Looking at the experiment table, what remained were ten source energy fragments. Jia Na picked two pots of ordinary-looking cactus magic plants in her dormitory and divided the fragments into two portions, burying them in the soil.
"When I get paid later, it's still necessary to buy an extradimensional space item. Otherwise, there's nowhere to store some precious items that need to be kept close."
This time, when teaming up to go to the Mirror Layer Domain, almost everyone except Jia Na was equipped with a space item. The convenience of it truly made Jia Na envious.
"The extradimensional space bracelet I saw at ""Tanuki's New Outfit"" last time, with a storage space of one cubic meter, started at five hundred jin sule. If the space is larger, the price will increase exponentially..."
Thinking of the salary she had almost spent, Jia Na still shook her head and extinguished the idea of "extravagance and waste".
Although she has now signed a formal contract with the Nightingale Opera Troupe and has a fixed source of income, before the year-end bonus is distributed, Jia Na still cannot achieve the financial freedom to buy whatever she wants like Vivian, relying solely on her fixed monthly salary of five hundred jin sule.
Saving money takes time, and updating equipment also takes time. Moreover, Jia Na roughly drafts a financial plan for every penny she earns at the beginning of the month. The amount available for expenditure varies according to the importance and urgency of the matters.
Just like the large expenditure of purchasing an extradimensional space item, according to her current savings level, it belongs to a proposal that has been indefinitely shelved. It's not like the Deformation-specific wizard robe Jia Na bought before, which was a necessary item for Jia Na at the time.
Otherwise, after each time she finished casting Deformation Art, besides the embarrassment of "bursting clothes", the money spent on changing to a new wizard robe each time was considered "ineffective expenditure" that caused waste.
"Oh right, in a while, I also need to go to the library to rent a few books related to Law to understand the matter of the Growth Law Fragment..."
As long as she hadn't figured out the matter of the Growth Law Fragment on the "system character interface", the surging desire for knowledge in Jia Na's heart would not be vented for a day. And this state of being unable to seek knowledge was nothing short of torture for Jia Na, who possessed the attributes of a top student...
"Alright, you two should also go back and rest first."
Shaking her head and temporarily clearing her mind of miscellaneous thoughts, seeing that Celestial Sparrow and Thorn Flower Fairy were still standing in the dormitory, Jia Na raised her hand and dispelled the power of the contract.
"Goodbye Master, Afu awaits your next summons—"
"Hiss—"
As the light on the contract magic array flashed and disappeared, Celestial Sparrow and Thorn Flower Fairy also vanished in the light, returning to the Spirit World.
"Is it already past eleven o'clock?"
Looking at the time on the clock, Jia Na gathered the long hair on her shoulders. Taking advantage of the little time left before noon, she prepared to pick up the opera she hadn't practiced for several days and practice it again.
After all, this Saturday is the day Jia Na officially reports to the Nightingale Opera Troupe. She doesn't want to make frequent mistakes during rehearsals due to her lack of practice, leaving a bad impression on her future colleagues.
"Whether in my previous life or this life, wherever there are people and competition, there is the society. Especially in a place of fame and fortune like the performing opera circle, with limited resources, overt and covert struggles will only become more intense. Particularly for newcomers like me who seem to have connections, it's unnecessary to give older employees something to talk about because of inadequate work preparation..."
The contract term Jia Na signed is only one year. Based on her judgment of her own talent and aptitude, she believes that as long as she can seize the congenital advantage of knowing David-Berg in advance, she won't have to worry about not having the opportunity to be the official protagonist.
By then, when she has more leverage, Jia Na is confident that she can fight for more rights and interests for herself when negotiating contract terms in the next year.
"Caw—caw—"
It was May, a time when everything sprouts, and the warm sun melts. Besides the occasional hoarse calls of the Raven outside the window, the temperature at this time was Jia Na's favorite temperature.
"Summer is also approaching, and the weather is going to get hot..."
Accompanied by the warm sunlight coming through the window, Jia Na, who picked up the script for blood shadow rose, also gradually entered the state of vocal practice...
...
Magic Tower fifth floor, first-year apprentice public class classroom.
"Good afternoon, apprentices."
"Good afternoon, Professor Margaret."
Similar to the Basic Herbalism course, the Basic Spells course for first-year apprentices is also taught by First-Level Wizard, Mary-Margaret.
"Today's teaching content is: learning the spell and casting gestures for Wizard's Hand. Only by being able to lift an object with the same weight as oneself using Wizard's Hand is considered qualified, and this is also one of the test points for the final spell exam."
"This is too difficult... It's already good if Wizard's Hand can lift a flowerpot, and now it wants me to lift myself..."
Hearing Mary-Margaret's words, several apprentices who had just recently been promoted to First-Level Wizard Apprentice and were sitting behind Jia Na couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
"I remember the spells Professor Margaret taught before were all apprentice-level tricks. How did the difficulty of today's lesson suddenly increase so much?"
Vivian, who also heard the course content, was not intimidated like the few apprentices in the back row. After all, a basic Witchcraft like Wizard's Hand, which is mandatory for every apprentice, Vivian was already able to cast it in advance when she was still with her family.
However, her current level can only lift objects weighing about half of her own weight.
"After all, more than half of the people have already been promoted to First-Level Wizard Apprentice. Teaching apprentice tricks like Flash Spell is too simple."
Since entering White Coral Academy, all the apprentice-level tricks Jia Na currently masters are from classroom learning. Although the tricks taught are not many, the advantage is that they are free.
Subsequently, Jia Na does not plan to spend money to learn Witchcraft spells uniformly taught by the academy, such as Wizard's Hand, Slippery Spell, 【Shrinking Spell】, and Sheep Transformation Spell. After all, Jia Na's financial philosophy is "save whenever possible, eliminate waste".
Except for courses like 【Contract Studies】, Mithris Language, or Deformation Art that explicitly require students to spend credits separately and choose as electives, Jia Na has already made plans to absolutely not spend an extra penny on unnecessary expenses.
"But Professor Margaret directly teaching a Witchcraft with relatively high learning intensity like Wizard's Hand will scare many people... Oh right, have you already mastered this Witchcraft? After all, this Witchcraft is much simpler compared to Deformation Art..."
"Exchanging credits is too expensive, I haven't learned it yet."