Chapter 75 Langman’s father: “…Excuse me, who is this?”

Edith climbed onto the guardrail.

"Hey!" Mu Lin was startled and reached out to pull her. Turning around, he saw the people below, "Langman? What is he doing here?"

The first-year students who participated in the competition with Edith all passed the first round smoothly. Mulin had a little more difficulty, but she also passed without any danger. Only the winner of a round was eligible to sit in the contestant's seat, and the fourth-year audience seats were far away, so Langman should not be here anyway.

Amy leaned forward, holding onto Edith and Belle's shoulders from behind, and leaned over to look down. "Wow, why are there still people following us?"

"The one on the left should be Langman's father. The one behind him is the current person who handles external affairs for the Giles family. The one next to him seems to be a wizard from a side branch. He is considered one of the most talented people of this generation."

It’s Amy who has to recognize people.

Edith sighed, and had a new understanding of how much the Giles family valued their reputation. Just because a child lost a game, so many people came to blame him.

"You not only have misunderstandings about big families, but also about the league." After listening to Edith's sigh, Amy explained in an exaggerated tone: "The league is completely different from the exam. The exam is divided into multiple subjects and there are many factors that affect the results, but the league focuses on spells, which is the one that everyone pays the most attention to, and it has more gold content."

"Besides, in order to highlight their 'humility' and 'nobility', big families are embarrassed to compete directly, but it is reasonable for children to compete. The league is their only opportunity to show off their rankings."

"Is this why your family is promoting 'Genius Amy'?" Tuttle suddenly asked.

Amy coughed, trying to speak over Tuttle's voice.

Edith frowned and looked at Bell in confusion. Bell seemed to be well prepared and quickly presented the report introducing Amy.

It was published in a newspaper founded by the Walker family. Edith glanced at other news: new products on the market, the start of the selection of court wizards, the Queen's parade, and then cast her eyes on the largest page in the newspaper - the center of the front page.

"Magic genius Amy Walker is on the final stage. The future of the kingdom belongs to the younger generation."

Edith recited aloud without any emotion, and several people laughed instantly. Amy scratched her head in embarrassment and gave up the fight.

Edith didn't tease him and continued reading. The article touted this genius who had "reached the finals in his first year" and claimed that he would be the first and only first-year league champion, unprecedented and unmatched.

Just from this report, I thought Amy had already made it to the final round:

At the end of the article, there is a portrait of a boy. Emido's hair is meticulously kept, and he smears it on the back of his head with oil like an adult, revealing his forehead. His eyes are firm: he is wearing an exquisite knight's costume, holding a heavy sword, and looks majestic.

Edith: “…”

Edith: “Wow.”

I have never realized as much as I do now how strange it would be to have a handsome face on an inappropriate body.

The noise from the crowd overwhelmed the awkward feeling Edith had just felt when she was clinging to the railing. The gazes from all around her gradually withdrew. Edith breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly in gratitude to those around her, and quietly sat back in her seat.

Let's wait until the draw is over.

Edith's face appeared in the sky again. This time, no one was as excited as the first time, but there was still quite a commotion in the audience seats not far away.

After all, she was the legendary first-year Edith.

The portrait of Edith was frozen, and the next contestant began to be selected. The insects fluttered in the frame, gradually condensing and piecing together a complete face.

The boy had platinum hair and his eyes were looking to the side. He was unwilling to show his face and looked very arrogant.

Amy hissed, "This is..."

"It's Alec." This time Edith said the other person's name before Amy did.

"Edith Griffin vs. Alec Carter!"

The two stood up together, Edith raised her hand first, indicating that she had no objection to the result of the draw. Alec didn't look happy, but he still raised his hand under the shove of the people around him - but he never cast a glance at Edith from beginning to end.

"It's okay. He's just like that. Generally speaking, he's much easier to deal with than Langman." This time, it was not Amy who gave Edith the information, but Tuttle who was sitting behind her. "Both of their parents are high-ranking officials in the Magic Association. They are always exposed to news faster than others, and they often feel superior because of this."

Edith raised an eyebrow: "Same as you were before?"

She still remembered how arrogant Tuttle was when she first met him during the entrance exam.

Tuttle sat back in silence as Amy and Bell laughed wildly.

"'Much easier to deal with than Langman in general', then what are the unusual situations?" Mu Lin asked humbly.

"He and Langman are similar in nature. They both use things from outside to use in school and win by taking advantage of information asymmetry. However, Langman is really capable. He can chant spells on his own, while he is a loser who cannot survive without external forces and can only use ready-made potions and magic arrays." Tuttle's evaluation was merciless. "There is still a big difference between him and me."

"This 'unusual situation' refers to the 'new inventions' he got from his parents that cannot be made public under normal circumstances... Occasionally, he gets weapons that he shouldn't have at his age, which is a crushing blow to his opponents."

Edith rubbed her brows and sighed.

She knows.

She knew this better than Tuttle did—because Alec's father worked for her.

Although she doesn't like socializing, it doesn't mean that there are only herself and Shelly in her laboratory.

She has many researchers doing their own work, as well as a large number of apprentices who are responsible for washing bottles, processing herbs and transcribing papers.

Alec's father, Mr. Carter, was one of the researchers. He was the type who didn't like serious research but was more interested in studying interpersonal relationships. According to the information I heard a while ago, after her death, Mr. Carter became the new head of the laboratory. However, because he didn't produce enough results, he lost the competition for the chief researcher, and the reputation of the entire laboratory declined.

Before Shelly left, most of the original members of the laboratory had already left.

"It's reasonable for a person like this to go to great lengths to pave the way for his son." Edith crossed her arms and moved her right fingers back and forth on her left arm in a rhythmic motion. "Using undisclosed experimental results to compete..."

But Carter studies potions, and his wife studies Warcraft, neither of which has much to do with the league, and it seems that they will not have much impact.

She shook her head and put aside the matter that she could not consider for the time being. Edith glanced at the back of the person near the aisle. The other person understood her intention and changed seats with her. A few seconds later, Edith disappeared quietly on the contestant stage.

She followed the walkway behind the stands and went around to the stairs of the center stand. There were two guards there, so Edith drank a bottle of invisibility potion she had prepared and sneaked up to the top from behind.

The effect is average, but it is enough to avoid the sleepy guards.

The Giles family arrived at this time.

They were relatively polite and did not disturb the normal draw process of the league. They stood by, staring at the leader who had caused their heir to not even make the top 50 - according to Edith's later investigation, the other party was the second son of an earl in another region who had not inherited the title.

The title was inherited by his elder brother, and if he didn't make a name for himself, his status in the family would only get lower and lower.

The leader himself had no intention of suppressing Langman, he just wanted to find someone powerful to restrain Edith, and to make the royal family have a good impression of him by "getting the first place offline early" - although the other party might not know that it was he who did it.

As for the Giles family? As long as Langman wins, they will not blame him for his self-assertion, but will thank him for leaving such a controversial contestant to Langman to deal with, thus increasing the family's popularity and thus developing a good impression of him.

Sacrificing a civilian in exchange for two families being favored by him was a very cost-effective choice for him.

But who could have thought that Langman, who felt that he had strong strength at the time and would not be dissatisfied with him because of his gentle temperament, would end up in failure.

The leader's back was completely soaked with cold sweat. Although he still pretended to be calm on his face, his body was shaking uncontrollably, causing everyone around him to tremble as well.

The man frowned and moved to the side, making the leader look even more isolated and helpless.

The leader shrank his neck.

It is difficult to please a big family, but it is very easy to anger them.

The drawing of lots and waiting process that seemed lengthy in the past now seemed efficient compared to the principal's speech. The project progressed in an orderly manner. The leader's face began to sweat uncontrollably, and the hair on top of his head stuck together and tightly to his forehead.

You can see that he is very nervous.

The draw was finally over.

As the guide said "see you next week", the students in the stands breathed a sigh of relief and left the scene while discussing noisily. This lively laughter was like a knife, piercing his heart bit by bit.

"Okay, now we can talk about your problem."

The leader's vision was blurry and he barely raised his head to meet the eyes of the leader of the Giles family.

"I don't understand what you are saying." He was tongue-tied, staring at the other person's eyes, trying to influence him with the sincerity in his eyes, "I am deeply sorry for Langman's failure, but this is also a compulsory course for a mage-"

"Shut up."

The person in charge didn't listen to his explanation at all, stopped him coldly, and looked at the principal behind him.

The principal looked around and indicated that this matter was not his responsibility.

It was indeed the college's problem, but if he admitted his mistake directly, it would cause great damage to the college's reputation. He was too lazy to deal with social affairs, so it would be better to let the Giles family vent their anger themselves.

Afraid that his meaning was not clear enough, he stood up and walked towards the stairs at the back with the guard.

The leader's eyes were filled with despair.

…

The principal walked to the exit and let out a slow breath.

Someone really needs to take action against them for abusing their power for personal gain.

He hated the scrutiny of the big family, and now that he had finally left that atmosphere, he felt light-hearted and began to hum a tune.

——Then he felt a pair of eyes hidden in the air.

headmaster:"……"

Edith: “…”

She never expected that under such circumstances, the principal would abandon his subordinates and escape on his own.

While she was still thinking about the wording of the explanation, the principal suddenly spoke with interest in his eyes: "Do you want to go over and listen?"

Edith: “?”

She nodded cautiously.

I thought the principal would at least let her disguise herself, but I didn't expect him to take her directly to the negotiation area.

Langman: “?”

Edith: “…”

Langman's father: "Excuse me, who is this?"