On December 17, Gallop Academy had already grown very quiet.
At Landen's command, Gallop Academy's winter break ran from December 17 through the last day of February.
Both Mana-Less students and Mana-Wielders who had awakened their Bloodlines could earn a decent income while living at school. Mana-Less students could apply for various assistant positions on campus, such as cleaning laboratory equipment, organizing experiment records, and helping cultivate Magic Plants in the plots. The stipends from these jobs were enough to buy them some extra Magic Potions.
Mana-Wielders could earn even more. Whether by exchanging points or taking part in the academy's various assignments, they could make quite a few Gold Coins.
So the two-and-a-half-month winter break made the students from the Imperial Capital uneasy. Some of the children from commoner families even wanted to save up Gold Coins for their future.
At their request, the academy began allowing students to return on February 1 to study and conduct experiments on their own, though it wouldn't arrange regular classes.
In the classroom office, Milady, who had come from the Imperial Capital, was packing her things: moisturizer, Magic Pattern Porcelain, Magic Pattern Clay Pots, Memory Crystals, and a Magic Pattern Thermos.
The variety of goods in Night-Kirin City far exceeded her expectations. She had spent all the wages and points she'd saved on these things, yet there was still plenty more she wished she could take home.
"I should bring Michelle and the others to Night-Kirin City. Maybe they could all become Mana-Wielders one day!" Milady muttered to herself as she packed. "I should also borrow an introductory book. I never imagined the magic primers here in Night-Kirin City would be so interesting."
To help the children of Barbarians and slaves learn about magic, Landen had put Nancy in charge of producing