“This... this doesn’t make sense... This is impossible...!”

Few mages had the experience of their world crumbling around them, even at Einroguard. But for young Alhythle, today felt exactly like that.

How could this happen?

“This is a trick! A trick!” Alhythle shouted, standing up abruptly, their face flushed red. Their youthful arrogance was on full display.

“That... that senior must be in their fifth year!”

“No, they just finished their first year,” the Skull Principal replied.

“T-then... they must be the top of their class! There’s no way they’re ordinary!”

“!”

Both the Principal and Lee Han were taken …