the boy announced. It was clear that he was really proud of his result.
‘Congratulations.’ The dragon had to admit to himself that he was a little jealous of his friend's result. ‘I hit the target,’ he said dispassionately. ‘Once. On the edge.’
‘Oh.’ Aiden froze with a strange expression on his face, as if he didn't know what to do.
‘That's better than I expected,’ Reptile smiled crookedly. ‘I can't shoot.'
‘It'll be fine,’ the redhead scratched his head and caught up with the dragon. ‘If you handled the rifle well, there shouldn't be a problem. Probably,’ he added quietly.
‘My master told me the same thing.’
‘What do you think you'll draw?' Aiden desperately tried to change the subject. ‘I hope I don't end up with anything with a long incantation. I get some of them wrong.'
‘I've practised all the mandatory spells, so if I don't mix them up, it should be easy.’ Draco gratefully took up the conversation. ‘I hope the casting won't cause any problems.’
‘Practical magic isn't that difficult.’ Aiden relaxed a little. ‘Although we only started practising spells at the beginning of this year, by June everyone had mastered the required ones.’ He shrugged. ‘I think everyone from our class passed, or at least I didn't see anyone today.
‘So it shouldn't be too bad.’
‘Mhm. At least for us. That girl is going to have problems.’ The redhead lowered his voice and pointed discreetly at one of the people walking in front of them. ‘If I remember correctly, she’s finishing her fifth year, her penultimate year. I heard she’s good at defensive magic, but she’s not good at combat spells.’
‘And?’ Draco glanced at the girl and then at Aiden.
‘She's also in the military profile.’ The boy made a face as if it were obvious. ‘The lecturers advised her to change her profile, but she insisted that she had to finish the military one. Apparently, it has something to do with her family.’
‘I hadn't noticed it before, but at Soeren I saw students in Academy uniforms, and no one was
