"This is... Partial Transfiguration!? You can actually do this much!?"
Only a few days had passed since the last Transformation Class personally taught by Lilith-Meg. Looking at the emerald green butterfly wings on Jia Na's back, if Vivian hadn't witnessed the entire process, she would never have believed that someone could master Deformation Art to such an extent in such a short time!
Clearly, both of them started learning at the same time!
And, didn't they say that Deformation Art was one of the most difficult courses to get started with in Mysticism?
Why am I the only one who hasn't even gotten started?
Oh, no.
Looking at the shocked expressions that simultaneously appeared on the faces of the surrounding fellow apprentices as they looked at Jia Na, Vivian's resentful mood suddenly balanced out a little.
"Only she is a monster, and we are just normal people..."
Among first-year apprentices, except for a few who were not short of money, very few would spend a full one hundred academic credits to attend the Transformation Class, which was only for upper-year apprentices.
Even though the reputation of "Deformation Art" in the field of Mysticism was known to everyone, its difficulty in mastering was also well-known.
Instead of spending one hundred academic credits on a course that was extremely difficult to even understand, it would be better to save up the academic credits and buy a magic wand first.
Therefore, under the general assumption, when Jia Na, as a commoner apprentice, displayed Deformation Art, the shocking extent was enough to completely overturn their understanding of "genius."
Even though everyone familiar with Jia Na knew that she was indeed a commoner apprentice with decent talent.
However, this so-called "decent talent" is not the same as being equal to "genius."
It was only at this moment that the sharpness Jia Na had been concealing beneath her gentle social mask finally began to show.
...
Flap—
Her butterfly wings vibrated lightly, her left hand's two fingers forming a circle, and as Jia Na continued to rise from the ground, her Eagle Eye Technique was also being continuously used.
"Found it."
The distant view zoomed in, and after aiming in one direction, the vibration frequency of the butterfly wings on Jia Na's back suddenly accelerated, almost stirring up a strong wind, turning into an emerald green figure that rushed towards the clouds.
"Too cunning!"
Seeing Jia Na take to the air to catch the hummingbird puppet, Vivian, who was left alone, directly pulled out a half-human-tall wooden horse from her interdimensional space bracelet. Straddling it, she also drove her flying tool straight into the high sky, unwilling to show weakness.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
Seeing this, all the Wizard Apprentices in the field who had flying tools also followed suit and flew into the air.
For a time, tools shuttled back and forth, and the bloody barrier, which had originally seemed spacious, became chaotic at this moment.
...
"They are cheating! How can they use flying tools in Black Magic Defense Class?"
"That's right! I would accept them casting flying Witchcraft, but using tools is clearly bullying!"
Looking at the flying tools shuttling arbitrarily in the sky, the apprentices who remained on the ground were instead completely unable to attack freely because there were too many "human obstacles" in the air.
After all, the apprentices who had spare money to buy flying tools at this stage were all from the large Wizard families in Turin. If there was any accidental injury to any of them, it was something that these commoner apprentices with no background could not afford.
"Professor Grace hasn't called a stop, which proves they are not cheating."
"But their actions seriously interfered with us..."
"Alright, say less. It's just a class test. There's no need to be so serious... Besides, the hummingbird puppet has been hiding in the high sky. With them making such a fuss, it has actually given us an opportunity..."
The person speaking was Andre-Green, who possessed the B-level High Temperature talent and was the male apprentice who defeated Vivian in the Black Magic Defense Class last time.
"Magic Missile!"
As soon as his words fell, the spell that had been ready to go was quickly chanted from Andre-Green's mouth. In just an instant, the missile formed, a white light bullet the size of a baby's fist quickly flew out from Andre-Green's slightly worn magic wand, exploding towards a dead corner behind the rockery.
"Damn it! It escaped again!"
Looking at the hummingbird puppet that grazed past the Magic Missile, Andre-Green's face was full of regret.
"It was just a little bit off..."
"Look quickly!"
Just as Andre-Green was about to cast Eagle Eye Technique again to search for the hummingbird puppet, a sudden cry of surprise directly interrupted his spell.
"Miss Jia Na seems to have succeeded!"
...
"Flap—"
Her butterfly wings vibrated rapidly, and feeling the constantly decreasing magic power in her magic circuit, Jia Na knew that she had to shoot down the hummingbird puppet before the Deformation Art wore off, otherwise, today's daily task was very likely to end in failure.
"Eagle Eye!"
Her left eye widened slightly, looking at the continuously magnified scene around her, suddenly, a faint, almost imperceptible shadow appeared in Jia Na's field of vision.
"Found it—"
After the lessons from the previous failures, this time, after Jia Na used Eagle Eye Technique to lock onto the hiding place of the hummingbird puppet, she didn't rush to fly over. Instead, she silently chanted the spell, maintaining the Magic Missile condensed at the tip of her wand, and then used her Muscle Control talent to ensure that her right hand holding the magic wand did not have any slight shaking in the high altitude environment.
"Magic Missile!"
Bang!
The missile exploded, the puppet shattered, and with Jia Na's successful strike, a large number of gazes immediately converged on her.
"Finally succeeded."
Looking at the scattered wood chips, Jia Na, who had been maintaining a high level of mental concentration, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
...
"It's her again..."
Looking at the slender figure standing in the air, Andre-Green, who knew Jia Na's background, had a sense of unreality in his mind.
"Is she really that illegitimate daughter who used to tremble even when speaking? When she was in the Lower City, she and her current appearance are like two different people..."
As one of the few people who knew Jia Na's "real" background, Andre-Green simply could not associate the radiant girl in front of him with the image of the formerly timid and cowardly girl.
It was the same face, but for some reason, Jia Na-Luo Lan at this moment possessed an unparalleled astonishing Charm.
It made Andre-Green, who had never paid attention to the other party before, now only able to silently watch her from a perspective of looking up.
"Perhaps, this is the real her... Originally, it was just a mask she had to wear to survive as an illegitimate daughter..."
His gaze was dark and difficult to discern. After taking one last look at Jia Na slowly descending from the air, Andre-Green silently withdrew his gaze, regained his spirits, and began to search for the other nine hummingbird puppets...