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“That’s it, then. These are the newest, hottest things on the market for mages!” The bearded man laughed.

“Really?”

“Yeah! Apparently they’re a type of catalyst for you mages! Specially made n’ stuff–I…

“Huh?!”

Covering the gap between both rooftops, the girl in the blue scarf leapt to the other building, glancing back at him and teasing him with another slip of her tongue past her lips.

“Grrr…!”

He wa…

I’ve had enough of you! He thought.

He pointed his staff down towards the hazel-haired slingshot-wielder, deciding to give him a taste of his own medicine as he coalesced the loose stone in the surrou…

…Alright, first on the agenda: something to eat! He thought.

After eating nothing but tiger meat the last two days, he was more than happy to find some quality grub for himself.

There seemed to be a pl…

“…Where are we?” He asked.

Vandread answered, “Elsia.”

“I thought Elsia was a city,” he replied.

“It is. We’re in its outskirts right now,” Vandread clarified.

Though he got an answer, the bountiful fog …

As he looked around for a bit to find a proper source of firewood, an effort was made to avoid all of the insects that slithered through the nightly forest.

Once finding a tree that wasn’t covered in …

Picking himself up, he brushed the dirt from his pants and began picking up the scattered firewood before moving on, now holding a heightened sense of caution with the prospect of what he nicknamed “…

The sounds of forest-dwelling creatures were audible throughout the depths of the nature-ruled domain; some were the chirps of birds, but some were the howls of apex predators.

“Err, are you sure this…

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In the sky, a fortress floated, secluded from the rest of the world, surrounded by a swirl of clouds that slowly spun around its immaculate architecture. It was forged of stone so smooth and pur…

“…I did it–I did it!” He let out with a surprised smile.

Celly nodded, “You did…now, I have nothing left to teach you.”

“–” He glanced up at his tutor.

It was clear that the smile she had was one of pri…

“…Why’re we all the way out here?” He asked.

It was just a couple weeks out from the end of his time with Celly. Though it was supposed to be just a normal day of magic lessons, he could feel there wa…

“…What’re you doing, Emilio?”

Celly’s words came out lightly and tiredly as her emerald eyes were only half-open, but he immediately withdrew his hand with cheeks completely flushed.

“Err, n-nothing!” …

Though he acted in the moment rather than the long term, that came to bite him as the alcohol gripped at his mind–swirling his natural self and letting loose any filter he once had.

With red cheeks, h…

After gratefully accepting the sword specially forged for him, he was surprised by Celly herself giving him a gift.

He looked up as the silver-haired young woman gave him something that was wrapped in…

“You’ll have to leave soon, won’t you?” He asked quietly.

Celly was quiet for a moment, but she seemed to already know that this would be it, “Yeah. In two more months, I’ll be returning to Vasmoria.”

…

“I’m sorry…” He apologized.

“Don’t be. It’s my own fault for being rusty,” Julius chuckled.

“–Still, I should’ve listened.”

“Maybe, maybe not. You made your own call, though. I’m not going to say I was …

A change occurred with his body: his veins were visible, shifted into a black shade; his amethyst eyes had increased in vibrancy with his pupil altering to an almost vertical slit.

[Dragonheart System…

What was sitting on the throne of bones was a large, pig-faced creature, towering at least four meters tall with a humanoid body with four arms; it was dressed in jewelry of chained skulls around its…

Eight months had came and went, marking the three-fourths point of his tutelage under the half-elf, young teacher of his. For some reason, he noticed after this day of learning after having cast seve…

What he planned to do was anything but orthodox, and less than normal–in fact, this would normally be something of an act that would land one on a list, but he had on advantage he planned to use to i…