It has been a month since we have been at Avaris Royal Academy. Olivia and I were making progress on our money-making scheme.
I had bought Olivia many mana recovery-related artifacts. Our average income was about 100 Gold coins per day.
With how much money we spent on artifacts, we had about 1500 gold coins. The both of us were trying to see if a pure mana crystal was on sale, but it was almost impossible to find.
The bright news was I had reached the threshold of a third-rank mage. There wasn't as much power boost as I thought there would have liked.
My sun magic, orange mixed with red, was now entirely red. Meaning my magic itself had improved in power.
It was already late at night, and Olivia was already asleep. I wanted to test my magic out but was afraid of someone watching close from behind.
I wondered if the training facility was still on. It should be open 24/7, with some people using their magic at night.
I hoped that wouldn't wake Olivia up when I slipped out of bed. Taking a face mask, I left the house. I went to a training facility that was nearby.
Arriving at the training facility, I could see the lights turned on outside. The training facility was free for students, but they recorded your results.
"I would like an hour's worth of practice." I went to the receptionist of this place, who could reserve a spot for me to test out my current capabilities.
"Are you studying at this academy?" If I confirmed I was, I would get a free pass, but it would be recorded.
"No." I didn't want attention, so I denied that I was a student of this school.,
"Could you tell me your name and rank?"
"Ashley, four rank mage." I gave her a random name. I should be as strong as a fourth-rank mage with my current strength.
Writing down my name, "That would be five gold coins for an hour's worth of your training facilities times."
Paying her five coins, she led me to a room. It was pretty isolated, which was perfect for me. While I could use my magic, I wouldn't be suspected with my fourth-rank power.
It was a shame that there wasn't any sunlight in here. My magic power wasn't strengthened by it to be tested.
Inside the white walls were multiple tools for me to test my abilities. A magic dummy would allow me to check how strong my magic was.
Testing my power, I first made a fireball swirling in a circle. I haven't put much mana into it, but it should be as strong as my most decisive moves during my being a second-rank mage.
Launching it on the dummy, the number 32520 appeared. My moves had tripled from the last time I had used this dummy. Seeing how far I have come over these few months was excellent progress.
After finishing my first move, I went to the next one. If my fireball were a normal attack, my plasma beam would be a fast penetration move.
Shooting the beam quickly, I had done 42350 damage to the dummy. I knew why I used this move the most often. Not only was it solid but quick, not only that the cost efficiency of this move was almost the same as the fireball.
Using these two moves, I had one more in store. Charging fifty percent of my mana, I used it to create a red sun the size of a boulder.
Finishing charging, I launched it toward the dummy. With my finishing move making contact with the dummy, my sun exploded, making a massive explosion around the room.
Dust was coming towards me, and it was good that this room was substantial. Otherwise, it would be a pain to fix.
Doing damage of 145000, my attack had more than tripled my beam attack. If I needed a move to finish something, this was my go-to.
I had done everything I needed in this room. The other training equipment was pretty useless for me. I have a class tomorrow, and I should get as much rest as possible.
Olivia shouldn't have woken up, so I hoped my disappearance wouldn't alarm her. Before I could leave, a thought came to my head.
Should I stay a bit longer? It would be pretty suspicious if I left too early. With that in mind, I stayed an extra thirty minutes.
After thirty minutes, I left the room. "How was your experience in the training facility?" The receptionist must be bored enough to start a conversation with me. It was understandable since there weren't many people at night.
"I had a pretty good experience." I couldn't say anything was wrong with it except that it could be monitoring me.
"Please come again when you have the time." She smiled and bid me a warm farewell. I nodded and smiled at her, and left the building.
The dark sky was pretty lovely, despite being from the Solaris family. I didn't mind if days like these happened more.
Walking, I remembered a girl named Lua. I wondered how she was doing. It has been a few months since I last saw her. I wonder if there is a chance that we will meet again.
When I was reminiscing, I arrived at my house. Entering the house, I went into my room. Olivia was there awake, looking pretty worried.
"I'm back." I changed back into my sleepwear and went back to bed.
"Did you go somewhere?"
"I advanced into a third-rank magician and went to a training facility to test it out."
"So... Fast." Olivia was shocked beyond what she could say. For someone to reach the third rank within four months was unbelievable in the eyes of magicians.
"Let's go to sleep. We have class tomorrow, and it's pretty late." I went close to Olivia and snuggled against her body.
"Warm." Olivia wrapped her legs around me and closed her eyes.
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