Today was the very first day I’ll have as a third grader. It has been three years ever since I was enrolled in this school. And in that respect, I also haven’t come back home for three years. It’s because summer break and winter break doesn’t exist in this school. And, as a result, I became really homesick.

Who wouldn’t? The days I’ve spent here have been really repetitious. Wake up early in the morning, eat breakfast, go to school. In the afternoon, I’d tutor Emilia about science, literature, and mathematics. I’d also have afternoon tea with her.

In weekends, I would go to the stables and kill my time with Andrew and Mark, but because they’re quite busy tending to their horses. We couldn’t talk that much. There was once a day I wanted to teach me how to ride a horse and they said, “You need to be at least 13 years old before you’re allowed to ride one.”

If I wasn’t a reincarnated person, I would sure become angry and say irrational words to him.

There’s also lots of school activities that happen annually, but because ‘we were still too young’, we weren’t allowed to participate.

But now it’s different. Why? It’s because I was not a third grader! This is the grade where we children are now able to participate in activities! Because of that, I couldn’t hide my smile as I changed into my uniform.

Knock* Knock*

“It’s open!”

I heard a knock at the door and I replied to it as soon as had I finished brushing my hair.

“Excuse me.”

Turning my head around, I found Emilia who had grown quite tall, like me. Back when we were still first graders, we had almost the same height. But now, she was around 5 cm taller than me who was only 135 cm. But I’m still happy whenever I look at her because she didn’t change her hairstyle. So she still retained her cute appearance.

“Breakfast is ready, Miss Lumina.”

“Thanks as always.”

I walked towards the door and exited my room without looking back. Because there were many students at school, I became used to acting dignified even when it was only two of us. I tried telling her that I got sick of it and wanted to stop. But the sad look she made when I told her that crushed my heart, so I decided to continue.

I went down the canteen and like always, I was the only one who was eating. When I was done, I waited for Emilia to finish cleaning up before I departed the dormitory.

“It’s getting quite hot huh.”

“It’s cause Summer’s just around the corner.”

While the two of us were talking as we headed towards the school building. I spotted a familiar figure approaching us from the corner of my eye. The person who was approaching me was my teacher in magic, Eclara.

“Goodmorning, Miss Eclara.”

“Goodmorning, Miss Lumina.”

When she was finally close enough, I greeted her with a slight bow. Though my mother told me to never bow to those who are under me, the reason why I made a bow to her was because she was now higher than me. She was now a servant of an Elite, unlike me who is a general studies student.

“It’s quite a surprise meeting you here”

“I’ve been waiting for you here. Because you’re now in third grade, you won’t be free anymore in the afternoon.”

I tilted my head in confusion to her words.

“Why?”

“Even though you’ve been in this school for three years, you had never greeted me once. Did you think I didn’t notice you?”

Though her face was expressionless, her voice was enough to tell me that she was quite angry.

“Well, it's cause I’ve been busy.”

“With what? I don’t think those who are enrolled in the general studies are that busy.”

I understand where she’s coming from though. When we were still first and second graders, our studies would usually end in the morning and then we’d become free in the afternoon. Not like the Magic Course students who have to train in the afternoon.

“I’ve been reading lots of books in the library.”

“You’ve always liked reading, Miss Lumina.”

She made a wry smile when she heard me.

“Ahh, that’s right since it’s such a rare occasion, why don’t we have tea. It’s still quite early.”

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“That’s true.”

When she accepted my suggestion, I used magic to manipulate a patch of earth and turned it into a set of table. Emilia who had gotten used to it prepared a cloth and arranged the tableware. Ever since the second week when we were still in first grade, she started bringing an entire tea set to the school building. Because of that, she would usually be seen carrying a large suitcase.

I then sat on one of the chairs and condensed the surrounding water vapor into the teapot Emilia had prepared. By exciting the molecules of water inside the teapot, I was able to heat it up while using a lesser amount of mana.

“Did your magic increase?”

I shook my head to her question.

“Then how are you able to do all those things in an instant?”

“Well, if I have to tell you, then I’d have to spend 3 months telling you the introductions before going to this step.”

The way I used magic was now quite different if I compared it to when I was still in first grade. While I was teaching Emilia about science, a thought floated up into my mind.

Whenever I used magic to ‘make’ water and fire, I could feel my mana decrease. But whenever I ‘manipulated’ the wind, the mana I used was really small. With that line of thinking, I used magic to condense the surrounding moisture managed to gather the same amount of water with less mana used.

Since then, I strictly reviewed the various states of matter and combined it with magic. Thanks to that, my efficiency had gone up. Before, I was only able to make 12 ice cubes. But now I was able to make 24 ice cubes!

“I can’t do chantless magic like you and my master, so even if you tell me. I still won’t be able to do it.”

I raised my eyebrows when I heard her say ‘master’.

“That master… is it okay if you tell me who he is?”

“His name is Pax Karmerot. Since I now have a master, I now have a surname. I wanted to tell you this ever since I saw you three years ago, Miss Lumina. But you never came.”

(Pax Karmerot… that sounds familiar.)

I sipped the red tea in the cup to change the gears of my thoughts and replied to her.

“Well, you’re always in the Magic Course Building. So we couldn’t really meet.”

“There are no students in that building during the afternoon; so you could’ve come during that time.”

She took one of the chocolate chip cookies that were placed on the center of the table when she finished telling me one way I could’ve visited her.

“Well, there’s a reason why I don’t like going near that building.”

“Reasons?”

“Yeah.”

Cough* Cough*

Emilia who stood behind me started coughing. I quickly made eyes contact with her and revealed my intentions.

(It’s okay if I don’t act in front of her, right? She's known me even before I went to this school.)

(But, your image as a noble may be smeared because of this.)

(Everything will be fine, so don’t worry. Besides, why do you care so much about my image?)

(For certain reasons.)

(Haa~ Then I’ll just make it as vague as possible.)

All those thoughts were exchanged in an instant and when I removed my gaze from her, only one second had passed.

“What reasons?”

“They’re quite personal so I don’t really like telling others about it.”

“Is that so? Then I won’t pry anymore.”

“By the way, you said that you now have a surname. Can you share it with me?”

She made a small smile as she declared a very surprising thing as she stood up.

“My new name is now Eclara Dien Rot.”

“Eh?”

I became frozen on the spot the moment I heard her new name.

“I’ll take my leave now. If we spend any more time here, you may become late. Let’s meet again, Miss Lumina.”

My gaze locked on to her disappearing silhouette and Emilia started cleaning the table. My thoughts quickly ran in full gear and I quickly remembered who Pax Karmerot was.

(Isn’t the things that the same as the game!!!)