In the summer, the air becomes hotter and hotter.

The bright spring sun was gone, replaced by a slightly scorching sun, the brick and stone floor was a little hot from the long sun, and the students walked between the squares, hurrying, and the heavy mage robes blocked the sunlight so that the adolescent girls would not be tanned, but at the same time they were slightly stuffy.

The magic of the apprentices couldn't sustain the temperature-regulating mage's robes, and it was expensive to reduce the size of the temperature-controlled circle to the apprentice level, at least at Crescent Academy, where the students still endured the summer heat.

According to the observation of the Rainbow Tower, this summer may be the first time in a decade that it has been hot, and some earths in the southern part of the continent have successively issued orange warnings for high temperatures, and mages have rushed to various places to fight for the constant drought and high temperatures.

In the corner of the square, under the shade of a tree, three people were there.

One of them was naturally Dana, and in this sweltering summer, a cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

She wore a robe with the logo of Crescent House, but the cuffs and neckline had been re-sewn, and Dana didn't want to spend more money on extra robes, so she learned to tailor herself, and from time to time she helped her classmates mend their clothes.

Standing in front of her were Reiner and Claire.

Claire was also wearing a gray robe, in her words, to maintain her majesty as a teacher, and although Claire's face was crimson now, and a few strands of hair were stuck to her face with sweat, she still did not change into light and breathable clothes.

Although Claire is already a first-ring mage, her magic can support that kind of robes that are warm in winter and cool in summer, but she is very poor, in order to reduce the cost of the school, Claire's own salary is only five silver coins per month, so naturally she can't afford that kind of high-grade robes.

Reiner didn't bother with the so-called image, he only wore a light shirt and trousers, and stood under the shade of a tree, but he couldn't help but suggest when he looked at Claire, who was sweating profusely.

"Claire, do you want to go back and change your skirt, the one from last time was pretty good."

"Me! No! Want! ”

Claire said stubbornly, as if she was wearing a mage's robes and she was a mage, a teacher.

"Alright then, let's get it done as soon as possible."

Reiner shrugged helplessly, wondering if he, as the headmaster, would be able to change the school's uniform, at least so that these young girls in the flowering season could wear beautiful little dresses instead of such old-fashioned robes.

At least it looks pleasing to the eye!

Recording the thought in a small notebook in his head, Reiner then looked at Dana.

"Dana-san, I'll leave it to you next."

"Hmm."

Dana nodded, then took two steps back, facing the clearing, and took a deep breath.

The spell model in her brain swirled, and Dana was in a trance, as if she heard her parents' reprimand.

"You're blocking my notes." "What are you happy about? It's not magic at all! ”

The scolding quickly took over Dana's brain, spreading to the spell model.

A loud bang was heard, and the magic that had nowhere to be vented created a huge storm, and the air was compressed, and then released towards Dana's fingertips.

Bang –

Claire couldn't help but step back and cover her face with her hands, she vaguely felt Reiner in front of her, but the loud roar made it impossible to think.

Reiner's hair and clothes were blown by the wind, but instead of dodging, he confronted the explosion caused by Dana's failed spell cast.

The explosion lasted for nearly ten meters before it subsided, causing a shallow crater to appear in the lawn, blowing the turf away and falling one after another, and the smell of earth filled the air.

Dana's peaked hat was long gone, her long flaxen hair was messy, and she herself stood stunned, her mind intertwined with thousands of thoughts.

I have worked so hard, I have already given so much, why do I still fail??

Dana didn't dare to look back at Reiner, she felt that she had failed the expectations of the other party, just as she had failed the expectations of her parents.

She was afraid, afraid to see that disappointed look.

Dana felt Reiner coming towards her, she turned her face slightly to see the headmaster raise his hand, and she instinctively wanted to close her eyes, thinking that Reiner was about to reprimand her.

But in the next second, a warm hand gently stroked Dana's head.

"It's okay, failure is the mother of success, even high-level mages will have times when they fail to cast spells, you don't have to rush, relax your mind, let's try again."

Hearing Reiner's gentle words, Dana opened her eyes, and she saw that Reiner was looking at her with a gentle expression, and there was no expected disappointment in her eyes.

"But I ......"

"It's okay, believe in yourself and believe in us."

Reiner's words made Dana fall into thought, and she felt herself tremble all over, but she nodded slowly, turned around, and began to cast the spell a second time.

Eyes closed, Dana's mind pondered the entire process of building the spell.

The first step is to build a model.

One by one, points of light appeared in consciousness, and these points of light twinkled like stars, and from within them, countless silver filaments appeared.

These silver threads turn into bright and dazzling trails, gradually forming familiar patterns.

As a result of several days of mathematical training, Dana has become very familiar with the calculation of coordinates, she is careful, there are no serious mistakes in the past, the whole model is simple and elegant, full of a harmonious beauty.

The second step is to inject magic.

Dana slowly poured her mana into the spell model, for her, her large mana reserves became a burden, and she had to carefully control her mana to let it flow out slowly, rather than completely destroying the spell model in her consciousness like a flood.

The spell nodes gradually lit up, and between the nodes, the magic filled the entire model like a trickle.

In the past, when Dana was at this point in casting a spell, it would collapse due to a flaw in the spell model, causing an explosion.

But at this time, Dana's spell model is very stable, and although there is constant turbulence caused by the overflow of mana, she is firmly bound to the spell model and cannot escape.

The third step is to cast magic.

Dana opened her eyes, and a little light flashed through her fingertips.

It was a faint light, indiscreet in the scorching sun, and would have been obscured by the sun had it not been for Dana's presence in the shade of the trees.

But that light is there.

Dana's eyes widened, as if she didn't believe the light flickering in her fingertips was her, but the magic that flowed through her body was telling her that fact.

I did succeed in casting the Illumination.

Dana suppressed her excitement and continued to cast the spell for about a minute, before the mana supply was interrupted.

The whole process went so smoothly that Dana thought she was still in a dream.

"Congratulations, Dana-san."

Reiner applauded, and he patted Dana on the shoulder, and it was clear that the girl was still trembling with excitement and nervousness.

"You've taken your first steps toward becoming a mage."

Dana felt her heart beating fast, excited, joyful, excited, longing, regretful, and so many emotions mixed together.

She looked into the distance, and suddenly, in the corner of the castle, Dana seemed to see her parents.

The robed couple seemed to be smiling at them, a soft expression Dana had never seen before, but for some reason, the expression was clear, real, as if it had been taken from memory.

Dana's nose suddenly soured, and tears fell in large drops.