208 Chapter 208: Schoolmates (2/2)
”Well, to do the usual greetings again, I look forward to learning from you this year!”
”Same here.” Shun Yin didn't wince when Glen slapped him on the back, and merely nodded somberly. Perhaps he was meant to be a shield for Glen, which was why the other guy approached him under the pretense of befriending him. Shun Yin still didn't entirely trust Glen, but for now it appeared that the handsome blond guy had been telling the truth.
That didn't mean he was going to let his guard down.
After classes, Shun Yin found himself summoned to the principal's office. Glen merely smiled knowingly and wished him luck, as if he was privy to what his father had summoned Shun Yin for. After yesterday's meeting, Shun Yin was already aware of what Henry requested of him, and so he went without complaint.
”Ah, Student Shun Yin. There you are. How was your first day?”
Henry Porter beamed when he walked into the office. Shun Yin bowed his head politely.
”It was fine.”
”Good, good. If there are any problems, don't hesitate to let me know. For now, allow me to bring you to the research department.”
The research department was located in a separate building, a couple of blocks away from the main campus. Even so, it seemed new and was pristine looking, equipped with all sorts of hi-tech equipment and state-of-the-art facilities. As it turned out, it was a shared building with Vermillion University, which explained why the laboratories were so advanced. As they passed through the corridors, Shun Yin could see both university and high school students working together, though the former outnumbered the latter by a lot.
”We have a lot of research students in the university department,” Henry Porter explained jovially as he gazed through the transparent windows with pride. ”Many students immediately join the military or become mercenaries the moment they graduate from high school, but increasingly there are more students willing to enroll in universities as the next step. I hope you will consider applying for university too when you graduate.”
”I'll think about it,” Shun Yin said, but inwardly he was reluctant to do so. He was never a good student, and wasn't the type to be studious. He would rather be moving his body and practicing than reading. The only exception being manga and light novels, of course.
”Please do.”
Henry Porter than stopped in front of one of the laboratories. Scanning his ID card, he waited for the door to open before he gestured for Shun Yin to enter. Following after the principal, Shun Yin strode right into the lab.
”Principal Porter!”
The research students residing inside the laboratory immediately stood up to greet him, but Henry raised a hand and bade for them to resume whatever they were doing.
”Don't stand on ceremony. I'm just here to help. Speaking of help, I've brought someone who might be able to assist in your research to establish a contract with the spirits you've discovered.” Henry then signaled for Shun Yin to step forward. ”This is Huang Shun Yin. He's from the high school combat division, and he's a very promising fire mage. He should be the perfect candidate for becoming a contractor or the new type of spirit summoner you guys have been espousing about.”
”Combat division?”
”Fire mage?!”
”That's great!”
The three members of the research team crowded around him excitedly. Henry beamed indulgently, and then turned back to Shun Yin.
”And these are the research team for the spirit summoning project…Seraph of the End that I told you about yesterday. The leader of the research, Seinagi Tenshi.”
A girl with long, golden hair that was tied into a ponytail immediately bowed.
”Nice to meet you!”
”And this is Rebecca Chambers. She might only be eighteen, but she is already working on getting a degree on biochemistry and medicine.”
”Well met.” A short girl with her red hair tied into twin tails bowed, a white lab coat draped over her vermillion and brown uniform.
”The last member of the team, Gabriel Gallagher. He has some knowledge of spirit magic and mythology, which has greatly helped in advancing the project.”
A young man with brown hair nodded, smiling as he stared at Shun Yin with his warm, honey-brown eyes.
”I look forward to working with you.”
”Same here.” Shun Yin bowed somewhat awkwardly. He didn't recognize any of them even though they all wore the same uniforms as him (well, Gabriel anyway – the girls were wearing the Vermillion High uniforms). He didn't see any of them in his classroom earlier that day, which meant that none of them were his classmates.
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It was only natural. He was in the combat division while the three of them were in the research division. The two streams divided the students into different classes. As such, Shun Yin would rarely get to interact with the research students outside of this.
”You really saved us!” Tenshi was telling him, moving forward to clasp his hands. ”You have no idea how hard it is to convince someone from the combat division to help us with our project!”
”I was going to have to volunteer to make the contract and do the summoning myself, but I don't have the mana required or the strength to cast such powerful magic.” Gabriel looked a little sheepish. ”Even though this contract-based spirit summoning theoretically reduces the casting duration to almost zero, it still consumes a lot of mana. Unless you're from the combat division, it'll be very hard for us research students to pull it off.”
”But it's not impossible,” Rebecca chimed in thoughtfully. ”After all, healer-type mages always manage to get enough mana to cast multiple healing spells. It's all a matter of training.”
”Yeah, but you're not going to wait months for me to build up my magic fitness before we can finally start the experiments, right?”
”You've got a point…”
”Well, anyway…” Henry cleared his throat. ”I'll leave you younglings to continue conducting your research. I don't want to get in your way, so I'll take my leave first.”
”Thank you, Principal!”
After Henry left, Tenshi turned back to the rest of the group with a dazzling smile.
”All right…shall we continue where we left off? Don't worry, Shun Yin. We'll explain to you as we go along, but basically this is what we have so far…”