For the Sake of the Reward

Five meters wasn't too far and with a fixed target that didn't move, it was just an easy target for Elysia to hit the wooden target without fear of missing.

While the other students were trying to properly control their energy and magic with Hypmond's help, Elysia tried her best to make sure the magic circle was still there and pretended to shout the name of the technique then cast her magic directly over Hypmond's magic circle.

Unfortunately, the nervousness she was experiencing right now made her magic a little messy. The spherical fire that she was expecting turned into an energy ball with a fiery pattern that could bounce off like a real ball.

Not only were the students dumbfounded at the fireball that could bounce off, even the teacher felt the same way. She rubbed her eyes and it was actually a ball of fire that could still bounce off before disappearing.

The target wood that was still intact did not experience anything at all because nothing happened.

"Well, this is the first time even for me to see a ball of fire that can bounce off without leaving burn marks on the wood." Teacher Ruth can't say much to see the uniqueness of the fireball launched by this platinum card talent girl.

She couldn't even accomplish such a feat by creating a fireball that wasn't hot and could bounce. As expected of a student with a platinum card, that's what she thought about this moment about the youngest student to get a platinum grade card straight away.

Even if pure emperor descendants started with a silver or gold card, Elysia was the first student in the first grade to immediately deserve a platinum card simply because of her talent. It takes at least a year or two for students to be ready to be tested in order to upgrade their privilege cards.

After that, Elysia returned to Evelyn's side before covering her face with her hands, she felt embarrassed because some reason from the incident just now started to come back to her mind.

'Lil Ely, you're just a little nervous, it's okay. Don't you realize that their way of using magic and yours is different? ' Elena immediately assured Elysia that everything would be fine when she knew what was going through Elysia's mind.

'Yes, thank you. I still feel embarrassed, let me calm my mood for a moment.' At the same time, Elysia took a deep breath and let it out slowly before removing her hand from her face.

The students only thought Elysia magic had gotten a bit of failure from her magic and were somewhat embarrassed, but it was still better than students who couldn't even cast any magic at all.

Fortunately, none of the other students continued to look at Elysia at the moment apart from her four acquaintances and Evelyn who had a slightly worried face as if she wanted to comfort her best friend.

"What?" Elysia asked in confusion.

"Oh, that's great, really. We still have plenty of time to develop, right?" Evelyn smiled kindly and asked her four friends to help cheer Elysia up.

"Yes, it's still better than us. We can't even cast our magic yet."

"We need to train again."

The four of them provide reassurance and support to keep growing and getting better and better.

"Thank you." Elysia can only be grateful even though her acquaintance and her dormmate did not understand what had crossed her mind earlier.

Then the magic class was continued with explanations, tips, tricks, and suggestions for a beginner in magic that Teacher Ruth conveyed attentively to the students.

Then the students are given the freedom to fire their magic at the wooden targets lined up in the training field. The students are not afraid of a shortage of wooden targets because they are more than enough to accompany all of their practice sessions.

"Alright students, you've trained well and I can see the progress from all of you. Time for the magic class will be over in ten minutes. As I promised at the start of the class, there is a special reward for destroying at least three wooden targets. Anyone interested and ready to try?"

Teacher Ruth is about to close the class with a challenge that no one has yet succeeded in achieving. A student's best hit only scorched half of the target, and it came from Brian.

Elysia who she considered as the most promising student no longer tried to cast her magic on wooden targets and only helped her friend in magic, enough to make her disappointed and dissatisfied.

Therefore, if no one dares to answer the challenge or nobody succeeds in solving it, Teacher Ruth has convinced herself to drag Elysia to at least try once again to use her magic to destroy the wooden target.

Elysia felt a little chill when the corner of Teacher Ruth's eyes stared at her, she knew that the teacher would have dragged her down to try the challenge considering the teacher seemed to suspect something of her.

"Teacher, let me try." Serena raises her hand as a volunteer.

"Sure, there's more?"

"Me, Teacher."

"I will try this challenge."

"I will follow my boss in any challenge."

One student volunteered, he was the student Teacher Ruth had previously appointed for asking the most questions, followed by Brian and David to answer the challenge.

"All right, Serena, Ashton, Brian, and David. Please take your positions and destroy at least three wooden targets from this five-meter line. One magic for one whole target that hasn't been damaged." Teacher Ruth is happy to invite students who want to answer her challenge.

The four students stepped forward and positioned themselves at some distance away. After practicing many times they were at least more confident, especially Brian and David who had studied for one year and preceded the others.

"Eve, why don't you try it?" Elysia asked the girl beside her who was doing her best in practicing magic.

"I'm still lacking in confidence, Ely. My dominant element is wind then lightning but I don't really like lightning. Why don't you try it? Your magic materialization is the most unique from the others." Evelyn sighed at the sight of the four students who were doing their best to destroy wooden targets then turned to her best friend.

"W. Well... I'm not sure either." Elysia stuttered as she was reminded again of the magic practice earlier.

Shortly thereafter, the four students finished their try and the best achievement was Brian who managed to destroy the halves of the three wooden targets.

"Wow, too bad, no one has succeeded in destroying three targets. Then El..."

"Teacher! May I ask?"

Elysia didn't let Teacher Ruth finish her sentence and say her name, she raised her hand to ask. She doesn't want herself to be considered a 'favorite student' or anything by the teacher because bad events will start just from other's envy, her bad experiences from the past.

"Go ahead."

"What is that special reward? You haven't explained it clearly to us." Elysia tried to buy time. Maybe when the magic class ended she wouldn't be dragged into trying to destroy the three wooden targets.

"It's good you ask. I think all of you are not interested in knowing what reward I promise from this challenge. The prize is here it is, this device is called Luveeda which is useful for accelerating the absorption process of the energy you absorb every day or from the core while purifying it. With this, you can get stronger faster!"

Teacher Ruth took out a semi-transparent prism-shaped device from her [Space Bag], the reward wasn't academy points but a valuable tool.

"Teacher! Let me try your challenge!" Elysia raised her hand again with a response that was already 180 degrees different. At first, she wanted this class to end, but now she wants to have that prism.

Even though she didn't know the exact function of that thing, the temptation to level up faster was quite tantalizing and it wasn't just for her but the other students as well.

Unfortunately, the desire is not matched by sufficient talent, some students who are tempted also fail indiscriminately.

Until it was Elysia's turn to try, she only needed to use her magic again to destroy something, namely three wooden targets.

*Boom!*