Next day, Razael went straight to the Alpha group's training. He overslept a bit, so by the time he arrived, Lucielle had already begun her lecture.
Razael looked around and finally settled beside Adonis.
"Good morning."
"Good morning, man."
Adonis had become somewhat of a friend to Razael now. They had a few casual talks and hung out, but Adonis was too busy as the leader of the saviors to spend much time with Razael.
Razael looked at Lucielle and decided to focus on the lecture.
********
"... And that's pretty much how using Magic works." Lucielle smiled as she observed the students before her.
Seated in front of her were the students of the Alpha Group, and they were all paying rapt attention to her lecture.
"E-excuse me!" One of the students raised his hand as his voice echoed throughout the luxurious classroom that they occupied.
"Yes, Justin. What is it?"
Lucielle maintained her smile, but she was a little skeptical of the question Justin was going to ask her.
'I'm pretty sure I explained it well this time.'
It would be annoying if he decides to take us back.
According to what Lucielle knew about Justin, he was a bit of a class comedian.
He was also the least qualified among the students in the Alpha group, but his useful set of Skills and his Assassin Class made him very useful.
Combined with all the power the Hero brought to the table and the other abilities of the rest of the members, Justin's abilities would prove indispensable as well.
That was the rationale behind his joining.
However, despite being given such an opportunity to join the big leagues, Justin was fond of making jokes and disrupting the class.
It wasn't really harmful in any way, but Lucielle found it annoying.
Lucielle couldn't help but compare him to Razael.
'He's always so calm and understanding whenever I teach, unlike these kids...'
Then she looked at Justin again, her annoyance clearly visible.
'It also slows down the progress of the class.'
She knew these were simply teenagers, but she had hoped these Otherworlders would take the situation more seriously.
Other than Razael, Adonis, and Alicia, everyone else seemed to display some measure of unseriousness.
'Well, I shouldn't assume too much. Let's hear what he has to say.'
"I was wondering if you could give us a demonstration with Magic on your end. You also mentioned the difference between Chants and Chantless Casting, so I would also like to see you show us an example to further burn this topic into our memory." Justin asked very politely and succinctly.
The entire class fell into surprised silence.
'E-eh? Is this really Justin?'
Not only was his question intelligent, but he had come about it in a very succinct tone.
Lucielle was impressed, to say the least.
"Well, I was eventually going to. But now is as good a time as any to give you a demonstration." She smiled and decided to go along with Justin's suggestion.
Her mood had gotten better, even if slightly.
"To answer both of your requests, I'll do both right now."
Lucielle stretched out both her hands, as if she was expecting a hug from someone, a brilliant smile on her beautiful face.
"[O' Flames of the world. Reveal your brilliance atop the palms of my hand: Fire Brid]."
~VWUUSHH!~
A brilliant surge of flames suddenly appeared. The fire danced and cackled with power as it rested on Lucielle's palm.
This was an example of casting Magic while chanting.
"[Fire Brid]."
On the other hand, the same effect happened, and flames of equal proportions appeared there.
Both flames had unstable proportions as they danced on her palm, but they seemed equal in power.
"Lucielle, please, why are your flames equal? You told us the advantage of chanting, despite taking longer than chantless, is that the Spell is stronger." This time, it was Adonis who asked the question.
Everyone else in the class seemed to have the same question, considering all they had just learned.
However, the moment Lucielle heard this question, she smiled.
~FSHUUUUU~
Her flames died out as she closed off her palm, causing hissing smoke to radiate through the air.
"It's simple. I have another Skill known as [Magic Application]. It aids my casting and damage, so even without casting, I can achieve the same results."
Gasps filled the room. All the students were surprised to hear this.
Chanting was a basic principle of Magic, so it was shocking that their teacher had a Skill to bypass it.
"You might not be able to notice it now, but both of my flames were much more powerful than any caster's would ever be if they used the same Spell. That's because of my Grand Mage Class."
Lucielle's Grand Mage Class made all the Magic at her disposal exponentially more powerful than normal, while utilizing the same amount of Mana.
As she explained all of these things, all her students had one single thought.
'She... she's amazing!'
********
Everything covered in this lecture was already taught to Razael by Lucielle yesterday.
He also saw how differently Lucielle treated everyone compared to him.
Lucielle treated Razael like a companion, like a friend. But other saviors were treated like kids by her.
"I'm closer to my goal of getting her."
Soon after the lecture ended, Razael looked around to find a certain person.
"Hey, wait!"
Without putting much thought behind it, He ran towards the fleeting figure of a boy.
"Hey Justin, wait a sec. Oh, wait, should I call you Justin... or Rey?"
'Justin' shivered upon hearing Razael. He immediately grabbed Razael's wrist and ran away from the training ground.
Razael followed 'Justin's' lead with a smile.
Meanwhile, everyone in the training field just stood in their places, stunned.
"Huh? Did Justin just kidnap Razael?"
"WHAT?! He's not going to bully him, right? Just because Razael's weak?"
"Should we go save him?!"
...Charisma is a scary power.
********
"How... How did you know?"
"Know what?"
"That- That I'm Rey?"
"Oh, that's because I have an appraisal skill."
Rey looked at Razael with slitted eyes and then looked at his status.
"You're lying." Rey directly refuted.
Oh, he must have checked his [Doppel] skill. If I did use appraisal on him, He would've copied the skill.
"Your [Doppel] can't copy my appraisal." Obviously, it can't. Razael's appraisal is just imagination after all.
"You even know about [Doppel]?! Who are you?" Rey took a step back.
"Your classmate? I don't know what answer you're expecting." Razael just shrugged and took a step forward.
"[Sleep]" Rey didn't waste a second and immediately activated his skill.
'Shit, I forgot he can do that.' Razael hadn't expected this and tried to step away, but it was a lock-on skill.
{[???] is in effect}
{Conditions have been fulfilled. Ability-5 of [Reader] has been released}
{Skill details}
[Fourth Wall]
Tier: SSS+
Ability: When activated, the User is not an entity of the world anymore. No skill or physical damage from any character would have any effect on User, but User's skills will also be ineffective on characters as long as they affect the world. This skill will automatically activate if any unexpected skill is used on the User.
Cooldown: 0 seconds
Time Limit: 0 seconds
"Well f*ck, did I seriously get a good ability this time?"