"Croix? Are you sure you can find him?"
Dekan asked.
"He should be in the dormitory, meow! He hardly ever goes out!"
Cat Teacher lay in Dekan's arms, struggling miserably.
Dekan furrowed his brow. At first, he'd thought Croix was the name of one of the teachers.
So he was a student.
To have reached the sixth tier at such a young age was impressive.
Even this useless cat who called himself a teacher was only fifth tier.
"How do we find him?"
"Go to the boys' dormitory at the Mage Academy, fourth floor, room four!"
"Got it."
Guided by Cat Teacher, Dekan took him to Dormitory 404 at the Mage Academy.
"Knock, knock."
Dekan knocked on the door.
He hadn't met the person who lived in this dorm yet.
But just seeing the room number had already made him feel a little fond of him.
They seemed destined to meet.
Still, Dekan couldn't help feeling puzzled.
His room was on the fourth floor. Was he a first-year student?
According to the dormitory rotation, when they enrolled, the previous third-year students had graduated and left, freeing up the fourth and fifth floors.
So most of the new students in their year would move into those two floors.
It was unlikely that Croix, a sixth-tier mage, was a new student.
So was he actually a third-year student who'd failed to advance?
As Dekan stood outside pondering, he heard footsteps inside. They grew clearer and clearer.
Soon, a brown-haired young man opened the door.
He had delicate features, and the corners of his eyes drooped slightly. He looked like a very gentle person.
"Hello... You're Dekan, right?"
The brown-haired young man looked surprised the moment he saw Dekan, then his face filled with confusion.
This young man had to be the Croix