After receiving her father's elder brother and elder sister, Josie finally welcomed a visit from someone she knew.
It was the friend she was closest to at the academy... Reddels.
"Josie!"
Reddels was a girl with round-framed glasses. Her long brown hair was braided and draped behind her. Both her appearance and temperament were extremely... ordinary.
That was the only word Josie could think of. But this friend of hers had a hobby: reading, especially all kinds of serialized novels on the Immovable Library.
Whenever Josie spent time with her best friend, what she heard most often was, "Damn author, they skipped another update today!" and "If I had money, I'd definitely send a whole pile of Detonation Stones to authors like that."
Yes... she was a loyal reader of the Immovable Library.
"Didn't the others come?"
Josie hugged her friend, then glanced behind Reddels... She did not see any of her other academy friends.
"They went to Aserkelo Amusement Park today. We'd bought tickets and planned to celebrate with you, but you didn't come." Reddels took out two amusement park tickets as she spoke. "So, between you and the amusement park, those disloyal bastards chose the amusement park!"
"Mm, because it's my little sister's birthday today too. I have to spend it with her."
Josie had indeed received the invitation by Text Message. Aserkelo Amusement Park was having a discount event today, allowing a group of poor magic apprentices with little money to visit the only amusement park in the world.
But today was not only Josie's birthday. It was also her younger sister Joia's birthday.
Joia absolutely did not want to go to an amusement park packed with strangers. As her older sister, Josie intended to stay and spend this birthday with Joia.
"It's fine... I brought you