On their way to the tower, Merlin could feel her hand slowly heating up from holding Alice’s hand but she didn’t let go since she needed to be in contact with her robe to activate the Air Control enchantment on it. Also, although Alice clearly looked weak and in pain, the robe helped hide it from showing.

Reaching the tower, a guard was standing in front of the entrance. Seeing the two girls coming forward, the guard gently asked them a question -

“Hi there, what do you need?”

“My friend needs help and we came to meet her father, uncle Martin.” answered Merlin.

“Oh my, I can see that your friend’s condition is one that needs immediate attention. Come with me, I’ll take you to Sir.Martin.” said the guard, guiding the two of them inside the tower.

The inside of the tower was grand, however their attention was not on the insides but on something more important. The guard took them to the levitation platform taking them up the various floors until they reached Martin’s office where he was absent.

“Hmm, you two wait here while I go get Sir.Martin.” he said as he left the room.

“Lie down here.” said Merlin, putting Alice down on a bench. “We’re inside your dad’s office.”

While waiting for Martin, Merlin took off the robe from Alice and put it back on herself. Just then Martin arrived hurriedly; worried.

“Alice! I’ve arrived, don’t worry. Can you sit? Good good, now I know how you feel cause we’ve done this before so be a good girl and endure it okay.”

Martin then placed his hands on Alice’s back and used his own mana to control the unstable mana flow inside her body.

While this was happening, Merlin tired from continuously exhausting her mana decided to sit on the bench nearby. Looking at her friend slowly getting better, she looked at her red, burnt hand which she used to hold Alice’s hand. It didn’t hurt much but she thought to herself, “I wonder how painful it is.” referring to Alice.

“Whew, that’s done.” said Martin, slowly lying down Alice on the bench. “Now just rest here for a while okay.”

“Thanks for bringing her here. However, if you don’t mind me asking, how did you bring her here?”

“I used my robe and lifted her here.” said Alice.

“Hmm, I see. Now that I look closely at your robe, I can see that your mother enchanted it for you. So, how’s your hand?” asked Martin.

“It will heal.” replied Merlin.

“Good good, you can go attend your next class. She will be fine here, a little rest and she’ll be back before the third class.”

“Okay, I will be going.” said Merlin, leaving the room.

“Hmm, that felt like I was talking to someone much older.” remarked Martin as he sat down on his chair, continuing on with work.

As she reached the Training Grounds, Merlin was just in time as the second class immediately started as she arrived. When the others asked her of Alice, she answered -

“She had to take a rest. She will be back in the next class.”

The practical class was the same as the previous classes where the students practised Infusion and Aura. The two instructors had told them about the sparring classes that they were going to start having next week, where they would showcase what they have learned; making the students practise even more passionately.

After the class, Meril made an announcement to the students; “Since today is the last day of your beginner classes, that is; having two informative classes a day, there will be no break and you will immediately have the next class. Now, you can go back to your classes.”.

None of the students thought much about the statement and immediately went back to their classrooms.

As the students were leaving the Training Grounds, Hermond approached Meril and asked her a question,

“Strange ain’t it? Calling a meeting for every teacher when normally it’s just you Council people.”

“Yes. It must be regarding the corruption spreading in the forest. The Grand Magus probably has a plan to deal with it.” answered Meril.

“We’ll probably figure it out after every class has ended anyways.” said Hermond.

“..... Then why ask me?” replied Meril to which Hermond only replied with a loud laugh.

As Merlin and the group reached their classroom, they saw Alice already sitting there looking fine.

“Hey Alice, so do you feel fine now?” asked Xavier before the others.

“Y...yes, I am good.” replied Alice.

“That’s good.” said Xavier giving a thumbs up with both hands.

Before they could continue with their talk, Sir. Lucas came in and started his class.

“Hello again class. As you’ve probably heard from Meril during your practical class, this will be the last day where I will have 2 periods for myself meaning that starting from next week, your class will start with me, then you will have your practical classes and finally sparring classes which I know some of you are interested in. How the sparring class will be taken depends mainly on Miss Elfilna who is the head of the Magic Block and also a temporary head of the Physical Block. Due to her duty as a Council member she is currently busy which is why she was only able to teach you for a day.

Now let us properly talk about how your education will continue forward. First of all there will be a yearly promotion test so that you can take on more advanced classes. We at Mavis’ Institute provide 3 levels of teaching, the first level is what you’re currently learning which will promote you to a tier 4 individual at the end of it, the second will help you reach tier 5 and the final level will help you prepare for the hurdles of reaching tier 6. However all of you will not be able to take on the final level of teaching due to their being better places you can go to depending on your preference. There are multiple schools out there affiliated with us who teach certain classes as in your personal classes better than us. Hmm, now that I think about it, it would be great if there was a different word to describe or define personal classes better than just ‘classes’ since that can also mean some other things. Ah well, nothing I can do about that so let us continue. Aside from the yearly test which mostly takes place during the month of Pentalos, there is also the yearly Mavis Memorial Tournament or Competition where 10 selected students from 10 selected institutes will face off not just to showcase their strength but also to make a name for themselves and their academies.

Now some of you might be thinking, ‘Apart from the tournament are we just going to study every day’ and the answer to that is a no. As you already know there are 30 days in a month and a week constitutes 5 days; and the fifth day of each week is considered a religious day or day of worship. As such there will be no class during this day. Also the selection event for the Mavis Memorial Tournament will occupy 5 days, during which there will be no class either but students are encouraged to watch the selection trials. Lastly in the final month of the year, the last two weeks are free weeks where you will be free from all types of work; that is if you want. Other than the ones I just said there are several holidays which we do not follow like religious holidays and cultural and geographical holidays. Well that will be all for today. Go home, take a rest and prepare yourselves for next week’s combat class”