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In dueling class, I was given a lot of duels. Ironically, no one beat me, but seeing different types of magic might help to some extent… … In fact, there wasn’t much that could be used as a reference, perhaps because I often saw the magic of wizards who were exceptional at each type of magic.

Of course, there was Ceresria in fire magic, so there was no one who used stronger magic than Ceresria. There was no one who used magic in a different way than Ceresria. Although Erica-senior used ice magic, I always saw Erica-senior’s magic in a single form, so the magic of other ice wizards was quite helpful.

I saw quite a variety of magic, including a magician who fights with ice cubes that I had only imagined in my head, as well as magic that traps the opponent and freezes him with cold. There were many points of reference in other types of magic, but since they were only in the form of references, making them my own was quite difficult.

The fact that the exam would start soon made me quite excited, but it was also true that I was very worried. I didn’t have any fears in the magic test, but I would be lying if I said I still didn’t have any fears in subjects like alchemy or the history of magic.

Therefore, the moment I was sitting in the school library studying was so boring that I felt like running out to practice magic with my wand.

As the exam was approaching, many students gathered in the library to study, and some students studied in pairs, but as I don’t have many friends, studying alone was my daily routine.

If you asked Sharon, she would have said that we should go study together, but studying together was also funny, and Celestria… …

I felt like if I asked Ceresria, she would definitely come running to this study, so I didn’t bother to ask. As the exam was approaching, Aunt Toa told me to focus on the exam so I didn’t have to go to work, so I didn’t really have to go to work.

Of course, thinking about not getting that much salary was quite scary.

One of the biggest changes as the exam approached was that there were a lot of people in the training center. Naturally, it was full of people practicing magic… … Therefore, there was no place where I could easily practice magic. When I asked my seniors, they told me to look for the academy as there were many hidden places, but that was also funny.

After finishing my studies, I entered a laboratory where I could practice alchemy in preparation for the alchemy test, and a familiar woman was sitting there making something.

He was a person whose title was more familiar than his name. I was still curious as to why she was called a pharmacist, but when I saw her actions, I started to understand to some extent why she was called a pharmacist. He is the one with the best alchemy skills among the first year students, so wouldn’t it be worth it?

I thought there would be no one in the lab, but the fact that there was someone there was a bit surprising even to me, so I opened my mouth to that person.

“You work hard.”

“Ah… … ”

At my words, she turned her head to look at me, thought for a moment, and then opened her mouth with a smile.

“You call it Astan, right? Name.”

“I’ve heard of the name Siliah, but I’m more familiar with the title pharmacist.”

“I am also more familiar with the title of rebel. Although we are in the same class, we have never had a proper conversation. Us?”

“Yes.”

“I guess I’m in this lab every day. Astan, why did you come here? Are you here to practice alchemy?”

“Yes… … Well, the exam is coming up.”

“If you need anything, please tell me, I will teach you what I can.”

“If I learn from a pharmacist, I won’t have to worry about the exam.”

“We are in the same class and the same age, so we talk comfortably, and I feel comfortable that way too.”

“… … Yes.”

There was a strange feeling of awkwardness as I spoke. Anyone could see that he was a person who gave off an aristocratic feel, so it felt awkward to speak informally.

I sat down in the lab, took my pot and slowly made the potion I had learned in alchemy class, and when I looked to the side, I saw her putting the ingredients in a mortar and grinding them. It wasn’t something I learned in alchemy class, so I looked at it out of curiosity for a moment, and she looked at me.

“Do you have any questions?”

“I was wondering what to make. I don’t think I learned it in class.”

“With the exam approaching, I’m making a potion that will help relieve mild fatigue. If you mix Zemon seeds and Chorine flowers and boil them, you will get a potion of fatigue recovery.”

“… … Where on earth do you learn that?”

“It’s in the book, and I learned things like light potions while working.”

“Days?”

At my words, she put the ground ingredients into the pot, stirred them slowly, and opened her mouth to me.

“I have worked in a treatment facility before, so people who know know that, right? That’s probably why he got the title pharmacist, because there were a lot of people here at the academy where I worked.”

“Where have you been?”

“Do you know that there is a city called Ramott to the north of Ignolia?”

“No, I haven’t been anywhere except Ignolia and my hometown.”

“It’s a treatment facility in a place called Ramot, um… … No matter how much you don’t know, the saint of Lamot knows, right?”

“Saint?”

“… … You really don’t know anything?”

“As I said, I only live in the countryside.”

Siliah laughed a little at my words and began to cool the potion that had been boiled. I also cooled the potion that I had made and looked at her.

“She is not a real saint, she is not a person who worships a god. Really true saints receive the grace and power of each god, but the saint of Lamot got that name simply because she healed people.”

“Are you a wizard?”

“That’s right, he’s an alchemist, a graduate of this academy, Claire’s teacher, and my teacher. He is often called a weirdo, and what kind of wizard would heal the sick who gave up in a temple?”

I nodded slowly at those words. The world is wide and there are many famous wizards. However, such wizards were made up of rumors and hearsay, so they were not written about in books. I wonder if someday someone will turn something like this into a book.

As we were talking like that, and as time got deeper and I was getting ready to go, Siliah asked me a question.

“Do you want to go?”

“I have to go during curfew.”

“Ah, curfew.”

She started to pack up her things with those words, and I stood against the wall for a moment and looked at her. There were many amazing tools, but there were many things I couldn’t understand, so I just watched, and she started talking to me as she packed her things.

“Why are you standing there?”

“I had to close the door here anyway, so I thought there would be no problem if we went out together.”

“You’re kind?”

“… … I guess so.”

Perhaps because I’ve never heard the word kind easily, it was quite an awkward word. As I was just quietly waiting for her, she came out of the lab with me, and we locked the door and slowly moved from the academy to the dormitory.

“Are you confident about this test?”

“If it’s something you learned in class, there’s no problem, but if you make a new medicine, or make a medicine you didn’t learn in lecture… … That might be difficult. Otherwise, if you were to make something like a golem, that would be difficult too. I have less mana than others.”

“In alchemy, the amount of mana is not important, right?”

“It is a different story when making a golem. Even if you make the core of the same golem, its performance varies depending on the amount of mana put in by the creator.”

“So a good golem should be made by an alchemist with a lot of mana?”

“Hmm… … That’s not it either. Some materials contain mana themselves, so if you use those materials, the wizard’s mana is not important. Almost all of the golems Claire made are of that type.”

“I heard that senior Claire is strong.”

She smiled at my words.

“That older sister has been making golems since she was young, so maybe if I take out all the golems in her workshop, I would win even if I fight against a small country?”

“Seeing you call senior Claire your sister, it seems like you are quite close.”

“We learned from the same teacher, so if we’re close, we’re close… … Hmm, I guess you think so.”

“If you were senior Claire, you would think you were close, because she is such a lively person.”

“That’s right, it seems like you’ve been researching various things with the embodiment of light lately. I’m curious about what you’re researching.”

“I heard the other day that all the plants in the garden died.”

“Because growing too fast leads to death. There is a difference between the medicine of growth and the medicine of death.”

As I was saying that, a fork in the dormitory appeared, I greeted her, and then I walked into the dormitory.

As I slowly walked to the familiar dormitory and wrote down the recipe for the potion I had practiced today in my notebook, I felt something familiar and naturally turned my head.

Senior Isabel was there looking at me.