"Good morning, students!" Teacher Albus starts the next morning by greeting his students.
"As per the schedule, today you will learn non-elemental magic. The teacher who will teach you is Teacher Adam. Teacher Adam please," said Teacher Albus.
Teacher Albus invited a new teacher that is yet to be seen by all Class 1's members. Teacher Adam is a big man with very strong muscles. His skin is wheat-colored and he has light brown eyes and hair.
"Hello, all! My name is Adam Boldie, just call me Teacher Adam. Today we will learn non-elemental magic. Who can answer what non-elemental magic is?" Teacher Adam asked Class 1's members.
Selina raised her right-hand high. When given the sign by Teacher Adam to answer, Selina answered the question confidently.
"As the name suggests, Non-Elemental magic is magic that has no element. Non-Elemental Magic has several branches, namely reinforcement magic, healing magic, seal magic, movement magic, illusion magic, and transformation magic."
"That's right! But now there are two new branches included in non-elemental magic. Who can answer that?"
Apart from Arthur, no one raised their hand. Arthur then answers Teacher Adam's question when appointed.
"Please Arthur."
"The two new branches included in non-elemental magic are space magic and time magic."
"That's right, Arthur," said Teacher Adam while smiling.
Selina pouted her lips at hearing Teacher Adam's praise for Arthur. When Selina and Arthur's gazes met, Selina saw Arthur smirking at her as if provoking Selina who could not give a complete answer. Seeing Arthur's action, Selina increasingly pouted her lips and held back her overwhelming anger.
"Heh..." Arthur murmured softly.
"What?!" Selina exclaimed quickly.
"Nothing."
"Ugh!"
"Now for the first lesson for this subject is reinforcement magic. Who can tell what reinforcement magic is?"
Selina raised her hands high once more. But this time Teacher Adam chose Alexa to answer it.
"Reinforcement magic is a strain of magic only recently made possible. While the untrained eye might see it as simple manipulation of mana around the body of a person, it is anything but simple. Reinforcement magic is a form of magic that allows the users to increase their physical abilities," Alexa answered with confidence.
"Exactly! Reinforcement magic is very important for human life today. Starting from carrying out small activities such as cutting down trees and heroic activities such as catching a thief sometimes requires reinforcement magic," Teacher Adam explained.
"Reinforcement magic is done by covering the body with mana. If you can control mana well then you can use reinforcement magic well too."
Teacher Adam sees all Class 1's members who are seriously listening to his explanation. Seeing this, he nodded as a sign of acknowledgment.
"Training for reinforcement magic is very easy, you only need to destroy the stones that I provide in Training Ground A," Teacher Adam said.
"Because this is a lesson that requires hands-on practice, we will learn it at Training Ground A. Let's all move!"
After they moved to Training Ground A, Teacher Adam pointing to huge blocks of stone with one and a half meters in diameter and said, "This is the stones that I especially provide for all of you."
Selina and other Class 1's members sweatdropped, even Arthur who usually calm also looked a bit shocked at the blocks of stone that Teacher Adam providing for all of them.
"Let's start the training!" said Teacher Adam excitedly.
Teacher Adam then placed each child in front of a different huge block of stone.
"There are two ways to use reinforcement magic. First, to center the mana all over the surface of your body but the consequence is mana in your body will quickly run out while for the second way is to one part of the body, such as hands and feet. Although this method does not spend mana so much, to control mana to only cover one part of the body is very difficult, and rarely can anyone do it. For today we will start by concentrating mana on your entire body's surface."
"Teacher Adam, how do we know that we have successfully used reinforcement magic?" Christian asked, raising his right hand into the air.
"Good question! You just cover your body with mana then kicking or hitting a huge stone in front of you. If you manage to break the stone without feeling pain then you have succeeded. "
Teacher Adam looks at the faces of Class 1's members. Some grimace, pout their lips, have a blank face, and put on a poker face.
"Hahaha... This time let's start the training for real!"
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"Ugh... my arms and legs all hurt," complained Jackson while stroking his arms and legs.
"En. It's not easy to learn reinforcement magic," Daniel said.
"Even though you say it's not easy, you and Arthur don't have the same difficulties as ours," Jackson said.
Selina, Alexa, and Christian nodded their heads in agreement with Jackson's words.
"Arthur and I have been learning reinforcement magic since last year, so of course our progress is more advanced than yours."
"Why have you learned reinforcement magic even before it being taught in the academy?" Selina asked.
"Just in case there is a precarious situation. Don't forget that Daniel is a crown prince. Many bad people are after him because of the title," answered Arthur.
"I understand Daniel's reason, but I don't understand yours."
Arthur raised an eyebrow and asked, "You don't know?"
"Do not know what?"
"I am a descendant of the Duke family and my mother is the older sister of King Louis, so I still belong to the royal family," Arthur explained.
"Wait! You and Daniel are cousins?" Selina asked, surprised at the fact.
"Isn't that obvious? I guess everyone already knows about this. "
"Y-You all know?" Selina asked her friends beside Arthur and Daniel.
Alexa, Christian, and Jackson only nodded as a response.
"How is it that only I don't know about this?" Selina asked no one in particular.
"Stupid," Arthur mocked.
"What are you saying?!" Selina shouted at Arthur.
The fight between Arthur and Selina occurred again that afternoon.
"Whether Selina knows or doesn't know about Arthur's identity is the same," commented Alexa which being agreed on by Daniel, Christian, and Jackson.