Magical Cat

"Eleanor, you've arrived."

Safina, who was leaning against the wall reading a book, closed the book and greeted him happily.

"Good morning, Safina," Elaine replied with a smile.

After having dinner together, the two became much closer.

At least in class, Safina was Elaine's closest classmate.

Li En leaned on Elaine's shoulder, watching this scene with a smile.

"Eleanor has finally made some friends. Although Safina is a bookworm, she's not a bad person, and she's also a top student."

Li En evaluated her child's friends in the manner of a typical Chinese parent.

Seeing how familiar the two were, Weber was taken aback.

That's right, the other person present was Webber.

He didn't know when Elaine and Safina had become so close.

When Weber saw Elaine approaching, he silently nodded to her as a greeting.

Elaine was taken aback. Weber had never been very friendly to her before, but today he was unusually greeting her.

Moreover, he had just lost a gold coin to me a few days ago, so I don't think he should be giving me a pleasant look.

Elaine found it strange, but didn't say anything more, simply replying, "Good morning, Weber."

They had just finished greeting each other when two more people came over, a man and a woman.

They were also first-year students at the Royal Magic Academy, so they weren't strangers to each other.

"Hey everyone, good morning!"

The handsome young man with black hair was the first to greet them, speaking in a relaxed and natural tone, as if he were already very familiar with them.

His name is Sojeen, and he is a top student in his class, ranking third in the grade at the end of last semester.

In addition, he was handsome and had a friendly personality, so he was very noticeable in his grade.

However, Sojeen was not in the same class as Elaine and the others during regular classes, so they didn't interact much. He only knew that there was such a remarkable student.

As for the last one, she was also an acquaintance, Barbara, who broke down in tears during the last practical class.

Li En never expected that Barbara would still show up here today, even though he had interfered with her in such a way.

"It's quite surprising that Melina also selected her for the special instruction."

Li En raised an eyebrow, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.

Last time, because Barbara broke through his defenses too early, he didn't have a chance to use many of his techniques. Maybe he can continue to do so today.

Just then, the office door opened, and Melina peeked out. Seeing them waiting outside, she said, "Don't wait outside, come in."

The five students greeted Melina and then filed into the office.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin our special lesson," Melina said.

Upon hearing this, all three people present, except for Webber and Barbara, showed surprise.

Sojern went even further, asking bluntly, "Teacher, are there only five of us in today's special lesson?"

Melina replied with a smile, "This is already an expanded version."

Upon hearing this, Webber and Barbara looked slightly embarrassed, but quickly returned to normal.

They definitely got in through connections; otherwise, they wouldn't have been eligible for this special instruction.

Where there are people, there are social dynamics, and Melina was no exception in the Royal Magic Academy.

But she didn't really care, as long as the students she chose were there.

Melina glanced at the clock in the office; since the students had arrived early, there were still a few minutes until eight o'clock.

"My reserved carriage shouldn't have arrived yet, so I'll take this opportunity to explain the content of this special lesson to you."

Melina then began to explain to them.

"The Blue Jazz Bar in the city has been mysteriously losing silverware lately, so they asked our college to help catch the thief."

"Your special training this time will involve catching the thief lurking in the Blue Jazz Bar. The owner will reward you handsomely after you succeed."

Melina explained the content of the special instruction in just two sentences.

"Help me catch a thief?"

Li En twitched her eye, never expecting that this so-called special lesson would actually be about helping people catch thieves.

He looked at the five students Melina had chosen.

Elaine, Safina, and Sojeon are undoubtedly among the best of the first-year students.

Webber and Barbara, though slightly inferior, are still among the top performers.

Even so, they are all just novice mages who have only learned one or two spells. Can they really be of any help in catching thieves?

A big question mark appeared in Li En's mind.

But since it was Melina's arrangement, the students naturally didn't question it.

After explaining the content of the special lessons to them, Melina led them to the main gate of the academy.

A discreet horse-drawn carriage had just arrived.

Melina let them have their lesson, and the two boys stepped aside, demonstrating their gentlemanly manners and asking the ladies to go first.

Seeing that Melina didn't intend to go first, Barbara unceremoniously boarded the carriage first.

Barbara noticed that the carriage was quite spacious, and there shouldn't be any problem for three or four people to sit side by side on both sides.

She rolled her eyes and chose to sit down in the middle of one side.

In this way, she will have a greater chance of sitting next to Melina later.

"It would be wonderful to be able to ride with the teacher all the way."

Under Barbara's expectant gaze, Safina was the second to board the bus.

Safina didn't want to sit next to Barbara, so she sat directly opposite her.

Seeing this, Barbara frowned, but didn't say anything.

There are four girls in this group, so one of them has to sit opposite a boy, or the four girls have to squeeze together.

It's a good thing that Safina is being so sensible now.

As Barbara was thinking this, Elaine got into the car and naturally sat down next to Safina, exchanging a few words of laughter.

Barbara felt instinctively uncomfortable being ignored, and at the same time, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

"When did those two become so close?"

But Barbara couldn't help but feel excited when she thought about Melina getting on the bus next.

"There are already two people sitting opposite me, so there's a higher chance the teacher will sit next to me!"

Barbara was secretly pleased when she saw a large face crawl into the carriage.

His expectant and smug expression froze instantly, and he almost couldn't resist kicking that big face.

"Weber, what are you doing in here?"

"You're crazy, go sit across from me!"

Weber did not back down when faced with Barbara's questioning.

He was already tall, and now that he was stuck at the train car door, he was very uncomfortable.

But there were female classmates sitting on both sides, two on one side and only one on the other, so of course he wanted Barbara to move over.

"Why should I? This is the seat I saved for the teacher!" Barbara pressed her hands against the seats on both sides, refusing to budge.

"Seriously, I have nothing to say to you."

Weber squeezed into the carriage, feeling a headache coming on for Barbara, and sat down next to her in a seat further inside.

"Weber, you scoundrel! Don't you have any manners of a nobleman? How dare you sit down next to a lady like that?!"

Barbara shoved Webber in a fit of rage, as if chasing away a homeless man who was trying to assault her, and made a move as if to push Webber out of the carriage.

The two people and the cat opposite were stunned and secretly admired Webber's courage for daring to provoke such a crazy woman.

"If you sit across from me, or leave me a seat, everything will be fine!"

Weber was on the verge of tears.

This was his only solution after entering the carriage, but Barbara relentlessly thwarted his plans.

According to aristocratic etiquette, Weber should indeed politely maintain a distance from the lady he was traveling with.

That's what he wanted to do too.

Barbara was hogging the spot on this side and didn't want to sit with the girl on the other side, so he had to sit down here and let Barbara sit on the other side so they wouldn't be sitting next to each other.

As Barbara and Webber were making a ruckus in the carriage, Sojourn pushed open the door and entered, saying with a smile, "Ms. Melina said she's sitting in the front, so you two should stop arguing."

Upon hearing the devastating news, Barbara immediately flew into a rage and yelled at Webber:

"It's all your fault!"