16 Academy Mini Forest and Library

The arena isn't just your typical arena. With Jasmine's assistance and the powerful healing ability of the wind that circulates in the arena, before I knew it, my wounds already healed and left no trace.   

Anyway, I just figured it out; the arena is bigger inside than the size that you can see when you are outside. As if there is some kind of spell, a spatial spell cast from inside.  

It is like a spatial ring, but it isn't a ring but an arena. 

This information was just an assumption at the beginning, but unexpectedly, it got confirmed by Jasmine. She even said that I am an idiot for only realizing that now.

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After the sparring, the class departed with the words of the Old Man. 

There is no assigned professor at this time. Half a day has already passed, and the class is free for the next half a day. 

Either do self-study or whatever we desire. We have complete freedom to choose what to do.  

At first, when everyone heard no professor will attend for the remaining half day, many students raised their hands and complained.

Unfortunately, they complained to the wrong person. With a powerful burst of aura of the old man, all of them shut up and cower. Just the fierce aura was enough to make their faces turn green and their feet automatically race away from the place.

This scene caught me off-guard. If it is on earth; when a teacher announces that half of the day will be free, a celebration isn't an exaggeration.

It seems the students here have way too addicted to studying. 

I shake my head in both amazement and mockery.

Anyway, as soon as everyone departed, Jasmine also said that she needed something to attend. Although I didn't ask why she needed to go, she still explained her initiative. 

And hell, she even acted as if I was forcing her to explain, and she had no other choice.

I just shook my head and waved my hand before I also left her talking alone. I didn't give a damn about her explanation. Who cares? 

Life of others is the life of others... As long as she doesn't go in my way, I don't care what she wants to do in her life. 

But do not be mistaken, not that I hate being with her (just a little), it is just; I have something important to do too. 

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Far from the classroom at the almost deserted corner, the garden of the academy or also known as Mini Forest where there are hundreds of towering trees, grasses, and flowers around the scope of two hundred meters are located.

This mini forest is not only known as it's the garden of the academy but this place is also known for its library.

The calm and fresh atmosphere inside is the main reason the academy decided to build a library at the center of the mini forest.

Even though there is a neat path where I follow to find the library, it still takes me half an hour just to reach it.  

Looking around the area, there is nothing special about the building. It is only a normal structure with three floors and two guards standing at both sides of the door.  

I take out my I D from my spatial ring once again and show it to the guards before they let me in. 

This is why I D are important. Tsk*

I didn't linger outside for too long, I give a respective bow to the two guards before I enter the place and walks straight to the desk where the librarian is sitting.

She is an old lady wearing a black and white robe with round eyeglasses on her long, white hair. 

I silently smile at her as I pick up the pen and sign in at the paper on the desk. 

The old lady or librarian merely glances at me before she turns her eyes to the paper where I signed. She nods her head, then turns her attention back to the book she's reading. 

Her actions are cold, but if I don't find it rude as I already expected this from a librarian. 

Her action is very normal, not to mention, inside this library, everyone needs to act as limited as possible to avoid disturbing others. 

After signing up, I turn around and stroll around the shelves.  Based on what I know, this library has said filled with millions of books. But glancing around the entire room, it seems it is just an exaggeration. 

Although I can't tell the exact number of the books, just looking at the shelves with many spaces and deserted books, I can claim that the real numbers of books here aren't even near the said number. 

I tilt my head and look at the ceiling, imagining how the floor above me looks like.

Or maybe it is just because I am only on the first floor of the library?

I lower my head and stop looking around. I stop in one place and start searching for a book to read. 

Rather than thinking about the mystery, which I won't be able to answer without going to the upper floor myself, it's better to take time to search for the book I need.

Not to mention, I don't have the needed amount to pay for the fee to enter the upper floor.

Yeah, you read it right, to enter the second floor and the third floor, everyone is required to pay a certain amount of achievement points.

The problem is, I don't even have achievement points. 

If there are absenteeism points, maybe I would be rich now. 

Compared to the second and third floors, the first floor of the library is free because it only contains some normal magic books. 

The higher the library floor you go, the more extraordinary the books contain you can find and the more you'll benefit. It's very easy to understand.

Anyway, I don't need to think too much about it, after all, the books on this floor are just what I exactly need at this moment.

Just like how a child needs to study a lesson for a child, as a newbie to magic, I also need to study from the bottom level first before the higher level.

If I try to study those higher-level books even with my current capability, wouldn't it be like I am a poor five years old trying to learn college books? 

It won't work... 

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After strolling around the whole floor, I found two unique books that piqued my interest.

The first book is a blue-covered book with an exact one hundred pages, and the other one is a yellow color book with a massive number of about five hundred pages. 

This should be enough to make me busy for a month or so. 

I think as I hold it tightly in my hand.

After I got defeated by Jasmine and I understood the need for improvement in me, I hastily went here with the idea to study as much as I can with my newly found motivation.  

Motivation isn't something that will come to you whenever you want, it is a rare recourse. 

Holding the two books, I walk towards the area where the chair is and search for a vacant seat.

There are only a few chairs inside the library, about ten or fifteen. Fortunately, there are not many students currently here. Or else I'd sit on the floor. 

Well, I can also just borrow the books and study at home at the end of the school day. However, I don't think it is a pleasant idea to waste the remaining time before today's school day ends.  

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The school day starts at... Monday - 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

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