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"Wow!"
Liber hugged Davian around the neck and jumped up and down.
"Get off. I'm not into guys."
Bellum, who was watching from the side, shrugged playfully.
"You're not into girls either, Davian."
Regardless, Liber continued to jump up and down.
The only difference was that Davian forcibly grabbed Liber's hands, twisted them, and pulled them off.
"A monopole magnet! A monopole magnet! Thank you so much, Davian!"
Bonita asked,
"You said you were going on some hunt or something, you went to get that?"
Davian nodded and gestured for Bonita and Nubes to come over.
"You guys eat one of these each."
"What is this? Doesn't look tasty?"
"Tasty? Is this even edible?"
"I washed them clean, so don't worry and eat them."
"I'm asking what they are?"
"An elixir that greatly increases internal energy."
Gulp.
Bonita snatched the white bead from Davian as if she were stealing it, put it in her mouth, and swallowed it.
Nubes, who had been hesitating for a moment, also swallowed the bead.
"Ugh!"
"Why? Do you already feel something, Bonita?"
"It's stuck in my throat! Water! Water!"
Karin asked,
"Don't we get anything?"
"You guys get this."
"A magic ring? What's it for?"
"They're a pair. They'll help with matching mana resonance."
"Ah, one for Latia and one for me?"
Davian nodded.
"Wear these when you practice resonance magic. You don't need them at other times, so take them off."
Latia took the ring Davian offered.
"What? I thought we'd get an elixir to boost our magic power like Bonita and Nubes."
"I barely got these too. Take them."
Actually, not barely.
Anyway, it was something he raided from the secret base of the biggest thief guild in the capital.
Bellum rushed over, making a fuss, and asked,
"What about me? Don't I get a vacation present?"
"It's not a vacation present, it's an item that will help with your vacation training."
"So anyway. Don't I get anything?"
"I couldn't find anything that would help you get closer to your seniors."
Bellum slumped his shoulders and plopped down on the sofa.
"That's right. All I have to do is talk, but I guess there's no elixir that makes me talk better."
"Bellum, if you run for student council president later, I'll push you hard then. I'll buy you everything you need."
His slumped shoulders quickly returned to their place.
"Really, Davian?"
"Yeah. So get friendly with everyone beforehand. Starting next year, the new sophomores will be coming to the common areas, so get friendly with them too."
"Okay! Don't worry!"
Davian looked back at Luna.
"And Luna, you get this."
"M-Me too?"
"Of course."
"Wow."
A magic ring dedicated to healing magic.
Actually, this was...
Something he bought from Kanzarsi Magic Materials Shop.
"Thank you! Davian!"
"Where did Bellum go?"
"He went to the forest behind the Medio Garden. He's practically living there these days."
Latia asked,
"What's that box over there? Bellum's?"
"Oh? Yeah."
Spirit magic doesn't have dedicated rings or elixirs that boost spirit affinity.
He had brought one of each to give away, but he felt bad that Bellum was the only one without something, so he bought it.
"What is it? Why is Bellum's so big?"
Latia strode over and opened the box.
"Clothes...?"
Luna, surprised, also ran over.
"What? Clothes? What... it's pretty."
Davian tilted his head.
'That's... pretty?'
He remembered that she only had her school uniform and clothes she wore at home, so he just wanted to buy her an outfit.
That meddling dragon insisted on picking this outfit.
A black dress with long, frilly white lace.
Bellum and Karin even came over.
Eventually, Bellum took the dress out and unfolded it.
"It's really pretty?"
"What, Davian. You only buy pretty things like this for Bellum."
He was just worried that Bellum was the only one without something, so he was going to buy him something he needed.
Things were going strangely.
"Phee."
Luna, with slumped shoulders, said she was going to practice magic and went to the academy.
"What, Davian. You know how to buy things like this?"
Latia, saying that, swished her blonde hair and went back to the dormitory.
"This is pretty?"
Fortunately, Bonita seemed to have the same taste as Davian.
Yeah, he trusted her, Bonita.
"I don't really know what's pretty about this. I'm going to practice internal energy cultivation."
Bonita even left.
Noticing the unusual atmosphere, Bellum nudged Nubes in the side.
"N-Nubes, shall we go practice internal energy cultivation too?"
"Y-Yeah."
Thump.
Liber put a hand on Davian's shoulder.
"Good luck, Davian."
Good luck with what.
"I'm going to the library too."
Liber and Karin even left.
Insanis, who was sitting on the sofa, opened his mouth.
"So how about living with all of them, Davian."
"Sh-Shut up... Don't say useless things."
It's all because of that weird dress you picked.
That's pretty? Really?
"The absolute standard of beauty transcends time."
"Just sh-shut up... I'm telling you not to say useless things."
Thanks to Insanis, the dorm became quiet.
Davian swallowed one of the Lamia's beads he had given to Bonita and Nubes.
He could feel the hard candy passing down his esophagus.
He understood why Bonita had screamed for water.
A moment later.
Ding.
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[Lamia's Elixir Absorption Complete]
Internal Energy increased by 128K
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[Mana Points: 335K]
Magic Power: 3,146K
Internal Energy: 1,264K
External Energy: 442K
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His mana points had increased slightly from being an event hunter.
And his internal energy had increased by 128K through Lamia's elixir.
It was a number that didn't make a big difference to Davian.
But it was a number equivalent to a 5-star internal energy.
Since she got this whole thing...
'Bonita must have passed 6-star internal energy by now.'
Davian's internal energy and magic power were at the early stages of 8-star and mid-stages of 9-star, respectively.
And his fire elemental magic using skills was even in the nonexistent 11-star realm, so 6-star internal energy might seem insignificant.
But it was unique among the sophomore swordsmanship students, and of course, it was among the top of all grades.
It was simple when you considered that Bonita's internal energy was at the 2-star level when she entered.
Moreover, Bonita Portis's swordsmanship.
'She'd easily chew up a 7-star swordsman.'
Maybe she had already reached a realm where it didn't matter what star swordsman she was.
There was one Lamia's elixir left.
"Mons!"
Mons, who was doing swordsmanship training in the backyard, opened the back door and ran in.
"Yes, young master."
"Eat this."
As winter vacation was coming to an end.
A guest came to Davian's dorm.
A beautiful woman with fiery red hair.
As soon as he saw her beauty, which was so beautiful that it was hard to see her as human, one person came to Davian's mind.
That incredibly handsome guy.
Ah, not a person, right.
'Insanis, that meddling old man.'
He said he was going to visit the Red Dragon soon to talk about Davian's fire elemental magic.
It seemed like he had really gone and talked about it.
"Are you... Lady Ignis?"
"Oh? You know me?"
"Insanis told me."
A curious smile bloomed on Ignis's beautiful face.
"You call me 'Lady', but you don't put 'Lady' after Insanis's name?"
Davian sighed inwardly.
Such keen dragons.
"We've become very close, and Insanis is a very informal person."
"Really? Then feel free to call me Ignis. Oh, but don't include 'ajumma'. If you call me 'ajumma', I'll burn you to death on the spot. Let's go with 'nuna'."
Burn me to death...
Is she joking, or is she serious?
"Please come in first."
"Thank you, Davian Naone."
"You know my name."
"Insanis told me. You use fire magic that rivals my breath?"
He had never seen a Red Dragon's breath, so he didn't know.
But he had experienced the power of Insanis, who was half out of his mind, twice, so he knew that he shouldn't mess with a sane dragon.
"I wouldn't dare. Insanis tends to exaggerate."
"Liar. Dragons don't exaggerate."
"Ah...."
"Lead the way. Let's go to Insanis. This must be Gold Dragon Aurum Drago's territory. Where did he secretly set up a lair?"
"Ah, it's not secretly, and it's not a lair either."
"What? Then where does he live? He clearly said he was living near here because of you."
"Follow me."
"Ignis has come. It's been a while."
"It's been a while, Insanis. That dark taste of yours is still the same."
"Your bright red taste is still the same."
While the two dragons were greeting each other.
Davian could feel that their way of speaking was different.
'Compared to Insanis, Ignis uses more modern language. Did she recently have some fun?'
Fun.
It meant that a dragon transformed into another creature and temporarily enjoyed a different life.
Of course, that time could be 10 years or 100 years.
But in any case, it was the same as a short time for a dragon.
"Did you decide to be human for this fun?"
"That's right. You can see that I bought this mansion."
"Is that because of Davian over there?"
"That's right. He's the human who took me out of the Madness Dragon state. You should be polite too."
"Be polite? What, should I bow?"
"I mean don't kill him."
"That's fine."
Davian grabbed the back of his neck.
Of course, in his imagination.
'What are those crazy dragons talking about.'
"Then can I see your human friend's skills now? I came all the way from across the continent."
"It can't be done here. This is Gold Dragon Aurum Drago's territory."
"I know that much. We can go to your territory, Insanis? The Perum Mountains."
"Alright. Davian, are you ready?"
Excuse me.
I never said I was going to show off my fire magic to the Red Dragon.
"Insanis. Your human friend doesn't seem to want to show me his fire magic?"
"My close friend Davian is a very humble human."
Ah.
Davian had forgotten that dragons could roughly read human minds.
'......'
I shouldn't think about anything.
They're a very uncomfortable race.
"We seem to be uncomfortable?"
"It's amazing that he's making such a calm expression even though he knows our identities."
"Ah, that's true."
Davian vowed that if he ever had a chance to write about dragons, he would definitely add the words "race that uses mind reading."
'Humans, be careful. Dragons are beings that read even your innermost thoughts.'
Insanis emitted a white light.
"Well, let's move."
The white light that Insanis emitted enveloped Ignis and Davian.
Davian thought he should add one more line.
'Be careful because they are a race that reads minds but acts as they please.'
Whoosh!
The vision that had been bright white returned.
A huge underground cave.
"Welcome, Davian Naone. The first human to be invited to the lair of me, the Black Dragon Insanis."
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