Emotional Entanglements

"Whether they're Prossians or people who hate Prossians, they all get on my nerves. They love scheming against each other, so I'll give them a chance to fight it out."

Aikesi said, "Augusta, the Prossians have Formal Wizards on their side."

"Then they're all Formal Wizards. If any of them die, that just means they were useless. It's no loss to me."

Aikesi nodded at once. "Understood."

Time flew by, and soon it was the end of the month.

"222 points of mental energy."

Leo's mental energy had risen quickly thanks to the Sinking Dream Potion.

But he had used up all his Feng Fruit.

I've done all I can to prepare. Now I just have to hope this Great Summons goes smoothly.

By the time Leo arrived, quite a few Wizards were already there.

More than a hundred Wizard Apprentices had gathered in the hall.

Most of them were Third-Level Wizard Apprentices.

The Wizards were assigning them to teams.

Leo's eyes happened to meet Wizard Fia's.

Four Third-Level Wizard Apprentices stood beside her.

She waved to Leo in greeting.

Leo waved back.

As Leo entered, two witches headed toward him.

"Wizard Leo."

"Leo!"

Alice and Ilis reached Leo and greeted him. When their voices overlapped, they instinctively looked at each other.

Remembering that the two had never met, Leo said, "Alice, Ilis, let me introduce you. We'll probably be on the same team."

Both witches fell silent.

Then Alice said uncertainly, "Wizard Leo, are we really going to take someone who's only just become a Third-Level Wizard Apprentice?"

Ilis bristled. "You're a Third-Level Wizard Apprentice too!"

Alice lifted her chin. "My mental energy has reached 90 points. I'm close to becoming a Second-Rank Wizard Apprentice."

"But you're still a Third-Level Wizard Apprentice."

Seeing that they were about to argue,