"Ahem...Hello, my name is Dylan. I am a newly admitted professor here at Loran Magic School." - J (now Dylan) starts walking toward to guards in front of the school, showing them his ID.
From his previous conversation with Devin, J decides to take on this type of role even though this is not part of the mission originally. Therefore, things are now being adjusted along the way, but at least he will be able to obtain crucial information from the inside.
"Hello, Professor Dylan. Please come forward. We will take you to the meeting hall." - One guard steps in and instructs J to come with him.
As one of the most centered and honorable schools in Loran city, the Loran Magic School (LMS) is indeed huge. J is on his way to the meeting hall, but it seems to be an endless road as there are tons of rooms, and students around. Along the way, the guards start introducing the structures, settings, as well as the story of the school.
After some time, J reaches the meeting hall. Once the door opens, there are several people who either are waiting for him or just like him - newly admitted professors. J quickly grabs a nearby chair and sits down, waiting for someone to start the meeting.
"Mic check, 1...2...3. Hello everyone. It is my honor to greet all of you to our yearly meeting here at LMS. This meeting is conducted annually for everyone to meet and get to know each other before classes start. My name is Maria. I am the current headmaster of LMS. I see that there are some old faces as well as new faces. I want to say one more time: Welcome to LMS, where are talent will shine through education!" - Maria - a young woman with long black hair and glowing golden eye - starts the meeting. She displays a friendly, yet serious aura around her when it comes to business and everything related to Loran. From afar, J understands that this is someone that is not easy to deal with. He has to be careful from now on to carry on with the mission.
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The meeting was conducted smoothly. Everyone enjoyed the party at the end of the day. J also joins in a group of professors that he knew earlier during the meeting.
"Professor Dylan. Why don't you start off by introducing yourself? I will go right after you!" - a woman's voice speaks toward J.
"Fine then. Hi everyone, my name is Dylan. You can call me however you like. I will be teaching in Mana/energy, Focus, and Redirection. Basically, I will help build the foundation for the student first before they head to the upper classes. My turn is done, Professor Lucy." - J looks at Lucy again.
"Greetings! My name is Lucy. I am also a new professor at LMS. I will be in charge of Nutrition as well as Elemental Recognition. I am looking forward to learning from all of you" - Lucy gives a brilliant smile on her face. Lucy is a young talented woman. Her appearance is that she has long shiny pink hair with blue eyes as clear as the sky. Her cheerful attitude can lift up the mood in just seconds.
After the introduction, everyone starts to get to know each other more by asking further questions about their specialty. No one wants to be left out as LMS is also known as a highly competitive environment for students, and that requires professors to be extremely good at what they teach. However, both J and Lucy get adapted to the environment pretty quickly. It seems like they are both ready for their very first lecture.
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"Professor Dylan. Are you going home right now?" - After the party, Lucy reaches out to J once again.
"Well, yes. I want to prepare some lectures before tomorrow. Are you going home as well?" - J asks her back.
"Yeah! I walk home this way as well. Why don't we go together for the time being? I also want to talk to you more." - Lucy gives J a cheerful smile as usual.
"No problem. That will help me forget about the time anyway. And Dylan is fine, no need for the -Professor- part." - J smiles.
Along the way, they talk about everything: from the way they grew up to how they achieved their energy, and how they ended up here at LMS except that J completely lied about everything. As a spy, the identity is something that one cannot reveal. Besides Devin, no one had a chance to look at J true face before. Therefore, showing his face out in the public like this won't reveal him anyway. However, he needs to be alerted not to draw to much attention to himself during this time.
"May I ask about the Redirection thing of yours? What exactly did you mean by that?" - Lucy cannot help but want to get to know more about the thing J said earlier.
"That is nothing but a mere name I made up myself. So just like the name, Redirection allows one to adjust the way a spell targets. In other words, you can target multiple targets with one single straight spell as long as you know how to function it." - J explains.
"That sounds really cool? But how is that different from any spells that cover a specific area?" - Lucy keeps on asking.
"I can see why people called you a nerd earlier. Anyway, that is what I will teach the student. Do you want to be my student? I don't mind someone around my age." - J teases back.
"It...it's not that I am a complete nerd! It's just that it might be an interesting topic to talk about in our free time. Hehehe.....hehe.....he...
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You are right. I really am a nerd." - Lucy embarrasses herself and tries to cover her face with both arms.
They reach home and go on their separate ways. When J tries to open his house's door. A dart suddenly flies into him with a small letter hanging on top of it. This might be a message from the mission or something to inform the other "Dylan". J takes it and goes in quickly.
"-Tomorrow, you will conduct the first class. Try to get rid of the subjects as soon as possible. The last thing the Families want to leak out to the public is those subjects. We will send you further instructions after finishing with them.- Hmm to think they want to get rid of something right on the first day. Seems like they are serious about this." - J looks at the letter and tries to trace the letter's mana back. However, the sender is not some common people when the letter evaporates the moment J finishes reading, leaving him no time to analyze it.
"I will play with your game until we meet, The Families... For now, let's carry on with the class first. I need to know the basic settings of LMS." - J talks to himself then gets the lecture ready for tomorrow.
Episode 3 - End.