When I arrived at the Resting Area, I found Mifumi-sama meditating while sitting on the bed. Her dignified image with her eyes closed is really beautiful and admirable.
It is not just Mifumi-sama's look that is admirable but also her Mana-Flow and her Magic-Control which can be seen from the Mana radiating around her. She is using Mana-Flow to maintain the Mana around her which looks like a veil of transparent crystal color covering her body then she's using Magic-Control to blend or integrate her Attributes into it.
That Mana is slowly changing its shades from its usual transparent crystal clear color to red, to blue, to white, and to brown transparent color. The red color shows her Flame-Attribute, blue for Water-Attribute, white for Wind-Attribute, and brown for Ground-Attribute.
What she's doing shows that Mifumi-sama is very serious now and that I should not disturb her. She's probably doing this since she's already done with her Magic lesson.
After watching and admiring Mifumi-sama from a distance for a few minutes, she finally finished her meditation and noticed my presence.
"Huh?... Why are you here, Vier-chan? Are you done with your Mana-Tech maintenance?"
"Mhm! I rushed my work and finished a bit earlier."
"I see. I'm almost done with my Magic lesson too. Let both see how Felin-chan is doing after this."
"Huh?... Are you still not done? But you're already exhausted, right?"
"I can't stop yet! I made a bet with Grandma that I will master all of these new Monster-Cores today."
"Wait!... Stop already, you might collapse due to Mana exhaustion."
"I can't, Vier-chan! I'm going to win this bet no matter what."
"Bet?... What exactly are you trying to win... Wait!... Don't tell me it's the Art-Phone23 that Misaki-sensei had earlier?"
Upon hearing what I said, that dignified expression of Mifumi-sama disappeared as she started bawling like a child and telling all of her complaints.
"That's right! How come Grandma already has the new Art-Phone23?! It's supposed to only arrive with the Mana-Train, not until next month."
Really?... Don't tell me all of that seriousness she had earlier is only because of the Art-Phone?
"Mifumi-sama! I want you to give back all of that admiration that I gave to you earlier!"
"Ehh?... What are you saying, Vier-chan?"
"Ummm... Nothing..."
Sheesh... It would be quite embarrassing to admit that I'm admiring her while she's meditating earlier. Anyway...
"What I'm saying is you'll have a chance to buy the Art-Phone23 after a month so just wait for now. You don't have to exhaust yourself like that."
"No, Vier-chan. If I have a chance to get it now, then I will do my best to have it. He!he!he!..."
"Stop with that scary laugh, Mifumi-sama! You always get greedy whenever it comes to the Art-Phone. Besides you can't have that. Misaki-sensei is probably using that for her Guild work."
"But Grandma promised me! She wouldn't lie, right?"
"But Misaki-sensei is already drunk."
"Ehh?!"
Since Mifumi-sama still wants to win the Art-Phone23, the two of us decide to go back to Misaki-sensei and wake her up.
I'm still worried that Mifumi-sama will collapse due to Mana exhaustion but it will be okay since Misaki-sensei is already drunk. Therefore, they won't be able to continue with the Magic lesson anymore.
...Zzzz!...Zzzz!...Zzz!...
"She's already asleep, Mifumi-sama."
"Did Grandma drink some Wine after bringing me to the Resting Area? And is that chicken barbecue stick? Did someone give it to her?"
"Rather than give, it's more like it was forcefully taken from me by Misaki-sensei."
"Sheesh... Please wake up, Grandma!"
"Hmmm?... Mifumi-chan?... Are you feeling okay now?... And when did you come here Vier-chan?"
Ehhh?... How come Misaki-sensei is not drunk anymore? Did she use some kind of Magic to purify her drunkenness? And why doesn't she remember when I got here?
"If you don't remember when I got here, who do you think gave you those chicken barbecues, Misaki-sensei?"
"Chicken Barbecue?... I remember asking Nell-chan to buy some for me. Did she ask you to bring those to me, Vier-chan?"
What?... That Nell-san!... She sent me and my chicken barbecue to Misaki-sensei to be a sacrifice... Grrr!...
While I'm grieving about my chicken barbecue, Mifumi-sama is convincing Misaki-sensei to continue their Magic lesson.
"Give me another chance to complete all your tasks, Grandma!"
"Wait, Mifumi-sama! You're going to collapse if you continue like that."
"Vier-chan is right. I can see that you're running low on Mana, Mifumi-chan."
Just like Misaki-sensei said, when I enhanced my eyes using Mana-Flow and take a look at Mifumi-sama, I noticed that the crystal clear glow of her Mana inside her body was starting to fade.
"But I can continue! I'm going to win our bet, Grandma!"
Misaki-sensei looks at Mifumi-sama who is very serious and determined to continue doing their Magic lesson. She probably analyzing how long Mifumi-sama's Mana will last.
"Fine, but this is your last chance. If you fail to do any of the tasks, then it's your loss this time, Mifumi-chan."
"Okay! I will succeed in all of it this time!"
"Then let's start again... Release... Sorceress-Staff... Ground-Magic... Rock-Wall..."
Misaki-sensei releases her Sorceress-Staff from her Slime-Watch then she uses the Rock-Wall skill to create a rock wall 30 meters away from where we are. She then instructs Mifumi-sama for the first task.
"First, hit that wall using both Flame-Arrow and Lava-Ball skill at the same time. You can try three times until you succeed."
"Okay!... Release... Sorceress-Staff... Flame-Magic... Flame-Arrow... Lava-Magic... Lava-Ball..."
Upon calling the name of the Magic skills, a flame arrow and a lava ball appear in front of Mifumi-sama. She then shoots both of those Magic towards the rock wall. Both of the Magic managed to hit their target but the Flame-Arrow hits first and then followed by the Lava-Ball.
Well, Mifumi-sama still has two chances so she still hasn't failed yet. Either way, I'm actually wondering why is she doing this kind of Magic lesson.
"Why is Mifumi-sama doing that Misaki-sensei? Can't she just hit the dummy one at a time?"
"Right now, our goal is for Mifumi-chan to become better at Magic-Control."
"Magic-Control? Like the passive-skill Flame-Control and Lava-Control?"
"Mhm! I'm glad you remember my lessons, Vier-chan."
"But why is she practicing passive-skill? Didn't she need to learn how to power up both offensive and defensive skills?"
"Hmmm?... I thought you remembered my lessons, Vier-chan. Maybe I should revoke your Adventurer I.d. and make you study at the Adventurers School again."
"Ekkk!!... Wait, Misaki-sensei... Ummm... Right! You need Magic-Control so you can properly use any kind of Magic skills, right? That's how you can power up both offensive and defensive skills to their limit. Also, with passive-skill like Flame-Control, you can cast other Magic skills that are not in the Monster-Core skills, right!?"
"Sheesh... Yes, you're right. Since Flame-Arrow and Lava-Ball have different shooting speeds, Mifumi-chan is adjusting her Mana input using Mana-Flow and Magic-Control so both of the two magic will have the same speed and hit the rock wall at the same time."
After Misaki-sensei explained the purpose of the first task, Mifumi-sama finally managed to land the Flame-Arrow and Lava-Ball at the same time.
"Yay! I got it on my third try. Let's do the next one, Grandma!"
"Okay. Next is to cast the Wind-Barrier skill and Wind-Cyclone skill at the same time and maintain it for three minutes. You have two tries for this one."
"That one is easy! Okay!... Wind-Magic... Wind-Barrier... Wind-Cyclone..."
After casting both skills, a dome of thin transparent white glass appears around Mifumi-sama. Then the wind around her starts to move towards and revolves around her creating wind cyclone that shoots Wind-Blade skills randomly everywhere... Wait!... That skill is dangerous...
"Wind-Magic... Wind-Barrier..."
...BAMM!...
Sigh... Thankfully, Misaki-sensei cast her Wind-Barrier and protected both of us from those Wind-Blade. Well, now that we're safe, I can now ask what's the purpose of casting both of the skills at the same time.
"And this one, Misaki-sensei? I thought Wind-Cyclone was both offensive and defensive skill. Why cast another Wind-Barrier?"
"It might have both offensive and defensive skills but the defense of Wind-Barrier is still much stronger compared to the defense of Wind-Cyclone. It's a good habit to cast both skills every time."
After three minutes, Mifumi-sama finally stopped using both skills.
"Huff!... Huff!... Huff!... That's three minutes. Let's move to the next one, Grandma."
"Wait! You're already exhausted, Mifumi-sama! Please stop already!"
"We're only at the third task, Mifumi-chan. Can you continue?"
Mifumi-sama is breathing heavily and the transparent crystal glow of her Mana inside her body is starting to disappear completely.
"Huff!... Huff!... Huff!... What are you saying Grandma, Vier-chan? That Art-Phone23 will be mine... He!he!he!"
"Stop with the scary laugh, Mifumi-sama!"
"Sheesh... Fine. For the third one, hit the rock wall two consecutive times using the Water-Sphere that is turned into an ice sphere halfway through by Frost-Bite skill. You only have three tries for this, Mifumi-chan"
What?... That's impossible!...
"How is she going to that, Misaki-sensei? Didn't she need to touch the water to use the Frost-Bite skill?"
"That's true if the water you're trying to freeze is from another source, then you need to touch the water. But if it's the water you created using a Magic skill, you can freeze it as long as you can feel your Mana connecting to that water."
Even if is possible that is still ridiculous. Not that I can say it like that to Misaki-sensei. She will absolutely be mad at me. Anyway...
"Isn't that too difficult to do, Misaki-sensei?"
"Of course, it's difficult. What's the purpose of Magic lesson if it's easy, Vier-chan?"
To learn something, Misaki-sensei. Not to be punished while you're doing a Magic lesson...
...THUD!...
"Ouch!... Why did you suddenly smack me in the head, Misaki-sensei!"
"Because you're obviously thinking of something stupid, Vier-chan!"
While Misaki-sensei is using her authority as my teacher to punish me unreasonably, Mifumi-sama begins with the third task.
"Here I go!... Water-Magic... Water-Sphere..."
Mifumi-sama cast her Magic and a water sphere appears in front of her. She then shoots it towards the rock wall and before it hits she casts another Magic.
"Ice-Magic... Frost-Bite..."
...BAMM!...
"Arghh!!!..."
Mifumi-sama is shouting in agony because the Water-Sphere didn't turn into ice before it hit the rock wall.
"Again!... Water-Sphere... Frost-Bite..."
Mifumi-sama repeated the same pattern but this time, the Water-Sphere turned into ice halfway and didn't manage to hit the rock wall.
"Arghh!!!..."
"You're down to your last try, Mifumi-chan!"
"Do your best, Mifumi-sama!"
"I'm getting that Art-Phone23 no matter what!... Water-Sphere... Frost-Bite..."
...BAMM!...
On her third try, Mifumi-sama finally managed to hit the rock wall with a frozen Water-Sphere.
"Yay!... That's one! Just one more... Water-Sphere... Frost..."
...THUD!!!...
""Mifumi-chan/-sama!!""
Before Mifumi-sama can cast the Frost-Bite skill, she loses her balance and collapses to the ground.
Apparently, she fainted not only due to Mana exhaustion but also due to hunger. When she regains consciousness after Misaki-sensei uses her healing-skills, we all hear the loudest stomach rumbling that I ever heard from Mifumi-sama. That's expected since according to her, what she had for lunch was only Mana-Potions.
Sheesh!... She is so determined to get the new Art-Phone23 that she forgets to eat her lunch while resting but doesn't forget to drink her Mana-Potions and meditate to recover her Mana so she can continue challenging those tasks and win.
After recovering for a bit, Mifumi-sama didn't want to accept her loss and demanded another chance but she was forcefully dragged by Misaki-sensei back to the Lord's mansion.
I want to ask Misaki-sensei to help me in testing the Fire-Grenade since it could be quite dangerous but she also needs to come home to the Lord's mansion to explain to her son and daughter-in-law why Mifumi-sama collapsed during the Magic lesson.
I guess I'm going alone to watch Felin's Training... Wait... Felin didn't tell us where exactly she was training. Hmmm?... It's probably near the Orphanage so I better go and ask them there.