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"They said it's a tonic. Shouldn't it make me healthier if I take it? My body's been feeling weak lately anyway. Thank you, Nurse Yang-ho."
"Oh, okay. But why are you acting like this all of a sudden, Davian?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"There's no way you'd willingly take something suspicious like this."
"Ah, so you're saying you gave me something suspicious?"
Medium quickly waved his hands in denial.
"Ah, no! It's not like that."
"How should I take it? Oh, is there a dosage guide here too? One bottle every six months?"
"Yeah, well, you don't need to take it often. Just twice a year is enough."
"I understand. I'll mark it on the calendar and take it then."
"Oh, okay."
"What are the conditions?"
"Huh? What conditions?"
"Why are you like this? Aren't you giving it to me with conditions?"
"I just..."
"I'll get hurt and come to the nurse's office more than once a quarter. Is that okay?"
Medium shook his head, looking at Davian.
'I can't win against him.'
He didn't know why Davian was so eager to take the medicine, but Davian had already figured out the intentions behind giving it to him.
"Haa. Well, fine. No take-backs. You said you'd take it, Davian."
"Yes, of course."
"Twice a year. So that's for five years, right? It'll definitely help you, so don't worry. I'll keep the medicine here in the nurse's office, and I'll call you every six months. Come and take it then. And come to me immediately if you get hurt. That's the condition of our deal. Okay?"
"Okay."
"That sounds a bit informal, doesn't it?"
"Okay, sir."
"Good. Then, shall we have a bottle today? Davian?"
Medium's face was full of anticipation.
"Yes, sir. I was feeling thirsty after eating something greasy anyway."
"Ah? If that's the case, you can just drink water over there..."
In the meantime, Davian picked up a bottle, opened the lid, and poured the potion into his mouth without hesitation.
Ting.
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[Level Up Skill Selection]
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The only recovery and regeneration-related skill he currently has is Blessing of Hydra.
As Davian moved his eyes, the color of the Blessing of Hydra skill changed.
Ting.
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[Blessing of Hydra Skill Level Increased]
Previous: Lv.4
After Increase: Lv.9
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The level increased by five stages at once.
"Thank you, Mr. Medium."
He meant it sincerely.
"Oh, yeah. How is it? Do you feel anything? Oh, geez, I'm talking nonsense. There's no way you'd feel anything already."
He did.
Not only could he feel it, but the level increase was vividly visible.
"Anyway, if you feel anything different, come to the nurse's office right away. Got it?"
"Yes, sir."
That evening. Student cafeteria.
Davian was deep in thought about what had happened at lunchtime.
When he first decided to double major, he planned to allocate most of his mana points to external power.
This was to compensate for the mage's fatal weakness, low defense.
However, due to the condition that he must rank first in both majors in the final evaluation to maintain the double major, he is now focusing on building up his internal power.
Becoming the top student in the swordsmanship department requires outstanding swordsmanship and high internal power.
After the first semester, he planned to concentrate his mana points on external power again for a while.
To increase defense and raise the level of his regeneration skill.
But the Blessing of Hydra skill level increased by 5 each time he took the potion, and if he took it 10 times, he would get a potion that could evolve the skill.
'With this, I wouldn't necessarily need to dump all my mana points into external power, would I?'
Moreover, although it has only been a short time, he has grown considerably in swordsmanship.
'Okay. Anyway, the options have widened. I can further increase my magic power to challenge becoming a 7-star or 8-star mage, or I can develop my internal power with a balance of external power to complete my body as a swordsman.'
"Davian, what are you thinking so hard about?"
It was Luna's voice.
"Oh, nothing, just... worrying about my future path."
"What did you do at the nurse's office at lunchtime? Did you have lunch with the nurse? Why?"
"Oh, I think he had something to ask me."
"That... Nurse Medium is really cool, isn't he?"
"Out of the blue?"
"Yeah. I completely fell for Nurse Medium during class this morning. To stab his arm with a dagger for the lecture. He's my role model from now on. Nurse Medium."
Luna had been clasping her hands together and pressing them to her chest, not taking her eyes off Medium throughout the lesson.
"Right. It's good to have a role model at the academy. But Professor Raoul is a better person, isn't he? He has more experience."
"Nurse Medium is young and pretty. Plus, he's bright and kind, but also rough! Ah... amazing."
As she spoke, Luna's eyes became dreamy.
Liber, who had naturally been joining Davian's group for meals for some time now, asked.
"What? Luna, are you in love with Nurse Medium?"
"Ah! No! I like someone else separately..."
Luna's face suddenly turned red.
Bellum turned to Liber and scolded him in Luna's place.
"That's not what she means, you idiot!"
"Fine, if she doesn't. I'm just saying, there are already a lot of guys lining up to confess to the nurse."
"That's not the same thing! Ugh. You useless blabbermouth."
"Useless? There really was a secret passage like I said yesterday, you know? Davian, Latia, and Nubes went together! You guys heard it too."
"So, did you find the Stone of Enlightenment or whatever it was?"
"Not that, but..."
Then Latia opened her mouth.
"But something has changed."
Bellum, who had been pretending to press Liber's temples with his fists, turned his head.
"Huh? What's changed?"
"It's definitely different since we went there. The efficiency of mana cultivation."
Mana cultivation.
The biggest common concern of academy students.
Everyone looked at Latia with surprised eyes.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Aren't you guys? Davian, Nubes, Liber."
Nubes answered.
"Me too. I feel like I'm gathering much more mana than before."
Liber was also nodding with a pleased expression.
Bellum jumped up and shouted.
"Really? Why are you guys only saying this now! Where is that place! Hey, blabbermouth! Guide us! We'll go right away!"
Even Bonita was focused on the conversation, her knife and fork still in the middle of cutting meat.
There was no way she wouldn't be interested in increasing the efficiency of mana cultivation.
Davian said briefly.
"You can't go anymore."
"Huh? Can't go? Why?"
"The entrance is closed. Completely."
"When will it open again?"
"I don't know."
Bellum, who had been standing, slumped back into his seat.
"Aish! I should have gone too!"
Bonita's fork and knife began to move again.
Bonita slowly opened her mouth.
"You missed a good opportunity. But Latia, didn't you say you weren't going?"
Latia pointed at Davian and replied.
"I just wanted to go and see. Since this weirdo said he was going, I thought there might be a reason."
Bonita Fortis nodded.
"Good instincts. Call me next time, Latia."
Bonita showed a calm reaction unlike Bellum.
But her friends knew that Bonita was more disappointed than anyone else.
Everyone knew how serious she was about improving her swordsmanship.
And Davian did not know.
How persistently Bonita would follow Davian from now on because of this incident.
A week passed quickly amid midterm preparation.
Most of the freshmen were studying and training hard, cutting down on sleep to prepare for the midterms.
The third week of April.
The Elton Academy's midterm season officially began.
For one week in the third week, written and practical exams for individual subjects are conducted.
Among the detailed subjects of the Department of Magic, Mental Magic and Spirit Magic only have written exams without practical evaluations.
This is because there are no students who can properly perform mental magic at the first-year level, and only a very few students can use spirit magic.
The first practical exam subject for the Department of Magic is Psychokinesis.
Students from the Department of Magic stood in a line in a wide field to prepare for the psychokinesis practical exam.
Luna, Davian, and Latia stood side by side in the middle, as they usually sat in class.
The evaluation item is object lifting by stage.
Objects of ten difficulty levels, from light scraps of paper to huge lead weights, were placed 10 meters away from the students.
Success means lifting each one from the far left and bringing it to the front.
How many stages you can lift and move is the most important evaluation item, but how stably you move it is also included in the evaluation criteria.
The exam started one by one.
Although half a semester has already passed, there were quite a few students who could not lift even a small piece of paper on the far left.
"Ah, I can lift things close to me. But isn't it too far away, even if it's an exam?"
"We've never done a practice session to move things 10 meters apart in class."
Some students expressed their dissatisfaction, but Professor Kinesis only scored silently.
After a long turn, it was Luna's turn.
"Ugh... Ugh!"
Luna succeeded in lifting the thin piece of wood, the third object.
The piece of wood floated in the air and slowly approached Luna.
But Luna's hands seemed to tremble, and the piece of wood fell to the ground halfway.
Professor Kinesis wrote the score on the score sheet and called the next person.
"Next."
Davian stepped forward.
"You can go in."
"Yes?"
"Didn't I say in the first class? That any student who lifts the lead weight on that day will get a perfect score for the semester."
That was true. On the first day of class, Professor Kinesis said, 'If you lift the lead weight today, you will get a perfect score for the semester.'
There was no reason to refuse if he was given a perfect score.
Davian bowed and headed to where the students who had finished the exam were.
Next was Latia's turn.
"You lifted the lead weight on the first day, right?"
"Yes."
"You get a perfect score too."
Davian and Latia's first practical exam ended so anticlimactically.
After the evaluation of all the students who were standing in a long line.
Professor Kinesis gestured to Davian.
"Davian. Come forward."
Davian slowly walked out.
"Okay, so far, the highest score is the guy who dropped the sixth object in the middle of moving it. How far can you go?"
"Didn't you say I didn't have to take the test?"
"It's not an evaluation. Just think of it as a demonstration. Show other classmates a demonstration of psychokinesis."
"I don't know how far I can go."
"Then try doing it from the sixth one."
The sixth object was a thick log.
The length was a little longer than a person.
Davian slowly raised his palm upward.
At the same time, he carefully felt the wind passing between his fingers.
The moment he felt the mana passing between his fingers, not the natural wind.
Davian manifested his magic power and grabbed the mana between his fingers.
Like water flowing around a rock, like wind passing through leaves, the free flow of mana was taken over by Davian.
Kinesis carefully felt the mana in the evaluation area.
'...It's increased even more.'
The moment Davian focused and moved the mana, a large log floated into the air.
The log floating in the air flew stably toward Davian, as if flowing over a calm river.
"Good job. Shall we do the next one? No. Latia, come out and do the next one. The magic genius girl from the Meridiem ducal family."
Latia, who nodded slightly, stood next to Davian.
Latia's quiet voice.
"I won't lose, Davian."
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