Chapter 427: Elf Summoning Ritual
At seven o’clock the next morning, accompanied by a sharp whistle, the magic steam train, which had traveled for over twenty hours, finally returned from the Element Soul Wizard Gathering Place to the platform of the Turin Wizard Gathering Place.
As the magic steam train pulled into the station, steam elves, like clouds, also surged into the waiting hall through the entrance.
For a moment, the entire train waiting hall was a vast expanse of white, as if it were a fantasy realm filled with clouds.
“Dear passengers, this train has successfully arrived in Turin. Passengers disembarking, please take your personal belongings and exit from the rear door.”
“Finally here—”
Hearing the soft broadcast announcement in the carriage, Gavin-Tuer, who had spent over forty hours round trip on the train, couldn't help but rub his slightly aching neck and let out a tired yawn.
“Let’s get off.”
Seeing that the carriage door had opened, Jia Na, who had put her wizard hood and scarf back on, quickly followed the flow of people off the train.
“Haah—Turin is really cold.”
Gavin-Tuer, who also got off the train, felt the temperature in the Turin Wizard Gathering Place was significantly lower than that of the Element Soul Wizard Gathering Place. She couldn't help but blow a breath onto her hands.
“It snowed in Turin last night, so the temperature this morning is exceptionally low.”
Seeing that Lily-Meg had also disembarked from the magic steam train, Jia Na spoke to Gavin-Tuer beside her.
“I still prefer the climate of Element Soul. Turin is really too cold—”
“Professor McGonagall is here.”
As Lily-Meg walked over to the two of them, Jia Na and Gavin-Tuer stopped their conversation.
“I still have some matters to attend to. You two go back first.”
“Yes, Professor.”
Looking at the two still standing at the exit of the train waiting hall, Lily-Meg simply gave them a brief instruction, then transformed into a pitch-black raven and quickly flew out of the waiting hall.
“Jia Na, I also need to return to the inn. See you later.”
Seeing that Lily-Meg had left, Gavin-Tuer, who had already graduated, prepared to find another inn to stay in.
“Gavin, I have an empty house in Turin. If you don’t mind, you can stay there for this period.”
“You already have a house!?”
Hearing Jia Na’s words, Gavin-Tuer, also a commoner apprentice, was surprised at first.
“Yes, it’s in the suburbs of Turin City, not far from the train station.”
The house Jia Na mentioned was a property granted to her by Teresa Mensa, representing the Turin City Mercenary Guild, along with a reward of ten thousand jin sule, when she received an award from the guild some time ago.
“Here, this is the key to the house. It has a Law Fragment that can guide you there.”
Looking at the ring-shaped “key” Jia Na handed over, Gavin-Tuer, who had originally found the Turin weather unusually cold, felt a few degrees warmer at this moment.
“Jia Na, aren’t you staying with me?”
After taking the key from Jia Na, Gavin-Tuer couldn't help but ask.
“I have something to do at the Magic Tower today, so I won’t be going.”
“Oh, I see—”
“Let’s go quickly. We’re blocking others from entering the station.”
As passengers from the previous train gradually left the platform, new passengers who were about to board the next magic steam train also began to enter the waiting hall.
Seeing this, Jia Na and Gavin-Tuer quickly left the waiting hall and walked outside.
“Then I’ll go first. If you need anything, just send a messenger to find me at any time—Oh, there’s also a fireplace in that house, you can also give the letter to the Spark Elf.”
“Alright, I know. You should also go back and rest early.”
After a few days of getting along, the two, whose personalities aligned, had significantly deepened their friendship, becoming close confidantes who could talk about anything.
Therefore, they also shared a light hug when parting, marking a temporary farewell to their journey together.
“Ever-changing—”
After parting with Gavin-Tuer, Jia Na immediately cast Elementary Transformation and transformed into her Oak Sprite form.
“Whoosh—”
With a gentle flap of her wings, Jia Na, in her Oak Sprite form, almost instantly vanished from her original spot, becoming an afterimage that was impossible to capture with the naked eye, and rapidly flew towards White Coral Academy.
“One minute and fifteen seconds in total.”
Upon reaching the vine tunnel, Jia Na, after transforming back into human form from her Oak Sprite form, took out the pocket watch she carried in her wizard robe’s inner pocket and stopped the timer.
“But the consumption of magic power is indeed considerable.”
Compared to the previous Butterfly Wing Form, the Oak Sprite form’s consumption of Jia Na’s magic power was not on the same level, but its flying speed had indeed undergone a qualitative leap.
When Jia Na previously flew back to White Coral Academy from the train station in her Butterfly Wing Form, it would take at least fifteen minutes, but this time, the time was shortened by more than ten times.
“Creak, creak—”
As Jia Na took out the mist branch, the branches on the vine tunnel quickly contracted, and soon a narrow tree path, wide enough for only one person, appeared.
“Thank you, Tree Spirit.”
After habitually thanking the Human-faced Willow behind the mist, Jia Na put away the mist branch and walked into the vine tunnel.
It wasn’t until Jia Na’s figure completely disappeared that the branches around the vine tunnel re-converged, concealing the tunnel within the perpetual mist.
“A total of one hundred thirty-seven points.”
“Okay, Bei’er.”
After paying the jin sule equivalent to the academic credits, Jia Na stored all the ritual materials for Elf Summoning from the magic crystal wall into her thorn bracelet.
“Your strength has improved quite a bit recently.”
Black Cat Belle, after accepting the local Element Soul flavored dried fish gifted by Jia Na, also carefully examined Jia Na and then said lazily.
“After all, the White Tower Trial is about to begin in a little over a month, so I want to try a bit harder before the trial officially starts—”
As Jia Na said, the Dordogne-White Tower Trial would officially begin in a little over a month.
At such a tense moment, not only Jia Na, but other Third-level Wizard Apprentices who were also awaiting the results of the White Tower preliminary assessment had also successively begun their seclusion.
“With your current strength, entering the White Tower is already a certainty. Instead of cultivating so desperately, it’s better to take this time to relax properly.
After all, Wizard Apprentices like you, who have mastered the Law Fragment, won’t have such leisure time after entering the White Tower—”
