In the days that followed, the genius—the youngest trainee witch in all of Robetta's history, whose beauty and talent shone so brightly that even the sun had to squint when it saw her, whose beauty rivaled the colorful flowers blooming around her, and who was as pretty and adorable as a doll—Elaina spent a whole year deep in the forest under the careful guidance of her three teachers.
During that time, she worked hard to absorb all kinds of magical knowledge while also doing her best to meet the reasonable and unreasonable demands of her two teachers, Annie and Fran. Besides serving them like a dutiful maid, she also immersed herself in the sea of magical knowledge under the guidance of her other magic assistant, the great Lich Kel'Thuzad.
Over this period, Elaina felt that of her three magic teachers, the ugliest one, the great Lich Kel'Thuzad, was unquestionably the most dedicated—and there was no one else even close!
Her actual teacher, the little girl Annie Hastur, spent her days waiting for Elaina to cook for her, eating and drinking, and playing around. Otherwise, she was busy with her own amusements, disappearing every few days to who knew where to goof off. She had never seriously asked about Elaina's studies again.
And there was no need to even mention that Stardust Witch, Teacher Fran!
For some reason, she'd gone completely crazy. Every day, she did nothing but pick fights with a certain bear, challenging him to duels in all sorts of ways. Then, in the magical projection arena, he would torment her in all kinds of creative ways and eat her...
Elaina had even wondered for a while whether Fran had developed some sort of unsavory fetish.
In such an appallingly bad teaching environment, Elaina was lucky to have another