"By the way, there's something else I wanted to talk about," said Duke Darwin.

  "What is it, Lord Darwin?" asked Duke Remy.

  "Two days ago, the commander of the Silver Peacock Troops reported to me that the night before she gave me this report, she had fought a Demi-Human whom she suspected was an assassin. She overheard the Demi-Human talking about a 'target' she was going to kill. She managed to defeat the Demi-Human, but her fellow Demi-Humans also came to rescue the Demi-Human she had defeated. She lost track of them."

  "I wanted to ask you two, were those Demi-Humans the ones you sent to eliminate the 'target,' who might be Rid Archie? Because the Demi-Human's appearance coincided with the first-year academy students who were at San Minerva City," asked Duke Darwin.

  "No, I didn't send her, Lord Darwin. I told you not to rush things, so I'm not in such a rush to send an assassin," said Duke Remy.

  "I didn't send an assassin either," said Duke James.

  "If you two didn't send that Demi-Human, then who did? And who was that Demi-Human's target, exactly?" asked Duke Darwin.

  -

  After several hours of traveling from the San Minerva City, we finally arrived back in the capital of San Estella. After passing through the capital's gates, we hurried to the Academy. When we arrived, another horse-drawn carriage had stopped and was unloading other students. It seemed to be the carriage for the senior students who had arrived earlier.

  Our carriage also stopped and began unloading the students and their belongings.

  "Attention everyone, after packing up all your belongings in the carriage, you must immediately take your belongings to the dormitory. After that, you are free to do whatever you like at the academy and see you on Monday," said Mr. Alan.

  "Roger, sir," I said.

  The students immediately unloaded their belongings, including me.

  ~Earth Creation Magic : Earth Trolley~

  I created a push cart with my magic and placed my belongings on it to make it easier and faster to carry them to the dorm. Some students were surprised when they saw me create the trolley from earth magic.

  "Wait, earth magic?,"

  "Rid can also use earth magic?,"

  "It seems the rumors that he can use all five basic elemental magics are true," the students said.

  Besides being surprised, some of the students were actually envious that I could use that magic. They also wanted to be able to use it to create something that would make it easier to transport their many belongings.

  "I could store my belongings in ~Storage~ like I keep my books and the two swords my parents left me. But they would be surprised if they found out I can store things in a dimensional space. They were surprised to learn I could create a trolley using earth magic, what more if they found out I used ~Storage~," I thought.

  Meanwhile, Irene seemed to have already carried her things ahead in a trolley she'd created using ice magic. I wondered if the things she was carrying would cool down if they were placed in it.

  Not long after, I also carried my things to the dormitory in the trolley I'd created. Upon arriving at the academy gate, I met senior Alisha. She was holding a trolley she'd probably created using her magic, and on it were many items she'd purchased. But she just stood there, as if waiting for someone.

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  "Hello, senior Alisha," I said.

  "Oh... Rid, hello too," said senior Alisha.

  "It seems you've just returned from the final exam, too, senior?" I asked.

  "Yes, it seems we arrived together," said senior Alisha.

  "I guess so. By the way, why are you just standing there, senior? Aren't you rushing to your dorm?" I asked.

  "I'm waiting for Gretta, she's unloading her things," said senior Alisha, looking somewhere.

  I followed senior Alisha's gaze and saw senior Gretta unloading her numerous belongings from the horse-drawn carriage.

  "I see. Then I'll go to the dorm first, senior," I said.

  "Ok, Rid," said senior Alisha.

  I continued my walk to the dorm.

  Upon arriving at my dorm room, I immediately put away all the things I brought neatly. I put the souvenirs I bought in one place so it wouldn't be a hassle to carry them all.

  -

  The next day.

  All the Elevrad members and I gathered in the main Elevrad room on the 7th floor of the central building.

  "Congratulations to all of you for completing your final exams of the school year," said Senior Vyn.

  "Congratulations, everyone, even though it also means the final exam for us fourth-years," said Senior Gretta, looking sad.

  "Why are you talking about such sad things, Gretta?" asked Senior Alisha.

  "Okay, okay, by the way, we fourth-years have souvenirs we'd like to share with you," said Senior Vyn.

  "Oh yes, that's right," said Senior Gretta.

  Senior Vyn and the other fourth-year Elevrad members began sharing the souvenirs they'd bought in San Lucia, their destination for the final exams.

  "We have souvenirs we'd like to share too," said Senior Florian.

  "We have some too," said Princess Amelia.

  "Ah, we have souvenirs we'd like to share too," said Charles.

  Then the third, second, and first-year members began sharing the souvenirs they'd bought at the place where they'd taken their final exams. The gathering became an opportunity to share souvenirs.

  "I bought a lot of souvenirs for you guys, and I ended up getting a lot of souvenirs from you guys too," said Senior Vyn.

  "It's no problem, right? We got a lot of souvenirs from the other three regions. Since we bought souvenirs from one region and then got souvenirs from three more, that means we have souvenirs from four different regions," said Senior Gretta.

  "Yeah, you're right," said Senior Vyn.

  After exchanging souvenirs, we all chatted with the other Elevrad members.

  -

  "Let's end this meeting here. Since you've just finished your final exams, I don't feel comfortable getting straight back into Elevrad task. We'll start working again on Monday," said Senior Vyn.

  "Looks like we'll be back to hard labor on Monday," said Senior Gretta.

  After that, we all left the Elevrad room and headed to our respective destinations. Since it was still daytime, Charles planned to take us all to the lake to play around. The others and I agreed because we didn't have anything else to do. Then, the others and I gathered our friends to play together at the lake. When Noa learned we were going to play, he immediately grabbed his fishing pole from his dorm.

  Upon arriving at the lake, Noa immediately started fishing while the rest of us just sat on the shore.

  "We've only been away from the academy for a few days, but I really miss this atmosphere," Charles said.

  "Well, it's because we've been at the academy for almost a year, so it's natural to miss the atmosphere we're used to," I said.

  "You're right, Rid," Charles said.

  "I miss the atmosphere at the academy too. Even though we've visited San Minerva City, which is much larger than this academy, I don't feel the same atmosphere I felt at the academy," Noa said, suddenly joining our conversation.

  "Yes, I already said that because we've been at this academy for a year, so if we go somewhere and leave the academy, we'll miss the atmosphere. If you live in San Minerva City for almost a year and then go somewhere else, you'll miss the atmosphere of San Minerva City too," I said.

  "Hahaha, sorry, Rid, I don't think I heard what you were saying clearly because I was focused on my fishing rod. But if we're already missing the academy atmosphere after only a year, what if we've been here for three or four years? If we graduate and leave the academy forever, we'll definitely be very sad," Noa said.

  "That's for sure, but if you don't want to feel sad, you can be a student at this academy forever," I said.

  "Of course I don't want to," Noa said.

  We laughed.

  -

  Then Monday arrived.

  We, the members of Elevrad, were currently in the main hall of Elevrad.

  "Looks like everyone's gathered, huh?" said Senior Vyn.

  "Yes, Chairman," we all said.

  "Very well. As you know, it's already May, and this month will see the Academy Tournament and the Academy Festival. As Elevrad, we must organize both events well."

  "Then, let's begin preparations for this year's Academy Tournament and Festival," said Senior Vyn.

  -To be continued