The final quarterly assessment meeting of the year.
Ian did not arrive particularly early.
Flynn and Sophia were chatting, while the three from the second circle sat in their seats. El and the others were all there as well.
When they saw him enter, Flynn, who had been talking with Sophia, turned toward Ian and gave him a faint smile.
It was the first time.
Ian smiled and nodded back at him.
At the same time, Flynn's Mental Power transmission entered his ears.
"I'm holding a salon tonight. This time, I'll introduce you to some people."
"Alright."
Ian understood that Flynn seemed to be preparing to bring him into the salon.
Naturally, he would not refuse.
In an environment like the Academy, becoming involved with a few more groups was never a bad thing—especially since Flynn was his senior.
Sophia, who had always ignored him in the past, nodded at him this time as well.
Ian was somewhat taken aback, but he returned the gesture.
A rising star in research... perhaps he has a chance to become a scholar! Sophia thought.
There had never been any conflict between her and Ian.
The greater conflict had actually been between El and Ian; she simply valued El more.
But after Ian displayed his academic talent this time, while it still was not enough to shake her choice of El, it did not stop her from treating Ian a little more normally.
Since the two of them were like this, the others naturally showed friendly smiles as well. Only those who had spent a long time at the Academy could understand the weight carried by an article in the second district.
Even many late-stage Wizards did not have one.
For a Wizard's reputation at the Academy, it was an even greater leap—at the