Chapter 483: Make the Church of Light Pay the Price

As the saying goes, small matters are dealt with in big meetings, big matters are dealt with in small meetings, and important matters are dealt with without meetings.

Although in the core power circle of the Principality of Idar today, there is a sense of urgency that a storm is about to come.

But for the vast majority of Idar people, a peaceful and hopeful life remains the eternal theme in Idar society.

not to mention……

The Principality of Idar was extremely bustling during this period.

The first thing is naturally the territorial expansion of the Principality of Idar.

Apart from the Principality of Idar, the people of no other force would have such a strong sense of patriotism towards the country they live in.

so……

When the Idar Daily, at Bruno's instruction, officially announced on its front page that the Idar army had completely occupied the entire Valens Plain... almost all the Idar people living on this land were excited again.

Proud! Proud! As an Idarian, they have seen the growth of the Principality of Idar and remembered the changes that the Principality of Idar has made for them.

They are happy to see the changes and progress of the Principality of Idar, and are also happy to see the expansion of the Principality of Idar.

Because in the hearts of the Idar people, this is a just war!

This means that the people who originally lived in the Valens Plain have finally become part of the Principality of Idar, and have become part of the construction of this paradise on earth! Even...

Such sentiments not only affect ordinary people in the Principality of Idar, but also international students studying at Idar Public University.

…

Riverside, Idar Public University.

More than two months have passed since Nabil Carter arrived at Idar Public University and registered for admission.

only……

Even as an international student, Nabil Carter also had to go through military training with everyone else! The main purpose of the military training was to make aristocratic children like Nabil Carter forget the important position they once enjoyed in their family and the life of having everything provided for them.

Starting from the most basic standing posture, all military training subjects are included! There is no doubt that

For Nabil Carter, who was used to a life of luxury, the week-long military training almost made him collapse!

Even though the preparatory class's military training period had already arrived in autumn, the bleak autumn wind made the outdoor environment much more comfortable, but even so, the half-day military training life almost made these noble children who had never experienced such hardship almost collapse.

If they hadn't seen others struggling to hold on, if they hadn't seen the stern look in the eyes of the Idar Cult Army, they would have shouted on the spot - I don't want to go to school anymore! Fortunately, as time went by, their bodies gradually adapted to such intense training. By the end of a week of military training, Nabil Carter's body was no longer as sore as it was at the beginning of the training.

But the cruel thing is...

Even though these international students from the Kingdom of Cecil have finally waited for the official opening of the preparatory classes, this does not mean that their happy time is about to begin.

With the full support of the Principality of Idar, Idar Public University has acquired a shockingly profound foundation in just two years since its establishment.

Here we have the best teachers in the world, and the teachers of various subjects are far beyond the reach of ordinary tutors.

Here we have the best classmates in the world, and their diligence and hard work create the best learning atmosphere.

besides,

The buffet in the cafeteria has a wide variety of food, and even a student like Nabil Carter, who comes from an aristocratic family, can't help drooling.

The magnificent campus environment and various elegant buildings of Idar Public University are so charming that one can't help but indulge in them.

but……

The courses assigned to them by Idar Public University have made many international students, including Nabil Carter, feel extremely stressed.

Even though they were only attending preparatory classes and had not even taken any formal courses.

But even so, many of the things in it were things they had never been exposed to before.

Especially science courses! The nobles of this era never paid enough attention to science and engineering related careers. Most of the subjects that Nabil Kott and others had studied before were concentrated in the fields of humanities and social sciences.

So when Professor Isabel drew various function curves on the blackboard one by one...

Nabil Carter naturally felt as if he was listening to a mystery.

What's more, sitting in a large classroom with my classmates and concentrating on recording the knowledge taught by the teacher is a completely different experience from listening to the lectures of a private tutor in my own study in the past .

Because the latter will shrink from their own position and keep on praising and flattering others besides giving lectures.

On the other hand...

There is no distinction between nobles and commoners on the campus of the Principality of Idar. Everyone has the same identity - students.

Here, teachers will not flatter, and everyone in the class will be treated equally.

You said you were a noble?

Sorry! This is the Principality of Idar!

The Principality of Idar has always recognized only one nobleman - the Duke of Idar, Bruno Stuart!

And corresponding to this is...

In a preparatory class of dozens of students, there will always be a first and a last place.

There's no way around it, the preparatory class is different from other classes at Idar Public University.

The purpose of its establishment is to enable international students coming to the Principality of Idar to adapt to the learning progress and learning mode of Idar Public University as quickly as possible, so... in order to test the students' learning outcomes, monthly examinations are naturally an inevitable routine operation.

As a direct descendant of the Carter family, Nabil Carter actually ranked in the lower middle of the first monthly exam! This undoubtedly made Nabil Carter, who always felt good about himself, suddenly realize that his learning talent was just mediocre.

Of course, Nabil Carter couldn't just give up. As a direct descendant of the Carter family, his pride forced him to put aside his aristocratic airs. He could only grit his teeth, catch up, and study hard.

then,

For quite a long time, Nabil Carter, like other students at Idar Public University, devoted almost all of his time to heavy coursework.

Library, study room...

Nabil Carter's figure often appears among students who are studying hard.

Not only that, during this period of time, he also developed many habits that he had never had before.

He would get up on time every morning when it was still dark and run on the playground with the seniors from the running association.

This is not a mandatory requirement of Idar Public University, but because...only when running hard can Nabil Carter empty his mind and get relaxation and peace.

He will also devote all his free time to studying subjects such as mathematics, in order to complete the content of the preparatory class on time and start the new semester smoothly next year.

at the same time,

In order to be able to know everything outside the campus, Nabil Carter even developed the habit of reading newspapers every day.

After running every morning, he would sit on a bench on campus and carefully read the latest issue of the newspaper borrowed from the library.

The Idar Daily not only tells the stories of all kinds of major and minor events happening in the Principality of Idar, but also reserves enough space to report news happening in various parts of the continent.

Nabil Carter, who is in the Principality of Idar, is able to understand the current situation on the continent through these newspapers.

only……

On a certain day in mid-December, when Nabil Carter calmly opened the newspaper in his hand as usual... his eyes were fixed on the headline on the second page of the newspaper in an instant! The neighboring city-state located north of Padilla Province, the Tilkinson City-State, was destroyed in the sneak attack of the mutants!

Today, Nabil Carter has figured out the territory ruled by Bruno Stuart, Duke of Idar, and has also learned from others about the overseas enclave belonging to the Principality of Idar - the Province of Padilla in the Lost Land.

But that's not the point! The point is...

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Nabil Carter clearly remembered that his roommate, Radek Glover, was from the city-state of Tilkinson! The city-state of Tilkinson!

Thinking of this,

Nabil Carter suddenly trembled in his heart, stood up suddenly, and rushed to his dormitory! Due to different majors,

Radek Glover would rush back to the dormitory to rest from the laboratory almost every morning, so he was probably still in the dormitory at this time.

If it were in the past, Nabil probably would not have paid so much attention to a civilian.

But as he spent more time studying at Idar Public University, many of his deep-rooted prejudices against civilians had changed quietly, perhaps without even realizing it.

Nabil had only one thought at this moment, which was to quickly tell his roommate, the friend who had helped him a lot at the beginning of the school year, about this news! "Radek Glover! Something happened!"

When Nabil pushed open the dormitory door breathlessly, he saw Radek Glover standing alone on the balcony in a daze.

"You... you already know?"

Hearing this,

Radek Glover finally shook his head, his voice trembling: "The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office came here just now..."

"I just came here to study, but I didn't expect... to lose my home..."

Nabil: “…”

Although he really wanted to comfort his friend, but... he really didn't know how to comfort people.

After a brainstorm, he could only tentatively say:

"There will be a tour of the Idar Royal Drama Troupe in the afternoon, performing the most famous "Idar Partners". Why don't we go and relax..."

As he spoke, Nabil seemed to realize that now was not the time to talk about this, and his voice gradually became weaker...

But I heard Radek Glover say: "When I lived in the Tilkinson city-state, although I faced the threat of mutants every day, but... there were my family, my friends, and many, many acquaintances I used to know..."

"I remember playing mud wrestling with my friends near our thatched hut... We made the mud into a bowl shape, then threw it upside down. Whoever made the biggest hole won."

"I still remember that there was a period of time when my father was injured by a mutant and had to recuperate at home. The neighbors would send us a lot of black bread almost every day..."

Nabil, who was born into a noble family, had never heard of such an experience.

But he also knew that at this moment, he just needed to be a listener.

"...Then, the Idar people came."

"When the threat of the beast tide was becoming more severe with the passage of time, the arrival of the Idar people brought us new hope. Not only did they have a well-disciplined army, they also had powerful weapons beyond the imagination of ordinary people."

"It was after the Idar people arrived that we first learned that... outside the Lost Land, on the other side of the ocean, there is another extremely vast continent!"

"Moreover... there is no trace of mutants on the land beneath your feet! Never!"

Speaking of which,

A tear could not help but squeeze out from the corner of Radek Glover's eye.

No one could understand how someone like him, who had faced the threat of mutants since birth, felt when he heard that there were no mutants at all on the land on the other side of the ocean.

It was an... extremely complicated feeling.

“Duke Bruno Stuart of Idar is the best nobleman I have ever met. Although the Principality of Idar has not been threatened by mutants, he is still concerned about the survival of all mankind. He resolutely sent the Idar army to clean up and kill the mutants wandering on the southwest coast of the Lost Land. Not only did he set up the Padilla Province on that land, he even allowed ordinary people like me to go to the Principality of Idar to study…”

"I thought... the darkest moment that shrouded the Tilkinson city-state had passed! I thought... with the help of the Idar people, we would all have a bright future!"

"But who could have imagined that something like this would happen just before dawn!"

Nabil patted his shoulder and comforted him in his own way:

"If you have any difficulty with tuition, the Carter family is willing to pay for your tuition!"

It is no wonder that Nabil asked this question. After all, except for the citizens of Idar, international students have to pay high tuition fees to enroll.

Even a force like the Tilkinson City-State, located in the Lost Land, needs to provide enough mineral resources as "tuition" for international students.

"Nabil, thank you for your kindness, but the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office specifically said that Lord Bruno Stuart, Duke of Idar, is willing to accept all citizens of the Tilkinson city-state."

"This can be considered as...giving you a new home..."

"But that's not enough!"

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Nabil was stunned for a moment.

"I mean..."

But Radek wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and stared at the newspaper in his hand with bloodshot eyes.

In that newspaper, the commentator of Merlin News Agency linked the Church of Light and mutants together for the first time.

"I will make that so-called Church of Light pay the price!"

I'm not in good shape today, but tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest, I'll start the climax 　　 　 (End of this chapter)