An Extra’s POV

779 Classroom Incident

"You there… R'ai, was it? Could you answer the question I just posited?"

Almost as soon as soon as the question was raised, Rey snapped out of his deep thoughts and slowly returned his gaze to the Instructor who stood still and smiled at him.

Her smile seemed rather scary, not the kind and soft one she usually displayed.

Instructor Kar'eena was infamous for getting pissed at students who weren't paying attention in her class, and it was clear she had caught Rey spacing out. Still, since he was a newcomer and she was quite merciful, she gave him a saving grace.

If he could answer the question she posed—which was asked when he wasn't paying attention—she would let him off the hook.

And so, she stood there and waited for his response.

Tension easily soared in the class as Rey's classmates turned to look at him, their faces displaying multifarious emotions—mostly giving eyes of empathy.

It was clear that a few of them had also fallen victim to the same tactic by this Instructor.

"I believe you asked about the method of properly stabilizing a newly formed Mana Circle once it has been created." Rey suddenly said as he rose to his feet.

Gasps and surprised reactions filled the classroom.

There was no way he would have been called if he was listening in class, especially with Kar'eena smiling the way she was, which meant he must have been absent-minded.

Yet, he was able to perfectly replicate the question the same way she asked it.

"Yes. And can you tell me the answer to that question?" The slightly surprised Instructor still doubled down on her question, despite Rey's response.

After all, it was one thing to remember the question, and it was another to pay attention throughout the class.

Rey, he surpassed the expectations of his

period of time, so the newly created Mana Circle eventually becomes self-sustaining. The more efficient method is to use Enchanted Items—like the one this Academy has—to insert secondary Mana into the body, which takes on the form of the individual's own Mana in order to feed the Circle and make it stable. There's also the Liquid Supplement version being devised at the moment, but since it is still incomplete—particularly the stabilizing aspect of Mana Integration—the product still causes instability

she looked at Rey with wide open eyes.

was staring at

in calling out distracted students, and that meant everyone in the classroom knew

that answers

"Y-yeah… you may sit."

sat, heaving a sigh of relief

rather close one he just had, and honestly, he would have been

Emil! I owe you

wanted you to fail in front of the whole class. The nerve

deserve it, though. I got distracted

was his central consciousness occupied with thoughts, but other layered aspects of his mind were also occupied with other things that he didn't pay the lecture much mind.

Emil to have listened

rather fixated on it. I suppose I should take school

reminded him of his time on Earth, and that wasn't a necessarily happy time for

for me in this highly competitive space, I'll need

spending too much

over what I saw.' Rey's mind ultimately went back to what he was thinking about right before Instructor Kar'eena interrupted

those glitches in

that he noticed when he observed

are [&$@?3$$!0n] and (R@&^$**@!)?' He had no

glitches in Status Windows, so I guess this is what she was referring to. Of course, this isn't the first time I've seen

was on Ater's Status Window, and when he asked… the Familiar gave his usual

"I can't remember."

he was witnessing the same glitch in Adonis' Status Window, and Esme told Rey that she could see a glitched

are both Otherworlders, so…