Chapter 87

【87】86.

“Ugh! This is tough!”

After the magic class, Kal collapsed forward.

“Ugh! The Fly magic class is no joke! Seriously! It’s like manual labor!”

“What’s so hard about it?”

Chelsea said with an exasperated look, and Kal let out a deep sigh.

“Seriously. How would you know our struggles when you passed the exam in one go and went to Professor Alby? Senior Toluah is ruthless! She treats us like she wants to eat us!”

Chelsea was one of the four students who passed the Fly magic test with a free pass.

Those four included Leo, Chloe, Abad, and Chelsea.

“Do you want me to help?”

“What?”

“I can help you practice to use Fly magic better.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, we’re friends after all.”

Kal looked touched.

“I’ll help the kids in our magic department practice.”

“Ugh! Chelsea! Thank you!”

‘They’re going to be grilled.’

“Do you know about Senior Elena?”

At Leo’s question, Kal looked bewildered.

“Do I know about Senior Elena? It’d be weird if I didn’t, right?”

“Is she famous?”

“Famous isn’t the word! Senior Elena is the representative for the 3rd year!”

“Is that so?”

“Sometimes it seems like Leo oppa is too indifferent about school matters. Let me enlighten you.”

Chelsea cleared her throat.

“Elena Zeruon. Age 18. Currently in her 3rd year. Her skill level is currently 2nd in the entire Department of Magic. Even though she’s in 3rd year, she’s right after Senior Toluah.”

“That’s impressive.”

“Impressive is an understatement. She’s a genius magic girl who became a dungeon conqueror in her 2nd year!”

Kal shouted in excitement.

“It’d be nice to meet her at least once!”

Seeing Kal with a slightly dazed expression, Leo tilted his head.

“Is she really that popular?”

“Yeah. She’s a tremendous beauty. Her nickname is the Queen.”

“The Queen?”

“She’s someone who even seniors in 4th and 5th year can’t just mess with, and she has a lot of followers. Thanks to that, even though she’s in 3rd year, she’s a strong candidate to be the next student council president.”

“Thanks for the info.”

Leo patted Chelsea’s head.

Chelsea, who had been smiling, asked, “But why are you asking about Senior Elena?”

“Just because I might need to meet her.”

“She’s not at school because she’s on a mission until next week. Well, even if she were in school, she’s a celebrity, so it’s still hard to see her, but since you’re the class representative, you might get to meet her if you want.”

Leo nodded at Chelsea’s words.

“Leo, don’t you have the next summoning class right away?”

“Yeah.”

“Then I’ll see you later at the dormitory.”

After parting ways with the two, Leo headed to the summoning class.

‘Today’s all outdoor classes.’

The location for today’s summoning class was the Island of Beasts, where they had their first class.

As he arrived at the dock, other summoning department students were getting ready to cross the lake.

Just as Leo was trying to use Fly magic.

“Who is it?”

Someone sneaked up from behind and covered his eyes.

“Isn’t it a little childish to play such pranks at 17?”

Chuckling, Leo removed the hands and turned around.

There stood Chen Sia.

“You never treat me like an adult anyway.”

Shrugging her shoulders, Chen Sia said.

“So, you’re trying to go to the Island of Beasts now? Want to go together?”

“Sure.”

Chen Sia jumped into the water.

“Leap!”

Her footprints left on the water’s surface.

Seeing Chen Sia walk naturally on the water, Leo activated Fly magic to lift himself into the air.

Typically, summoning students would cross the lake using flying familiars, water-moving familiars, or wind and water spirits.

However, in Leo’s case, he couldn’t summon his contracted familiar in front of people due to their eyes, and Chen Sia didn’t use spirit magic because using Aura Step was faster.

“Leo, want to race to get to the Forest of Beasts first?”

“Should we say the loser treats to a meal?”

“Sounds good.”

Chen Sia lowered her stance, and Leo gathered his magical power.

“Then get ready, go!”

Whoosh! Kaboom-!

Both of them shot forward at an incredible speed.

As the water spray rose, a summoning department student murmured while watching the splashing dock.

“If we run into them in the Interdepartmental Competition, we should definitely avoid them.”

Other students nodded in agreement.

Kaboom-!

‘Looks like it’s not just using Aura Step.’

Leo’s eyes glimmered as he watched Chen Sia sprint ahead of him.

‘Is it spirit magic?’

Leo accelerated even more.

“Eliza. A-are those two really not going to attack us?”

“Hmph. Are you doubting Ruri’s control ability?”

“No way! That can’t be!”

On the lake, Eliza, sitting elegantly with her legs crossed on a dolphin, smirked while grooming her nails.

“Even though our Ruri is still young, she’s a legitimate Delphinus. With her ability to enhance control, she can manage monsters like this without any problem.”

Delphinus.

The highest level underwater familiar in the shape of a dolphin.

Eliza, the heir to the summoning family Hergin, was one of the best in the first-year summoning department.

“Okay, Ruri. When we get back, I’ll give you a ton of top-quality beef.”

As Eliza treated the Delphinus gently with a smile, students from Eliza’s faction forced smiles.

“Hmm?”

One of the monster-riding students turned back.

“What’s that? Why is there such a splash?”

All the students looked surprised.

“Uh, Eliza! Something is approaching at an incredible speed! Let’s hurry and dodge!”

“Hmph! Just what’s all this fuss about…?”

While Eliza wore a displeased expression as she looked back, she was suddenly engulfed by a massive water splash.

“Bweeek! Bweeek!”

Swept away by the waves, Eliza was urgently pulled up by her familiar, Ruri.

“Whoosh! What was that just now?!”

As Eliza shouted sharply with wide eyes, one of the faction students who had been swept away replied quickly.

“It was Leo Flove and Chen Sia!”

“Leo Flove!”

Fire sparked from Eliza’s eyes.

“How dare they be so rude to me?! Ruri! Follow them!”

“Bweeek!”

Kaboom-!

“Ah! Eliza!”

“Take us with you!”

The students left behind in Eliza’s faction were in turmoil.

Grumble-!

And the underwater monsters, now released from Delphinus’s control, revealed their hostility.

“Hey! Take care of this quickly!”

“Ah! Undine, help!”

“Ah! Get away!”

Screams erupted from the students suddenly caught in a fight with monsters in the middle of the lake.

First-year students gathered in the Forest of Beasts.

The entire first-year summoning department was buzzing with a strangely excited atmosphere.

This was because the rumor had spread throughout the school that the Department of Knights and the Department of Magic had begun special training in preparation for the interdepartmental competition.

The summoning department students also thought they would be training today in preparation for the interdepartmental competition.

In fact, the class was held in the Island of Beasts.

As everyone looked at Yura with eager faces, Yura scratched his head.

“Why hasn’t that guy shown up yet?”

“Professor, who are you waiting for?”

Taid raised his hand to ask, and Yura let out a sigh.

“As you might have guessed, today’s class was supposed to push for special training for the interdepartmental competition. But Ulta suggested a special lesson.”

“Senior Ulta?”

“Yeah. He said he thought of a perfect training method, so let’s hold class at the Island of Beasts.”

The students were impressed.

On the other hand, they wore anxious expressions.

Ulta of the summoning department.

He was known as the rival of Ris Zerdinger, the strongest student, and renowned as the strongest summoner having made a pact with Pegasus.

However, he was also famous for being eccentric.

He had once proclaimed his romantic feelings on the day of the interdepartmental competition.

‘He wouldn’t make us do anything weird, right?’

Just as students tried to shake off their unease.

“Here comes Senior Ulta.”

One student spotted Ulta walking from the direction of the dock.

“Hey! Why are you so late!”

“Sorry, Professor Yura.”

Ulta took a bow with the grace of a stage actor.

“There was a delay in preparing the supplies for the first-years.”

“Supplies?”

Snapping his fingers—!

A giant eagle appeared from the sky beside Ulta, dropping off a wrapped package.

Whoosh-! Boom-!

The eagle, creating a strong gust of wind, left the package behind and soared away.

“Was that a Wind Eagle just now?”

“To use a high-level wind familiar just for transport… Truly Senior Ulta!”

The students looked at Ulta with admiration in their eyes.

“What exactly are you preparing for the first-years…?”

As Yura unwrapped the package to check its contents, her face turned grim.

“What exactly are you planning to make the first-years do with this?”

What Ulta had brought was none other than a net.

“You all must have heard. Right now, at this Island of Beasts!”

Ulta spread his arms wide.

“Fairies have appeared!”

“Fairies?”

“No way?”

The first-years widened their eyes.

A vein popped on Yura’s forehead.

“So? You’re telling me to catch fairies with the first-years?”

“Correct.”

“Correct? That’s absurd! What kind of nonsense is this? We’re busy preparing for the interdepartmental competition, and you’re making us do such useless things? You’ll wish you hadn’t messed with me! No, just d*e!”

As Yura swung the net at Ulta, pulling him towards her and shouting.

Carlo and the students were taken aback as they tried to stop Yura.

Meanwhile, Leo pressed his temples.

‘That guy… should behave himself!’

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