Wizard: I'm leveling up by AFK in another world

Claire stepped out the door.

Rod was crouching on the steps when he saw Claire and immediately jumped up.

"Thank goodness you're alright too. Those thugs suddenly let me go and even bowed to apologize. I was completely stunned."

Before Claire could answer, a lavishly decorated black carriage silently pulled up in front of them.

On the carriage, the three-dimensional silver maple leaf emblem gleamed in the sunlight.

An elderly butler in a tailcoat stepped out of the car and gave the two men a graceful bow.

"Mr. Lewis, Mr. Weasley, my young lady would like to invite you both to lunch as a token of her gratitude. Please get in the car."

Rhodes gaped, staring at the luxurious carriage before him, then at Claire.

"Let's go." Claire patted Rhodes on the shoulder and boarded the carriage first.

The interior of the carriage was surprisingly spacious, much larger than it appeared from the outside.

A sofa was surrounded by a thick velvet carpet, and two cups of black tea, steaming, sat on the square table in the center.

"If Anna and Bella hadn't mutated, I'd be holding one in my left arm and one in my right..." Rhodes chuckled as he sat on the sofa.

Claire naturally ignored him.

About twenty minutes later, the carriage slowly came to a stop.

The two got out of the car and looked up.

Before me stands a towering, spiral-shaped building, its exterior walls made of large pieces of crystal glass that refract a pure white glow in the sunlight.

"Do you know where this is?" he asked his intelligence operative in a low voice.

"A place we couldn't afford even if we worked at the Gray Amber Workshop our whole lives..."

However, the two were now respectfully invited into the house by the old butler and taken to a room high in the clouds via a floating elevator.

Pushing open the door, a familiar figure came into view.

They rescued the girl from the sea.

At this moment, she changed into a light blue court dress, and her long golden hair was braided into an elegant style.

Although her eyes were still a little red and swollen, the noble air of someone from a prominent family was unmistakable.

Upon seeing the two enter, the girl stood up, lifted her skirt, and bowed.

"It's great to see you again, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Weasley."

Claire and Rhodes looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Please sit down."

The three of them took their seats.

"First of all, I want to express my sincere gratitude to you both." The girl looked at the two of them sincerely, "If it weren't for you, I might already be a fish's belly."

"Miss, you have powerful magic protecting you. Even without us, you can safely return to Whale City." It was only natural to be polite.

"In any case, your help was genuine." The girl shook her head. "I'm sorry I lied to you. My brother's last name isn't Manuel, it's Charles."

"My brother held the base until the very last moment. Although he managed to escape, he was seriously injured. When he woke up and saw me, he immediately said he wanted to thank you both properly for saving his life."

She took out two gold-embossed letters and two silver cards from her bag and pushed them in front of the two men.

"This is a thank-you gift that my brother prepared for you two."

"The letter contains a recommendation letter from the Grey Amber Wizarding Academy. You two can be admitted without examination and can choose any major."

Wizard Academy!

Claire's heart skipped a beat.

Many established wizarding families or well-known companies establish wizarding academies to cultivate their own reserve of talent.

Unless you're a member of a family, a key employee of a company, or have extraordinary talent, getting into this kind of place is incredibly difficult.

It has a systematic lineage of wizards and a way to acquire knowledge, making it a sacred place that many people dream of visiting.

"This card is my thank-you gift. With it, you can purchase goods at cost price in all the shops of the Gray Amber Workshop, with a monthly discount of 300 magic stones."

"Hmm... the limit is a bit small, but this is the highest I can apply for."

Rod stared wide-eyed at the two little gadgets on the table.

"This...this is far too valuable."

"This is what you deserve," the girl smiled. "Furthermore, my brother has intervened and stopped the city hall's investigation into the two of you. Everything related to the Tidal Giant Clam Farm will be removed from the archives."

This is so thoughtful. Claire felt that she was the one who should be grateful.

"If you two don't mind, you might as well stay in Whale City for a couple of days. Once my brother has recovered, we can go to the Gray Amber Wizarding Academy together to enroll."

……

……

After bidding farewell to the aristocratic ladies of the Charles family, Claire and Rod also temporarily parted ways.

Despite Rod's repeated invitations to celebrate at several nice places he knew, Claire declined.

He has more important things to do.

Inside a temporary laboratory rented by the Explorers' Guild, Claire retrieved the materials stored in the panel one by one.

Ten Shadow Anemone Venom Glands, one Deep-Sea Coral Heart, three Fish Spirit Spine Pieces, and one Primal Tidal Essence.

The four materials were enveloped in a faint golden light and floated on the experimental table.

They have been collected for a long time, yet they remain in the same state as when they were collected.

Claire downed a bottle of mental restoration potion and, following the method she had practiced countless times in her mind, began to circulate her magic.

He first pieced together the three pieces of the fish spirit spine, and then guided it to grow and proliferate, forming the skeleton of the whole body.

Then, suppress the beating of the deep-sea coral heart and firmly embed it in the center of the skeleton.

The venom glands of the Shadow Anemone grow into dense purple blood vessels that cover its skeleton.

In the final step, Claire infused her spiritual power into the primordial tidal essence. The pure white pearl trembled violently for a moment, then transformed into a ball of white light, enveloping the entire skeleton.

The white light gradually dissipated, and flesh and scales began to form on the thin skeleton.

Soon, the clone had taken shape.

It is about 1.6 meters tall and its whole body is covered with rough, grayish-brown scales.

Its hands reach past its knees, its fingertips are sharp bony claws, and a row of plate-like fleshy fins grow on its back.

Its eyes were a hazy grayish-white, without pupils.

Claire examined her first creation from different angles and felt that no matter how you looked at it, it was rather ugly.

[Production complete]

Please name it.

"Then let's call her Ula," Claire suggested casually.

【Name: Ula】

[Type: Devouring Sea Clan]

[Rank: Low-level Sea Creature]

[Traits: Devouring Filth (can convert and absorb polluted energy from waste liquids into pure magic), Shadow Stealth (skin can distort light, blending into the surrounding environment), Toxicity to the Bone (immune to all toxins below level one)]

Looking at the attribute panel that popped up in front of her, Claire nodded in satisfaction.

Anyway, I don't usually see it, so I don't care if it looks bad, as long as it works.

He retracted his clone into the panel, cleaned up the traces on the lab table, and left the laboratory.

"It's time to go back and take a look."

Given that she would be enrolling at Grey Amber Wizarding Academy in two days, Claire decided to set up her clone at Drainage Point No. 3, where she had previously worked.

He worked diligently there for a week and cleaned it very thoroughly; there shouldn't be any more cleaners coming to work there in the near future.

If you inexplicably return, you need to prepare a reason so as not to arouse suspicion from Borg and Old Jack.