“Cough, cough, cough, cough—”
“Jia Na, are you alright?”
“I’m fine, Vivian, just a little uncomfortable in my throat.”
Her throat itched slightly. At the moment the system issued the reward, Jia Na's throat structure was rapidly transformed by the system's extraordinary power. Although the process was quick, the brief discomfort still made Jia Na cough uncontrollably.
And this sudden cough also drew the concern of a doll-faced female apprentice sitting beside her.
“You weren’t injured during the Wizard duel just now, were you? No, that’s not right, you’re a Plant-type Wizard. A minor injury shouldn’t make you cough like this…”
“I’m really fine. Listen, I’m not coughing anymore now, am I?”
“Okay, it’s good that you’re fine. That damn Shadow Wizard, he didn’t know how to go easy… Hey? Jia Na, how come I never noticed before, that your voice is so pleasant?”
Vivian-Rose is a Wizard Apprentice from the Rose Family in Turin. She possesses a B-grade Flash Freeze talent and is an Elemental Ice Wizard Apprentice.
“My voice has always been like this. Did you forget my voice because you were on a mission for too long recently?”
“That’s different… Your voice now is even more pleasant than the lead actress of the Nightingale Opera Troupe…”
“Next group, who else wants to come up?”
“Professor, I want to go up!”
Vivian, who was still chattering beside Jia Na a second ago, immediately raised her hand high when she heard Professor Grace’s voice.
After being called up to the stage, she eagerly jumped onto the dueling platform. During this time, she didn't forget to look back and make a face at Jia Na.
At this moment, Jia Na, who was smiling and responding to Vivian’s face, couldn’t help but let out a long sigh in her heart.
“If this kind of special talent reward could manifest gradually, that would be great… Otherwise, it’s easy to be noticed by people you know.”
“Perhaps I can find a Sound-type Witchcraft to cover it up.”
Sound-type is a branch of the Mystic Illusion system, mostly attacking with rhythm to achieve the effect of charming the mind and creating illusions.
Although Jia Na doesn't have A-grade Sound-type talents like soul Resonance or Voice of the soul, she can still cultivate some low-end Sound-type Witchcraft that only require a Clever Singing Voice.
Moreover, after learning it, if anyone asks about the change in her voice, she can use reasons like “I’ve been practicing vocal exercises for Sound-type Witchcraft recently” to deflect the question.
“It’s just that even the cheapest Witchcraft costs twenty sule… Now I can only wait for next month’s allowance, or take on a few tasks to complete… If absolutely necessary, I can first borrow some sule from a few apprentices I have a good relationship with…”
Thinking of this, Jia Na still shook her head.
The academy’s monthly allowance of ten sule might be sufficient for ordinary apprentices, but for an apprentice like Jia Na, who has no bottlenecks in learning any Witchcraft, it is completely insufficient.
As for borrowing money, although this behavior can solve short-term problems, it will invisibly lower her social image, which is not conducive to Jia Na integrating into the upper apprentice circles.
“Sometimes you can only ask for help once. Unless it is absolutely necessary, there is no need to waste opportunities on such small matters…”
After making up her mind, Jia Na silently brought up the system interface and added all 200 points of talent experience from the task reward to the Soul Projection talent.
After adding the points, the upgrade progress of Soul Projection also increased from 76% to 78%.
“I still need 2200 points of talent experience, and the Soul Projection talent can officially be upgraded to A-grade. I wonder what new abilities will be born from an A-grade Soul Projection talent…”
Just as Jia Na was quietly thinking, Vivian, who had quickly finished her duel, returned to her seat with a cold face.
“That bastard Andre! He actually dared to attack my face with a High Temperature fireball, he’s really despicable!”
Vivian, who had completely changed from her usual cute and ladylike image, almost as soon as her butt touched the chair, couldn’t help but grab Jia Na and angrily curse her opponent just now.
Hearing this, Jia Na’s gaze couldn’t help but look at Andre-Green, who had also just returned to his seat diagonally in front of her. He was a “commoner” Flame apprentice with a B-grade High Temperature talent.
“Jia Na, are you listening to me?”
“I’m listening.”
“Don’t you think this apprentice is despicable?”
“He really shouldn’t do such a rude thing to a cute lady… He is indeed despicable.”
Jia Na, who had already been well-versed in this kind of social interaction in her previous life, naturally followed along with Vivian's words when faced with her complaints, and her voice was very low, controlled at a volume that only the two of them could hear.
After talking to Jia Na for a while, Vivian’s anger had mostly subsided, and her originally cold expression gradually relaxed. Before long, she began to pull Jia Na and whisper gossip about Andre.
“Vivian, Professor Grace is about to comment on the duels.”
“Oh… Jia Na, do you want to go to the Oak House with me to eat dessert later? My treat.”
“Shh, if you keep talking, Professor Grace will get angry… And you know, compared to sweets, I prefer spicy food.”
“Alright.”
Remembering Jia Na’s unique taste, Vivian could only pout and quietly lie on the table, refocusing her attention on the class.
“What I just told you were the shortcomings of the above groups of apprentices in their duels… Alright, class dismissed.”
“Good afternoon, Professor Grace—”
As Grace left the classroom, the originally quiet class suddenly became lively.
“Are you really not going to the Oak House? I heard they just launched a new spicy product the day before yesterday, called Slug Mochi.”
Hearing this, a crack couldn't help but appear in Jia Na's social mask.
“My dear Vivian, Slug Mochi is just food that uses a trace amount of slug mucus to numb the taste buds, it’s not purely spicy… Perhaps you can try my cooking.”
“Haha, well, forget it then. I’m leaving now, I won’t bother you.”
Watching Vivian’s hurried figure skipping away, Jia Na just quietly pushed the chair next to her under the table and began to think about how to utilize Professor Grace’s free question reward.
“The question cannot be too low-level, otherwise it would be a waste of opportunity. But at the same time, it cannot be too impractical, it’s best to be a current pain point or difficulty that needs to be solved…”
“Miss Jia Na, long time no see.”
Just as Jia Na was lost in thought, suddenly, a deep male voice sounded from above.
Looking up, she saw a tall apprentice dressed as a knight, with bright, dazzling red short hair and a rugged face that looked very mature, staring intently at Jia Na, who was still sitting in her chair.
“Long time no see, Senior Suoluo.”
“Have you considered joining the Blazing Flame Family, as I invited you last time?”
