Silvermoon Academy

The aroma of coffee filled Lutia's office.

On the corner of the table, the quill pen stood up again and began to write quickly in the notebook.

"Although you completed the training today, your reaction speed still needs improvement. You need to practice it in private, and also..."

Elena listened intently to her mentor's instructions, slightly out of breath.

But Yu Guangzhong's constantly wandering quill pen still drew some of her attention, making her unable to resist glancing at the notebook.

"..."

This unusual behavior did not escape Lutia's notice. She immediately paused, then rested her elbow on the table, propped her chin on her hand, and watched the girl's little movements with amusement.

Seeing the other person's expression—wanting to look but not daring to—while pretending to listen attentively, she found it somewhat amusing and couldn't help but whisper:

"Miss Elena."

"..."

Hearing her mentor's call, Elena trembled slightly, realizing that she had been daydreaming. When she looked up, she saw her mentor's amused expression.

The blonde girl gave an apologetic smile. "Excuse me, teacher, could you please repeat what you said before?"

"It's nothing important."

Seeing the girl's nervous yet slightly shy expression, Lutia slowly straightened her back, maintained her smile, and leaned back in her chair.

"Look boldly, what's recorded there is your reward for training hard today."

"Clam?"

Elena's expression was strange, and she had a vague feeling that she had been deceived.

Could it be that the mentor originally prepared some other reward, but changed their mind because I was distracted?

In a flash, she suddenly lost interest in the quill pen and the writing below it.

However, just as the girl was hesitating whether to look at it, a hand entered her field of vision and reached for the notebook.

"Really not going to look at it? I thought those records of Viktor would be very interesting to you."

Along with that came Lutia's seductive, gentle voice.

Upon hearing this, Elena seemed to be electrocuted; her beautiful eyes widened slowly, and her expression quickly changed from confusion to surprise.

"Look, you have to see."

She swiftly reached out and grabbed the notebook, snatching it away before Lutia could.

Lutia took the fallen quill pen, slowly withdrew her hand, and her fingertips rested on the corner of her slightly curved lips.

A pair of beautiful eyes looked at the girl, and a smile seemed to appear in them.

At this moment, Elena was nowhere near as reserved as she had been during her training these past few days. She gripped the laptop tightly with both hands and stared at it with a smile on her face.

His eyes were almost sunk in, his fascination no less than that of a monk studying a precious document left by a legendary mage.

Little did she know that this was exactly what Elena was thinking at that moment.

While organizing materials in the storage room, Victor discovered a crimson runestone, which, upon investigation, turned out to be a secret stone from the Volcano Clan.

The first thing the girl saw when she snatched the notebook was the latest news that had happened that day.

The quill pen produces neat and orderly handwriting, so precise that every character is the same size and has the same depth of ink.

But she still spotted that paragraph immediately, those last three words.

"Secret Stone".

Elena muttered to herself, feeling that the word looked vaguely familiar. Her eyes brightened, and she unconsciously gripped the words tighter.

She had heard her father mention it before.

Those things are the scrolls that ancient sorcerers used to record secret techniques. The closest batch of secret technique stones to the present day are also antiques from two hundred years ago.

Each of those antiques is exceptionally valuable and unique, and cannot be found on the market.

Moreover, even if you manage to find it, without specialized methods to crack it, you simply cannot extract the hidden inheritance within.

"Mr. Victor actually got his hands on something so valuable, but did he manage to retrieve it in the end?"

Filled with deep curiosity, she continued scrolling down:

"After some attempts, Victor discovered that the arcane stone required special methods to break."

"But he was still prepared to trigger the test of the arcane stone immediately."

Upon seeing these two sentences, Elena felt her heart begin to pound, as loud as a drumbeat.

It was as if the image of the young man examining the secret stone for a moment, then smiling calmly and pressing his other hand down:

"It's just a simple restriction; watch me break it with a flick of my hand."

As Elena drifted into thought, she began to shift her gaze, but slowly, still somewhat worried that the outcome might not be as she had hoped.

However, when her gaze fell on the last line of text recorded on this page, her eyes widened again.

There were very few words on it, just one sentence:

"Infuse magic into the magic stone, and the magic stone will automatically deactivate."

After that, there was nothing else. The large blank space left was either because the quill pen didn't have time to write anything, or because the subsequent events hadn't happened yet.

However, Elena's face was flushed, and she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable emotion.

Is it that the special solution that Father mentioned doesn't exist, or was that secret stone originally prepared for Mr. Victor?

Everything seems so illogical, but when all the illogicalities are piled up on one person, they seem to become reasonable.

"As expected of Mr. Victor, he easily accomplished what I couldn't."

As she muttered to herself, she was completely unaware that Lutia had somehow walked up behind her and was slowly approaching.

Hearing the girl's words, the instructor also felt somewhat puzzled, and couldn't help but lean closer, his thin lips slightly parted:

"Breaking the magic stone?"

Her eyes widened slightly, a deep doubt flashing in them, and a feeling of unreality arose in her heart.

For a moment, even the coffee in my hand seemed to lose its aroma.

"That's impossible. Even if I were to do that, I would have to use some methods."

She muttered to herself, then sat back down in her seat, her eyes full of doubt.

It wasn't that she didn't believe him, but considering the speculations of the judges over the past few days regarding the "Land of Smiles," she had to treat Viktor with caution.

Thinking this, she slowly opened the drawer and took out a ring that emitted a faint light and was surrounded by shimmering miniature stars.

Just before activation, she looked up at Elena again.

Seeing her students engrossed in their studies, looking delighted and absorbed in their learning, she hesitated again.

After thinking about it, I put the ring back in.

"Let's wait a bit longer. At least we shouldn't scare the child."

As she pondered this, she waited silently.

After the golden-haired girl finished browsing through Viktor's day itinerary, rereading it over and over again, and finding that there was indeed no new content, she looked up:

"Teacher, could I borrow your quill pen?"

Seeing the girl regain her shy expression, yet speak so boldly.

Lutia's expression stiffened slightly: "No, Miss Elena."

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