Dean Raymond's office on the top floor of the main Magic Hall building.
Raymond, the owner of this room, which was so quiet it was almost suffocating, was turning over the thick exam papers one by one.
In front of the dean's desk stood the professor in charge of the first-year magic theory course, looking haggard, with both hands politely clasped.
His hair was unkempt, the skin around his eyes was sunken, and his pupils were bloodshot.
Anyone looking at him would think he was the one who'd stayed up all night studying for the exam, not the one who'd written it.
He looked like he could collapse any second.
But his eyes gleamed fiercely with a pride bordering on madness.
He hadn't originally been this diligent and passionate a professor.
He was the type content to teach a bunch of bumbling first-years just enough while living day by day in the comfort of a stable job at the Imperial Academy.
But the moment some 'advanced mage' suddenly enrolled in the academy, everything changed...
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