This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

"But..." Gagarin hesitated for a moment, still not knowing what to say.

"That’s enough for now," Lucien patted Gagarin on the shoulder, stretched languidly with a hint of weariness, then turned to Carly, "Carly, head to the training field later to catch up on progress."

"Yes, Instructor Lucien," Carly rose to her feet, watching as Lucien walked away, then turned to Gagarin, who was holding back his words, and gently shook her head.

"The decisions made by Instructor Lucien—we’re just responsible for carrying them out. As for those Formal Wizards... they will regret it!" Carly said with unusual determination.

Carly could say this now with some confidence.

Because she could feel that as she became more familiar with her Fairy Bloodline, she was gradually moving from the juvenile phase of a moon sprite towards the "growth period" of rapid strength gain. It wouldn’t be long before she could rely on her Bloodline Power to smoothly advance to the level of a First-level Wizard.

Moreover, Instructor Lucien was there!

Carly’s eyes sparkled as she envisioned the scene where she, following Instructor Lucien, would take care of all the obstinate old fossils at Greybone Academy one by one.

...

"It’s really fifty pieces of Magic Stone, and there’s not even a slightest concession in purity..." Donn counted the small pile of Magic Stones in his dormitory over and over again.

He reached out and gently picked up a Magic Stone, feeling its cold, real, yet dreamlike touch in his hands.

Then Donn took out a somewhat wrinkled piece of paper from his pocket, upon which was recorded the content of a notice he had copied from another Wizard Apprentice.

He examined it carefully, afraid of missing any letter, any word on the notice.

Finally, when Donn was sure he understood the content described in the notice, he gently set down the slightly creased, handwritten paper and then sat abruptly on the bed plank, staring blankly out of the window.

According to the paper, Greybone Academy would gradually abolish the Apprentice system in favor of a grade system, sorting apprentices into six different grades based on their abilities and ages.

The previous mentor-apprentice relationship was changing from assigned mentors to a system of mutual choice, and the notice guaranteed the personal safety of apprentices within Greybone Academy from being violated...

Simply put, if a Wizard Apprentice didn’t want to find a Third-level Wizard Apprentice or a Formal Wizard to be their mentor, they could completely forgo the process, yet still enjoy learning the foundational witchcraft knowledge in the respective grade they were assigned to.

At the same time, the newly established enforcement team at the academy would ensure the most basic personal protection for apprentices within Greybone Academy. Although this wouldn’t completely stop higher-level apprentices or Formal Wizards from exploiting the regular apprentices, it was much better than the previous situation where an apprentice without the protection of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice or a Formal Wizard could quickly "disappear without a trace"!

"If only I were born a couple of years later..." Donn thought about the belated notice, and walked slowly, somewhat stiffly, to a corner of his dormitory, clearing away some clutter. There, he opened a wooden box in a daze, inside of which lay a human skeleton, now dried up.

It was a good friend who had entered Greybone Academy with him, only unable to withstand a "small hurdle" on the path of witchcraft for some reason...

Donn’s fingers trembled slightly as he touched the sunken cheeks that were now greatly different from when his friend was alive, then he drew back his hand as if shocked by an electric current, yet a tear trickled from the corner of his eye.

...

In the evening, at the training field.

Carly drew her bow and notched arrows, three arrows wrapped with thunder appeared, and she aimed at Lucien, who was approaching at high speed.

The three thunder arrows shot forth but were immunized by Lucien using Apprentice-level "Moonlight Protection." After a brief paralysis-induced pause, he had already reached Carly. With a gentle wave of his hand, three vines grew from the ground and twined around one of Carly’s feet. At the same time, a moon blade quietly appeared in front of Carly’s eyes.

"I lost," Carly said somewhat helplessly as she set down her bow and arrows, a look of dejection in her eyes.

"Your understanding of some moves is still too rigid. Although you have chosen the path of Fairy’s Bloodline cultivation, you still need to put more thought into using your Bloodline Magic; you cannot be too crude with it," Lucien looked at Carly and began to review some details of the combat they had just engaged in.

Although Lucien did not possess a Fairy Bloodline, he had mastered the witchcraft models corresponding to the Bloodline Magic that Carly deployed, thanks to his system’s capabilities. Therefore, he might understand and be more familiar with these abilities than some Fairy masters who had been immersed in them for a long time, and he could dissect their principles with ease.

"Look, for example, the moon blade created by ’Moonfall,’ if you only apply its original model, the variations are quite limited. However, we can make minor modifications to its model, like when you’re in Feathered Dragon Transformation, the enhanced ’Moonfall’ ability subconsciously incorporates a frost attribute..."

As Lucien explained, he also continuously performed different modified ’Moonfall’ techniques for Carly to demonstrate.

Carly nodded slightly as she listened and began attempting some preliminary improvements on the ’Moonfall’ Magic she had mastered.

However, calling upon Bloodline Power and manipulating the witchcraft models she understood and mastered had their differences, so Carly’s first few attempts ended in failure.

But with each trial and error, Carly ultimately managed to release a special moon blade.

This moon blade was thinner, longer, and its edges were even sharper.

Although it sacrificed maneuverability and the ability to change trajectory, this improved moon blade could cut through the air at an extremely fast speed and fly a considerable distance forward. In certain situations, it might be more useful than the original moon blade. However, relatively speaking, this was still not a very successful improvement.

"Continue," Lucien said with patience, continuing to guide Carly through more refinements and improvements.

And through trial and error, Carly gradually discovered some key points, one of which was to use the form of Frost Blade moon blade she created while in Feathered Dragon Transformation as a blueprint, moving towards and refining in that direction.

Finally, after an unknown number of attempts, Carly flicked her wrist and finally cast a mighty moon blade shrouded in faint frost.

"That’s the feeling!" Lucien’s eyes brightened, and then he performed a Frost Moon Blade for Carly according to the techniques of first-tier witchcraft "Frost Blade Dance·Revised."

...

[Your student Carly has successfully improved and mastered the Bloodline Magic ’Moonfall.’ Congratulations, you have obtained the Bond · Junior ’Moon Blade’!]

[You have met the requirements for a system upgrade, would you like to upgrade now? {Yes/No}]

As the system message popped up, Lucien’s spirits lifted.

All the preconditions needed for the system upgrade were finally in place.