Chapter 4255: Side Story 7: The Elf of the Witch Academy

Side Story 7: The Elf of the Witch Academy

(This story takes place after Chapter 2925, when Emilia and Miss Wilder leave the Ash Valley.)

Ding-a-ling~

The annoying alarm clock sound woke the elf, who was hugging a unicorn doll on the bed. The sleepy girl sat up, yawning. Floating particles danced in the sunlight streaming in from the castle window, and Emilia's messy golden long hair in the light was still shining:

"I'm already awake, please don't ring anymore."

She sat on the bed hugging the doll with her eyes closed, sitting like a duck. So the source of the alarm clock sound, which was the voice of a gentle woman from the wall clock, came:

"Emilia, after you said that last time, you fell back asleep for half an hour."

The wall clock was not a living thing, but a relatively basic mechanical servant in the Witch Academy. Not every student dormitory could have such a servant; Emilia was an object of special care:

"I know, Miss Alarm Clock. Can you tell me today's schedule now?"

Emilia continued to say with her eyes closed, hoping to take advantage of the time it took for "Miss Alarm Clock" to answer to rest her eyes for a while longer. She already regretted reading books under the covers for too long last night, but the Fifth Era really had too many interesting stories she had never read before—that was recommended to her by the Green Dragon Maid.

"Today you only have one compulsory course to attend. Professor Tinalise, who teaches the *Ether and All Things* course, usually arrives ten minutes early. Considering the distance between the dormitory and the classroom, if you don't consider breakfast, you can sleep for another twenty minutes.

At noon, you accepted the invitation from Miss Elfina Wilder to have a picnic by the academy lake, please remember to be on time;

At three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the individual lesson prepared for you by Miss Feilian every week, please don't be late."

"Yes, yes."

Because the window had been opened, the gentle morning breeze actually made Emilia wake up a little:

"Do I have any arrangements for the evening?"

"Your work-study application has been approved. Starting tonight for one week, you need to go to take care of the academy's unicorns every night from eight to ten. Although it's just responsible for accompanying the unicorn cubs for a walk, please prepare warm clothing."

Living in the academy naturally costs money. Although as a formally admitted student, accommodation and meals are quite cheap, Emilia also has other consumption needs.

Actually, Miss Feilian and Miss Oulannode privately wanted to prepare a basic living allowance for her through Miss Wilder, but Emilia refused it herself. When she left the Sixth Era, the academy and Xia De had prepared precious metals for her to carry. It was just because she didn't know how long she would live here, so she chose work-study.

"But in this way, how come it feels like life in the Fifth Era is not much different from the Sixth Era. Classes, dining, taking care of unicorns..."

She got up, dressed, washed, tidied up the bed, and then put the essay *The Role of Ether Theory in Spacetime Oscillation* that she had to hand in today into her satchel.

Because it was spring, the academy uniform was a white shirt with double-breasted gold buttons on the chest and a red striped skirt. Only high-level witch students were allowed to dress freely. But the Witch Academy didn't manage the dress code other than the top and skirt very strictly. Emilia chose to wear her own small black leather shoes. As for the stockings...

"Stockings in this era are really cheap."

She picked and chose hesitantly until she was urged again by "Miss Alarm Clock" that she was about to miss breakfast time, and then she chose a white pair. Her fingers hooked between the edge of the stockings and the skin of her right leg, she pushed open the dormitory door, and the energetic little elf, carrying her bag and books, officially started another day of academy life.

The area of St. Byron's Witch Academy in this era was only slightly smaller than the area of the academy in the era of her birth. However, because the dormitory was arranged in the central tower of the academy, Emilia didn't need to use the teleportation gate to go to the academy canteen.

The so-called "canteen" was a banquet hall building that was more exaggerated than the most magnificent church in Emilia's impression. It was a pity that this place was converted into a castle for the History Academy in later generations.

Breakfast was in a buffet style. Emilia greeted the witch students she knew along the way and was very happy because she waited in line to get the last piece of nut honey cake with almond cream.

It was just that after holding her books to class, sitting in the open tiered classroom listening to Professor Tinalise, a halfling, teaching the course content, the obscure and difficult learning content made the little elf, who didn't think her intelligence was very outstanding, have a headache.

Although she found that her classmates, those beautiful and fashionable witch ladies, also mostly couldn't understand what the professor was talking about. But they were just aiming to pass the exam and get credits, while Emilia had to fight people later.

All of Emilia's courses were carefully selected for her by Miss Oulannode. The meaning of these courses was not to let her master power, but to hope that through Emilia's deep understanding of spacetime and ether, when Miss Oulannode followed her to the Sixth Era, she could bring more power.

"War of Time" was not a ritual that only appeared in the Sixth Era. After Miss Feilian visited the time witch of the contemporary era, she learned some secrets of this ancient ritual: the more Emilia understood the essence of spacetime and the world, theoretically, the greater the help Miss Oulannode could provide her.

"But these contents are really difficult!"

Courses at St. Byron's Witch Academy were generally two hours per class, and two classes could be arranged in one morning. Although Professor Tinalise's course was only one class, the professor, who liked to drag the class, still lectured until 10:30 in the morning before announcing the end of the class.

Those witch students who were late for the next class had already left early, and Emilia, who felt golden stars appearing before her eyes, sat on the grass for lunch not long after, breathing the fresh air of the spring noon while telling the maid ladies about her troubles:

"Am I too stupid?"

The picnic spot was on the lawn in front of the "Black Lake" of the academy. Besides Emilia and Miss Wilder, Miss Gina, the pink dragon, and Fiona were also there.

They weren't wearing maid skirts, and they were all dressed as academy witch students. After hearing Emilia's question, they all laughed:

"Everyone actually can't fully understand Professor Tinalise's course. This kind of theoretical course has always been like this. Unless you want to engage in theoretical research work in the future, everyone usually listens to the class with the goal of passing."

This was the Green Dragon girl's words. The spring sun shone on the three dragon girls and Emilia. The uniform uniforms, youthful figures, and the beautiful temperament of the witches made them actually the scenery here.

Of course, there were quite a few witches having picnics nearby. The academy restaurant allowed food to be brought out.

Miss Wilder smiled and opened the basket to prepare sandwiches for everyone:

"Emilia, caviar or mayonnaise?"

"Mayonnaise is fine, but I heard the professor mention that Miss Fiona Delage passed the exam with a very high score back then."

The little elf was still brooding over the course just now. Fiona showed a reserved smile. She, like Emilia, wore buckled small black leather shoes, sat sideways on her legs wearing white stockings, and her tail wrapped around her body for a week:

"That's because Miss Oulannode checked my learning progress every week, and I often stayed up very late reading books."

This gave Emilia a considerable sense of guilt, because although she also stayed up late reading books, she was obviously not studying.

So the little elf thought in her heart that she would gradually reduce the time spent reading extracurricular books starting today.

On the side, Miss Gina, the pink dragon, was pouring tea for everyone. Emilia knew that she, like Fiona Fiona Delage, was a mixed-blood dragon, and her dragon lineage was a rare variant ruby dragon, which was why the scales on her tail appeared pink.

This Miss Gina was the gentlest among the dragon maids Emilia was familiar with, and often went with her to visit the unicorn cubs. Gina Rosa was raised as a princess in a human kingdom since she was a child. After her king father went bankrupt, she was sent to St. Byron's Comprehensive Academy as a maid to pay off debts, thus becoming a member of the academy's dragon maid group.

Therefore, the pink dragon lady who had received aristocratic education since childhood was more elegant in every move than the other dragon maids with rough life experiences. But it was a pity that whether a maid in the academy was elegant didn't matter; whether her power was strong and whether she worked neatly was what mattered.

"Emilia, do you want to go out of school with us this weekend?"

Fiona asked while drinking black tea:

"This time we are going to the underground world. I received a task from Miss Oulannode to go to an underground gnome witch to take some special explosive samples. We plan to collect the local 'Underdark Whaling Grass' nectar on the way. That kind of nectar is very delicious for baking small cakes."

Emilia was actually more curious about how there could be whales in the Underdark. She really wanted to follow the dragon maids to adventure in strange places, but this time she refused:

"It's my turn to take care of the little unicorns this week, I can't go far."

"That's a pity."

The Green Dragon girl made the sandwiches and took out jam and soft white bread from the basket:

"When we come back, we will bring you gifts. There is a unique 'Shadow Cat' in the Underdark. Although it is not as cute as Xia De's Little Mia, it is also a very good pet."

"What kind of person is that Mr. Xia De Hamilton?"

Miss Pink Dragon asked curiously. Emilia looked at the calm big lake not far away and thought for a while, but in the end, she didn't know how to answer:

"If you meet him in the future, you will find that he is a very easy person to understand."

After lunch, Emilia bid farewell to the dragon maids, went to the library to check some useful materials, and set off for the office of the principal, Miss Feilian, at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Many people knew that Emilia was taught by the principal herself. Everyone envied the good luck of this elf of unknown origin and was very curious about what kind of knowledge and secrets the demigod witch would teach her.

But only Emilia knew that most of the time she was just invited to have afternoon tea with Miss Feilian and Miss Oulannode, and then chat about many things in the Sixth Era.

She didn't hate this point; after all, the afternoon tea in the principal's office was really delicious.

Unlike the principal's office in the Sixth Era, the office of Mana Feilian, the founder of the academy, was not a room in the academy castle, but a semi-plane attached to this former Kingdom of Night.

The symbolic gate was located in the center of the highest floor of the academy's main castle. Emilia stood at the door for ten minutes, leaning against the wall and looking at the portrait of an unknown demigod witch hanging on the opposite wall. It wasn't until exactly three o'clock that she knocked on the door knocker lightly. Soon the door opened silently, and Fiona, wearing a maid skirt, poked her head out, her tail tip standing in front of her mouth making a shushing gesture to her:

"Miss Feilian is meeting a guest, you go in and wait first."

Crossing the gate, she entered a completely different world. There were no ladies in the reception room, and Fiona pointed to the greenhouse garden behind, signaling that both the host and the guest were there.

Then the dragon maid went to the garden alone, and Emilia sat on the sofa, but not long after, the red dragon girl returned again:

"Emilia, come quickly, the guest wants to see you."

"The guest wants to see me?"

The little elf was a bit nervous:

"I don't know anyone... what's the matter?"

"That demigod just wants to say a few words to you, don't worry."

So Emilia nervously followed Fiona, walked out of the reception room, passed through the passage between the study and the dressing room, pushed open the glass door, and came to the "back garden" which was equivalent to a forest in the semi-plane.

Miss Oulannode was not there. The witch wearing a purple-red robe was sitting in the pavilion in the garden with the guest, admiring the "phlogiston flowers" from the Fire Elemental Plane that the maids had transplanted to the garden.

Other maids responsible for taking care of rare plants stayed away from this area and would not disturb the conversation of the masters. Emilia was brought here by Fiona. She first greeted Miss Feilian, and then looked at the so-called visiting guest.

The demigod witch's height was even shorter than Emilia's, and her silver long hair made Emilia think of an unmeltable glacier. The black dress on the other person was not gorgeous, but no one could deny her elegance.

Just seeing that short demigod witch, the little elf was very sure that the other person was good at using the power of ice and snow, because she felt the cold from her soul:

"Hello."

She greeted respectfully. Chloe curiously looked at the little elf from the Sixth Era before her:

"No need to be nervous, I am..." ===== CHAPTER 4256 =====