It's difficult to lie in front of an Overseer from the academy, especially when they are the specially bred magical beasts of the Dark Magic Academy's mysterious dean, standing at half a meter tall with owl-like heads.
Their battle strength exceeds that of advanced magical beasts, making them capable of resolving any disputes among apprentices below the rank of a formal magician.
Not to mention, Dark Magic Academy is full of secret magic inscriptions and alchemy eyes, making it easy to investigate the truth or even replay the details of a recent fight. However, for conflicts between low-level apprentices, it's not necessary for the Overseers to use surveillance eyes to the extent of replaying the battle scenes.
When Sain presented the identity badge of a formal Dark Magician apprentice, the Overseer chose to let things go.
As for the latter half of what Sain said, it provided a way out for the owl-like beast.
With a sweep of its huge wings, the body of the low-level apprentice Yilke, which had been corroded into charcoal by strong acid, was blown by the element of wind to the sides of the road, becoming the best fertilizer for the underground plants in the White Raven Forest.
Considering the frequent conflicts and battles among apprentices at Dark Magic Academy, similar fertilizers can be found in many corners of the White Raven Forest.
After giving a slight bow to the wise owl-like beast, Sain paid no attention to the strange looks from other apprentices and walked towards his dormitory step by step.
The Pale mask, which was his spoils of war, was already worn on his face.
It was indeed a magical item that significantly improved his vision after wearing it.
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The total number of apprentices in Mosobla City's Dark Magic Academy is usually between 700 to 800.
Every year, some apprentices fall due to various reasons, while new ones emerge.
However, only a small number of these new apprentices are suitable children from Mosobla City.
Over 90% of them, just like Sain, are children who were abducted and captured by Dark Magicians by various means and taken to the underground.
Sain still vaguely remembers some things from before he was six years old, such as his luxurious golden hair and handsome appearance, which marked him as a noble.
Even his ability to fight off his peers for food when he first arrived in the Shadowy Territory was due to some basic swordsmanship and breathing techniques he had learned as a child.
These things are out of reach for ordinary people.
Sain doesn't have many memories of his background and childhood in his mind, except for his own surname and the friendly face of his mother in his dreams.
Life at Dark Magic Academy has consumed too much of Sain's energy.
Rather than dwelling on the past, Sain prefers to live a down-to-earth life.
The dormitory buildings provided by Dark Magic Academy for apprentices total more than 20, each with six floors and eight rooms per floor.
The stronger the apprentice, the closer their dormitory is to the center and the higher the floor they occupy.
The reason for this choice by the powerful apprentices is that both meditation and spell experimentation require a relatively quiet environment.
It is not uncommon for some powerful apprentices to occupy an entire floor by themselves.
Therefore, every year during the freshmen's entry into the school, there is always intense conflict over the dormitory issue.
Sain's room is located on the fourth floor of the fifth building behind the dormitory complex.
As a low-ranking apprentice, he obviously cannot snatch such a good location.
The reason why he can live here is that he benefits from his roommate and girlfriend Lena.
Lena is his benefactor, his senior sister, his guide to magic, and also his girlfriend.
From some perspectives, Lena should be his mentor.
Sain's exceptional talent in fire elemental knowledge is also due to his long-term assistance to Lena in completing some magic experiments.
"Dikacha!" With Sain pressing the magic crystal lamp, dim light appeared in the room in front of him.
This is a room with an area of about 70 square meters, not big.
And because it is piled up with a lot of miscellaneous items and books needed for experiments, plus a bathroom and a small independent experimental table.
The entire room looks even more cramped.
But when he returns here, Sain feels a sincere sense of relaxation because this is his nest.
The air was filled with a faint sour smell, and Sain recognized it as the burning smell of low-level magical material Black Camphor Grass.
Lena was not a tidy woman, and in fact, Sain had been doing the housework for the years they had lived together.
Looking around, Sain noticed that Lena was not at home.
He dragged his tired body to the center of the room, where the special double bed made of two single beds was located. The bed was born from that night two years ago.
Perhaps thinking of some images, Sain grunted in his throat and shook his head.
He placed his recent harvest on the bedside table and sat cross-legged on the bed with a large bottle of intermediate Detox Potion given to him by his new mentor, Mosido, in front of him.
Drinking the Detox Potion, Sain used his Mental Power to start the routine Meditation.
Meditation is the gentlest way to restore Mental Power and Magic Spring, and sometimes it can even replace the function of sleep.
As Sain gradually entered the Meditation state, his depleted Mental Power and Magic Spring gradually recovered, and the poison of Blue Moss in his body also slowly dissipated under the effect of the intermediate Detox Potion.
Practice has no end. When Sain opened his eyes again, it was already the next day.
The more than ten hours of Meditation allowed Sain's vitality to recover to a more vigorous state.
It wasn't until Sain stopped Meditation that he realized his girlfriend, Lena, had already returned.
"You're back," Sain whispered.
"Yeah," Lena nodded.
Appearing at the window was a girl who was only one meter and five centimeters tall, with fiery red hair and a cold temperament.
Lena was not a talkative person, and in fact, including Sain, they had been living together for eight years, and their conversations were often awkward and brief.
Lena's external appearance and height made her look like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, but Sain knew that this was not Lena's real age.
Since they met eight years ago, Lena has maintained this appearance, and eight years have passed, but Lena has not changed at all.
According to some hearsay from magic academies, Sain learned that Lena's appearance was caused by an experiment accident she had with her mentor many years ago.
Sain doesn't know how old Lena is, and he didn't ask.
Just like Lena never asked Sain's surname and his childhood background.
Everyone has their own secrets and hidden corners that are not understood by others.
Although Sain and Lena have already had physical intimacy, they still seem to have not fully opened up to each other.
"Are you injured?"
Lena first looked at the magic short wand and pale mask placed on the bedside table, then frowned and looked at Sain's chest, which was obviously stained with blood.