[Bonus chapter] Equal Exchange

Silence enveloped the office.

It wasn't the dreary and uncomfortable kind. No, it was a calm that signified how much the both of us were evaluating each other. The barrier of student and teacher was thin now, almost nonexistent.

It was as if we sat face to face, as equals.

"You want to know what I know…?" I muttered.

"The same can be said to you." He fired back.

Neron Kaelid wasn't wrong. Despite being a White Core Grade like myself, he had achieved a realm in Magic that I couldn't even begin to fathom. The amount of Mana dwelling within this man was the highest I had ever seen in all my life.

It made me wonder what would happen if he used Mage Mode.

I wanted to know how he did it!