Chapter 53: Classes and Professors III (1/2)

While walking to my next class, I couldn't help but become a bit frustrated withto overpower Professor Geist to end it fast Using only my wind and earth attributes, I couldn't end it as easily as I'd wanted to I guess being blessed with too ifts had made me become a bit too impertinent In reality, I'd yet to reach the pinnacle of strength in this continent even though I definitely had enough advantages that would allow me to reach the top With that e and think bigger My only hope was that the upper division classes would offer insight into mana manipulation that I couldn't pinpoint on my own

I was rather interested inwas so that never existed in y used innated to an object would be new tothe classroom, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the layout of the room was that of a laboratory Beakers, containers, different types of ores and various gadgets filled the roo it all the more authentic

I was somewhat relieved to see that there was no one I knew in this class, givingnext to acquaintances and friends, a girl that looked to be about e walked by and stood next to the stool beside mine

"I-Is this seat taken? If it is, I'll move somewhere else!" I didn't knohy she looked so panicked but I couldn't help but chuckle at her innocent personality

"No, the seat isn't taken You're free to sit there if you wish" I said with a welcoirl was ordinary, to say the least Her thick round glasses nified her eyes and the freckles underneath them Her curly hair looked like it had a life of its own, as it was forcibly tied into a ponytail down her back

Coirls like Tess and Kathyln, whoood reason—she was rather plain But for some reason, it was comfortable around her

"Th-Thank you…" she muttered with her head faced down "…mily"

"What was that?" I leaned in closer to hear her last sentence

"Emily! My name is Emily Watsken! Please be my friend—I mean, please to meet you!" Her eyes widened, stunned at her oords

I shared her expression before I burst out into a laugh

"Sure My narasped her hand and couldn't help but become surprised by how coarse her palross, right?" She retracted her callused hand while her face turned a bit red, accentuating the freckles on her cheeks

"No, it's quite fine I have calluses too See?" I held my sword hand out to reveal the hardened luht! You must practice a lot! It's no wonder you're in the disciplinary com, so I end up fiddling around with a lot gadgets Unfortunately, it h" She scratched her head, her sentences becoot more comfortable with me

"Really? I rather admire people like you I' The only thing you get better at when fighting is destroying and killing, but the better you get at artificing, the s you can create" I looked down at my own callused hands

"Woah… that's deep" I saw Elasses while she pondered what I had just said in her head

"Haha, I ended up saying so pretty loud as the rooer students, es

"No no no! It wasn't unpleasant at all! Just, it's not so you hear every day froesture that it was okay

"You say that as if you aren't a twelve-year-old yourself," I snickered as I looked at her

Sluh "True… It's because I'et why people say that but people don't really treat me as a child anymore after I created the projection display artifact"

"Wait what? You're the one that invented the display used to show the kings' and queens' announcement?" I stood up from my stool

"Mhmm, well only a part of it… I tinkered around with sons a couple years back" She scratched her curly hair again

Sinking back into my stool, I let out a deep breath Holy crap She built so like that when she wasn't even 10!

"Well, I enius such as yourself" I give her a s my head in mock fealty

"Oh, please Don't you start now too! Besides, you're quite falasses reflect the classroo her look like an evil scientist

"Really? I've tried very hard to lay low I guess that didn't work" I leanedthe disciplinary committee as a first year sure didn't help"

"There are other first year students in the committee as well," I refuted

"But not humans! You and Princess Kathyln are the only ones, and the Princess has been hailed as a prodigy since she awakened That leaves you, a mysterious human freshman that has a bond with a white fox-like round, also able to overwhelm and completely deht yellow core stage" By this ti closer and closer to me

"What? How do you already know about what happened with Professor Geist?! That literally happened fifteen o!"

"Kyu!" Sylvie echoed in protest at being called fox-like, although that essentially hat she was

"Don't be so surprised! This is a ossip travels even faster I bet you some people in this class already knohat happened" She ser

"Oh God… You know, I noticed you're awfully talkative now co when you first cae in her personality

"Shut up! I s-suck with strangers, okay? Besides, I don't usually get along with new people this easily You're different, though! It was easy to get comfortable with you since we're really si her arms over her undeveloped chest

"Sirinned broadly, "We're both freaks!"

I rolled my eyes at her conjecture but realized that, because of how high her intelligence was, I was e

As I was about to respond to her state open and I saw a fas, plebeians! Please feel honored to have me, Professor Gideon, as your teacher for this class!" The crazy scientist skedaddled his way onto the podiu froh the classroo eye, he eventually reached Emily and me

"AH! Well, if it isn't Arthur I had no idea that you would be in my class!" He clasped his cheeks in an obviously fake way,along with Miss Watsken! I ood! Let's begin the first day of classes by a little introduction ofletters behind hi on about how re hour and a half Most students, myself included, were half asleep but Emily's eyes sparkled as she absorbed every bit of inforenius like her respected Gideon in the field of artificing Made me almost want to admire him