Nolan.
Prince Chaos straightened his clothes in front of the mirror. Today, he was going to attend a very important elective course.
The instructor was Red Robe, and the course was Magic Potion Studies.
As the prince of Steel Country and the chief apprentice of Blazing Flame Mage Tower, Prince Chaos had to present his finest self before everyone.
It was his mother's expectation of him, and his own expectation of himself.
Prince Chaos set out from Blazing Flame Mage Tower and made his way to a classroom at the academy.
The moment he pushed open the classroom door, he noticed something was off. There were simply... too few people inside!
Too few was not the right way to put it. There was not a single person there.
Only Red Robe stood behind the lectern with his arms folded, staring at Prince Chaos with an expression as though he wanted to swallow him whole.
"Mentor, I remember the time you announced should have been... now, correct?" Prince Chaos asked as he entered the classroom hesitantly.
He was not afraid of Red Robe's terrible temper. The Sage was all the more generous toward those who excelled.
Every ingredient Prince Chaos used for potion-making had been supplied by Red Robe free of charge.
"Of course it's now! Those little brats... and those old fools have all run off to play games!"
Red Robe shouted furiously, as though blazing flames might burst from his balding forehead.
"Magic Net games? They... wouldn't skip your class for that, would they?" Prince Chaos was utterly astonished.
The apprentices of Blazing Flame Mage Tower and Thunder Mage Tower were famous for loving Magic Net games, and the two sides often arranged to play together.
But an opportunity to be personally taught by Red Robe was something no