Few weeks passed just like that.
Since the dungeon assessment, the Academy atmosphere had shifted in several subtle ways.
My own classmates — those who used to flinch whenever I sat near them — no longer shrank back like I carried the plague. Their disgust faded into a wary, awkward neutrality.
Other–class cadets however… still looked at me like I was dirt they stepped on accidentally. I wasn't expecting that to change anytime soon.
The protagonist party was a different case altogether.
Kael, Celestia, Mariella, Elisha — their gazes no longer held that blatant contempt they once had. Now they looked at me with suspicion instead — a quiet, cautious kind.
A "I'm watching your every move" type of look.
Honestly? I'd take suspicion over open disdain any day.
But leaving all that trivial nonsense aside—
the biggest change was Alicia.
In just few weeks… she had cleared the entirety of basic Fire Magic theory and practice.
Just few week.
