Supreme Magus novel Chapter 190

Between classes there was a ten minutes break that students could use to relax, exchange notes or simply stretch their legs a bit. Lith was eager to understand if one or more of the girls was still angry or wanted to keep a distance from him.

The problem was introducing the topic without making himself sound worried or even worse, desperate. From his previous life, he had learned that girls could smell desperation from a mile away and they were usually good at exploiting it.

Before he could find a proper way to clear their relationship, Quylla spoke up.

"Did you really practice Forgemastering on your own?"

"Of course, I did." Lith felt slightly offended by the implication.

"But aside from small stuff I didn’t manage to create much. On the contrary, I wasted quite a few materials, since Wanemyre left me stumbling in the dark." He snorted.

"Really?" She was genuinely surprised.

"How can your family afford a magic lab? It’s not something you see often near a farm."

Lith realized too late his slip up. He couldn’t tell them about Solus and her custom-made labs, so he had to improvise.

"They can’t. I practice in a small clearing in the woods near my house. It’s not much, but at least it’s quiet and isolated."

"Then you can’t really blame the Professor for your failures. Father always says that without a properly insulated magic lab, enchanting items is more a form of gambling rather than magic."

"Are you taking Forgemastering lessons from Orion?" _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}

Quylla nodded.

"More like he explains to me the basics while he works. Father says that I could use a second specialization and that Forgemastering helps build the character."

- "It seems to be true, since she managed to look me in the eyes the whole time without blushing. Orion must have been spending quite some time with them to make Quylla call him father already."–

"By the way, how was your report card?" Quylla had become much more talkative and straightforward compared to the past.

"Pretty good. With only one sour note."

"Let me guess." Friya scoffed. "Dimensional magic?"

"Got it in one." Lith smiled.

"Did Rudd give you an A- too?"

"The f*cker did much worse!" Friya slammed her fist on the desk, drawing the attention of most of the class.

"Hush! Last time I hadn’t the opportunity to tell you, but somehow the report cards of those who passed the second test leaked to the public." Lith whispered.

"Most of our classmates are already envious of our success, don’t give them the opportunity to report you to Rudd and give him an excuse to lower your grades even further."

The piece of news took them all by surprise. Friya looked at their classmates with anger and only after taking a few deep breaths, she managed to calm down.

"Yurial and Phloria got an A+, Quylla got an A- like you and I only an B+." Her voice was quiet, but her hands snapped a quill in half over and over, until the biggest piece was the size of a bean.

"It’s beyond unfair." Phloria chimed in.

"We are more or less at the same level, but only thanks to Quylla giving us real lessons about dimensional magic and thanks to you teaching us how to multi cast properly.

"It should be you two having a better grade instead of us. I bet Rudd looked at our family’s status first and at our performances later. Friya’s grade makes no sense unless..."

"Unless he is punishing me for what my mother did, implying that since I belong to a family of traitors I must have cheated somehow." Friya completed the phrase for her, rage and sadness resounded in her voice.

"I think I would have popped a vein if it wasn’t for you, Lith. Thank you very much." Friya suddenly hugged him, causing the onlookers to start gossiping about it.

"What did I do exactly?" Lith had been caught by surprise and was unable to make heads or tails of her words.

"You were our supervisor during the second exam, dummy. You must have embellished our performances quite a bit, otherwise I doubt my report card would be this good." She handed him a piece of paper, on which was written:

"Friya Ernas:

Principles of Advanced Magic: A-; Mage Knight: A-; Healing: A; Dimensional Magic B+. School points gained from daily evaluation: 3,362. School points gained from the second exam: 1000/1000

Headmaster Linjos."

The candidate demonstrated to be cool headed even under stressful situations, capable of excellent teamwork and brave enough to put her own safety at risk to ensure the success of her team’s mission."

One after the other, his companions gave Lith a copy of their report card. They had all scored full points during the second exam, while their grades went from a minimum of A- to a maximum of A+.

The only exception was Quylla, who had received an S- as a healer.

"We received our report cards just a few days ago. I would have never expected to be considered a Rank A magician." Quylla was brimming with joy.

"I honestly doubt we would have got full marks if you told Linjos how we puked our guts out after facing the first group of goblins. Did you paint us out like fearless adventurers? And if you did, how did you manage to sell it to Linjos?"