Night.
Atlantis University Main Campus, Student Building 6, Room 502, bed 1.
It was already late at night. Ma Qiu lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. His eyes were wide open as he stared at the ceiling above him.
Earlier that day, he had gone to welcome the newly enrolled junior student, Donna. At her pleading, he had accompanied her to observe an interrogation at the Magistrate Tribunal. As a result, he had witnessed the rarely seen Magistrate Tribunal Captain take action, which had shaken him deeply.
Even now, he still felt lingering fear, waves of dread washing over him after the fact.
To be honest, by the later stages of events, his mind had become completely muddled. He could not remember how he had survived that terrifying Wizard battle, much less how he had left the Magistrate Tribunal.
He vaguely recalled that Donna had pulled him away from the attacks, left the tribunal with him, and returned to the school. But thinking carefully, Donna was only a girl. Perhaps she was physically stronger and braver than most, but she was still a girl. A girl so innocent she was almost foolish—how could she have done all that? Besides, she did not even know where Atlantis University was. How could she have led him back? Perhaps the truth was that he had unleashed the hidden potential within his body, bringing Donna clear of the lingering effects of the Wizard battle before leading her back to the university along a route he remembered. And because that burst of potential had drained him too severely, his head was still groggy even now.
Mm, that had to be it.
Turning over in bed, the sleepless Ma Qiu continued letting his thoughts wander.
Honestly, the Wizard battle that had erupted at