Chapter 17: “In an Unexpected Situation, Susanna Makes Her Move.”
Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL

Rand Town was beautiful at night.
Because of the location of the Hodtrotz Magic Academy, the surrounding area had become a bustling district.
Outside the various buildings, there were bright magic stones and bright lights.
Even though the sun had set, there were still many pedestrians walking on the streets.
Outside the academy, Lin An looked at the scenery around him with some longing.
This was the first time Lin An felt the prosperity of this world after coming to this world.
Although he had long arrived at the Hodtrotz Magic Academy, he had never left the academy before.
In this world, the existence of mages had long been known by the public. Many apprentice sorcerers who had not become sorcerers had integrated into the public.
Therefore, on the streets, many apprentice sorcerers could be seen showing off some low-level magic to attract the attention of ordinary people to feed their families.
On the side, Susanna sensed Lin An’s curiosity and asked, “Lin An, have you never seen such a bustling place before?”
“No. My hometown, Finland Town, is not so lively. At night, there are not many people walking on the streets,” Lin An replied.
Indeed, there was a reason why Finland was inferior to Rand Town.
After all, there was a magical beast forest near Rand Town, which attracted many adventurers.
These adventurers all treated Rand Town as a place to stay. In addition to the existence of the Hodtrotz Academy of Magic, this resulted in Rand Town becoming the largest town nearby.
“Then you must go to Scott Kingdom’s Imperial City in the future to take a look. That place is countless times more prosperous than here,” Susanna said.
“Imperial City?” Lin An was stunned for a moment.
In Lin An’s memories, Imperial City was mysterious and powerful.
It was rumored that in the imperial city, sorcerers were not very rare existences. There were even many strong archmages. This was something that ordinary towns did not have.
For someone as strong as Rand Town, before Sophia came, only the arrogant Hodtrotz Magic Academy had an archmage.
Just as Lin An was thinking about it, Susanna, who was beside him, pulled Lin An to a food stall.
The stall owner saw that a customer had arrived and said enthusiastically, “Beauties, you are students of Hodtrodz Magic Academy, right? Do you want some magical beast meat? It will definitely be delicious.”
Lin An took a look and immediately recognized that this magical beast meat belonged to a type of level-1 magical beast called the Porcupine. It was very common in the magical beast forest and was not very strong, so it was very easy to hunt.
“Okay, give us a little each.”
Susanna was just about to take out some gold coins when Lin An took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it over.
“Let me treat you to some,” Lin An said.
Lin An wasn’t that rich initially, but the Hodtrotz Magic Academy gave him 500 gold coins every month. Lin An still had some money now.
Previously, he had sent 300 gold coins back to his father. The remaining 200 gold coins was already considered very rich for Lin An’s life.
After all, other sorcerer-apprentices might need to buy some magic medicine to increase their strength, or buy some magic books to learn magic.
But Lin An didn’t have such a need.
With his talent, no matter how many magic medicine he used, the effect would be very small. He might as well rely on himself to meditate.
As for magic books… Even if Lin An bought them, he wouldn’t be able to learn them. He might as well rely on his accumulated points to exchange for forbidden spells in the system store.
“Thank you!”
Seeing Lin An treat her to food, a happy smile appeared on Susanna’s face.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t afford it herself. If she was willing, she could even casually take out tens of thousands of gold coins.
But the meaning of Lin An treating her to food was different.
When the stall owner finished the magical beast meat test, Lin An took it and started eating with Susanna.
After that, Lin An and Susanna also happily strolled around the nearby streets.
This kind of warm time made Lin An feel very comfortable.
After all, after coming to this world, Lin An had been worrying about his future all day. He had never felt so relaxed before.
“Ta! Ta! Ta!”
Just as Lin An and Susanna strolled around the streets, the sound of horse hooves suddenly appeared in front of them.
They saw a horse carriage speeding down the street. Some of the passersby around them all avoided it, feeling a little scared.
The horse carriage was very luxurious. Precious magic stones were inlaid all around it, and each of them was very expensive.
In front of the horse carriage was a powerful-looking magical beast.
“Level-3 magical beast! Fiery Horse!”
Lin An saw this handsome horse and immediately recognized its identity.
It was a powerful magical beast, and it was extremely precious because it could be tamed.
Some nobles would use the fiery horse as a means of transportation to show off their identity.
The Fiery Horse could only be bought for thousands of gold coins on the market.
At this moment, in the middle of the street, there was a child who looked like he was only five or six years old. He was staring at the approaching carriage in a daze, as if he was scared.
If he didn’t dodge, he would definitely be hit by the Fiery Horse.
However, the owner of the carriage didn’t seem to see it. The Fiery Horse was still moving forward quickly.
On both sides of the street, many civilians saw this scene and revealed worried expressions. However, no one stepped forward to save him.
After all, facing a level-3 magical beast, these ordinary civilians didn’t dare to face it at all.
At this moment, Lin An couldn’t bear to watch the tragedy unfold and was about to help.
However, Susanna, who was at the side, made the first move and began to chant an incantation.
“Great Goddess of Light, please protect your people…”
As Susanna finished chanting, a ray of light descended from the sky in front of the child and condensed into a light shield in front of him.
At the same time, the Fiery Horse crashed into the light shield.
“Bang!”
“Crack!”
The light shield was instantly shattered, but fortunately, it stopped the Fiery Horse from advancing.
The Fiery Horse crashed into the light shield and stopped in its tracks, pacing restlessly on the spot.
The horse carriage it was pulling also flipped towards the ground and crashed into the ground.
Fortunately, the carriage was very sturdy and did not shatter.
However, from the carriage, a man dressed luxuriously walked out of the carriage with a face full of anger.