Magic had numerous attributes. Some mages used fire, while others used water.

However, because a fire mage couldn’t possibly teach a water mage, the academy had separate classes for ‘attributes.’

The professor with the fire attribute instructed the students who used fire, and the professor with the water attribute teached the students who used water.

However, this was Stella Academy. Very rarely, multi-attribute mages, such as Haewon-ryang or Eisel, or someone who could handle special attributes, such as Edna, were arranged under multi-attribute magic professors.

Professor Eliman, well-known for dealing with all five attributes, was in charge of special students like Edna.

When Edna’s staff’s tip shone, a tree trunk grew beneath the fast-moving scarecrow and tied its feet. Then, it quickly transformed into metal by manipulation magic, immobilizing the target, and it soon fired a beam of light and pierced the scarecrow’s forehead, completely annihilating it.

“Good job. The speed of coordinate designation has increased. However, it seems that your handling of metal-based properties is still quite immature. Changes in properties are slow.”

“I’ll do my best.”

“Yes. Let’s take it easy. Oh, that’s right, among the dwarf mages I know, one is good at changing plant-based magic. Can I introduce him to you later?”

“Yes! I would really like it!”

Stella Academy, without a doubt. The level of teaching was exceptional. It demonstrated a qualitative increase in growth rate when compared to being self-taught at home. Furthermore, some professors, the majority of whom were commoners, were quite friendly.

“Ugh, I’m going to die.”

Edna groaned in pain and sat on the back resting chair. A distant roar was then heard.

It was the sound of students practising flame based magic.

Boom!

As she was sitting quietly listening to the explosions, some female students rushed out from behind her.

One of them was crying while the other students comforted her.

“It’s okay, Arshuang. You did well too.”

“I mean. You’re still better at what you’re doing.”

‘Arshuang?’ At the somewhat familiar name, Edna pricked her ears.

“… But I lack everything compared to the princess.”

Arshuang said so in a weeping tone. It was then that Edna remembered who she was.

‘… Did they say that she was a genius female mage in the flame world?”

Her talent was so outstanding that it was difficult to find in history, so she drew everyone’s attention and enrolled in Stella, but unfortunately, when she met a genius of the century named Hong Bi-Yeon, she became frustrated… She remembered a girl with such a story.

Hong Bi-Yeon handled the flame more aggressively, but due to poor control, she burned the places that she didn’t want.

And the girl who completely aced Hong Bi-Yeon’s weakness was Arshuang. Her specialty was zero-point incineration, which allowed her to burn the desired target, and Hong Bi-Yeon; the freshman, was under a lot of pressure because she was constantly being compared to her.

Her ‘Mother’ was probably the biggest reason for that, but… As a result, she began to act recklessly and eventually became a wicked woman, and was put to an end by Eisel.

“Sooner or later… The princess may even surpass my control.”

‘…… Uh?’

However, a strange deviation was introduced.

“Did you see her terrifying rate of growth? She’s already copying all of my skills! I’ve been practicing for years.”

Edna’s expression hardened. Hong Bi-Yeon’s ability to control would undoubtedly begin to grow when she entered second year.

‘But why already?’

Something, a variable that could change the future had come into play. Someone had made her aware of her ‘creativity.’

At that moment, the suspect came to mind.

‘Baek Yu-Seol.’

No doubt Baek Yu-Seol had accelerated Hong Bi-Yeon’s growth.

“… What are you thinking?”

“Huh?”

Haewonryang came in, slumped into the next seat, and asked.

“Are you thinking about that guy again?”

“That guy? Baek Yu-Seol? How did you know?”

“… I guessed so. You’ve always been.”

“Phew, don’t say anything. This older sister has a lot on her mind these days.”

“You are the same age as me, so don’t call yourself older sister.”

“Ahaha, I was born three months earlier? Do you know how big the difference is?”

“I don’t know.”

“What, you? When you were in your mom’s stomach sucking your hands, I was slicing meat.”

“…Have you sliced the stake since you were three months old?”

Haewon-ryang, who was dumbfounded, laughed. The conversation with her was such a delight, even if it was trivial.

He pondered for a moment, then asked.

“Are you curious about the guy named Baek Yu-Seol?”

“Yeah.”

“There’s been a lot of talk lately.”

“Right? It was kind of strange.”

Being an alchemist was treated as a bit eccentric in this magical society.

For starters, alchemy, which was similar to Dwarven Metal-Manipulation magic, was difficult to learn, and in many cases, was useless in battle, so even magic warrior students were often hesitant to learn it.

In other words, since alchemy itself was minor, the society of alchemists tended to be quite closed.

It was no different inside Stella because there was a perception that alchemy was a subject that only listeners could really listen to.

Meanwhile, the fact that a freshman created a new potion during an experiment, dealt a blow to Professor Maizen Tyren, who was known for favoritism among students. The speed with which rumors spread throughout the academy indicated that the path of existence known as Baek Yu-Seol was not ordinary.

‘What the hell is that guy.’

She recalled the ‘original version’ with mixed feelings.

Friction between Eisel and Professor Maizen Tyren. Obviously, this incident actually happened in the original.

But…… In the original version, Eisel was unable to complete the Tyren Zeus Potion Type B and failed regretfully.

Although she exerted an amazing wit by combining all the knowledge of Kasahun and Maliwan, she was absurdly short of time and could not properly figure out the decisive formula.

However, this time, the case was different.

Baek Yu-Seol knew exactly how to mix, and was able to finish the potion effortlessly.

At that point, she had a question.

The contents of the ‘complete recipe’ of Tyren Zeus Potion Type B were clearly included in the original work. As Professor Maizen Tyren, who took the failed result of Eisel to his laboratory, completed it quickly and announced it as his own.

However, there was no recipe for blending anywhere in the original work.

Of course. Would a chemical engineering formula appear in a romance fantasy?

‘But how did Baek Yu-Seol know that?’

Something felt strange. He obviously acted like he knew something while being oblivious at the same time.

Wasn’t that the case with this episode? Anyone who had read the original episode where Eisel was first beaten would know. But, wasn’t Baek Yu-Seol perplexed, as if he didn’t know anything?

‘There is no possibility of acting… There is no reason to hide it by acting now.’

He had been acting suspiciously, but now he was pretending not to be? It was strange enough as it was.

‘… You know the knowledge of the future, but you don’t know the story of the original?’

Then, a thought popped into her head.

Why did she think he was simple until now? Why did she think he was like her?

Wasn’t there another possibility?

‘Regressor.’

Then, it could be explained that even if he did not know the ‘story of the original’, he had the ‘knowledge of the future’. Even though he was a regressor, he wouldn’t be able to remember all the trivial incidents that happened to Eisel.

‘It’s not just a ridiculous story.’

At the end of the original, in the last story, the character named Mayuseong once got a chance of ‘regression’.

The Twelve Moons.

The Eleventh Silver Moon.

The only being in this world with the power of time. Edna was so awestruck by the scene in which it appeared that she memorized the lines one by one.

‘Only once, you can turn back time.’

‘But in return, you will lose most of your memories. Maybe you will forget the one you love, and maybe you will lose all your important memories and be left with a sense of mission to save the world.’

‘Also, after completing the mission, your existence will cease to exist. Without leaving a trace anywhere…’

The price of turning back time was the memory of oneself and others. You don’t remember them, and they don’t remember you either.

Thus, the existence of ‘I’ disappears from the world forever.

‘No one will remember that you saved the world, and even those you loved will forget you exist.’

‘Despite that, will you turn back in time and tread the paths again?’

At that time, Mayuseong decided to accept that fate.

Even if he couldn’t be with his loved ones after completing all his missions, he could accept that sense of mission if it was to create a world where his loved ones could live happily.

However, Eisel stopped it.

‘I will remember you and be destroyed rather than live in a world without you.’

Mayuseong, who reluctantly fell for her persuasion, eventually gave up on returning, and the world was destroyed, but the epilogue ended with a beautiful and blooming romance.

It was a ‘sad ending,’ which she once thought was romantic as a fan, but since now it was a reality, it was an unacceptable ending.

‘If Baek Yu-Seol is really a regressor…?’

Blood flowed from Edna’s bitten lips. She closed her eyes and thought calmly.

‘It’s just a guess.’

That was right. It was a conjecture. Speculation that fitted the piecemeal information she had managed to gather.

‘… I need to think more calmly. I’m not sure.’

But somehow, the idea that Baek Yu-Seol was a regressor did not leave her head. However, Edna struggled to accept the idea.

Because if he was really a regressor, even imagining what kind of heavy fate he would bear was hard.

“I can’t do this.”

“… What can’t you do?”

“I feel like I’m going to burst out of curiosity because it’s not my personality to suffer like this. I’m just going to go and tell him my heart’s feelings.”

Saying that, Edna jumped up and left the classroom, while Haewonryang’s eyes shook wildly.

‘Do you want to tell your feelings?’ Her insignificant words made his heart ache.