Chapter 284: Internal Factory
A year later, Benjamin successfully completed the preliminary groundwork for assisting Dean Avery Knight with the plane fusion.
Freed from the tedious tasks of calibrating energy nodes, monitoring environmental parameters, and laying down basic Magic Arrays, he let out a long breath.
This meant that before the next five-year enrollment cycle arrived, he finally had a relatively complete period of rest that he could freely arrange.
As he walked back to the faculty office the Academy had assigned him, Benjamin could not help but sigh.
For official wizards, whose research and exploration were measured in decades or even centuries, an enrollment cycle every five years was indeed far too frequent.
That amount of time might not even be enough to complete the optimization of a slightly more complex Wizardry Model.
As he pondered this, a familiar figure appeared around the bend in the corridor ahead.
"Yo, junior! Finished your assignment?" Senior Viola still wore that somewhat lazy expression, though her eyes concealed a sharp glint. Today, however, there was an unmistakable trace of... delight on her face.
"Senior." Benjamin nodded in greeting.
Seeing her expression, he grew curious. Recalling that he had not seen her name on the plane transformation project list, he tentatively asked, "You seem to be in a good mood. Could it be... you've taken in students?"
"Smart!" Viola snapped her fingers, her smile growing even brighter. "Two little ones, both assigned to my Potions Department!"
Benjamin truly felt a flicker of envy at that.
Having students to inherit one's knowledge was, after all, something worth celebrating. He sincerely congratulated her. "Congratulations, Senior."
Yet Viola tilted her head and carefully examined Benjamin's expression.
Then she curled her lip, seemingly dissatisfied. "Just envy? Nothing else? Like... jealousy? Or anger because I got the students