"Ahh? We're going to summon a mysterious existence?"
"Awesome! Are we going to participate?"
Everyone was quite excited as soon as they heard the Professor's words. Summoning a mysterious existence seems very intriguing and all of them wanted to witness this strange phenomenon.
Professor Harrison smiled after hearing them and nodded. "That's right. I will show it to you once and we'll find volunteers to copy my actions… Before that, has anyone tried summoning a mysterious existence before?"
At this question, they all looked around their classmates only to see four people raising their hands.
They were Leonore, Aubrey, Neil, and Dalton.
All four of them have decent backgrounds so Vale and the others didn't seem surprised.
"I thought you've also experienced summoning such existence before…" Vale whispered to his seatmate, Chad Bulmung.
"I've seen one before but I've never tried doing it. It's quite scary if you don't have a strong spirit. They even said that these existences might pull you when they're returning to their origin." Chad explained as he looked at his four classmates who had experienced calling a mysterious existence. With their current Spirit, there shouldn't be any problems as long as they tried summoning a weak existence in the underworld or whatever place it was.
"They can pull you? That's quite dangerous…" Vale replied with a frown. Although he knows that there is a danger in this type of ritual, he had only read it in the books and it wasn't specified what kind of danger they'll be encountering.
'I thought that being injured and spiritually exhausted are the only problems…' Vale mused. He didn't expect that being pulled by this existence is another thing that he has to worry about.
"Mhmm… Since we have experienced students, I expect that they'll volunteer later. In any case, we will summon an ArchFey and her name is Mennena… She's been living inside this mirror for hundreds of years and she can see someone's special characteristics… Like their Special Physique, Mystical Talent, or even your hidden Artifact. She can pry someone's secrets so it's quite fun calling her out." Professor Harwin explained with a smile.
On the other hand, many of her students don't think that it was fun at all!
Calling out an existence that is capable of seeing through your secrets isn't welcome! The four who had raised their hands a while ago were already regretting their actions.
After all, they will be the ones who will be trying to use the mirror first. Once this existence called Mennena appears, she might reveal their secrets in passing and it's not going to be pleasant for them.
"Alright… Don't make any noises since I'll be starting…"
Professor Harrison said as she placed the hand mirror in front of her.
After confirming that she can see her reflection clearly, she started chanting a prayer to call for this existence...
"Esteemed ArchFey of the Third Era, the 13th Warden of the Spirit World, the current Spirit of the Pristine Mirror, grant me your audience… In accordance with the vow, a practitioner of the Darkness Path will find the light within the darkness and it'll outshine even the darkest of shades."
Vale has been observing the ritual while he's in his Phantasm State since he didn't want to miss anything.
As soon as Professor Harrison finished her chant, Vale noticed that a bit of her spiritual energy was consumed.
Soon, the mirror she was holding started gathering a vast amount of energy and Vale has to cancel his Phantasm State as a result. He felt that if he didn't do so, he would be noticed by the mysterious existence that was being summoned.
As everyone was waiting for the result, they heard a high-pitched voice coming from the mirror that the Professor was holding.
"Shirley! It's been a while! You don't seem injured. You only have some sore muscles. You need to exercise from time to time. I bet you're staying in your smokey room 24/7… You should go out and smell some grass… You're only 33 years old but look like 50… Ah, are you experimenting with your eyes again? You look like you're about to---"
The voice was instantly cut off as Professor Harrison released the mirror from her hands and placed it on the pulpit stand.
"Ahem… That's how it is… Did you remember the chant I made? It will only consume a bit of Spiritual Energy so it won't be dangerous. At most, you'll need two to three days of rest to recover this energy." Professor Harrison said with an awkward tone.
The four "experienced" students were truly worried now after witnessing how Mennena, the spirit of the Mirror, was able to rant on their professor just like that.
Thankfully, there is a way to stop it from ranting and it's by unhanding the mirror itself.
Leonore, Aubrey, Neil, and Dalton gulped in nervousness as they looked at each other.
In the meantime, Vale was actually looking at Professor Harrison carefully.
'She's only 33 years old? She looks really old… I wonder what kind of experiments she's doing to look like that.' Vale was concerned about this.
Whatever she was doing, he wanted to avoid it at all costs.
"Alright, who's going to try first?" Professor Harrison asked.
Surprisingly, one of the four immediately raised a hand.
"I will do the honor, Professor..." Neil said as he stood up.
"Oh, you're brave… That's how it should be. Since I'm here watching you, there's nothing to worry about." Professor Harrison said with a gentle nod.
She likes how Neil is actively participating in her class.
"I understand, Professor. I suggest that after my attempt, the next one would be Vale Chambers." Neil said out of nowhere.
Vale was obviously confused as he knitted his brows.
'Why did I suddenly got involved?'
Professor Harrison was similarly confused so she asked Neil curiously.
"Professor, our classmate, Vale Chambers has 25 Spirit Strands. He probably has a higher Spirit Strand than our Student Representative. We just wanted to witness his skills." At these words, Neil's lackeys chimed in.
"That's right, Professor! We just want to witness the skills of our strongest classmate."
"Indeed… I'm sure he also wanted to try this activity."
