After a while, Mary was the first to wake up from their meditation before Sophia also woke up.
"Good job, Sophia and Mary; you two made a lot of progress." Amelia complimented as she continued to be looking at the crystal ball.
With the entire class waiting for Justin, everyone was starting to get a little impatient.
But still, nobody dared to move an inch, not wanting to repeat the same mistake as the person earlier.
Suddenly, a layer of ice covered Justin's entire body, freezing him in place and kicking him out of his meditation.
"This is what happens when someone tries to over-extend themselves. If I let go of this ice right now, his blood will boil and burn him alive."
As Amelia chanted something beneath her breath quietly, the ice eventually disappeared, allowing Justin to move again.
"Sorry, Miss Amelia. I shouldn't have rushed it." Justin apologized, standing up before bowing right before her.
"It's fine. Just remember to write a report for Miss Amy next week. Now, with the meditation over, let's go back to learning about spells."
After a few more hours of lecture, the day was finally over as Amelia dismissed everyone from class.
But before anyone could leave, she assigned one homework for everyone.
"Try to meditate in your free time, but do not overdo it. If you can't control yourself, have a higher-level mage watch over you."
As Amelia left the classroom, people quickly started leaving the class right after.
Alex quickly started packing up, getting ready to go back home as well. But he was unfortunately stopped by no other than his own sister.
"Alex! Come over here!"
Sophia excitedly waved her arms in the back, with Mary and her four new friends next to her.
"What? I want to go home and read my book already."
"Come on, Alex. Are you still jealous of your sister's meditation time?" Evelyn asked curiously after noticing his irritated tone.
"N-No... I just want to go back home to finish up with the textbook." Alex shyly replied, realizing how childish he sounded earlier.
Sophia didn't mind it as she patted Alex on the shoulder before giving him a suggestion that he couldn't refuse.
"Alex, don't you want to see what the school dorms are like? You sure you want to go home so early already?"
Alex fell into silence for a second before nodding in agreement.
"I... I do."
"Then let's go! Camille lead the way!"
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The three of them quickly followed the four who had been forming together for three months since school started.
As they walked down the stairs out of the building, they began heading in the opposite direction of the residential area where Alex live.
After walking for a bit, they finally saw ten different apartment buildings right before their eyes.
Two of them were super close to each other, and the other eight were paired up and spread out in the distance.
"We live in the blue and white one over here... Usually, each building is meant for one level of mages."
If you guys want, you can live here too... Except for Alex, of course." Evelyn replied as she threw out the invite.
"Um, I need to talk to Mom first," Sophia replied, with Mary nodding in agreement as she finally got out of the sofa.
"That's fine... Actually, you guys live in the school, too, right?" Evelyn curiously asked.
"Yeah... Our mom has a house in the residential area——"
"You mean the teacher's area," Luna added.
"I don't think my mom is a teacher, though... She never said she was a teacher a single time." Sophia argued.
"Really? Then maybe your mom's teacher is in a pretty high position to give her a house.
Even my dad, who has worked here for a few years now, still doesn't have a house."
Luna and Evelyn both suddenly felt a little bit jealous, as having an independent house sounded like a luxury in the school.
After standing in the living room for a while, the four finally brought the three to the bedroom.
To their surprise, the bedroom had four bunk beds on each side of the wall, with eight beds in total.
"Damn, this bed looks so soft," Alex murmured as he watched Chloe bring Mary to sit on one of them.
"Well, it's a bed made out of blue goose feathers... Anyway, let's go bring you guys to the bathroom." Evelynn replied.
The three followed the four out of the bedroom before walking into the bathroom.
To their surprise again, there were only two bathrooms.
The first one was several curtained-off shower areas and four bathtubs with mirrors and sinks.
The second one, meanwhile, was fully sealed stalls with a toilet inside and a row of sinks outside.
"That's our dorm. So what do you guys think?" Evelyn curiously asked as they headed back to the living room.
"I think it's pretty neat... Although it might feel a little crowded if it really becomes full for eight people." Sophia replied.
"I think so too..." Mary added.
"Alex, what do you think?" Luna curiously asked after noticing him being silent the whole time.
"I think it's fine... But I don't like this balcony. Does it really have to be this tall?" Alex complained.
"Well, I'm sure you'll grow past it in a year or two," Luna commented as almost everyone was tall enough to see over the balcony.
Except for Alex, who was just slightly too short, and Mary, who was nowhere near close.
"Hey, Sophia, since you guys live in the school as well, can we visit your house?" Camille suddenly asked.
"I might need to ask Mom first. I'm not sure if my mom wants visitors——"
"Come on, Alex, your mom would say yes to her daughter's classmate visiting her home, right?"
Alex slowly nodded in agreement as Camille's 'gentle' pat almost dislocated his shoulder.
"Yay! Let's go give our house a tour!"
Mary immediately jumped to the front, getting ready to guide her four new friends to their house.