Escape

As Beatrice thought about that, she couldn't help but fall into thought for a few moments before smiling.

"This is way too ridiculous," mumbled Beatrice as she shook her head, no longer letting her thoughts wander to weird places, beginning to think about some other things.

Slowly but surely, as time passed, a frown appeared on Beatrice's face, becoming bigger and bigger the more Beatrice kept thinking about her situation.

'My spiritual power is way too high,' thought Beatrice as she remembered her new meeting with Anne once again.

Unlike in her past life, this time, under the effects of Beatrice's powerful spirit, Anne almost fainted, although thankfully, Mr. Errol did not much attention to a random apprentice, not noticing the weird scene.

After a few moments, Beatrice quickly tossed out the thought of fleeing the Shadow Monastery, knowing very well that the Academy probably had some ways to find her no matter where she fled.

Time continued to pass as Beatrice continued wandering her thoughts.

Although with her mastery of the Inner Darkness Meditation technique, she could quickly get used to her old body, Beatrice did not rush to take action, so as to not have her abnormality seen by anyone.

'I only have one month at most, as that's when teacher will test my progress, probably even less' thought Beatrice as more and more options quickly flashed through her mind.

Several hours later,

Suddenly, Beatrice opened her eyes before getting up and walking to the bathroom, with a frown still present on her face, but even though washing would somewhat interrupt her thinking, unlike her previous life, where she could stay cross-legged for several hours without feeling tired at all, sweat filled Beatrice's body right now.

As the warm water washed over Beatrice, she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, closing her eyes and stopping all of her other thoughts.

But merely a few moments later, Beatrice opened her eyes, as a light flashed through them.

...

Twenty Days later

"I want to take this mission," said Beatrice as she pointed towards a certain sheet of paper on the counter.

'Investigate disappearances in Estes city, Dyon Kingdom'

Without any hesitation, the female mage apprentice on the other side of the counter quickly took out a few sheets of paper, giving Beatrice more detail on the mission.

Even though she already knew everything recorded on these sheets, Beatrice still read all of their contents slowly but surely.

...

"It looks like she's not being fully brash," said Mr. Errol as he looked at the image in front of him, being clearly able to see that Beatrice had already refined mana and become a true mage apprentice.

If a usual apprentice had done this, Beatrice would have been much more impressed, but although quite fast, as Mr. Errol knew that Beatrice had mastered the Basic Meditation technique before coming to the academy, he was not as impressed.

...

As he quickly traveled through the woods, Jonathan suddenly came to a complete halt in complete silence.

Not uttering a single word, Jonathan suddenly smiled as he looked at the white-haired girl camping in the woods.

Without any hesitation, Jonathan simply took the ornately decorated bow from his back into his hands, quickly placing a an arrow into it.

At the same time, a certain list appeared in Jonathan's mind, as he parsed through it at rapid speed before quickly arriving at his target.

'Beatrice Agnes, B Grade Darkness Affinity High Innate Spiritual Power, Joined the Shadow Monastery Twenty one days ago,' thought Jonathan as he quickly lined up his shot.

A golden light then started gathering at the tip of Jonathan's arrow, when suddenly, Jonathan's head disappeared as a Dark Bolt smashed through both his barrier and him with extreme strength.

Merely a few moments later, Beatrice appeared next to Jonathan's body, picked up the bow and then began groping Jonathan, searching for pouches or other things hidden on his body.

After taking out a few pouches from Jonathan's robe, Beatrice quickly melded into the shadows disappearing, leaving the dead light mage to rot.

Suddenly, Beatrice appeared once again, throwing the ornate bow that she had just picked up next to Jonathan's body, then disappearing.

"That's not a very nice bow," mumbled Beatrice as she stared at her hand, which had already been slightly burned by the potent light mana contained within the bow.

Although she knew that the creator of such a bow must have been a powerful light mage, Beatrice did not expend to much energy thinking about this, as the owner of the bow was already dead.

...

Sometime later, Estes City Dyon kingdom,

A middle-aged man suddenly walked up to the door of a normal-looking house before walking inside of it.

Merely a few moments later, Beatrice, who was following him, entered the house as well, quickly entering the bedroom.

Suddenly, Beatrice lost consciousness.

...

Feeling the soft hand touching her cheek, Beatrice's eyes suddenly popped open, as she instantly woke up.

What greeted Beatrice as she woke up was something akin to a scene from hell, with dozens of dead bodies that looked as if they were tortured lying on the ground all around a large hall.

At the same time, hundreds of monsters littered the hall, each of them having some sort of human characteristic.

Looking at the scene in front of her, a small subtle change appeared in Beatrice's eyes as she stared at the room in a certain way, and because of how subtle this change was, not even Beatrice herself noticed it.

Of course, someone else had noticed it instead.

...

Looking at the little girl who was staring at her experiments with an extremely curious gaze, a small smile appeared on Selena Watford's face, causing her plan to suddenly change.

Without any worry being visible on her face, Selena waved her hand, causing a small black mark to suddenly become visible on Beatrice's neck, though thankfully for Beatrice, that mark was annihilated a few moments later.

A few moments later, Beatrice slowly but surely turned her head around, staring at the black haired woman who was hugging her from behind with a blank expresion on her face.