- Noah, Yuria, and Clamor traveled through the city, following the Wind Master's directions.
- Thanks to the efforts by the El Masters, there weren't any monsters in the city, but they could not lower their guards in case one might be hiding in a pile of rubble.
 Yuria: Ahh... Weird. I didn't think the way here was difficult, but I'm exhausted. We just arrived, and I'm already out of my breath. Clamor: You're just tense. This area was still populated by monsters not that long ago. Noah: Let's rest here for a bit.- Yuria: Ok! We've come all the way here, we can't go back now!
- Noah and Yuria looked at each other with a solemn expression and slowly headed toward the door.
- Yuria was impressed how neat it is despite being an abandoned building and looked around.
- Yuria: Wow, it's actually not bad in here. All the furniture' in place, unlike other buildings, and everything's somewhat in place...
- Noah: Huh, you're right. It's also not as run down. I guess the surrounding buildings absorbed the shock.
- Yuria: Haha, I got a good feeling about this. We can really make the discovery of our life times! Come on, Noah! Let's go look around!
- Anyone looking at Yuria's confident stride wouldn't think she's the same person who was shivering in fear few moments back. It seems her curiosity overcame her fear.
- Yuria: Wow, I think Master Ventus was right. This place is full of instruments and tomes for magic research.
- Clamor: Advanced spell books are mixed in with basic spell books without order. I wonder what kind of person used this building.
- Yuria: Oh, do you see that over there? I saw that at El Tower. It must be the architectural style of the time.
- Noah: I'm also familiar with those. Come to think of it, I don't think I saw something like that on our way here. Maybe it was in style during Elrian Kingdom era?
- Clamor: Oh! Something's inside the flask. I wonder what that is? I want to investigate...
- Noah: Whatever it is, I don't think we should touch it considering how long it's been around.
- Clamor: Noah, is there anything inside the drawer?
- Noah: This one? Hm... it's empty. This one, too... There's not a lot of things here. It is refreshing, but nothing special...
- Perhaps because the building was more ordinary than they feared, Yuria and Noah finally relaxed and began looking around the building. As she flipped through the notebook filled with notes, Yuria muttered.
- Yuria: I wonder what happened to the people staying here...
- Noah: .......
- Clamor: C, come to think of it, there were a lot of basic spells written on the papers and the board. Did you see?
- Clamor: I don't think this was an academy considering the size of the building, but maybe they had pupils. How do people learn magic these days?
- Yuria: Um... I just learned naturally from my family.
- Yuria: You can meet many magicians including the family members at Landar camp. So, it was natural for me to see and practice magic since I was little.
- Noah: I only learned the most fundamental magic. I saw my brother learn magic, but it's not like he went to a school either.
- Clamor: That's different from what I'm used to. I guess how magic is taught and learned changed a lot.
- Clamor: There might be many branches of magic I have yet to learn.
- Noah: Yeah, I can see that.
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