Chapter 52 Heading to the Academy

The next morning, Anvis, who had completed his preparations, boarded a vehicle to head to the city of Karlas, accompanied by the Duke and others.

The huge square in front of the City Lord's Mansion is the gathering point for freshmen from various colleges. Young boys and girls with a certain level of talent will board floating vehicles here and head to various colleges.

Among them, a small group of the most talented people will be admitted to the Royal Pamir Academy, while those who are slightly less talented will be absorbed by the academies founded by the four major families.

The rest that have been picked out can be competed for by other colleges.

This is the unchangeable tone set by Emperor Gloria when he founded the country.

Along with this order, there was also a strict rule that the direct descendants of the four major families and other great nobles must go to the royal capital Pamir Academy for enrollment when they reach a certain age.

This is a combination of kindness and severity, and is in fact equivalent to a disguised proton.

In order to prevent a backlash from the nobles, the emperor also promised that in Pamir, they would receive the best training resources in the empire and have the opportunity to learn the royal family's unique secrets, so that everyone could save face.

Of course, as the situation of the empire changed over thousands of years, the meaning of the proton had long disappeared in history. But this rule remained as a symbol of local submission to the royal family.

With this regulation, Pamir Academy almost became the birthplace of the empire's upper class.

Other small and medium-sized nobles tried their best to send their descendants to Pamir so as to have the opportunity to enter this circle.

Emperor Gloria is a truly legendary emperor.

Her original identity was Gloria Augustine, the fourth princess of the ancient magic empire [Veseram] that unified the entire Yar continent according to history books.

After the destruction, the ancient Siweser Empire collapsed overnight. The nine floating cities that represented the empire's highest magical achievements either disintegrated, crashed, or disappeared in the turbulence of space.

The highest authority in the empire, the Circle Council, was completely dissolved. All the ninth-level extreme speakers and most of the councillors disappeared overnight. The level of magic on the continent regressed by at least a thousand years.

In the midst of danger, Gloria, relying on her status as the only surviving royal bloodline, gathered the remaining aristocratic forces of the Magic Empire and then headed south.

Surrounded by enemies, he managed to recapture three-tenths of the land on the southeast side of the continent and renamed the new empire after himself.

On the 22nd day of May, the first year of the Glorious Calendar, Gloria was officially crowned emperor, the Magic Calendar was changed to the Glorious Calendar, and the Gloria Empire was established.

Since the empire was newly established, there was a great shortage of talents of all kinds.

After taking office, the emperor used his remaining power to carry out drastic reforms in the empire and appointed talented people regardless of their background.

In order to attract more talents, Gloria created the unprecedented academy system. Students were judged on their talent, regardless of their background, which directly opened a gap in the class rigidity that had enveloped the empire for thousands of years.

As a compromise with the nobles, the emperor allowed them to freely build academies in their own territories.

With decades of development, the Gloria Empire completely absorbed the territory and, relying on the heritage left over from the royal family of the ancient magic empire, became the second most powerful country on the continent.

In the 300th year of the Glorious Calendar, the Great Emperor handed over the empire to Gloria II, whom he had personally taught for decades, and disappeared after leaving behind the Star Crown and the Sword of the King, which symbolized the imperial power.

………

In the luxurious and elegant reception room of the City Lord's Mansion, a young nobleman in a pure white long dress with gold edges and a dark silver watch chain hanging from his buttonholes stood in front of the tall stone arched window, looking down at the many freshmen waiting in the square with a calm expression.

"Anweisi, when you live alone, remember to take good care of yourself. After arriving at the academy, if you need anything, you can contact the person in charge of the family in the capital..."

A soft female voice sounded from behind. The beautiful Duchess Elena gave detailed instructions, fearing that Avis would not be able to adapt to life in the academy.

"I understand, Mother."

Turning around, Avis smiled and nodded gracefully, responding to his mother's enthusiasm with great skill.

"Brother, I wish you a safe journey."

Today, Fiona wore a light blue dress and a wide-brimmed beige hat on her long light blonde hair. Following Avis's suggestion, she took out the gift box again and gave it to Avis under everyone's gaze.

Avis also pretended to be very surprised and opened the gift box, then smiled and thanked Fiona.

Then, under Fiona's surprised gaze, Avis took out the farewell gift he had prepared and handed it to Fiona.

"This is……"

Fiona was stunned by this sudden surprise and opened the gift box with curiosity and anticipation.

Then, at first glance, I saw a beautiful—thick book!?

The girl's originally excited emotions suddenly became somewhat complicated...

Watching the change in the girl's expression, Avis smiled secretly in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface and began to introduce the effect of this strange item to Fiona.

"Because you will also be going to the academy next year, I prepared a gift in advance."

"It is a magical item I made especially for you. Although it looks like a thick book, in fact, you only need to inject a little spiritual power to enter the world in the book.

The farther you explore, the greater the impact on the world in the book, and the more mental energy you consume. The process itself also has the effect of exercising mental strength.

Although it is just a special storybook now, it has the potential to grow. As the level increases, the dream world in the book will continue to grow, and the world's scope, authenticity, and details will gradually increase.

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The book itself will also gain more strange effects, and in the end, it may even have interesting abilities such as "summoning fairy tale characters in the book to reality."

Finally, Avis lowered his voice deliberately and winked at Fiona mischievously.

"Don't worry, Fee, I illustrated every page of it—"

"Hey... what are you talking about, brother? I'm not worried about that!"

Fiona, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, almost choked when she heard this. She quickly explained and then glanced at the Duke and Duchess with a guilty conscience.

Seeing the subtle expressions on both of their faces, the girl couldn't help but glare at Avis angrily.

"Well, it seems I was wrong. Sorry, sister."

Anvis did not refute, but just smiled softly and apologized to the girl in a gentlemanly manner.

His behavior made the girl feel a little embarrassed.

"No, thank you, Fourth Brother. I like this gift very much."

Fiona said this from the bottom of her heart. When she held the book in her hands, the faint sense of familiarity and the dreamy atmosphere emanating from the book made her feel very comfortable.

The person who was most pleased to see the harmonious relationship between her children was Duchess Elena. She felt very satisfied watching the harmonious relationship between the two.

“Here I come.”

At this moment, Duke Carrot suddenly spoke, and everyone in the room immediately looked towards the square.

At some point, the light in the square had dimmed.

Amid the exclamations that echoed in the square, a huge, oppressive monster sank from the clouds. Its huge body blocked out the sunlight like a dark cloud, and enveloped the entire square in its creeping shadow!

It was a large ship with a retro style, streamlined hull and no sails. The whole ship was made of dark silver metal, with inscriptions flashing on the surface from time to time, making it look extremely mysterious and powerful.

On the left side of the huge ship, a gorgeous purple and gold castle emblem shone brightly.

The welcoming team of Pamir College has arrived——

(End of this chapter)