"Shade, merely passing the exams isn't enough. I recall that you don't have enough Practical Credit either."
Miss Louisa reminded him again. Thinking about it carefully, it was entirely possible that she believed Shade wanted to advance to the second year: "If I remember correctly, first-years need 40 Practical Credits. Your Time Travel earned you 10 points, and the Lake View Manor incident earned you 20, but you're still short by 10."
"That's fine, that's fine."
Shade was not troubled by that at all. Though he could not tell the Academy the truth about the Silver-Eyed One's death and the evil god incident, could not hand God's Gift Box over to the Academy, could not claim the reward for the Falsified Philosopher's Stone since that was Doctor's achievement, and could not casually reveal his second trip to 3002 of the Fifth Epoch Common Calendar, accidental incidents were the very thing he lacked least.
Once Iluna returned from The Church, he could go find her. If he spent two days with Iluna, they would definitely run into something worth writing a report about, and Iluna surely would not mind letting him take the credit. Even if that did not work, directly donating the Endless Mercury Bottle to the Academy would earn him Practical Credit as well.
"As long as you've thought it through."
Miss Louisa spoke softly, her eyes drifting toward Mia. The cat had slipped the Metamorphosis Ring onto its tail again. "Hm? Why does that ring look so familiar?"
Only then did the blonde young lady realize what she was looking at. She had not been surprised to hear that Shade wanted to advance to the second year, but now she was genuinely stunned. "The Metamorphosis Ring? Did you rob The Church? No, that isn't important. You want to