When his name was called, Almark was still confused.
Until sometime, nervous, Almark stood up with most of them and lowered his head to the teacher who came to call him, before heading off to the magic practice field.
He said he envied me.
Leila and Wallis must envy me, too.
Oh, my God, what do you mean?
I don't know what Deg meant.
If you know what that is, it could be a tip for this exam...... what was Deg trying to say?
And so much so that Almark finally thought that even Deg didn't know anything about the exam, but he didn't have any tips or anything.
And thought goes back to shaking it out.
I just have to do it.
In the meantime, I just have to try the problem that was put out in the bump production.
Whether you can do it or not, I challenge you.
I won't admit to losing from the start.
As he walked thinking, Almark reached the entrance to the magic practice.
All right.
Take one big breath.
When I opened the entrance door, Illmis stood alone, as if it were my usual class.
"It's Almark."
Almark raised his voice consciously.
"Regards"
Illmis looked at Almark and nodded small to the point where he could tell from the rinse.
"You're the last of two pairs. Let's get started."
And Irmis herself, brought the stone of the great palm of his hand from the corner. This stone is the same size that I often use for practice in stone engraving classes.
Illmis put it on the floor in front of Almark, he said.
I showed you what you've accomplished in class.
……
Almark waited for Illmis' next word. But silence. Ilmis doesn't seem willing to say anything anymore.
Almark stared at the stone in front of him and solidified.
Achievements in class.
Show me what you got.
... No, that's not it.
In my magic practice class, I've only meditated since that big flaming failure.
Sure, I did take a quick peek at how my other classmates were doing.
But I've never learned anything about magic like what to do with stones.
But.
Almark thought.
But we have to.
Get ready.
It's a bump production, but rather than end up doing nothing.
What do we do with this stone? What am I supposed to do?
Ilmiss didn't say anything specific.
The first thing that occurred to Almark's head was Deg, who was with him until just now.
Deg would surely float this stone without making it. Floating magic is his specialty.
Next, I think of Wallis in his first stone engraving class.
Wallis would scrape out a beautiful geometry on this stone.
What about Wendy?
Wendy can do anything, but maybe she'll use the art of change she just learned to turn this stone into a clean gem, or a live rabbit again, something like that.
What about Nelson? What about Lilty? What happened to Norish? I wonder what answers they gave, which would already be on their way back to the dorm after this exam.
Their good magic turns heads one after another.
Yeah, I've been watching their magic for a long time in the last few months, and now Almark realizes it.
Dr. Illmis isn't the only one. They were all my teachers.
When I think about it that way, Hugh and Almark recall.
Only one thing, that I have the magic I taught.
"Close your eyes and inhale deeply. Feel your magic in your body. Strongly hold the image of gathering magic at the tip of the wand. And breathe out sharply, imagining magic thrusting through the back of the stone, wand..."
In the first class, Torque's voice comes back.
Yeah, sure, that's when Torque taught me how to do the stone carving.
At that time, I couldn't do it at all. No thin pieces were peeled from the stone.
But what about now?
I've even meditated every day, every day I come and every day I come. I've worked out my magic. Wouldn't I break the stone now, too?
Can it deliver "results"?
Illmis stares silently at Almark.
Sakuri.
Almark swallows his spit.
Stone carving technique.
Do you want to try?
No, I'll try, it's not. Get ready, Almark.
... do it.