Chapter 369: Professor Uta's Reward
"Creak—"
After hooking the ring in her hand onto the doorknob, Jia Na slowly pushed open the door, which was also painted a creamy color.
The moment Jia Na pushed open the door, a simple Turin-style fireplace came into her view.
"This fireplace is quite suitable for housing Spark Sprites."
The Spark Sprites Jia Na referred to were elemental creatures often found in the furnaces of dwarven alchemist workshops.
Besides their perpetually burning flame characteristic, Spark Sprites could also be used to deliver letters or send items, making them a very practical and suitable transcendent creature for everyday keeping.
"The footprint is about 130 square meters, and the total building area, with two floors combined, should be over 240 square meters."
After a quick tour, Jia Na had a good grasp of the layout of the entire duplex villa.
The first floor consisted of a reception room, a washroom, a kitchen, a dining room, a small storage room, and one bedroom. The second floor was divided into a study, two bedrooms, two washrooms, a balcony, and a rooftop garden.
The overall decor was minimalist, which aligned with Jia Na's personal aesthetic.
"It's just a pity that I usually live in the academy dormitory, so I won't have much time to use this house—"
After graduating from White Coral Academy, if Jia Na intended to settle in Turin City long-term, this house would be very suitable for her to establish a home. However, Jia Na's future Life plans did not involve Turin City.
Soon, it would be the Dordogne-White Tower's public enrollment period. With Jia Na's current qualifications, entering the White Tower would not be difficult.
As a secondary Wizard Gathering Place, Dordogne, whether in terms of city size or prosperity, far surpassed Turin City. If Jia Na were to choose a place to settle down, Dordogne would undoubtedly be the better choice.
Of course, the prerequisite for settling down was that Jia Na's wallet contained enough jin sule to afford Dordogne's high housing prices.
"The monthly maintenance fees for the house are also a considerable expense. If it's purely left idle, it would indeed be too wasteful..."
Jia Na had considered selling the property directly and converting it all into jin sule, but when she signed the agreement with the Mercenary Guild, it explicitly stated that Jia Na could not transfer or sell the house within one calendar year.
"If I really can't use it, I'll entrust the Mercenary Guild to rent it out for me then, it won't be a waste."
Having made up her mind, Jia Na's initial excitement for the house diminished. After looking through almost every room, Jia Na no longer lingered. She locked the door, retraced her steps, left the residential area, and returned to the academy.
"Caw—Apprentice, you have a letter."
As soon as Jia Na emerged from the vine tunnel, a raven seized the opportunity and flew directly in front of her, delivering a letter into Jia Na's hand.
"It's Professor Uta's letter."
Looking at the sender on the envelope, Jia Na's eyes lit up.
"Could it be about the reward?"
Thinking of this, Jia Na's gaze involuntarily fell upon the ancient ring with a hexagram pattern on her left middle finger.
This ring, named "Star Guardian," was the task reward that Professor Uta had paid in advance when he entrusted Jia Na with the assistance mission last time.
Besides that, Jia Na remembered that Professor Uta had promised her that if the mission was successfully completed, he would personally gift Jia Na an advanced knowledge letter related to "Guardian Studies." The content of the letter was simple: it asked Jia Na to visit Professor Uta's office when she had free time.
Subsequently, Jia Na wasted no time. After putting away the envelope, she changed her plan to go to the library and walked directly towards the Magic Tower.
"Time is indeed one of the most miraculous forces."
Even though Jia Na was one of the apprentices involved in the Time Magic Array setup mission, whenever she saw the Magic Tower, which was originally a ruin, restored to its former state under the effect of the Time Magic Array, an indescribable shock would still surge in Jia Na's heart.
"I wonder if the power of the Time Law can bring the dead back to Life—"
The reason Jia Na thought of this was because of Anthony-Black Sparrow.
Anthony-Black Sparrow, who was severely wounded by Bloodred Warlord in the Mist Forest, had directly transformed himself into an undead creature.
While this method could almost limitlessly extend Anthony-Black Sparrow's Life, it also meant that Anthony-Black Sparrow had lost all human senses, just like a true undead creature, with even his blood no longer existing.
"Good morning, Miss Bei'er."
"Morning."
Looking at Black Cat Belle, who was still lazily dozing on the magic crystal wall, Jia Na, who had been worried about her safety, silently breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ding—"
With a crisp chime, Jia Na walked into the Magic Tower's elevator.
"Mr. Tower Spirit, I'd like to request access to Professor Uta's office."
After entering the elevator, Jia Na looked up at the rhomboid crystal pendant hanging beside the elevator door and spoke softly.
"Granted."
Under the powerful effect of the Time Magic Array, the Tower Spirit also "resurrected" along with the restored Magic Tower and continued to maintain the operations within the Magic Tower.
Hearing the Tower Spirit's long-unheard voice, a genuine smile appeared on Jia Na's face.
"Everything is finally back on track—"
Ding—After just a breath's pause, accompanied by the chime indicating the floor had arrived, the closed elevator doors opened again.
"Thank you, Lord Tower Spirit."
"You're welcome."
Compared to the emotionless, mechanical replies of the past, Jia Na found that the current Tower Spirit seemed more agile and more "human-like."
"Is this Professor Uta's office?"
Like Grace-Eva's office, the first thing Jia Na saw when she walked into Professor Uta's office was a circular bookshelf identical to Grace-Eva's.
Below the bookshelf was a square experimental table filled with various experimental equipment, and a ritual table, also quite large, covered with various crystal balls and spiritual candles.
"You're here."
Just as Jia Na was silently observing the attributes of the crystal balls on the ritual table, a gentle voice sounded from her front left.
"Good afternoon, Professor Uta."
"Hmm, please have a seat first."
Saying this, Professor Uta took out two bottled black coffees from the refrigerator and handed one to Jia Na.
"Thank you, Professor."
Seeing him sit on the sofa, Jia Na also took her bottled coffee and sat opposite Professor Uta.
"I'm sure you already know why I called you here—"
