After leaving the examination room, Their teacher asked them what happened inside.

“So, what do you think of Mr. Wislett?”

The first one to answer was Lowell.

“He’s strict… but kind. He’s powerful, using epic skill ‘Wind Projection’ to guide us from start to end..”

Qazar nods and spoke.

“I agree with Lowell.”

The only one who had different reaction was Weiss, who remembered the ghastly face.

“He’s scary!!”

Looks like Mr. Wislett’s warning was embedded on Weiss’ head.

“Hahaha! Is that so? But.. He really isn’t around… *Sigh*”

Lowell noticed her teacher’s tired sigh.

“Teacher.. Are you tired?”

“No.. It’s just that… He’s my lover’s father. You know that I’m from the capital, right? My lover decided to make me meet his father, but when we arrived, he’s nowhere to be found..”

Lover… it’s like what Mr. Wislett said..

Lowell pondered and asked her teacher like it was normal.

“Teacher, what is a lover? Mr. Wislett said Qazar and Weiss are my lovers.”

Her mom and dad, who was walking while holding my hands, stopped immediately. The smiles on their faces froze. Lowell looked towards the back. She saw Weiss’s butler didn’t change his expression, but Weiss, Qazar, and Teacher are in panic. The first one to speak was her teacher.

“Ah?! Eh?! Hmm… how should I put it…. ”

Aurel starts to avert her gaze away from her pupil.

“Please, teach-”

Before she could continue, her dad carried her on his arm. Her mom covered her teachers lips with a handkerchief. Louis smiled as he answered her daughter.

“If you became an adult, you’ll know what ‘lover’ means. By the meantime, let’s go towards the Recruitment Room, okay?”

She noticed her father's usual smile lost it's sparkle. It was the same as her mom's expression. She can only nod in turn.

“Okay..”

After walking five minutes, They reached their destination.

“Normally, only the recruit can enter here… but in our case, the mentor and the apprentice can enter. Lowell, follow me.”

Aurel opened the door. It was a spacious room and bustling with people. Most of them are ten to fifteen years old. All their eyes are focused on Lowell and her teacher.

Gossips started to circulate as they walked.

“Look, a pretty instructor has entered.”

“But wait, look at that kid behind her.”

“Beautiful…”

“She looks like a doll at that lavender dress…”

“I need to know her name… the name of that goddess….”

Lowell felt stares around her. She grabbed her teacher’s robe tightly while looking downwards.

“U-uhm!?”

A kid who looks like seven to eight years old approached her.

“I’m Sirion Folmar. What’s your name?”

Lowell isn't naturally afraid of people, but having all eyes on her makes her nervous.

“I-I’m Lowell Zvalle.”

Lowell nervously introduced herself to the boy..

“Waahhh~ she spoke..”

“Let’s introduce ourselves.”

“I’m -!”

Her teacher noticed Lowell was frozen in place and helped her.

“Please restrain yourselves. Look, my apprentice looks scared.”

“W-we’re sorry!”

All of them backed off..

Her teacher giggled.

“So, you’re weak of too much attention.. It looks like you’ll have a hard time with being an adventurer you’re dreaming of.”

“I-I’ll try to change!”

“But having a flaw itself is wonderful, you know.”

“Why?”

“Because it reminds people you’re still human.”

Her teacher smiled and continued to guide her towards the Main Desk to get a list number. Lowell gave her newly-made Identification Card to receptionist. After getting a list number, both the teacher and pupil took a seat in the middle.

The room has five rows of seats. These seats are facing the main desk. While waiting, the stares didn’t lessened. In fact, people who just entered the room looks towards her.. And doesn’t retract their gaze. She hear voices like ‘She’s a five year old?!’ coming from the Main Desk.. It intensified the previous stares. Now, they are like those merchants selling stuff outside. She saw the merchant's face while selling something to a young man. His facial expression is the same as these people here. It’s what she's feeling right now…

“Ugh….”

Lowell's head starts to spin. After her third birthday, words start to pop out of her head. The first words are ‘Chemistry’ and ‘Physics’. Her teacher knew Chemistry, but not Physics… Chemistry in her teacher's definition is just a little piece of Chemistry definition that popped out of her head. Her definition is ‘Brewing of Herbs, Parts of living things, and their practical uses’ but the definition in Lowell's head was ‘a study that deals with composition, structures, and properties they undergo’.

After three months, Lowell noticed that the first words that popped out of her head was just the start. She learned Matter and it’s phases for Chemistry and One-dimensional Kinematics(Vector, Scalar, Coordinates, etc.) for Physics. That’s when she noticed these two are compiled into books. The writing form is different, but she noticed that she could read it properly. Yesterday, a big collection of ‘Elements’ popped out of her head. That’s when she noticed that this knowledge isn’t from her country or even the other countries…

Then where did these knowledge came from?

She pondered while holding her head, trying to ease the pain.

“Lowell, are you alright? Another headache?”

Her teacher looks worried. Lowell tried to assure her teacher that she's alright.

“Don’t worry, teacher.. It’s just one of those regular headaches..”

Her teacher was slightly angered.

“You idiot apprentice. No normal person could say ‘just one of those regular headaches’ at the first place!”

Lowell apologized.

“I’m sorry teacher, but please believe me.. Don’t worry.. It’s nothing harmful.”

Her teacher sighed.

Suddenly, a voice spoke loudly that it could be heard throughout the room.

“Number 54, Lowell Zvalle. Please proceed towards the Main desk.”

Aurel noticed it and spoke to Lowell.

“It looks like it’s your turn. Let’s go.”

Lowell nodded and both of them proceeded towards the receptionist.

“Here’s your Fleur badge. You can use it to withdraw or deposit from our banks. We’ll also return your Identification Card. For your robe, please follow him.”

The receptionist pointed at the man on the back. He looks like he’s on his 20’s. Aurel returned to her seat. It looks like only the applicant can follow him.

Lowell looked towards other applicants. She noticed that others immediately received their robes.

Lowell asked the man curiously.

“Sir, may I ask why am I going to go somewhere to get my robe while others get theirs immediately?”

The man smiled and answered thoughtfully.

“Call me Jess, little miss. It’s because we don’t have a stock for your size. Most applicants are ten to fifteen years old already.. Those robes are too big for you. Robes will adjust as you grow, and changes color when they detected your magic capacity made a breakthrough, but they weren’t designed to shrink.That’s why I’ll lead you towards our robe tailor.”

“Okay!”

Jess leads her towards a small room. The tailor took Lowell's sizes and starts tailoring her robe. After ten minutes, she received her newly-made robe. She and Jess returned to the Main Desk where she was greeted by her teacher.

“It looks good on you, Lowell.”

“Thank you, Teacher!”

Ehehe~ I was praised by Teacher~

But Aurel suddenly made a complex expression.

“But what is this feeling…”

“Hmm?”

Lowell tilted her head cutely.

“I feel conflicted. I’m happy that Lowell became a Practitioner, but sad because.. me and my apprentice wears the same robe.. Looks like I need to breakthrough immediately… for my pride as her Teacher.”

Her teacher starts to mutter inaudible words.

“What did you say, Teacher?”

“Nothing.. Well then, let’s go and return to your parents.”

“Yes!”

They exit the room and returned to the group.

Lowell starts to flaunt her newly-acquired robe to her parents.

“Look at my violet robe, mom!”

“Looks good on you, Little Elle..”

Her mom complimented her, but she had a complicated expression while saying that.

“As expected of my daughter. You really look good on anything you.”

Her dad’s sentence makes my violet robe look ordinary.

“Mhm. Looks good.”

Qazar looks with a stoic face.

“Waaaah~! It’s same as Teacher’s robe! ”

Weiss looks with an excited face, but Aurel bents to a weird way, it looks like she’s hit by something. Like usual, the first one to notice was Lowell.

“Teacher, what’s wrong?”

“I-it’s nothing…”

But she looks like she’s going to cry.

Aurel recovered after a few seconds and spoke.

“Well then, remove your robe and take it. You shall depart now, since it’s gonna be dark by the time you arrive to your house.”

Weiss and his butler starts to break up with the group and bade goodbye.

“Bye Lowell!! See you again tomorrow!”

Lowell returned Weiss' goodbye.

“Bye Bye!”

She waved intensely until she cannot see him.

Now, it's time for Qazar and her teacher to bid goodbye.

“Looks like it’s goodbye. Will I see you again?”

“Of course! We’re friends, remember?”

I smiled towards Qazar.

“It’s true.. Mhm! See you again!!”

He looks sad at first, but he smiled again.

“Bye bye!!”

Lowell bade goodbye to her teacher and Qazar.

Her mom smiled sweetly and asked.

“Did you enjoy today, Little Elle?”

In return, Lowell created a very brilliant smile.

“Yes!”

After seeing her daughter's expression, Belle gave a satisfied nod.

“Well then, let’s return, to our house.”

Her husband Louis agreed.

“It’s as you say.”

Louis carries her daughter in his shoulders as he hold Belle’s hand. They started to return home with happy faces.