?After dinner, everyone went to shower away the scent of the pool. The school didn''t use an overdose of chlorine as the ones in the city did, but it still had a mild chemical smell that the sensitive noses in the Academy could detect.


    Wolfe had just gotten out of the shower and grabbed his clothes when he got another message from his Inheritance.


    [Bonded Partner Requests Your Presence]


    [Activate Fast Travel] Y/N


    [3 Seconds Remaining]


    Wolfe had been waiting for this chance. He pulled just his uniform pants on and grabbed his shirt.


    [Travel To Partner]


    The world seemed to blur, and Wolfe found himself standing in arge dorm room. Two beds sat on opposite walls, and a couch sat in the middle of the room, facing a magical firece with a television above it.


    "Nice ce you''ve got here." Wolfe greeted them while he admired the immactely clean dorm room and the sight of two Witches kneeling in front of him in their pyjamas.


    They must have just finished drawing the magical circle on the floor, the one Wolfe was standing on.


    "Sorry about that. I''m not sure if it''s possible to aim my arrival." Wolfe apologized.


    "No, you arrived just where we wanted. We thought the problem might be that we didn''t have practice, so we used a physical circle this time, and it worked much better." Cassie exined.


    "Yes, this time, I got a notice that you requested my presence. It''s a good thing I had a few seconds to respond. I had just gotten out of the shower."


    Wolfe stepped out of the circle carefully, and E ced the rug back over it before moving to sit on therge couch facing the television. Cassie picked the spot at the end, so Wolfe moved the ottoman in front of them and sat down in between.


    "Close contact helps build your aura, right? This is the best way to do that." He exined and then pulled the Witches close to his side.


    "We have half an hour before Reiko arrives for the movie night, and she''s bringing the popcorn. Why don''t we build our bond a little first." E suggested, drawing a hint of mana through Wolfe and incorporating it into her aura.


    The Witches Aura didn''t actually hold mana, it was more like a sr panel for mana, and this exercise increased both the size and efficiency. But it took mana to do, and if they tried to draw mana through their aura, they couldn''t enhance it at the same time. So, they needed either a Familiar or a magical item to help them with the process.


    They hadpanying, so Wolfe ced his arms around their shoulders and let them practice while he rxed.


    He had almost dozed off due to thefortable warmth when there was a knock at the door, and E hopped up to get it, her short, light blue hair now fully dry.


    "Reiko and Mary? That''s unexpected. Please,e in." E greeted them.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "We''re roommates. I hope you don''t mind the extra presence. The rest of my study group wanted to stay in alone with their Familiars." Mary exined.


    The pup was right behind them, with me sitting on his head, eagerly waiting to get into the room. As soon as the girls cleared the door, the fluffy white dog rushed past everyone andy on the floor in front of the firece, giving it an expectant look.


    "Subtle, isn''t he?" Cassieughed, grabbing the remote to turn the electric firece on.


    "Cool, his tattoo matches your amulet." Mary noticed, poking Wolfe on the arm where the Noxus Family crest was clearly visible but otherwise ignoring his shirtless attire.


    Wolfe looked down at the Family mark, made as a child after he was adopted, to ensure his status as a member of the Noxus Family while he fought to earn a better ce in life.


    It had changed from what he recalled now that he looked more closely. The errors in the runes had adjusted, and the damage from years of growth was repaired. If it weren''t time faded, he would think it was brand new again.


    "We''re very distantly rted but have the same Family name after all." Wolfe agreed.


    "How distantly?" The tiny Witch asked suggestively.


    "I think thest time our families interconnected was eleven generations ago," Cassie told her with a smile, still resting a hand on Wolfe''s chest to work on her aura.


    That only made Mary''s smile evenrger. She was about to speak again when Reiko hugged her from behind, therger woman''s prodigious chest nearly swallowing the smaller Witch''s head.


    "Go and sit. The snacks are ready. We will talk magic after the first movie." Reiko instructed, much to Mary''s annoyance. She wasn''t a patient person, and she had good questions circling around her brain right now.


    The film she picked was a tragic romance, and by the end, there were four sobbing Witches on the couch. Reiko did her best to hide her emotional state, while Wolfe tried his best to console Cassie and E without mentioning the ending of the movie and upsetting them even more.


    It was Pup who had the best luck at that, as he simply flopped himself across Reiko and began to lick Mary''s face clean until sheughed.


    "That might not have been the best choice of movie. How about we start on the essential spells? Reiko here practiced a lot beforeing to the academy since she missedst year''s entry by only a few weeks." Mary suggested.


    This was the true purpose of the study groups, not to watch movies and bond but to improve their knowledge. They usually broke up due to conflicting egos, but if theysted and actually studied, the Witches in them usually ended up much better off than their less dedicated peers.


    "Let''s start with the basics, then. My mother said every Witch needs a storage talisman. She wouldn''t send me here with anything, she says it builds character, but I have the circle." Reiko began.


    "I made one myself to give to my grandmother as a gift before I left. They''re pretty easy once you know the trick to them. Carve the circle, so your paint doesn''t run, and ce your choice of reagent on top. You can choose the correct one to use by which one reacts the best when you draw in mana while holding it." Cassie exined.


    "Or if you don''t have high-quality reagents like we don''t tonight, you draw a bit of blood and use as much mana as you can from your Familiar to substitute for the reagent while creating the amulet. For mana collection spells, they are usually the best reagent anyhow." Reiko agreed.


    That sounded like exactly what Wolfe had done with Cassie, though the Familiar spell hadn''t connected them at the time.