After training with Raydoh, Armark noticed that Irmis was looking at them.

He was surprised to see a surprisingly gentle look in his eyes, and he couldn't help but ask

'Dr. Irmis. What's wrong?

Then Irmis looked at Armark's face as if he had just realized it.

'What is it?'

Now me and Raydoh.

Almark replies.

'He looked like he was enjoying himself somewhat.

"Enjoying it?

Irmis frowns.

'Me?'

Yes, sir.

Armark nodded.

'How very kind of you, very kind eyes.

Kind eyes.

Irmis frowned.

'Did I look at you like that?'

Yes, sir.

Armark nodded.

'Me and Raido, was it that funny?'

No,

Irmis shook his head.

'It's not strange.'

Then I turn to Raido.

'Raido. I liked the way you taught today. It's really effective to make visible something that's hard to grasp as an image.

Irmis was still focused on teaching Radomar, but he also knew how to teach Raydor.

'Thank you,'

Raydor smiles, relieved.

'Good. I was actually worried it wouldn't work.'

It's stunning.

Irmis nodded.

'From the way you teach, yes.'

Illumis turns his gaze into the air as if he were tracing his memories.

'I remember something from the past.'

A long time ago.

Almark responds.

'It is,'

I was a student.

Irmis said in a muttered voice.

'I had a classmate who was very good at teaching people. He reminded me of him.'

After saying that much, Irmis shook his head.

'That's all I'm saying.

Then he clapped his hands as if to say that this conversation was over.

'Good. It's time to call it a day. It's dark outside. Be careful on your way home.

The way back to the dorm.

Radomar didn't want to go home with Almarc and always left quickly by himself, so Almarc usually walked this way alone on his way home from make-up classes, but since yesterday, he was with his classmates.

It was nice for Armark to have that too.

Nelson's laughter yesterday had echoed through the streets at night.

'How's Raido getting ready for his exams?

Armarc asked, and Leydor, walking beside him, nodded his head.

'As usual, I suppose.'

The usual.

Almarc is wide-eyed.

'You're used to exams, as expected. I can't say that very well.'

If you're nervous, you don't have the strength, and if you're not, you don't have the strength, in my case.

Raydoh smiles.

'Some people, like Nelson, can turn that into a force to be reckoned with, but that's not the case for me.

Yeah.

Armaq remembers Raydor's demeanor at the martial arts tournament, as if he was acting as if he was his usual self in the match.

He had lost the match itself, but his calmness and composure in the middle of the match was a sight to behold.

Surely the usual is the best thing for you?

You'd think so.

Raido nodded.

'You've given me a lot of confidence, too.

Did I do it?

Almark chuckles.

'I don't remember that.'

Well, anyway,

Raydoh laughed.

'Good luck tomorrow.'

Remedial work for Leila.

Almarc recalled Leila's scathing assessment of him on the road to the fountain cave.

'Yeah. I'll do my best.'

Although I did say .......

The next day after school.

Armark saw Leila standing in front of him, staring at him with a stern expression.

Someday, she tied her beautiful black hair back into a single, crisp bun, just as she had done when she was making the medicinal bath.

Her beautiful, slender eyes looked even sharper because of the way her hair was tied up.

'This is going to be really tough,' he said.

'Teach you, Wallis says,'

Leila said.

A cold look.

A voice as cold as that.

It's as if she's gone back to the time when Armark was transferred to the academy.

''I've been thinking a lot.

Yes.

Armark nodded.

'Thank you,'

Leila didn't change her expression.

'I was thinking,'

I said again.

'What's the best thing I can teach you?'

Nope.

Armark shook his head in his mind.

He says it's the same as when he first got in.

I'm an idiot.

It's not the same.

"I don't have time for this. "I don't have time for interruptions,

The harsh words thrown at Leila one day.

Exasperated eyes, like looking at an annoyed person.

Leila, standing in front of me now, has the same stern expression on her face as she did then.

But what did she say now?

What's the best thing for me to teach you, huh?

That Leila is thinking very hard for me.

I have to learn this as best I can.

Armark was determined.

'The basics are important,'

Leila said.

'Of course, the basics are very important. We shouldn't neglect them.'

It's as if he's saying to himself.

'But you know what?'

Leila said and looked at Armark.

'Just because it's important doesn't mean you can't move forward by working on the basics forever. Sometimes it is only when you step away from the basics and continue to challenge yourself that you can see what is beyond your control.

Yes.

Armark nodded.

Leila's magical prowess was more than enough for Armark to see in the cave of the spring.

Leila's words are the very things she has practiced.

Leila herself believed in those words.

That's why they were so compelling.

'So today, I'm going to teach you the hardest magic you'll ever learn in primary school.

Leila said.

'The Art of Change.'

At those words, Armark looks frightened for a moment.

It is an exceptionally advanced magic among the magic of the primary school.

And it was also the magic that he had just failed so badly in his supplementary training with Irmis the other day.

Layla's sharp eyes look at Armark.

'You can do it.'

I'll do my best.

When Armark nodded, Leila shook her head.

'You'll fail again with such a naive mindset.

Then he looks at Armark even more sternly.

'It's natural to try your best. 'I'm going to do it, not try. I'm gonna do it.

Okay.

Armark nodded.

'I'll do it, I promise.'