Damia, the fortune teller of the stars, the object of admiration of countless magicians, and the headmistress of the Central Private Magic Academy of the Federation.
Now, with light and agile steps resembling those of a young girl, she walked briskly to the center of the platform, smiling warmly at the audience.
"Hi, dear students! Hello, everyone!"
The great fortune teller greeted everyone in a friendly manner. Normally, it would be a delightful sight to see a beautiful young girl acting cute, but for some reason, a thought popped into everyone's mind:
"Why is this old lady pretending to be innocent like a virgin..."
"Oh? It seems like some people have had some very inappropriate thoughts about me just now. Who could it be?"
Everyone in the audience shook their heads vigorously, like a wave drum.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter. Initially, as the headmistress of this prestigious institution, I was supposed to give some... very boring speeches. However, this time it's different because... we will be welcoming a late teacher and student in thirteen seconds. By the way, they will be jumping in through the window, so those nearby, please make way as it could be dangerous."
As if to confirm Damia's words, there were loud sounds of breaking through the air from outside the windows, followed by the shrill alarms of patrol machines.
This was a unique defense mechanism of the first city-state in the continent. The federation had control over the airspace here, so if anyone violated it, they would at most be brought down for tea, or worse, be brought down and served prison food.
"They will break the window by riding half a broomstick. Although the foolish ones with the broomstick will try to brake beforehand, they won't be able to stop, and they will rely on momentum to rush all the way—"
As Damia spoke, the gilded window was shattered by a group of objects, and two figures appeared.
"After that, they will land at the edge of the platform, and then roll right in front of me."
And indeed, the two figures rolled and landed right at Damia's feet.
Damia opened the cover of her wristwatch and nodded in satisfaction.
"Well, the timing is just right."
She gently spread out her palm, and an invisible force helped the two up.
"Let me introduce to you all, this black-haired girl will be our future lovely mascot, and this silver-haired girl..."
"Your future teacher, Amy-chan!"
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Thirty-one hours earlier.
When we were still stranded in the city where we met Nanami, Emile suddenly felt a shiver down their spine.
"Emile? What's wrong?"
"Oh... I feel like I've forgotten something important... What was it?"
"Now that you mention it, I vaguely remember that we were in a hurry before..."
"..."
"..."
A suffocating panic followed.
"Please arrive within fifteen days, seven hours, and thirty-two minutes after receiving this letter. Thank you for your cooperation."
"Otherwise, poor Amy-chan will become very... unfortunate ❤~~"
"AHHHHHH!!!!"
Emile grabbed my body and threw me onto the staff, then dashed away in a frenzy.
After thirty hours and forty-two minutes, we finally arrived at the city where the central headquarters of the federation, Alinsera, was located.
"Mages ahead, listen up! You are about to enter the airspace of Alinsera. Immediately reduce your speed, or you will face the consequences. I repeat, face the consequences."
"Who cares about you?!"
Emile yelled and drifted, narrowly avoiding the warning sound of a flying vehicle, and rushed straight into Alinsera...
