The air was particularly fresh in the early morning, and the breakfast shop at the school gate was filled with enticing aromas.

  “Sir, a sandwich with milk,” said a somewhat disheveled teenager as he plopped down on a stool and spoke to the busy owner.

  “Coming right up.” The owner quickly served the milk, filling it to the brim, and smiled broadly, “Lucifer, you’re about to have your magic assessment, right? You need to study hard to get into a good magic academy and become an excellent magician!”

  Lucifer stared blankly at the breakfast shop owner, who sold breakfast at the school gate, and after thinking it over, he figured he must have misheard, so he nodded while eating.

  He had woken up yesterday feeling groggy, as if he had dreamt of traveling through centuries, and when he woke up, it felt like he had been in another world, completely disoriented about time and direction.

  Lucifer was wolfing down his food, holding half a sandwich in his hand, when he suddenly felt a weight beside him. A balding man in his thirties sat down next to him, exuding a strong smell of smoke.

  “Lucifer, having breakfast?” the bald man greeted him with a smile.

  “Good morning, sir, good morning,” Lucifer hurriedly replied.

  This man was the infamous bald principal of the school, who wore ill-fitting suits every day and had a shiny bald head.

  “I didn’t bring a watch, what time is it?” the bald principal asked, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

  Lucifer pulled out his old Nokia and checked, “Fifteen minutes until the bell rings.”

  “Shit! I’m going to be late! I still haven’t finished my magic theory PPT, and I won’t have time for breakfast…” The bald principal suddenly stood up, nearly causing Lucifer to lose his balance.

  “Boss, forget the milk… It’s too slow to walk to the office. Never mind, I can spare this little bit of magic power,” the bald principal muttered to himself.

  Lucifer was once again confused, feeling as if the bald principal was speaking in a foreign language.

  Just as he was about to think he had misheard, the awning of the breakfast shop suddenly fluttered in a bizarre manner, as if something with pressure was surging out from the middle of the shop…

  A sudden gust of wind tousled Lucifer’s hair and made his clothes flap noisily.

  “Wind Track: Swift Movement!”

  The bald principal suddenly began to chant, and Lucifer watched in astonishment as his ill-fitting suit inexplicably billowed as if a strong wind had filled it.

  His tie fluttered, and his pant legs swayed. Lucifer was shocked—why was there suddenly a strong wind in the morning, and why was it blowing so dramatically towards the bald principal?

  “Whoosh~~~~”

  A streak of blue light flashed by, and Lucifer vaguely saw a magnificent trail of starlight appear around the bald principal, which vanished in an instant.

  “Lucifer, I’ll go ahead. You need to study hard!” The bald principal turned around and flashed a toothy grin at Lucifer.

  Lucifer was left dumbfounded, and before he could react, he heard a “whoosh!”

  The slightly overweight, bald principal shot off like a rocket, racing along the trail of dust kicked up by the wind, sprinting towards the school!

  The speed at which he dashed was astonishing; the other students in uniforms seemed frozen in place as the bald principal weaved through them, leaving behind a trail of astonished dust…

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  In just a few seconds, Lucifer felt as if the yellow-toothed face had been imprinted in front of him, but by then, he had already disappeared deep into the school gate.

  The words “You need to study hard!” echoed in his ears, but the man was nowhere to be seen. Half a sandwich was still being chewed in his mouth, but the chewing motion abruptly stopped, and the other half of the sandwich slipped from Lucifer’s hand!!!

  The bald principal was the Flash???

  ……

  “This is an illusion; it must be an illusion.” After a long while, Lucifer rubbed his eyes.

  It must be because he hadn’t slept well last night, putting pressure on his nerves or something; otherwise, how could he see such a scene?

  He quickly finished his breakfast and planned to catch up on sleep in class. Goodness, what was going on? The Flash bald principal?

  When he got to class, to shake off the illusion he had just experienced, he simply laid his head down on the desk to sleep.

  He could hear the typical scoundrels at the front of the class whispering to each other. One said, “There’s less than a month left; what if we can’t get into a good high school?”

  “You’re so good; you’ll definitely get into Nobu Mountain Magic High.”

  “Not at all; you’re the one who’s amazing. Your scores in theory classes are so high that you can recognize almost all the monsters and know their weaknesses.”

  Lucifer frowned. This wasn’t the first time he had heard the concept of magic. What was going on? Could it be that he was hallucinating and hearing things too?

  I didn’t take any drugs; I don’t even smoke!

  Forget it; it must be that he hadn’t slept well.

  Lucifer filtered out the nonsensical conversation of those two guys and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

  Years of studying had taught Lucifer the advanced skill of falling asleep instantly at his desk.

  ……

  “Class, open your textbooks. Today we will continue learning the basics of magic release. Do you remember what I told you? To complete a basic spell, you must connect the stars in your magic stardust; only then can you form a star energy trajectory, allowing the magic power to be transmitted. I’ve told you this many times, and it’s also a key point for your exam,” Math teacher William maintained his rhythmic teaching style.

  Lucifer usually would drift deeper into sleep with the teacher’s voice, but when he heard the words “magic release” and “stars” again, he suddenly woke up.

  “Lucifer, pay attention! There’s less than a month left; don’t waste your time like this!” William immediately spotted Lucifer and scolded him.

  The classmates turned to look, secretly laughing; mocking the slacker had become their favorite pastime in class.

  “Open your textbook,” William continued.

  Lucifer felt helpless and opened his textbook…

  “Shit, what the hell is this??” Lucifer almost cursed out loud.

  All the diagrams, functions, and formulas that were supposed to be in the math textbook had vanished, replaced by incomprehensible star tracks, star maps, and lines resembling shooting stars, forming what looked like… a magic circle!!

  Lucifer forcibly suppressed his shock and then realized something.

  When the math teacher wasn’t paying attention to him, Lucifer kicked his deskmate, Guangu, under the table and said, “What the hell did you do? Why did you switch my book? Hurry up and give me my math book back.”

  “Dude, what math book?” Guangu said, looking aggrieved; he hadn’t done anything to deserve this.

  “Look at what this is! Hurry up and give me my book back!” Lucifer pointed at the strange star tracks, magic symbols, and bizarre spell markings in the book.

  “Lucifer, this is the magic class! What math? Did you stay up all night reading science fiction again? You said I was getting obsessed with adult films, but aren’t you the same?” Guangu said with a frown.

  Lucifer was nearly speechless at Guangu’s retort.

  What the hell was going on?

  “Stop talking nonsense!” Lucifer snapped. This guy was acting pretty convincingly, but did he really think I would believe him?

  “Dude, you’re really going crazy from reading novels. We’re in a magic world, okay? Where would math come from? If we had it, I wouldn’t be stuck learning this boring magic theory, elemental systems, and monster classes every day. I’d have gone to study math and physics, which are way more interesting,” Guangu said earnestly.

  Looking at Guangu’s expression, Lucifer couldn’t believe that this idiot was saying such absurd things without showing any signs of cracking, as if it were all true.

  His deskmate had gone crazy; not only had he gone crazy, but he also wanted to drag Lucifer into madness!

  Learning such boring magic theory, elemental systems, and monster classes every day…

  Ha! How could you say that?

  “If you don’t believe me, listen to what the teacher is saying,” Guangu said, noticing Lucifer’s strange expression.

  Lucifer then carefully listened to what Math teacher William was saying, but a stream of unfamiliar terms he couldn’t understand flooded in, making him feel utterly lost.

  William hadn’t mentioned a single word about the “functions” or “formulas” he was familiar with; instead, he repeatedly talked about “star tracks,” “star maps,” and even mentioned things like “fire system,” “ice system,” and “water system.”

  “Crazy, it’s all crazy.”

  Lucifer’s conviction was strong; he wouldn’t believe these words.

  The next class was his favorite chemistry teacher—Ms. Lily’s class. Beautiful, sexy, mature, gentle, with a perfect figure, Ms. Lily would definitely not use such nonsense to fool him!