Shanna's Dissatisfaction

It took nearly two hours for Bell to finally tour the Upper Academy of the Yandu Academy under Zhang Xu's guidance.

I wouldn't say I know this place by heart, but at least I shouldn't have trouble finding my way to class later.

After declining Zhang Xu's invitation to dine together, Bell followed his senses, turning left and right, and soon found Shanna.

As soon as Shanna caught sight of her older Gege in the distance, she immediately pouted, her lips practically drooling.

The little girl strongly condemned her Gege for abandoning her and running off to familiarize himself with the Academy.

This forced her to accept her classmate's invitation, and she was happy... cough cough cough!

I just wandered around aimlessly, looking at things.

"What's wrong? Who upset my Shanna?"

Bell gently tapped Shanna's forehead and asked with a smile.

He's not Hermione, who's easily fooled.

You know, he had seen Shanna from afar several times when he was touring the Academy.

The little girl was laughing and playing with her new classmates, having a wonderful time. It even made her Gege a little jealous.

"Gurgle~!"

Seeing that she hadn't managed to intimidate her Gege, Shanna puffed out her cheeks and made a cute sound.

"Gege, this place isn't as fun as Hogwarts."

Shanna revealed the real reason for her dissatisfaction.

You should know that even setting aside the Secret Passage and Chamber of Secrets inside Hogwarts Castle that she wasn't interested in, there were still two great treasures outside the castle: the Black Lake and the Forbidden Forest.

Delicious ingredients such as Giant Squid, spider legs, bear paws, and wild boar meat can all be found there.

But Yandu Academy is different.

She had paid special attention to this aspect before.

To her surprise, she discovered that Academy wasn't even a single delicious... no, a fun... something else entirely?

In short, there isn't a single Magical Animals here!

Let alone Magical Animals, the students here don't even bring ordinary pets, so she had to settle for second best and couldn't even get two round-faced, chubby chickens to make soup.

After inquiring with her classmates, she learned that the Academy also kept spirit beasts (Magical Animals) to allow students to get up close and learn about them during Spiritual Beasts Class.

However, since most spirit beasts possess magical abilities, and some are extremely dangerous, the Academy keeps them outside the Defense Array for the safety of the students.

Only when teaching Spiritual Beasts Class will the instructor bring the spirit beasts needed for the lesson to the Academy in advance.

Normally, only students who are very fond of spirit beasts and want to work in related fields in the future can go to the breeding area to help take care of the spirit beasts with the teacher's permission.

If we're talking about love for spirit beasts, then Shanna believes she's second to none.

However, her fondness for something might be slightly different from that of others in essence.

So, considering that this was abroad after all, Shanna gave up the idea of applying to "take care" of the spirit beast and came to her Gege for comfort.

Upon hearing her younger sister's complaint, Bell instantly understood the deeper meaning behind Shanna's words.

As a seasoned gourmet, Bell also expressed deep regret about this.

He reached out and patted Shanna's head, comforting her:

"Although there are no fun Forbidden Forest or Black Lake here, you can learn interesting alchemy techniques. Haven't you been curious about the technique for making those Little Pills for a long time?"

Besides, when I'm bored, I can play with Fina. That lazy little one has been spending all her time on the sofa playing video games lately, and she's gained several pounds.

"Oh well."

Realizing she had neglected Fina recently, Shanna felt guilty and decided to work out to make up for Fina's weight gain.

The other person is already heavy enough; if they get any heavier, it will be too much effort for her to carry them.

Meanwhile, completely unaware that her good days were about to end, Fina was still repeatedly feeding kills to Penelope amidst her furious roars.

Before we knew it, it was already the third day of school.

Bell and his group of Hogwarts students had mostly adapted to their new life at the Academy.

Today, Bell will also have his long-awaited first Weapon Refinement Class.

Walking slowly along the path, Bell soon arrived at a plaza located on the edge of the mountain.

As soon as you step into the square, waves of heat hit you, giving you the feeling of being in the crater of a volcano.

In the very center of the square, a crimson flame was burning fiercely.

Meanwhile, there are crisscrossing ditches on the ground of the square.

Scalding magma gushed forth from beneath the flames, flowing slowly through the ravines and forming several magma pools in various locations around the plaza.

When they visited the Academy before, Zhang Xu had explained this forging platform to Bell.

It is said that the magma here is extracted from deep within the earth using a magic array.

To maintain the temperature of the magma and prevent it from cooling and solidifying, the Academy specially placed an inextinguishable "Endless Flame" in the center of the square.

Looking at the Endless Flame in the distance, which was similar in nature to the Gubraithian Fire, Bell couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the Cultivator ' design.

Unlike the Gubraithian Fire, which is only used for lighting and has almost no temperature of its own, the Endless Flame emits enormous heat at all times.

Normally, this heat would require a large amount of spiritual energy to generate.

However, thanks to the ingenious design of the Cultivator, the Endless Flame achieves a stable cycle by absorbing heat from magma and the sun, and then returning the heat to the magma, thus enabling it to burn continuously.

Bell found a lava pool in the square that was closest to the Endless Flame. He sat by the pool, observing the flames before him while waiting for the other students and the teacher to arrive.

Soon, the empty square was filled with students.

Some, like Bell, found a quiet spot in the lava pool and sat down alone, waiting for the class to begin. Others gathered in small groups, chatting and laughing.

"You brats, sit down and get ready for class!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from above.

Bell looked up and saw a burly man with bare upper body and arms as thick as his waist descending from the sky.

Clearly, this burly man with arms long enough to run a horse was their forging instructor.

Upon seeing the teacher arrive, the others did not hesitate at all. They found the nearest lava pool to sit down and quietly watched the teacher, waiting for the lesson to begin.