This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

Night.

Carly, in her own dormitory, was still tirelessly studying the witchcraft model.

Although her mentor Lucian had been helping her refine the model, Carly believed that she was the one who needed the witchcraft model that combined with archery, not Lucian. Therefore, she did not want to trouble him too much and chose to continue working through the night in her dormitory after returning.

"The Blazing Technique attached to the arrows needs to be more stable..." Carly's eyes were somewhat red at the time, but her spirit was very excited. Her desk was covered with drafts of various symbols, and on the floor beside her were three broken wooden bows and countless ruined arrows.

"This time it must work!" Carly looked at the draft in front of her and suddenly felt a perfect sensation.

Carly pushed open the door, grabbed her bow and arrows, and jogged to the training field.

She drew her bow and quickly formulated the adjusted model of the Blazing Technique in her mind.

The sulfur powder and the free Magic Essence merged at the arrowhead. Unlike the previous viscous substance, the version Carly constructed was more condensed, resembling a pale blue amber.

Release the arrow.

The moment Carly released her hand, the arrow swiftly flew forward, and the moment it hit the target, the "amber" unleashed a large amount of fire energy, stimulated by the impact.

This time, it did not burn but caused a small-scale explosion instead.

"It worked! It worked!" Carly excitedly waved her hands. At this moment, neither her exhausted body nor her sore arms mattered anymore.

...

The next day, Lucian found Carly at the training ground, where she was hugging a rock and snoring on the ground, still holding a wooden hunting bow in her hand.

Lucian was exasperated, wondering what this youngster had gone through the night before.

It was pure mischief! Although the academy was governed by rules, it could not guarantee absolute safety. Carly's act of sleeping outside without any precautions could only be described as reckless and foolhardy.

Thinking this, Lucian somewhat irritably stretched out his foot and gently kicked Carly's lower leg.

"Hmm..." Carly opened her eyes groggily, her right hand grasping the bow and arrows. However, when she squinted and saw Lucian, she seemed to relax instantly, letting her slightly raised head fall slack.

"Get up!" Lucian, seeing Carly's unawareness of the seriousness of the situation, irritably kicked her again, this time a bit harder.

"Uh..." Carly then sat up reluctantly. Just as she was about to speak, Lucian grabbed her ear.

"Do you know how dangerous it is to sleep outside?" Lucian looked at Carly, who was about to cry, and softens his tone a bit. "Alright, let's continue..."

"Wizard Apprentice Lucian, I have already figured it out myself!" Carly puffed out her chest proudly.

"Alright... Uh?" Lucian blinked.

Carly also looked at Lucian and cheekily blinked. However, she did not say much and instead picked up the bow and arrows and began to construct the witchcraft model as she drew her bow.

Soon, an arrow embedded with the Blazing Technique took shape, and as Carly released the bowstring, the arrow flew forward, striking a huge rock used as a target and exploding on impact, creating a crater on the surface of the rock.

"The instantaneous burst energy is roughly between 25-35p." Lucian looked at the crater on the rock, silently estimating the power of Carly's move. Although it was slightly weaker than the normal power of an improved Blazing Technique, the Blazing Technique embedded in the arrows had a much longer range. Balancing the two, it was a very decent adjustment.

"Not bad, not bad at all," Lucien gently clapped his hands, not skimping on his praise.

At the same time, he also brought up Carly's panel and took a brief look.

He discovered that, in addition to the previously present Blazing Technique·Modified, there was now a new derivative section.

Blazing Technique·Arrow.

However, this derivative section seemed to be grouped together with the progress of Blazing Technique in the system's teaching validation. That is to say, only when the teaching progress of Blazing Technique·Modified reached 100% could Lucien unlock the upgraded knowledge/rewards for both Blazing Technique·Modified and Blazing Technique·Arrow.

But in Lucien's view, this was not a particularly big issue, seeing that this derivative branch of witchcraft arrows seemed more suited for Carly rather than for himself.

At this moment, Carly was slightly bowing her head, seemingly enjoying the sincere praise from Lucien, her lips unwittingly spreading into a satisfied smile, as if the hard work she had put in all night had been validated at that moment, making her comfortably close her eyes.

[Your student Carly holds you in high esteem, Esteem Level +5]

"So, Carly, are you ready?" Lucien looked at Carly, his eyes conveying a hint of encouragement.

Carly could not help but grip her bow and arrows tightly, then nodded firmly.

...

"The attack power can be slightly reduced; otherwise, it will be a bit troublesome when collecting beaks later." After taking on the task again, Lucien and Carly set out once more.

But before entering the active area of the Blood Crows, Lucien still reminded her.

Carly nodded, unconsciously touching the bow and arrows strapped to her back.

Lucien, watching Carly now backed with a bow and quiver, and dressed in light armor, felt slightly odd in his heart as if Carly, accidentally, had started to deviate from the traditional image of a Wizard.

Aside from wearing a grey robe that denoted her status as a novice, Carly in all other aspects hardly looked like a Wizard Apprentice, but rather like a petite ranger.

"Whatever, I'm not exactly a traditional wizard anyway," Lucien thought, somewhat guiltily rubbing his chin.

Almost at the same spot, Lucien and Carly again spotted traces of Blood Crows.

Without needing a reminder from Lucien, Carly was already crouching stealthily closer, also slowly drawing her bow.

Whoosh—

The arrow, propelled by the hunting bow, swiftly cut through the air, and in a close distance, it almost instantly reached in front of a Blood Crow.

A soft explosion sounded, followed by a somewhat tragic figure falling from the perch in the treetops.

Watching the Blood Crow fall to the ground, Carly was initially startled, then looked toward Lucien with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

[Your student Carly has mastered Blazing Technique·Modified, please select a direction for knowledge upgrade!]

[Your student Carly has learned Blazing Technique·Arrow, please select a direction for knowledge upgrade!]

Two system messages popped up almost simultaneously, making Lucien's smile grow even more pronounced.