Magical Cat

"Eleanor, you were the first to complete the class assignment. Excellent!"

Ms. Melina's calm announcement broke the silence.

Although her tone and expression were calm, her eyes sparkled with amusement, clearly finding the scene before her extremely interesting.

The first practical lesson for this year's freshmen was surprisingly won by a student sponsored by a commoner.

This hasn't happened for many years.

When Ms. Melina officially announced Elaine's grades, all the students were in an uproar, followed by a burst of impotent rage that made them blush.

Some people started whispering and questioning Elaine's achievements from various angles.

Some people cast unfriendly glances at Elaine, as if they already regarded her as a thorn in their side, their malice undisguised.

It was as if Elaine's excellent grades in class were some kind of divine decree she had broken.

But at this moment, Elaine had no time to care about her classmates' reactions.

She lowered her head, staring blankly at her hands, still savoring the feeling from before.

Several faint scorch marks have appeared on her once fair palms.

When casting spells, magicians use their mental power to control the elements and prevent them from harming them.

But clearly, that elemental ball went out of control, burning Elaine's hand.

Judging from the final result, the magic seemed to have not gotten out of control at all; on the contrary, it was controlled very well.

Elaine looked puzzled, and Lee En also frowned, thinking that the problem was caused by his assistance.

At that moment, Ms. Melina came to their side.

Then, Ms. Melina gently lifted Elaine's hands.

The next moment, the charred marks on Elaine's hands were covered with a layer of pale green liquid.

The liquid quickly seeped into Elaine's palm, and the charred marks disappeared at a visible speed, leaving no trace.

Li En stared wide-eyed as he watched Elaine's hands regain their smooth, fair complexion, even looking better than before.

"This magic is amazing! If I opened a beauty salon like this, I'd make a fortune!"

When Ms. Melina saw Li En's surprised and comical expression, she couldn't help but laugh even harder.

She reached out and smoothed Elaine's white hair.

Elaine had exhausted a lot of magical and mental energy from casting spells continuously, and before she knew it, she was covered in sweat. Her hair, soaked with sweat, stuck to her forehead and cheeks. Only now that she relaxed did she feel waves of fatigue.

It's quite amazing, but after being stroked by Teacher Melina, my sweat-soaked hair dried up, and the sticky feeling on my skin disappeared, leaving me feeling refreshed.

Elaine felt much less tired.

Li En's feeling wasn't that specific, but he did feel that the air had suddenly become much more humid and cool, which made him feel very comfortable.

"Thank you, teacher."

Elaine thanked her shyly.

Apart from her mother, no one else had ever styled her hair like this before.

"Eleanor, you did a great job."

"Your magic just now had a spell concentrating effect, which is why you injured your hand."

"This is a rare experience; remember how you felt just now."

After giving Elaine some encouragement, Ms. Melina moved on to the others and continued her instruction.

Although she favored Elaine, she couldn't show too much favoritism, otherwise it would cause Elaine more trouble.

"Spell condensation?"

Elaine was unfamiliar with the word, but from what Ms. Melina said, it seemed to be a good thing.

She gently squeezed her hand, which had returned to normal, and felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

Elaine looked at the target in the distance, only belatedly realizing what she had done.

She looked up and around, and noticed the even more undisguised disgust in her classmates' eyes.

Elaine was not surprised by this.

She sat down with Li En in her arms, and then began to meditate on her own.

Just before entering a meditative state, Elaine whispered to Li En, "Thank you."

Immediately afterwards, Elaine entered a meditative state, but a slight smile couldn't help but appear on her usually serious face.

Li En smiled and nuzzled Elaine with her head to help her restore her magic.

It no longer matters how much others look down on them.

They just need to prove themselves and they'll be able to slap those people in the face!

Seeing the reactions of his classmates, Li En felt secretly pleased.

After a period of shock, anger, and jealousy, the others did not forget that they still had to continue attending classes.

Nobody wants to mess with their class, otherwise failing the final exam won't just be a matter of losing face; they'll suffer when they get home.

No matter how extremely unwilling they were, it was difficult to change the fact that Elaine had been the first to complete the class assignment and had even received an excellent evaluation.

We've already lost one spot for an excellent rating; if we keep dragging this out, the remaining nine spots will be snapped up.

Whatever it is, we'll have to wait until we've received the excellent evaluation before we talk about it.

The training ground became lively again, but everyone was in a low mood.

Those who are not making good progress will inevitably think of Elaine, the commoner who received financial aid.

It's really disheartening to be born into nobility but be inferior to a commoner.

In this atmosphere, more and more people are losing their composure, even making mistakes in basic chanting spells, which makes the students in the classroom increasingly impatient.

However, a small number of people adjusted their mindset and quickly became focused.

After seeing Elaine enter into meditation, Safina also withdrew her gaze and resumed her own attempt.

She's becoming increasingly curious about Elaine and her magical beast.

As time went by, class time flew by.

As Melina said, an afternoon is not actually that long, especially for a magician.

The focus during spellcasting is similar to a state of flow, which makes time seem to fly by.

Following Elaine, others also hit the target and received excellent feedback in class.

Safina followed closely behind Elaine, not much later.

Next up were the students who had magic wands.

When the course was two-thirds complete, the students seemed to have suddenly grasped the concept, and most of them completed the part about casting elemental balls with their bare hands and went to the target position to shoot.

Just then, the tenth student to hit the magic target appeared and took away the last excellent evaluation.

Immediately afterwards, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, one target after another lit up with green light.

Unfortunately, those who came after that, although not far behind, were no longer eligible for excellent classroom evaluations.

The unluckiest of them all was undoubtedly the eleventh person who hit the target.

And this person is not unfamiliar to everyone.

The students all looked at the tall boy with pity.

The features of the other person, who were already huddled together in a meeting, now clustered even more closely together, and the large amount of white space on their face turned even redder.

Weber Vanjestom.

The first student to stand at the target position, yet missed out on an excellent evaluation in class, was arguably the biggest tragedy of the entire lesson.

Teacher Melina also discovered this fact and couldn't help but look troubled, knowing that she was about to have a headache.