“Ah, good to see you, Elizabeth. How’s your life as Vice President of the Student Council going?” A young gentleman wearing a tophat greeted Elizabeth, who was wearing a white dress, as they shook hands.

“It’s everything I could ever ask for, Mr. Grell. I hope you have a wonderful time.” They both released their hand and the gentleman ambled towards the express lane while adjusting his glasses and his red hair.

At a distance, Elizabeth noticed two boys and a fox were headed for her. As they drew closer, she had a good look on those two individuals. The smoke-white haired boy wore a rather standard black suit and a grey tie while the brunette has a good eye for fashion, as seen by his selection of mahogany scarf, lavender coat, chestnut vest, white checkered shirt, navy jeans and a pair of black leather shoe.

“Good evening, Miss Elizabeth.” Rey put his right hand diagonally across his chest and bowed slightly. Eli mimicked Rey’s actions and performed it perfectly because he was scared that he might do the wrong thing and make everything awkward. As for Hinoko, she just barked.

“Good evening to you too, Rey, Eli. Both of you look marvelous.” Rey noticed she was wearing the earring Albert handed to her.

“Thank you for the compliment, Miss Elizabeth.” This time Eli didn’t say anything, he nodded instead. He was still too nervous.

“Let’s go.” She spun her body to face at the lane and walked towards it whilst the duo followed her.

After they reached the other end of the lane, they saw a dark-skinned man standing not too far away from them staring at a screen. As they approached him, Rey recognized the race of said person, his eyes widen, and accidentally slipped his tongue.

“龍魔?” Even though the words were said by a very small voice, he still immediately covered his mouth, hoping the person didn’t hear or understand what he said. However, it was unfortunate that the man, with horns protruding out from his head which grown horizontally, did hear and understand what he said and glared at him with piercing eyes.

“My apology.” Rey let down his hand and said. The individual closed the screen and glanced at Elizabeth, who was standing in front of him. She said ‘Don’t’ without using her voice before his attention went back to Rey.

“Apology accepted, Reynard,” He shifted his attention back to Elizabeth, “After all, I get that a lot from other people.”

“Does those 'other people’ includes me? I am honoured, Damien. I truly am.” Her expression gradually turned grim.

“Is that so? You know, I remember that you were always delighted when someone approaches you and asks you to help them with that special eyes of yours.” Rey was initially feeling really terrible for that amateur mistake, but now his embarrassment was washed away and, together with Eli, his attention was drawn to Elizabeth and Damien’s face-off.

“Why wouldn’t I be? After all, helping those in need is a right thing to do. Speaking of which, I should thank you for forgiving Rey due to your unconditional kindness.”

“I’m flattered. But, you sure know how to choose, Elizabeth. A young detective that cracked the Circulum theft case through a series of coincidences and his timid sidekick as your candidate.” He grinned.

“Now, now. Let’s not just focus on them. What about your candidates? They’ve seemed to be late for this once-in-a-lifetime banquet that only the best would be chosen to attend. With that kind of attitude, I’m afraid you made a bad choice.” She rejoined.

A fearful silence followed. Both of the young boys could sense the two mature teenagers spewing their anger at each other childishly. In the end, it was the daemon that broke the hush.

“I should introduce myself to you two. My name is Damien Teufel, President of the Student Council. What I said wasn't meant to offend you,” He said while aiming his eyes at Rey, then he switched his attention back to Elizabeth, “And now, please leave. I still have plenty of work to do.”

“If you had let me win the election, you wouldn't need to deal with all this.” She was clearly mocking at him.

“I don't have time to deal with you anymore. Leave me.” He brought back the screen and continued his work.

“I assume I would be expecting a retaliation later?” She asked as she gestured the duo to follow her.

“You won't be disappointed.” She caught his warning and sauntered towards the concrete pavement branched off to the left from the main lane and into the banquet.

Even though there were no walls obscuring the banquet, Rey could only see a blurry vision of the people and the lights. He came to a conclusion that it must be some sort of illusionary, magic barrier to prevent long distance attacks towards the guest. They soon came to a stop as there were two guards standing beside the entrance. Elizabeth confirmed her identity and the identities of her candidates with the guards and they’re in.

Rey was impressed by the scenery when he went through the entrance. Directly in front of him was a horizontally long and wide table with lots of exquisite and delicious looking food on it. Between the hedge maze at the very far left and the guests were chatting with each other in a large, open field beside the table, lies many elegant and delicate topiaries. On Rey’s right were a bunch of big, round tables with alluring tablecloths and beautifully crafted chairs. Balls of light were floating in the air all over the venue and so does the charming decorations. There’s a guard in between every few feet across the entire perimeter but no weapons were seen on them.

“Let’s get us some food.” Elizabeth proposed. It was a bit...weird for her to speak in such a way, at least that’s what Eli thought.

“You have quite the relationship with the President, Miss Elizabeth.” Rey gave in to his curiosity as they made their way towards the food table.

“Just Elizabeth will do, Rey. Yes, Damien and I are not in good terms. After all, from the moment we joined the Student Council, we have been fighting with each other to climb to the top. Partially because I was born into a prestigious noble family, that drove me to achieve an influential position within the Academy. However, I never understood Damien’s motive to strive for the position of President. Perhaps it’s because of his past, but I considered looking into his background as a foul tactic, so I stopped finding the answer I’m looking for.” In front of them was a stack of marble plates with artistic patterns etched on the white background. Once they touched a plate, it would hover beside them and follow them wherever they go.

“In my opinion, having a rivalry relationship may urge both sides to push their limits and achieve greater heights,” Rey remarked as he placed a piece of pizza on his plate. Eli was disappointed by the organiser’s choice of food because he expected this to be a real formal banquet. But, seeing that this banquet was mostly held for 13 years-olds, he wasn’t bothered about it.

“Perhaps you are correct. Though I must say that I enjoyed ridicule him as much as he does. Shall we go to a quieter place to finish our meal?” And that was the temporal end to their conversation. They searched for empty tables near the border and they found one that was secluded and small enough to fit the three of them. Rey brought an additional plate for Hinoko to put her food on.

“What do you wish to become in the future, Rey, Eli? It’s a fairly important question in this banquet.” She asked right after the duo had cleaned up their plates.

“A Solver.” Rey’s answer was swift and short.

“I was certain you were going to say, detective.” She was curious about his answer. A Solver is much alike to a detective, but it is still fundamentally different from it. One who chooses this occupation must have a wide range of knowledge and has to be essentially a Jack-of-All-Trades.

“The cases detective works on are simply too predictable. No matter what crime is committed, it will, one way or another, involves the most general form of the seven sins. Rarely there are cases that are out of the norm. But the cases presented to a Solver is much more diverse, despite the low frequency of clients. I plan to create an agency of sort if I fail to find an association which would accept a Solver and distributes a fair amount of odd cases to me.” He took a sip from his glass cup after the last word came out from his mouth.

“If that’s the case, then you are in luck, Reynard. There is one particular organisation within the Academy that would suit your requests. I’ll introduce you to its President if we came across him later.”

“You have my thanks, Elizabeth.” Hinoko peeked back at her master and saw him grinning at her.

Eli gulped hard. It’s his turn next. It was a bad idea for him to come after all. It’s not like he doesn’t know what he wants to do, it’s just that it would probably sound absurd.

“What about you, Elliot?” Her soft smile melted away all his anxiety. He took a deep breath and let it go.

“I...want to be a therapist. But...at the same time, I...also want to be a magic and…alchemical healer.” It was the healer part he doesn’t want to mention the most. The reason behind it was kinda dumb. In online games, he often plays the role of the healer because everybody needs one but nobody wants to play as one and it made him felt that he was...significant. Of course, there are also reasons such as every time he saw someone got hurt, he has a strong feeling compelling him to mitigate their pain. He was pretty sure that doctors couldn’t do what he imagined healers could and, likewise, he found that doctors are too boring, so he chose healer instead.

“It’s common for the Academy’s students to have two interests at once, so don’t worry about it. Besides that, I think you are very suitable to be both a therapist and a healer.” She activated her Circulum, pressed the ‘Notepad’ app and began writing. Ten seconds later, she sent the note she wrote to Eli’s inbox.

“On the note I sent you contains a few professors’ name. If you were to attend their classes, I am confident that they would be a great help to your studies. Have no fear, their teaching methods are, without a doubt, compatible with your personality.” She smiled.

“Thank you.” He almost teared up. He never imagined he could be so blessed before he enrolled into the Academy.

“You’re so adorable, Eli.” Said she before chuckling. Eli blushed slightly as a response, which made him cuter, even though his attire was supposed to make him look handsome.

“It’s time for us to meet some people. Follow me.” The three of them got up in unison. Elizabeth then took them to meet a few influential individuals and introducing them to any other associations’ President and Vice President they encounter, which was an excruciating and boring journey for Rey. At one point, he focused on the conversation occurring behind him.

“Did you saw that guy with the tophat? He kinda looks like one of the characters in a manga. The one where the protagonist is a kid and he has demon butler.”

“Is it the one that the protagonist is also a noble where he accepts dirty, secret missions from the queen of his country?”

“That’s the one.” Eventually, they moved on to the next person finally met the guy Elizabeth mentioned.

“Ah, Elizabeth, nice to see you. We haven’t met with each for quite some time.” The man hugged Elizabeth as his form of greeting. When he let goes of Elizabeth and contemplating Rey, Rey had his chance to do the same. The suave man in front of him had goldenrod coloured, thick, disheveled hair with fringes covering his forehead and a pair of crystal eyes of a mix colour between blue and purple. He’s around 180 cm tall, has a rather compact and muscular body, which made him irresistible when coupled with his ‘bad boy’ apparel.

“Good to see you still in high spirits, Arthur. I expected your immense workload would’ve wipe away that smile of yours.” She jested.

“You underestimated me, Elizabeth. I didn’t spend years under Yoro-Sensei for nothing, you know?” He then shifted his attention to Rey and pointed at him, “You wanna tell me who are your candidates? Or do I need to take a guess~?” He retracted his finger.

“Oh no. You’re not showing off your annoying tricks again,” She patted Rey’s shoulder with his right hand, “This is Reynard,” then she patted Eli’s shoulder with his left, “And this is Elliot.”

“Hello, Reynard, Elliot. My name is Arthur and I, am the President of The Analytical Mind. Heh, it’s not a great name, I know, but it suits the agency.

The purpose of The Analytical Mind is to provide services that require extensive knowledge and intelligence. Basically, it’s just a group of smartasses,” Elizabeth chuckled, “accepting requests from other people that they can’t or too lazy to deal with. We have Fixers, Detectives, Solvers, Investigators, Mediators, Analysts and a few more with confusing names to take on any and all problems the students of the Academy have.

So, whaddya say, Reynard? Do you want to become Solver under The Analytical Mind?” Elizabeth sighed, Eli gawked, unable to quite comprehend what just happened, and Rey...he was impassive as always.

“Wonderful! Just what I had expected. I watched the video sent by one of the members, the one where you confronted Alan, and it was obvious that I need you to be the latest addition to the big family. Sadly, as much as I want to tell you all about my agency, I have a matter to discuss with Elizabeth. Meet me next Sunday, 8.30 in the morning, at Second Ring, Section 8, Room 90-1. I’ll explain everything in details there. Now, please excuse us.” He tried to direct Elizabeth away to a crowdless location.

“Where're your candidates? Don’t tell me you’re lazy enough to not find any and still come to the banquet.” She did a ¬_¬ expression at him.

“My, my. Did Damien pissed you off this much?” Arthur pointed his finger at the maze’s direction, “They’re sitting on a bench beside the manticore topiary. I’m sure they will be delighted to meet you, Reynard. I’ll introduce you to them later, Elizabeth, if you want to meet them. Tata.” Both of them strode away immediately, leaving the duo and a Kitsune behind.

“Don’t think about it, Eli. I’ll explain it later.” Rey understood that Eli has a tendency to try and make sense the things that baffled him, as seen from his facial expressions and body movements, despite the answers never came through him and would only increase his anxiety. But, Rey’s reassurance would always magically dispel those thoughts and pacify the cacophony of his mind. Anyhow, they followed the directions given by Arthur and found his candidates some minutes later.

“Hallo! I saw you talking to Arthur, what’s yer’ name?” The boy who asked the question had a bowl cut, black hair and a pair of squinty eyes. He’s around the same height as Rey and he wore a quaint suit with a tie, and a polo shirt under it.

“My name is Reynard and my companion right here is Elliot.” The squinty eyes boy was standing a little further from an ornate stone bench, where a girl with blank expression was sitting on.

“Call me Oliver! And this girl behind me is Eve! Nice to meet ya!” He shook the duo’s hand fervently. He also forcefully rubbed Hinoko’s head before withdrawing himself due to her clear intention of biting his hand.

“That’s a nice Kitsune you got there. What’s the name?” He’s wacky smile made Rey felt uncomfortable.

“Her name is Hinoko, and please, don’t touch her anymore.” Hinoko hid behind her master’s leg while she growled with a deep voice.

“Okee Dokee! Say, what did you do to get chosen, eh?” Seeing as Oliver was focusing on Rey, Eli made his way to the bench and sat on the other end of the bench, awkwardly. He didn’t consider to talk to the girl but he did glance at her a few times. Her face was pale, might as well had chiseled out of marble, her hair was long and pink in colour, and her clothes were a little inappropriate for the event.

“I caught a thief. He was stealing Circulums from newcomers in my dorm and I stopped him before he could get away with it. What about you?”

“My story is a bit long, but let’s just say that I got luckyyyy. I was drawing some alchemical circles and performing rituals with it when Arthur just so happen to pass by. He was impressed and he chose me on spot, along with my girl friend over here because she was helping me at that time too.”

“I see.” Oliver immediately stopped his odd hand gestures and his smile faded away. He squinted his eyes even more and peered at Rey with suspicion.

“Aren’t you curious what kind of circle I drew? Arthur is not a person to be impressed easily, you knoooow?”

“I am aware of that. It was needless to say you must have shown your ability to create a circle of at least A-rank, which is quite impossible for a 13-year old to do.”

“Wow! You’re right! No wonder you got chosen by the Vice President of the Student Council! You must be very smart!”

“I could say the same for you too.” Rey was getting really annoyed by this eccentric character; he even started to dance, worsening the supposedly emotionless boy’s mood.

“Rey, is it?” He turned to his back and identified the man that called out his name as Damien, alongside his candidates, “Where is Elizabeth? Is she with Arthur right now?” Despite his tone, he doesn’t seem to be in a hurry.

“He took her to somewhere around that spot,” Rey gave him the direction with his finger, in which the daemon replies, “I see. Jack, Emily, both of you stay here until I get back.” Both of his candidates took a few step forward, then the boy swerved to his back and said, “Roger that,” before Damien ran away.

“Hallo! My name is Oliver, and this right here is Reynard! Nice to meet ya!” He stretched out his hand to the guy flabbergasted by his enthusiastic greeting whilst the girl silently plodded towards the bench and sat right in the middle.

“Hi. I’m Jack. Nice to meet you both.” They both shook hands while Rey studies the other candidate before him.

The first thing that pops into Rey’s head is that Jack looked like he came out from a shounen manga. Pointy azure hair, muscular body with a white tuxedo on it, and a sword wrapped up in white bandages levitating across his back.

“Why do you have a sword floating behind you Jack? Are you some sort of hero?” The eccentric kid asked.

“I’m not? I carry this sword on my back is because I’m afraid someone might steal it. It’s very precious to me, after all.” It was apparent to Rey that he wasn’t a fan of Oliver.

“Or is it because you’re scared bad guys will pop out of nowhere and you need to be prepared for battle! Aha!” He started swinging his imaginary sword at the air.

Interesting, Rey thought to himself. He managed to catch Jack’s micro expressions after Oliver said that sentence, and it revealed to him that the ‘hero’ was indeed carrying his sword to fend off any surprise attacks.

“But don’t worry about that! I heard it from Arthur that it happened a few times after the banquet was created. Sadly enough, there were no more chances for protagonists to have their heroic battles here and show off their might to propel the plot because the security was so tightened up that even bugs couldn’t make it through. So sad!” Jack looked at Rey and Oliver in a daze, which Rey responded by shaking his head slightly, signalling him to ignore the odd kid.

“Erm, how did you two get chosen, if you don’t mind me asking.”

“I caught a thief.” “I drew an awesome alchemical circle at the right place and at the right time.” He winked and did a horizontal peace hand sign beside the unclosed eye, “What about you, what did you dooo?”

“I..uh...It’s a long story.” He regretted asking that question.

“Lemme guess...You fight a bunch of bad guys, saved some people and the President of the Student Council was just so happened to be there as well.” Jack was obviously taken aback by Oliver’s words, which means,

“I guess...you could say that.” There it was, the awkward smile.

“AHA! I was right! You ARE a hero, like the ones from the stories!” He started dancing as if he hit a jackpot.

“Well, aren’t you having a blast, Oliver?” Arthur showed up quite far behind Rey with Elizabeth and Damien following him, their expression foul. The three candidates, as a reaction to Arthur’s sudden voice, directed their attention to the man, “But, too bad for you, we gotta go. The three of us got a little something to work on, so we’re going back early, and that includes Reynard and Jack too.” Rey noticed Jack wasn’t surprised by this and so he rapidly examined the three young adults to guess what was going on.

“Awww. I want to talk to my new friends a little longeeeer. But I’ll follow anything you say, Arthur.” He beckoned Eve to go along with Arthur’s decision.

“Well then, it’s been a pleasure of meeting you all, especially Reynard,” They both glanced at each other, “Goodnight, everyone,” Then he took his leave together with his candidates.

“We’ll be going as well. See you on Monday, Elizabeth. I enjoyed the conversation we had just now.” Before Damien’s team managed to leave, Elizabeth gave him a witty comeback, “Is that so? Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of those for at least the entire year. Goodnight Damien.” They both grinned at each other before he left.

“Let’s go,” Elizabeth said. The duo followed her without making any inquiries. Hinoko let out a disappointing growl because everyone basically ignored her, except for that annoying Oliver. None of them said a word until they reached the titanic gate.

“The conversation you had earlier, with Arthur and Damien, is it related to Jack?” Rey could make out the figures boarding the train were Damien’s team.

Elizabeth turned her head slightly at Rey before returning it to its original position few seconds later, “I can’t tell you about it.”

“You don’t need to since you just confirmed my guess. I know what you’re going to say. You don’t need to worry, my lips are sealed tight.” Elizabeth’s words were on the tip of her mouth before she swallowed it back down. She let out a sigh instead before they stopped in front of the station.

“You’re almost a spitting image of Arthur when he was younger. He always managed to find out secrets hidden by other people or said their thoughts out loud.”

“...Is this a compliment?” The train arrived at lightning speed and without warning before it stopped in front of them.

“That depends on the motivation that drives you to become a Solver.”

“A daemon is a demon’s half-blood descendant. Just like elves, if they copulate with other species, the attributes of those species will be inherited by their child. However, the difference is that a demon’s blood will never thin out. For example, if a demon copulates with a dwarf and their child copulates with a higher-cat Demi, the grandchild will not have the dwarf's blood flowing in them, instead, he or she will have the blood of a demon and the blood of a higher-cat Demi.

The point is, 龍魔, or dragon-daemon is insanely rare, thus the reason my tongue slipped yesterday.” When they went back to their room last night, they were downright exhausted. Both of them seldom attended banquets or anything like it in the past due to their introverted personalities, and so their energy was drained dry. Now that they’ve woke up, ate their breakfast and returned to their room, Eli threw the first question to Rey related to yesterday’s event.

“Oooh.” Rey was sitting on his chair facing Eli who was sitting on the couch. The smoke-white haired boy almost wanted to ask his roommate why didn’t he knew something everyone learned from primary school before realizing he evidently has some secrets tied to it, “But, how do you know he is a dragon daemon? Wait, this means that his mom or dad is a dragon! That’s so cool,” His eyes glinted with awe.

“I recognized his horn and eyes from a book I read before.”

“Okay……What about that time when Arthur somehow knew you were planning to become a Solver and said ‘Just what I expected’ when you didn’t say anything? I really don’t understand.” His puzzling face was the second cutest expression he could make, at least that’s what Rey thought.

“You remember what Elizabeth said yesterday in front of the station?”

“Yeah, I remember.”

“Me, and Arthur, have incredible observation skills. We can see even the smallest detail normal people would easily gloss over. And from those observations, we can make deductions about a person’s habits or their thoughts. It’s not as easy as it sounds. I spend an enormous amount of time honing my skills and learning a wide range of ‘stuff’ to make sense or even detect the things I see. This is why Arthur said what he said, he knew that I know about his ability and knew that I know that he knows I have the same skills as well.”

“Ughh. That last sentence makes my head dizzy, Rey.”

“Damien and Elizabeth has this skill as well, though not very well developed. It’s not much of a surprise, seeing that their jobs require them to interact with people every day.” A hush filled the room. It was apparent that Eli still has some doubts.

“But...it still doesn’t make any sense. Arthur said he knew the entire process of you confronting Alan, but shouldn’t he had guessed that you want to be a detective than a Solver, like Elizabeth did? You said he could observe the small details on people, but can it really helps him to know that you want to be a Solver even though, you, err, didn’t, uhm….”

“Yes, you’re right. There’s more to it. There are individuals who could see a person’s aura, or some might say the soul. I prefer the definition of the aura as ‘an expression made by the soul’.”

“Woah.”

“There are many ways to allow yourself to perceive these auras and there are a lot of people who can do that. But, not everyone can correctly interpret the meaning of a person’s aura. The aura displays a person’s current state of mind, for example, when someone is calm, their aura perfectly covers the person’s body without any distortions; or when a person is scared, their aura will shrink.

However, what I just mentioned does not apply to everyone. Like, when a person is crying, you would expect the aura to be all wobbly, although the reality could be that the aura became very ‘stable’. Maybe because for that person, crying allows them to recover themselves to their normal state rather than a mean to exhibit their sadness.”

“Then, does the aura have colours?”

“Yes. But, don’t bother to ask me what is the colour of your aura, because it will change to accommodate your current mood,” Eli showed Rey his irresistible cute puppy eyes. He sighed and continued, “If you really want to know, it just changed from purple to green.” Eli then puts up a big smile.

“So...what you’re saying is that, Arthur, through his super observation skill and his ability to ‘read’ a person’s aura, can tell what your personality is? And eventually came to the conclusion that you want to be a Solver and not a detective?”

“Yes.”

“Or maybe, he was just lucky enough to overhear us talking about it? There were a lot of people walked past us.”

“He didn’t. Anyone that have the ability to approximately interpret the meaning of the aura can tell if he or she met another one like him, or her. Don’t ask me how, it cannot be described through words.” The doorbell suddenly rung a few times. Eli got up and walked up to the door to see who’s outside. He opened the door when he saw it was Aster.

“Howdy!” He ambled inside and the door closed. He and the brunette proceeded to sit on the couch, “How was yesterday? Did you guys met famous people?” He was really excited to know.

“I met the President of The Analytical Mind. He wants to meet me next Sunday, probably offering me a position in his agency.”

“Hohoho! You are one lucky devil! I heard Arthur was incredibly hard to impress. Last year, only TEN applicants out of thousands were chosen to be an official member, or at least that’s what others said. Anything else happened?”

“Only those that would bore you,” Rey replied lazily.

“If you say so. So, have you guys choose your courses?” The both of them said, “No.”

“Hmm. Luckily I brought it up then. But, since we were spending nearly the entire week completing The Avarice Wisdom, I’m afraid a lot of time slots have been taken. Sit beside me, Rey. I’ll show you both how it’s done.” Rey followed his instructions and sat on the spot right to Aster while Hinoko jumped up to her master’s lap and slept on it.

“One more thing before we start. Later in the afternoon, I’ll take you two to get the Night Pass. You’ll need to do some tests to get one. Don’t worry, it’s not very hard. Okay, now then, please activate your Circulums and press the ‘Curriculum’ app.” Aster began to explain the basis of the app.

“......Oh and, because you guys are newcomers, you’ll have to take a test in every subject you chose to see how much mastery you have over the subject. After that, you’ll unlock these options...” It goes on for about ten minutes. Eli could never imagine that choosing a subject he wants to study is so complicated in the Academy. There’s almost an option for every single variation anyone could possibly think of.

“......That’s about it. If you’re still unclear about something, just press the ‘Help’ button. Now that I’m done explaining, I want to ask you both a question. What do you guys want to become? Eli?”

“I..uh..want to be a therapist and a magic or alchemical healer, or both. I’m not very sure about it yet, to be honest.” He felt more comfortable telling it to a friend.

“Not bad. Even though Spier has advance medical care for physical health, they didn’t put much attention on mental health,” He shifted his head from looking at Eli towards the direction in front of him, “Well, probably all the worlds have the same problem. Except for Zion, of course. What about you, Rey?” He turned his head towards Rey and he saw him selecting a dozen of courses, “A Solver.”

“...Dude, I know that Solvers need a wide range of knowledge, but what you’re doing here is overkill,” Rey ignored him and kept adding more courses into the list, “Seriously, Rey, just because you can choose whatever subject you want without a limit doesn’t mean you should take all of it in one go,” He peeked at his junior’s selection: modern and traditional magic, physics, psychology, Ingenium mastery, wing chun and lots more. Aster gave up trying to convince him.

“What about you, Aster? What do you study?” Asked Eli.

“How to be the best king in the world! Hahaha!” He raised up his fist as he spoke, gave the brunette a wink and a playful smile before putting his hand down and selected the ‘Television’ app on the Circulum’s screen, “I wonder what show is on right now.”

✵End of Chapter 5✵

Advisor: Jigoku Shounen