"They really were just like us when we first entered this extraordinary world last year."
Jiang Menghan's voice was softer than usual as her gaze followed a skylark that had flown into the magical barrier.
The feathers scattered by the bird condensed into glowing Cuneiform Script in midair, only to be swept away by wind elemental servants hurrying past this magical academy, where countless pale golden runes shimmered.
"The Justice Act of Origin Year 5 completely changed how people viewed the Origin Era.
And Lorenz Riel's official public enrollment may have further given tangible form to countless people's fantasies and hopes for this world.
Origin Year 6.
This place could probably be considered another milestone in history."
Su Wen and the ice-cold girl stood on a small path separate from the incoming freshmen's procession.
Yet the handsome Scholar's eyes were filled with calm contemplation.
"Still, compared to Spiritual Ascension,
perhaps technological progress for civilization as a whole was humanity's true future."
Just like that,
when the bronze key specially granted by Dean Constance grew hot in Su Wen's palm,
they quietly passed through a corridor lined with ancient astrolabes and arrived at the laboratory they had come for this time.
Phyllis's Research Institute.
The dark green doors automatically slid open.
And Su Wen happened to see the scene within.
Watcher Miss was handing the apple in her hand to someone standing not far away.
That was right.
Besides her,
there was actually a Dark Elf girl leaning against a long table piled with alchemical instruments and Data Screens.
What was more,
she was spinning a mithril scalpel on her fingertip.
The apple was instantly sliced into several pieces, which the Dark Elf placed on the fruit plate beside her and began tasting one by one.
"Thirty-three minutes earlier than expected.