On weekends, Stella Academy was closed. During that time, most students trained themselves or engaged in self-development activities such as self-study, while others spent their free time enjoying the best sports event called 'League of Spirits' in the magical world.

It seemed to be far off for me. I really wanted to join the League of Spirits, but my strength was too low right now, so I couldn’t afford it. I didn’t need to study, and there was a limit to how much stronger I could get through training.

That was why I rushed out on weekends. Rather than going to the Arcanium, I used the ‘Warp Hall’ to travel to another city.

Shoo!

For an instant, I felt like I was falling from a cliff, and the scenery blurred around me.

– Welcome to Daegu Stadium!

A voice chimed right beside my ears. It was proof that I had successfully passed the ‘Warp Hall’.

“Uh-huh, I’m feeling dizzy.”

I shook my head, looked up, and saw a massive apricot-coloured barrier erected high in the sky.

Daegu Stadium. It was a stage built around 100 years ago for the world’s best singer ‘Daegu,’ but on the day of the first performance, dark demons raided it, so it was never used as a stage and was instead used as a fortress.

Now, all of the dark demons had retreated, but there were still a few demons running amok.

As I walked down from the scaffolding of the Warp Hall, a mage rushed in. He nodded as he looked at my uniform coat and the golden pocket watch on my waist.

“Welcome to Daegu, Mage Baek Yu-Seol!”

“I’m not yet an official mage, but a cadet.”

“Haha, Stella’s cadets deserve the same treatment as regular mages."

This was the Stella effect.

It was possible to use a Warp Hall for free with only a Stella cadet’s pass and a Stella pocket watch which normally costs at least 100,000 credits for one use. Moreover, you would be treated respectfully even outside the territory of the Holy Empire.

In the setting, magic warriors were basically treated as ‘heroes’, and Stella was the most elite among those magic warriors.

“Hey, look over there. Stella Cadet.”

“It’s true… I’m seeing Stella’s uniform for the first time.”

Stella’s school uniform was designed to be recognizable by anyone because the cloak, which resembled a long coat, and the pentagram ensigma which was Stella’s symbol, was lavishly decorated in gold.

It bragged the identity of Stella’s cadet.

“This is the reason why K-University students always wear uniforms in Korea.”

With newfound confidence, I walked with my shoulders wide open, and once in a while, I fluttered the hem of my coat to appear cool. Somehow, it felt like my shoulders were as wide as a soccer field.

“Where are you going? If it’s your first time, we’ll guide you.”

“No. I’ve been here a few times.”

It had been a few weeks since I lived in Stella, and I used the Warp Hall every weekend to tour the surrounding city or go hunting. The aim behind it was to confirm if the knowledge of my past world applied there as well.

The outcome was quite positive, and it was confirmed that, while there were many changes due to the fact that it was a reality, the majority of the important elements remained the same.

As a result, I had spent the last few weeks attempting to hunt various mobs categorised at lowest Level 1 Danger. It wasn’t particularly difficult. I believed it stemmed from my recent experience of dealing with people who revealed killing intent towards me.

 

Today’s target was the Fire-attribute lizard of Level 2 Danger. Despite having only a little more stamina and power than a normal beast, it was given a Level 2 Danger stigma, which signified combat power of at least Class 2 or higher due to the presence of magic defence and quick movements.

I had raised my physical attack power, and there was no problem because I excelled in speed.

‘Somewhere around here…’

I walked out of the stadium and spent a long time wandering through the swamp before the sunlight was blocked by the straight trees.

It was very dark, but my senses were acute.

A lizard about one metre in size with red skin glided past from the other side of the bush.

[Sixth Sense]

Its position was clearly felt by me. All demons had some mana in their body, and it couldn’t avoid my Sixth Sense.

It was moving faster. Should I use the Flash to chase it? No. Although its instantaneous movement speed was slower than mine, its continuous movement distance was higher. After all, it was much longer.

For now, it was better to let him think of me as prey.

It thought it had finally had an opportunity as I moved slowly, so it quickly turned away.

Paah!

It stepped on a tree and leaped, rushing towards my side with great speed.

However, I didn’t even look away and stretched out the Argento.

Kak!!

Keeek! Keek!

Argento was lodged precisely between its snout.

In a single blow, the demon categorised at Level 2 Danger was killed.

“……..”

After I killed the lizard, I did not move for a while.

‘Um… I think I just looked cool.’

I stretched out my sword and pierced the leaping lizard without hesitation. I must have looked like a master of martial arts.

I wanted to hold this wonderful posture for a little longer because someone might be watching, but it was harder than I thought to bear the weight of the lizard with one arm, so it began to tremble.

“Ugh, stupid lizard, what did you eat to make yourself so heavy?"

Reluctantly, I dropped the lizard on the ground and cut off its tail.

“Oh, it’s annoying.”

These lizards were sparse here, making it tricky to hunt.

‘If I go to places like Rekin Town, I’ll find stuff like this everywhere.’

However, the journey took far too long. There were many places where Warp Halls were not installed. Not every location had Warp Halls. In Korea, it could be compared to KTX. It took more time to travel there.

{TN:- KTX:- Korean Train Express. They are high speed train, but sparse in korea, and it does not run in every city.}

“I can’t…”

I stood up after freezing the lizard tail in a space expansion backpack.

Anyway, the hunt wasn’t particularly difficult, so it didn’t take long.

Alchemy was not the main subject in Stella. To use an analogy, it was like having a separate sewing machine department at a painting school.

Taking alchemy lectures at Stella meant that there were many cases where alchemy was used as a major and the path of an alchemist was taken into consideration.

As a result, alchemists from the ‘Alchemy Tower’ came to evaluate students' assignments at Stella, which was a great opportunity for them.

“Everyone, have you prepared the ingredients?”

At Eisel’s words, the members took out the ingredients they had prepared. I also took out a frozen wooden box and opened it.

“This…….”

Frowning her brow and examining the tail of the Fire-attribute lizard, she had a startled expression on her face.

“It’s fresh… Is it……?”

“Of course.”

I just caught it yesterday. This meant that it was delivered directly from the source,

“……It seems that you have an eye for ingredients.”

Eisel smiled slightly as if she was pleased.

“Have you studied the recipe in advance?”

“Of course.”

“Good. Now, the only thing left to do is make it perfect.”

Suddenly, the front door of the classroom opened and three alchemists accompanied by Alterisha and Professor Maizen Tyren walked in.

“Before taking the test, I would like to introduce you to the three alchemists who came from the Alchemy Tower.”

Maizen introduced them one by one, but they were all unfamiliar to me. The other students’ eyes, however, twinkled. It seemed that they were competent alchemists.

When they said that they would begin the Maizen practice test, Eisel clenched her fists. Her enthusiasm was overflowing.

However.

That enthusiasm shattered before it even began.

“…The potion we will be making today is ‘Tyren Zeus Potion’. Have you all prepared the ingredients?”

The other group of students all nodded, but my group didn’t.

“Hold on, Professor.”

“What? Eisel.”

When Eisel raised her hand, Professor Maizen responded with a very friendly voice, unlike before. She felt uneasy, but she could not help but ask.

“Where are you going? If it’s your first time, we’ll guide you.”

“No. I’ve been here a few times.”

It had been a few weeks since I lived in Stella, and I used the Warp Hall every weekend to tour the surrounding city or go hunting. The aim behind it was to confirm if the knowledge of my past world applied there as well.

The outcome was quite positive, and it was confirmed that, while there were many changes due to the fact that it was a reality, the majority of the important elements remained the same.

As a result, I had spent the last few weeks attempting to hunt various mobs categorised at lowest Level 1 Danger. It wasn’t particularly difficult. I believed it stemmed from my recent experience of dealing with people who revealed killing intent towards me.

 

Today’s target was the Fire-attribute lizard of Level 2 Danger. Despite having only a little more stamina and power than a normal beast, it was given a Level 2 Danger stigma, which signified combat power of at least Class 2 or higher due to the presence of magic defence and quick movements.

I had raised my physical attack power, and there was no problem because I excelled in speed.

‘Somewhere around here…’

I walked out of the stadium and spent a long time wandering through the swamp before the sunlight was blocked by the straight trees.

It was very dark, but my senses were acute.

A lizard about one metre in size with red skin glided past from the other side of the bush.

[Sixth Sense]

Its position was clearly felt by me. All demons had some mana in their body, and it couldn’t avoid my Sixth Sense.

It was moving faster. Should I use the Flash to chase it? No. Although its instantaneous movement speed was slower than mine, its continuous movement distance was higher. After all, it was much longer.

For now, it was better to let him think of me as prey.

It thought it had finally had an opportunity as I moved slowly, so it quickly turned away.

Paah!

It stepped on a tree and leaped, rushing towards my side with great speed.

However, I didn’t even look away and stretched out the Argento.

Kak!!

Keeek! Keek!

Argento was lodged precisely between its snout.

In a single blow, the demon categorised at Level 2 Danger was killed.

“……..”

After I killed the lizard, I did not move for a while.

‘Um… I think I just looked cool.’

I stretched out my sword and pierced the leaping lizard without hesitation. I must have looked like a master of martial arts.

I wanted to hold this wonderful posture for a little longer because someone might be watching, but it was harder than I thought to bear the weight of the lizard with one arm, so it began to tremble.

“Ugh, stupid lizard, what did you eat to make yourself so heavy?"

Reluctantly, I dropped the lizard on the ground and cut off its tail.

“Oh, it’s annoying.”

These lizards were sparse here, making it tricky to hunt.

‘If I go to places like Rekin Town, I’ll find stuff like this everywhere.’

However, the journey took far too long. There were many places where Warp Halls were not installed. Not every location had Warp Halls. In Korea, it could be compared to KTX. It took more time to travel there.

{TN:- KTX:- Korean Train Express. They are high speed train, but sparse in korea, and it does not run in every city.}

 

“I can’t…”

I stood up after freezing the lizard tail in a space expansion backpack.

Anyway, the hunt wasn’t particularly difficult, so it didn’t take long.

Alchemy was not the main subject in Stella. To use an analogy, it was like having a separate sewing machine department at a painting school.

Taking alchemy lectures at Stella meant that there were many cases where alchemy was used as a major and the path of an alchemist was taken into consideration.

As a result, alchemists from the ‘Alchemy Tower’ came to evaluate students' assignments at Stella, which was a great opportunity for them.

“Everyone, have you prepared the ingredients?”

At Eisel’s words, the members took out the ingredients they had prepared. I also took out a frozen wooden box and opened it.

“This…….”

Frowning her brow and examining the tail of the Fire-attribute lizard, she had a startled expression on her face.

“It’s fresh… Is it……?”

“Of course.”

I just caught it yesterday. This meant that it was delivered directly from the source,

“……It seems that you have an eye for ingredients.”

Eisel smiled slightly as if she was pleased.

“Have you studied the recipe in advance?”

“Of course.”

“Good. Now, the only thing left to do is make it perfect.”

Suddenly, the front door of the classroom opened and three alchemists accompanied by Alterisha and Professor Maizen Tyren walked in.

“Before taking the test, I would like to introduce you to the three alchemists who came from the Alchemy Tower.”

Maizen introduced them one by one, but they were all unfamiliar to me. The other students’ eyes, however, twinkled. It seemed that they were competent alchemists.

When they said that they would begin the Maizen practice test, Eisel clenched her fists. Her enthusiasm was overflowing.

However.

That enthusiasm shattered before it even began.

“…The potion we will be making today is ‘Tyren Zeus Potion’. Have you all prepared the ingredients?”

The other group of students all nodded, but my group didn’t.

“Hold on, Professor.”

“What? Eisel.”

When Eisel raised her hand, Professor Maizen responded with a very friendly voice, unlike before. She felt uneasy, but she could not help but ask.

 

“This task… I suppose it was D-Vitality Potion.”

“Oh, it was. But didn’t you get the notice? I changed it to a Tyren Zeus Potion.”

With a sad expression on her face, Eisel’s lips quivered.

“That’s… I haven’t heard of it.”

“Really? But I made a clear announcement. Right, everyone?”

All the other students nodded their heads in agreement. Seeing that scene, I could not help but get frustrated again.

‘Huh. Do you really want to play like this?’

I thought he would try something to bully me someday, but I did not know he would unveil his schemes so boldly. Didn't he fear it would result in a punishment if he got it wrong?

In fact, I remember that there was a story behind Professor Maizen Tyren’s connection with the Skalben Empire, so he could not easily be touched even in school.

‘Even so, you’re just fucking going out of hand.’

I wasn’t particularly obsessed with grades, but the other kids were different.

Eisel was looking to build a career, and Maliwan and Kasahun were dreaming of becoming alchemists, so it wouldn’t be a good idea to look ugly from the beginning.

‘Is this kind of story in the original Romance Fantasy novel?’

When I gave a sideway glance to Edna, she was also looking at me with a puzzled face for some unknown reason.

Maizen smiled slightly and said to Eisel.

“Student Eisel? Could it be… did you not prepare the ingredients well?”

“…..”

“Um, that’s difficult.”

Eisel and the two boys’ complexions grew paler. Something they dared not imagine even in dreams; the horrifying reality began to creep closer and closer.

“For an alchemist who has to weave the innumerable branches of possibility and craft it into a single truth, losing concentration and messing the ingredients is the biggest sin.”

“Ugh…”

There was, however, nothing they could do. As a student, they had no choice but to accept any changes made by the professor.

“Probably, Group 12 is…”

Disqualified... Just before the word came out.

“Is the Tyren Zeus Potion all I need to make?”

I took the lead first.

“…What?”

“I can just make it with these ingredients. The masterpiece that the professor is so proud of.”

I browsed the sea of ​​innumerable information floating on my Sentient Spec.

While playing the game, alchemy was one of my main interests, and I wrote down every little recipe.

One of my favourite recipes.

[Tyren Zeus Potion Type B]

Originally, this was a recipe that the future Professor Maizen was going to invent, so I did not intend to touch it, but now that the situation was like this, I had no choice.

If the other person wanted to play dirty, I had no choice but to go out the same way.

“I will make it. A potion made of a different material from yours and with better performance than yours.”

Professor Maizen’s expression slowly hardened.