The overall tone of White Coral Academy is mainly white and gray. In the central area is a magic tower about thirty meters high with an ivory-white tower body, surrounded by academy buildings that are either gray or white and Nordic in style.
Green vines are intertwined, and the branches are dense. There are many Ravens and Wizards riding flying Witchcraft artifacts flying through the sky, all adding a lot of busy popularity to this cool-toned academy.
"Good afternoon, Miss Bei'er."
"Hello, polite apprentice. Are you here to turn in a quest or buy something?"
On the first floor of the magic tower, a lazy Black Cat Belle was lying listlessly on the magic crystal wall of the quest delivery platform. However, Jia Na, who had just returned to the academy, changed her calm indifference that she had shown when facing Luke and Blood Fang at Lu Jiao Alley Tavern during her quest, when facing the black cat in front of her.
With meticulous etiquette and a warm, friendly smile, as if a humble apprentice facing the strictest mentor, Jia Na didn't even dare to speak too loudly when looking at the black cat in front of her, who hadn't even spared her a glance.
"I'm here to turn in a quest, and while I'm at it, rent a magic scroll."
"Is that so? Give me your quest delivery form."
"Here you are."
She gently placed the quest delivery form on the magic crystal wall. The black cat, called Miss Bei'er, didn't even lift her head, but just lightly tapped the quest delivery form with her tail.
In an instant, a small and exquisite paper crane fluttered its wings and flew out of the envelope. It made no sound and quietly stopped beside Black Cat Belle's right ear, its bird mouth opening and closing, silently whispering something Jia Na couldn't hear.
"Hmm, well done. The academic credit reward has been transferred to your name. Remember to check it."
"Thank you, Miss Bei'er. This is some dried silverfish I bought while doing a quest in Lu Jiao Alley. If you don't mind, you can taste it for me."
"Oh? Bring it here for me to see."
Seeing the small bag of dried silverfish Jia Na took out, the black cat, who had been lying on her side, immediately sat up.
With a flick of her cat tail, the kraft paper bag containing the dried silverfish in Jia Na's hand floated to the black cat's front. Her pink nose twitched lightly, and her lazy cat face rarely showed any other expression.
"Little Apprentice, what's your name?"
"Miss Bei'er, I am a first-year apprentice, Jia Na-Luo Lan."
"Hmm, I'll remember you. Next time, remember not to send any more, understood?"
Looking at the black cat pretending to be majestic, Jia Na nodded gently: "I tasted this bag of dried silverfish before and found it delicious, so I bought some more. If Miss Bei'er likes it, I can help you run errands to buy more in the future."
"Hmm, I'll tell you after I taste it."
The fluffy cat tail wagged again. Following the trace of the tail's movement, a palm-sized spatial crack appeared behind Black Cat Belle. The cat tail wagged again, and the kraft paper bag containing the dried silverfish flew into the spatial crack and disappeared.
"This is an extradimensional spatial bag. When you save up enough academic credits, this cat can sell you one at a discount."
"Thank you, Miss Bei'er."
"Oh, right, didn't you just say you also wanted to rent a magic scroll?"
Having put away the dried silverfish, the black cat returned to her original lazy side-lying posture, but her large cat eyes, which had previously not even given anyone a direct look, now looked at Jia Na a few more times.
"Yes, I would like to rent a scroll of Elf Summoning."
"Elf Summoning?"
Sensing the magic veins on Jia Na's body, a hint of understanding appeared in the black cat's eyes.
"So you're a dual-talent apprentice in the Mystic side and Plant system. Not bad... wait a moment."
Her small pink cat nose kept sniffing in Jia Na's direction. A look of confusion suddenly appeared on her small cat face, which had been indifferent before.
"The plant aura on your body is very strange... very strange, but the development level is too low, and this cat doesn't know where it's strange."
Hearing Black Cat Belle's words, Jia Na, who had originally been smiling, slowly lowered her eyes. Her dark, slender eyelashes cast shadows, covering the unnatural emotional fluctuations in Jia Na's eyes.
"Witchcraft for Elf Summoning suitable for a Wizard Apprentice... found it, it's this one... but your current Wizard level is too low, you might have to wait a bit longer to understand the contract knowledge within."
As soon as she finished speaking, a copied version of the magic scroll appeared on the crystal wall.
"The content in this scroll is only for you to view. After one month, all the content within will automatically disappear... a total of 70 academic credits. Just tap it."
"Okay."
Hearing the amount of academic credits, Jia Na pressed her index finger on the fingerprint scanner of the magic crystal wall with a painful heart. Light flowed, and with a slight stinging sensation from her fingertip, the academic credits she had just gotten warm, along with her previous savings, were deducted from Jia Na's apprentice name.
"Thank you, Miss Bei'er, for your help this time. I won't disturb your rest. I'll be leaving now."
"Go ahead."
Carefully putting away this magic scroll worth more than 70 jin sule, Jia Na bowed slightly and turned to leave the magic tower with light steps.
"The academic credit reward for this Purification quest is quite good, a full 7 points. Coupled with the 68 points saved before, I finally saved enough to meet the requirements for exchanging the Elf Summoning scroll... However, after exchanging the scroll, I only have 5 academic credits left, not even enough to buy the cheapest crystal ball."
On the way back to the dormitory, Jia Na kept counting her meager academic credit balance. As her thoughts deepened, her delicate eyebrows couldn't help but furrow.
"Fortunately... this time I also have some extra money earned from Luke at Lu Jiao Alley Tavern, plus the monthly 10 jin sule apprentice subsidy, which can barely last for a while. However... for Wizard learning at the apprentice stage, this little bit of jin sule is just a drop in the bucket, completely insufficient to make up for anything."
In White Coral Academy, in addition to Wizard Apprentices from the Lower City, a large proportion of apprentices come from Turin Wizard families.
Compared to apprentices like Jia Na who have no power, no influence, and no wealth, those apprentices from established families, even if their aptitude is not as good as Jia Na's, receive far more resource support from their families than the talent subsidies from the academy.
Even though Jia Na entered the ranks of First-Level Wizard Apprentice earlier than others, without sufficient resource support, it is difficult for Jia Na to maintain this advantage.
Of course, this world will never treat outstanding talents unfairly.
For apprentices like Jia Na, who have no power, no influence, and no wealth, as long as she is willing to sign a loyalty contract with a major family, the treatment she would receive based on her aptitude and talent might even be more than that of family members with poorer aptitude from collateral branches.
Not to mention, in addition to her talent, Jia Na also possesses even more coveted beauty...
"Fortunately, I still have the daily quest system as a trump card. Although it can't produce jin sule, the rewards after completing quests can prevent my growth rate from falling too far behind. It's just that I don't have money to exchange for the subsequent paid courses..."
"Alas, making money is always the most troublesome thing..."