As the day went on, Katherine told Ava about her plan to move back to the school with her three kids tomorrow.
To her surprise, Ava didn't mind it at all, opting to stay and take care of the castle on her own.
When the next day finally arrived, all three of the kids had already packed everything up.
Luqing and Meiya had also packed all of their stuff as Ava and Amelia both stood at the castle entrance.
"Come back often! Remember, you're the duchess."
"I know, Mom."
After Katherine gave Ava a warm hug, she turned her attention to Amelia, who didn't seem to be planning to leave at all.
"You aren't going back to school?"
"I'm going back later."
Katherine thought for a second but kept it to herself, as she changed it to something else at the last second.
"Take care of Mom, okay?"
Amelia didn't say anything, but she nodded after realizing what she was trying to imply.
With the kids finishing to give their farewell to Ava, the four of them, along with Luqing and Meiya, finally headed down the castle's entrance.
"Stay safe!"
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When the six of them arrived back in the capital, they had once again used the portal located in the bank.
After renting a temporary carriage nearby, they sat still until they finally arrived at the main entrance of the school.
Exiting the carriage, Luqing's face was completely calm, as if she had already seen the school before.
But Meiya was in awe the whole time, from the teleportation device to arrive at the school, which looked super fancy in her eyes.
"Can you three go back on your own first? I need to go sign up for Luqing and Meiya."
The three kids nodded as they went down the road, and Katherine, along with the other two, went to the left.
After walking for a bit, Katherine arrived at an office building that had what appeared to be cameras in every corner.
"Stop right there. I need to see your ID."
Katherine quickly handed her ID over before being allowed to continue inside the building.
"Wait, these two need to show their ID as well."
"They just came to this school. I'm going to go have them assigned for special status."
The two guards didn't say anything, but they took a step back to let the two catch up with Katherine.
As the three walked down the main lobby, they could see various people entering and exiting the building.
"Where is this place?" Meiya curiously asked.
"The school administration office... I need to sign you two up for special ID to be allowed in this school."
After walking into another security checkpoint, they finally stopped by one of the doors down the hall.
With a gentle knock, Katherine waited for someone to answer from the inside as they stood outside.
"Come in."
As Katherine turned the doorknob and entered inside, a woman in a suit was sitting behind a desk.
However, the drawback was that the bigger the rock, the more mana he needed to put into gathering the wind elements.
Not to mention, the rock itself costs mana to create, which adds to the mana burden even more.
"What are you guys doing?" Meiya curiously asked as she and Luqing walked out to the backyard.
"We're just trying to come up with our spell... Where's Mom?" Sophia curiously asked as she cast a barrier to test Alex's spell.
"Your mom is cooking lunch right now... Can I ask how do you guys create spells like that?"
"We just need to use our mana to gather the element around us, then use our concentration to form the spell."
As Sophia began to cast various spells to show off to Meiya, Alex was busy blocking them all to protect the greenery in the backyard.
"Sophia, stop throwing spells at random places!" Alex finally complained as he started to run out of mana to cast water barriers.
"Sorry!"
As Sophia apologized, Meiya was fully intrigued by how magic worked with the idea of 'elements.'
"Miss Meiya, can a cultivator cast spells?" Mary curiously asked.
"Well, we could cast spells. But we directly convert our Qi into the five elements."
"What are the five elements?" Alex curiously asked this time.
"Earth, Wood, Metal, Fire, and Water."
"Huh... It's only slightly different."
"Actually, what are all the elements in magic?" Meiya asked, with Luqing still listening in silence the whole time.
"Fire, water, earth, wind, dark, light are the basic elements. Each of them has its sub-category, like earth, which has metal and rock.
Besides the basic element, there are sub-categories like ice in water or metal and rock in earth."
As Alex explained his answer, Meiya looked even more intrigued by the various elements in the magic system.
"There are also specialized magic like time and dimensions... I think Mom has a specialty in dimensions."
"I can definitely see that..."
Meiya murmured as she stood alongside Luqing to watch the three blast at each other with various spells with random elements combined.
By the time Katherine had finished cooking lunch, they couldn't come up with something revolutionary or groundbreaking.
"How did your spell creation go?" Katherine curiously asked as they all sat at the dining table.
"Pretty well," Alex answered first.
"Yeah, we got something to work with. I think it should be good enough." Sophia answered next.
"Mom, how do you create a truly unique spell?" Mary suddenly asked.
"A truly unique spell? You'll have to wait until you're at least level 7 mage for that to happen."
All three of the kids looked a little disappointed, as they were nowhere near reaching that level yet.
The only people they knew who were level 7 were Fredrick and Ava, who both never showed their true magical capability.
"Mom, can you create spells?" Alex asked.
"Do I look stupid, Alex?"
Katherine rolled her eyes as she used her fork to pick up small pieces of potatoes from her plate.
"Come on, Mom, can you not just tell us about it? I'm sure Sophia and Mary are just as curious as me."