At the entrance of Legdolo Magic Academy, the exchange student group was making their final assembly.
Sunlight spilled over the stone-paved ground, also shining upon two particularly eye-catching young girls.
Versie and her friend, Imperial Princess Yiseqian, were standing together, chatting and laughing.
Both of them were wearing their own casual clothes, very conspicuous among the crowd—one gentle and elegant, the other lively and noble.
“So, what suddenly made you want to go to the East Continent?” Yiseqian gently poked Versie with her elbow, a curious smile on her face.
“With your current strength, it shouldn’t matter whether you study at Legdolo or not, right? You’re the youngest Sixth-tier Mage in our academy’s history!” She exaggeratedly spread her hands.
“You’re so much stronger than ordinary people like us still struggling at the Fourth Tier. What else can you learn by going to Oselenka?”
Versie still maintained her perfect, flawless indifferent smile, her ice blue hair gently swaying in the breeze.
She spoke in a calm tone, no different than usual.
“I just want to go and take a look. Always staying in the same place feels a bit limiting. I wanted to try a change of environment, maybe get in touch with different magical concepts.”
However, beneath her calm exterior, she was snickering inside.
‘Heh heh, of course it’s to go find Teacher~ It was so hard to find out she’s at Oselenka. How could I miss this legitimate chance to follow her? This time, I can’t let her run away again.’
Versie skillfully suppressed her surging thoughts and turned to ask Yiseqian.
“What about you? I didn’t expect you to sign up. How could your father bear to let you leave Sarkax so far away?”
Upon hearing this, Yiseqian stretched lazily, her whole body exuding an air of carelessness. “If you leave, I’ll be so bored here alone!”
“Those people who hover around me either are after my status or are overly timid. No fun.” She pouted, then a hint of anticipation flashed in her eyes.
“Besides, I’ve long wanted to see the East Continent. I heard Oselenka’s architectural style is completely different from ours, and their magic system has different focuses. Staying in the West Continent, life is too monotonous. Too boring.”
“Indeed, a change of environment always brings new discoveries.” Versie agreed, her gaze seemingly casually sweeping toward the direction where the Oselenka teachers and students were gathered.
At that moment, her line of sight caught a small blue figure.
At the same time, Sefina almost instinctively noticed a gaze that was hard to ignore. She looked up and met Versie’s eyes in the air.
Sefina’s heart gave a sudden jump.
‘Why is Versie an exchange student?’
This question flashed through Sefina’s mind, but she quickly resigned herself to it.
‘This does seem like a reason for Versie to find an excuse to go to the East Continent to look for “Holmes”…’
She quickly calmed herself down and comforted herself.
‘Oh well, there’s no way she recognizes me in this form.’
With that thought, her previous hesitation about whether to say goodbye vanished. Judging from the situation, meeting again after returning to Oselenka was inevitable.
Sefina no longer looked at Versie, as if she had only inadvertently glanced at a strange exchange student. She turned to Shalina beside her and said, “The group is almost complete. Let’s prepare to depart.”
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Versie’s heart stirred slightly the moment her eyes met Sefina’s.
‘That little blue-haired girl…’
‘Just as I found out, she’s unusually small. She must be one of the leading teachers from Oselenka, right?’
‘So this is Teacher’s true appearance…’
Versie’s gaze quickly and discreetly swept over Sefina’s entire body—from her smooth blue long hair to her fair and delicate face, to her slender frame wrapped in a light blue dress and thick white stockings.
‘Totally different from that cool and sharp feeling of Teacher Holmes…’
‘Now she’s… so cute~~’
A slightly malicious thought sprouted in her heart.
‘I wonder what it would feel like to hold and kiss Teacher in this form compared to before? Hmm~~’
She still maintained her smile, calmly withdrawing her gaze and continuing to chat with Yiseqian as if nothing had happened.
On the train platform, the whistle roared, accompanied by the deep rumble unique to the magic crystal engine.
The exchange students from Legdolo boarded the special train returning to the East Continent one after another.
Sefina sat by the window, watching the scenery of the West Continent slowly move backward. As usual, Flovi sat at the back of the car in front, maintaining the distance between them to avoid unnecessary conversation.
As the train steadily accelerated, the buildings outside gradually became sparse, replaced by open fields and distant mountains.
Sefina let out a soft breath, slightly relaxing her tense nerves.
After the thrilling experience of the trip here, the return trip seemed finally able to be calmer.
She took out two novels she had bought on the road from her waist pack—not any profound magic theory, just ordinary reading material to pass the time.
As for the genre… Don’t ask, it’s a Lily novel.
Just as she flipped open the pages and gradually immersed herself in the world constructed by the text, the empty seat beside her suddenly sank as someone naturally sat down.
Sefina subconsciously thought it was Teacher Shalina, who had finished her arrangements and come to find her.
Without looking up, her gaze still fixed on the page, she casually asked softly, “Are all the arrangements done?”
However, the next second, the corner of her eye inadvertently caught a blurred reflection on the window glass—a familiar figure with ice blue hair!
The person sitting beside her was not the expected Shalina, but Versie?!
Sefina’s heart jolted, and she almost lost control of her expression.
But she quickly forced herself to calm down.
‘It’s okay. She can’t recognize me.’
‘Right now, I’m just an ordinary teacher from Oselenka, with no similarity to the “Holmes” she knew before.’
Sefina repeatedly told herself this in her mind.
‘This seat was empty. She sat here, maybe just a coincidence, or… because the view is good here.’
So Sefina tried to maintain her posture of looking down at the book, as if unaware of the person next to her.
Just then, the person beside her spoke, the voice warm and friendly, with a hint of just-right amicability.
“Hello, classmate~~”
This address startled Sefina again.
‘She… mistook me for an exchange student from Legdolo? Because of my small build and youthful appearance?’
‘This… this is absolutely unreasonable!’
‘Where do I look like a student?’
‘Is it because of my height?’
‘Impossible, absolutely impossible!’
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