The Trendsetting Archmage (3)

Ervia, a third-year student in Elterion Academy’s Department of Magic, had been feeling a strange sense of incongruity every time she walked the halls lately.

She had noticed that the atmosphere of the Magic Hall, where students from the Departments of Magic and Magic Engineering spent their time, had begun revolving around a single student.

“Hey! I did it!”

An excited voice rang out from the middle of the hallway.

Ervia turned her head for a quick glance.

A familiar classmate from the Department of Magic was looking positively thrilled.

“I cast Ice Arrow instantly for the first time yesterday, you know? Using only a mana array, without solving the equations!”

“Wow, really? The study group is definitely paying off~”

Another classmate beside them exclaimed, her voice tinged with envy.

“Yeah, yeah! I’ve been researching this and that with the top first-year student in the Department of Magic lately, and my skills have shot up over the past few weeks!”...