"Improving magical control..."
Cha Hae-in tilted her head, searching her memory, and unsurprisingly found she'd never heard of such a theory.
Even Guild Master Choi and President Go didn't seem to have mentioned anything about manipulating magical power.
It must be some foreign technique, right?
Cha Hae-in gave up thinking about it, but then felt a twinge of worry. "Is it really okay to tell me this? This should be very important information, right?"
Well... it might be important in this world, but in the previous one, it was completely common knowledge.
In fact, someone with a magical sensitivity as mild as Cha Hae-in's wouldn't even exist there—it was too slight.
Anyone with even a basic understanding of magical control, even a six-year-old child, wouldn't be in such a state.
"It's fine, it's not really a secret," Castorice said with a smile. "After all, even if you know you need to improve your magical control, it's meaningless without the corresponding techniques."
"That's true..."
Cha Hae-in understood, and a look of gratitude appeared on her face. "Thank you for telling me this!"
She decided to explain this situation to Choi Jung-In later and see if he could figure out how to improve magical control.
After all, if anyone was most likely to research this, her first thought was Choi Jung-In, the strongest mage in Korea.
It was common knowledge, after all, that mages needed magical power far more than warriors did.
Castorice nodded, saying nothing more.
Although her impression of the other girl wasn't bad, they weren't exactly close.
Just as Cha Hae-in had hidden her magical sensitivity out of self-defense earlier, if Castorice gave her the solution now, Cha Hae-in herself might not suspect anything, but Choi Jung-In behind her would inevitably overthink it.
This was the weakness of clever people, or rather, those who thought too much.
When class time arrived, Castorice returned to the classroom as usual, enduring the gazes of all the students—some fearful, some worried, some curious—and sat alone in a corner.
It turned out it wasn't just the students who were afraid of her; even the teacher deliberately avoided approaching her spot during class.
Though it was somewhat frustrating, her current situation was special after all.
Disinterested in the class content, Castorice simply opened the group chat to check on the others.
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[Amber: I pulled Asta! @Herta]
[Herta: Send her over then! I'm short on hands here!]
[Aria: Pulling Asta now? What banner is it?]
[Amber: Topaz's banner... but I didn't get Topaz...]
[Aria: Oh, dear...]
[Jingliu: Are there any swordsman-type characters? Waiting for The Legend of the Condor Heroes is taking too long. The recognition during this period exists, but it's dropping seriously. If there were other characters who could act as challengers or rivals, the attention and recognition would be much higher.]
[Amber: Hmm... after all, it takes two generals to make a play, but there really aren't any right now. Let's discuss it later when such a banner opens.]
[Sorasaki Hina: I feel like I'm the one who needs help the most. Who over there has Arknights? I'm in a place called Kazdel right now. Every day, I'm either fighting or on my way to a fight. The local customs are just too 'pure'.]
[Sorasaki Hina: I only know a few people from Arknights, and the only place name I know is Lungmen. I don't even know what to do now. If the people attacking me hadn't mentioned the word 'Lungmen', I wouldn't have even thought of Arknights.]
[Amber: Hmm... I don't have the game Arknights either.]
[Aria: I don't have it either.]
Seeing this, Castorice secretly took out her phone and searched for Arknights, but came to the same conclusion: [I don't have it either.]
[Herta: My era is still far from the time Arknights comes out.]
[Sorasaki Hina: Can we send more people? This worldview is a bit vast; I probably can't handle it alone.]
[Amber: Then I'll pull some more characters. It's Hina's banner right now, maybe I can pull a whole Disciplinary Committee.]
[Amber: @Castorice, having any difficulties lately?]
[Castorice: Very smooth. Because I've officially started making a name for myself in society, the rate of recognition has sped up.]
[Amber: That's good. Your world is completely unknown to us. If there's any difficulty you can't solve, contact me in time.]
[Castorice: Okay. Speaking of which, I met someone who looks super similar to Misumi Uika!]
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Afternoon classes, even packed full, don't last very long.
Half-listening and half-slacking off, the end of the school day finally arrived. Having promised to team up with Han Song-Yi, Castorice headed toward the Hunter's Association again.
She flew quickly, but upon landing, she saw Han Song-Yi already waiting there.
"Song-Yi... did you skip class?" Castorice showed a hint of helplessness.
Before dying once, she had actually looked forward to things like attending class. Afterward, even if she zoned out or already knew the material, Castorice had never skipped.
"Hehehe..." Han Song-Yi scratched the back of her head sheepishly.
"Just the last period! I wanted to come early, and it was just history class anyway, so it's fine! Plus, I didn't want Castorice-unnie to wait too long."
Castorice didn't know how to comment on that, but... well, she was already here.
"Next time, just come after class finishes. Studying isn't the only path, but school life is still a precious memory," Castorice said.
"I know that..." Han Song-Yi couldn't refute it, only mumbling in response.
Middle and high school are the ages when you're most prone to thinking you're mature. They know all the lessons adults preach, even by heart, but knowing and following are two different things.
Castorice hadn't gone through that phase herself, but she understood it.
Knowing that saying more would only trigger rebellion, she didn't press further, instead smiling and nodding.
"I know Song-Yi is a good girl. Today, let's go register first."
"Mm!"
Seeing that there was no further lecturing and she was even praised, Han Song-Yi felt instantly relieved and nodded excitedly.
The registration process wasn't troublesome. After approaching the front desk staff and showing both their hunter licenses, the staff recorded their team in the files.
Now, as long as one of them bid on a gate, both names would be automatically included.
Their team would also be listed on the recruitment and team-up board. If other teams or guilds needed them, they could contact the duo directly.
"Now we can participate in raids!" Looking at the name of the purple-haired girl listed alongside her own, Han Song-Yi grew even happier.
The earnings last time were higher than her dad's monthly salary. As long as she could earn money as a hunter, the family's difficulties would be easily solved, right?
And with an S-Rank like Castorice-unnie, they wouldn't have to worry about finding work at all!
Han Song-Yi's assumption was natural. The moment their names appeared on the board, over a dozen team requests were sent to Castorice's app.
Although Castorice's ability seemed more terrifying than magic beasts to many hunters, she wasn't a magic beast.
No matter how scary, she wouldn't use it on them.
Now, seeing this youngest S-Rank not joining a guild but appearing on the team-up board, countless hunters immediately thought of trying to recruit her or latch onto her.
After casually selecting a C-Rank Commission, Castorice took Han Song-Yi to the meeting.
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