I regressed and became the Sword Ice King - Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Chapter 160- Don’t flirt in Class Chapter 160: Chapter 160- Don’t flirt in Class It wasn’t long before I got to class, and took my seat in my usual seating position before the Lecturer of the next course arrived.  Lecturer Heartfilia Ruby, a lecturer of the Alchemy department, will be lecturing us on the Introductory in Alchemy.  I always considered a course that was unnecessary for me since I would better spend my time training than making potions, but the basics, such as identifying herbal and magical plants, would be useful on the battlefield.   A pro that I failed to look into in my past life.

Especially since I had to learn the basics to survive in forests and jungles during the war.  “Good day, Students,” She greeted, adjusting her glasses on her freckled, laced face.

Her green hair was tied messily into a bun with a long iron hairpin holding it in place.  I heard she had a particular demeanor in her first class, and I was curious to find out more about her.  ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have stayed away from Alchemy in my past life’.  I silently watched as she brought out some utensils from a pocket plain when I felt movement within my aura zone.  An aura zone is a specific diameter of space, where I imprint my aura and instantly identify individuals that have crossed into my zone.

All masters could do this, though the level of mastery depends on how good you are at using aura.  ‘It’s one of the requirements in getting to the 9th star, resonance’.

From the 9th star upwards, a Swordsman becomes able to imprint the physical plane with their aura.

It makes use of every element learned from the 1st star and takes it up a notch until the 10th star, which is dominance.  ‘And ascending to the 9th star has proven difficulty at the moment’.

I thought with a sigh when I turned towards the figure that walked up to me.  “Princess?” I muttered, raising a brow at the same time when I felt an uncomfortable intensity.  Turning towards the direction of the sources, my gaze locked with Lana.  “Don’t mind her” Princess Meadow’s voice echoed in my ear as she sat next to me.  I shook my head, turning away from the girl.  “Why would I?”  She giggled in response.

“Right”  Lecturer Heartfillia began her lecture on Alchemy, and soon the class was being pulled to her words.  “I’m sure we remember where last we stopped; we were talking about how to find materials to create a simple healing potion.”  On the table were some familiar herbs, conical flasks, and some other laboratory utensils.  She drew a small magic circle on the middle of the table and placed her finger on it.

For a brief moment, the circle began to glow, before a tongue of flame erupted above the circle.  She placed a tripod over the flame, and a glass flask containing a white liquid on top of the tripod.  Then turning towards the classroom, she scanned the students present and pointed at a girl.  “Yes, you, what was your name again?” She asked.  A girl with black hair and black eyes stood up with a startled motion.

She adjusted her glasses, as she replied.  “It€“It’s Zara Leadia, Ma’am”   “Yes, yes,” Heartfillia said with a nod.

“Well then, you said you had an alchemy profession.

Can you come to show us how to make a basic potion with the herbs presented here?”  Zara hesitated, but soon enough, she nodded her head and walked towards the raised podium.  ‘A basic magic potion, as she called it, was essentially one of the easiest to create, or at least that’s how I recalled it from my past life’.  The class’s attention was fixed on the girl as she started explaining certain procedures.  Zara Leadia was one of Canary’s friends and a future Alchemist who contributed during the war.  I did not doubt that she would be able to concort it, but my mind was currently being puzzled by something else entirely.  Turning to my left, I noticed the princess’s rapt attention in the alchemy process.  ‘Is she really interested in this?’ I wondered, when she suddenly turned towards me, our gazes locking.  For a brief moment, it seemed like we were staring into each other’s souls, though it would be difficult for something like that to occur without me realizing it.  The edge of her lip curled upwards, forming a smirk.  “You’re interesting; you don’t think like our agemates.” She said,  “….Is that a compliment, Princess?” I asked, turning away from her gaze.

‘She’s pretty’.  Well, of course she is, she’s the princess.  Princess Meadow giggled as she looked away as well.

“You could say that….or  you could say that I find you quite suspicious.”  ‘Understandable’.  I shrugged my shoulders in reply.

“Is there something you need from me?”  The princess glanced at me, an interesting expression on her face.

“Oh, dear, we’re partners, aren’t we?

Why would you make it seem like I would come to you only when I needed something?” She said, and her tone was laced with so much sarcasm that I could have mistaken it for the truth.  Her brows were furrowed lightly, and her lips pouted incredulously.  “Um, princess, I don’t tend to like jokes like that,” I replied with a sigh.

‘Sarcasm annoys me when it’s used on me.’  “Oh?

Is there a particular reason why you don’t?

It’s nice to make fun of friends now and then”.  I picked a glance at her, with a raised brow.

“is this seriously the princess right now?

Your choice of speech is so…informal”  “I decided to trust you, at least for now, while we’re partners….is it too much to treat you as a friend?” She asked.  I was left tongue-tied for a while as my thoughts began to line in order.  ‘The princess is trying to be friendly, it seems’.  Her lips suddenly curled into a smile, and she leaned towards me, her gaze looking upwards at mine.  I flinched unconsciously, pushing backward away from her, but she closed that gap in a heartbeat.  “Or, do you want something more?” She asked, and my mind nearly went blank.  ‘Hah shit….I mean, come on, isn’t Elsie enough, or wait…is she messing with me right now?

This fucking princess…’ A frown crossed my face, but she didn’t seem to care.  My gaze slowly flickered, shifting downwards from her eyes to her lips, and even further down to her…..

“Is there something going on there?”.  A loud female voice rang in my ear and snapped me back to reality, and I instantly shifted from Meadow.  Turning toward the source of the voice, a wave of embarrassment struck me upon noticing the whole class’s gaze on me, including the Lecturer.  ‘Hah shit’.

I thought when the Princess spoke.  “I apologize for the discourtesy, Miss Heartfillia.

Please, continue with the class”.  Lecturer Heartfillia stared at us for a moment longer, then turned towards the table where Zara stood with a bottle of a light green liquid.  “You were flirting in my class, do you realize that?” She said, and the students began to jest and murmur about her statement.  ‘I mean, I would have to, but not when I’m the one they’re talking about’.  A sigh escaped my lips.  “We apologize if it seemed that way; we didn’t mean to disrupt your class,” I said, as respectfully as I could.  Lecturer Heartfillia took the round bottle from Zara, held it close to her eyes, and then shook it for a moment.  She then took out a knife from her pocket plain, pulled up her lab coat, and cut a thin line on her arm.  The class gasped in shock, widening their eyes and some even dropping their mouth agape in response to her action, but Miss.

Heartfillia did not pay attention to them.  Instead, she proceeded to pour the potion on the cut on her arm, just as soon as it began to bleed, dripping down to the floor.  In five seconds, a green glow emitted from the wound and healed itself.  Lecturer Heartfillia then raised her hand in the air and inspected it for a moment, then she turned towards Zara, who seemed the most shocked.  “Not bad, Zara.

It has a 70% recovery rate for your first trial.

Did you say you had a profession in alchemy?”  Zara, still taken aback, flinched, and quickly nodded.

“Ye€“Yes”.

She stammered.  “Alright then, meet me in the alchemy lab after school”  “Yes, Ma’am,” She replied, and Zara was instructed back to her seat.  “Alright then.” The intensity in her tone increased suddenly as Zara walked away, and her attention was, once again, fixed on us.  She pointed at the both of us, her brows furrowed in annoyance.  “You think flirting in my class is accepted just because I’m cool with you kids?

Are you stupid?

Come down here and repeat what Zara had just done”.  ‘Oh damn….’ I bulged my eyes open in surprise as I took a peek at Meadow next to me.  Her expression was blank, but her arms were shaking hard.  ‘…She just insulted the princess?’