Going back on the time before Steve was chased by his crazed pursuers. He was actually in the middle of the group study with those beauties. As promised, he went with them right after their Beasticology class. At first, they were just chatting casually. Trading insights mainly about what they have learned so far. Every now and then, there will be a few mentions of their deep admiration towards Steve. During those times, of course, the young sorceresses did not forget to put more effort into acting cute in his front. Even adding a few good words about themselves to make them appear more attractive on Steve's eyes.
It did not take long for the supposed group study to completely stir further away from its real purpose. Eventually, the topic dawdles more about Steve's affair. Upon the mention of the incident during the Beasticology class, the atmosphere started to turn awry. The girls keep on hinting about his 'fated love'. This left Steve feeling slightly uncomfortable.
Steve was running frantically as if his life depends on it. He already lost count of how many turns he made, all he knew is he needed to get as far as he could from those crazed pursuers. When he was able to ascertain that he already managed to escape their detection, he finally took his rest. His heart is still beating furiously and he was having a hard time catching even his own breath. He was panting heavily and his magic robe, as well as his inner shirt, were sticking to his body because of sweat. This causes his shirt to outline his well-defined body. It seems that Steve is also putting some effort into developing his muscles.On the flip side, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Audrey tries hard to avert her gaze. Her girly hormones were turning erratic upon the sight of the biceps and abs. Besides she was not in the condition to enjoy the beautiful scenery at the moment. Audrey is not in a better condition either. Her entire face was flushed and she was breathing h
[That's the spirit little lass. Nothing is gonna stop us now. We will start to live anew in this world and make the most out of it. Ajah! Fighting!] "I am someone who had lived two lifetimes and in the modern world on top of that. There is no way I will allow those ancient people to bully me." Those girls are nothing but Steve's admirers. A normal student learning how to be a sorceress just like her. What could they possibly do to harm her. She had been into more precarious situations back then but she managed to pull it off and survive up until now. Even the seemingly impossible feat of transmigration happened to her so what else could she be afraid of? A few months ago, she was nothing but a simple orphan and a penny less nobody living off from paycheck to paycheck on her old apartment. Then she ended up dying tragically by being a victim of ritual gone bad and that led her to being pushed off at their school's rooftop, the same day as their
She was about to head back to their dorm when she heard Steve's voice. "Andrew? What brought you here?" After giving it some thought, Steve decided to give a chase and run after the lady. He believes that the problem won't be resolved by just pretending that nothing happens. But when he thought that he finally caught up with her, it was Andrew that he met instead. "Ohhh... I was looking for Nero. How about you, what are you doing here???" "Ohhh... I was..." Steve was about to say that he was looking for a lady that he just met, but he stops himself halfway. Lest his good friend misunderstood him and takes him as a masher instead. It would be awkward if that happens and he was not sure how he could explain the situation to Andrew as well. He was starting to doubt himself if he had gone the wrong way when he recalled that there is also a black cat following behind the lady. "Ahmm... Andrew, may I ask if you saw a lady on y
As scheduled, Professor Huges arrived for their Plant Mysticism class the next day."Mystical plants can be subdivided into different types depending on its purpose. It can be a medicinal type of plant. Some have a defensive ability used for the attack. While others can serve as a core for making weapons or artifacts."Professor Huges said in her introduction. Before whipping out a high stock of test papers. With a casual flick of her finger, the paper flew on their own and landed on each student's desk."I have prepared a set of questionnaires to assess what you know so far about Plant Mysticism . I advise you not to think about doing something nasty like playing tricks with the result. Any usage of spells that will allow you to cheat your way on this test will immediately set your paper on fire.""Uhrrrgg... I specifically study the spell that could make me remember everything that I review for exam. To think that I
LITHOPS (medicinal type). It is an all-cure poison antidote. It looks no different from a rock when it is in a passive state. But once heated, it will bloom and a sweet-smelling flower will emerge from its middle fissure.STRANGLER (attack type). It thrives in dark places since its greatest fear is light. It feeds from the nutrient of a leaving creature. By the time a strangler vine has rooted down on the ground and can survive independently, it has already strangled and killed its hostDEVIL SMILE (attack type) is a soul-sucking sentient plant. It has pristine white buds of a flower. It only blooms by the presence of breath. Whoever saw the blooming of its flower will have its soul trap for the plant's nourishment.ACHILLEA (medicinal type) is a towering grass as tall as an adult man with white spots and can be used in stopping blood flow from wounds.BLOODY MARY TREE (weapon type) is a weeping tree that activates every full moon. Its red sap
Meanwhile, Audrey heaved a sigh of relief when she finished answering her test. But she was unaware that her action already brought her the hostile attention of others. Even though she almost had the answer key with her because of Nero' help, she still had a fair share of hard work. After all, writing the answers incessantly is also not an easy task. Both of her hands were all sore from writing!"Phew!"Drawing out a deep breath, Audrey stands up and decided to submit her test questionnaire since she was already done answering it. On the other hand, seeing that the lad is really adamant in acting cool, submitting his test paper earlier than the deadline black lines immediately streaked across Professor Huges 's face. But as unhappy as she was, Professor Huges knew better than stooping low as to pick a bone with this preposterous student of hers.Once the result of the exam is out, let us see how you can still maintain your
"Nika, please don't make a scene here. I'm sorry for what I have done the last day. But don't get my friends involved."Steve had experience how bold and daring this Nika could get. So he thinks that he should step forward to stop her before everything could even blow out of proportion."Steve, rest assured that I don't come here to cause trouble. I was just merely planning to invite Andrew to a group study if he is free later?"As she said that, Nika did not forget to touch Audrey's shoulder."I and my friends are planning to conduct a group study later in the afternoon. I hope you can come with us, meet me at the Enchanted Garden. See you there."Nika seems to be confident that Andrew will never turn down her invitation as she already walked away after saying her piece. But not before seductively biting her lips and winking at Andrew's direction. Being targeted with that kind of provocative gesture from a girl, Audrey doesn't know h
It was clear for all eyes to see that Audrey doesn't have any interest in attending the supposed group study and subjects herself to a more awkward situation if that Nika will continue having weird thoughts towards her. As early as now, she could already see the headache that awaits her in the future, if this farce continues to drag on. But what did she know was that there are more troubles brewing on her way. As it turned out, not because Nika decided to move on to Steve, the other girls will do the same as well. Apparently, the moment they saw Steve running away with a girl on his tow, they already etched Audrey's face at their mind and made her their 'sworn enemy number one!' With the help of magic, they managed to produce a copy of Audrey's image and they were currently looking for her.After attending their respective classes, the student sorceresses who were looking for Audrey's whereabouts started their wide search. For them, looking through some
[Distract them for me.]“Was it not only right for Steffi to get to use to eye whenever she feels like it?? I mean, she is older than the two of you so naturally, she was supposed to have more authority above both of you, no?.”“Ehhh… She’ll be fine. I’m the youngest so they should let me wear it more.” (Meredith)“The kid is right. The eldest should have the eyeball. She is a genius” (Steffi)Steve, on the other hand, seemed to get what Audrey was trying to do, so he said something that would surely add fuel to the fire.“But what about the middle child? I am sure, Ariel wants to have her turn too.&rdqu
“Now, where are we? Right, cooking.”Steffi changed the topic on purpose, before turning to her sisters.“I need the eye to check if it's ready, who has it?”“It’s around here, somewhere,”Meredith replied as she started to rummage through a pile of disorganized drawers. She felt obliged to respond since she was the last one to use the Magus Eye. Unfortunately, she forgot where she left it.“The last time I saw it, you put it in the utensils compartment, Meredith” Steffi insinuated using a lazy tone so the other party rebutted,“Don’t use that tone with my name.”Ariel on the other hand joined in this time to inform them that the eye was nowhere to be seen.“It’s not there this time.”After a while of contemplation, Meredith’s face lit up as she recalled something.“Aha! Steffi always put it in the dish cabinet:”And just like that, she found where her sister was hiding it.Consequently, the group found it interesting to watch how the three sisters could be talkative without having t
“I agree with Ariel. Why don’t we invite them over? This way, we could continue our chat there whilst they take their much-needed rest.” This time, it was Meredith who spoke and she deliberately told her sisters this. Nonetheless, she has spoken the words loud enough to be heard by others. The students, on the other hand, were beyond ecstatic when they overhear the ongoing conversation. But decided that it would be best not to allow their emotion to show on their faces. At this point, Meredith turned to the group and greeted them with a bow. “Let me apologize on my sister’s behalf. The thing is, it has been a while since we had visitors. As such, we are no longer accustomed to receiving guests.” She insinuated before she slowly approached the bunch of bewildered youngsters; careful not to bump her toe as she felt her way through the darkness. Her blindness was made obvious by her action and it made her appear pitiful to any onlooker. Truth be told, the Grae’s current act of displ
“Seriously, when will they stop obsessing over Cercei?”Tsking in annoyance, Steffi stealthily moved her slender fingers next to the Magnus Eye with the full intention of taking it back from her younger sister’s possession.“These people were getting on my nerves!”She purposely added this to appeal to her sisters’ sentiment so that their minds could focus somewhere else and they would not notice it once she started hogging the magic eye all for herself again. Meanwhile, her plan worked, as it always did. Ariel readily agreed to her and with a voice full of despondency, she said,“That’s how the mage community works. They fear what they could not understand and so they are set on destroying anything that they cannot control.”Ariel finished with an exasperated sigh. Meredith, on the other hand, could not help but clenched her fist as she was reminded of their good friend’s plight. Then with her brows knitted together, she roared,“The gal did not deserve all this hatred.”Meanwhile, t
On the flip side, rewinding the clock a tad, just a few minutes before Audrey’s group discovered that they unknowingly fall under a spell, the Graes were already watching them. “The eye! Who has the eye?” Meredith, the youngest, shouted at the top of her lungs. Steffi, on the other hand, stepped away from the giant cauldron before answering. “Over here. I had it with me.” She purposely put a safe distance between her and her two sisters before taking the eye out from her pocket. Afterward, she put the eyeball inside her empty socket. Meanwhile, Ariel, the middle child among the three sisters complained, “You again? You are always snagging our eyes by yourself.” “I know right? Give us a chance as well.” Meredith seconded. But Steffi only rolled her removable eye and mumbled, “Oh, shut up! Stop whining, it's because I have more use of this than the two of you combined.” Ariel no longer argued. But Meredith was different. “Give me that, it is my turn today.” She insinuated and
“But this was done in consideration of what was the lesser evil. News about how the petrifying monster has been terrorizing the Black Forest had already reached the ears of the masses and as a result, was causing mayhem among the people; both non-magic and magic practitioners alike. If it was not for that, the mage community would not make a move.” “Terrorizing, you say.” The Grae mockingly repeated Niccoli’s word that struck her noggin the most. Then with a contemptuous scoff, she added, “What an interesting choice of words considering that it was you, students, who made the first move against her. If you were to ask me, I think it is more accurate to say that it was the other way around. You all are the ones doing the terrorizing. You brought the melee with you and now that she retaliated, you turned her into a villain?” Everyone fell silent afterward but it was not because they were trying to come up with better arguments to refute the other party’s words. Rather, it was due to
Audrey was on her dormitory bed when all that happened, and she was absolutely oblivious to the problem that was headed her way. Meanwhile, the results of the examination were announced on the third day. The students gathered around the square early in the morning and crammed in front of the announcement board to check their results. They also wanted to find out which class they had been allocated to. Niccoli dragged Audrey into the heavily obstructed crowd and finally came before the Herbalist Division’s announcement board. Niccoli immediately found their names, and as expected, both of them had obtained the highest marks for the test. They were also allocated to the Herbalist Division’s violet class for that autumn enrollment. Niccoli was also excited to see the name ‘Andrew’ written on the top of the list. Everyone envied her marks. “Andrew! You are the first! You are the first!” Niccoli was extremely surprised and held onto Audrey’s shoulder. He was very excited, and it was as i
[Alright, I must admit it’s my fault this time. My bad.] “As you should!” Ultimately, Nero acknowledged the part he played in inciting the agitated hut to action. But he also did not forget to let Audrey know that he did not appreciate her tone. [Needless to say, raising your voice is completely unnecessary. Besides, getting mad at me won’t change anything, will it? You’re kind of embarrassing me, just you know.] The cat tried to reason out but with her and her friends’ lives at stake and almost put in danger, Audrey did not back away easily this time. “Oh yeah? Then swear to me that from now on, you will be mindful of your choice of words. We have to be careful with every word we are saying because it was not every time that we got a chance to take it back.” Meanwhile, Nero’s response came shortly. However, it was so brief. Moreover, it did not sound sincere either. [Okay. I promised] So Audrey prompted the cat to state the matter precisely because she did not want him to circ
“What if the Graes already took notice of us as soon as we entered their perimeter and right now, we are under a spell; making our eyes play a trick on us? What if what we are seeing right now is not real?”“Well, if that is the case, then I guess there is only one way to check it.”Audrey insinuated and without wasting another breath, she said the passphrase."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."Slowly, it dawned on the others as well what was possibly happening and so without waiting to be told what to do, they recited the same thing too."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."They whispered into the air one after another and almost immediately, the landscape changed into something else, right before their naked eyes.Everyone watched with an awestruck face as the trees turned into fences. At the same time, just a few feet away from where they were standing, they noticed how an empty lot from moments ago started to morph into what seemed to be an inconspicuou