*ca ca*
I shut the beak of Crow no. 01, one of my familiars with my hands. It took me some time to get up. It's 7 in the morning. My classes here would start at 7:30. If it was an ordinary middle school and I wasn't with my parents like I am now, I would have thought of skipping it. But magi aren't normal people. They are arrogant and their egos get hurt by tiny things. Skipping classes while not being a part of an old family, would get me on the bad side of the professors. So, I had no choice but to get my ass up and attend those classes.
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The first class on my schedule was that of professor Melvin Von Artesia, who teaches jewel crafts. He entered the class right after I sat down. Soon after, he started his lecture.
He talked about the mysteria trapped within gems,
"Most gems existed on the planet for at least thousands of years. Because of their crystalline structure, they absorb minuscule amounts of mana from the surrounding. But that small amount of mana is enough to attract spirits and nearby mysteria to them. Things with crystalline lattices can sometimes assimilate with their mysteria and develop their own on their own".
He showed us a practical demonstration of this phenomenon. He took a crystal and put it near a pendant.
"This pendant contains a fire spirit. Though the crystal can develop the mysteria on its own, I will enhance the rate using spell craft".
All the students started saying stuff like "This is some really high-level spellcraft." They are not wrong. It takes a considerable level of expertise to do this. But-
"You all should be happy that you are being taught by me, other professors wouldn't even think about it".
Now, that's a lie. In fact, their past professors did much more practical presentations than he did. Even his explanation was taken from a Varsity level reference book. All of this could be excused if he was actually interested in teaching us. But he was not even the slightest bit interested in teaching. He is not even that talented. He is certainly far above average. But he hasn't done anything remarkable, not possessing enough talent to be eligible or deserving of the master candidate in one of the most popular departments in the ivory tower. This is exactly why he does not take classes for Varsity level students here. He became a master candidate because he was from the Artesia family. It is a family that was a vassal of the Woods family. A student asked a question to him.
He replied, "You are one of the dullest people I taught. How are you even in this class if you can't understand something this easily?"
He insults his students if they ever ask a question. His arrogance reaches the moon. The best way to deal with him is to keep your head low in his class and not be an overachiever. He actually stole one of his research from a boy about my age, the poor boy had also "committed suicide".
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I returned to my dorm after the jewel craft class. I received a call from Yuuki. I received the call,
"Hello".
"Yes?"
"So, we are going to Manchester"
"Why?"
"We would be hunting an undead servant, well, you will be doing all the work. I would just stand there".
" When will we leave".
"After your classes end".
"Okay, I will be prepared".
With that our conversation ended. Hunting an undead priest, eh!??. I will need some of the craft codes I made. I packed my bags and went to the next class, spiritual evocation.
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Our professor came in. His name is Flow Valour. He is a temporary master on behalf of the Artestory family. He is quite popular with his students. He rarely takes classes at the secondary level. This is one of the rare occasions. He is also the only professor that knows my true potential. And sitting next to me is Valentin Kasporv. This guy has a 150 circuits and all of a quality that is only slightly lower than those of Kyouki Lineage. He also has an affinity for all five commons with imaginary elements. He can sense spirits, has a perfect transfer rate for jewel craft, and much more. He is basically only second to Dianna Von Woods in terms of talent. He is also a part of Flow's team of hobos and furries.
He and I are playing CODM while sitting at the end of the room. Suddenly our earpods started floating.
" Oi, you two, pay attention for once", the professor said.
"Hah?!!", Valentin said.
"Oh, It's just Flow", I said and we both started playing again.
"That's it, you two. I want 50 familiars and six sealings done by each of you by this month".
That albino started laughing when he heard that.
"WHAT?", we both exclaimed.
"You heard me".
"Ha Ha Ha, You sure know how to joke", I said while still laughing.
"Yeah, that was a good one professor."
He then gave us a serious look.
"You can't be serious, ..... Professor."
After a pause, we both said,
"How can you do something like that to us?!!!?"
"You, yourself don't have more than 30 familiars, and not for the lack of trying might I remind you in your career of 4 years. How do you expect us to do it in one month?"
"You should have thought of that before playing Gaccha on your phone. Now complete it or repeat an year".
I saw Valentin's face and immediately understood what he would say. I shared my hand left and right and said,
"Don--"
"It's COD, professor. We are not so desperate for women like you that we would spend all our life savings on gambling to get a bunch of 2d women pictures with big boobs."
The professor's face turned red and a few people from new families who are still connected to the normal world tried to hold back their laughter.
"75 and 8 sealings".
"You can't do this to us Flow. We are humans too. You may not care for me but how can you do this to poor innocent guy. He is even a part of your team of hobos and furries".
" Hey, that's mean, just cause I can become a humaniod wolf does not mean I am a furry".
Both me and Valentin said,
"Shut up, Clyde!".