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Chapter 165: Out Of This World

One of the young men in the corridor was severely annoyed, and the other one they were with was having a panic attack. It was terrible enough that the upset man had started chasing after the other one in a manner that might have caused much ruckus for other Students.

If only the other ones were outside and not currently in their classes—as most of the younger Students were actually in.

And yet, the two were not in their classes, and more specifically, they hadn't attended it at all. Because there was no need for them and they studied on their own.

"Please be easy on me, Kai!" Theodore begged as he ran away from the Mage and pumped his legs to move him forward. The smaller guy was bursting with an unfounded source of energy to escape their pursuer. The ginger-haired man kept his grip on the replacement cloak that he had found for his enchantments.

To which the victim was clearly opposed.

"Just because I didn't become a Battle Mage doesn't mean I can't break your back, Theodore! Give me that back and actually start speaking up, kleptomaniac!" Out of all the people who had gone down the library, it was Theodore who had stayed far longer and had actually survived.

If there was actually anyone who'd have a better clue on how to return back to the dungeon and even navigate there—it was this guy. And yet, they were too caught up in their own schemes. And so the Mage was forced to capture the Enchanter. In addition to the fact that the guy stole his cloak.

Kai pointed towards the direction Theodore was heading in.

The young man was too distracted with running away and holding the cloak in his arms that they weren't looking at anything else. The Illusory Mage stretched out his fingers, allowing sparks to fly off from them as he shaped and changed the form of air. It was there, and then on that, a recognizable set of Students appeared and walked down from the corridor.

One of them was a girl with long dark blue hair, garbed in a purple tunic. She seemed to be talking with her companions. One of them was a boy dressed in white robes, and his hair was light brown, and he had green eyes. The smile on his face was angelic. A young woman with blonde hair and eyes held onto a small harp in her hands.

—and the guy burst through it, shattering through the Illusions without a care for the world. Even when one of their crushes was there, he didn't care. Even when they crashed through the three elites of the Academy? Theodore was too caught up with the cloak more than the people. The guy didn't even say a damn thing and just scampered off.

But before leaving, they left a present. Theodore stuck a tongue at him as the young man grabbed something from his belt bag and threw it at him.

It was a good thing that they had a terrible aim.josei

Kai dodged the ball and heard an explosion come behind him. When the Mage glanced back, thick dust of cloud emerged from behind him. The cleaning staff would have to clean that one up, and though a Rogue or Assassin would appreciate it, he didn't.

"Petty tricks."

The Illusory Mage reached a hand to their face and pinched the bridge of their nose. Why did someone like Theodore who was supposed to be the cream of their crop, have to be so…? The man didn't want to even put words into it, because they were just disappointed. All of the Senior Students had heard rumors of the underground levels of the Academy, but only a few paid to check it.

The library on the first layer was open to seniors, but they didn't care to believe that there was another one below it. It was pretty much a hoax, the Professors didn't say much about it, and most Seniors were content to finish their personal projects. Until the Enchanter said that he'd give it a try.

But now, they were unwilling to say anything about it. Was it true that the area now collapsed? Kai was too guarded to check it all by himself, and as the Enchanter disappeared into one of the secret pathways in the walls of the Academy, he gave up the pursuit.

He could always buy a new cloak too, and so he began to walk off.

Until something caught his attention.

It was supposed to be a [ Light ] Spell, and he caught the threads of mana woven through the air. Its intentions and word of power were there. But it made him furrow his brows as he observed it. His fingers reached out and felt it, and it was knitted quite well without a single strand was out of place. The Mage cast [ Invisibility ] on his person and followed the strands until he found himself near the entrance to the library and the very same duo that caused the disaster in the first place.

But right before he could approach and surprise them—the light show displays started.

And the information that he received seemed to have gotten all switched and jumbled up. But, he had just seen what Han was able to do last night and that was struggling to pour enough mana to open a mana-stone door. When did he gain enough finesse and articulation to rewrite the components of a [ Light ] Spell?

News of Timothy Cook having an inordinate amount of mana was enough to have a group keeping tabs on them—it added to the idea that there was a deeper reason for their arrival. Whether it was some plan convoluted by the Headmaster or something else... But this was on another level.

The Mage gulped for a moment and stretched out his hands.

He was supposed to be one of the best Illusionary Mage in this Academy, and yet a first-year who didn't have a Mage Class was doing that? How much more talented could they get in the span—wait, around this time, the two Students were still kicked out of Professor Carnus' class and were now just messing around?

Maybe they weren't as good as he thought? No. Their ranks were probably plummeting. But perhaps they couldn't be bothered with attending classes? Still, it didn't matter that much when they would get kicked out. A first-year Student needed to attend and pass their classes, he turned away and began to walk away.

"I bet you haven't seen anything like this right? This is out of this world—"

The Mage paused and held on to the words for a moment. He knew several wild turns of phrases, and it sounded like an exaggeration which was weird in its way. What did they mean by 'out of this world'? Who could even think of—out of this world. Did he truly mean out of their world?

The world that everyone knew of was this one, and that was all there is to it. What lay beyond this world was the sky filled with stars and…

Wait, he needed to fact-check:

Han was an orphan

He came from one of the furthest villages from the Human Kingdom

When he came here, he had no Class according to others

...and yet his feat, the ability to think quick on his feet paired with his initial inability to do magic

Kai was starting to get on to something. What kind of person didn't have a Class from the start? But now, the young man had shown him mastery of the Light Spell and performed it by showing strange lights.

Combination of colors that no one had ever seen before.

He had seen spectacular lights before, he had studied Faerie light and the magic contained in the scales of the Lamia, and not one of them compared to this.

It was amazing. And when paired with how Han could barely muster mana before and the mastery they had now... it was even far more dubious and noteworthy than mana levels. Some people were born with greater mana capacity, and Timothy was one of the few who had great mana well. And perhaps they truly were talented people who had a knack for magic. So he needed to acknowledge that and rule out the talent portion?

But by the colors, the intensity, and by Han's own words.

Kai added one and one together and came to an answer. And the thought was enough to make them recoil backward from the duo.

A visitor from outside the world? Did they come from the stars or somewhere else beyond?