand.
Claire herself was not particularly enthusiastic about it, but for the sake of her alma mater’s development, she was trying her best to cooperate.
Some unexpected incidents occurred during the stage speech segment.
The first-year students from both the Mana Academy and the Fool’s Academy actually prepared gifts for her, presenting them in front of all the teachers and students.
There were also individual students who blushed and gave her bouquets.
This was not because she was a new professor.
Rather, it was because she had once been a student at St. Maryan and was a hero to humanity!
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The first-year students’ History of Magic class was scheduled for the second and fourth days of the week.
Starting from Monday morning, Claire began preparing her lessons, and by Tuesday afternoon, she replaced Principal Altair and stood on the podium for the History of Magic class.
The students from the four houses held the hero with the title “Beast Sage” in high regard, so they behaved exceptionally well at the beginning of the course.
Claire smoothly passed through the self-introduction phase and started the formal lecture.
Her teaching style was quite similar to that of Principal Altair, with stories completely detached from textbooks, blending fun and knowledge.
If there was a flaw, it was that her emotional fluctuations were almost non-existent, her tone was flat, and she seemed to present facts from an objective standpoint, lacking engagement.
This aspect was somewhat close to Professor Didi’s style.
In short, listening to her for long periods could easily make one drowsy.
But Claire appeared to be just such a person.
She was rational and wise, calm and sagacious.
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After the initial excitement, the young magi no longer showed much excitement about the new professor joining.
Claire quickly integrated into the academy’s atmosphere, winning over a batch of students with her good looks and gentle demeanor.
Although some students did not like her, no one dared to speak out under the prevailing trend.
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A week passed swiftly.
The students gradually adapted to the arrival of the new professor.
Claire also gradually adapted to her new role.
November 21st, Tuesday afternoon.
In Claire’s third History of Magic class after taking office, a bit of her true nature finally leaked out.
— She turned a sleeping student into a pig!
Despite the fact that it was a plump little pig that made people want to pick it up and cuddle, it was still a pig.
It was just a matter of calling out the name.
Before anyone could react,
that student lying on the desk suffered a nightmare!
He even thought he hadn’t awakened yet!
Anyone who falls asleep in class and suddenly wakes up to find themselves turned into a pig would likely have thoughts of escaping reality.
But the astonished, shocked, fearful, and schadenfreude glances from the fellow classmates around him made him feel extremely ominous.
It wasn’t until Professor Claire Kate called out his name in criticism that he vaguely realized something was wrong.
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Looking at the “oink oink” little pig, Robert Broheim, who was almost dozing off, suddenly shivered and nearly screamed.
He hurriedly wiped the drool from his mouth and trembledly asked Wit, “Wit, am I awake now?”
In reality, Wit was also feeling drowsy, breaking out in cold sweat.
Over the past week or so,
with the热潮of secret path adventures gradually cooling down and the professors’ assignments returning to normal, Wit and Robert had been running to the secret paths every night to engage in clever battles with the constructs.
Other people had entered the secret paths too, but the numbers were few and manageable.
Wit’s treasure-hunting journey finally made some progress.
But human energy is limited; the secret path adventures drained their energy, making it difficult to concentrate in class.
Occasionally, someone would be late for the first class in the morning.
Wit and Robert, though not late, were also not in good spirits.
Their performance in class reflected this, showing a decline rather than improvement.
But Wit didn’t care anymore.
Because the two “Flash Spell” materials he bought with 2000 credits had all failed!
Even though the “Magic Bullet Spell” succeeded later, he no longer had any credits to waste.
He needed the treasure left by his father!
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After this class ended,
the behavior of the new History of Magic professor spread like wildfire.
Her originally excellent reputation wavered rapidly.
The younger students felt very frightened, while the senior students were shocked by Professor Kate’s mastery of the transformation spell.
Unlike other professors who deducted credits,
Professor Claire Kate did not deduct any.
She only turned students into pigs!
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Though the time spent as a pig was brief, it would still become a significant blemish in their academic careers.
The thought of encountering former classmates someday after graduation, greeting them warmly, only for them to momentarily forget your name and then realize, “Oh right, you’re that person who was turned into a pig!” was unbearable.
The young magi no longer dared to daydream in the History of Magic class.
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Another week passed swiftly.
Dark’s understanding of the “Mana Language” had reached a basic level.
He finally gained some confidence in refining the “Flash Spell.”
November 29th, Wednesday afternoon.
After thorough preparation, Dark started refining the “Flash Spell” in his dormitory.
To achieve this, he had purchased additional materials last weekend.
The main challenge in refining the “Flash Spell” lay in the imprinting of the magic spell.
But after learning the “Mana Language,” he could handle this hurdle more skillfully.
The subsequent refinement process became straightforward.
Dark himself did not expect to succeed on his first attempt at refining the “Flash Spell”!
The “Flash Spell” involved spatial teleportation.
In the old era, mages needed exceptional talent to master such magic.
But in the Mana Era, even beginners like Dark could grasp it through the refinement of magic spell cards.
The effect of the “Flash Spell” was direct, allowing a forward teleportation of one to three meters.
Apart from emergency dodging, its most effective use was crossing obstacles like walls.
Used properly, it could even save lives.
Thus, such magic spell cards were always welcome.
Therefore, after successfully refining the first “Flash Spell” card, Dark immediately started refining a second one.
However, during the second refinement, he encountered completely inexplicable errors, leading to failure.
Fortunately, the core material had not been used; he only needed to add some cheaper foundational materials to restart the refinement.
He did not feel discouraged.
Instead, he recorded the entire process.
That same day, he found Professor Kazel, who helped him identify the mistakes and deepened his understanding of the “Mana Language.”
