Someone Actually Dared to Make a Move First

The Rwenzori Mountains, also known as the "Mountains of the Moon," were "equatorial snow mountains" crowned by the blazing sun of the equator. Here, a magnificent building could be seen outlined halfway up the mountain, shrouded in thin mist, sometimes looking as if it were floating in midair.

That was the Uagadou School of Magic, the largest of all the magic schools in the world, because it took in students from all across Africa. It was also the only magic school in Africa that had withstood the test of time and earned an enviable international reputation. Its students excelled in Astronomy, Alchemy, and self-transfiguration.

Penelope wore a huge conical straw hat, her face smeared all over with black mud, as she sat in the shade outside the tent. The newspaper in her hand had already been crumpled into a wrinkled mess, and by her feet lay a stack of the latest papers and magazines her House-elf had just delivered. This place could be considered a campsite right under Uagadou's nose, hidden by multiple protective spells and illusions.

Wolf Mom, who was standing guard nearby, turned back and was once again startled by Penelope's appearance. "Miss Clearwater, does that volcanic mud stuff really work?"

"Doctor said it works very well. She mixed some for me from the Virunga Mountains before we set off." Penelope touched the slightly cracked volcanic mud on her face. "The sun's too strong. It dried so quickly."

The African sun was scorching, and after seeing the dark skin of the local inhabitants, Penelope had worried that she would get tanned too. Unlike the wheat-colored skin recently popular among Muggles, she felt Allen would not like her skin becoming too dark, which was why she had done this. But then Penelope, who had just lowered her head, sprang