I sighed as I took my seat beside Selena, who looked confused.
"What?" I asked, and she muttered something under her breath.
"When did you... regain your mana?" she asked, her expression as though something was deeply wrong.
"Yesterday? Why?" I replied, uncertain about the basis for her bewilderment. Why does she seem so surprised?
"You regained your mana yesterday?" She gripped my arm tightly, her eyes widening in realization.
"Yes, but why are you so shocked? How did you even know about my mana situation?" I asked. She didn't bother replying, lost in her own thoughts.
Well, whatever.
She wasn't the only one looking at me strangely, though. I could see Rizel—fuck, she's smiling. Wait, she's even waving. Can't she see the teacher staring at her? Tsk. Anyway, I could see the visible shock on Allen's face. It was probably too shocking a sight for him. After all, my lack of mana isn't really a secret to him and most top nobles.
But him aside, I could see his bastard loyal dog gazing at me with squinted eyes—Eric. I have to find a way to cripple that guy, at least so he stays bedridden for the whole semester, as I plan to leave the academy before the second. There's really no reason for me to be here anymore. The only reason I even came to the academy in the first place was because I had this gut feeling Renay might actually be a heroine, and the thought of the protagonist claiming her made my blood boil.
But now, I don't feel that intense emotion anymore. If anything, I just want to find a quiet place and rest for a few years. A place far from all these problems, far from all these people—a place where I can just stay and forget about my fate as the villain.
But besides my so-called brother, that dog Eric, and Rizel, there was also Ariana. She looked like she had seen a ghost. But the person with the worst expression was...
...her.
Eloisa.
I sighed to calm my raging emotions.
Though I don't feel that intense obsession I once felt for Renay anymore, that doesn't mean I won't kill Eloisa for what she did. Oh, I will. And in the most painful and agonizing way possible.
"Everyone, eyes here," I heard the teacher say. I looked at Melina, who now held a transparent spherical crystal orb. The affinity tester, I thought, recognizing it from the novel's description.
It was used to help one understand the element—or in special cases, elements—a person had more affinity toward.
But that wasn't really my business since I don't plan on taking sorcery as a course. I won't even be going for the magic swordmanship course. Instead, I'll be taking two other courses, which one can actually do if they aren't going for major courses like the first two I mentioned. Those are Necromancy and Alchemy.
Many students tend to shy away from alchemy, just like I shied away from medicine while on Earth. And it's probably for the same reason here too.
One had to have extensive knowledge, and again, alchemy isn't as flashy as the other courses. That's why the academy allows one to pick alchemy if they picked another lesser course—that way more students will take it since it's open to anyone.
"Though everyone is able to use any affinity through spells, there are specific ones we are all more attuned with. Take, for example, someone with a bloodline related to fire, and someone with a bloodline related to water. If both of them decide to cast a spell involving fire, who do you think will have the upper hand?" She asked, but it was a rhetorical question, so she didn't really expect an answer. "So at the start of your sorcery class, you will all be given a chance to access one of these, through which you will know the affinity to focus your energy on," she said, and then the bell rang.
"That will be all for today," she said, then stood up and began walking out of the class.
Golden blonde hair and crimson eyes, slender face, curvaceous body, and a domineering presence—Melina Frostberg, one of the heroines of the novel.