King Orinth, along with a group of nobles and ministers, walked steadily to the dining table and sat down. The attendants and maids were well-trained and quickly led Merlin and others to their respective seats, gently pulled out the chairs, and then stood respectfully on the side, waiting for the guests to take their seats.

After everyone was seated, King Orinth picked up his glass and slowly stood up.

In an instant, everyone present stood up and waited quietly for the king to speak.

King Orinth glanced at the whole audience, his face filled with a warm smile, and he said loudly: "Today, our Dawn Empire welcomes distinguished guests. Merlin, this young and promising talent, has not only made a name for himself in the Arcane Academy, but has also achieved extraordinary achievements in many fields. And all of you friends who came with Merlin, your arrival makes us very happy. Here, on behalf of the royal family of the Dawn Empire, I would like to extend the warmest welcome to you! I hope that during your time in the Empire, you can feel the warmth of home and enjoy this journey to the fullest. Let us raise our glasses together and toast to this rare friendship!"

After saying this, King Orinth took a sip of wine.

Merlin also raised his glass and said sincerely: "Thank you, His Majesty, for your hospitality. It is our great honor to be invited by the royal family of the Dawn Empire. Along the way, we have felt the enthusiasm and charm of the empire."

After saying this, Merlin took a sip of wine gracefully.

After King Orinth took the first bite of the dish, the others picked up their knives and forks and began to eat.

Scarlett couldn't wait any longer. When she saw the king pick up his chopsticks, she immediately started eating.

But as soon as she swallowed the first bite, she couldn't help frowning.

In her mind, the taste of the food of the royal family of the Dawn Empire did not meet her expectations, and was even inferior to that of the cafeteria of the Arcane Academy.

Under Merlin's promotion, the food in the cafeteria has integrated various novel flavors, which makes people linger on the taste. In comparison, these dishes in front of them seem bland.

As the magic swordsman with the best cooking skills in the Fighting Academy, Konan has a very high ability to appreciate food.

After he took the first bite, he frowned slightly.

He found that the selection of ingredients for this dish was not careful enough, and the combination of some side dishes failed to fully bring out its characteristics, making it seem a bit superfluous.

In terms of cooking techniques, the control of heat is slightly lacking, resulting in the taste of the dish being less than perfect and failing to bring out the original flavor of the ingredients to the fullest.

In terms of seasoning, the proportions of various seasonings are not very harmonious, the taste is a bit unbalanced, and it cannot bring a rich enjoyment to the taste buds.

It’s hard to imagine that this is the delicacy enjoyed by the royal family.

There was no way around it. In the Arcane Academy, the Chinese delicacies that Merlin had introduced had successfully spoiled the tastes of these people.

They are used to those unique and rich flavors, and they inevitably find the relatively traditional and conservative dishes on the royal table today bland.

On the other hand, the nobles all smiled and praised how delicious the royal food was. They kept saying how honored they were to have this meal, and all kinds of compliments were heard.

Orinth smiled and looked at Merlin, with a hint of curiosity and admiration in his eyes, and asked: "Merlin, I heard that after you became the president of the Student Union, you vigorously promoted the reform of the Arcane Academy. Now it seems that the students of the Arcane Academy are indeed very outstanding. Is this closely related to the reform?"

Merlin smiled modestly and replied, "Your Majesty, the reform did play a certain role, but more importantly, it was due to the dedication of the teachers at the Arcane Academy. They imparted knowledge to students without reservation, and the students were also diligent and motivated. All of this is the result of everyone's joint efforts. Of course, it is also inseparable from the full support of Vice President Jenny. She gave me great help in many key decisions, allowing the reform to be implemented smoothly."

Orinth nodded, his eyes revealing a hint of expectation, and continued: "Merlin, in this case, I wonder if you can come to our Dawn Academy to give lectures to the students of Dawn Academy and give some suggestions to the teachers to see if there is anything that needs to be improved in the teaching of the academy. Your achievements in the Arcane Academy are obvious to all, and I believe your insights will benefit us a lot."

As soon as King Orinth said this, the faces of the teaching team of Dawn Academy instantly became very ugly.

They were very unconvinced, thinking that Merlin was just a young student. How much real knowledge could he have, and what useful things could he say?

Not only the teachers, but also the aristocratic students were unhappy.

In their eyes, Merlin was just the son of an earl. He was so young. Why should he give them lectures?

Before seeing Merlin's true strength, these noble students found it difficult to accept this proposal from the bottom of their hearts.

Merlin thought for a moment after hearing what King Orinus said, nodded, and said with a smile: "You can go and take a look, but I can't give lectures. I hope to have mutual exchanges with Dawn Academy. Each academy has its own unique advantages. We can learn from each other and make up for each other's shortcomings, so as to achieve win-win cooperation. This will not only benefit students, but also the development of the entire magic education industry. It will surely have a positive role in promoting it."

I have to say, Orinth really liked what Merlin said.

He secretly admired in his heart that this guy's character and knowledge were not like that of a boy under 20 years old. He acted steadily and had an open mind. His future was limitless.

"Then let's go and take a look tomorrow. Today, let us from the Dawn Empire treat you well." After King Orinth said this, he said nothing more and continued to eat.

Merlin was also happy with this. Now that he had arranged everything, he focused on "eating".

The king of a country is busy with all kinds of affairs, so it is naturally impossible for him to accompany Merlin and others throughout the whole process.

King Orinth had already given Merlin great face, and to do so to this extent really surprised Merlin.

It is for this reason that he could not help but sigh that it was no wonder that the Dawn Empire could be so prosperous, which was inseparable from the king's respectful and humble mind.

After the banquet, Pete and Kanna were busy building relationships with other nobles of the Dawn Empire.

Merlin knew that this was a good opportunity to expand his network, so he thoughtfully gave his parents a large amount of communication crystals and told them in detail how to give them to the nobles of the Dawn Empire and how to use them.

The communication crystal is an alternate-world version of a mobile phone that uses invisible magical veins in the air to achieve data transmission. As long as a signal tower is built, it can be used stably.

But now the situation is more convenient, and there is no need to build signal towers.

This is because Selene, the moon goddess in charge of the power of the moon, used her divine power to turn the entire moon into a huge signal receiving and transmitting base station.

In this way, wherever the moonlight can shine, it can receive the magic network signal required by the communication crystal.

I have to say that the use of divine power in this regard is really clever and convenient.