Ikelite Academy.
In the distant Alchemy Institute Botanical Garden, birds hopped between the treetops, occasionally giving off melodious, graceful calls.
"Hughberlian, you didn't stay home to rest today and came out instead. Is that really all right?"
After escaping the duke's residence, Hughberlian thoughtfully brought Lanchi to Ikelite Academy. They walked along the road leading to the Magic Engineering Institute Main Building.
"It's nothing serious. At most, it might flare up once or twice a week. The frequency and symptoms are both decreasing, and Antanas is looking after me. I can endure the pain caused by that poison."
Hughberlian explained it to Lanchi.
In fact, adapting to her own poison was far easier than dealing with the side effects of using Melo Gas Profane Kingship. Perhaps after forcibly controlling Melo Gas Profane Kingship in Blood Moon City last time, her tolerance had grown much stronger.
Ikelite Academy was now on Winter Vacation.
Students had become much less common around campus. Only those who had chosen the special winter courses or stayed at school still appeared at Ikelite Academy. The two had returned to the campus they had been away from for so long, and somehow, more than half a year ago felt like yesterday.
"Actually, I went to find Professor Bora Ao as soon as I returned to Ikelite. He even told me to bring you to the Magic Engineering Institute, and today you happened to be planning to go there."
Although Hughberlian and Lanchi were students of the Sage Institute, after the Sage Institute lost its dean, most major affairs had essentially fallen under Professor Bora Ao's authority.
Since the two of them were still listed as being away on academic leave—and had long since exceeded the permitted duration—their Student Bracelets had been locked and frozen, preventing anyone from