Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

"Haaaaa~. Today was exhausting."

We had finished the tiring day individually and now that things were over, we were in the garden, chilling wit everyone for a bit before returning to our dorm rooms.

"Do they give you that much of a hard time?"

"Haaa… don't even ask. They are all useless. Talented, sure, but all of them are useless."

We all were under our favorate tree in the garden, with Rein in my lap, as usual, Zoe sitting in the front with all the other familiars, Quin was beside her with her egg as well, and, Carla was chatting with Beth.

Alf was talking with Cory about something related to the sports, Lizzy was reading about her own subjects, Eula was here, however, she was doing her evening prayers on the other side so no one was disturbing her.

Titania was chatting with Princess Luna and Hide about their house stuff. 

I could see Prince Claudius sitting on a bench beside a fountain with his new partner, the purple cat, Lady Lavender. And, there were a few girls from his class that were interested in approaching them, but, were too shy to do so.

'Thankfully though, we have already done our greting with the two of them.'

Captain Alpha was still searching for the companion he had summoned, the salamander like creature that had vanished from the place when it had appeared here. 

Poor captain Alpha. He knew where this familiar was hiding but he was also pretending to not know, hoping at one point, the creature would just come out on his own.

'They were already a perfect match, they both knew that. So, it was better for them to stay together.'

However, the creature did not want it yet.

He was adventurous and liked roaming and seeing new things. 

'I have watched it all night and today as well with celes's clones and, that little guy has already traveled thirty percent of this garden on his own.'

He's quite amazing if I say so myself, but, he still tries to not get caught by captain Alpha. And, he's a good person to play along with the childishness of a young creature…

Besides them, there were a few other people present here as well, however, I couldn't see Prince Alpheus anywhere here. Perhaps he was still preparing for his classes and evaluating what they were going to do about the alchemy competition.

'He had the knowledge and brains however, he was still not very good when it came to the art of crafting something. He neither had the proficiency nor was he so lucky that he could make whatever his mind realized in one try.'

So, he needed someone that he could train as the representative of their house for the alchemy competition.

'His house has a few who could do pretty well in the field of alchemy, and especially good when it comes to the process of transmutation through the common magic formulas.'

He could produce some amazing results if he could manage to encode all of those techniques and knowledge into those people. And, right now, he must be looking for the best ways to approach this predicament at hand.

'Haaa… everyone is practically working seriously now that the scoreboard is up.'

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True dragons: 109 Pt.

Fascinated mages: 98 Pt.

Fusion stardust: 89 Pt.

Wisdom phoenix: 81 Pt.

Dark society: 72 Pt.

Aqua mirror: 69 Pt.

Turtle defenders: 30 Pt.

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Earning each one of these house points was a difficult task since they were given directly by either the sir Quesnel or the headmaster.

The criteras to earn these points were different however, we don't have to talk about that complicated stuff.

There were a lot of things going on in the garden now since many of the students have met their familiars, so, there were many creatures in the garden now. Much more than what it used to be.

However, the atmosphere here was pretty good. Everyone was laughing band playing, some were doing some common things like studying or eating food, some students couples were kissing under the trees, and, the golden sky of the academy's evening was looking as pretty as it usually is.

"Haaa. So darling, did you get the candidates for the alchemy competition?" She asked while looking up at the golden sky that was gradually turning dark and the starts that were appearing alongside the moon hanging in the sky.

"A few. Thank goodness we have Lady Mia. If I manage to prepare some other ones compatible with her talent, we might just be able to secure a win for this year's competition."

"…?"

"O-oy! Did you just say win? Like a proper win-win?" Carla asked with a shocked expression that, well, looked funny for some reason. And Beth was trying to emirate her expression, so this whole thing looked even more funny.

"Ptfff- oh, ahem. I mean yes. Yes we are going to aim for the victory. It's not guaranteed but we have a shot if things go right."

Carla and Alf both knew about our official visit to the Principality so they knew we would not be participating in the competition itself so when I said we would be aiming for the win, they knew we would be doing it without me being there. 

My house members would be on their own. And, if we still managed to secure a win with the limited amount of people like that, then it wouldn't be a surprise if we take on the top spot in the rankings from this point forward.

So…

"Then I will have to propose a temporary alliance, how about it darling? Let's win the competition together."

She smirked at me while still laying down however, the others present here who had heard her say that were stunned for a moment.

Lizzy, Titania, her vice captains, Alf, Carla, and the others present here who had heard her clearly couldn't help but stare at her blankly.

Even Quin was speechless even though she knew little about these competitions stuff.

She wasn't going to participate in the alchemy competition either since her interest was in other fields but her house had some talented people who were very good at alchemy. Some of them were from the famous families of the alchemists and were considered the rivals of Lady Mia when it came to the best youngest alchemist. And, she knew her house members pretty well by now and still, she wasn't sure they could aim for victory with their manpower.

She was unsure while even with only one proper expert, I was claiming we would get the victory in certain circumstances.

It was fascinating, and that knowing me, the thought of collaboration popping in other's minds was something I had certainly expected. 

However, it was different for the others.

'The thought might have popped up in all of their minds at the same time but, Rein spoke up first, and that put them all off balanced.'

It was fun seeing their reactions though. Not that 

I had any thought of sharing a perfect victory with anyone else. Not this time. This one is a personal thing so I wanted to achieve it by myself.

"Apologies darling. But as you already know, no collaboration in the first major outside competition. It will reflect our abilities as the captains so, everyone, let's do out best in training our house members as well as getting ready about it ourselves."

The annual alchemy competition is the first competition that will happen outside the academy this time around so, just like every time, as the other captains knew, it would be a competition that will reflect the capabilities of the house captains and their abilities to manage their personal, to select talents and the ability to nurture them.

The competition itself was one thing but, the house points we will get based on all our results in the competition would be the first accelerating factor in the house's rankings on the score board.

'This will be important, she knew it as well, however, some others like Quinand Lizzy did not know about this fact, so, this silly question from her helped them in a way.'

And, ones like Titania did not know that we could do the collaborations in certain circumstances so, this little question also gave her the idea of working together being possible.

"Alright then, everyone? What are you all doing for dinner? We are having Quagmire style spaghetti and meatballs in the new shop Med bought. Does anyone wanna join-"

"Me! I'm coming!"

"Yes! Me too!"

"We are coming as well! Where's the shop! Tell us quick!!"

"I have to quickly go and run an errand but tell me the location! I will be there in an hour!"

"You're not forgetting me everyone, right? I'm going as well~!"

"Oy Lucifer! You should have told me sooner! Now I will have to tell the people back home we won't be eating tonight! Ughhh!"

They didn't even let me finish the sentence, lol. They knew if I was inviting them, I would obviously be the one cooking. And they were in love with my cooking already, so they were all in even though we had to to the exact middle part of this island where her shop was located.

'Med told us she would be opening a new shop on the island yesterday, we discussed about the collaboration in the morning, between the classes, and during the lunch and after I suggested an available location I have had my eyes on for a while now, she informed her people and, that certain block and the small old shop now belonged to the three of us completely.'

The discussion about the products and all was pending but, she was very positive about our relationship about this thing. She was excited as well. 

So…

Aside from this school stuff, we were looking forward to this fun thing as well.