When Zack finished what he was doing, the sun had already set on the horizon, and the stars were shining in the sky.

"Uff" Zack grunted, drained by the effort, not even the daily training leaves him so exhausted. In front of him, his clothes shone with a faint white glow.

knock knock knock

"Who is it?" asked Zack alert. It´s unlikely, but some magician nearby may have noticed his actions.

“Mr. Hero, it's time for dinner. Please come with me to the dining room” answered a voice from outside. Zack breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you. I´ll go in a minute” Zack answered as he grabbed his clothes to put them back on, or he would have done that if he hadn't noticed that his body was drenched in sweat.

(Cleanse)

With a gesture of his hand, Zack found himself fresh again, as if he had just come out of the shower. Sometimes Zack wonders why it took him so long to learn this spell. Despite being a tier 0 spell, it is one of the most useful he has ever seen.

Once Zack left his room, he was led to the small dining room like every morning. Austin and Shun were already sitting down, talking about what happened yesterday.

Shun was not feeling well, he had dark circles under his eyes, and his body showed tiredness. Evidently, he had not slept well during the night, probably thinking about his future.

On the other hand, Austin was cool and calm, as if nothing had happened.

Zack was confused. Austin doesn't seem to have understood the gravity of his situation. Is it possible that he thinks he won't be found out when he comes face to face with someone from his fake class? Or does he believe this person will keep his secret and make him his apprentice? If that's the case, Zack can only say that Austin is being naive.

The people who will be teaching them are soldiers. The only reason they are willing to teach them is that their future teachers are people loyal to the kingdom and are bound to obey orders from those above. Otherwise, none of them would be willing to welcome them.

The place they are going to is not a training ground, it is a battlefield, and each one of them is a dead weight in the eyes of a veteran soldier. If Austin's teacher can get rid of him, Zack has no doubt he will.

"How did you sleep?" A voice woke Zack up from his reasoning. Zack looked up from his food and saw Shun looking at him as he waited for an answer.

"Oh. Good, you? It doesn't look like you got much sleep” Zack asked, trying to divert attention from himself.

"Oh. Well. I have had difficulty sleeping. Yesterday's news shocked me a bit. In fact, I thought we would train in the castle longer” Shun said with a bitter smile. He evidently knew what Zack was trying to do.

“It will be the same. The only thing that's going to happen is that, instead of training here, we'll be training somewhere else” Austin answered carelessly.

Probably only he believes something like that, but to cheer Shun up, Zack pretended to believe what Austin said.

"He´s right. We still have a lot to learn. Hey, do you think your teacher will teach you some shaman trick that allows you to summon an army of golems to fight? That way, you would only need to send them and have them do the dirty work” said Zack trying to cheer him up.

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"Hmm. Well, I do not know. I didn't think of that, " Shun said with a little light in his eyes. If there is something that can cheer him up, it is to imagine being a super-powerful invincible shaman.

Although Shun has a tier 2 class, the truth is that he hasn't studied anything other than tier 1 spells, it would be a lie to say that he doesn't anticipate learning spells corresponding to his class.

Little by little, Zack and Austin were able to cheer Shun up, and breakfast was made a little more enjoyable.

Once they finished eating, Zack separated from the others and went to the central library. After arriving there, he began to search for books that might be useful to him that he had not noticed in the past. Although Zack had read many books here, it was not entirely true that he had read them all.

Zack read all the books he was allowed from the magic tower library, but he didn't read all the ones from the central library. The reason is that there are too many books. Zack had no choice but to divide them into categories, and read the books that were most useful for his future.

Books with outdated, inaccurate information, or with strong subjectivity on the part of the author were discarded. So were books with little practical use: Novels, poetry, customs of old times, analysis of the old nobility, etc... were also discarded. Zack's just here to see if there were any books he did not notice on previous visits.

As he flipped through the pages of the biography of a count who lived two hundred years ago, Zack couldn't help but think about what would happen in the future. More specifically, he couldn't help but think about what would happen to his classmates.

Zack knows his future very well: he will try to escape, if he succeeds very well, if he doesn't he won't have a second chance.

His companions are different from him. What awaits them in the future is completely unknown, and not very hopeful.

Before coming to this world, Zack wouldn't have cared what happened to any of his classmates. He didn't know them that well either, the most they had done was exchange glances in the hallway, but now...

After interacting with some of his classmates, it doesn't sit well with him to leave them to their own.

(But what can I do? I am not in a position to help others either) Zack thought frustratedly, as he continued searching in a scrambled manner for some useful book.

It took twenty minutes for Zack to realize he wasn't doing anything productive.

Zack tried to calm down and got out of the library. Even if there is something useful hidden there, in the state Zack is currently in, he won't find it, even if he had three times the amount of time he actually has.

For the first time since he arrived here, Zack didn't read books, meditate, or practice any spells. He simply began to walk through the corridors in silence, without anyone knowing what he was contemplating.

The castle was full of things that Zack hadn't noticed before. He looked at the beautiful paintings hung on both sides of the inner corridors, watched the guards train from the balconies of the upper floors, and admired the quality of the tapestries that were hung everywhere.

Before he knew it, the sun was setting over the horizon. When the last rays of sunlight fell on the palace gardens, from the place where he was, Zack could see how, for an instant, an optical illusion was formed, giving the impression that the plants in the gardens were shining with their own light.

Zack stood there, entranced by the views, an almost unreal passage that could only be seen in this world.

For observing the masterpiece of a Flower Gardener: Wis + 1

Zack was so moved by the scene that he didn't see the notification until ten minutes later. He didn't expect that there would be secrets like this in the castle.

Flower Gardener was a rare tier 2 class. Zack didn't expect someone like that to be able to do something so amazing with that class.

Generally, the only works that can increase attributes are those made by craftsmen with tier 3 classes, but there are exceptions. Some works are so special that they can break through the tier chains, and get into a higher rank.

People who achieve this feat are geniuses who have a chance of acquiring a tier 3 class. Zack didn't think he would see something like this on his last day at the castle.

By the time Zack got out of there, the sun had just set completely, and the moon and stars were beginning to appear in the sky.

After having something to eat in the dining room with the others, Zack returned to his room, and without stopping he picked up the pen that was on the table and began to write without stopping. Half an hour later, Zack had disappeared from the room.