[Bonus chapter]Auction.

The next day the classes had resumed and the students were back to exercises to help awaken their mana vision.

Among other courses, that of Professor Gibson was the slowest when it came to the student's progress. He was afraid that 80% of the students wouldn't be able to cast fusion spells before the beast tide season.

The process of awakening mana vision was a very slow one, and Gibson was tempted to tell the students to purchase herbs that would quicken the process. The problem was that methods like these result in them awakening an inferior version of mana vision and they always came with serious side effects.

The 4 soul candles given to Blake by the school couldn't be considered as artificial shortcuts, but an item to grant him insight into what he was doing wrong.