"Good morning, everyone. I am Lynn, the newly appointed professor of mathematics at Ieyeta Magic Academy. You may call me Professor Lynn..."
Under the astonished and skeptical gazes of the students, Lynn stood at the podium and used his hand as a pen and pure magic power as ink, writing his name in the air.
The quiet classroom immediately became noisy.
"Professor Lynn, I heard you came from the other side of the Sea of Mists. Can you tell us what the outside world is really like?"
"Professor Philip said you believe this continent is spherical. Then why don't the people on the underside fall off?"
Perhaps because Lynn looked far too young, about the same age as them, the Wizard Apprentices were not nearly as reserved with him as they were with the other professors. They chattered away, asking all sorts of questions.
They asked how he had crossed the Sea of Mists and conquered the Great Whirlpool, what kind of magic he had used to destroy half a harbor city, and even brought up his free-fall experiment.
Clearly, in just a day and a half, his exploits had already spread. The Wizard Apprentices who had come to attend this class were not particularly eager for the subject itself; they were simply immensely curious about this new professor from beyond the Sea of Mists.
Faced with this barrage of questions, Lynn did not know which one to answer first. Just then, Joanne, who was seated to one side, suddenly spoke up.
"Professor Lynn, what is mathematics?"
Lynn breathed a sigh of relief before explaining.
"Excellent question. Mathematics is a field that studies complex concepts such as quantity, structure, change, and space. You can use it to calculate the circumference of the planet beneath our feet, explore the laws