“...Hm,” Sienna’s smile suddenly shook slightly.

Her green eyes widened into circles as she piercingly stared at Eugene. After examining him like this for a few moments, she tilted her head from side to side a few times.

“...Hm?” Sienna hummed consideringly.

After she was done tilting her head, Sienna abruptly thrust her face closer to Eugene. Uncomfortable with her sudden approach, Eugene immediately raised his hands to block Sienna’s face from getting any closer.

“What are you doing? Are you crazy?” Eugene spat out.

“Get your hands out of the way,” Sienna merely demanded.

Having said that, Sienna didn’t wait for Eugene to remove his hands. She grabbed his hands on her own accord and pushed them out of her way.

“...It seems a bit different, but… no… isn’t it the same?” Sienna muttered to herself.

“What are you even saying?” Eugene asked in annoyance.

“Hamel, you… it seems that you’ve learnt some magic?” A wide smile spread across Sienna’s face. Still holding onto Eugene’s hands, she childishly swung them around as she giggled to herself. “It’s not just any type of magic, either! You learned the magic that I created. Isn’t that right?”

“...Yeah,” Eugene reluctantly admitted.

Sienna let out a few prideful sniffs, “Hm, hmhm, hmhmhm. Well, of course you did. Even if hundreds of years have passed since I disappeared, there’s no way that a wizard as exceptional as I am could be born during that time. In that case, that must mean that most wizards nowadays have learned the Circle Magic Formula that I created.”

“...Well, something like that,” Eugene acknowledged.

“However! Hamel, you didn’t just learn my Circle Magic Formula. Looking at your mana… you must have grafted my research in Witch Craft onto Vermouth’s White Flame Formula, isn’t that right?” Sienna confidently accused him.

Eugene wasn’t sure what was causing Sienna so much amusement, as she continued to smile at him. It didn’t just stop with her cheerful expression, she was still sniffing proudly as she giggled. Eugene felt that her attitude was a bit annoying.

But the fact of the matter was that he had learned the Circle Magic Formula, as well as her research in Witch Craft.

Since that was the case, that meant Eugene was practically Sienna’s disciple. Although Eugene had claimed to be Sienna’s disciple at several points before today, he had no desire to be recognized as a student by Sienna herself. Doing something like that would create an inevitable conflict with his own self-esteem….

Eugene awkwardly replied, “...I might have learned those, but—”

“From now on you should worship me as your teacher,” Sienna abruptly demanded.

“Did you really think I learned those because I wanted...