As Vale returned to his seat, he noticed that Chad and the others were looking at him with fascination…
"What Dark Spells did you learn? Is it not listed in the Fundamental Dark Spells?" Chad curiously asked.
"Don't answer that, Vale. You need to keep it a secret. The Academy doesn't mind whatever Dark Spell you learned as long as you learned the three required Dark Spells of the Academy." Aubrey reminded.
"Cough. Cough… She's right. I was too excited. In any case, I will also keep my Spell Model a secret." Chad replied.
Vale can only dryly laugh since he can't reveal his Spell Model except for the Ghost Hand. Even if he uses the Spell Dispersion, there was no way he'd say that it's a Spell Dispersion either.
After all, this particular spell is only strong if his opponents don't know of this. This spell isn't invincible so he has to be careful whenever he uses it. Over the past year, he has been experimenting with this Spell Dispersion and learned many of its weaknesses.
One of its weaknesses is that it can't stop any summoned undead by Necromancers. It also can't stop Spells that are on the higher level and higher realm.
'It's a good thing I stopped Mennena from talking by calling out on her.' Vale heaved a sigh of relief as he looked at Professor Harrison. The Spirit of the Mirror had almost revealed his real identity!
In the meantime, Professor Shirley Harrison was looking at him and she seemed to be very satisfied with his performance.
"Alright… Next volunteer!"
The class continued as the others also tried to experience this. This includes Lisa Grayback who basically has zero experience in this matter. It was even her first time seeing a Mystical Artifact.
Fortunately, because of Vale's example, Mennena was no longer able to rant and only revealed some acceptable information…
Nevertheless, it was still enough to learn more about their classmates.
They learned that Dalton has toothache so he wasn't talking much. Leonore has been glancing at Vale over 30 times now. Emily was already thinking of the next subject, Music and Arts, since she had a great talent for this.
Chad Bulmung also tried and asked Mennena what branch he should specialize in. Although he already made a decision, he simply wanted to ask for a second opinion. In the end, Mennena suggested pursuing the path of a Dark Alchemist. The Spirit didn't mention the reason but Chad decided to consider it seriously.
"Alright, everyone… I want to remind you all again that Mennena is a friendly existence. Do not ever think that all beings you'll summon will be this kind and chatterbox. Remember what I said before about the possible dangers you'll experience."
"Yes, Professor!" The class replied in unison.
Since there are still 15 minutes left in the class, Shirley decided to explain what would they expect in this class for the rest of the year.
"In the first three months, we will be discussing various types of Mystical Artifacts and how to identify them. Just so you know, not all mystical items have mysterious existence or spirits living in them. The mirror that I showed you is just another type of mystical item. In any case, there will be an exam after the three months was up and if everyone passed, we will be visiting the Ageless Chamber so you can see our collection of mystical items." Shirley explained as she gave them something that they'll look forward to.
As expected, everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. Now that they'd seen the wondrous ability of a mystical artifact, there was no way they would pass up such an opportunity. Hearing or reading about these things isn't as good as seeing them in real life.
"Ageless Chamber? I heard from my brother that it's the Academy's treasure vault!" Reid Baldry said in excitement as he seemed to have a brother studying in the academy.
"That's an exaggeration. At most, it's just a museum of mystical items. Most of the items placed there don't have potent abilities. Otherwise, first-year students like us wouldn't be allowed to view them." Neil chimed in as if he had already seen the chamber before.
"Professor, how many mystical items does the chamber have?" Felicia asked curiously.
Professor Harrison smiled after hearing them as she explained a bit more. "The Ageless Chamber has a couple of terrifying mystical items inside so don't underestimate it. As for the numbers, there should be about 30 of them."
The first part was addressed to Neil while the latter part answered Felicia's question.
'Huh? So the Academy only has 30 Mystical Artifacts… Isn't it a bit too low? They're actually very rare?' Vale mused as he thought that there should be over three hundred artifacts inside the academy.
It was quite underwhelming that they only have 30 of them.
However, he noticed that Neil, Leonore, and the others looked very impressed about the number of artifacts the Academy has.
'Is that actually a lot?' Vale mused as he doesn't really have anything to compare with. He only knows that his Master Heinz has a couple of Mystical Artifacts so he thought that they were quite common among the Dark Arts Practitioners.
It's a good thing that he learned of this early.
After the class ended, their Professor for the Music and Arts subject arrived 10 minutes late.
He introduced himself as Professor Axel Seddon.
"You guys are probably curious about this subject. You are all in the Academy of Dark Arts but there is a subject of Music and Arts." Professor Seddon said as he looked at everyone.
He's a gentleman in his early thirties. He carries himself like a real nobility. The way he walks to the platform and even how he looks at his students appears very polished like an art.
This was all noticed by students especially the nobles who had always attended banquets and similar gatherings.
Furthermore, these noble students recalled something else as they saw Professor Axel… it was their traumatizing etiquette tutors!
