"Ah, this, um..."
Suddenly discovered by the person she was peeking at, Senpai Irena, who made eye contact with Aisha, quickly squeezed out a smile to hide her embarrassment.
"Good afternoon, student Aisha Yuna. Is there any book you're looking for? I can help you."
"Senpai Irena!" Walking quickly to stand before Senpai Irena, Aisha's tone was solemn.
"Yes!" Irena felt somewhat strange; clearly, she hadn't done anything wrong, so why did it seem like she was being lectured by Aisha, needing to reply with such respectful language?
"Senpai Irena, there's something I'd like to ask of you."
"No problem, student Aisha. To the best of my ability, as long as it's something I can do."
"I want... to borrow Spell Points."
"Eh? Borrow Spell Points?"
Irena was surprised. Ever since she advanced to the second year and proactively took on the role of Fusion Academy's librarian at the start of the term.
But half a semester had passed, and she had never heard of any student coming to borrow Spell Crafting Points.
The specific reason was also very simple.
The daily 10% interest was truly too high.
If one failed to repay it in time and delayed, the interest compounding would be even more terrifying.
So much so that Irena firmly believed that the school's implementation of this high-interest Spell Point borrowing was merely to warn Fusion Academy students to avoid premature consumption like loans during their school years. Furthermore, like Aisha, if one was expelled after borrowing, or couldn't afford to repay the Spell Points, the school would convert the points into money at a very exaggerated ratio. Mm, an exaggerated ratio that even most nobles couldn't bear.
Irena confirmed: "Are you sure you want to borrow Spell Points? You might become unfortunate, student Aisha."
"Mhm mhm mhm!" Nodding like a chick pecking rice, the up-and-down bobbing of Aisha's ahoge indicated her determination.
"Alright, I'll evaluate for you now how many Spell Points you can borrow."
Fusion Academy's rule was that the librarian would give a specific loan amount based on a comprehensive assessment of the student's usual performance, conduct, and credibility.
But this evaluation result was actually very subjective.
The borrowing student's impression score in the librarian's mind was most important.
If you weren't familiar with the librarian, the other party would only look at your usual exam scores, practical combat win rate, and then give a value based on their overall mood.
As for Aisha Yuna Carlos's impression score in Senpai Irena's heart.
To put it bluntly, no one had a better impression in Irena's heart than Aisha.
Irena Cartel, because she loved reading, proactively applied to become Fusion Academy's librarian after advancing to the second year.
After all, compared to participating in meaningless dueling clubs after class, Irena preferred staying in the quiet library to acquire knowledge.
It was Irena's first day on duty in the library; feeling somewhat nervous due to lack of experience, she was healed by the first new student girl who came to the library.
The cute girl blinked her emerald-like green eyes, tentatively calling out 'Senpai' in a soft voice. At that moment, Irena felt her heartstrings rapidly strummed.
So becoming a senior, being relied upon by a cute junior, was such a blissful thing.
Although later she gradually heard from others about Aisha Yuna Carlos's less glorious deeds, Irena didn't change her opinion of this cute girl.
Perhaps also because Aisha lacked dueling talent, she spent most of her spare time immersed in reading and studying in the library, giving librarian Irena more opportunities to interact with her.
Aisha worked harder than anyone else, was kinder than anyone else... most importantly, her smile healed hearts more than anyone else's.
This was the evaluation result given by librarian Irena.
"Mm, if it's student Aisha, I can agree to lend out 100 Spell Points."
"100 points?" Aisha's mouth opened slightly, finding it hard to believe: "Can I really borrow that much?"
One must know, Aisha had worked hard for a whole half-semester just to save up a pitiful 10 Spell Points.
Now Senpai Irena actually gave her a loan limit of 100 Spell Points; this simply gave Aisha the illusion of becoming rich overnight.
Of course, this 100-point loan limit definitely had to be repaid.
"That's right, 100 points." Irena affirmed: "I believe I made the correct assessment, and, I also believe student Aisha has her own legitimate reasons for choosing to come to the library to borrow."
The matter of Aisha Yuna Carlos's expulsion battle opponent being Kevin Set had already spread throughout Fusion Academy in just a short afternoon, naturally reaching Irena's ears as well.
Regarding borrowing Spell Points, just like Ling Ling , Irena couldn't help but consider if this might be Aisha's last chance.
"Aisha, this is all I can do to help you," Irena secretly wished her well in her heart.
"Um, um, what should I do, Mr. Ling Ling? I can borrow a whole 100 points!"
After learning the loan limit, Aisha immediately used her thoughts to communicate with Ling Ling in the Millennium Puzzle.
"Do you still need to consider 'what to do'?" Ling Ling gave the answer directly, "Of course, max it out!"
"Max, max it out?" Aisha couldn't help but panic.
Borrowing 100 Spell Points meant a daily interest of 10 points.
Just the first day's interest was all the academic points Aisha had painstakingly accumulated over half a semester.
"If I max it out directly, what if I can't pay it back?"
"You're already about to be expelled, do you still care about this? As long as you win tomorrow's duel, repaying 110 Spell Points shouldn't be a problem, right?"
According to Fusion Academy's rules, a student who wins a practical combat test can receive a basic 30 academic points as a reward, which is 30 Spell Points.
Then, according to the reward rules, the winner of the duel will also receive corresponding academic points from the opponent based on their strength.
For a rookie like Aisha with a 0% win rate, even if someone beat her, the opponent would probably only scrape off a pitiful few academic points at most.
But Kevin Set was different; he was a top-tier powerhouse who hadn't lost a single match since enrolling.
Defeating such an elite, the benefits obtainable would probably be like opening the luxurious treasure chest accumulated over many years by that kind of evil dragon boss.
At that time, Spell Points would gush out like gold coins from the treasure chest, like a tidal wave.
"Burn the boats, place oneself in a hopeless situation to find a way out. Boldly max it out, Aisha!"
"Okay, max it out!" Infected by Ling Ling, Aisha also called out excitedly.
"Max it out?" Irena paused slightly.
"Er, I mean. I want to borrow the full 100 Spell Points, Senpai Irena."
"I understand, please wait a moment, student Aisha."
Slender fingertips stirred magic power; Irena, known as the Ashen Witch, was not only skilled in Duel Monsters but also quite accomplished in magic.
Irena, writing complex incantations on the contract paper with her fingertip, finally tapped the magic power lightly onto Aisha's fair forehead.
"Completed, student Aisha."
——Ding, Alipay received, 100 Spell Points.