The weapons I forge are absolutely flawless.

That's it.

If you can't remember, it means it's not that important.

Wiener is someone who can easily reconcile with himself.

If one were to dwell on those old, trivial matters every day, and suddenly find oneself in a completely unfamiliar world, living alone for over a decade, such an experience would likely have driven Wiener to a mental breakdown long ago.

So he turned his attention to something.

"Tell me about it, as your master, I'm scared half to death just trying to use you."

"Why do they submit without any resistance when they're in someone else's hands?"

Even if you value beauty over your master, you shouldn't be interested in a man.

"Or is this your preferred taste?"

Wiener launched into a tirade against the dull cleaver, which only revealed its hilt.

Slashing Blade Dull: "?"

This is why Wiener was bullying someone with only a knife and couldn't retaliate; otherwise, he would have definitely hurled very harsh insults.

Wiener knew better than anyone that since Felix could pull the Dull Cleaver from the ground without any difficulty, it meant that he had at least met some of the conditions for using the Dull Cleaver.

But he didn't dare to gamble.

This isn't Lumiel Village anymore; once weapons are used, there's no responsibility.

No matter what people did with the weapons crafted by Wiener, they couldn't find a single swordsmith to blame.

But it's different now.

In St. Freya Academy, where everyone is a Crest User, there's no guarantee that someone might be able to see the special nature of the Enlightened Weapon.

Before fully understanding the characteristics of the Spirit-Awakening Weapon, Vena dared not hand it over to strangers.

But then he realized that he had been blinded by greed and had promised to forge another sword.

"Maybe I should just seriously learn enchanting?" Viner thought to herself.

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Chapter 21 Alchemy Institute: We may not sleep, but we will never get up early.

Six o'clock in the morning.

The student ID card, which was lying quietly on the bedside table, suddenly emitted a rapid wake-up call.

This was the first time Wiener had ever heard of a student card having such an extra function.

He checked the schedule last night; the first class this morning starts at eight o'clock.

Even including time for washing up, breakfast, and getting to the teaching building, getting up at seven o'clock is still plenty of time.

Even for someone as self-disciplined as Wiener, waking up at six o'clock is still too early for humans.

Still half asleep, I reached for my student ID card on the bedside table, trying to turn off the noisy alarm clock.

"Morning exercise?"

As Wiener touched the student card, he sensed the extra information inside.

"Academic credits are deducted for absences?"

Viner snapped awake and sprang out of bed.

If it were legitimate spending, that would be one thing, but losing credits for something so trivial would be the death of him.

It took me two minutes to fold the sheets and blankets neatly, and then another three minutes to wash up.

Since we'll be doing morning exercises soon, we can skip breakfast for now.

Wiener opened the wardrobe.

St. Freya Academy is very generous in its distribution of living supplies, and naturally, students have more than one set of uniforms.

On the left, the clothes were hung in pairs in the order of formal dress, service dress, training uniform, and protective suit, while on the right were Viner's personal clothes and some clothes that were not needed for the time being.

The military uniform I wore to school yesterday is essentially more like a formal dress, and it's only worn on important occasions.

The everyday clothes are the standard attire for attending theoretical classes.

The training uniform will be worn during physical training and combat training.

As for protective suits—only students from the Alchemy Institute can use them for the time being.

The appearance of this thing greatly reduced the frequency of Alchemy Academy students appearing in the school clinic, and it was highly praised by a group of medical officers led by Dr. Ada.

The college even provides students with underwear, socks, thermal underwear, and warm coats and overcoats.

In short, if there are no additional needs in terms of clothing, there are corresponding school uniforms to wear all year round, which greatly alleviates the difficulty of making choices for some students.

However, it's highly unlikely that the clothing provided to male students by the school would include pantyhose.

This proves that the pantyhose Felix wore yesterday were his personal clothes.

Wiener put on his training uniform.

The training uniform, while being tailored to fit well, features clever special treatments at important areas such as the elbows, shoulders, and knees.

It not only ensures a good fit for the garment, but also minimizes restrictions on movement, allowing the wearer to move freely.

After making all the preparations, Wiener set off for the training ground specified in the message.

There weren't many students walking around the college during this time; most of them were freshmen who had the same destination as Viña.

When we passed the dormitory building of the combat academy, there were noticeably more people.

Is this morning exercise session specifically arranged for the Fighting Academy?

Wiener thought to himself.

After all, when he left the Alchemy Institute dormitory area, there was no movement from the other dormitories.

However, they soon realized they had worried unnecessarily.

"The Fighting Academy should have 200 people, and 200 people actually attended."

"The Demon Academy should have 50 members, but 31 members were present."

"Of the 10 people who should be in the Alchemy Institute, only 1 is present."

"...Students who are absent will have 5 credits deducted as punishment."

Considering the purchasing power of credits exchanged for gold coins, this punishment is undeniably severe.

Some students from wealthy noble families in the Magic Academy might not care, but the students in the Combat Academy don't have that ability and all of them obediently attend.

As for the students of the Alchemy Department, losing credits might sting them for a few seconds, but getting up early would really kill them.

Yaskin, the instructor at the combat academy in charge of checking attendance, seemed to be used to this phenomenon. After counting the number of people, he announced the content of the morning exercise.

Running with weights.

The first three months after enrollment are considered the adjustment period for new students. Most of the basic courses are taken together, with the aim of exploring the students' potential.

It's not that you can't learn magic once you enter the academy.

Among the second-year students at the Fighting Academy, there are quite a few magic swordsmen and magic fist masters.

The same applies to morning exercises.

St. Freya Academy is an officer training academy, so the requirements for students are naturally higher.

Even magicians in the Magic Academy must maintain basic physical fitness.

Traditional magicians who are physically weak and need assistance are looked down upon at St. Freya Academy.

There's a reason why running is included as part of the first morning exercise.

The combat skills academy's entrance examination is a practical test that filters out those with weak fighting spirit and insufficient judgment of the strength of the enemy and themselves.

Only with unwavering determination can one fully realize their potential when facing a formidable opponent.

Those with weak fighting spirit often suffer a significant reduction in strength, even when facing opponents of vastly different abilities, due to inner fear and wavering.

Accurate assessment of the relative strengths of the enemy and oneself is also an indispensable ability for an excellent non-commissioned officer.

Only someone who can clearly assess the situation can remain calm during a crisis, adopt effective coping strategies, and avoid getting into danger.

Conversely, those who cannot accurately assess the situation often make wrong decisions due to a lack of awareness of crisis, putting themselves in danger and easily dragging others down with them.

The essence of the entrance examination is to test whether candidates have the potential to become outstanding non-commissioned officers.

Once enrolled, the college will need to consider how to comprehensively improve the students' abilities.

The first day of school started with a simple running exercise, testing the freshmen's physical abilities.

Once you have a general idea of ​​each student's physical strength, you can then tailor your training accordingly.

Most new students have only been awakening their runes for a short time, which is a period of rapid growth in which the runes feed back into their physical strength. Physical training during this period can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, this morning exercise is not so simple.

So heavy.

Wiener struggled to maintain his steps, feeling as if he were carrying a mountain on his back.

The running area is a large playground inside the arena, about one kilometer per lap.

I didn't feel anything after the first two laps, but with each lap, my body felt heavier.

By the fifth lap, the previously orderly formations had developed noticeable differences in tiers.

The reason lies in the gravity magic circle drawn with magic runes beneath the running track.

With each additional lap, an extra layer of gravity is added.

The students running on the track quickly widened the gap between them.

The leading team seems to be under no pressure and is preparing to take the lead.

The second tier is mostly composed of students from the Fighting Academy, and they are very close to the first tier.

As for the rest of the third tier, they were all a bunch of monsters and demons.

There are students from the Magic Academy who neglect training, students from the Arena Academy who are of average ability but barely pass the exam by using information and their own advantages, and Vena who participated in the Alchemy Academy exam but was assigned to the Arena Academy.

"Vienna, keep it up! How come you're getting lapped all the time!"

Felix easily overtook Wiener, even having the energy to wave to him as he passed.

A solid place in the top tier—that's the strength Felix possesses, capable of breaking the Alchemy Institute's curse of sleeping in.

Chapter 22 Magic Elements and Magic Barriers

3 minute later.

"Vina, are you sure you can handle this? How come you got caught in another trap?"

Felix walked past Wiener again as usual.

In response, Wiener rolled her eyes at the back of the other person's head.

It's not that I don't want to confront them directly, it's just that I can't keep up with them, and I can't even inhale their exhaust fumes.

Wiener was not envious of these physically strong madmen at all.

Don't let his current poor performance fool you; he gets lapped several times just by running.

This just shows that he still has a lot of room for improvement.

Besides, he just can't outrun those muscle-bound lunatics at the fighting academy, he's not really the worst runner-up.

Thanks to Wiener's unwavering persistence, they finally made it to the forefront of the third tier.

As the distance increased, the original third group has become numerous groups, and even Wiener has the opportunity to be lapped.

"Hey, isn't this student representative Lister? She's been acting so sluggish all day!"

Perhaps spurred on by Felix, after finally overtaking Listy, Vina, caught up in the moment, started trash-talking as well.

Under normal circumstances, he would never have said such a thing. It can only be said that under the influence of ten layers of gravity, Viner was already somewhat delirious and was only hanging on by a thread.