83 Yumi (1/2)

Wallace smiled at her as he tried to remember who Yumi was. But seeing the confused expression of Wallace, Yumi instead decided to further introduce herself.

”I'll be accompanying you in the competition. Oh! Of course, there would be two more security personnel coming with us.”

Yumi smiled as she explained the situation. Her hair was coral-black that tumbled over her shoulders and accentuate her simple low cut evening dress exposing her unblemished white skin. Her luminous white teeth flashes as she showed her vibrant smile to Wallace. The latter was mesmerized by the beauty in front of him as he missed the beat to reply.

'She obviously wasn't a faculty member in the academy. An instructor from different one? An employee of headmaster? Or she probably has a personal relationship with the latter if she was recommended to join me in overseas.'  Wallace said in his mind.

They can't just send anyone to come together with him in the other country.

As he tried to contemplate about it, it seemed like he was just dazed upon seeing the beauty and couldn't speak.

”Nice to meet you, Ma'am Yumi. I'll be in your care.” Wallace finally said and politely addressed her as ma'am since he was also unaware about her status.

”You don't have to be too polite. Come in, we'll head to the academy first. I'll brief you while we're on our way.” Yumi gestured for Wallace to come in and sit in front of the car beside her after loading his luggage.

”It seems that you already knew me even before you were assigned to accompany me in Montego. Is that right?”

Wallace tried to start a conversation as he seated in the car. It was only his guess as he heard her say 'I've finally met you' a while ago. It sounded to him that she already knew about him from quite a while now and only had a chance to meet him today. He was obviously curious about this so he wanted to make sure that his guess was right.

”Haha! Well, of course! I'm from NMTI.” Yumi said and chuckled upon revealing her status. Yes, this is the same person who called Headmaster Percival when Wallace registered his Magic Jammer Canceller before.

She was the one who immediately informed Percival about Wallace's submitted Magic Structure as she saw the importance of such magic.

She did it for his own protection as this magic structure, even though not seemingly useful in many ways, could still give a large impact if used correctly against terrorists, large criminal organizations or even enemies from other countries.

As a someone who had a high ranking status in the field, she was clearly aware of the danger that Wallace could experience due to this magic structure. She was genuinely worried for his safety. That was why upon seeing the value of the said magic structure, before it was leaked to malicious people, she directly informed Percival about the news and planned to leak another information as a deterrance to those who had evil thoughts. They leaked the news about how he was also being protected and nurtured by NMTI and candidate for a high position when he graduated. This way, people would think twice before messing with him.

The National Magic Trade and Industry isn't just for office jobs but has a powerful line up of magicians in every city of the country as it oversees all the trades of Mana Artifacts, mana infused materials, Magic Structures, memory crystals, potion's ingredients and others. They also had a dedicated group to acquire these raw materials or ingredients in dangerous environments.

After all, if there isn't a government organization capable of acquiring materials in these almost forbidden places, the trust of the independent magicians will be lessened.

If only the private organizations had a strong magicians that could explore these places to acquire materials and ingredients, the young magicians like Wallace may instead decide to just rely and sold themselves in this organizations to make further improvements in their path.

Special materials for practicing Artifact Forging is not only expensive but also controlled by large organizations. But due to the government having a way to acquire these materials as well, they were able to properly set expensive but acceptable prices of materials for the public. They just need clearances to acquire them.