In the magic academy, practical training began in earnest.

There were many practical trainings, but after all, the trainings looked forward by the students were the actual ones.

Among them, the dungeon, in particular, was a place that any explorer dreamt of, where various phenomena occurred, demons infested, treasures and spirits abound.

Edna looked around the students of Class A and Class S gathered in ‘Stella Dome’.

‘A total of 141 people…’

Class A-1 and Class A-2 each had 50 students, and Class S had 41 students.

However, if it were the original version, the total number of students in class S would have been 39. Edna expected 40 people including herself, but she did not know one more person would be added here.

‘Where did Baek Yu-Seol come from?’

The total number of first-year students was 1,140 in the original version, and it became 1,141 students after adding her.

In other words, the existence of Baek Yu-Seol itself already existed in the ‘Original novel’…

The problem was that she had never even heard of his name.

‘I have to take it slow. I can figure it out, since I am the only person in this world who knows the original version.'

Edna stopped observing the students for a moment and looked around at the surrounding landscape. A truly realistic space.

The grass field blew in the wind. Far in the distance, the meadow was spread wide enough to see the horizon, opening up even her stuffy heart.

However, this space, ‘Stella Dome’, was not real.

Stella Dome was a place similar to a subspace installed deep within the Stella Academy’s grounds, and it was possible to manipulate the space at will to expand it or change its structure.

Therefore, not only various sports and events, but also actual trainings such as dungeons were organised here.

In other words, most of what Edna saw and felt with her eyes was fake.

“Master Jeremy, have you completed the course registration?”

“Yes. Of course.”

“Since you took the Exploration of Soft Magic Source, I also took it.”

“Really? Let’s do our best together.”

Edna turned around at the voice beside her.

Crown Prince Jeremy.

In the original story, he was obsessed with Eisel, but in the end, he was abandoned without being loved.

‘… He's handsome.’

He was a handsome man in a very ideal form. He was tall, with a warm personality, and a smile that never left his lips.

Competent, kind, innocent, well-mannered, witty, and even his talent was not far behind Mayuseong. Combined with his status as the crown prince of the Skalben Empire, he was just perfect.

Those innocent eyes stimulated the protective instincts of many women, and the sloppiness he sometimes showed was one of his charming points.

However, they were all thoroughly calculated actions for his own image management.

‘I must not be deceived by this pretence.’

Jeremy was such a perfect man that even Edna's heart fluttered despite knowing it was a pretence… but she had no intention of ever getting close to him because she was the Edna who knew his true nature.

As she stared intently at him, Jeremy turned his head to make eye contact with her.

“Ah.”

Jeremy, with a slightly surprised expression on his face, waved his hand toward her with his dazzling signature smile.

‘Ugh!’

He was really damn handsome. Edna quickly avoided his line of sight, but the afterglow of that brief eye contact did not go away easily.

'If I am possessed like this, my life will end as it is. My belief should never be shaken.'

‘I could understand the feelings of those kids wagging their tails next to Jeremy…’

Astonishingly, this academy also had ‘factions’.

Even if their skill level were similar, the person who would eventually rise to a higher position was already determined. They all seemed to be equal within the academy, but after graduating, the difference in status would become prominent.

Students at prestigious academies had been feeling the fact since their first year, and they were already busy trying to hold the factions well.

Among these ‘factions’, the most notable was the faction of Prince Jeremy.

Not only were high-ranking young masters gathered there, but so were students who boasted of their abilities that could not be missed wherever they went.

Whether male or female, Jeremy’s charm and his identity resembled a magnet which attracted everyone.

Edna herself was not part of any faction, but she was making as many connections as possible.

Anyway, she was reincarnated in that world with a new life, and she had to prepare for the future because she would live here until she died.

‘Then, Baek Yu-Seol…’

Edna glanced over at him. Black hair, black eyes, a warm, and pure white complexion. A face that suited the word cute rather than handsome, and a somewhat relaxed smile that did not suit such a youthful appearance at all.

From a third person’s point of view, he was quite likeable, and quite a few students seemed to have approached him to create a ‘Baek Yu-Seol faction’, but she knew that he kicked them all out.

Thanks to this, there was no one around him.

‘Why do you have to be alone?’

Someone approached Edna, who was observing Baek Yu-Seol absent-mindedly.

“Edna, will you join us during this training ?”

It was Jecky. Recently, while hanging out with commoners, they often met at the same gatherings… Still, Jecky was a child who felt awkward and distant when she was alone.

“Sorry. I was going to move alone this time.”

“Ah, indeed. In this training session, the scores must be distributed among team members, so there's nothing you can do about it, right?”

“Ehh...”

It was Jecky who said the obvious, but somehow it sounded like she was saying, ‘You’re doing it alone because we’re obstacles.’

Thinking it was her grandiose delusion, Edna tapped Jecky on the shoulder.

“Let’s do it together next time.”

“Yes.”

At Edna’s words, Jecky led the group to another place. She looked at Jecky's back for a long time. Even the way Jecky was smiling while leading her friends seemed to resemble Edna. She suddenly felt a little strange.

‘Heh. It’s puberty. It’s puberty. It’s the age where you want to follow your idol.’

Edna struggled to get rid of her thoughts.

“Attention.”

Tuck! The sound of raucous chatter stopped at once.

A single word from the instructor in charge of Class S, Lee Hanwol, calmed the hall. Next to him were the professors, instructors, and assistants of Class A, and among them, Lee Hanwol’s spirit was the most prominent.

“Before starting the class, we have to conduct a brief training. It could be seen as a kind of test. We need to know how low your level is so that we can properly educate you. Is that understood?”

“That’s right!”

“I don’t like the sound of your voice. I heard there are promising young people, but it appears to be a false rumour.”

The lips of some nobles twitched. Whatever Lee Hanwol’s reputation, he was still a commoner. However, no one came forward because the students in Class S did not respond much.

“The training is conducted at the discretion of the instructor. If there is a student who does not like it.”

He glanced around the crowd and said with a smile on his face.

“Keep it quietly in your heart. The instructor has no intention of listening to your grievances.”