Alchemy Basics? O-Of Course!!

Meanwhile back in the Fifth Hall.

The headmaster was sitting—  with his legs crossed —in front of his trusted cauldron. By his side was a cup of tea that he had prepared for himsel5f, but there was no scent of it left lingering in the air. He had not sipped a single time, for his mind was clouded.

"Hm~" he let out a rare heavy sigh. The note that he received from the matriarch of the Yuki Clan had weighed his mind, and he could feel his eyes were getting more corroded as seconds went by. He had stayed all night thinking about it. "I never thought that the rumor was true, she indeed has a child."

He sighed before he stood up. "I left the tea since morning and not one time have I sipped it."

He left the little hut room and left the Fifth Hall.

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Back in the dome.

"There goes the first round," said Hilde. "Lo and behold, he passed it with flying marks."