Chapter 240 (2/2)

「You get sick in carriages, though…」

「Uh…」

「You should stop reading books while traveling in a carriage.」

「But…」

Lavia always brought books with her on long trips, but she also always got motion sick when riding rocking carriages. When that happened, Paula would use her healing magic on her, then she would start reading again, get sick once more… and the cycle went on.

But whenever Lavia didn't feel well, Hikaru let her lie down on his lap which made him just a little happy.

「There's quite a lot of people.」

Hikaru entered the academy with Lavia. They left Paula to watch Drake just in case he threw up or something. She was enthusiastic about packing, though.

New students and students returning from their winter break were about. Snow still remained under the shades, but trees in the campus were starting to sprout new leaves.

Not wanting to get dragged into helping out, Hikaru used Group Obfuscation to avoid Professor Mikhail who was using the students to ready the training grounds.

「Hi, Hikaru.」

Katy was in her laboratory. With the return of the other researchers, the lab was now tidy and in order.

They moved to a different room.

「I'm quitting the academy.」Hikaru said.

Katy's brows twitched.「I had a feeling you would. You're not really the studious type.」

「I learned a lot from Professor Mille, though.」

「Really? It's unfortunate you can't say your goodbyes, then. She's back home.」

「Wait, really?」

Apparently on her way back to the academy with Mikhail, she was called back home by force. She had avoided all the marriage interviews during winter, saying she'd attend them during spring, but instead went to watch the ma.s.s wedding and then tried to go back to the academy to escape. Her plans were obvious, however; her family sent someone after her.

「Hmm… That's just like her, I guess.」Hikaru said.

「Yup.」Katy chuckled.「By the way, is Drake doing fine?」

「Y-Yes… He's well.」

「It's fine. I won't fiddle around with him, rub him, or even try to lick him. He's not here today?」

「He fell asleep after devouring the dragon stone.」

Katy frowned.「You really shouldn't say something that'll make me curious right after you tell me you're quitting school.」

「It's Drake's fault.」

「Forget about that for now. I made some progress on my holy mana studies. It's only a prototype, but I want you to have this.」

Katy took out a device that looked like a wrist.w.a.tch from her pocket. It had a leather strap attached to a small metal box. The part that touched the arm was made of ore. It didn't have a dial, of course.

「What is this?」

「By pouring mana into it, you can use holy mana for just a moment. The conversion efficiency is by no means great, though.」

「This is amazing!」

Hikaru's eyes went back and forth between Katy and the device. She might've been able to study a drakon direcly, beings that could manipulate holy mana, but reviving lost technology was no easy feat. One could say this was the invention of the century.

「I call it the Gravity Balancer. By giving it regular mana to convert into holy mana…」Katy smiled like a mischievous child.「You can float for about 0.1 second.」

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