"No way? The princess understood it all?" Shanie's eyes widened as she looked left and right in disbelief. "Benita understood it all too?"

Benita hesitantly nodded: "More or less. Magic theory is quite profound, but I had some exposure to it before, so I have a bit of foundation."

"I'm doomed," Shanie buried her head on the desk with a face full of despair. "It seems I'm the only idiot here."

It wasn't just Shanie—students who hadn't had much exposure to magic were almost all staring blankly with overloaded brains.

Even though a learning and advancement pathway was provided, the gap between nobles and commoners was indeed quite large. The accumulated differences over time were very difficult to bridge...

Celitia thought to herself.

"How about this."

Without mocking Shanie's confusion, Celitia softened her voice and said patiently, "Let me share some of my personal understanding with you. Perhaps it might be helpful."

Celitia actually hadn't received systematic education. Her teacher Erwin's training methods for her were rather free-form, and her theoretical knowledge of magic was all self-taught later on.

It was clear that Erwin maintained his consistent principles in educating Shanie.

That old man isn't deliberately setting me up, is he... throwing the junior sister to the senior brother while he goes off drinking is exactly something he'd do...

While mentally complaining about her teacher, Celitia's voice became even gentler.

"The four basic elements and three conceptual elements—I shouldn't need to explain those, right?"

Shanie nodded earnestly.

"Good," Celitia said like a real teacher, guiding step by step. "You can understand the human body as the 'minor source,' while the external world filled with magical essence is the 'major source'..."

Celitia began explaining the fundamental theories of magic to Shanie bit by bit. Not only Shanie, but even Sophia and Benita unconsciously became absorbed in listening.

Gradually, more students were attracted by the explanation here and slowly gathered around, surrounding Celitia's area until it was packed tight.

Just as everyone was listening with rapt attention, a jarring voice suddenly interrupted Celitia:

"Stop misleading people here!"

Celitia paused and looked up, seeing Charlotte who had somehow approached.

"I guarantee on the honor of the Williams family that Teacher Roshan's lecture was excellent—systematic and correct, conforming to all the research and understanding of sages up to now!"

Charlotte glared at Celitia, her eyes almost burning with flames.

"As for Celitia, what she's teaching is some unknown heretical path that might lead people astray and turn them into despicable dark wizards! Has everyone forgotten? Celitia has no attribute adaptability at all, and when she offended Her Majesty the Queen that day, it was because she used suspicious dark magic sorcery in front of Her Majesty!"

The crowd surrounding Celitia erupted in commotion and stepped back in unison.

That's right, the news had already spread—Celitia had no attribute adaptability at all. So how had she learned magic?

Could she really be an evil dark wizard?

If identified as a dark wizard by the Church, not only would one's future be ruined, but they'd also be arrested and imprisoned. In the most serious cases, they could be sentenced to burning at the stake for the crime of blasphemy!

With Charlotte's words, the people who had originally wanted to listen to Celitia's explanation all retreated.

Whether she was truly a dark wizard or not, once involved with such matters, there would definitely be endless trouble.

Celitia glanced at the clock on the wall and noticed that the break time was almost over, so she smoothly ended her explanation.

"Teacher Roshan's lecture is indeed very orthodox, and what I said was just some of my personal insights."

Celitia said calmly, "Since Miss Charlotte has objections, I won't continue, lest I cause everyone to develop misunderstandings."

"Don't!" Shanie cried out in anguish. "But I found it very useful! After listening, I felt enlightened, and I understood much of what I couldn't grasp in class!"

Celitia comforted Shanie: "Then after school, when you have time, I'll explain it to you privately."

"Whatever," Charlotte sneered. "If you want to listen, go listen by yourselves. Just don't drag other normal classmates into the heretical path."

"Charlotte!"

Sophia had originally harbored some guilt toward Charlotte, so when she suddenly stood up to speak, Sophia didn't immediately interrupt her.

But after hearing this, Sophia couldn't hold back anymore.

"Mother has already told me what happened that day, and Dean Colton also said it wasn't dark magic. Why do you keep persistently throwing dirty water on others?"

Faced with Sophia's direct rebuke, Charlotte's eyes immediately reddened halfway. She clenched her fists and defended herself through gritted teeth:

"I'm not throwing dirty water on her! Everything I said is what I saw with my own eyes! If she's afraid of people talking, she shouldn't have done such things!"

"That's right, Charlotte clearly spoke up out of concern for everyone."

Margaret's voice rang out from the periphery. She pushed through the crowd of onlookers and walked to Charlotte's side, crossing her arms and looking down at Sophia from her superior position.

"Sophia, let me give you a piece of advice. As the kingdom's heir, the ability to judge people correctly is an indispensable quality."

She glanced meaningfully at Celitia. "Otherwise, like you're doing now—driving away those who truly care for you while keeping those with ulterior motives—how the kingdom's future will develop truly worries me."

With Margaret's words, almost everyone in the classroom began discussing in low voices.

That's right, in noble circles, who didn't know that the Williams family was a loyal supporter of the royalist faction, and Charlotte herself was not only a supporter but also Sophia's friend.

But from the current situation, it seemed the two had fallen out and were arguing openly.

And Margaret was actually coming out to speak for Charlotte, indicating that Charlotte had sided with her mortal enemy?

Could all of this be because of that girl named Celitia?

Looking carefully, that girl's appearance was indeed pitiable—thin and delicate, inspiring protective instincts.

Could she be the legendary succubus... or did she really know some kind of dark magic that had bewitched Sophia?

Even Sophia couldn't imagine that the crowd's imagination could run so wild.

Her argument with Charlotte and Margaret had instead intensified people's suspicions about Celitia.

Hearing the murmurs behind her, Margaret smiled, knowing her strategy had worked.

Without waiting for Sophia to refute, Margaret pointed her attack directly at Celitia:

"You speak so eloquently—are you already a powerful wizard?"