Greetings, Automata Maid

n the kitchen was missing many ingredients I wanted.
I’ll need to plan a trip to the city to buy more soon.

I slowly plan something to do within the limited ingredients.
It’s a bit simple, but it’s the best I can make right now.

I put everything inside a basket and leave the dorm.
It’s a bit early for lunch break, but I could stay in the waiting room until then.

As I cross the main gates, I notice a group of students.
They were conducting magic practice.

An older man, probably their teacher, stood in front of a stone slab, and every time he touched it a dirt mount appeared.
I guess it’s similar to the device we have at home.

The students took turns to launch spells at that target.

I can see Olivia amongst the students waiting.
I guess this means this is class A.
I don’t see Amy though, so I guess she was assigned a different one.

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The target is quite far away, and also pretty small.

Class A was for those with the best results, and it showed.
They’re quick to launch their spells, and they travel at high speed.
But they lack accuracy, and usually only one spell out of a barrage hits the target.

Once they were done, all the students hunched their backs disappointed.

Well, that’s alright, they shouldn’t think about it too much.
It’s not like I would be able to hit it in the first place.
I thought that even though it was of no comfort to them.
It’s a male student’s turn now, he landed three hits with ice magic.

I see yellow ears with black stripes poking out from his blonde hair.
He’s a mix of demihuman and human, usually called half-beast.

He got the highest hit rate so far, so everyone else shot envious stares at him.
His face still looks slightly childish, but his features are pretty well-defined, so I’m sure he’ll grow to be quite handsome.

Or rather, he’s already handsome.

Next a squirrel demihuman girl landed two hits.
She’s pretty amazing too.
It’s not like I would be able to hit…

Finally it’s Olivia’s turn.
And this reminds me, I’ve never seen her use magic before.
But well, she’s Ophelia’s daughter, and she mentioned Ophelia taught her before, so I’m sure she’s good.

Five swirling flames appear at the same time around her.
They’re far larger than those I saw before.
The other students also look taken aback.

Olivia points her finger at the target, and the five flames explode.
Without moving an inch.
It’s not like I… I actually would’ve been able to make that fly at least one meter.
That’s odd?

Even though Olivia used fire magic, everyone was frozen in place with their eyes open wide.

“..?!”

She slouches her shoulders and turns around, coincidentally looking at me at the same time.

“U-Umm…”

I awkwardly try to smile and wave my hand a little.

“…!”

Olivia yells something in the distance before she covers her face.
Did…did I make things worse?

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“The hell happened to her?”

That was Amy’s first reaction.
The students only had a short test for their first day of class in the morning, and the results were published in their classroom.

Olivia’s results were, to put it bluntly, the worst.

Yep, I already guessed as much.

In a way she had brought that upon herself, but the shock was so strong all life vanished from her eyes.
I managed to drag her all the way to the cafeteria, but the moment she sat down her face fell flat on the table.

“Hmm, I guess class A students have it rough.”
“How did it go on your side?”
“I just feel like I didn’t fail but didn’t exactly win getting into class B.
Though I didn’t necessarily come here to study magic in the first place, I’m just a merchant’s daughter trying to gain more knowledge and make some connections.
And oh yeah, if you know of anything that could help me make money please tell me.”

Amy’s reason to attend is completely different to what I imagined, though considering how many people gather in the academy it makes sense.
Being in class B, not the best nor the worst, also seems perfect for that.

That’s still a really cunning plan though.

“Anyway, Olivia, you aren’t going to eat? You made Natalia go through the trouble of making it for you, yeah?”
“Ughh… I know, I just don’t have any appetite.”

Olivia didn’t move at all, simply groaning into the table to reply.
Amy shrugged hearing that.

“Young Lady, you need to eat if you want to get strong.”
“Feed me then.”

Olivia lifts her head and opens her mouth looking at me.
I really feel like she’s getting too spoiled now.

“I guess I have no choice, but just this time.
Straighten your back please.”
“Yayy, I love you Nataliaa!”

Oh look, her mood just turned itself over.

“Alright open wide.”
“Ahhhh…mm, yeah, your food is always really tasty.”

Oh man, I was ready to take a nurturing role for her, but I never thought that would extend to hand feeding her.