Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart, main street...
Walking along the main street, Wu Yan looked at the report card in his hand and scratched his cheek in distress.
Second last!
This result came as no surprise to Wu Yan!
After all, Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart was an academy that trained Automaton Masters, and nearly everything taught there concerned Automaton Thaumaturgy.
As for Automaton Thaumaturgy, aside from understanding its principles, Wu Yan knew nothing else about it.
Thus, in the academic test just now, he had proudly handed in a blank paper and become the true second-last student.
Of course, just as he had said earlier in the Central Auditorium, Wu Yan did not care in the slightest about theoretical grades.
The real reason for his troubled expression was that, ever since earlier, two gazes sharp enough to pierce his skin had been locked tightly onto him, making him uncomfortable all over.
"Say, Raishin..." Wu Yan stopped walking, turned around, and looked at Raishin and Yaya, who had been following behind him and staring at him all this time.
"If you have a problem with me, just say it. We can settle things properly. The academy is huge, so we can simply never see each other again from now on. Or if you want to challenge me to a duel, I have no problem with that either. But could you please stop staring at me?..." "You misunderstand..." Not only did Raishin not avert his gaze, his eyes instead grew sharper as his lips curled upward.
"I don't have any dissatisfaction with you, but I'm quite interested in the 'duel' you mentioned..."
"So..." Wu Yan rubbed his brow.
"You heard Instructor Kimberly say that I defeated the academy's top student, so you want to defeat me and prove your own strength,