The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 31 The Abnormal Volume
How was your first day of class?

On the way back to the dormitory from the mountain, the second-year witch asked the first-year girls how they felt.

“Excellent!”

"We have all successfully activated our energy vision today!"

"I've used the Energy Vision technique several times now. My eyes are filled with all sorts of colors, and it hasn't affected my vision at all. In fact, I feel like I can see even more clearly!"

……

The second-grade little witch: "???"

This is a little different from what they expected!

Lilith couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have a headache? Or pain in your eyes?"

The first-grade little witches: "No!"

"My eyes are a little sore, it's all my fault for thinking that the greener the developing paper is, the better. The lightest green I could get was only a little lighter than medium green," Cheryl said with frustration.

"Wait! The shallowest level? How many levels of magical contamination have you mastered?" Lilith noticed something was wrong.

"I have three!"

"I'll take three!"

"I have two kinds. I should have gone back to the classroom to practice earlier at noon."

"I have five, haha!"

……

The first-grade witches chattered amongst themselves.

The second-grade witches were all numb.

"Wow, are little witches this powerful now?"

How long did it take them to master various levels of magical infiltration back then?
It's definitely not the first day of school.

Initially, the degree of magical contamination was somewhat beyond the eyes' tolerance, and it took several days to get used to the side effects of headaches and eye pain.

Why is it so easy when it comes to female students?
“What are we? Moran, Vasita, and Sylph are the real experts! They’ve mastered all the magical techniques that make developing paper turn green, especially Moran, who can draw on developing paper with magic at will!” Ais said.

The second-year witches looked at Moran and her two friends in shock, especially Moran.

To this day, none of them are confident in their ability to draw on developing paper.

Of course, it's also because no little witches practice this.

Although the three of them are witches, isn't Lilith a witch too? She just adapted a little faster than them and suffered a few days less.

"By the way, where are your developing sheets? Didn't the dean tell you to bring them so you could practice more after class?" another senior student asked.

"No! Didn't we already figure out the general relationship between the color change of the developing paper and the amount of magic power used in class?"

"That's right! The dean just told us to practice magic with a balance of intensity and relaxation, and not to be too impatient! Isn't that what the senior students are doing?"

The second-grade little witch: "..."

They suspect the dean has been replaced!
One senior student even asked, "Is your teacher Dean Amisha? The one in the black robe?"

"Yes! Didn't the dean say that each one of them is her? It must be some kind of powerful magic! It's a pity that the dean won't tell us what kind of magic it is until we graduate."

"I suspect that each dean is different! Otherwise, how could there be such a big difference? Tell me in detail about today's class!"

……

"What? You guys practiced on your own for two hours at noon?" "Aren't you going to explore the castle?"

"Wait, I saw you guys visiting the castle!"

"What? You started practicing as soon as you got back to the classroom? Why?! It's our first time visiting the academy castle, aren't we supposed to chat at all after we got back to the classroom?"

The second-grade witch was even more puzzled.

What normal little witch would practice so hard during breaks? Especially on the first day of school, when there's no academic pressure and not much to learn.

“I saw others practicing, so I started practicing too!” Cheryl said. “If I had known they were working so hard, I would have spent less time wandering around the castle. I didn’t practice enough, so I didn’t master it, and my eyes are a little sore.”

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

"So who started it first?"

“I know that. Alba and I came back early, and as soon as we got back, we saw Moran, Vasita, and Sylph practicing. They were so serious. If even the witches are working so hard, of course we can’t slack off!” Ais raised her hand and said.

The focus returned to Moran and her two companions.

“Moran started it first. When Sylph and I came back, she was already able to use magic to draw on developing paper,” Vasita said.

Sylph nodded in agreement: "She went to the restroom after class and started practicing when she came back. At first, Vasita and I didn't understand the point of practicing like that, but after seeing the results, we couldn't sit still anymore."

The first-grade witches weren't surprised at all, after all, they had already seen how curly Moran was during their afternoon class, and had even curled their hair a little themselves.

Unexpectedly, this startled the female students.

The second-year witches looked at Moran and suddenly realized, "So it's not that the headmistress is different, it's because you have Moran!"

Moran: (`)
“Moran! Are you sure your innate ability is called the Book of Cards? And not the Book of the King of Scrolls?” Lilith asked.

Who said Moran wasn't unusual? She thought she was quite unusual, unusually curly!

Moran: "..."

"Let's go! Let's hurry up and go back to review today's lessons!"

"You guys go ahead! I just remembered I haven't gone to the library to collect the books from the second-grade reading list yet!"

……

The second-year witches lost interest in chatting and quickened their pace to return to their dormitories and the academy castle.

I absolutely cannot let myself be outdone by my female classmates, right?
What do you mean by saying that the first-year students are the most hardworking class the dean has ever taught? We have to let the dean see that they are also very hardworking, okay?
"Hey! Seniors! Slow down, wait for us!" The first-year witches realized what was happening and quickened their pace.

Upon hearing this, the second-graders ran even faster.

Vasita and Sylph had run a few steps when they suddenly noticed that someone wasn't moving, so they stopped and called out to her, "Moran, what are you doing? Hurry up!"

Moran shook her head: "We've only learned how to use magic to open our energy vision. Why are we in such a hurry to go back? Wouldn't it be better to walk slowly and experience the energy vision along the way? The view from the mountain is expansive, and we can see even more spectacular natural energy!"

Vasita and Sylph thought about it and agreed. Unlike their seniors, they didn't have so much to learn, so why rush back?
She tried to call the other little witches, but found they had all vanished without a trace.

They then activated their energy vision and gazed into the distance with Moran.

"Wow! The natural energy over there in the herb garden is so rich! There must be lots of magical plants there!"

"And over there, that's so far away, it must be the inner area, or even the outer area!"

"Look back! There are many traces of energy inside the academy castle too!"

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(End of this chapter)