In a coma, Arena dreams of her teacher, Wagner Kadletz.

Nine years ago, the two of them had been staying in the Royal Capital Academy of Magic, one was a young genius lecturer, and the other was a student with excellent grades.

It's a pity that in the magic academy full of corruption and factions, people like Wagner are really an outlier, he doesn't flatter anyone, and he doesn't take sides, so it didn't take long for him to be sidelined.

Although the Academy of Magic is supposed to teach magic, the students there are full of ambition to enter the academy from the beginning, and after those bad influences, they are also reduced to people who only know how to pursue profits.

However, Irena is an exception, her ideals have not changed from the beginning, and even in such a smoky environment, she is determined to become a great magician.

And Wagner is the person she admires the most, so with his departure, Erina has no reason to stay, although the various forces of the academy are very optimistic about her and want to throw an olive branch to her, but she refused without thinking about it, and finally she decided to follow in Wagner's footsteps.

Later, she did get her wish and became Wagner's only official student, leaving aside her major to study alchemy with him.

It's a pity that she has always had a poor grasp of this emerging technology, and no matter how many experiments she does, she has failed.

As a teacher, Wagner didn't really want to take students, because he was doing a research at the time and needed someone to participate in the experiment, so he chose Irina.

He always thought that as long as he could succeed in his research, he would regain the appreciation of the academy's higher-ups, and then those big names would entrust him with important tasks, and he would also have a chance to realize his dream of revitalizing alchemy.

However, Irina's repeated failures made him feel bad, and he had to consider changing the person who participated in the experiment.

Later one day, he met Anne on the street.

She was just a helpless little girl who had escaped from the pile of dead when her family had lost their lives to an inheritance struggle between nobles.

At that time, Wagner lived in the deserted forest, and sometimes had to go to the street to buy groceries, so his home became an ideal shelter for Anne, and her enemies could never have imagined that she would run deep into the forest.

Anne's magical talent is average, but it is not difficult to become a magician, so Wagner intends to take her as an apprentice.

Unfortunately, she was not interested in alchemy, but she heard that Wagner would be happy if she learned alchemy, so she readily agreed in order to repay the favor.

And it turns out that alchemy is indeed not something that ordinary people can learn, and it is difficult for even a person like Erina who is talented and has a strong talent for magic to master, let alone Annie.

Only then did Wagner understand that he was already a genius if he could master alchemy, but he still couldn't figure out why even geniuses couldn't be recognized by those big names.

Anyway, since then, he has become depressed and locks himself in his room all day.

Alchemy is, to put it bluntly, an equivalent exchange, in order to create something you have to destroy another, and the value of both must be the same.

Wagner's right hand has the ability to assess the value of things, so he can easily use alchemy to create new things, and finally even life.

This is how Fenrir was created, when Wagner killed a wolf caught in the jungle.

But his ambition is much more than that, he hopes that one day alchemy will resurrect people, which is what a senior magician of the Academy of Magic has asked him to do, and if he can do this, then he can immediately become one of the first-class magicians, and even start a new genre.

Although Wagner repeatedly insisted that alchemy was not his invention and that he had acquired knowledge from ancient magic books, the magician did not have the patience to listen to him about such inconsequential matters, but rushed to the meeting of the same forces.

Wagner was very slow in human sophistication, so he didn't know that others were deliberately making things difficult for him, but he took those words seriously, and sure enough, he began to study the resurrection of the dead.

He did it himself, and was able to resurrect some dead critters, but he thought that it was useless to do it on his own, and his dream was to make alchemy flourish, so he had to give this technique to his students.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and so far only he could do it, and he couldn't help but feel painful.

Seeing her most revered mentor become like this, Irena also felt very uncomfortable.

There is no doubt that after several years of getting along, she has fallen in love with Wagner.

Finally, one day, she couldn't stand it anymore, and she wanted to put an end to her teacher's unrealistic fantasies with her own hands, so she stole his research manuscript, then forced her way into his room and cut off his right hand.

It's not that Wagner doesn't know how to resist, he just doesn't understand that a student with whom he has such a good relationship would do such a thing.

Since then, Irena has fled, but she always sneaks back to make sure that the person she likes has regained her confidence in life.

She was still guilty, and in order to compensate Wagner, she decided to take up his dream herself.

Of course, she didn't count on alchemy, but wanted to find a way to become the most powerful magician in the empire, and then everyone in the wizarding world would know that her teacher was Wagner, an unpopular genius.

At that time, everyone will start to be interested in alchemy, after all, when a group of people worship an idol, then everything related to that idol will become the focus of attention.

It's just that she hasn't told Anne about it, so she sees Erina as an enemy.

Irena also knows her limits, there are many genius magicians in the empire, and she is just talented, far from being a genius, plus she doesn't study magic as long as those real geniuses, it is almost impossible to surpass them, until one day, she accidentally learned about the existence of a giant spirit gathering grass in a magician.

……

At this time, the bud at the top of the Gathering Spirit Grass was about to open, and the red petals trembled, and then slowly opened.

A white mist spread out of it, carrying a faint scent, but Anne was a little drowsy when she smelled it.

She guessed that the fog was likely to be hypnotic, so she quickly hid in the corner of the room, in a hole smashed by the giant.

After some time, the huge flowers are in full bloom, but they are always shrouded in a thick mist.

Anne was wondering what the flower looked like, when suddenly the stems of the Gathering Spirit Grass began to writhe, and finally turned in her direction.

Immediately afterward, the fog dissipated, and the flowers were finally fully revealed, but Anne was shocked when she saw the stamens.

Because in the center of the flower is a huge eye, the whites of which are full of bloodshots, and the pupils are deep black.

"W-what the hell is this?" Anne was frightened.

She was not even afraid of ghosts and monsters, but she was only afraid of such incomprehensible things, after all, how could a flower grow eyes.

She subconsciously wanted to leave the room, so she thought about taking the sleeping Erina with her, but suddenly found that her body couldn't move.

"Damn, what's going on?"

No matter how hard she tried, her legs felt like they were nailed to the ground, and she just couldn't lift them.

She soon understood that it should be the ghost of that eye, this thing is really evil, and it can bind people as long as they stare at them.

At this time, her hand couldn't move, and naturally she couldn't release the teleportation magic.

Immediately afterward, the Gathering Spirit Grass lowered its top, and the flowers kept approaching, and after a while, they came to Anne, but suddenly two tentacle-like things stretched out from it.

Then, the slender tentacles tied Anne tightly, and she felt that the magic in her body was rapidly draining, but there was nothing she could do.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, and when she looked closely, she saw that it was actually Irene who had woken up.

The other party was obviously free to move, and Anne was overjoyed, thinking that she was saved.

Unexpectedly, Irena just clasped her hands and looked at her coldly, as if she was planning to stand by.

“…… Irene why are you just watching! ”

Anne couldn't understand why this senior sister, who had just released her old suspicions with her, didn't save her when she died?

Perhaps seeing her doubts, Irena didn't want her to die in vain, so she spoke.

"I'm sorry, there is one thing I didn't tell you, there is a condition for the Gathering Spirit Grass to produce magic pills, that is, you need to drain the soul of a magician, you should have seen the Nightmare Mansion when you came, that was originally prepared by my partner for the Gathering Spirit Grass, but since you are here, I don't have to bother so much."

“…… You goddamn liar! Anne glared at her fiercely.

"Don't look at me like that, don't worry, it's just a drain of the soul, there will be no pain."

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"Oh? Do you want to know? Erina smiled slightly, "Well, it's okay to tell you at this time, I want to inherit the teacher's dream, so I must become the strongest magician, but I still need your thanks, don't worry, I will always remember you." ”

"The strongest? The teacher has never had such strange dreams, and you are just for your own vanity. ”

"Hehe, I never beg for understanding anyway."

Irena vanished after saying this, as she discovered that this Spirit Gathering Grass would attack indiscriminately, and if she stayed here, she would definitely be drained of her soul.

All you have to do is wait for it to spawn the pill and then recycle it.

Gradually, Anne's consciousness began to blur, and images of the past kept flashing back before her eyes, like a marquee on the verge of death.

However, there was one image that stopped in front of her eyes, and that was his teacher.

He looked to be in his thirties, with a good appearance, with short and capable hair, and wore the clothes of an ordinary scholar, with a rather elegant temperament.

Seeing Wagner's figure at such a time, even Anne, who has always been strong, couldn't help but burst into tears.

She was unwilling to die like this, because she had not repaid the kindness of her teacher.

After a while, she found that the magic in her body had stopped draining, and her consciousness was gradually recovering, and the figure in front of her still did not disappear, but became clearer and clearer.

"Long time no see, my lovely student." Wagner said in a gentle voice.

“…… Teacher? Is it really you? Anne was amazed.

"Of course, if it's fake, don't forget who taught you the teleportation magic, I applied a magic on you in advance, and once your life is in danger, I will be teleported here."

While the two were talking, the Gathering Spirit Grass stretched out a few more tentacles, intending to wipe them out, but Wagner didn't look at the eyes inside the flower, so his body was not restrained, and he cut off the tentacles with a wave of his hand.

Anne gritted her teeth at the Gathering Spirit Grass, and immediately summoned Fenrir and ordered it to bite off the rhizome of the Spirit Gathering Grass.

Perhaps sensing an even more powerful trace of magic, Irena re-entered the room, her expression of despair as she saw the Gathering Spirit Grass fall.

"Nope! Do you know what you've done, damn it, you've ruined my dreams! ”

"Huh? Sure enough, it's just your dream, but you just pretended to say that it was for the teacher. Anne couldn't help but scoff.

"Irena, I never wanted you to help make your dreams come true, you just used this as a guise to realize your own selfish interests." Wagner said in a cold tone.

"No, listen to me, that's what I think......"

"Of course I know what you're thinking, so I didn't blame you in the first place, but you shouldn't have done anything to Annie, that's what I can't tolerate."

“…… Is that so? Irene looked dead, "Anyway, my plan has failed, and my only chance is gone, so kill me." ”

"No," Wagner shook his head, "as a teacher, I won't kill my own students, you can go, but from now on I will no longer be your teacher, and the next time we meet, I will definitely be merciless." ”

When Erina heard this, her heart was filled with grief, and if she were killed at this time, she would feel better, because she now had to bear the pain of being hated by the people she liked.

But no matter what, although Irena was reluctant to give up on Wagner, she still chose to leave.

At this time, Anne glanced at the Gathering Spirit Grass that had fallen to the ground and lost its vitality, and suddenly noticed that a small ball had fallen out of the flower, only the size of a finger.

"Huh? Could this be the magic pill that Irena is talking about? ”

Anne muttered quietly, but according to Irina, didn't she need to drain her soul?

However, the truth was in front of her, and she couldn't think of any other possibility, so she guessed that the pill might not be as effective as Irena had hoped.

Subsequently, she pocketed the magic pill, after all, such a rare thing, it would be too wasteful to throw it here, it was better to give it away, and she had already thought of the right person.