Anwein Continent.

Eastern Wilderness.

Candlelight City.

On the outer wall of the orphanage, a Magic Circle suddenly appeared, as if adhered to the wall.

A pair of cat ears poked out from the Magic Circle first, followed closely by a small head.

After confirming no one was around, she cautiously crawled out from inside.

This person was Eva.

After climbing out, she proudly placed her hands on her hips, laughing gleefully: "How's that, aren't I amazing? I told you, I can learn this magic in no time!"

This was a small spell called "Piercing Circle," capable of creating a passage on a wall without damaging the wall itself, allowing objects to pass from one side to the other.

Although it seemed like a minor spell, its principles were extremely complex, only mages with Spatial Talent could possibly master it.

It was also a way to test if new Magic Apprentices had Spatial Talent.

After all, the so-called Spatial Talent is not an energy-level talent, but more of a knowledge-level talent.

It doesn't manifest outwardly; manipulating space is achieved through Magic Power, lacking the intuitive forms other elements have.

Thus, it can't be judged by conventional methods like other elements.

Without a doubt, Eva possesses talent in the spatial realm.

This is the ability she has recently shown in her spell learning.

Once she learned it, she secretly kept it to herself, not telling anyone, just to sneak out and play.

The second to come out was Adam, who patted the leaves off his head and couldn't help but say, "Didn't the teacher say that those who can learn this spell have Spatial Talent? You should tell them to get better training."

"I don't want to. If they knew I learned it, they'd probably guard against me, and I couldn't sneak out and play."

Tokke also crawled out, amazed, "That's incredible, you actually learned it."

Hearing Eva's words, Adam just rolled his eyes.

He wanted to say that the teacher probably already knows, their sneaking out has likely been discovered, and the teacher just tacitly allowed it.

"This little girl is clever yet scatterbrained, not as steady as Adam over there."

A mage activated his invisible state, hovering in the air, observing them.

This is, after all, an orphanage, and the Night Watchers have meticulously placed Magic Protection around.

Even though Candlelight City—this birthplace of the Night Watchers—doesn't need such tight security, it's better to be safe than sorry.

These little kids' every move has actually been seen clearly for a long time.

But for them, ordinary cultural lessons aren't really necessary anymore, so they are allowed to sneak out now and play.

A small bat did not go through the Magic hole but flew directly over the wall and then turned back into a pale-skinned little boy.

"An evil vampire wouldn't crawl through holes like a little dog."

"What are you saying? You pale-skinned fool!"

Hearing Eva's words, the Flying Squirrel merely shook his self-made cloak and huffed coldly.

A look that seemed very evil.

Then he looked dissatisfied at Adam.

"My evil kin, have you also fallen?"

Adam sighed helplessly, rolling his eyes again.

"We've finally found a chance to come out and play; let's hurry, or else grandma will find out."

He could only try to change the subject.

A few little kids started running down the street.

Even though they can usually come out and play, this sneaking out felt completely different.

"So few people now, those uncles from before are all gone." Eva murmured softly as she passed by a tavern. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

They all turned into orphans due to various incidents and naturally aren't as naive as ordinary children.

"Yes, indeed."

Adam simply responded.

"I still want to hear Dwarf Uncle tell stories." Tokke looked disappointedly inside the tavern.

A few little kids roamed the street without causing surprise among the city's residents.

After all, the Children's Home in this city sheltered many orphans from various places.

Candlelight City in the entire Eastern Wilderness indeed has a considerable number of orphans.

Before they realized it, they ran into a small bookstore.

The grandma behind the counter adjusted her glasses.

"Oh, it's you little ones. This timing isn't right; you didn't sneak out, did you?"

Grandma immediately sensed something amiss.

Eva hastily put a finger to her lips.

"Shh, quiet down."

"You naughty girl, there's no one to play with you now, everyone's busy." Grandma couldn't help but scold.

"Why? Even Dwarf Uncle isn't here." Tokke questioned curiously from the side.

Grandma just smiled, "They went to save the world, to help children like you."

"Everyone's helping out, pitching in in their own way."

"Me!" Eva raised a hand, shouting, "I want to do my part too."

"What you need to do now is go back and study, really." The young mage who had been secretly following them appeared, shaking his head helplessly.

"Ha! It's the Faceless teacher, you actually followed us!"

Eva shouted, "So sneaky!"

The young mage, known as the "Faceless teacher," shook his head: "It's not right to give teachers nicknames. Sigh, the city lacks people now, you need to be well-behaved, everyone's very busy during this period."

As he said this, his tone grew somewhat serious.

Adam seemed to understand something, nodded, and bowed apologetically: "I'm sorry teacher, it won't happen again."

Seeing Adam's gesture, the other children also obediently apologized.

"Oh, what a bother, to be so sensible at this time, they don't seem like kids anymore."

The young mage muttered helplessly.

"Alright, let's go, I'll take you to eat at the Red Soft Tea Shop you've always wanted to visit."

"Really? Great!"

Eva cheered excitedly; she had been longing to visit this shop, but never had the chance.

The mage led a few children down the quiet street.

No doubt, the city has been too peaceful lately.

"Sigh, I want to go to the front lines too, taking care of kids really doesn't inspire much."

He whispered.

Unexpectedly, the Flying Squirrel took notice.

The Flying Squirrel couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, have you been to the Lebia Continent? I heard there are a lot of terrifying rats swarming there."

The Children's Home has quite a few children from the Lebia Continent.

Through their stories, these little kids also heard about the Ratman threat.

"Don't judge me by my current state; two years ago, I was fighting on the front lines. But because my talent was too good, I was forcibly transferred to do research in the rear."

He sighed lightly, seeming to think it wasn't something worth celebrating.