"Now, today we're going to try summoning a Fire Elemental Fairy and enchant it onto the iron rods in front of you. This will make the rods heat up and become something like a fire-starting stick. If you're in the wild and can't start a fire or cast a fireball, this is a great way to light one up," Bard said, straightening his posture, trying to look more like a teacher.
"Cough... Fireball magic is so simple... Who can't do it?" Whispers began to spread through the class, clearly unimpressed with Bard's explanation.
However, Zhao Shishi on the side remained serious. Ordinary people still had a rather casual attitude toward magic. Though Fireball magic was a basic spell, anyone with a little magical power could conjure a small fireball the size of a ping pong ball. But there were still chances for failure, especially if the caster wasn't focused. Using magic recklessly could cause magical surges.
The consequences could be as mild as injuries, or as severe as life-threatening situations. In any case, magic was not a force to be used carelessly.
Thus, in everyday life, the Federation government did not allow ordinary people to use magic freely.
Of course, legal restrictions couldn't entirely prevent it. Every year, there were hundreds of thousands of accidents caused by magic misuse, with property losses totaling billions.
But she wasn't here to correct ordinary people; she was here to investigate the Demon King's situation. And even if something happened, she could handle it.
"Summon a Fire Elemental Fairy...?" Luo Qi furrowed his brows. Elemental fairies were classified by level. As far as he knew, all elements existed in a parallel dimension separate from the real world, and it was this dimension that gave rise to magic. Magic, in essence, was the result of humans and demons using their mental power to tap into the elements, transforming spiritual energy into tangible matter.
Just like humans have varying levels of magical talent, elements also vary in strength. There were weak, small elemental fairies, and there were powerful fairy queens. Naturally, only those with the appropriate talent could interact with the corresponding level of element.
As the Demon King, his affinity with magic was likely the strongest in the world. So, when others summoned the smallest, most basic fairy, he would probably summon a Fairy Queen…
And if he summoned something like that, wouldn't it immediately give him away?
Also, he clearly remembered that this class wasn't supposed to be about this... Could it be that this teacher deliberately advanced the lesson just to show off?
"Guess I'll just pretend to be useless today..." Luo Qi sighed. He had no choice, really. He had deliberately shown no magical talent in class, so failing to summon a fairy would be completely normal.
"Now, let's begin learning the spell for summoning Fire Elemental Fairies," Bard continued, already starting to demonstrate. He summoned a red, fist-sized light point into the air.
That was a Fire Elemental Fairy.
Summoning a light this big was already quite impressive, as most students here could only summon a barely visible, weak light point.
From this, it was clear that Bard was indeed a skilled magician.
After practicing the spell a few more times, everyone began to enter the practical stage.
As usual, the class monitor, who had the best magical talent, was the first to succeed.
"Wow!!!"
"Ohhh!!"
However, with the presence of the hero family's young lady, Zhao Shishi, the first one to succeed was, of course, her. To everyone's surprise, the fairy Zhao Shishi summoned was humanoid and much larger than Bard's—almost half a meter tall.
"Wow, wow, wow!!"
"The class monitor is amazing!"
A few seconds later, Benjamin also completed his summoning, and his fairy was also humanoid, though it was smaller than Zhao Shishi's.
"This... this... this is really impressive... Your class is really getting more and more amazing. With this, you guys are definitely going to win the school's magic competition this year," Bard said, looking shocked. A humanoid fairy was certainly far superior to his own, and they could continue to grow their magical power. In the future, they might even be able to summon an elemental fairy with facial features.
These fairies were the legendary "King-level" fairies, great companions for Grand Mages, able to greatly enhance magic effects. Of course, when it came to fairies, the Demon King had to be mentioned. The Demon King was said to be able to summon the top-tier Fairy Queen, which was what made the Demon King so terrifying. In front of the Fairy Queen, all other elemental fairies lost their effectiveness. This was probably also the fundamental reason the Demon King had such powerful magical resistance.
But now, there was someone with more magical talent than him—Benjamin. And now, with Zhao Shishi, who was even more impressive than Benjamin, Bard started wondering if he should transfer schools. This school was really terrifying—no one seemed to have a secure job, not even the teachers!
"Ah... our fairies are so small!"
"Ahhh! I'm so jealous of those two!"
"Why is mine so tiny?"
Though Benjamin had already shown them up multiple times, this time, with the added presence of the more exaggerated Zhao Shishi, everyone's psychological gap seemed even larger.
But psychological gaps aside, summoning an elemental fairy was still relatively easy.
As expected, just as Luo Qi had predicted, most people only summoned very weak light points. After all, if they had magical talent, they would have long since entered a specialized magic school, where after graduation, jobs were plentiful.
There was even a saying that magic schools had a lot of beautiful women! In this ordinary public school, most of the students looked quite ordinary. The cute girl who always chased Dylan around was already one of the top beauties in the school.
Of course, now that Zhao Shishi was here, she was unquestionably the new "school beauty," bringing rare "beauty" to this ordinary school.
A few minutes later, most of the class had successfully summoned their fairies. Luo Qi, as planned, failed completely to summon anything. He had intentionally shown no magical talent, so it was expected.
However, after a few more minutes, only Luo Qi remained without a successful summon.
Wasn't it supposed to be a failure rate of less than half? Why was everyone suddenly so pumped up today?