"I know him, he is from the junior high department of Soluo Academy."

Sok furrowed his brows. As a mage of his caliber, all it took was a spark of memory to recall many things.

"I remember now, he's the one who completely defeated all the top students in our school's junior high department, right?"

Private academies couldn't continue if their teaching abilities were inferior to public academies, so every private school had a characteristic that, no matter how poor their teaching abilities were, they had to be better than the average public academy. Especially in the school managed by Sok, he sincerely believed that among all the junior high and high school departments in the field of education, the students he led were definitely top-notch.

However, there were always some monsters in the world who could disregard learning resources, infrastructure, and faculty strength, and achieve the most with the least effort.

Collins was one of these people. He attended an ordinary magic junior high school, but he not only defeated people several years older than him in multiple school exercises, but also defeated several of Sok's most proud students.

"Yeah, this guy was the one who made you lose face back then, Principal."

"Is this guy here to apply too?"

The assistant checked the information and shook his head decisively.

"There's no information about him applying."

Sok fell silent, and in that silence, Eckfis had already completed the guidance of the third-order magic circuit and left with Collins under the amazed gaze of the interviewer.

Suddenly, Sok understood where this despicable little brat came from.

"This guy was brought here by Eckfis?"

"I'm not sure, but I can ask him later."

Sok rubbed his chin.

"It would be impolite for you to go, so later on, ask Eckfis to come to me. I'll personally have a talk with him."

The assistant obediently agreed.

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Standing outside the door, Collins felt like he had been deceived. But since Eckfis was still waiting inside for the examiner's evaluation, Collins couldn't say anything at this moment, no matter how unwilling he was.

After all, his speculation about his little plan might just be a guess.

He took two steps forward and, enhanced by his meditation, his heightened senses sensed a hurried footsteps not far from the stairs. A person holding a pile of paper documents, so thick that they completely covered his face, rushed over from the corner. Perhaps because he was rushing too fast, the person twisted his ankle halfway through.

Then, papers flew everywhere, and amidst the gaps between the sheets, Collins caught a glimpse of a docile face like a little deer.

Unfortunately, when the owner of that face saw his neatly prepared materials flying all over the place, his face immediately sank in fear, and tears welled up in his bright eyes, looking like they were about to fall.

Collins hesitated, and his gaze met the small girl who was still lying on the ground.

Perhaps because she saw her embarrassing state being witnessed by the boy in front of her, the girl's eyes became even heavier with watery colors, almost about to shed tears.

At a time like this, instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, she was actually thinking about crying. Women, really.

Collins shook his head helplessly in his heart, but said, "Don't cry. If you cry, you won't be able to accomplish anything."

The little deer immediately stopped the prelude to her crying.

Collins waved his hand, and the wind elements slowly floated up around him. The paper documents scattered in the hallway started to gather in Collins' hands under the stirring of the wind elements.

In just over ten seconds, Collins cleaned up all the papers.

The other person was clearly astonished by Collins' mastery of elemental magic, with her mouth slightly agape.

"Here, take it."

The little deer girl bit her lip.

"Um, I, I..."

"If you don't have time, then there's no need to thank me. It was just a small favor."

The girl immediately took her documents.

"Thank you, thank you. I will definitely repay you in the future."

After saying that, the girl left from Collins' side, seemingly in a hurry.

Coincidentally, Eckfis, who had completed the interview, also walked out at this moment. She glanced at the direction the girl had run towards.

"It seems that junior brother knows how to show kindness to others.""It's just a matter of raising my hand. I have something more important to ask you, senior."

Echephias caught the flicker on Collins' cheek and took her hand in the corner where Collins couldn't see.

"Well, go ahead and ask."

"The exam questions aren't difficult. Senior Echephias, you didn't really call me here because of such a boring matter, did you?"

Collins was not easily fooled, in fact, anyone who could reach the level of an intermediate mage could not have a low emotional quotient, and as long as the intelligence was not low, it would be very easy to grasp the relationship between logic.

Echephias spread his hands.

"Is this kind of thing important?"

"I'm just using you as my junior anyway, and as for how I use you, do you want to know in detail?"

Collins shook her head.