Students had finally begun flooding the hallway.
The second period had just ended, and the sudden rush of voices filled the air… It finally felt like this place was alive.
Azel leaned against the wall.
He was genuinely bored.
Throughout the downtime, he had focused entirely on practicing his Rune Projection.
Sylvia being better at it didn't really bother him… not that much anyway but it did push him to work harder.
'I can perform the new runes we learned today pretty quickly,' he thought, staring at the trails of mana around his hand.
The key, he'd realized, wasn't just memorizing the shapes but controlling their angles… every curve and intersecting degree mattered.
Simple ones like the Rune of Logic were easier to form since they were supportive, not destructive.
But the moment he tried something like the Rune of Cancellation, things got trickier.
