With a flash in front of his eyes, Karien found himself back in his room at Red Leaf Academy. Just as he had anticipated, the position he returned to was the original coordinates (0, 0).

“That was close!”

In that last moment before the teleportation, Karien could distinctly feel that massive mouth getting closer, life and death hanging in the balance. If he had delayed by just a second, he would have been torn to pieces by the beast.

The Misty Forest was truly terrifying.

Karien recalled the monster encyclopedia he had once read and could confirm that the creature attacking him was a sixth-level beast, the Dark Lizard. For monsters of that level, not even a fourth-level spell like "Howling Flame Explosion" would guarantee a kill, let alone a sixth-level spell.

In terms of danger, monsters were far more formidable than mages.

With a long sigh of relief, he felt grateful to be safe at home.

Looking down at the bunch of White Leaf Orchids he had collected, a smile crept onto his face.

These orchids were worth at least ten Durant gold coins each in the market. Over a hundred orchids meant he had over a thousand coins!

A regular magical crystal also cost about 100 coins. After selling this batch, he could easily buy another crystal for Mia. Although he hadn't intended to use the magical crystal, he had objectively used the one Elder Alisson had given to Mia.

As he unwrapped the orchids from his clothes, he carefully brushed off the dirt. Karien wasn’t an apothecary, so he couldn’t utilize the herbs himself; he could only sell them. However, he couldn’t sell them to the academy, as that might expose his ability to teleport. After all, concealing one’s special abilities is essential for every transmigrator.

Thus, to sell them in bulk, he would have to go to the city.

A city was located several dozen kilometers from the Paralos Magic Academy, but it was near the outskirts of the Dark Forest, where prices would be significantly lower.

Moreover, that place was rife with danger and conflicts. As an ordinary person carrying precious herbs, he would be at risk.

After careful thought, Karien realized that if he wanted to sell at a high price, the capital city of Adri would be the best choice.

There, the largest group of apothecaries in the kingdom concentrated, creating a tremendous demand for fresh herbs.

Even though Adri was over a thousand kilometers away, with his teleportation ability, he could get there in the blink of an eye.

Karien didn’t know the coordinates of the capital, but now he knew the original coordinates and the ones for the Misty Forest, giving him a clear reference system. As long as he could find an accurate map of the Durant Kingdom, he could calculate the coordinates for the capital.

The bigger problem was that he lacked magical elements to recharge his teleportation orb.

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The first teleportation was powered by the magical crystal given by Elder Alisson.

The second was due to the rich magical elements in the Misty Forest, which were hundreds to thousands of times denser than ordinary environments.

However, the magical elements at Red Leaf Academy were pitifully thin, barely more concentrated than the typical areas where people lived.

As he pondered, an idea struck him, and he grinned: “The magical element concentration at Red Leaf Academy isn’t enough, but I can sneak into other academies!”

…

At Paralos Magic Academy, Night Academy.

In the training grounds, outdoor magical classes were taking place. To enhance students’ training speed, Night Academy had activated a Concentrating Magic Array, increasing the magical element density tenfold. Since the base magical element concentration of Night Academy was already several times higher than that of Red Leaf Academy, this made it dozens of times richer.

“The difficulty of the ‘Raging’ spell lies in the coordination of dark elements and mental power…”

A young teacher was instructing thirty students in the outdoor training area of Night Academy. The teacher was in his mid-twenties, with short golden hair and a tall stature. He raised his right hand, and a swirl of black mist emerged from his palm, quickly forming a circular magic array as he explained, “Do you see this? This is the Raging spell…”

“Awesome!” a sudden voice interrupted the golden-haired teacher's lecture.

Turning his head, the teacher saw a young man with slightly curly gray-white hair, dressed in a red-collared black robe, squatting in the corner of the training ground with a book and pen in hand.

“Karien?” The teacher frowned slightly, recalling this beginner teacher who supposedly didn’t even rank as well as the students.

“What are you doing here at our academy?”

Ruffling his slightly disheveled gray-white curls, Karien smiled, “Well, the graduation assessments are coming up soon, and I’m the only teacher left at my academy. But I don’t know many spells and can’t teach the students—it's making me anxious!”

In reality, Karien was making excuses to absorb the magical elements. His teleportation orb was actively drawing from the surrounding magical energy.

“So you came here to eavesdrop?” The golden-haired teacher was somewhat displeased.

“Isn’t it just a teacher’s business? How can you call it eavesdropping…” Karien shifted his position, sitting next to the thirty students, as close to the center of the Concentrating Magic Array as possible. “I just want to learn how other academies teach magic. You can consider me a regular student. You don’t mind if I sit in, right?”

How could someone be so shameless?

The golden-haired teacher felt a flicker of anger, but his good upbringing kept him from showing it. Instead, he said, “Karien, I’m not worried about you stealing our Night Academy’s magic.

It’s just that these students are paying tuition to attend classes, and it’s unfair for you to sit in for free.”

“Then I’ll pay tuition!” Karien quickly pulled a gold coin from his pocket, walked up to the golden-haired teacher, and placed it in his palm, saying, “One gold coin for one lesson—doesn’t that seem fair?”

A vein throbbed on the teacher’s forehead as he looked at Karien’s persistent grin, feeling a fire welling up inside him. But after a few seconds of thought, he decided that since it was a common course that every academy offered, he might as well let him listen.

As for the Concentrating Magic Array, he didn’t consider it a problem, knowing that Karien had no magical talent and couldn’t absorb magical elements.

“Sit in the back so you don’t disturb my students,” the golden-haired teacher instructed.

“No problem, thanks!” Karien smiled and turned to walk away, then suddenly remembered something and asked, “By the way, what’s your name?”

You don’t even know who I am, yet you want to attend my class???

Another vein popped on the teacher’s forehead as he forced the words out through clenched teeth: “My name is Vils Pierro.”

“Mr. Pierro, nice to meet you!” Karien shook his hands enthusiastically, putting on a friendly demeanor.

At that moment, Teacher Vils truly wanted to take off his shoe and slap it across Karien’s face, wondering if this guy was deliberately trying to embarrass him in front of his students.

Calm down, Vils, you’re an excellent magic teacher. There’s no need to get angry over someone else’s rudeness. Vils reminded himself internally.

“Go sit down; I still have to continue teaching!”

This time, Karien didn’t create any more trouble. He obediently settled into the back, straightening up like a good student.