Yinla flipped through the documents briefly, making a rustling sound as he looked at the parchment. He realized that it was normal for the intervals between the Tower Conferences to be getting shorter and shorter... just as recorded in the student files.

There are more and more new students...

...

The mages of the White Tower are divided into classes of one thousand students... and this process takes about fifty years, so the White Tower Conference is held every fifty years.

Fifty years and a thousand students... and that's just one of only three mage towers in the world. This shows how precious a profession is in this world.

Mages are not inherently superior to other professions (although some mages may think so); true nobility belongs to all professions…

Or rather, it's a deeply ingrained [bloodline].

And now, in just thirty-eight years, so many new students with the talent of a mage have appeared... In fact, cases have been found in the files where neither parent has Mana aptitude, but the child does.

This is actually not uncommon. It's possible that some of the child's ancestors had Mana aptitude, but the records show that... the parents and grandparents were all genuine commoners.

To be honest, the possibility of infidelity is much higher.

If this number continues to increase year by year, the number of civilians will only decrease. What will that signify? The prosperity and strength of human kingdoms? Or... rebellion?

Yinla felt the latter was more likely...

For example, on average, the food produced by ten ordinary people is enough to support one professional worker who has taken a break from farming. So, if the number of professionals increases... would they be willing to farm?

No matter how you look at it, it's impossible.

"..."

"Luckily I ran away."

As Yinla muttered to himself, he put the student list back into the bookshelf. Never before had he felt so grateful that he had left the Empire quickly enough... because he could have done it even if he hadn't run away.

He could have stayed in the Empire and let the noble faction, like hounds smelling blood, attack him and erase those baseless accusations one by one... but that would have been too much trouble, so he decided to slip away to the Silvermoon Tree Court.

The discontent didn't arise on that day; it just happened to erupt on that day.

Later, it was discovered that the Demon King's Territory was not bad either... which is something everyone knows. So, assuming that it really becomes a situation with a lot of professionals, will it have an impact on the Demon King's Territory?

At first glance, even if the lesser demon accelerates its evolution into a demon lord, I'll still have to farm, so it seems like it won't have any impact. But...

If the world descends into chaos, even the Demon King's territory won't be able to remain unscathed; it might be drawn into a new war...

However, this gives rise to an interesting idea—if the whole world is made up of professionals, then what level of existence would Inra be, who can freely absorb all the professionals' mana to fight?

It's just a hypothetical idea and not worth considering too much.

The most crucial goal at present is to find a way to make it easy for the lesser demons to irrigate the farmland... Although it may seem like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, it means that productivity can continue to be gradually liberated.

If teaching spells doesn't work... is Mana technology a route worth trying?

"Yinla...cough cough cough...it's about time."

Lost in thought, Inra heard a sound from the doorway. She looked at Kiara, who was coughing, and replied, "I understand... what is the specific procedure?"

As he spoke, Yinla walked out of the archives and followed Kiara toward the hall. He listened as his mentor explained the procedures for each White Tower meeting: "Ahem... First of all... no, you probably don't need to hear that much..."

As she said this, Instructor Kiara calculated the time and looked at Yinla, saying, "In short, you will be leading the Battle Mage school in a duel with the strongest freshman of this year at the White Tower Conference's welcoming ceremony... Go easy on him, and stop when you've made your point."

"Logically speaking, this duel is meant to shatter the pride of the new students. Only you, as the strongest new student last time, defeated the senior... This time, be careful not to go too far and don't leave any psychological trauma on the new students."

Instructor Kiara gave Yinla these instructions, and he could only respond with a helpless smile.

In my past duels, I did indeed hit pretty hard.

As Yinla thought this, she watched as Instructor Kiara, who was walking ahead, pushed open the hall door. As the soundproof barrier broke, a noisy sound came out of the hall... and then disappeared as the door closed.

The atmosphere looks quite lively right now...

The new students were very excited, but the area where the previous students... that is, Yinla's classmates were sitting was very clean, and they were just talking to each other in hushed tones.

The White Tower meeting when Yinla enrolled was similar; all in all, I feel a bit nostalgic.

"Next up is the mage challenge..."

The orc mage on the platform said this, glancing at Inla and Kiara, who had just arrived, and nodding to them before continuing, "Please welcome Inla Elkaras and Severia Arroyo for a duel."

Then, the atmosphere became even more lively...

Some of the new students cheered excitedly for "Sevieria," then watched as a beautiful girl with an arrogant and confident expression walked past in the corridor... probably a typical young lady of a mage class.

She might be arrogant, but she's more arrogant.

However, the mages who came to watch the White Tower Conference in the previous sessions and even the previous sessions did not have a simple conversation like before. They all looked in unison at Yinla, who was standing at the door.

Most of the new students are genuinely young boys and girls, so they don't know what [Illa Elkaras] actually symbolizes, or perhaps they've heard their parents mention it but haven't taken it to heart.

They don't have a real understanding of "power." Based on their imagination, they might think that being able to shoot a fireball strong enough to destroy a bungalow is powerful enough... They might think that the so-called "Yinla" can only do that much.

At most, it can destroy stone houses, and at worst... it can destroy stone fortresses with a single hit.

This perception is like the idea that "an emperor would use a golden hoe to till the land."

That's a very naive and arrogant idea.

...

If the strongest freshman's strength is enough to destroy a bungalow in one blow, then even without using Yinla as an example... even the leading students of previous years could crush a bungalow into dust.

They are not in the same league or class at all.