So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 224: Green-Rank Mission

In response to Nia-Flame’s skepticism, Grace-Eva merely replied lightly, then shifted her gaze toward Kana.

“Do you agree?”

“I agree, Professor.”

In truth, Kana’s initial answer in her heart was “no.”

During regular class sessions, Kana always made a conscious effort to display her excellence to the professors of each subject, thereby garnering the academy’s favor and resource allocation.

However, Kana had already received various promises from Anthony-Black Jay, achieving her goal of “resource inclination.”

So now, she only needed to maintain her established image of excellence. There was no longer any need to constantly draw attention to herself.

After all, for Kana, “always putting herself on display” was quite mentally exhausting. Being able to slack off once in a while wasn’t so bad.

However, just as Kana was about to “slack off,” Grace-Eva directly threw her a “one versus four” challenge.

And after presenting the challenge, she even privately sent a telepathic message to Kana, telling her that she had to show her real strength this time.

Because of that, in order not to let down Grace-Eva’s “kind intention,” Kana accepted the challenge, intending to use this opportunity to evaluate her own strength.

If she won, Kana would solidify her reputation as “unreachable” in terms of strength among not only second-years but even third-year apprentices.

But even if she lost, it wouldn’t be a big deal. After all, a “one versus four” situation was a reasonable scenario where losing wouldn’t bring ridicule.

Meanwhile, unlike Nia-Flame’s defiance, Bell-Moonshadow, Marlowe-Haig, and Andre-Green were surprisingly calm about Grace-Eva’s decision and didn’t find it hard to accept.

“All of you, come up.”

At her words, the group didn’t hesitate and stepped onto the combat training field one after another.

As Kana walked onto the training field, she again heard Grace-Eva’s voice in her mind. Thɪs chapter is updated by Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

“Don’t disappoint me.”

Turning back, Kana looked at Grace-Eva, who was also looking her way from outside the combat field. Having regained her composure, Kana smiled and nodded in reply.

“The feeling of being seen through… really is unpleasant.”

Kana’s success in comprehending the Fragment of Law was no longer a secret among official witches.

After all, the occasional leak of “law aura” from her body couldn’t escape the eyes of official witches. In the previous battle against Vivian, Kana hadn’t used any power from the Fragment of Law—but in Grace-Eva’s eyes, who always advocated for showing one’s full potential, this behavior seemed like hiding her strength.

Therefore, Grace-Eva wanted to use this opportunity—four challengers at once—to properly test Kana’s real power, and also to compare how she measured up to her past self.

As the once brightest genius of Dooling, Grace-Eva was equally curious about the “genius” repeatedly praised by Anthony-Black Jay.

After all, once upon a time, she was the one Anthony-Black Jay most acknowledged as a “genius.”

“Crack—”

Just as the group found their positions and before they could speak, the originally rocky terrain of the combat training field suddenly sprouted large trees from the ground.

In no time, the scenery transformed. The entire field turned into a forested sea.

“This time, it landed on a forest terrain—”

Staring at the surroundings with a contemplative look, Kana’s gaze shifted again to Grace-Eva. For someone like her who possessed the Plant Affinity talent, this terrain was extremely advantageous.

“Maybe… it wasn’t random at all.”

Although Grace-Eva was curious about Kana’s true strength, without knowing which Fragment of Law Kana had grasped, she decided to assist her by choosing the terrain.

After all, not all Fragments of Law were suitable for battle—like the Steam Law held by Wally-Dingel, the “Child of Steam,” which didn’t lend itself to high combat prowess.

Or Mary-Margaret’s Culinary Law, which, despite its exceptional support capabilities, offered no direct contribution in battle.

That was why Mary-Margaret, once considered the co-equal of Grace-Eva as “Dooling’s Brightest Geniuses,” didn’t enjoy the same renown among her peers.

After all, Mary-Margaret, who had mastered the Culinary Law Fragment during her apprentice years, usually preferred to stay in the dorm crafting magical food and rarely participated in social activities.

Grace-Eva, on the other hand, who had mastered the Blood Law Fragment, was the exact opposite. Not only did she dominate during the “Three-School Joint Examination” that year, but she also made a name for herself in the Mercenary Guild—it could be said that she was very high-profile.

Thus, while trying to probe Kana’s real strength, Grace-Eva transformed the combat training field into a forest setting to avoid the possibility that Kana’s Fragment of Law might be ill-suited for combat like Mary-Margaret’s.

By doing this, at the very least, Kana would be able to hold out longer when clearly outmatched—until the challenge time ended and resulted in a draw.

“Kana, do you want to summon your contracted creature in advance—”

“What? Now you want to act like a gentleman?”

Before Marlowe-Haig could finish, Nia-Flame interrupted sarcastically. Then she turned to look at Kana in the distance, her expression complex.

“Miss Kana, before the official match begins, may I ask—why did you accept Professor Eva’s proposal and agree to challenge the four of us?”

Hearing Nia-Flame’s question, Bell-Moonshadow and Andre-Green, who had remained silent until now, also turned their eyes toward Kana, awaiting her answer.

“Sorry, I can’t answer you right now.”

Kana, who could clearly sense the resentment in Nia-Flame’s words, chose not to answer the question directly.

Whether it was due to Grace-Eva’s private request or Kana’s own desire to test her strength—no matter which reason she gave, it likely wouldn’t be accepted by the others.

Whatever words she chose, they wouldn’t be as convincing as her fists. Rather than dwelling on it here, it was better to just fight.

As Kana waited for the right moment to strike, the mission prompt voice sounded again in her ears—perfectly timed.

[Today’s Mission: Complete the current witch combat challenge and achieve victory.

Mission Reward: 200 Talent Experience, 800 Skill Experience, 1 Random Reward.]

“One versus four—this is only a green-rank mission?”