After Litivia left, Linfel ignored everything and went straight to one of the terminals in the building. He quickly accessed his Academy Account, checking his balance of Academy Credits. Sure enough, it was already updated with the rewards of the Field Exam.

-AC: 4120-

Linfel's eyes lit up. 'Donfin wasn't kidding! Not only were there bonuses for being within the top ten, but there were also bonuses for performance. I got 3420 Academy Credits, 1420 more than the flag's points themselves!' Linfel already knew exactly what he was going to buy with it.

Alvin and Connor also checked their accounts. It's just that they were feeling the pressure of being watched by everyone else. They couldn't truly enjoy the rewards as Linfel was doing... At least now right now.

"Let's go!" Linfel wanted to get over with whatever Litivia wanted to talk about. "I want to buy a few things, so let's go to Litivia already."

Connor and Alvin nodded while their Familiars followed them. On their way out, Milia also approached, although she seemed to be fairly uncomfortable to be joining them. She kept looking away, ignoring Alvin altogether.

Connor and Alvin looked at each other, a little lost at what to do. The mood seemed terrible somehow. It was then that Linfel spoke, not really seeing anything wrong. "Hey, Milia. Where is Nori?" For good or for bad, the wisp didn't know how to read the atmosphere.

Milia trembled a little and looked back at Linfel. "His... His core was damaged. I had to send him back to the Floating Blades Faction straight away so it could be repaired. His soul is fine, though. He should get back to normal by tomorrow."

Linfel's relief was palpable. "Phew... Familiars are truly a resilient bunch. They can even get their Core Fixed. If it was m-"

*mmmmhmhmmm...*

Alvin and Linfelia instantly stopped the wisp from saying anything else.

"If it was you, you would probably be much cheaper to fix than Nori. After all, you were made with much cheaper materials as well. Hahahaha!" said Alvin, laughing nervously.

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Milia found their interaction as funny as ever, making her forget the reason she was flustered for a moment. "You guys truly have no salvation.," she said with a faint smile. However, she quickly remembered everything and looked away once again.

Their group took the Academy's Public Transportation and went to the Main Management Building at the center of the Academy. That's where you can find the most important members of the board as well as the Vice Principal and the Principal's Office. Once inside, one of the attendants seemed to have been waiting for them, quickly coming to talk. "Hello. Are you perhaps Alvin and his friends?"

Alvin nodded. "That would be us."

"Very well," The attendant quickly spoke. "Please follow me."

Their group passed through security checking points, arriving at an office a few minutes later. However, the office in front of them wasn't the Vice-Principal's Litivia. Instead, it was the man himself, Xalafel's. Only Connor was surprised, though. Milia and Linfel had seen Xalafel when the Level Four Magic Beast was defeated.

The attendant knocked on the door. "Principal, they are here."

"Enter," said a voice from inside.

The attendant opened the door and guided the group inside. After that, he bowed to Xalafel and left, closing the door.

Xalafel wasn't alone in there. There were also three other people and their Familiars there. Litivia was one of them, and so were those two subordinates from the airship. One of them was Dilwe, while the other was called Fenlin. At the moment, they were the only ones who knew Alvin could do a Double Master Familiar Connection... other than Milia, Connor, and their Familiars, of course.

Alvin and the others quickly bowed to Xalafel, showing their respect for this legend of the country. Yet, before they could say anything...

"See? I told you. It is the same man from the statue," Linfel spoke while pointing out. "He just looks a lot older."

The room went completely silent. Was there anyone out there who dared to treat Xalafel in such a disrespectful manner?

"Linfel! Can you show a little more respect to senior Xalafel, please?" Alvin begged with teary eyes.

Linfel didn't understand the reason. "Did I say something wrong?"

Alvin wanted to explain, but Xalafel intervened. "Don't worry about it. I am old. That is obvious for all to see. Let's leave that aside and speak about the real reason I called you all here."

"The Double Master Familiar Connection, right?" Linfel asked straight away.

Milia narrowed her eyes. Her feelings were a little out of place because of Alvin's actions in the Field Exam. However, it wasn't like she had forgotten that view. She saw Linfel, Linfelia, and Alvin connected together.

Xalafel nodded, but he looked at Alvin instead. "Alvin, as a Magus, you should know that this is unprecedented. No Magus had ever succeeded in a Double Master Familiar Connection before reaching Level Five."

"Level Five?" Alvin got puzzled. "I thought Level Six was the minimal level possible."

Linfelia, Connor, and Tratil also nodded. That's the information they had.

However, Milia shook her head. "That's because those at Level Five who can do it aren't exactly publicly displayed. However, there are a few out there, and they are all big figures."

"As expect of the daughter of the Frondor Family," said Litivia. "You do have access to quite some privileged information."

Xalafen didn't care about it. "In any case, Level Five was the limit. No other Magus, as far as we know, has ever done a Double Master Familiar Connection before Level Five. Alvin... how did you do it?"

"Eh?" Alvin didn't even know how to answer that. After all, it wasn't he who made it possible. It was Linfel instead. "I... don't know?"

Linfel quickly jumped in. "Alvin, it is not that hard, is it? Linfelia and I just had to connect with you at the same time. What else is there to be said?" That was a lie, of course. Linfel's connection was completely different from Linfelia's. It's just he couldn't tell others about it, so he went with the most obvious answer, and no one would be able to prove otherwise.