Chapter 29: How did you....?

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Agatha's POV

She was a prestigious teacher at the academy.

Perhaps she wasn't the best [Witch], but she certainly wasn't the best [Magical Girl] when active.

But right now she was annoyed.

The little spawn of a brat that called herself the daughter of Catherine was in her class, and if that wasn't enough of a reminder of that... Woman.

She also was the first to manage to change into her magical girl outfit.

At least she had the authority to give the prize to that kid instead of her, with her heritage she didn't need the extra resources they would allot for reward anyway.

She did need to tweak the rules to prevent her or her friend from getting the reward for second and third place...

At least they approved the change since they too deemed the advantage of that brat enough already.

And besides, the kid had a nice prospect for an orphan, so they also thought it better use of the material.

So she taught him and he learned.

He had mastered enough spells to put a third grade to shame, and several levels and styles of shield spells.

So when the bout was deemed to advance she used the chance to pit the prodigy the school was raising against that brat.

Her friend wasn't an option since the school wanted to nurture her as a [Healer].

The first exercise of the day was the [Shift], and her protegee did it wonderfully, he waited for the attention to shift to others. And so he cast the spell and changed well enough.

She could feel the [Security Node] she suggested him working trying to erase and tamper her memory.

Of course, a simple flick of her mental defenses was enough to squash that interference. Probably no one else in this arena could recognize who he was.

She would need to advise him in another node to edit his face and presence next.

The problem was that cheeky brat. She not only brought attention to her [Shift], her transformation in itself was the problem.

Her [Magical Outfit] was totally different from her [True One]. This was closer to a pastel outfit of a normal magical girl. If she tried to use the thematic as a guide she was probably trying to pass as an elemental wielder instead of her [Space Affinity].

That was commendable in itself, and she would applaud it if it was another student...In her second or third year.

This brat changed her outfit in a week somehow, not only the outfit, her presence was altered, and her face was somewhat more cute looking. Her hair was shorter...

She did the work all right.

And also the [Security Nodes], she could feel at least two at work, the one that disrupted the [Idea] to alter the perception and the one that changed her appearance.

But that is the problem here.

If she had less power she couldn't be sure that was the cheeky brat of a daughter of Catherine.

It was the feedback from the arena and the school that gave her the answer of who that brat was.

Her mental defenses couldn't resist it...

And if she wasn't paying attention she would probably forget it.

How did she manage to get that level of a [Node]?

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