Light Novel Chapter 3

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* English

## Synopsis

* Alus begins his lessons by showing Alice and Tesfia how he can coat a stick with his mana. After the demonstration, Alus breaks the stick in half and hands a piece to Alice and Tesfia for them to try and informs them that their first assignment is to coat the stick in mana similarly to how Alus did in order to improve their mana control. After practicing for a few hours, Alus escorts Alice and Tesfia back to the Women's Dormitory where they run into Felinella Socalent, someone who Alus knows about thanks to Felinella's father, Vizaist Socalent.
* The next day after classes, Alice and Tesfia show back up to Alus's Laboratory for training when they see the lab in a mess. They both declare that they will help keep Alus's Laboratory clean and organized in exchange for his lessons. After clean, Alus continued giving lessons to Alice and Tesfia. During a break, Alice asked Alus about what he was researching and Alus explains that he is looking for a combat application to teleportation magic.
* After Alice and Tesfia left, Alus went to go see Sisty in order to ask her about the upcoming proficiency exam. Sisty mentions that Alus will need to participate however, Sisty will be the ones assessing him in order to keep his powers hidden. Alus then learns that the military will be changing some of their national policies most likely due to Alus wanting to retire, including one that would have student gain real-world experience fighting fiends. Sisty not liking this, asks Alus for advice in order to save student's lives.
* On the day of the proficiency exam, Alice and Tesfia show up to Alus's Laboratory in order to make sure he attends and the three of them leave together for the exams. Alus begins his assessment and even confuses Sisty with his abilities to the point where he breaks the unbreakable measuring equipment. When questioned about what spell Alus used, he refuses to answer.
* After lunch, the exam continues with mock battles. Alus gets paired up with someone from the military who claims to he Alus's partner named Loki Leevahl. Alus's attempts to decline Loki but agrees that if she can land a hit on him, that he would accept her as his partner. In order to win, Loki used an illegal catalyst and her lifeforce in order to land a blow on Alus. Alus, in order to save Loki's life, Alus would need to force his mana into Loki in order to stop her lifeforce from being drained.
* As Loki was sleeping, an old memory came to her from when she was younger. Loki was an orphan who lost both of her parents to fiends. When she was eight she became a magicmaster trainee to avenge her parents. Around two years later there was only one other trainee that Loki could fight against, Alus, however she did not know who he was at the time. But before she could defeat him, he disappeared. Two years later, the trainees were called to the front lines when fiends attacked. Loki was the only survivor from the trainees and she only survived because Alus showed up before Loki was killed. Alus then carried Loki until she noticed the location where her parents had died and asked to be let down. Alus complied and Loki was able to say her goodbyes to her parents before he started carrying Loki back to the military base. After being saved, Loki burned Alus's name into her memory and swore to return the favor of saving her life.
* When Loki woke up, she was in the nurse's office and she quickly noticed Alus in the room. Alus catches Alice and Tesfia attempting to eavesdrop on him so he opens the door and introduces Loki to them. Alus then quietly informs Loki that no one outside of Sisty, Loki, and Alus knows about what Loki did so she isn't in trouble as long as no one else finds out. Loki then asks Alice and Tesfia to show her to Alus's Laboratory. Along the way, Loki explains to Alice and Tesfia what a spotter is and about how much Alus has contributed to the peace that the Nation of Alpha is currently enjoying.
* With the three of them gone, Alus returns to Sisty's office to inform Sisty about Loki. There Alus learns more about Loki's military career. Sisty then blackmails Alus into helping her with the extracurricular lesson in exchange for keeping Loki's taboo a secret.

## Characters

* Alus Reigin
* Alice Tilake
* Tesfia Fible
* Felinella Socalent
* Sisty Nexophia
* Loki Leevahl
* Delca Base (mentioned)
* Vizaist Socalent (mentioned)
* Berwick Sarebian (mentioned)

## Locations

* Nation of Alpha
	+ Beliza
		- Second Magical Institute
			* Alus's Laboratory
			* Women's Dormitory
			* *Classroom*
			* Sisty's Office
			* *Nurse's Office*
* Outer World (flashback)
	+ *Military Base* (flashback)
	+ Forth Military Outpost (flashback)