Mistress Of The Evil Forest

C-A 3: Preparing for the academy.

They say that if you focus enough on something, time will pass faster. 

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. When I was still on Earth, I used to have six or seven hours long gaming sessions, and they would feel just like brief moments. Oh, how I miss the time when I would just play nonstop on my days off, with Aurora chilling beside me...

But the point is, more than two months have already passed since I came to this world. I trained and trained, trying my best to adapt to this body. I also went out frequently to gain practical experience in fighting monsters.

Talk about monsters, I tried to employ various strategies and cheeses on them, and they worked wonderfully. It was fun as well. 

Besides that... Oh, as a noble lady, I also had to attend quite a few tea parties and balls, those were boring as hell. But I had the chance to meet another heroine in one of the balls though, that was cool.

In the end, without any good entertainment, the most fun I had was to explore what I could do with Amelia's skills, and grow them.

''Phew... Hap—!!''

I shoot myself forward at the giant metal pillar reinforced with ice magic, holding my flame claymore firmly. With vivid blowing noises, the huge claymore travels through the air with incredible speed and runs through the pillar smoothly.

THUD—!!

The severed half drops to the ground squarely, while the surfaces that made contact with my blade are melting rapidly, despite the icy aura imbued on them by Nydia.

''Well done, My Lady.'' Nydia claps a bit, then hands me a cold towel.

''Yes, thank you.'' I take the towel and disperse the fire on my blade.

When playing combat games with an option to choose weapons, I always chose the ones with high damage and slow speed, particularly claymores. Why? Because they're cool as hell. Can you imagine how cool is it to hold a giant flame sword?

Anyway, I learned to use fire magic to make a flame claymore on top of my sword. It's still quite taxing to hold it for a long time with my [Fire Magic] level, I need to improve it further.

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Name: Amelia              

Race: Human                    Title: --

Level: 35

HP: 87/87                    MP: 65/110

STR: 4.8                     INT: 6.3

AGI: 4.7                    STA: 4.4

Skill: [Inspect Lv.8], [Swordsmanship Lv.7],
[Fire Magic Lv.6], [Auto Regeneration Lv.5],
[Language Lv.5], [Acceleration Lv.4],
[Lighting Magic Lv.3],...>

State: Exhausted.

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With these skills and my expertise in gaming, I think I can take on most of the second-year students comfortably.

The general strategy for skills in this game is simple—never buy too many skills, and focus on improving the current skills when judged that the number of them is sufficient.

For Amelia, the road will obviously be to become a magic swordswoman, with fire and lighting being her elements, and I have enough skills for it already. Unfortunately, I won't be able to use light magic though, even though it is the best weapon against demons.

Needless to say, in a game with this kind of theme, the main enemies will always be demons. Well, I can just raise the protagonist to be my teammate later, I suppose.

puff

''Phew...'' I let out a sign after flopping down my bed. The bath was awesome.

'''' ... ''''

I sit myself up and open the bedside drawer, then take out a pair of rings.

They have the same design, each made from silver with various small gemstones embedded on the surface of the ring. I got these in a secret location after sneaking out in an outing. 

The sensation of finding something similar to a treasure was fun, but I really needed these first and foremost. At the academy, I will inevitably have to meet that person, so...

I don't know why there are two of them though, I wish I could give one to Aurora.

''Well, let's put them off for now.''

Either way, the academy will soon be opened for students to settle in before the opening ceremony. I will have a lot to do, namely going into the Evil Forest to yoink some more items.

And then... Right, there was an achievement system as well. I wonder if I will get it or not. I really hope I do because even though achievements give you little EXP, they provide a ton of skill points instead. But I'll have to wait for the day the academy opens—the official opening of the original game to know for sure.

''Hah...''

It will soon begin, my long journey...

Before long, the day has come.

Sitting on the moving car that runs on mana, I look at the passing city scenery in silence. Each noble will be allowed to bring a servant or two to the academy for personal needs, so of course Nydia is with me. The girl is pretty sweet, I'd say.

Either way, [Astra Magical Academy]'s world is not like a medieval world or something, so that's a relief. I don't want to live in an era that old. Rather, it's more similar to the Victorian era, and despite there being magic, they don't neglect science, that's why we have cars like these. 

Outside the window, I see the street is somewhat crowded already. Families with their sons and daughters wearing the academy's white uniforms. Even though I purposely chose to go here three days early...

''Heh... Everyone is so strong...'' I hear Nydia mutter.

''They have to be.'' I reply calmly.

''I guess so.'' She scratches her cheek lightly, her black wings tremble a bit.

Hm... Amelia in the game chose not to bring anyone to the academy for whatever reason. But now that Nydia is with me, she'll garner a lot of attention. In the first place, people with animal characteristics are extremely rare, so they're like celebrities everywhere they go. Not to mention the fact that Nydia is a real beauty.

''We've arrived, My Lady.'' The driver announces.

While I'm thinking that, it seems like we're at the academy. Well, people would automatically make a way when they see the emblem of the Duke Luminous household anyway, the crowd wasn't much.

clack

Nydia opens the car door first and steps out, then she walks around the car and opens the door for me.

''Phew...'' I let out a small sigh and step out as well.

Looking forward, a familiar yet unfamiliar scene greets me. With multiple halls, training grounds, various other facilities, and even a castle as the HQ building, the academy is certainly an impressive educational institution. I've only seen it through the game screen, but for it to appear before my eyes like this... This is exciting.

Together with new students like me, I take my first step forward.

I never thought I'd be attending an academy again, but here we go.

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