In December, the Riox Academy is quieter than ever, as those who pass the exam return to their hometowns until February of the following year.

This kind of vacation is only once a year, and only at this time, students are allowed to leave the Reochs Academy, if it is in normal times, then the approval of the professor is required to ask for leave, and the time of leave is generally within three days.

As the largest and oldest magic academy in the Empire, the Reochs Academy has a total of more than 1,000 students, which is equivalent to an imperial town.

The students who had successfully passed the examination packed their bags and sat in the carriage waiting outside the outer walls of the academy, eager to go home and show off to their relatives the magic they had learned this year, especially the younger students;

And if the students fail to pass the assessment, they will feel very embarrassed and beg the professors to give them another chance, of course, this is obviously impossible. Eventually, they will have to step on the wagon home and wait for it to be rebuilt next year.

Reochs Academy has a rule that students must leave the academy within two days of December 6th and 7th, and at that time, the academy will seal off the entire campus with a forbidden barrier, and if students want to stay, they must apply to the respective professors and grade professors to stay on campus.

And students with average grades, the academy is generally not allowed to stay in the academy, because at this time of year, the defense force of the Reochs Academy is the weakest, after all, the professors also have their own families, you can't force them to accompany you all year round, they also have their own lives.

Therefore, this holiday can be seen as for the students and for the professors.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, the Reochs Academy is not for aristocratic students alone, but what about commoner students?

Hehe, this is something that Reoks has thought about a long time ago.

As mentioned earlier, although Reox is located in Sassen, in the final analysis, the academy was built on the land of 'Orichen', which represents the land of 'birthplace'.

Hundreds of years ago, Reochs was a 'castle of magicians', and at that time, the magicians in the castle refused to allow ordinary people to enter the area of Orechen, but today, hundreds of years later, a city has been formed on this land, which belongs to the Reochs Academy.

In honor of the magicians of the castle of Reoks, the city was named "Vando", which means "the gathering place of magicians" in ancient language.

Of course, there is another extended explanation of "Vando", that is, "magic trade", what is traded? Naturally, it is the exchange of all kinds of magic items, or the exchange of various academics, and there are shelves of trading shops on the street called Dark Wizard Harbor, which are about gems, wands, scrolls, and even magic books, pets, and a series of precious books, which include almost everything necessary to be a magician.

Of course, the price of these items is very expensive, and they are generally only sold to wealthy nobles and magicians who come to buy them, and ordinary people can't afford to spend them.

At the back of the street, there is a very ordinary house, which looks quite old on the outside, but the facilities inside are quite complete, where the Reochs Academy has prepared for those civilian cadets who are not ready to go home, and there are also some seniors who have graduated and become imperial royal magicians who do not want to leave for nostalgia, but they can hardly live for a few days a year.

Almost all of the storefronts in Dark Wizard Harbor have a certain relationship with the Reoks Academy, and some are even properties in the name of the Academy, so it is easy for the civilian students of Reoks to find a job here, of course, most of them are just starting out.

Jiang Zhe originally wanted to work part-time, although he had nothing to do with enchantment, scroll making, and enhancement props except for fire-based blue magic......

However, within ten days, Professor Huo De invited Jiang Zhe and asked him to go with him after the assessment, and I heard that Professor Huo De lived in a small town not far from here.

Originally, Professor Huo De only invited Jiang Zhe alone, but later saw that Scott and Alan didn't plan to go home, so he also invited the two of them very kindly, anyway, that smile made Jiang Zhe feel a little weird.

After dropping a sentence and asking Jiang Zhe and the three of them to prepare their basic outfits, Professor Huo De went out, and before going out, he and Jiang Zhe agreed on a time: to meet outside the gate of the ancient castle at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Before Jiang Zhe could finish savoring the professor's strange smile, there was a knock at the door.

"At this time?" Scott was a little surprised, he was curious about who else would knock on the door at this time, so as soon as he opened the door, he was stunned.

"Hello, Ogier!"

"Oh, hello, Fahualia ......"

Under the strange eyes of Jiang Zhe, Scott and Allen, Lavia carried a travel bag, walked into the room without a look, slammed the travel bag on the ground, and sat on the sofa opposite Jiang Zhe.

This made Jiang Zhe feel a little surprised, and asked suspiciously, "Are you here to say goodbye?" It's really rare...... He remembered that during the assessment two days ago, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with this girl.

"Oh, didn't you hear the professor talk about it?" Lavia glanced at Jiang Zhe lightly, as if she felt a little cold in the room, and pointed to the fireplace with her right hand, but after a few seconds, the flames in the fireplace did not change at all.

"Hey!" Jiang Zhe's sneer made the girl's face darken a little.

"Didn't you hear what the professor said?" Jiang Zhe didn't want to anger this troublesome girl too much, his eyes fixed on the flames in the fireplace, and after a few seconds, the flames slowly rose a little, and the room was much warmer.

Biting her lip unwillingly, Lavia said with a little provocation and pride, "The professor has invited more than one ...... you."

"What?" Jiang Zhe, who was sitting on the sofa, widened his eyes, pointed at Lavia and said, "You, you're going too?"

"You're still so rude!" Lavia glared at Jiang Zhe fiercely and shouted towards the door, "Lerella, Lisa, if you don't come in again, Scott will close the door!"

"Huh?" Scott, who was about to close the door, was stunned, and looked at the small head outside the door in confusion, if he remembered correctly, this girl seemed to have fought with Allen's stupid ......

"Yo, Lisa!" leaned against the bedroom door and greeted Eren who had been looking at Jiang Zhe and Lavia.

"Y-Hello, Allen......" The short-haired girl bowed her head and reluctantly said hello.

She's the only one?

Scott was stunned, then sneered and said, "If you don't come in again, I'll close the door!"

"Don't!" With a panicked voice, a girl with long brown hair suddenly appeared in front of Scott, holding the door with her right hand, and looked at Scott with some fear.

"Humph!" Scott turned and walked into the room, dropping a word, "Shut the door!"

Not to mention that the girl named Lyreira closed the door obediently, but said that Jiang Zhe suddenly found three 'uninvited guests' in the room, and was surprised in his heart, pointing at Lavia and saying, "You won't tell me, you, you are all going, right?"

"Isn't that nice, man!" Alan stepped forward with a grin, patted Jiang Zhe on the shoulder, turned his head to Lisa and gave a standard knightly salute, and said gently, "We meet again, beautiful young lady......" As he spoke, he took the girl's hand and kissed her lightly on the back of her hand.

"Hmm...... Ai ...... "The girl's face was red with shame, and she didn't dare to look up at the sheepskin blanket under her feet.

"It's really good......" Jiang Zhezhi felt a little twitch in the corner of his eyes, and snorted twice.

Seemingly dissatisfied with Jiang Zhe's expression, Lavia exhaled into her hands and said mockingly, "Lerella and Lisa, like me, have their homes in the northwest of the empire, and it takes a long time to go back and forth, so I don't plan to go back, so Professor Huo De invited them by the way...... Hmph, what do you have to complain about, stupid guy who uses fire blue magic to mimic bears!"

"You!"

"Hey, man, you've learned to personify?" Alan yelled.

"But ......" pushed his glasses, and Scott behind Allen picked up the conversation and said in surprise, "Anthropomorphic bear?" His expression was surprised and stunned.

"Yes!" Glancing at the depressed Jiang Zhe, Lavia sneered and said, "It's the first time I've seen someone use fire-based blue magic to mimic a bear!

"Hahaha, anthropomorphic bear!" Alan patted Jiang Zhe's shoulder and coughed with a smile.

"So what?" glaring at Alan fiercely, Jiang Zhe moved his aching shoulder, and retorted, "Who stipulates that you can't use fire-based blue magic to personify bears? I just hate snakes, what's wrong? It seems that someone has simulated a fire fox, right? A fireball was sprayed back and forth and was scattered, tsk......"

"You!" Lavia's face flushed with anger, in fact, she also understood that her flame level was too low, if she could have that bastard's yellow flame, the fire fox would not be scattered in one fell swoop.

"Ahem," seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, Scott coughed and said in a circle, "Generally speaking, bears are indeed simulated as earth-based blue magic, because it can strengthen the tenacity and strength of the simulated beast, for earth-based magic with substance, it is only a small enhancement, but for flames without form, the effect is not so good...... Soth, do you like bears?" he digressed after a few brief explanations.

"Well, it's okay," Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders and said after glancing at Lavia, who was humming proudly, "I don't like it, but I feel that it is relatively easy to get close to......"

"Easy to get close to?" said Allen, his eyes wide and his expression strange, "the bear has never been a gentle animal, and the last time we passed through that wood, the bear ...... Tsk!"

"That's because you're bothering it, stupid!" Glancing at Allen, Scott said, "Generally speaking, animals don't attack people unless they sense threat and hostility, and of course, there's another possibility, it's hungry...... It is recorded in the illustrated book that although ordinary bears do not have the ability to cast magic, there are some special bears that are also a kind of earth-based magical beasts, all in all, Alan, next time you better not disturb the sleeping bear, it will arouse its anger!" As he spoke, he turned his head and said to Jiang Zhe, "The anthropomorphation of the fire system, don't you think the snake is a good choice?"

"I'm ...... begging"

"That stupid guy said he hates snakes!" Before Jiang Zhe could finish speaking, Lavia interjected.

"I hate snake......s," Scott nodded, feeling as if he had heard Jiang Zhe talk about it sometime, so he suggested, "What about lizard......s?

"Isn't that a snake with long legs?" Jiang Zhe lay on the sofa with his head on his pillow, and said angrily, "Anyway, whether it's a snake or a snake-like species, I hate it!"

"That's trouble......" Scott frowned, thought for a while, and said with a bit of a joke, "Then you'll have to mimic the firebird......

"Isn't it nice to have a bear?"

"Where's the good?" Lavia, who had poured herself a cup of black tea and drank it, raised her head and frowned, "The high damage of fire magic means that it doesn't need a powerful mimetic beast, but a flexible mimetic beast that can be used to contain the opponent, you look at the thing you simulated that day, that kind of bulky look, can it be called flexible?"

"I feel pretty good, offensive and defensive, and it can be used as defensive magic?"

"You!Cover yourself in flames, you're defensive magic, and if your magic runs out, won't you be burned to death by the magic you cast?"

"I'm sorry, my recovery ability is dozens of times better than yours!"

"You!" Lavia couldn't say a word angrily, at this time, she looked at the three travel bags placed at the door of the bedroom, felt a little puzzled, looked at Jiang Zhe, and then at Scott, and asked, "Ogier, you ...... Did the professor invite you too?"

"yes. Scott nodded.

"Oh......"

At this moment, Lyrela noticed the snowflakes falling outside the window and whispered, "It's snowing, I hope Professor Hodd doesn't live too far away......

"It's snowing?" Jiang Zhe turned his head to look out the window, hesitated, he stood up, and said, "Scott, Allen, I'll go out for a while!"

"Well?" said Allen, who was teasing Lisa, turning his head and surprised, "Where are you going?" Didn't the professor say that we should meet outside the castle at three o'clock? It's only been forty minutes?"

"Go out for a walk!" the door slammed.

"Forget it, let him go, he doesn't have much anyway, Alan, pack up your armor!"

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Looking at Scott and Allen busy in the bedroom, Lyrela sat down beside her and whispered, "Ivey, why do you insist on pulling us along, I ......"

"Hmph, if it's just me, I'll be bullied, and I can't beat him......"

"But even if it's the three of us, won't we be able to beat the three of them?"

"Not necessarily!" Lavia whispered after stealing a glance at the bedroom, calling Lisa to her side and whispering, Last time we would have failed, it was because of a tactical mistake, who would have thought that bastard would have that kind of talent, in the future we will have to choose team battles, Scott Ogier majored in illusion and curses, other subjects also involve a little, he is the most troublesome, but very easy to deal with, Lerella, his illusion is not as good as you, let him out first, without his support, Alan Scander is easier to deal with, he will only strengthen the spell, and can only use it on himself, with illusion ......"

"But I can only spell on one person......" Lyrela whispered.

"Then Lisa......"

"Eren isn't afraid of my summons at all...... Lisa said with a red face, "and even if we can contain them, wouldn't Ivy be able to beat that Soth......"

"......" Lavia exhaled in frustration and said, "Who said I couldn't beat him, it's just that bastard who used up my magic power!Lyreira, I can only hope for your illusion, I heard that Scott plans to major in curses, and also practice illusions, but you can't compare to yours, as long as the three of them fall for the illusion, it will be easy to deal with......"

"Oh, I see, that's a good idea......"

"Yes!" Lavia nodded, reached out and picked up the teacup on the table, suddenly felt that the voice was a little wrong, and when she looked up, she saw Alan looking at the three of her with a smile, and said in horror, "You...... Aren't you packing up?"

"It's done!" Alan shrugged indifferently as he walked out of Scott behind him, looked at Lyreira and sneered, "Illusions?"

"Where not...... Don't get into ......" Lyreira, who looked up and was about to defend herself, looked at Scott's cold eyes, and her momentum suddenly softened.

"Hmph," Scott snorted and said, "You obviously cast a low-level illusion, and you dare to make a sound to let the other party know your whereabouts, what kind of ...... are you?"

"Who knows him, it's better to miss the time!" Lavia snorted faintly.

At the same time, Jiang Zhe, who was sitting in the library, sneezed.

"Ahh

"Hmm, it's cold?" beside Jiang Zhe, a girl with light blue hair looked up and asked suspiciously.

"How is it possible," Jiang Zhe smiled and said self-deprecatingly, "The fire element around you is so dense that you will catch a cold, and people will laugh if you spread it!" As he spoke, he looked at the almost empty library and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going back, Dia?"

"I've thought about it," Dia said with a smile after straightening the hair on her forehead, "but it's okay to go back, the surname Suo stays here, and the professor says that my illusion is not up to par......"

"But after today, won't the academy allow students to stay in the academy anymore?"

"Yes, that's true, but I can still find the magic book I need on the street outside the academy, and besides, I've already prepared some. As she spoke, Dia pointed to the thick stack of materials on the long table, all of which she had taken with shorthand magic.

"Oh, what about your roommate?"

"Lilia and Rose? Lilia went back, I heard that his mother has not been in good health, and as for Rose, she lives in Sassen and was picked up early in the morning, her family must be very worried about her......"

"Isn't that just you?"

"It's okay," she stretched, and Dia stuck out her tongue and said, "Anyway, it's only been a little over a month, and I also want to take advantage of this time to think about illusion, you know, unless it's a fourth-level magic, otherwise the damage of water blue magic is far less than your fire blue magic, so illusion is a very necessary subject to learn for water blue magic, of course, defense magic is the same." ”

"In that case, why don't you come with us?"

"Huh?" Dia asked, looking up in confusion, "you?"

"That's right, at the invitation of Professor Hodd, in this month or so, we plan to go to the town where the professor lives, not far from here, plus you are seven people, it's a little more interesting, isn't it?"

"This ......" Dia hesitated, looked at the boy in front of her, and said with a smile, "Well, I'm more than happy to do it, as long as your companion doesn't mind......"

Scott and Alan won't mind...... "As for the others, I don't care about her?" Jiang Zhe snorted in his heart.

"Then I'm going to have to get ready......"

"Let's go!"

"Hmm!"

Twenty minutes later, Scott and Allen didn't wait for Jiang Zhe, they left a note and took Jiang Zhe's luggage outside the castle first.

At this time, Professor Hodd was already waiting there, and beside him, there was a black carriage, very ordinary, and the horse pulling the carriage was not a dazzling flame horse, but a real, flesh-and-blood horse.

After all, he was going out of the Reochs Academy, and Professor Hodd didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

Seeing a group of little ones coming out of the castle, the professor shook off the snow that had fallen on him, and said angrily, "It's too slow!" As he spoke, he looked left and right, and said strangely, "Where's Soth?"

Alan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Maybe somewhere, right?" As soon as he finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by Scott.

"Maybe there's something delaying, Professor Hodd, can we load the luggage into the carriage first?"

"Of course!" Professor Hodd had a crush on the polite Scott, and Professor Hodder was no stranger to him, a tall boy named Allen.

The groom helped the children with their luggage into the carriage.

At that moment, there was a rush of footsteps and a shout from inside the castle.

"Wait!"

"It's too slow, Soth!" Hodd turned and shouted, and as soon as he finished speaking, there was some confusion in his eyes, the ...... The girl who followed the imp......

"Caught up!" In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Jiang Zhe explained Diya's matter to Professor Huo De.

"Hello, Professor Hodd, my name is Dia Pallas, I'm a third-year student, and I'm honored to meet you......"

"Oh, third year," Professor Huo De nodded thoughtfully, glanced at Jiang Zhe, then at Dia, and said with a smile, "Of course, of course we won't mind, Student Pallas!"

"Absolutely not!" Alan said in a strange voice, then looked at the castle and said with a hint of disappointment, "That's ...... That Lilia-senpai ......"

"It's a pity, Alan, Lilia went back yesterday......" Dia said with a smile.

"Oh!" Alan nodded disappointedly.

What!

Inexplicably, there was an additional 'companion', and this 'companion' seemed to be very familiar with Scott, Lavia felt a little uncomfortable, gently pulled Jiang Zhe's robe, frowned and asked in a low voice, "Who is she?"

"Dia, my friend, what's wrong?"

"Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"

"Why am I telling you?"

"You ......" Lavia was stunned, yes, there was no reason for him to tell himself......

Rolling his eyes angrily, Jiang Zhe was about to board the carriage, but found that the robe was pulled again.

"What's wrong again?"

"When I get to Professor Hold's house, I'd like to take on you again, and of course, you can use a wand!"

"I don't have a magic wand......" Jiang Zhe felt a little inexplicable.

"No?" Lavia asked, stunned, "What about your fiery stone?"

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe came back to his senses, shrugged his shoulders and said, "That thing, it's sold!"

"Sell ......" this time Lavia was stunned, only to see her look at Jiang Zhe in surprise, and said hurriedly, "You...... You sold that piece of rulipe?"

"Yes, two hundred and thirty gold coins, plus the other earnings, are enough for me to pay for my tuition......"

"You...... Give me back!"

"What!"

"That flaming stone, as I said, is only yours for the time being!

"It's all sold...... Gotta get it, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, get out of the way!"

"You!"

Looking at the two people who were arguing at the door of the car, Professor Hodd exhaled angrily and said, "Ahem, Soth, Lavia, get on the carriage! We've been delaying for a long time!"

"It's not me ......"

"Yes, Professor...... Bastard!"

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